The Forrest City times., 1892-03-11
HIS DEATH IS NEAR.
CHAIRMAN SPRINGER ALMOST
 BEYOND HOPE.
May Live Hut Few Hours-The Ery- sipeias Has Returned-sketch of His tional Capital.

WASHINGTON, March s.-Represen'a- tive Springer is much worse. If the unfavorable symptoms which developed this morning continue another twenty four hours his case will be hopeless. Toe erysirelas returned early in the day and the features again became swollen so that MT. Springer's face was hardly recognizable. He also suffered a good deal of pain, and delirium be- gan to manifest itself. This was his condition all yesterday afternoon and evening. After delirious spells, in which he talks mainly about the work in Congress, the patient relapses into a state of semicoma from which he is at titues aroused with difficulty.
 Dr. Vincent, who was Mir. Springer's family physician, has from the time of his arrival been conservative in his ex- pressions. He found the patient ap- parently improving, but at once re- marked that it would be several days , before Mir. Springer would be out of danger
 | William M. Springer came to Illinois with his parents in lsts and settled in Jacksonville, Morgan county. He was then in his 18th year, having heen born in New Lebanon, Sullivan county, Ind, May 30, 1886. He was the eighth son in succession of his fathers family His early boyhood days both in Indiana and Illinois were spent on the farm. a few months each winter being spent in the district schools. Later he taught country schools and prepared for col lege In September 1854, he entered the Illinois College at Jacksonville, pursuing the classical course.
 He studied for the legal profession and was admitted to the bar in 1859. In 1862 he was the Secretary of the | State Constitutional convention of Hi nois.
 He was elected member of the State Legislature of Illinois Ill 1sT1-72, and elected to the eight Congresses from the Forthy-fourth to the Fifty-second inclusive. In the last mentioned cleo tion he got the Democratic nomination, receiving 20,951 votes against 15,9l6 votes given to Jesse Harmon, the Re publican nominee.
 | He was one of the best parliamentar- fans the House has had in many years. Its methods of procedure were as fla miliar to him as the A B Cs. Among the many measures introduced by him in his long career was one providing for a constitutional amendment which would insure national marriage and divorce law.
 Mir. Springer was twice candidate for speaker. The first occasion was in the Forty eighth Congress, when MT. Carlisle was chosen. On that occasion the Illinois delegation did not endorse his candidacy, and he withdrew before the caucus. Last fall he made a much stronger fight. Though he did not have the full support of the Illinois members, he gathered about him a strong following and he was able to dictate the choice of Speaker Crisp
 In his personal relations Mir. Springer was one of the kindest of men. He literally never seemed to harpor a re- sentiment. His pronounced individu- ality made him a frequent target in the debates. His unfailing good nature made him proof against all malice. He was actually irrepressible, for there never was a question which came up in Congress that he did not have something to say about it.
 But the most notable feature in Mir. Springer's political life is its honesty. There was not a blemish on his sixteen years life as Representative from Hi nois. During his time he was man of splendid character and habits.