New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-18
OBITUARY.
DIR JAMES SCOTT.

Columbus Ohio, Dec i.-Dr. James Scott, ensAoo
OF tho famous Scott liquor law, died at his home %
Lebanon yesterday ~ the ago Of ssventythree years
He had boon member Of the Ohio Legislature eighteen
years. He was appointed Secretary Of Washington
rcrritory by President Grant ana servof IS Consul
nom 1874 to 1879 having been public ofhcisI more
than thirty years. lie born In Washington County.
Penn, On July Is, 1915. Ms death was due en-
tlrcly to the innrmltIes OF old age
Tho Scott louor law, passed by the Ohio Legislature
I'm 1881 placed tax on the sale Of liquor and many
dealers considered 1t the best settlement OF troubes
somo question Before It went into effect tho liquor
dealers paid no license and contributed nothing o~ard
main tanning tho state Government Cnner tho law
tho tax amounted to nearly s2.oo0,ooo, which was
devoted TO municipal purposeschehy 10 ths ~suisuon
OF the evils aud the relief Of tho impovorishmens
caused BIZ the traffic Itself In 1883 the Democrats
won victory over the Republicans by promising ~
repeal tho law. This they were not bold enough -
do, that meant among other THINGS increases
taxation for every farmer merchant ana mechanic IN
the State solely for the relief OF few thousand hqusH
dealers, who coah well afford TO pay the tax. ID
1854, with the hope OF securing support AZ tho No.
yember elections the Democrats secured the AID 81
the state Supreme Court, and had the liquor cases
pushed out Of order. The entire law was quichy
declared unconstitutional, and the money coieced
under It 1883 and 1884, was refunded to the duor
dealers gresy to the embarrassment Of many inoor-
sccsase IN the number Of liquor selling places, and
no liquor law ever enacted In ONO gave suen scno.
law closely resembln. the Scott law. but modified p
features to which the Democratic court hsa oo'oo'~
HENRY W. TAYLOR.
Csnandaigua N Y, Dec. IL lspecial.-HenU
" TAYLOR who was In years the oldest living graduate
OF Yale College, and the Oldest representative OF the
NcvYork bar, died at his residence In this village
at noon to-day Of pneumonia. lie was In MS nhe'y-
third year. but had retained wonderful vlgor ana 10
tiyity until week ago. when he was taken with the
attack Of pneumonia which proved TO be his last hlne
Judge Taylor born in Deerheid, Mass, In 1895,
and WAS of Puritan ancestry. He was educated -
YALE graduating In 1915 lie admitted to the bas
and began practice Of his IN Canandzgs
In 1920, his contemporaries being among the moss
noted of the profession and including PostmasnrGca-
eral Granger, John c. Spencer, Aivsh worden and
Mark II. sIbey In 1882 he married MARTINS c.
Masters daughter Of Thomas Masters, one Of the old
shipping merchants Of New-York, whom he survived
nearly five years He served in the Legislatures OF
1898, 1880 and 1910. In 1910 he removed to Mar
SHALL Mich, and subsequently served In the LegSA-
ture Of that State. He returned to Canandssua In
Is4s, and in 1850 he was appointed Justice OF the
Supreme Court and the Court Of Appeals. He was
one of the old line Wings and always took an active
and influential part in party councils. lilo was =
member OF tho whg Convention which nominated
for Harrison and Morton He received his degree Of
from Yale In 1920 and In 1860 be was honored with
the degree of III. ID. By the same institution DO
fully eXempied the Christian giaces Of his Puritan
ancestry. In his relg ious life he devout, con-
sistent and active. He for over sixty yea1
deacon OF the First Congregational Church OF Cs~se
daigua and in 1s46 made q corporate mems6$~>
the American Board for Foreign Missions.
JOHN S. MACKAY.
John S. Mackay, whose death occurred at his homeS
No 612 Carlton ave., Brooklyn, yesterday, was one
of the Oldest residents Of that city lie was born on
April 13, 1911 in Connecticut, near what is now Green"
witch. lie began business In Brooklyn In 1881 when
II was little more than a village. He was connected
in the course of his life with many Of the substanaa
institutions Of the Cit, amonc them the Mechanics
and the Long Island savings Banks He was one Oh
the original members Of the Hamilton Debating Soct
ety. from which sprsng the present Hamilton Clao He
was en- actvc Mason and OF the founders OF ORION
Lodge, No. III. He held Official positions In ST.
Peters and Church Of the Messiah (Episcopa Churches
Mr.. Macksy had been invalid for several years
He had been seldom In this period outside OK his
home, where his lldrcn have we'd with each otnot
IN making his declining days pleasant. 10 leaves
three daughters, of whom Is Mrs John Giob, sno
two Donald and george II Mscksy, both member4
of the we'll known banking firm of Vcrmlye Co.. 49,
Of the New-York stock Exchange. b.,