PresidentfRoosevelt Attends al Obsequies Washington, July 15.
The great and the humble of the national capital to-day bade farewell to the late Senator Joseph T. Robinson, majority leader in the upper chamber and close friend of President Roosevelt.
The remains lay in grey coffin in the well of the Senate chamber, and were brightly blanketed with orchids and gladioli. President Roosevelt, with bowed head, sat directly i front of the ancient red mohegan; desk behind which Mr, Robinson sat during his lifetime, The President was immediately behind the widow.
Meanwhile, Senator James Byrnes, Democrat of South Caroli and an outstanding Administratio leader, announced he was not a candidate to succeed Senator Robinson as majority leader.—United Press,
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