Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-16
WASHINGTON To PAY HIGH
TRIBUTE TO BACON; BODY
WILL LIE IN STATE HERE

| the navy, and General Wood, chief-of-
staff of the army, while each member
OF Congress will be limited to one
card of admission to give to some
one.
The body was placed in a casket
yesterday morning and during the day
| hundreds of people called to view
| for the last time the face of the
statesman, soldier and jurist. Among
these were cabinet members, and all
| of the members of the Georgia dele
| cation in Congress.
| The body will be taken to the Cap
| itol at IL o'clock tomorrow morning
/ and placed in the marble room direct
! ly west of the Senate cahmber and
where Senator Bacon was wont to
stroll during sessions and to greet
! his friends.
The Official Program.
| The Senate will convene at noon
and just before l o'clock the House
members will file into the Senate
| chamber, after the President, who is
| expected to attend, and the Cabinet
| members have taken their places di-
| reilly in front of the Presidents chair.
] The body will be brought into the
| chamber promptly at /: 80 by Il detail
of Capitol police and placed directly
| In front of the Speakers chair amid
I a bower of flowers and palms. The
! Vice President will preside, after
which the Rev. Forrest ]. Prettyman,
chaplain of the Senate, and Bishop
! Alfred Harding, of the Episcopal
| Church, will conduct service ritual
! istic in character. No music will be
heard and no eulogies will be spoken.
| The funeral party will then leave at
4:45 o'clock for Atlanta on a special
| train.
The Senate will, be represented by
Senators Tillman, of South Carolina;
| Overman, of North Carolina; Chiffon,
of West Virginia; Fletcher of Flor
| ida; Pomerene. of Ohio; Thomas. of
| Colorado; OGorman, of New York;
| Vardaman. of Mississippi; Gallinger,
| of New Hampshire; Root, of New
| York; Nelson of Minnesota; Brande-
gee, of Connecticut; Page, of Ver-
mont.
Georgia Delegation Coming.
The House will be represented at
the funeral by the entire Georgia del
egation, who will go on the special
| train, and the following in addition:
! Representative Ferris, Mann, Payne,
| Gardner, Anthony, Willis, Dyer and
| Prouty.
Last night Augustus Octavius Ba-
con, grandson of the late Senator
reached Washington from the Uni
versity of Georgia, where he is a
student in the law department. He
! was met at the station b va messen-
! ger from the Capitol and went direct
ly to the Netherland.
kilograms of coincidence and SYM
pathy continue to pour into the Of
fees of Senator Bacon at the Capt.
| toll. He lived quietly at the Neither
lands, where he spent the greater por-
ton of his time while in his suite in
his library, and so numerous have
| become the kilograms that instruc-
tons were given the telegraph COM
panies OF send all kilograms to the
Capitol, where Colonel John T. BOZ
| feuillet, secretary to the late Senator,
has detailed a messenger to receive
and receipt for them until he has time
( to examine their contents
| Leaves Home to Grandson.
| The last will and testament of Sen
| ator Bacon is expected to be probated
next week at Macon. He is known
to have bequeathed his library to the
| University of Georgia, of which he
was one of the trustees, and his home
in Macon to his grandson.
The late Senator died a poor man
his charitable spirit and liberality as
to public enterprises having consumed
This entire salary of $500 per annum.
The arrangements for the funeral
are regarded elaborate, regardless of
p, the announced plans for simplicity.
The Government pays all expenses OF
the funeral, and Congress in the APP
preparation bill adopted at this Con-
gress Will vote a years salary, or
| $500. to the widow.
SIaton to Issue Proclamation.
Governor Slaton expects to issue a
formal proclamation some time Mon
day morning. The flag at the Capitol
1utters at half mast, having been
lowered when the news Of Senator
Bacon's death was received in Atlanta;
Saturday afternoon.
Governor Stations tender of the Cap
itol for the body of the dead Senator
to lie in state as a tribute to his
by the family. The Court OF Appeals
will adjourn Wednesday out of re-
spect to Senator Bacon's memory.
The following telegram from Mr.
| Boifeuillet was received at the exec
utive mansion Sunday night:
Senator Bacons daughter, Mrs.
Sparks, asks me to convey to you for
herself and family their heartfelt
gratitude for the kind telegram ex-
pressing your sympathy in their great
| bereavement
Will Arrive Wednesday.
she was touched deeply by your
tender of the Capitol for the remains
to lie in state. and she accepts the
offer with a deep sense of the appre-
/ citation OF the high honor you would
then pay the memory of her father.
! THE funeral party leaves Washing
ton on the Birmingham Special over
the Southern Railway Tuesday after
noon at 1880 o'clock. reaching Atlanta
! Wednesday about noon
The body can be taken directly to
| the Capitol and there lie in state until
| 80 o'clock, when 1t viii be carried
to the Southern train leaving for Ma
con about $3.50 p. m.
Slaton Issues Proc amation.
In proclamation issued by the
! Governor Monday, the following ar
rangements in honor of Senator Ba-
con were announced:
The flags on the public buildings Of
this State shall be hung at halfstaff
during the next 30 days.
ARRANGEMENTS will be made for the
| body to lie in State in the rotunda of
| the State Capitol between the time Of
its arrival in Atlanta Wednesday
morning until departure for Macon