Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-16
ACROSS The RivtR.
n,,;d Nall Slice Of Brookiiac. Mass, cied
Saturday Msraing,

Rice member OF Governor husseii coua-
ell from the Second district. died at his
home on Cypress street, Brookline, Satur-
day morning at O'Clock
About two months ago Mr.. Rice went
sailing on bis yacht and contracted a severe
cold. which developed into perisonitis and
other complications
He had been confined to his home ever
since. his condition becoming. at times
very serious, but his strong constitution
enabled him 10 fight of fatal conclusion
His last sinking spell, however, was TOO
much for his enteebled powers, and he sue
cumbed to it peacefully.
He leaves widow, one son, Lepine kice'
and an aged mother. The latter has been
ill for some time, and abouS week ago she
received a severe stroke of paralysis.
Hon. David Hall Rice has had brief
public career, but surprisingly active
one. Although in politics, as the public
recognizes it, but a short time. his name
has had the advantage divide distrioutlon
because of the aggressive character OF the
man. He WAS man who could not SIT
idly by and follow in the wake OF leader
ship in position where he felt he was
surrounded only by equals. HIS dispo
sition was TO lead off, aud in doing so he
Encountered the opposition on which ne
seemed TO thrive.
II was not at all singular, then, when
he first presented himself as candidate
for councillor, his only elective Office, III
1892. that he had to meet the sturdy blows
of his fellow Republicans Nominated oy
slight margin of three votes over Hon
CYRUS Savage Of Taunton. in the hottest
councillor convention that has been held
for wears in district remarkable for gen
era intelligence, it was not TO be wondered
at that
His Election Was I.nperiiied.
Added to Justification came the excellent
selection nv the Democrats Of W VILLAIN Is
Rice of Quincy.
The contest at the polls was strong
one, each side straining for every vote that
could he brought out. David Hall Rice
was elected by few hundred votes, and I'M
meliately his friends predicted, showing
the cal her of the man, that he would take
leading position in the council. which
all who have followed events the past year
know well that he did. Rather, right
fully or wronCfully. a class of RepubN-
cans leaned upon him to shake up this or
namental and decorative body, and as he
seemed to relish the position in which he
was placed he fulfilled the expectation OF
HE friends.
The record of his course in the council is
of such recent date that it is matter of
current history. His tactics brought out
much discussion in and out of the legisla-
.ure and in the public press as to the deslr-
ability of
Abolishing the Council Altogether.
the Democratic party, by advice of Cover
nor Russell in his inaugural address, max
Inr a strong move in that direction.
Although not previously candidate for
Office he always found more or less time to
engage actively in political work. lie was
"A good platform speaker ard an able
writer on the issues of the day. He edited
and compiled he work entitled ''Protec'
tive Philosophy" which is well thought of
from Republican standpoint. He was
moderate pr0tectionist. He stated his po-
sjtion in his book. published three years
AGO. to be: True protection demands
neither high tariff nor Il low tariff but II
wages tariff. e.. such a rate of duty As
shall be adequate to maintain III prosperity
the domestic industry by which and from
which those wages are derived"
In company with Major Mckinley and
other distinguished Irotectionists, he
served as q
Member of the Board Of Judges
unon the pr;Za essays on the relations of
protection to the wages of our industrial
classes, which essays We're prepared and
submitted in the competition by senior
stuI.utS in trylpriC.u col e1ns
Mr.. Rice wa, born in Penn YIN, n. Y,
Nav 6. 1871, and spent his early life in
western New York He received his edu
cation in the common schools and by
martial course in Genesee college, now
Syracuse university. Leaving college be-
fore graduation he took up the study of
the law and was admitted to practice on
nh examination before the supreme court
Vt New York
He then went south, and became inter
.sted in cotton planting for short time.
In 1861 lie entered into partnership with
the United States district attorney at
Savannah, and continued the practice Of
law there until the latter part of 1868.
Owing to the fact that he was a Republi-
can, and supported General Grant for the
presidency in the campaign of 1868, he
found that
The South Was n Poor Field
for success and removed to MaSsachu-
setts and opened Jaw Office in Lowell
about Jan |, 1869 Here he soon entered
into partnership with Hon. j. \. Mar
shall. then member of the state senate,
and afterward harbor commissioner. The
partnership was dissolved in 1871, and
Mr. Rice continued to practise law in
Lowell until 1878. when the rapid extern
sion of his business, chiefly in patent law,
led him TO remove his office to Boston,
where it has since continued.
He has been engaged in some of the
most important patent cases litigated iii
our courts, and has become widely known
IN that branch of the profession throughout
the United States. In 1850 he edited a
work on patent law, which had a wide
sale. and WAS adopted as an authority by
the patent Office. For this and other lit
erary work he received the honorary de
gree Of A. VI. from Syracuse university.
He has also been the inventor of many i'm
provements in machinery etc, on which
patents have been granted, most of which
he has given to clients to whose machines
tbe- onpprtaineI In lSs5 he removed his