The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-02-20
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alto Seymour died at 10 o'clock to
night, at the residence of his sister.
Mrs. Roscoe Conkling. He began
to fail perceptibly at o'clock this
afternoon. Shortly afterwards he
rallied little, but soon relapsed
into total Inconsistencies
During his illness he experienced
little if any physical suffering. and
to-day he was wholly without pain.
Mrs. Seymour, who is very i'll, sat
with her husband during the after
noon. Most of the time the ex-Gov-
ernor rested peacefully and his CON
dition could only be distinguished
from natural sleep by the ashen pal
lor of his eountenance and his la
bored breathing. p8
At half-past s, he was sinking rap
idly. His pulse could scarcely be
counted and the respiration was
raore and more difficult. He ex-
pired without struggle, and as
peacefully as if falling asleep.
The beginning of Governor Sey-
mours's physical ailment dates from
sunstroke which befell him in the
summer of 1876, while he was at
work on the roads of his town as
Path Master, an office which he was
wont to say he had asked for. The
immediate cause of his death was
cerebral eff'usion, the usual process
of death in old age.
HIS CAREER.
Horatio Seymour was born in On
ondago county, New York in 1911.
He read law and for several years
practiced his profession He had,
however, inherited a large estate, to
which he soon gave his chief atten-
ton, diverting himself with histori-
cal aud political reading and early
taking an active part in politics, for
which he had strong liking. In
lS4l he was elected to the Legisla-
ture, in 1912 was chosen Mayor of
Utica, and in 1874 was made Speak
er of the House. He won favor with
his party, and in 1850, being then 80
years of age, was the Democratic
nominee for Governor of New York
Defeated by Washington Hunt, he
was again the Democratic nominee
for Governor in 1852, this time car
rying the State by a large majority.
Two years later he tried it again,
and this time failed.
lie was President of the National
Democratic Convention which met
at Chicago in 1864 and nominated
Mcclellan. In speech in that con
vention Governor Seymour declared:
This administration cannot now
save this Union if it would. 1t has
by its proclamations, by vindictive
legislation, by displays of hate and
passion, placed obstacles in its own
pathway which it cannot overcome,
and has hampered its own freedom
of action by unconstitutional acts. !"
The speech and the platform were
in harmony. Again in 1864 Sey-
mour made the race for Governor,
but public opinion in his State had
changed, the war spirit was thor
oughly aroused, and Seymour was
defeated He had five times made
the race for Governor and twice
reached the goal.
NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT
He was President of the National
Democratic Convention which met
in New York, July 4th, 1868. He
had been brought forward for the
presidential nomination and there
was strong feeling in his favor
The convention did nominate him,
July 9th, though he had declared
publicly that she could not be nomi-
mated without putting himself and
the Democratic party in peril He
received but S0electoral votes. ANY
other man would have been defeated,
for there was not man in the Dem
ocratic party whom the country
would have chosen before Grant.
OF late years Governor Seymour has
been an interested observer of events,
but has taken no active part. His
name has again been suggested for
the Presidency, but he has resolutely
declared that he was no longer pos
sibility for any preferment what
ever.
Governor Seymour has been a
great reader, and was known as an
able speaker. In 1858 Hamilton
College conferred upon him the de-
gree of Ii. d.