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FUNERAL DETAILS.Continued From Page 1.■ ber. aud which desires 10 turn out if it Is■ desired by the family.On motion of Judge Dowling of the Supreme Court, the Governor was directed to appoint a committee to consult with the family and determine what kind of funeral shall he held on Sunday. At the sugge: tlon of Lew Wallace, the committee was given executive powers, with authority to appoint sub-committees. The Governor and Mayor, under the motion, are made members of the committee ex-offlcic.Entire I. N. G. Favored.The Governor asked a freer expression on thp question of the military. Gen. Lew Wallace ibought one regiment should t j be the minimum. “If 1 were Governor.' said he. “I should call out the entire Na- | ttonal Guard. He sold Gen. Harrison Is ; not only n national, but an International, | character, and whatever Is done will be commented on more or less by the world.John W. Kern agreed with Gen. Wallace. He thought It should be kept in mind that the President and Governors j i.f States will be here, and that whatever Is done, should bo commensurate with the ■ occasion. He thought, the whole people would approve a fitting display. He ad- | vwnltnl the calling out of the entire In- j •liana National Guard or so much as it Is j practicable to call out. Judge Dowling j said. too. that Gen. Harrison was a military nnn. proud of his record, and that the military should be called out.H. S New and Mayor Taggart suggested that the meeting express wishes which shall bi conveyed to the family before i determining the question. Mr. New | thought a military display eminently lit-ling. Mr. Adams suggested that (he parade bo on Saturday; that the National Guard lv» allowed to go home Saturday r.lght. and that Sunday be given over to the family. John H. Holliday approved of Mr. Adams' temarks. and added that Gen. Harrison would not have approved of a display on Sunday, and that the people of the State would not like It.R. A. Brown indorsed the views of Messrs. A lains and Holliday and suggested some public exorcise on Saturday at which an address on the life of the detensed 1* delivered. John r. I'renzel thought G.-n. Harrison's old G. A. R. associates should attend the funeral. It there ever was a funeral occasion when the entire military should he present, ihts is the occasion. he said. E. B. Martin-dnle approved uf a military display o:iloch. William L. Taylor, H. P. Wasson. W. K. McKeen, N. T. Del'auw, J. I. Irwin, MaJ. G. V. Measles, Col. Charles Denby. : R. S. Taylor, H. H. Hanna. Gen. Lew* Wallace. R. D. DeHart. Judge Zollars. ; Clem Sludebaker. James l). Oliver.Schuyler Colfax. Mark L. DcMott, W, H. Hickman, J. S. Dodge. A. O. Marsh. . Defoe Skinner. Samu-i Ralston. Samuel E. Morss. James Murdock. John E. Lamb. Gilbert Stormont, Parks M. Martin. Judge j Willard New. Joseph H. Shea. R. W. Morris. Harry S. New. R. O. Hawkins. K. H. Aebeker, Smlle.v X. Chambers. John I S. Duncan, Jefferson Claypool. I. N., Walker. James E. Watson. James A.! Hemenway. Charles H. Landis, Mark E.. Forkiter. L. P. Newby. Fred J. Scholz. Albert Lleber, Ferdinand Winter. Edward• Daniel, Fred E. Matson. John W. Lovett, i N. W. Gilbert. John Perrin. \V. D. Foulke,; George W. Steele, Theodore Randall,Moses G. McLain. C. O. Foster. A. L. Mason. John L. Griffiths. Jesse Overstreet. H. B. Gates.THE MARION CLUB.Officers Meet and Adopt Memorial On Gen. Harrison.The officers of the Marion Club met today in extra session and ordered the following memorial spread upon fhe rec- | ords of the club:Benjamin Harrison, an honorary mein her of this /dub. departed this life March IS. li/d. He had attained the fulness of life in years and achievement. As a soldier he was bravo, aggressive mid capable; as a lawyer ho was careful, studious and invincible: as a Senator ho was observant and ever mindful of the needs and welfare of his people. Ever ready in debate, the logic and force of his arguments made him a potent factor in the legislation of our country.By ills close study a.id experience he attained the prophetic vision of the statesman. As our Chief Executive.!;. his cool, calculating, conservative, yet vigorous, policy, he gave us an administration of which, every America!! may well feel proud. As a citizen he was cltiun. pure and through and through an American. All in all. hi? name will ever stand in our history as shut of one of the greatest American statesmen.“Resolved. In his death our club has sustained n great loss, but far greater has been the loss of the Nation. 'THE G. A. RfS TRIBUTE.Commander Beem of the Indiana Department Speaks For It.T he commander of the G. A. R.. Department cf Indiana, David E. Beem of Spencer, voices the sentiment of the. Grand Army of this State In the following statement:The death of Gen. Harrison touches the heai t of every soldier deeply. While he did not acquire that distinction as a lead' r of our armies which was attained by many of our great commanders, his•..silln-iu mi hrtnornhle one
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