Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-12-21

Hon. Dudley C.Haskell, representative
in congress from the Lawrence district,
now the md, died in Washington City
last Sunday morning at O'Clock, after
painful illness of several weeks. Dur
ing the congress of 1882 he worked very
hard and injured his health, it now ap-
pears, irreparably. In Washington last
winter he was the acknowledged leader
on the Republican side in the bitter tar
if fight and this labor also tended to
wear him out. He did not even take
his seat in the present congress, but
gradually grew worse after his arrival
at the Capital. His affection was COM
plication of several diseases, all attrib-
utable to OverwOrk- He leaves fami-
ly. The remains accompanied by Mrs.
Haskell and a committee composed of
! Senators Cockrell, of Missouri, Plumb,
of this state, and Representatives Ryan,
Hanback, and four other members, were
brought on from Washington this week
and inferred at Lawrence yesterday.
BY request of Mrs. Haskell, Congress-
man Anderson remained in Washing
ton to announce in the house of repre-
sentativeS the death of her husband.
lie did so, in the following beautiful
words:
1T is with great sorrow that I per-
/ form q sad duty in announcing To the
/ house the death of my lamented col
league, Hon. Dudley G.. Haskell, late
| representative from Kansas, who died
at his residence in this city early YES
terday morning, and with the earliest
TINT OF that sacred day which signifies
to the Christian rest from his labor. his
! spirit severed from the jurisdiction of
this congress of the United States. and
joined the sublime general assembly of
| representatives of all nations, CONT
nents and countries. As babe sleeps.
so he slept out of life and woke to that
immortality vOuchsafed and given by
the Lord Jesus Christ. Mr.. Haskell
served during the last three congresses
with ever increasing ability, fidelity and
eihclency,. and had he been spared to
occupy this seat draped with emblems
OF mourning, but frightened with flow
erS Oh CHRISTIAN hope, he could have
taken a high, deserved rank with the
Forty eighth congress by his never
questioned purity of character. bright
legislative experience and statesman
snip. This Is not the time to speak.
On a future day the house will be asked
TO suspend the ordinary proceedings and
pay lifting tribute of respect to the life
OF one whose words and deeds have be-
come an inseparable part Of history
Deceased was born in Springfield.
Vermont, in 1912; he came to Kansas
in 1854, and settled where Lawrence
now stands, on place still owned by
the family. He was connected with the
quartermaster's department in the
Union army for two years then went
to Yale college and completed scien-
tihc course; engaged in the mercantile
business at Lawrence until 1872: was
In the Kansas legislature from 1872 to
1875, serving the last year as speaker.
In the fall of 1875 he was elected to the
Forty-ffth congress and was again
elected in 1878, i'll 1850 and 1882. He
was strong partisan, consistent Re
publican and a man of acknowledged
ability.
Already there are dozens of aspirants
for the position Mr.. Haskell filled.
among the number being Eugene Ware,
J. ID. Snoddy, S. o. Thatcher, ]. d. Nc
Cleverty, Judge A. A. Harris and 9th
ers.