Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-01-21
DEATH or SCHUYLER CoLFAx
A Brief Biographical Sketch Of
the Deceased States.
man.

Hon. Schuyler Coliax. Of South Bend, Ind.
ex-vice President OF the United states, died on
the 18th inst, in the Chicago. St. Paul. Minne-
epolis and Omaha PASSENGER depot q
Mankato. MINI, OF heart disease, Mr:
train Of the Milwaukee Road, and. after inquir-
ing the distance and way to the Omaha depot,
walked o that place. o distance Of about three
80 degrees below zero. Upon arriving at the depot
he I'M. uired OF the baggaremsn where the gentle
mans waiting room was. and Immediately went
for the west-bound train. There was nothing
In his manner when be entered the derot to A.
tract the attention of the other occupants Of the
room. They noticed that he was breathing
hard. but thought nothing Of It, considering
that a fast walk was the cause. He looked out
OF the window and at q map on the wall, ana
then seated himself upon q bench in the room,
crossing one leg over the knee OF the other.
About five minutes after he entered the room
one OF the gentlemen present noticed his leg
and that his face was growing pale. Several OF
those in the room fastened 10 his assistance
thinking that the sudden change Of tempera-
one gasp and was dead. Hc had not spoken af-
ter entering the room, his last words being those
Of thanks to the bagRageman who had directed
identity Of the man who had passed away 60
suddenly until . ietter was notlced in his pocket
directed to Hon. Schuyler Colfax, South Bend,
no doubt that the body was that Of MI. Colfsx.
The Coroner was notified, and during the after
noon held an inquest. The jury, after examin-
o sns anoa w with the a fsna' isSss : 1 TSe %nel AZ ! 70.
OF Mr.. Colfax were ct oncc made aware by toll
egraph of hts sad death: The remains were
rin gton. and there properly prepared and laid
In state. The following day they were placed
In charge Of a delegation OF Odd Fellows, and
escorted to the late home of the deceased, at
South Bend. Ind. Mir. Colfax, Of the time death
overlook him, was en- route to Huron, Dak., on
business connected with Odd Fellowship, Of
which he was a prominent member.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Schuyler Colfax, seventeenth Vice President
OF the United States, was born in New YORK
Git March y. 1873. His grandfather, Captain
and commandment OF Washingtons body guard.
His father died before Schuyler was born. and
when he was 10 years old his mother married
again. and for the next three years he WAS en-
gagged in his stepfather's store, In 1886 the
family emigrated to Indiana and settled in New
Carlisle, st. Joseph County. During the five
following years Schuyler was q clerk In q conn-
try store. In ISL his stepfather, Mr.. Matthews.
was elected County Auditor, and removed to
south Bend. seuyler was app inted his
Senate reporter for the indianapolis State Jour
maj he established in ls45 a weekly, paper at
Register. OF which he was both proprietor and
editor. In politics It supported the Wing party.
and in lsts Ms; Colfax was sent as a delegate
~ bHC WIZ uUiOu ~ AsAc-
deiphia, OF which body he was elected secretary.
In ls5, he was a member of the Indiana State
Constitutional Convention, in which, he spoke
and voted against the clause prohibiting free
colored persons from entering the State. In
1851 he was candidate for Congress, and
was defeated only by a majority OF
ly Dcmocra ic. In 1852 he was q
delegate to the Wing National Convention at
Baltimore, which appointed him its Secretary.
Two years later he vas elected a Representative
in Congress by the newly formed Republican
party, and was reelected for the six following
terms. In 1856 he supported Mr.. fremont fol
President, and during tho canvass a speech
made by him in Congress on the extension oil
slavery and the aggression of the slave power
W 9 circulated to the extent of more than half q
In the Thirty-fft Congress Mr.. Colfax was
made Chairman Of the Committee on Post
Offices and Postroads, which place he continued
to occupy until his election December 7. 1869, as
Speaker Of the Thirty -eishthC Congress. He was
1867.
In 1865 he made a journey across the CONT.
nent to the Pacific coast, and in May. 1865. the
Republican National Convention at Chicago
nominated him fer Vice President OF the United
dent. He received $50 vof.s OF the eSt
that were polled by the convention, n wa.
elected In November: aud on March 4. 1869
took his seat as President Of the Senate
In 1870 he wrote q letter which wal
published. declaring his intention to retire from
PUBIC ire ~ soon as MS term OF vice Pre6lden'
had expired. He was subsequently, led Il
change this determination, and AZ the Repub
lican National Convention at Philadelphia, IL
1872, he was q candidate for the nomination al
Vice President and received 3l4Ja votes, ss4e be-
ing given to Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts
who was accordingly nominated ON the first bal
lot, and chosen in the subsequent presidettia
election.
In 1873 Mr.. Colfax was implicated in charges
of corruption brought against many member
of Congress, but the Judiciary Committee Of tn
ln,aa rar,nrfad mn Eah "a l2T3 that there WA
no ground for the impeachment of Mr.. Colfax
since, IL there had been any Offense committed
by him., 1t was before he became VICE President
Since that time he has taken no part in politics
but has frequently appeared as q public lecturer