Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
GREAT STATESMAN GONE
Allen @. Thurman Passed Away
After a Useful Career
WAS MOURNED BY THE NATION
Irrespective or Party the Great Men
Of This Decade Were nis.
Admirers.

Columbus. Ohio. Dec. l2.-The long
and useful career of Judge Alien q.
Thurman came 20 a close this afternoon
at LIS o'clock. The end was peaceful in
the extreme. and the soul Of the great
man left its earthly habitation without
a sign or physical distress At the in
slant Of dissolution and for some hours
hefofA suags Thurman had ,een lying
in AZ uhconsclous condition. He passed
merely from sleep temporal to sleep
eternal. and the change was hardly no.
tieaable, seven 20 the loved ones who
surrounded his bedside.
When DIR. Whitaker saw Judge Thur
man "Wednesday about p. m. he seemed
listless and rather heavy about his eyes.
The change for the worse became quite
marked shortly after midnight We'd
neEday and at 2 a. m. Wednesday the
family became alarmed and sent for DIR.
Whitaker. Az that time the doctor
found bis venerable patient almost un-
conscious. DR.. Whitaker aroused him
sufficiently 90 ask II he was thirsty, and
Judge Thurman nodded his head Ia IS
sent. He was given 3 little water and
whisky, which he swallowed with great
difficulty. He seemed, however, 10 be
partially conscious or what he was DO
ing.e lie then sank into q heavy stupor
from which he never reused.
At 10 o'clock this morning DR. Whit
taker found ais patient gradually sink
ing@ ne gave him = little water and
whisky. which vas swallowed mechan-
icaily. Judge Thurman was perfectly
unconscious ana remained 30 until he
passed away az lis ,. IA.
At the final scene eli the members OF
the immediate family were at his bed
side.
TYPOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Allen aranbery Thurman was born IN
Lsynchburg. Va. November u. iSiS His
father was tbs Rev. Pleasant Thurman,
= mipisger Of the MathOdast church, and
bis mother the nulN daughter OF Colonel
NathMnleI Allen. nepheW and adopted son
o. Joseph Hawes. one OF the signers Of
the Declaration Of Independence.
His parents move 20 ChiiiOeoghe in 1s1g
and he made thai place his horne until he
settled IN Columbus In 186z where be has
since resided. His education was In Ehe
ChiIiocotha academy and ct the hands Of
hts mother. AT the age nf n he assisted
In imma surveying and az "a he WAS pri
vate secretary to Governor Lucas &c
studied Law with hts uncle. Governor WI
liam Allen, afterward was admitted to the
bar IN lgss, and IN a few years was EN-
ployed IN almost every Iitigated case IN
Ross county.
In IsAa ha was elected by the democrats
to congress. and he entered that body on
pecemhey !. l6t5. as its youngest men,
Der. EreferrinR the practice Of law. he
declined ! denomination to congress and
remained ame the bar until 1861. when he
was elected to .he supreme bench N
Ohio. From pAcemheT. lsdA fiil February.
1eNa l.e as4.saa "a etsgaF fssafiea and On The
expiration o. his term ne refused re
nomination. HIS opinions. contained In
the first flVe Volutnea of the state reports,
ara remarkable Tor the cIanF and forcibie
expression o9 his views and the accuracy
OF hiH statements Of the law.
IA lsS he WAS khe choice OF HIS party
for governor of Ohio. Rutherford n.
Hayes. ATS opponent was elected hy a
majority OF fewer than 900 votes. though
the republican majority IN 1895 was naore
than s3eHa
Mr.. Thurman was tAen elected 70 the
senate to succeed BENJAMIN n. wade.
He took hiH neat March 4 zsn. and from
the fiTAt was recognised an tbs leader ef
the Democratic minority. He was . mem
Der Of the committee on the Judiciary. ane
o. tha accession af ais party % power,
IN tbs 18th congress-. he Waa made itn
chairman. amd wmh also chamen president
pro TEN of the senate owing 70 ths Illness
of Vice President Wheeler In fs7t ha was
elected q the senate Tor 3 second lerm,
and bis Y years of service ending March
!, Assls he won reputation for judicial
fAiruees ans readiness, dignity and power
IN debate. especially up0a questions ol
constitutional saw. Besides hIa labor d
The Judiciary COMMITTEES Ne rendered val
uAhle service In the eummittea ON psi
vAie land elaiaa. He Waa The aaihoF a
the Ant 20 eampel the Pacific railroad cor.
NerAncuN g fllan their ohIIGakicna 4
tne EpFMfnwteuf. hAneA MnuNsn a the Thur
man act, he passage ak which he forcef
la spite 81 khe epauninud Influence ~ fhes,
compAutH0
HIS arnumentH arainss 10 esnstitst,o,
ality o. the civil Fimhsa hslls hawo niss.
eeen Sustained ~ tho uKtt4e Szaise -
preTne court ia lnngaaNa that IS hls,asm
Identical With thai of his speeches. F.flort
"a secure for tas rehsiiioua states ~
m0nt 1agoFacia rseeaMkEnckaen lesislAalan
in which he EiEorooAfY persisted Wnn
In the nnnnte. LED 90 khe charge that n
lad disapproVed the war far ia inteRrit.
u the nnion. His true position ha thu
aafiaed n 4 letter h a friend. II did Al
J esuid ta haip ta preserve the uulol
without war. but after Il began
tfoa4ht. there WaH but one fhtuR 10 a
and shat was io fight Il cut therefor
sustained ail the constitutional measafe
that tended. - mv Judgment 70 put dew
4Aa N&halllnn. ] newer believed Ia the doc
trina q secession
ar. Thnrman retired from the sunai
not asane with the respect 81 nis part
ASSOCIATES, ha1 alao with thai of senator
81 upwamlte paligtna1 Views, cne Of whom
James g. Blaine. with whom Ne ofte
eensepdad IA debate. aayu IN hts .eTweni
1eAFA QE caN@Tes4s Ar Thurman
rank Is the senate waH established froi
shA aMy ha took hla asak and Mna nes4
tuWprHd aurtnr The period oE his Hdrvlc
N& w@H an @8mtganty disciplined aHh@sN
was fair Ia ala method q statement lo'
aiuaioan 1ia haa 40 tficAz sn ais6ma6ao.
no catch phrases g secure AtteHtisn. ~
w8a always Nif9&k am4 MAniT A
FqfAreHeas tz9A tze senate Wnz Z sfsal