New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-07
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nh ,rrora, 90 David Demarest Lloyd OF 'ne eua'
or,s, STAFF q, The Tribune. will take pia'o
,orne No 1875 West seventy-seventh-sL, on -. A..
n-morrov. The Rev. j. D. WATSON VIII -, In b.
,ervices NJ the house after which INC 0'N'
taken 10 woodlawn for burial -, -, .ouoA.s
The announcement Of Mr.. uoyds ueS'i ~" s.,s.s~
-. c,ncl, ~ personal ard professional irionus
isfse "a unaffected tributes have been
-, =. "a. nn,sral charm and force OF CHARACTER
-, ~ o,ven in part two estimates OF ohe oean
-, 10 "a WORK from "The Evening PosF and
q r,o pnooklvn STANDARD Union OF Ses'efu&' nc
va, GAYS The Post Indeed poSsossou VI inVf
,.o,nal mowers Of the first order, whch ne hSn ouif
,.d nv constant and loving study OF DOCKS ana oy
.S.s.h,. labor In nearly every branch of his pro
,ss,on He was early in his career one Of the ablest
=, n. metropolitan CORES pondentS at Albany and
urL,,c,on and during recent years he has been
ooo,,r,,sbad leadeTewriter and reviewer Of books.
A., or. rodeSt gentle kindly soul ever breathed.
u. was IN the truest sense of the words a scholar
I'D a rentleman Almost anything was easier for
-, tban harsh Judgment Of a friend, or unknd
sns.,b of an acquaintance. Few men have ever
nssn nor tenderly loved by their friends. His
ho,,,nt intellectual gifts his fine, sense Of humor
ana keen knowledge of men and Of the world, COM
bined with his unfaing charity and serene goodness
OF heart made his presence in any circle benedic-
nen and make his sudden and unexpected death seem
to his friends affection too grievous TO be borne"
aThe Standardization" has this afectionate tribute
As . Journalist. proficient and versed in the higher
departments OF his profession. and as a dramatic
writer Of great charm and vigor, Mr. Lloyd had
achieved welldeseved distinction. but II will be
rather a man and for his manly character, pure,
Earnest and sincere, that he best loved and will
DO longest remembered 1t is no exaggeratlOn to say
that Mr.. Lloyd had not an enemy in the world. The
elements OF his personality rare In combination,
and when they found one is disposed TO enlarge
his faith in human nature. His work whether I'm the
lnpersonality of daily journalism the author of
For Congress- The Domine's Daughter and " The
Senator" will live after him and give pleasure. en-
couragement and better hopes and better life to thou
sands.
His work on The Tribune during its famous fight
against the Canal Ring, which Mr.. Lloyd conducted
from Albany with Arthur F. Bowers the present city
editor of the paper for his first lieutenant was pro-
nounced by tie late Samuel J. TLden who held Mr.
Lloyd In high personal regard, 10 be the most brill
against gigantic public evil which had been inaugu-
rated and carried through during his extended political
experience. 1t was, indeed, a splendid Journalistic
triumph, and from thai campaign The Tribune MARKS
its full toraton 10 the unequaled power when II
welded under Horace Greeley and lost in part by Mr.
Greeeys plunge into practical politics when he TOOK up
the banner of the Liberal Republicans in 1872.
II thoroughly characteristic OF Mr.. LLOYD, Whcn
congratulated by Whiteaw Reid on the glorious our.
come of the fight against the Canal Ring that he should
write TO the Editor Of The Tribune deprecahng his own
part in the great work and giving full credit for all he
had done to hiS brilliant assistant, Mr.. Bowers.