Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-13
A TRIUMPHANT TRIO.
They Have Fought the Good Fight,
They Have Left Priceless
Heritage.
Iloratio seymour. the 'Ionorcd Captain
OfDemocracy In 1865, Goes to
His Reward.
George g. bates, Great WING, Joins tho
Noble Democrats, Hancock ana
Seymour, over There.

ROM, N. ", Feb i2.--~Dr. Ford the
physician attending lIoratio Seymour, In
y dispatch 10 newspaper here, says:
There Is no Improvement In The gov
emor's condition to-day. he Il not as
strong as yesterday and symptoms are
not So favorable because of Increasing
weakness. His condition is one of uncer-
tainty. He takes so little nourishment.,
only the smallest sips OF mllk---and there
is such a failure OF his digestion that |
! feel less easy about him than | did yes
tcrday Ills mind is clear, though he Is
n little delrlous now and then, as any
one would be In his condition. His emo.
tons are somewhat disturbed but his in-
tellect Is clear.
DYING.
UREA, N. ", Feb, ", Ar. Nj Ex-Gov.
seymour Is thought 70 be dying. The
members OF his family have been hastily
summoned to his bedside.
MAY DIS AT ANY MOMENT.
UREA, N. ", Feb. ~, 4,l0P. MIX
Gov. Seymour Is dying. He can not SUR
viye more than an hour, and may die at
any moment,
rlE DEATH BULLETIN.
UREA, N. Y, Feb. l2.-Ex-Gov. Scy-
mour died at 10 O'Clock tonight.
/ HOW HE DIED.
UTICA, n. Y, Feb. l0.-Ex-Goy Soy-
mour died at 10 O'Clock tonight at the
residence OF his sister, Mrs. Roscoe
Conkling. He began TO fail precis. ly at I
O'clock this afternoon Shortly after
ward he rallied little but relapsed into
Inconsistencies. During his illness he
experienced little, II any, physical suffer
Ing, aud to-day no was without pain.
Nre, Seymour, who Is very M, sat with
her husband during the afternoon. Most
OF the time the ex-governor rested peace
fully and his condition conld
only be distinguished from natural
sleep by the ashen pator OF his
| countenance and his labored breathing.
At $3.50 he was sinking rapidly His
| pulse could scarcely bu counted, and
respiration was more and more difficult
He expired without struggle, and as
peacefully as II falling asleep. The be.
Iginning 81 Gov. SeynoUr's phystsal NH
ments dates from sunstroke which be
fell him In the summer of 1876, while he
was at work on the roads OF his town al
pathmaster, an Office which he was won
to say he had asked for, The immedlat,
cause OF his death was cerebral etfusion
the usual process OF death in old age. Al
yet no arrangements have been made fol
the funeral.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Horatio Seymour, l.. i. D., nephew
OF Senator Horatio Seymour, was born al
Pompey, Onondaga county, N. ", on MAY
81, 1910, was nearly seyenty-slx years old
at the time Of his death. In childhood
he removed TO Utica. He studied at OK.
ford and Geneva academies, N. ", aud
at patridge's Military institute, Middle
town, Conn. He was admitted to the bar
at Utica IN S3s but soon withdrew from
its practice to devote himself to the man.
agement OF the large estate he inherited
by tho death OF his father. He was O
member OF the staff Of Gov. Marcy, 1888.
49,; was elected TO the state Assembly as O
Democrat lSIl and three times reelected
serving as speaker In 1916. He was
chosen mayor Of Utica In 1912. He was
an unsuccessful candidate for governor In
1850 but was governor In 1853
So. In March, 1864, he vetoed pro
hibitory liduor law and was defeated In
the election of that year by the Prohlbi
Zionist candidate, Myron II Clark. liz
was again elected governor OF New York
as war Democrat IN 1869. He aided
materially in suppresslng the riots n New
York city and afforded efficient co-opera.
ton 10 tie government in the war tor the
Union. In 1864 he was defeated for gov
ernor. He presided over the Democratic
national convention Of 1864, and also In
1868, when greatly against his Will he was
nominated as the candidate OF that great
party for the presidency, the ticket being
Seymour and Blair. lie received eighty
electoral votes In this contest lie was
an honest, upright, fearless man and
steadtast Democrat.