New-York tribune., 1873-06-21
OBITU AIRY.
HORACE 7. CLARK.


and North Western Railroad. IN Which he beld large
interest and he made extended tour OF inspecuoD
over the Pacific Rlroai AMI other hines with "hloD
he was actively connected, returning 10 NcwYork oD
Saturday May 81. While absent bo was taken vIth 40
attack OF rheumatism, To which 10 had long been SUBJECT
and on reaching home be qVite ugReL T.: disease
gradually became more alarming comp Hing alm 70 aD-
stain from business and finally conaanR pin 20 MS
house which he his been lo 20 leave since Monday
OF last week Having frequently before been affected
similarly aud being Of a naturally strong eon,utnuo''
earnest hopes entertained thai ue "oadeYeh
tualy shake OF the hold Of the disease aud recover his
health again The symptoms continued 10 grow worse,
however aud on Tuesday la tho AT etion assumed an
untyorallo turn aud struc, h- heart when no began
10 sink gradually, passing fwIy quietly suFVN"leu Oy
various r, latiyes and irt aI'.
One OF the most prominent bu7ncsq men OF TIE city
he was also Vi tho m st trusted AMI holorsd .HS
int eCrty was uuquestionabe; his ability had long heep
tested exdcting dc Ids he had never 'led
rank with the foremost, aud to the great enterprises
conducted by his fAtherm-law ne brought knowledge
Of men and affairs, executive capacity oui interct
ual power that made him one @: tho most mp rtaa'
factors in the combination which built mp the aroah
conso iatoa amt Sal fortune Of The Vanderbilt 60
tate. Genial and winning IA mInuccs, tX4ct 10
details, industriou, 70 fault, le vas
reckoned q moIel business IN la'e
years. 20 earlier he Ia been counted mo- lawyer
Last Winter celebrated Ls silver Nedti 3. and r."
who looked upon hale hearty figure then wold have
doubted that be might fairy - almost quartz
century OF health al activity.
Mr. Clark was born sJu.h1ury, com, on NDY. ..
1875 and was consequently 10 the 5l year o. als ag
He was q son or the Rev Dln.sl 4. Clark, d-tln
gushod clergyman OF the Presbyterian Church, who
died IN this city in 1910 Having completed hl3 acc
demic studies at the Mount Pleasant Classical Insti'u
ton at Amherst. Mass, he entered Williams
College. from which he was graduated 10 lso
! II 10 ANA
moved TO New-York, and began tho stndY Of law
in the Office late jonathan Prescott Hail. ono of
the most eminent lawyers Of that time. Il May, ls]l
Mr. Clark admttei to the bar and began The prao'
tce Of his profession In which, b. steady perseverance
and acknowledged ability, he quickly took high rank
and built up for himself large and lucrative business.
It's said Of him at this period that he undertook and
accomplished more real hard bran-9ork than any other
man Of his are. IL continued the pursuit.
Of law til 1855, at which time no be-
camo a member OF the XXXY;h Congress, beiDs
elected on the Democratic ticket. Dissenting irom tie
policy OF the Buchanan administration In regard TO the
admission OF Kansas, he advocated warmly tho views Of
Stephen A. Douglas, and vas Of tAe five anti
Lecompton who finally e6-cted tho Organization OK
the House, notwithstanding one of ne hardest
kind OF Hardshe Democrats. and was chairman Of tho
local branch Of that party in this city, AT the close
OF his he again an Independent candidate Tor
the XXXVIh Congress, receiving also the nomnltlon
!
yentiou and was trum9 9han-y rcGe ted by an Oyer.
yhelming majority. He served throughout t.s term,
ending in 1861 with the administration OF Buchanan,
when he retired private lie and has never since held
political Office. While member 0t Congress, III. Clark
held high rank as an carans: and effective worker,
and was most influential ia shaping miay OK The meas
nres Of that body Daring Bis frs. term be assigned
TO the Judiciary Committee and durne TIE latter to tho
! Committee on Indian Af3.r5
On leaving Congress SIR. Clerk resumed the practice
Of his proco sion which he continued til his interest IN
railroad affairs began - absorb much Of his time, when
he abandoned the law entirely and engaged wholly IN
the business which LIS occupied his attention ever
since In 1857 he first became director IN the New.
York and Harlem Railroad then not very profitable
enterprise from which time dates has active par-ipa.
ton in railroad operations. Ue took stock also ia
numerous other roads in the agomcut OF which 10
quickly obtained important iIl eLoe, and was, per
haps at his DEATH in control directly and Indirectly OF
az many miles OF rail any other railroad anancer.
He was President OF the Like shore, Michigan southern
and Northern Indiana Rlilroad, 10 which ho vas
elected upon the constellation few years since, or the
various connecting lines forming as route from BdG 10
10 Chicago aud of the Union Pacdc Railroad. beside be-
ing director in the Ncw-T9rk Central and Iud on River
Railroad, the Now-Yoil aud Harlem, the New-Bayel,
Hartford and Springfield, the Shore Line, tho Chicago
| and North Western, and holiasa valuable ut6rest IN
various other Ines Ho also President OF tha Union
Trust Company OF this city, Gcyo ger o. ne
Western Union Telegraph Company, aud other oocpO-
ratiOns
MI Clark was heavy and successful operator IN Wax
ST. and was frequently leader In speculation. Al.
though often "short" OF the stock market he gen
orally supposed 10 favor the bull" side as be had
great appreciation OF tbs country and s rel way sys
tem OF which be Of tie chief promoters,
glance at tho corporations in which he was Interested
will prove Many u Als stock operations attended
with events OF special interest, but few OF them
u An ha
West Corner" where triumyirate composed
of himself his friend Augustus Scle, and Jay Could
succeeded In twisting" the laters old time allies
Henry Smith and Daniel Drew, and host OF lesser
lights OF the stock market The arrest Of Jay Could his
baiing by Mesrs Clark and Sche and the other
OF the corner" still too fresh in the minds OF the
community to need recapituaton here. His influence
on the stock Exchange may be inferred from the fact
that as the OF his Illness favorable urfa
yorable, tho most active stocks the list known
as the :" Clark stocks" and consisting Of
Lake Shore, Northwest Union Pacific ETC., fen.
His death will ere1e a vacancy In the hauns OF trade
and not easily filled, and the directors of many
moneyed Institution will long feel the OF his fore
sight and the absence ef his ready energy and great
resources.
At the close ofihs Congressional career Mr. Clark
tired from active participation in political affairs. though
still retaining interest in municipal and national
matters the OF his business quickly drew him
away from political life altogether. When, however
the combined attack made on the Tweed Ring, two
years ago, he came forward once more,
oven 20 the neglect Of his private business. and
rendered powerful assistance through bis
earnest abors and great ability in rescuing the city
from the hands the corrupt band which robbing
the treasury so ruthlessiy. Uniting with the Hon.
Samuel J. Tlden, the Hon. Augustus Sche, and Others
he aided greatly in breaking the political power Of the
Ring, driving Tweed and his friends out OF Tammany
Hall and since that time he has been active member
Of the General Committee, and recently q sachem Of
that Order.