St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-05

hospital of DR.. John Hutchinson,
where he was subjected to the tapping
process, but without avail, and his
death occurred yesterday morning
Thirty-one years ago this fall Gordon
e. Cole was elected attorney general
of Minnesota, and has ever since been
one of the
( Most Prominent Men
in the state. He early learned that
there was little in political life. and
dropping all political ambitions. he COM
menced the practice of his profession
with zeal that could not fail to bring
him both fame and wealth. HIS three
! elections to the Office of attorney gen
erai demonstrated his popularity with
the people, and in 1875 when
Gov. Davis and Senator Ramsey
were struggling for the senatorship,
Gen. Cole, though not an avowed can
didate, led in the balloting for several
days, and again in 1887 he received sew
eral votes at the time Senator Davis was
chosen. Although strong Republican
in politics, Gen. Cole has long been one
of the most enthusiastic low tariff men
II the state. and was once president of
the Free Trade League of Minnesota.
dis thorough knowledge of the subject
of tariff reform has frequently been
demonstrated during the pastfew years
bya
Series of Able Speeches
delivered in the larger cities of the state.
The Republican platforms of recent
years have been almost invariably his
work.
''In private life he was far from being
the cold and distant man he was some
times painted" said Hon. W. NJ. Camp
bell, chairman of the Democratic state
committee, last evening. Gordon E.
Cole was one of the most companiona-
BILE gentlemen | ever met, and | adj
mired him very much. He had one of
of the brightest minds l ever
came in contact with. and
as conversationaIist he had
no equal. He was truly great
man, and will be missed more than any
man IN my acquaintance. He was an
honest and incorruptible man, and his
reputation was never sullied by any
scandal. In politics i do not think he
would have proved a success, as it was
not his nature TO stoop to the tricks of
the politicians of to-day. He wisely
turned his attention to his profession.
and made a great record as an able and
brilliant attorney.
Biographical.
Gordon Earl Cole was born at Cheshire,
Mass. June Is. 1888. his father, Lans-
ing j. Cole. being a prominent physi-
clan. He was educated principally in the
Sufield academy, Connecticut; read law in
the Office of Gov. Briggs, at Piitsfeld, and
then with Gaunnen & Adams, and after
wards took course in the law school of
Harvard university, graduating in 1854. He
practiced for two years in his native town
ana came to Minnesota in 1856, going first to
rfo16 hr1r TO To- ihor11
aal Y, 1857, and the latter city has since been
his nome, but during the last few years he
has had law Office in ST. Paul. He was
elected attorney general of the state in S39,
and was twice reelected to that position,
which he filed with marked ability. Before
the expiration of his third term. he was
elected state senator from the Eighth district
10 fill a vacancy, served one session
and declined renomlnatlan. hav-
ing previously been elected one
of the commissioners to revise the statutes
He served one term in the lower house of the
legislature, and one year as mayor of Fari-
bault. He was for many years the attorney OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee d ST. Paul Railway
company. and was chairman Of the railroad
committee interested in building the Cannon
Valley road from Red Wing to Mankato He
was & trustee of the Bishop Seabury nilsson
and of ST. Mary's hall, located in this city
He was also trustee of the CORPORATION
known as the Minnesota foundation, a cor
poration designed 10 afford an income for
and has been yestryman of the
parish of the Good Shepherd. Faribault for
Seventeen Co onsecutive Years.
and in all the work of the church he has
been Bishop Whipple's right hand man for
quarter of century. No more epterprising
citizen ever made his home III FdribaulL. He
was the protector and one of the builders
and owners of the Brunswick hotel, Fari-
bault. He erected two handsome business
blocks on Main street, and owned beautiful
villa known as 1.-THE Lindens'' at Cannon
lake, three miles from Faribault, q portion Of
the gr ounds of which Mr.. Cole generously
gave TO the Tepee Tanka Boat club. His
home in Faribault is one of the most
hut recently remodeled, is provided with all
literature, and his home adornments be-
married in August. 1865, to Miss Stella c.
Whipple. of Shaftsburg, Vt. who died in
June, 1872. She bore him four children,
three of whom, all daughters. Kate, Anna
and Stella, survive him. His second
marriage, Feb IA, 1874, was with
Miss Kate D. Turner, of Cleveland,
o., who. with the third daughter,
waits the coming of the remains of the hus-
band and father, who but a few weeks ego
was model of health and strength The
flags of Faribault are at half mast By the
advice of his physicians Mr.. Cole SAILED for
Europe, in company with his eldest daugh-
ter, Sept Is, intending to go to the eele-
sea voyage proved too much for his weak
he errir Far