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Committee stood l2 10 0, j. II. Farley, Of
Cleveland, opposing; on Chairman Of tho
Executive Committee, II 10 rs. W. IIoG.
man, OF Cincinnati, opposing. ID s
SENATOR HILL DYING,
The Celebrated Georgian nrtathing His
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ATLANTA, July oO.-United States Sena.
tor Hills weaker tonight and his condi.
ton Is growing exceedingly critical. His
mind is clear and he realizes he may die
ut any moment, 1t is not known what
progress tho cancer has made In eating the
carotid artery. Death may result from
either exhaustion or the severing Of the
artery.
Great sorrow is felt. eEf,.i
tSenator Hill was born In Jasper county,
Georgia, September IA, 1879. lie received
q classical education, graduating ut tho
University Of Georga, Athens, In 1874,
with the highest houors Of his class. lie
studied law and served in both branches
Of the Legislature Of his State. &
Ben Hill came upon the National politi-
cal arena In 1916 and became active in
uniting the fragments OF the Wing party
into the American or Know Nothing party,
lie kept alive the old Southern style Of
oratory. lIo was a bitter anti.sessionist
mud made speeches ridiculing and sneering
at the enthusiastic advocates thereof, sug.
gesting for the meditation OF the proud
GeOrgians the spectacle OF Georgia going
out OF the Union ut the tail OF South Caro-.
lima. lie, however, joined the war party
as soon rs his State seeded and his flop
over wns 80 violent that It carried him into
JEFF Davis Cabinet. -siT ~
lIe was q Senator from Georgia in the
Confederate Congress. He was arrested in
1865 and imprisoned in Fort Lafayette. IIe
was elected to the Forty.fourth Congress,
and was reelected 10 the Forty.iiftl Con.
gress, but resigned, having been elected
United States Senator from Georgia.
During the spring Of 1881 he was the cen.
lral figure on the Democratic side Of the
Senate during the sharp aud acrimonious
discussions OF the Executive session of the
Senate, over the attempt OF the Rcpubli.
cans, with the aid OF the vote OF Senator
Malone, OF Virginia, 10 rcorganize the Sen.
ate. He was the first on the Democratic
side 10 throw down the gage Of battle, aud
was the leader in the policy to break the
force Of Senator Mahones independent at
tilude by charging bargain between him
and the Republicans.
While regarded by many then MS /, bour.
bon Of the bourbons, he himself suii:-"If
am or ever have been Il bourbon, then
George Washington, Henry Clay and Dan.
lei Webster were all bourbons. | am and
ever have been very rigid believer in the
theory OF our Constitution as promulgated
by Jumes Madison and approved by Dan.
iel Webster rs, in my opinion, the best ex.
position OF the Constitution ever yet made.
believe the revolution OF 1861 is scarcely
less important in the results which it has
worked than was the revolution of l77G.
believe those results, us embodied in the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
men,s to the Constitution are valid and
complete. ain in favor OF the execution
OF those amendments in the strictest good
faith md without the slightest mental res.
ervation. believe the colored race are
entitled TO all the political and civil rights
to which am entitled, und am in favor
Of giving them nll those rights freely and
without stint." s5i
His terrible suflerings are well known 10
the public. lie had cancer in the tongue.
Neglect and improper treatment in New
York caused the case to become serious.
The disease is properly epithclioma, rs can.
Ger on any mucuous membrane is tech
nically called On the Goth OF last July
Drs. Gross and Pancoast, OF Baltimore, per-
formed an operation for The removal OF the
cancer, cutting away portion OF the under
surface OF the tongue OH the lett side. On
September 9th 4 second operation was per.
formed, when the sublingual gland and
4 part Of the submaxillary gland
were cut out. There was third
operation, when the rest OF the submaxil-
larry and a few lymphatic glands about the
neck were cut away. The successive oper-
ations were necessary because some cells
by which cancerous structure is propa.
gated had strayed away into regions
were no suspicious structure appeared, but
afterward made themselves manifest. The
last operation was merely precaulion, tho
glands cut out being slightly induruted.
The patient did not suffer from the effects
OF the knife. When the Senator left the
hospital in February DR.. Gross consid-
cred him cured, only the wound made by
the knife having to heal.