St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-02-20
HORATiO SEYMOUR DEAa

The Death Roll swelled by the Name gF
Another Prominent Public Mama Career
in Political Life Dating Back to 1s41-A
Brief Biographical Sketch.
UTICA, N. Y, Feb. 13.-Ex-Governor
Seymour died at just one O'Clock last
night at the residence of his sister, Mrs.
Roscoe Conkling. He began to fail per.
ceptibly at four o'clock. Shortly after.
ward, owing to stimulants, he rallied
little, but soon relapsed into total I'm.
CONSCIOUSNESS. During his illness he
has had little if any physical suffering,
and yesterday was wholly without pain.
Mrs. Seymour, who is very i'll, sat with
him during the afternoon. Most of the
time the Governor restt d peacefully, and
his condition could only be distinguished
from natural sleep by the ashen palor and
the labored breathing.
At half-past eight O'Clock he was sink.
ing rapidly, his pulse could scarcely be
counted, and the respiration was more
and more difficult. He died without q
struggle, and as peacefully as one falling
asleep. The immediate cause of his death
was cerebral effusion, the usual process
Of death in old age, Those present when
he passed away were Mrs. SEYMOUR and
her sister, Mrs Nelson, of New Bruins
wick, NJ. the Governors brother, John
F. Seymour, of Utica; his sisters, Mrs
Lincklaen and Mrs. Conkling; Dr. W. f.
Ford and Judge BulWer. As yet no ar
rangements have been made for the fu-
neral.
The complication of physical ailments
which has finally resulted in Mr. Sey-
mour's death, originated with his being
sunstruck while at work on the roads of
his town IS pathmaster, which office he
used to say was the only one he ever
asked for. Mr.. Seymour suffered from
vertigo after the sunstroke, and nevea
entirely regained his former strength.
He declined to admit his infrmity
and when pressed to labor on be-
half of Mr.. Tilden, he did so
beyond his strength and seriously weak
ened his system. His canvass for Ham
cock in 1880, made against his physi-
cams orders, nearly completed the wreck
of his health, and closed his political la
bors. Mrs. Seymo IS illness has of late
worried, the ex-governor, and FASTENED
his decline. He seemed aware of ap-
preaching death for the past ten days,
but said nothing on the subject
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Horato Seymour was born In Pompey
Onondaea County, N. T., May 81, 1910. When
he was nine years of age his parents re-
moved to Utica He was educated at the
academies OF Oxford and Geneva, n; Y, and
Partridge's Military School, A,ddletown.
Conn, studied law, and was admitted to the
bar in 1882. Thedeath of his father deyolved
upon him the settlement of a large estate.
and withdrew him from the practice of his
profession. From 1888 to 1899 he served
the military staff OF Governor Marcy. In
lStl he was elected to the Stare Assembly as
a Democrat, was re elected three times, and
in 1915 was chosen Speaker. In 1872, while in
the Assembly, he was elected mayor of
Utica for one year. In l4S he supported
Lewis Cass for the presidency. In 1850 he
was nominated by the Democrats for Gov
ernor, and defeated by Tashington
Hunt the Wing candidate, by a plurality of
262 votes: but m 1882 he was elected Cover
nor by plurality of p, 500 votes over the
same competitor. A prohbItory liquor bill
passed in March. 1854, was vetoed by him on
the ground that it was unc stitntional. He
was renominated in 1854 he Prohibition
question entered largely into the canvass,
which was further complicated by the
Know Nothing issue and the anti slavery
agitation growing out of the repeal of the
Missouri compromise. There wera fourcan
didates for Governor, and Myron II. Clark.
Wing and Prohibitionist, was elected by a
plurality of 800 votes over Governor Sey
mour- In 1862 Mr.. Seymour was again elect
ed Governor over General james S. Wads
worth by majority of 1872 votes. In his
inaugural address on January l, 1863, he
said ''Under no circumstances can the divi-
sion of the Union be conceded. We will put
forth every exertion of paWer: we will use
every policy of concliation; we will guar
antee them every right, every consideration
demanded by the Constitution and By that
fraternal regard which must prevail: In
common country; but we can never Folun-
tarily consent to the breaking up of the
union of these States or the destruction of
the Constitution In 1884 he addressed
payment of the interest on the state bonds
in gold and the refusal of the Legislature
to adopt this policy greatly depreciated
their value In August he presided over the
Democratic National Convention at Chicago,
which nominated General Mcclellan for the
presidency. He also presided over the con-
vention OF 1868, held tn New York. The lead
ing candidates for the nomination were Geo.
H. Pendleton, Andrew Johnson, Thomas A.
Hendricks and General w. S. Hancock. GOV
ernor Seymour had positively declined to
permit the use of his name as candidate;
but on the twenty second ballot the ohio
delegation, to forestall threatened move
ment in favor of SalmonP L. Chase, cast theT
united vote for Horatfo Seymour. When
Wisconsin was reached in the call Of States
It's delegation seconded his nomination, and
every State changed its vote to Seymour:
who was declared the unanlmo GUS choice or
convention. General Francis p. Blair, Jr,
nominated for Vice President At the
election Seymour AID Blair received 2,703,60o
votes, against 4, 0B, lsS votes for Grant ana
coIfax Mr. Seymour lived on an extensive
and well cultivated farm in Dcerfe1d, near
Utica He was President in 1875 of the Ma
;ional Dairymens ASS ociation, and has de-
ivered many addresses before agricultural
,oceties He was also president OF the
Prison Association OF the United States.
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