New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-12
WILLIAM ALLEN DEAD.
A BUSY CAREER ENDED.
TIE VETERAN POLITICIAN DIS SUDDENLY
errrrU OF MS CARFrRs


condition OF sufficient consequence to receive alton
tion until the afternoon. At 1 p. IN. he had symp-
TOMS OF chllls and DR.. Scott hla son-n-law
and physician, induced him to take some medicine
and 20 10 bed. Dr. and Mrs Scott rcnaiucd ia at
tendance upon him. Ali through Governor Allen con-
sdered # was useless durgei them 20 retire. lie
was ND several times during the night About $50
ti, morning be rose suddenly staggered 70 char,
fell into il and died without a word. DR. scott haI
seated himself IN an adjoining room, and responder
hastily 10 Mrs SCOTS calls, but before be reached
the Governors side be was dead. The exact dare
for the funeral has not yet been fixed upon bot IL
is believed ne will be buried Monday morning.
COLUMBUS OHIO July 11.-GOvernor Bishop has
issned proclamation eulocistic Of the late ez-oy-
eruor en- reel. ing his pablo services and direct
inc that the flags on the Capitol he displayed NJ
baf-maat and tie closing Of State Offices On the day
o, the funeral
Another of the old school of Democratic p'hti-
clans has left tb, cares and canyasses Of the world,
and has proved that tLe toughest OF TcpuoHcan
veterans must yield 10 death at last.
There have been many platform and newspaper
tests about nj, extraordinary longevity, 6ut accord
ir, 70 the best authority he was born at E4ent'n'
North Carolina. on the 27th Of December loo6
Hi, are may also he de lermined by the circu"-
stances Of his first election 70 the United states
Senate. The LEGISLATURE By which he was chos
mot on the first Monday OF October, 1886. On the
next day he was nominated for the Senate but the
election was deferred until after New Years Day.
10 await his attainment OF the constitutional age OF
G Senator HIS father dying while he was yet very
Young Allen found "a home with his klnsioik IN
I.vuchburg Va, when he was eight years Old
General Jackson. then on his way to make formal
report OF his victory at New-oreaas TO the Govern
mert no Washington. passed through Lynchbufc,
and roupr Allen and his school fellows were given
holiday on the occasion. i is stated that Thomas
Jefferson was present. and there is q story that
uporl that da-. while jefferson and Jackson were
resting at q hotel. William Allen was admitted 20
their presence and treated by them, bright lad,
with no little attention.
Al the age of sixteen, carrying with him all Lls
worldly goods TIED up an a handkerchief. Alien
left his home for che West. Travelling on foot. be
arrived ~ the house of a widowed sister, MIS-, Thur
man. NJ Chilncotba. This was in lS23 He began
10 attend the Cml-icothe Academy end for three
or four years he pursued MS sru1is there, support
ing hlris-If Dry his own labor At the &c Of twenty
he undertook the study OF the law in the office Of
Edward King, son OF Rufus King, OF New-lork,
and two years after he was admitted TO me oar at
Portsmouth. For i0ur years he practstd law Wlih
diligence. IN 1882 he was nominated for Congress
J.
Duncan McAr.hur, then Goveruor OF O no. Who was
the Wing candidate The canvass was very
severe one The district had been Wing by 1900
majority, and Gerard, % Democrat, was put into the
field TO weaken Aliens strength. Allen was elected
b. majority Of one General Jackson, th'n Presi-
dent having removed tie public deposits. was en-
gagged in his great controversy with the United
states Bank and IL House by q small majority
Democratic Allen became one of the Presidents
most strenuous supporters. AT the close of his
tern, he was renominated for the next Congress-
and after fierce campaign was beaten by William
Key Bond. Jackson offered him, II is said, any
Federal Office ia Ohio which he might select, but
the favor was refused. for Allen already had an eye
npon seat i'm the United States Senate, and in
the Winter Of ls35-37 he was elected to that
body. again securing success by a majority of one.
he took his seat on the 4th OF March, 1897, the day
Of the inauguration of Presi lent Van Buren,. b.
vrqs mad. chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs He maintained an active part in the debates
on the Sub-Treasury BILL warmly supporting it. and
be followed the lead Of Benton as 10 most financial
measures. Returning home the next Summer be
took the stump for the Democratic ticket-a some
what unusual proceeding at that time for senator
Of the United States. he mad been attacked IS the
Democratic Senator of Wing state, and he dlI his
best 10 make tie taunt no longer possible. Ihe
next Legislature was Democratic, and sent Judge
Pen Tappan 10 be the colleague Of Allen IN the
Senate. Mr.. Clay aftcrwarl spoke Of " his young
friend. the Senator from Ohio, who was trying 20
introduce the Democratic element into the Senate"
Allen retorr-d that he 4" did not know place upon
Gods footstool where Democracy was so much
needed" The next year Mr.. Clay himself was
stummng Kentucky and Ohio.
Al the close of his term Mr. Allen was reelected
fIg,rIa cor
nm. he was chairman Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations. and he made the closing argument IN
favor of the measure, the ground taken by him be-
ing that it was bad policy to have small independent
governments established in our neighborhood. Mr..
Allen also took prominent part in the debates on
the Oregon question favoring the bill establishing
the boundary line Of that Territory at % 40.
THIS he insisted that the United States could not
surrender without dishOnor. Failing 70 carry MS
point on account Of a detection of Democratic
Senators. he resigned his position chairman Of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, after a warm
personal alteration with Senator Crlttenden. ION
what meat does this Caesar feed asked the
senator from Kentucky, that he is to rise here and
lecture rs for decisions TO which we have deemed
II our duty 10 GOMEZ Where did be come FRONT
J. il the little petty Office of chairman OF the Com
nittee on Foreign Relations which warrants him.
in his own opinion put on these airs OF authority
TO assume this predominance7 and to lecture MS as TO
our official duty, az he has now doneY The
gentleman seeks by yehemence OF gestlculaton
and volume OF sound TO give effect to what he
Ia pleased to say and IN some OF his
gestures the gentleman Is not only offensive
INT reaIlv alarming. All this j. brandIshed
over rs with such magnifccuce Of style and man
uer that, really, sir, | scarce know where the
Senate stands and what is 20 become Of it, Allen
ulied a good deal in the VEN. and Mr.. Crit
Tandem was about to answer him, when the presid-
inc officer interfered with the remark that this per-