, 1875-07-10
GEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR.
Incidents Attending tho Las,
1ours of His Life.
a Sketch Of His Political Career ami
lt Bitter Disappointment.
The Victim Of Political Treacl,erJ at thu
Hands Of Missouri Democrats,
Gen. shsrman's Glowing Eu1ogy Upon til,
Soldier and the Man.


6n'efas Dfsrateh II Th* Chftaaa Tribune.
9r, Lou's, July 9.-0en, F;ank Ulsir. afto,
beIn0 bed.riddnn for mora thar two vo.,. =.
~. 10 t..t .,t.;,, =, an - "..,. :,1 ''' oHs
y ~ ,@s' asns - AA''o r. ~ ~ n'' see'ueuco III
'ai' Guy. oSe1 Two seafA ago tie sustaIned1
ehoek OF paratys[s, which forced him 10 rctfrt
from rubli. life. and ma1e him D conArmed In.
valid. s,.sr hia ,a-.,xttc ..t..s to .l.c t....,.
.o,I,t,, -. .t' ivy .e.',''
''' n'.*oh'o8 - '''o otA't'' a''u tno ae'
bad not beon sb,o to speak snco las: fAll. Tllres
mouths Agu, "a = list resort. III. ons,.tson If
rn4,.v,.,,o. ~ n,,on
,..,,.x., "'' eetuN W -, nt'"o
""o po' .n'a "pon MN. Ihe operat1op @aa
p"rtormea ny nfs. franklin and Farrsr. xo!l-
knoun phyRcikns Of tls city, Two ounces Of
blood weru drasn fron tbc arm, ~ .,ro,,
healthy man. md t..nrtcs. i int. into tho vcias % o,
t!'o General: This operation wss repeated thrco
tilnea. the laat being about eevon vooas ago.
Tho treat.nent seenstl to improve hm to soma
c1tont, mud his physiciana .nno,nra5 th.. ,hov
h,1 s,,,o ,o,os ~, In ~o,,, ...s.. tAas
~ 1i, ""F et'"S to "'1u e'cHtuaHy ia'lf
!eco'es' t'' 'ot'"aso 1i1'hds. however, who
knew The latent cause al The maluiy, know that
It wls dntomper boYond tue powcr NJ me.
dioinal Hkill
Hin FAMILY wEnE ALWAYS Norryrr.
During tile peesent s.,mtncr lie hss takcn r,,-
r,hso-fides frcqutntlv. Ono tay l.st week ho
descended tue eta1ra without hse.stanra. snd
rept at,t,ut tho rpn.n unsnrportrtl,
The circumstances thai |tu,ncdiaIa1v nreredod
his death wero ~ foilowu: Ycs:etlsy aflcruoon
he WAS .aken out for \ t]riys. and r1turnad In
about Al hour. apparently much refreshed. uo
vas placed At fsoptroom window by his fau,-
~; ~. hsaoy. shortv ,f,arS,ria XXX .ne sa s'.n an.
nnmar,t s,onc In nr,se and nsdo ~, .fro-. - ~ -
~, ~ ~ .I,n;n,nr rooIn f,s srns al e'''' ~
b. W. " a,.,nrS,r sr1srn a;,-,. ",.c4,o,
,ne hofnr. a.sfs,.nrn romid ro,.., ill.,, ,ou :,
IN ,,nor s,,.tin1 viii, hi. r,o,', ,cmn'n th s "
nv ri . h,res,t Tt.c f,fl alI,t,no1 hi,,, ,1 -.
49,. ,I.s 49,, u, a., i,,.n.. 10 ,to @'t, ~ ~ no
nsde tn ,stvo I'm I,ancr.i h"t w;toyn, ','"as sa
ccssS ia rsm.,nr1 IN scnma.nso stata h,os1t.
nr coa,v .,d rv;}sn,Iv snfrcr;,, m n.ir y, II
was Main that in c,s9 was n,sr. 4. his nu'ss
VA f} s}or. n,s hs.rt-ncnts cottinr II ' ,o,y, ~
.r nd ioxor IA liz fost,rcs rro,..
