St. Landry democrat., 1882-12-02
The Death of Thurlow Weed = Bio.
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| NEW YORK. November 90
Thurlow Weed died at s:55 o o'clock this morn
ing, surrounded by his weeping children,
grandchildren physicians, nurses and attaches
| of his household. His daughter Mss Harriet
| Weed, who has devoted her life 70 her father,
| was so uyt rcome that she had to be supported
| by two female attendants. The grief of the
| other children was none the less poignant.
| Just before passing away Mr. Weed CROPPED
with his right hand around the bed, as though
| he sought S children's hands. His grand
daughter took the extended hand, felt Il soft
r>ssure and the next moment he was dead.
| GEOGRAPHICAL.
Thurlow Weed was born on November Is,
1897, at Cairo, Greene County, N. Y, VIII ther
his parents had emigrated from Stamford,
Conn. He was the son of Joel Weed, a car
| man, and was named Edward ThurIow, after
| Edward Lord Thurlow, but the Edward was
soon dropped When about ten years of
| age he became cabin-boy on board sloop.
| He learned to set type in the office of Macky
| CrossWell, at CatskiIl. During the war Of
1872 young Weed was IN the army, having en-
! listed in Herkimer County regiment under
| Colonel Petrie, In 1878. He was shortly after
ward made er~sergeant, and spent
several months in camp life at Sacketts Har-
| I. L..
various Offices in Franklin Square and Pearl
| street, in New York, at one tine being a fel-
low-workman with James Harp.r, the late
head of the great publishing house. in April,
1918, Mr.. Weed married Miss Catharne NJ. 0s-
| trander, of Coorerstown N. T., woman of
i remarkably good sense and prudence, indus
4 try. religious principles and domestic habits.
/ His first connection with the press as an edi-
/ Tor was in Chenango County, where he started
the weekly Republican Aartcutsrlst in Decem-
| bcr 1915. 1t was Clintonian in politics, and
1 supported the project of constructing the
/ Erie Canal. In ls2i he purchased an interest
j in the Manlius Times, which he sold out year
| or two later. Going to Rochester he secured
| the position of assistant editor on the Roches-
/ ter Telegraph. In 1924 he repres ented the city
of Rochester in the State Legislature. During
/ his service in the Legislature he
| displayed the skill for political ma
| nipulation which characterized his after
! life. Returning to Rochester he became editor
4 and half owner Of the Telegraph, whose circu-
4 lation and influence was steadily increasing.
4 The mysterious disappearance of Captain
\ William Morgan and the anti-Masonic excite
/ ment which followed the alleged Masonic muir
] der suddenly became important factors in Mr..
| Weeds life. He took the anti-Masonic side,
i and in the height Of the excitement the Tale
! graph went down through the withdrawal Of
/ all Masonic support. Mr.. Weeds tact as
/ party manager and his services in 1896 in Sc
] curing the election of De Witt Clinton as Gov
4 ernor, suggested him dis competent person
1 to oppose the "A lbany Regency Z which, with
1 the Albany Argus as the organ, was the con-
/ trolling power, and the Albany Eeenifag Jour
i nal was established with Weed as editor. BY
i the spring of 1854 the nucleus of the new
4 party, called the Wing, had been formed. 1t
/ at once took firm foothold in New England.
4 In 1888 Seward and Bradish, the Whig candi-
/ dates. were elecfed Governor and Lieutenant
4 Governor of New York State, ana the M Mhlgs
i had majority in the State Assembly. 60
accustomed had the party grown to rely on
4 the guidance of the EUcntng J0ufaat ana It's
| editor, that politicians of the State We're in
! constant consultation with Mr.. w eed. who was
i alrendy called ssthe Dictator, the Warwick,
1.-THE Old Man. etc. It is doubtful II any one
4 man ever had such complete control OF q
i party or had his advice so implicitly followed
1 by its members as Mr.. Weed in his relation to
the Wing party. The great secret OF his sway
I undoubtedly was his dsinterestedness he
4 sought no office himself and would take none
! He preferred to be the power behind the
| throne rather than the semblance OF power on
j the throne. He was repeatedly urged TO run
i for offices, ranging from Nice-President down
to Mayor Of Albany, but invariably declined.
! Three times he was offered the English mis-
4 sion by three different Presidents whom he
/ had helped elect. He was prominent IN pro-
4 curing the Presidential nominations OF Harri,
i son, Taylor and Scott. He warmly advocated
i the election of Fremont in 1856 and Lincoln in
4 1850 In 1861 he was sent to Europe by Pres1-.
1 dent Lincoln in q semi-diplomatic capacity.
On his return from Europe IN 1867 the gratl-
4 tude of New York for what he had done took
the shape of a formal presentation to MN g q
the freedom Of the city, and several OF his
\ more intimate friends united in presenting
i him with a costly memorial in silver, which is
one OF the most precious heirlooms IN the
| family.
4 connection with the Albany journal, bofh as
| editor and proprietor. During the summer
| and autumn of 1868 the war OF the rebellion as
sumed an aspect which occasioned Mr.. w eea
he worked outa plan, after long reflection, by
A tho adoption of which he believed the War wal
could not only be more vigorously pros secuted,
but speedily ended. He went to Washington
and laid the plan before the PRESIDENT T. bnt 1T II
was not adopted. Since the close. OF the war
Mr. Weed has lived in New York, and Tor
II time edited the Commercial Advertiser. He has
maintained lively interest in all public ques-
tons, and has freanentiy favored the m met, tse
topics of the day and with "reminiscences.
In 1872 he returned to active politics Tor g
brief time. ana secured the nomination OF
General John ii. Dix by the Republican state
Convention for Governor On March ~ 1ss0,
| he once more assumed the editorship OF the
J0,trnat-for one day--on the occasion of the
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary OF its
foundation. 1v.,,..
Barnes of Albany. N. Y: Mrs. James Alden,
4 Of Morrisania. n :, and Miss Harriet Weed,
| who has been his constant companion since tne
death of his wife, about thirty years ago. @ He
leaves an estate estimated at over Sl,0oO,ou.
Public Buildings.
WASHINGTON. November "a.
Arab a. Hill. OF the