The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-18
SENATE PAYS LAST
TRIBUTE TO BACON
1t Holds Public Funeral, Which
All Of Diplomatic Corps
Attend.
BRIEF. SOLEMN SERVICE
Body Starts on Journey TO At
lanta, Where II Will
Lie in State.
BRIEF. SOLEMN SERVICE

wAsHfS0roN, Feb. l7.-After a public
funeral in the Senate Chamber to-day the
body OF Senator Augustus o. Bacon Of
Georgia, chairman OF the Foreign Reia-
tions Committee. was taken TO Atlanta,
Ca. where It will lie in state tomorrow
afternoon in the state House. The burial
will take place on the following day In
Macon, tho Senator's home.
The services In the senate began at I
0 clock In the afternoon and lasted nearly
an hour. President Wilson WAS unable to
attend on account Of illness. but Mrs.
Wilson, accompanied by Miss Helen Wood
row Bone. sat in the Presidents row in
the reserved gallery.
Mrs. Willis u. Sparks. daughter OF the
late senator. with her two children. was
the only member of Senator Bacon's fam
lily present. the widow being detained At
her home IN Macon by illness.
Seats were reserved on the floor Of the
Senate for the members of the Presi-
dents Cabinet. the Diplomatic Corps. the
Supreme Court OF the United States, the
House of Representatives. Regents OF the
Smithsonian Institution, Gen. Leonard
Wood. chief OF staff OF tho army, and Rear
Admiral Nreeland. who attended AS the
personal representative Of Admiral Dewey.
There was "A full attendance OF the
Diplomatic Corps. led by Ambassador
Jusserand. All the members OF the Su-
pr-me Court were present except Justice
Lurton. who has been Ill for several weeks
The coffin containing the body Of Sena-
tor Bacon was placed In the Marble Room
OF the Senate early in the morning.
J. r. Marshall OF Alabama. a Confed-
Ill,
Of Rhode Island. a Union veteran. both
guards Of honor. Senator Bacon was a
Confederate veteran. Two members OF his
old regiment. the Thirty-second Georgia,
journeyed TO Washington to attend the
funeral and 10 accompany the body TO
Georgia. These comrades werc w. 7.
Roberts and John T. Duncan Of Douglass
Vile
Vicc-President Marshall on taking the
gavel at ! o'clock addressed tho Senate
in voice that betrayed considerable emo
ton. He said:
Senators the hour has arrived at
which In accordance with the orders OF
the Senate the final ceremonies over the
body of Augustus octavius Bacon, late
a Senator from Georgia and an unusually
distinguished member Of this body, are to
be observed. In conformity TO custom and
In token OF our common faith the chan
lain OF the Senate will offer a prayer 10
God the Father. God the Reedeemer and
God the Comforter"
After tho prayer by the chaplain, the
Rev. Forrest J. Prettyman. Bishop Hard
Ing of the Episcopal Diocese OF Washing
ton. read the burial service and the chap
lain pronounced the benediction. There
was no music, The services were con-
cluded by this brief announcement on thu
part Of Vice. President Marshall:
Into the loving hands Of tho COM
mittees Of Congress and the officers OF the
Senate We consign the mortal body OF our
well beloved senator. TO be by them con-
veyed to his home In the State OF Georgia.
there to be deposited In It's final resting
place. May his labors In the cause Of CON
st'tutional liberty long bless the repub-
lie"