Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-02

WASHINGTON LETTER.

around the columns of the National
Post Office Department in mourning
for the late Ex-Postmaster General
Jewell was only removed last week,
and now must be replaced for the
BILE Timothy O. Howe, of Wisconsin,
is dead. There has been singular
fatality among the heads of this De-
partment within the last two years.
Maynard, Jewell, and Howe, three
Post Master Generals, have passed
away. General John A. Rawlins,
Secretary of War, who died Septem-
Der Z, 1869, was the last cabinet
minister to die in office until this
death of yesterday. He died also of
an affection of the lungs, and, like
Mr. Howe, was comparatively poor
man at the time of his death.
The deceased cabinet officer was
born at Livermore, Maine, on the
oath of February, 1916. After re-
ceiving a common school and aca-
demic education he studied law at
Winthrop and at Ellsworth. In 1889
he was admitted to the bar and at
once began to practice at Readfield.
At that time Mr.. Howe was an ar
dent whig and devoted admirer of
Henry Clay. In 1915 he was elected
to the legislature as a whig, serving
with William Pitt Fessenden. He
took an active part in discussions in
the legislature, and was considered
to be a young man of unusual prom
/ Use. Late in 1916 Mr.. Howe remov-
ed to Wisconsin territory and opened
law office at Green Bay, small
village then separated from the more
thickly settled parts of the territory
by long and wide belt of forest.
Upon the admission of Wisconsin to
the union in 1948 he became a whig
candidate for congress, but was de-
feated. In 1850 he was elected a
| Judge of the circuit and supreme
| courts of the state. He held this
position until he resigned in 1855,
and during a part of his term was
chief justice of the supreme court.
When the Republican party was
organized in Wisconsin, in 1854, Mr..
Howe published letter expressing
hearty appreciation of the movement.
In 1857, two years after retiring from
the bench. he was a candidate fol
United States Senator, but failed to
receive the nomination because he
would not subscribe to certain state
rights doctrines then popular il
Wisconsin. In 1861 he was elected
and he was twice reelected. During
the eighteen years he was in the
Senate Mr.. Howe was member OF
many important committees, and was
one of the earliest advocates Of
emancipation, universal suffrage, an6
the right and expediency of estab
fishing territorial governments in the
South. He took an active part il
the opposition to President Johnson's
policy. One of his most marked
speeches during his last term was {
vigorous protest against the Hayes
policy of Cancellation.
Early iu 1881 President Garfield
appointed him as one of the commits
sioners to the Paris monetary con
ference.
1t was a great sacrifice when Sen
ator Howe, during his last senatorial
term, refused the Office of Chic
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States, rendered him by Pres
ident Grant. Speaking of the mat
ter on a later occasion, Mr.. Howe
said: "Rather than surrender thu
seat / hold in the Senate to Demo
crat, have already trampled on th
only real ambition | ever had. Th
offer came at time when. by
combination of railway and grange
9 influences, the state legislature ha
fallen into the hands of the Demo
Gratis, and he would not entertain 70
moment the idea of leaving a
office to which he had been electe
by the Republicans of Wisconsin
when to leave it would give it int
the power of Democratic legislator
! to fill it. He felt that before til
end of his term the Republican
would again have control of th
matter, which was the case. 1t wa
an experience in his life that CAV
! him many days of regret, though nc
:. moment of hesitation.
In consequence of this death of
cabinet minister it is announced ths
the dinner to have been given by th
President on Tuesday to EXPIRES
: dent Diaz will not take place, nc
will the state reception by Secretar
Frelinghuysen, announced for Weo
!. nesday evening.
j., There are, of course, many surm
ses as to who will be appointed
= the Cabinet vacancy. The gener
impression is that the First Assistal
Post Master General, Mr.. Fran
Hatton, will succeed Mr.. Howe, d.
ceased. Mr.. Hatton has, in fac
borne the burden of the work of Il
office ever since his appointment.
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