Evening star., 1932-02-05
'RUTHERF RFORD'SBODY
IS EN- ROUTE HOME
Funeral Train of Representa-
tive Quin to Start Later
in Day.

! The funeral cortege Of Representative
. Samuel Rutherford, Democrat, Of Geor-
! gia, was en- route today to Forsythe,
! Ga, the Representatives home city. ac-
companied by delegation from both
houses of Congress.
! Meanwhile, a second congressional
delegation prepared to leave the Capital
at 4:46 o'clock this afternoon, accom-
| panying the body of another Represent
ative, Percy Quin, Democrat, of Missisy
| sippi, to his home State for burial. Fu-
neral services will be held at McConb,
Miss, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning,
with interment at Natchez at pm.
Quin Services Held.
Funeral services for Representative
! Quin were held at his Washington
| home, 2647 Woodley road. at o'clock
| this afternoon. Besides the members of
the congressional delegation. honorary
! pallbearers included members Of the
Military Affairs Committee, Of which
| Representative Quin was chairman;
Speaker of the House Garner, DR.. Cal
YER. House physician; Henry Lavisson,
Aubrey Bates, the Representatives sec
! retary; Carey Quin, his cousin; Judge
E. o. Sykes, Representative Luther
| Johnson of Texas, DR.. Lester L. Pratt
and DR.. F. F. Murdoch Of the Naval
Hospital and Capt. P. S. Rossiter and
Capt. D. G. Sutton, u S. N, attached
to Naval Hospital.
The two Representatives died yester-
day within an hour Of each other.
Representative Rutherford dropping
dead while shaving at his home in the
Hamilton Hotel and Representative
/ Quin succumbing at Naval Hospital,
where he had been confined to his bed
| for nearly month, about so minutes
later.
Vacancies in House.
The two deaths leave 2l8 Democrats
| in the House against 2l3 Republicans,
! l Farmer Laborite and three vacancies.
| The third vacancy was caused by the
resignation last week Of Representative
Russell Leech Pennsylvania, who was
appointed to the Board of Tax Appeals.
! Both deaths were attributed to over
work by DR.. George w. Calver, House
physician.
The House delegation to accompany
the Quin funeral party includes Repre-
sentativeS Collier, Rankin, Collins. Nc
| Swain. Busby, Hill of Alabama. Whit
! tington. Kemp, Johnson Of Oklahoma,
! Doxey. Hall Of Mississippi Crump, Stat
/ ford, James, Ransley, johnson Of Illi-
/ IlOlS, hdIlll anu w WOINtlJOfl. otIldlOlo
who will leave with the body are Har
rison and Stephens, Mississippi; Rob-
/ inSon, Arkansas; Reed. Pennsylvania;
! Broussard and Long, louisiana Nc
! Kellar, Tennessee; Norris, Nebraska;
Black, Alabama, and Patterson, Mis-
souri,
Rutherford Funeral Party.
Senators who left last night with
| the body OF Representative Rutherford
are Harris and George, Georgia; Smith
! and ByrneS, South Carolina Fletcher,
! Florida Frazier. North Dakota Austin.
! Vermont: Kean. New Jersey: Brook
| hart, Iowa, and Davis, Pennsylvania.
/ Members OF. the House Committee on
the Rutherford Funeral are Representa-
| tives Crisp, Vinson OF Georgia. Wright,
Brand Of Georgia, Larsen, Lankford Of
Georgia, JetferS, Gasque, Cox TarVer,
! Ramspeck, Parker of Georgia, Wood of
| Georgia. Johnson of Washington, Yes
tai Underhill, Kopp and Clifford
1t is expected that Representative
John McSwain Of South Carolina. will
succeed Mr.. Quin as chairman of the
Military Committee. and Representative
Patrick J. Carley. New York is thought
to be in line for appointment to head
the Committee on Election Of President,
Vice President and Representatives
which is handling the Norris lame
duck" amendment.