St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-27

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passing painlessly away at o'clock this
morning. There was CLEAN of conscious
ness and he called his sons name, but soon
wandered again. Judge Davis physician
says the immediate cause of his death was
erysipelas, the outcome of the malig-
nant carbuncle which first appeared
April 80. But diabetes. which
must have been insidiously working for two
years. was the primary cause. and to it is
attributed his rapid decline in flesh for
week before the end. He had been uncon-
scious most of the time. His wife. his only
| son, George P. Davis, and wife, his only
daughter, Mrs. Sarah D. Swayne. and hus-
band, his granddaughter Alice S. Davis;
his niece, Mrs. Fannie Pierpont; his cousin,
John NJ. Walker. and his old friend, Frank
D. Orme of Washington were present
AT HIS DEATH.
The widow is much worn out by con-
slant and devoted watching, but bears up
bravely. Senator Logan has been added to
the list of those invited as honorary pail
bearers. The funeral will be held at the
residence next Tuesday at p. m, and the
remains inferred in the family lot in the
Bloomington cemetery. The follow
ing gentlemen have been invited
to act as honorary pall-bearers: Judge
| Walter Q. Gresham, Judge Lawrence
Weldon, Hon. Leonard SWEET, Gov. Oglesby,
Hon. Joseph Mcdonald, Judge John
B. Latham, Hon. Jesse w. Fell. Hon.
John Wentworth, Judge Oliver L. Davis,
Judge Thomas Drummond. Hon. D. w.
VOORHEES,. Fl. 81. Treat and W. D. Girls
void. The following have been invited as
ACTING PALL-BEARERS:
Hon. Robert 7. Lincoln. Hon. A. E.
Stevenson, James S. Ewing, Lyman Burr,
Frank D. Orme. Duncan M. Funk, Henry
W. Bishop, Lucius G. Fischer. The death
is received in Bloomington with profound
sorrow, flags are at half-mast, bells tolling
and stores and houses draped in mourning.
INDIANAPOLIS SENTIMENT.
INDIANAPOLIS, June ga largely
attended meeting of the indianapolis bar
was held this afternoon to take action on
the death of eX-President David Davis.
Judge Walter @. Gresham presided and
speeches were made by ex-senator McDon-
aid and others. A eugolistic memorial
was adopted and all members who could
make it convenient to do so were requested
by resolution to attend the funeral.
AS SEEN BY A FRIEND.
Leonard SWEET of Chicago speaks thus of
Mr.. Davis in the Chicago Mail:
1 have known him since 1S4S, at which time
he came into public prominence. His first
| appearance in politics was a member of the
constitutional convention which met that
| year. In the same year he was chosen Cir
cult judge. This was in the Eighth district,
which comprised fourteen counties in the
| central part Of Illinois, extending from Sanga-
mon on the west to the state line east. Over
| this extensive district Judge Davis Travelled
twice each year. holding court in different
places. Judge Davis, Abraham Lincoln, john
| Il. Stewart, John J. Hardin, Stephen T. Logan,
Edward e. Baker, Edward Hannigan, Daniel
W. voorhees,, Kirby Benedict, Edward
self were the company that admins
tered law in that district. Most
OF the attorneys would only go through a
county or two and then drop out. Lincoln
and accompanied Judge Davis throughout
the entire circuit. We would travel on horse
back, generally, and put up at enc hosiery
Continually thrown in intimate companion
ship with Lincoln and Davis came to know
both we'll They were antipodal natures, but
the closest of friends. Davis was Of the most
positive, decisive character, taking his posi-
| lions firmly and holding to them tenaciously
and doggedly. Lincoln was suave and more
yielding. Both were princes of geniality and
capital story tellers. Each had a fund of
stories that seemed inexhaustible and never
lacked appositeness nor lost anything of ex-
celence in the telling. In this intimacy,
formed IN the Eighth circuit, may be found
the foundation of both Llncoln's and Davis
after greatness.
HIS WORK FOR LINCOLN.
1t Is not generally known but true, that
| Lincoln owes his nomination in 1850 to the
| friends made Qtfn
and particularly to Judge Davis. Lincoln had
been talked of in the state little but had not
loomed up prominently as a coming man.
Davis had never taken any part in national
politics. But at this time he took a notion he
wanted ODE q delegate at-large. When he
came to Chicago he appointed himself master
of ceremonies, called aids about him and set
them to work. Dick Oglesby was sent into
the pit to work up enthusiasm. A committee
| of three was sent to each state delegation to
talk up Lincoln. No one ever thought of
questioning Davis right to send men hith er
and thither nor to question his Judgment.
He was the most thorough manager of men
| [ ever knew. He was a born ruler. He was
a teacher of teachers man among men, q
master of masters. He never faltered, never
gave up, never made any mistakes. The re-
suit of that convention was the nomination
Of Lincoln. Two years later, vacancy oc-
curing on the supreme bench, Davis
was appointed. 1t was largely graft
worthy appointment. The strong points in
Davis character, as exhibited in his whole
career, public and private, were many. He
had the keenest foresight. Away back in
in 1910 he saw this state as we now see it.
To-day he is q very rich man, worth probably
$S,000,000 don't know; no one does He
never made dollar in trade; never made a
trade in which he was not worsted. He did
not know how to make a bargain, and seldom
tried. He knew good land when he saw it.
He made all his money entering land. His
present magnificent farm of 1000 acres in
Mclean county cost him about So an acre. I
remember once of q case that illustrates him
very well. Jesse w. Fell of Bloomington was
a merchant on the down grade, Mr. Davis
received note from some Eastern party
against Fell, which he was instructed to. col
lect. Fell and Davis were friends. On in
yestigation Davis found there was no re-
sources save an eighty-acre piece of land near
Chicago. Fell offered to give up the land for