The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-02-05
LAST Words OF A STATESMAN
Hon VIM. Window Dies at the
Close Of a Great Speech.


Amidst the most intense excitement,
while men whose names are known front
the Atlantic to the Pacific swayed to
and fro in the immense banquet hall OF
New York, on the evening of the Goth,
Vim. Window, Secretary of the Treas
ury, died suddenly, and presumably of
heart disease, at 10.1i o'clock, D. III,
while in attendance on the eighteenth
annual banquet of the New York Board
of Trade and Transportation. He was
the first speaker OF the evening. After
the Invocation pronounced by Rev. DIR.
Parker, Secretary Window was intro
! dnced to the assembly. He responded
to the toast Of Our CouEtry's Prosper
ity Dependent upon its Instruments of
Commerce. He opened his speech with
a voice as strong, powerful, and eloquent
as had ever been heard in that famous
hostery. His speech was reasonably
! long, and the speaker was frequently
Interrupted by hearty applause. He
finished about 9.55 O'Clock.
AS he neared the close his voice grew
weaker and weaker Ten minutes be-
fore he ceased he held UP his hand dep
recatingly, and requested that the ap
plause should cease. Il feel tired" he
mnlmured, then he talked quicker and
! quicker. He was evidently in q hurry
to lie through.
! When he had concluded lie stood 81
lent, uuler Il glare of a hundred electric
| lights He leaned his hands ON the table
before him, and swayed slightly back
and forth.
The silence was impressive. Every
eye in the room was npon him.
Are you ill?'' some one near him asked.
cts nothing; it will pass over pres
entity he answered quietly, as he sank
back slowly, languilly into his chair
For moment no move was made in
the banqueting hall Then Judge Ar
nanx, the taastmaster Of the occasion,
arose, and in slightly strained voice
1 proceeded to introduce ex-Secretary OF
! State Raya.el, who waa to have been the
next speaker He had not said IA dozen
i words when Eir. Window gave short,
sharp moan of anguish, and he fell back
! in his chair His face turned CHASTITY
white, then purple. Slowly his lower
/ limbs Strengthened ont stiffiy in front of
him. FL lis eyelids opened and shut con
vulsively, but the eyes lacked the luster
of life. He held cigar tightly clenched
between his teeth. For a moment only
| he appeared :hns. Before assistance
! could reach him he slid off his chair and
/ fell heavily on the floor and partly under
| the dining table.
This was at six minutes after 10 O'clock.
| A dozen men rushed to aid him. Capt.
/ Snow and Judge Arn..ux were the first.
to reach him. They lifted him quickly
to his feet, and then Drs: Dnrant and s
4 A. Rabinenn REACHED him and he was
1 carried into mn ante-foom behind the
! banquet hall. He was apparently dead
4 then.
4 In the ante-r room he was laid upon
/ a table and several physicians applied
! every available means of restoring life,
/ without avail.
! Al i0.ii o'clnck they gave M all hope
and pronounced him dead
/ Mr. Window was born May 10, 1897, in
/ Belmont county, Ohio. He was educated
/ in the common schools, learned the trade
Of a tailor, studied law, and practiced
with success in Minnesota, TO WHICH
81 /. a Il. 4fpp
tory. He Was elected to Congress sew
eral times, served two terms in the I.
/ S Senate, was Secretary of the Treas
ury in the Garfield administration, and
was again called TO that responsible po-
sition by President Harrison.
The following is the speech, and were
the last utterances he made. 1t is prob
abIy the dearest, most comprehensive.
aud the abiest he eser delivered. 1t will
+ be read with great interest throughout
the nation, and will he needed for its
wortlg Of wisdom and counsel al security:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of TIE fioa,d tf
| Trad End TRANSFORMATION.
Early association with the charter members Of
1 your board, and fn sympathy with the objects
4 and purposes OF its organizations make this All
occasion OF peculiar Interest to me- The country
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Wise trade titan We have done, anu the resultant