The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
RlDDLEBERGER Is DEAD.
The EN-Cnitcd States Senator from
Virginia Eypires,

Virginia Expires.
WOODSTOCK, Va, Jan. 24.-Ex-Sena-
tor Riddleberger died at 2:30 O'Clock
this morning. He has been Ill for some
time, and for a week there has been
little hopes of his recovery.
Mr.. Riddleberger WAS one of the
characters of the Upper House
Though he scandaized the Senate on
more than one occasion, it. had been
scandallZed in the same way by men OF
greater reputation than the Nlr inia re-
adluster. Rlddleberger WAS born de-
batter. He had q fine voice, and his de-
livery WAS both iorclble and poll hsd.
He could think on his feet, and even st.
Jerome Edmupds was careful to avoid
his retorts. After once taking up a
subject he never let go, rs his night for
open executive sessions and against the
Rosebery-Phelps extradItion treaty
showed. The integrity of his
public life was never questioned,
and those who knew him
BEST never ceased to regret that his un-
ortunate habits rendered his talents
useless. His later years in the Senate
we're soured by the belief that his col
league, Gen. Malone, had undermined d
MIN. He brooded over this belief until
II colored all his actions, and last ali he
was one of the strongest opponents of
Gen. Malone for governor OF Virginia,
taking the stump IN support OF the
whole Democratic state ticket. Though
they had abused him shameiully, the
Democrats We're glad of his aid, and
would have welcomed him back into
the fold for good, but he had nothing in
common with them except his distrust
of Malone.
Mr.. Riddleberger's public career was
varied one. A lawyer by profession,
he proved brave Confederate soldier.
After the war, accepting its results in
good faith, he became a newspaper
editor, served in the Legislature, and
during the time when the Old Dominion
Democracy masked under the name of
the Conservative party he acted with it.
In 1876 he WAS a presidential elector
on the Tllden ticket, but four years
later he had become one of the leaders
IN the read djuster movement and was an
elector on that ticket. The readjuster
movement swept him from the state
Senate to the Senate of the United
states, which he entered in 1882.
While in the Senate he was strong
advocate of the Blair educational bIil,
anu " oC Hii aANClii t'ISttAsloiiCt. lilSlS
have been senators from Virginia OF
more prominence who did less for the
state than Mr.. Riddleberger, but during
the last two years Of his term his intlu-
ence was all gone. Last winter several
times he created scenes, but the most
painful happening was the night OF
March 1, few hours before the end OF
his official life, when President pro tem
Ingalls, ordered his arrest, while the wife
and daughter of Riddleberger looked
down on the disorderly proceedings
from the gallery.
Mr.. Riddleberger was born in Eden
burgh, Shenandoah County, Va, Octo-
Der 4, 1914; received a common-scho
education, and had home preceptor
for two years; served three years in the
Confederate States army as second and
first lieutenant of infantry, and as cap
tain of cavalry; was lawyer by profes-
sion; served as commonwealth attor-
ney OF his county for two terms; also
two terms of two years each in
the House Of Delegates, and one
term OF four years IN the state
senate; since 1870 he has been edl-
tor of three newspapers, the Tenth
Legion, the Shenandoah Democrat, and
the Nirginian; WAS a member of the
State Committee of the Cons rvative
party until 1870; WAS presidential
elector on the Democratic ticket OF 1876,
and the same on the Readluster ticket
OF 1880; in 1851, while commonweal tn E
attorney and state senator, he WAS elect
ed to the United States Senate as a
Readiuster, in the place of John w.
Johnston, Conservative, and took bis
seat Decem Der 3, 1883. His term OF SER
vice expired March 8, 1889.