Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-03-02

Ioom ~ lOcanty strange TO her, IN bed and at
tended by q colored woman She was confined
to her room, but not injured or insulted till last
night, when she was taken in q coach to Forty
sixth street and Fifth avenue and let go.
HON. MATT. CARPENTER.
Death of the Distinguished Wisconsin Senator
at Washington from Brights Disease
Hon Matt. Carpenter, whose illness had be-
come well known to the country, failed rapidly
toward the close, and died on last Thursday
morning the 24th, in presence of his family
and Judge Macarthur, DR.. Fox, Hon. Char les
G. Williams, and others. Senator Carpenter
leaves family composed of his wife, daughter
and son. The daughter, Miss Lillian, is q young
lady, and the son, Paul, named for his mothers
father, is thirteen years OF age. His estate is
valued at about 100000. Public BODIES. and
the press, OF all shades of political opinions
unite IN paying hOnors to his memory His fu-
neral took place in Washington on Sunday. and
his remains after the adjournment Of congress-
will be taken to Milwaukee, and afterwards, if
his own request is observed will he cremated.
BIOGRAPHICAL
= Matt Il. Carpentry was born at Moorestown, VT.
December 22. 1874. He entered the military
academy at West Point in s43 aud remained there
Two years, during which lime he was in Gen. Burn
slde's class He studied law with Rufus
moved 70 Wisconsin in 1913 and entered
elected to the Tinted States sen paSess Rspu5 10
,rol4 March !, sH9. to March ), 1875. He prac-
ticed law at Washington aud at Milwaukee, and was
again elected 70 the United States senate
oHewe and took his I'll scat ss' March h'nl' IS,
1879: His term of service viii expire
Marci, ;. 1855, His in the senate, as in his
profession, has been remarkable one. In 1874.
While the kepubiicaNs and Democrats were bitterly
striving for the mastery ia the Louisiana mulde as
to the legitimacy of the Kellogg govern
the whole question, whether Kellogg or McEner cry
was entitled to the governorshp back to the people,
holding that there had been no legal election:
Morton advocated the claims of the notorious
Pinchhack, as the or!r thing he could do without
abandoning the State to the control of the White
league. aud the Republicans generally were with
him. Carpenter had
GREAT REGARD FOR GRANT.
who had virtually recognised Kellogg aud inter-
minority crowd By an order. but he could not sus-
tain what he conceived to be legal wrong. and he
despised Pinchback. in whose behalf the contest
going on for seat in the senate. Carpenter was one
Of the few men in the senate who, like Ccnkling,
Eayard, ingalls, and Thurman, would attract atteu-
ton anywhere. Ha and Coukling have often been
mentioned together. but they differed widely in
able. Conklirg is reserved, naughty. iln,
pervious. implacahe and suspicious. Carpenter
Is g6HefOuS, ifaiAk Huu SlucGr6. COnklInE mas
swell manners aud dainty lemeanor generally.
Carpenter is also swell, but Of sturdy. western
type with an element Of swagger that was by no
tn h re'us ore and a awavs
with his self assertion, Which IS far
more pleasing than Conkling's self consciousness.
presidency. His speech in reply. to Summer and
&c and June ), So. gave him special promneac e
in the arena of politics at the time, and it was
MORE WIDELY CIRCULATED
than any other campaign document during the
Grant. Greeley contest. more then million COPIES
being sent out Of Washington alone. In March.
1878. he was elected president pro tenn of the sem
ate, for which duty he was peculiarly we'll
qualified. He had great powers Of reasoning,
cricel analysis, ready perception,a retentive mem
DRY. intense application. resolute purpose, fine
voice. personea and delivery in debate. He was
doubtless greatly influenced in the formation of
for he was an impossible man. No lawyer
in the United States attained higher rank than he
remember his brilliant of in his law practices,
when he first came to Wisconsin, in the case of
Rashfoa Besstow for the Of
the Democratic candidate and made an argument
which lifted him at from obscuritv to the front
rank of lawyers. He has cleared high s. 900
insurance on his life of 100000 and a library
worth $4,000 rs his accumulation for \ life
time Of labor. Some of his earlier arguments, in
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
were printed along with the opinions of the courts
before which they tried in the Wisconsin re-
ports, and ther research thus acknowledged. He
was retained by Stanton, when secretary Of
way, to argue before the supreme court of
the United States fwnere his appearance was fire.
quent several important causes growing ont of the
reconstruction measures of congress- and he gave
more color to the judicial construction Of this q; as
of complicated questions when they were
new than any other person in
the country. His literary requirements were also
extensive, and as a ccnTersationalst he had feV
equals. He was Jeffersonian Democrat Ia favor.
ite claim of his and acted with the party until the
war broke out. when he perceived the tendency Of
the men who we're controlling the
organization. and left it. He has
ever since been stawart among stalwart Republic
cans, with this qualification, that questions of
finance. constitutional law aud municipal govern
mont: or, in other words. he is Democrat of the
growing ont Of the war As a
leader he has been tower of strength,
and though his methods have sometimes been ques-
toned, no one ever impugned his personal probty
and incorruptible public character. Hemarried in
early life a daughter Of Gov. Dillingham; Of Yer
mont. who survives him.
Great Loss Of Cattle on the Plains.
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