The Evening critic., 1881-07-29
JOHN c. BuRCH.
Death of the Secretary of the u. n.
Senate.


Se""e'
Yesterday afternoon, much TO the surpris |
of great many friends, Col. John Y. Burch;
Secretary of the United States Senate died
quite suddenly--suddcnly, from the TACT
that only the day before ms physiciahs hau
declared him out OF danger Coi; b9rchs
ailmcnt was organic disease oil the heart,
from which he had been sufferer ior sohc
months. so alarming were inc symptoms,
in fact, he visited his home In tennessee,
but becoming no better, returned 10 WASH,
ington last Saturday, ana MS wiie anu
daughter, who were visiting III iehhsyaVa-
mia, were summoned to MS Dedsiuc' ihcy
arrived here last Tuesday. Inc patient, u,
that time IN charge OF Dr. Baxter, couiu
recognize his friends and family, put was
unable to speak. Dr. wales was calleu III
Tuesday night as the consulting physiciah.
Both physicians were OF the OPINION tnat
the patient would DIE, put pehcvGu tnat nc
might live week or ten days ,, inc family
was made aware OF the iact' inc physi,
clans visited him Yesterday morning, ana
very shortly after they ieit the mousse ohe
sick man died without a struggle; :,
Col Buren, was IN inc hity-hiVn year Oh
his age, having peeh DOTH IN ocIersoh
County, Georgia, octoDer -, io~o, TIC re.
| ceived ms early education IN inc pest
schools III that state, ana IN lS43 tic entereu
| VIZ - 90
ating III lSai. Tic NJ once entered upon
the study on the law IN the once oil GOV.
Charles y. Mcdonald at Marietta, anu was
admitted to the par III lo4o, lie prac1lceu
his profession at spring race, murray
County, Tor ABOUT threc years anu tnem re-
moved TO ohattanooga, iehn' IN looo nc
was elected to the lower mousse OF the state
Legislature ana, aithougn one Oh l.s Young
est members, TOOK foremost position as
debater ana pariamchtarlah. Two years
later ne was sent 10 ene SENATE =. represo ai
ing the district composed OF tne COUNTIES
OF Hamilton, Bradley, hnea, bieasoe, &c,
quachie ana MARION, ana ai.hougn paIely vi
the senatorial age, nc rccc.vcu .ne ulS.in-
guished honor oi eieclioh W VhU sPe"hei
snip. In 1903 the Nashyiie o"oh ano
american, tne organ Vi .ho Dol'ioola1s y. .no
state capital, was deprivco py oeath Oh TWO
OF IT'S leading editors, MesSrs' roinueAter
and Eastman ana MIR. burch assumed inc
TRIPOD as its edlt0r,in-chieI. "a. ,hc DIEM
ing out oil inc repeilion, MI. Durch enl's.eu
IN Company =, hock oity uuarus, puo was
soon after chosen lieutenant by announcer
| company. lie was selected py 1ehcrM ~
low as ms aide'ae,Saihp anu ploln4.eu W
lieutenant-col0hci; When tennessee peca ul,
an ,1 Birch ,vas made assistant ad;ntant.
,,n,,a,aj ond Continued 10 servo IN that
eanacity during the war upon the stats OF
Generals Pillow. Forrest, and Withers. AT
, the close of the war he returned to Nash.
vile and resumed the practice of the law,
which he continued until September
, 1900 when he again became editor-in.
chief of the Union and american, hav.
inc purchased controlling interest
Four Years afterward a vacancy occurred in
| the ccmptrollership of the State, and Gov
I G. Brown rendered him the position.
, which he accented. After serving in thi.
D capacity for two years he returned to his
JOURNALISTIC lapors on 'ho h"er.oun, 10 e Sr,'
papsi +, " ooaoss;on ~ Tho nanncrot;c ,art,
tpt H. ',o os ,ho n,a;or;t, of the ITm;te2
= States vhS Senate be was elected Secretary owe
y a number of formidable comnetitors. ever,
ono ~ whom was nm nv .mcmhcr either n
n the Tinted States Senate or House Of Rem
g raS Col Rmrcb leaves n widow
C and s;~ cb;idren only one of the Latter
e Jauohter having been nrescnt Mt his he'd
side when he died The funeral service
o will toke n,ace this afternoon from his LAT
d ros;donco No In35 Vermont ayenue nm,
/ tba ren,a;ns will he forwardad tn Nasty in,
c Tonn for IN terment
rnio,nel Rnrch was tho
j.
s Seveh'h secre.ary Oh "e ohite'
: states SENATE.
~ ""' >Asss~>N " '.s~~ 49,. o. =
: Gorham, on Monday, March "a, 1919, unde
the Democratic reorganization. The reso
{ luton to elect new officers was offered b.
/ Senator Wallace OF Pennsylvania, 1t wa
$ strongly antagonized by senators Blaine
Y Edmunds, Conkling ana Anthony. In
o latter made powerful speech III support @
his idea that the old custom OF retainin
the secretaries IN position Tor unlimite'
n terms should be maintained; ana IN tina
q connection he gave list OF the
n Secretaries from the First Congress
+ ~, IN that date nc fo,,ovs.
w -. OF 20 ,,.,..
oani"e, Aiyno U.'s' VI "sa"on"s wv,
y electcu ocGre,ary VI is' Tcnale, ~ i,ol
y anu serveu through .nc anlrteeneh Ool
u gress pcriou VI Mun'y -h'e years. uht'
y MS aea,h IN Uctoper' H1i4'
u NnaI'es Outls, VI Wv nanipsnle' wa
electea oeGre.ary octoper -, 1919, an
serveu until cd Pvriou v, eieveh year,
Q waiter l1owr TIE vi lenlsyiyaui' clecte
r Decenper ~, loso, anu served through IN
I wears until 1s36 when he resigned.
: Asbury Dickens, of North Carolina, wa
n elected December IL, 1896, and serve
# through the Thirty-sixth Congress, perio
of twenty-five years, until 1861. The in
k tirmities of age then interfered with tn