-. r;,d ~ .1.a1 10 ,n;ati. f,-.ha.i,oI
| H. -, dr;ne n.r,osxiv III w;ti.e,.
| s,rro"ic Sinmt III tloatihcd xcro ,l,o Kan.
<1,is w;ie snd ci,, a,itren' Ncz;,, liz f,n1y
! ~. o,h,rs ,ra,o ,,rs,nn, aTcnrt II, .,rar.,f
Mrs Hsmual stnnoos. 1A~' A1
1A'1' nIm,n.pr,c,,
II. .ctno,i ic5cc'l fnrt snoo1 ia, n,ir.a
h,.t f,ienis shst h,s n,raiytic styots w. ."mnr.
ta.t H.. i.,ia,, 1;as Snn''+ant .' L. a.,
.n,,s ha ir.,.,e1s .s IT. lin ;i,st a."
,s, aes w. ~ s1aa 81 ~ T' u .5o
;.n,sea the I1I,crni noromrnt n thi. S.nIo md
!, sra, - III. tntinrnrn rnrt,v +h,t ths cnnaSnr
- :. siasnaat ar al .i,ai- nch:.on,a,t ~ ~,
ase a ,vss ofoc al T.. .hn o'I.ts.nra 1r,, ,s
~. nj ~ 1.nus-x ,a71 was ohoaa,, -. IN .i'a
nno,nire,t tcrm nf H.n,tnr n,ate IN tts i,";,na
H'.,a. Eensta !, :. nni1 trn,,n ,h.+ - ror,n,o.
% % a,.o,n,; j,,o H., nsn ni.;r ~ ~. Iten,o.
Nss enae'eu into oe,"een PEE raton aa Of lis
trsgmamtsrv t"rnn i, silo rriate ho ~. to be rt-
turnrI for Il. Years, and that tho leadcreh1p OF
I tl,a nsrty in Missouri waa to DO accorded hIn.
Ei,;r TOOK this asrt ent,t in so, fa,.h and lid
snIsudiI etryico in puttiug it upcu 4 f~r,nl1A!s
foot,ny. Al that tins ho vaa IN m6En.lceue
| haalth. Ia tho Ututet OF 1879 occurred
TIE mgMouArLE SENATORIAL srGEuoLr
| hetveen Gen, blair and tie Hen l.. Y. Dagr, Ia
which tho latter came pir victorious. BLAIR now
INV that l,o Ind hecn dupcd iuto aleciance to
party which had pEosou sreaclierotlB to itu solemn
! rewn1d bin sorvjces lis doteat hurt him very
md It wan manifest that bis I'd, seal health be-
| cau,e affected from that per,ol.
Two years ago Gov Woodson appointed him
to tho position Of Etate Insurance Commissioner,
SERVICES lad been Of sucl, sn ern,ueut character,
il took an extraordinary effort to Reccro liu cn-
oFsusttou by tia Democratic state Beuato. and
this was oniy donc by tho unanimous yote Of the
Republican Senators.
| 7Mss oIan.sa rnoor or sxoaAr17unx
was too much ovcn for tbe vigorous piair, md
The shock was 10 great to him that shortly there
af.er ho was stricken with paralveia. aud has
been helplcss ever since. The best Democrats
| herp acknowledge that Blair was treated badly,
AMI tj,at thnir narty broke faith viii, him in thu
most ino1cusa6!e manner lIo held tho position
Of InsusAuce conm,sriopcr up TO tho time ot
his death, and it was tue , only ns'us of support.
Thonch 1cn. Btair's family have etpressed d
| d,s,ra to i,ayo bis funeral s,fupo aud uuvs,cn-
tatlous the,o ia great pnbIic desire to do honor
to lis memory, and ths serviceH will doubtlesa bc
e tbe MOI dstnoustfatiye sa..cto' Ill., ta.hsr'
mtorar iii fsi,ir ~ ,iSioC ~ S;jycr Snr,ncs
no.r Warrington. and are now ct, route to tll!a