The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-04
A CANCER In HISTHROAT.
CONGRESSMAN KELLEY NEVER TO
TAKE HIS SEAT AGAIN.

He Can Only Speak in q Whisper,
and Great Difficulty Experienced in
Taking Nourishment-A Heavy Cold
the Immediate Cause of His Present
Prostration.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The Star this
evening publishes the following: "The
father of the House Of Representatives, the
champion of protection, the veteran legis-
lator, William D. Kelley of Pennsylvania,
has probably been on the floor of the House
for the last time. On the day when the
Fitty-irst congress assembled Judge Kelley
was IN his place, and since that time he has
pro oably been at the capitol twice or three
times. His enfeebled condition was the
| subject Of much comment, but only a few
knew the nature of the judges ailment.
1t is now fully developed, and its activity is
| most virulent.
A CANCER.
Just below the rear of Judge Kelley's jaw
is cancer, and it is spreading rapidly into
the throat. So quickly has it worked that
the affected man can speak only in
whispers, and then not without pain.
The swallo wing of nourisAment is the cause
of considerable difficulty, and locomotion
| can only be INDUCED in to very small ex-
| tent. Several of Judge Kelley's relatives
have been here during the last Few days,
| and his daughter, Mrs. Hosmer, wanted to
take him home with her, but his condition
yesterday was such that removal was
regarded as impossible by his physician, SO
the judge is still in his rooms at the Riggs
| house,
BETTER LAST NIGHT.
Judge Kelley is slightly improved to-
| night. The members of his family who are
here were not summoned to Washington on
account of the judges illness, but came to
spend the holidays with him. While it is
true that the judge has throat trouble of a
cancerous nature, it is not thought to be
serious as Judge Kelley submitted to sur
this growth in 1883. There has been.
however, renewal of the trouble
quite recently, but this was
not the cause Of his present prostration.
About week ago the judge contracted a
heavy cold, which developed into a very
severe case of intestinal catarrh, accom-
panied by copious and obstinate diarrhoel. l.
which has resulted in great weakness and
| general breaking down of the system. The
| Judge Is extremely anxious to go to the
House of Representatives once more, but
his friends are OF the opinion tonight that
he will never occupy his seat there again.
HIS PHYSICIANS HOPE.
Judge Kelley is slowly breaking up, but
the end does not seem to his physician, DR..
Stanton, to be near. He lives chiefly on
champagne, milk punch, and other stimu-
| lants His condition has been commented
upon by himself, as we'll as by everybody
| else, ever since he came at the opening of
congress. He said the day of the Pennsyl-
vania delegation caucus, and again on the
| day of the general republican caucus, 81
| WOnlH In ha
! capitol to-day if it had not
been that 1 wanted to serve my old
| friend, John Carson. / am busy now try
ing to keep my battered old hulk afoat. "
| He realized that the atmosphere was bad
for him, and has kept away from it as
much as possible, having been in the House
only two days, and then only for a little
while
| WANTS TO DIE IN THE HOUSE.
Coupled with this feeling that the House
| is not the place for q man of 76, suffering
| from catarrh and a cancerous growth as
we'll as from general debility, is a strong
| desire to be in the House of
Representatives. when he dies, which will
| probably revivify his strength next week,
and take him up TO the capitol again. The
holiday recess has been very wearisome to
him. He was not equal to the journey to
| Florida or California. He was not even
| CAOoA W VIC JSOiASJ w LIS hOhhO All L una
delphia. Feeling his weak ess,/ he has
longed for the House of Representatives,
that if he is to die he may fall, like John
| Quincy Adams, with whom he has affinity,
on the floor of the House in the full exercise
of his representative func ions.
| HAS SIMPLY REACHED HIS LIMIT.
| There is nothing new the matter with
| him. The catarrh and the cancer have been,
| one in his head and the other in his throat
| for years. Both have been treated by his
| physicians II is simply that he h is reached
| the limit of his powers and must face death
in the weakness of old age. His wife and
| his daughter Mrs. Horstman, have been
with him, and have, of course, done every
thing possible for him, but his condition
| can only be alleviated, not permanently re-
| lieved.
MR. RANDALL ALSO BADLY OFF.
Mr.. RandalI's condition, his son-in-law,
Mr.. Lancaster, says, is practically un-
changed. Mr.. Lancaster says that whether
Mr.. Randall appears in the House depends
on the wish of his physician. 1t may be
said, just here, that his colleagues do not