The Phoenix herald., 1879-11-14
ZACH. CHANDLER.
Death of n StaIwart Member of
 the Republican Party.

Senator Zachary Chandler, of
 Michigan, was found dead in his bed
 on the morning of November 1, in
 Chicago. His demise was sudder
 and wholly unexpected. For nearly
 thirty years the name of Zach
 Chandler has been prominent in
 American politics. Born at Bedford,
 New Hampshire, he emf grated when
 a young man, to Michigan, and em
 parked in mercantile pursuits in De
 troit. There he was successful in
 business, and gained quite a local
 reputation. His entrance into pub
 lie life was as Mayor of Detroit in
 1851. The next year he ran for Gov
 ernor of the State, but was defeated.
 The deceased early joined the Re
 publican party, and was among the
 first Senators elected by that party to
 Congress. His election occurred in
 1856, 10 succeed Lewis Cass, Demo
 crat. The activity ard energy wi Ii
 which he espoused the Republican
 cause gained him great prominence.
 He was reelected at the expiration
 It used to be said of him that he
 carried the United States Senator
 ship in his vest pocket In 1875,
 however, he was among the first to
 s-:ffer in the Democratic tidal wave
 A
 Isaac Christiancy, Chief Justice of
 the State was elected, and Chandler, ft short time, retired to private life. But toward the close of that year, Columbus Delano retired from the Secretoryship of the Interior, and President Grant appointed Chandler to succeed him. He filed that office until the Hayes administration of 1877, when he again became a pri- vate citizen. A few months later Christiancy, Chandler's successor in the Senate, was appointed minister 10 one of the South American Re publics, and tle Legislature of Mich igan, for the fourth time, elected Chandler to the United States Senate for the remainder of Chistiancy'E term. Chandler's term would have expired on the 3d of March, 1SSI X vacancy therefore exists in the Sen ate. The sessions in Michigan are biennial, and the Legislature was in session in January last. Unless there is a special session. therefore, the vacancy must be filled by ap- pointment' of the Governor of the State.
 The deceased Senator belonged to what is known as the stalwart wing l of the party. He was of the school ot politicians that the troublous 1 times of twenty years ago brought l into prominence. Effective on the ! stump, he became quite popular. l During the Andrew Johnson excite. 1 mcnt he was one of inc most strenu- ous advocates of impeachment. At | the last Presidential campaign. as 1 Chairman of the National Republi- l can Committee, he was active in be- l half of the party in Florida and the | other doubtful ates. But whatever l view may be taken of his acts politi- | ically, his personal reputation for in
 tcgrity stands unimpeached. His | administration as Secretary of the | Interior was a great improvement | upon his predecessors. His rulings | were in favor of settlers as against | corporations, and there arc two or
 three notable California cases where l he reversed former decisions of the | Land Oflice. Future historians may l not class Chandler among our dis
 statesmen, hut they will | admit his great usefulness at d time | when the fate of the nation seemed | to hang in the balance. Deceased | Iras horn Dece-,o i,rr ID 1912 and he 1