The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-12
MAJOR DORNEY DEAD.
Distinguished Soldier and Re-
publican Orator.
WAS PLANNING A CAMPAIGN.
A Noted 1rish-American Veteran Passes
Away Suddenly-His Active work
Helped Harrison.

Major Patrick Sarsfeld Dorney, one OF
the best-known political speakers on the
Coast, and whose reputation extends to
the East, died in this city Friday night OF
hemorrhage of the lungs. He leaves
wife, to whom he had been married but
two years, and has relatives in the East.
Major Dorney was closely connected
with politics in Washington, and had
many friends in this city. He was born
May %, 1912, in Clonmel, Ireland,
and came to America in 1913. He lived
first in Massachusetts,, then in New Jersey,
and later in Philadelphia. When the war
broke out he was in Massachusetts, and
enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Massachu-
sets regiment, composed entirely OF Irish
men. He remained in the service until
the close of the war, and in 1858 went to
California. He took an active part in
politics, and having been student all his
life, and being a natural politician, he soon
rose to the front rank, and had many fol-
lowers. In 1873 he vas elected to the con-
stitutional convention, and later he was
nominated for congress by the working
men. He was sn ardent Republic
can, and in the Harrison campaign
of 1888 he was prominent po-
litical figure in California. He was the
organizer and president of the Irish
American Republican movement and he
has been credited with carrying the state
for Harrison.
In the fall of 1889 ne came to Washing
ton and urged the new state to elect Re-
publican administration. He stumped
the state from one end to the other, and
made many personal friends. After this
campaign he went to Washington City on
a visit and returned to Seattle early in
1890. He then WENT San Francisco and
on June was married. With his wife he
then returned to Washington City, having
been appointed by President Harrison to
federal Office. and lived there a year and
nine months, or until he was induced by
Secretary of the Treasury Foster to go to
Ohio and open the state campaign for the
Republicans. He delivered his first speech
at Columbus and, this being the first gun
of the campaign, the speech attracted wide
Ohio newspapers.
From Columbus he went to Toledo to
make a speech, was taken sick and after a
short time started west. At st. Paul he
was so weak that he had to remain there
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October he arrived in this city and was
taken Immediately to Grace hospital.
After course of treatment he was
given up by his physicians, but
he declared he would not die and
during February moved from the hospital
to 1921 Third street. In April he moved
to the foot of Union street, and, despite
the predictions of physicians, began to
grow strong.
On Friday evening he learned that
President Harrison was renominated, and
talked over with his wife his plans for the
future. He intended to enter into the
campaign and stump the state for Har-
rison. At 10 O'Clock, while talking of his
plans, he suddenly had a hemorrhage of
the lungs, and in five minutes was dead.
Having been member of the Grand
Army he will receive soldiers burial.
Members of the g. A. r. will meet at 2
o'clock this afternoon at their hall in the
Hinckey block and march in a body to
Cross & Co.'s undertaking rooms. where
the funeral services Will take place at 3
o'clock. The interment will be made in
Lake View cemetery.