Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-18
The Course Of the SUN.

The Course Of the Sun.
Despite his republican antecedents, Mr.
Dana made the Sun democratic paper and
Tammany's most influential advocate. He
carried on the movement of the erection of
statue to William NJ. Tweed. When the
latter refused to permit its erection he ad-
vocated the building of a charitable insti-
tuition to be named after Tweed. For years
the Sun supported Tammany with I'M
qualified enthusiasm and maintained an at
ltude OF regularity toward the national
democratic party. In 1850 it supported
General Hancock, but in rather a luke
warm and perfunctory way. In 1852 the
Sun supported Mr.. Cleveland for governor,
but in the presidential campaign of 1854 it
supported Benjamin F. Butler, who ran for
President on a greenback platform. and
who represented at that time the forces
which have since been taken into the labor
ana DopultSt parties. Mr.. Dana supported
Mr.. Cleveland in 1883. but opposed his nom
ination in 1882, but after he was nominated
stood by the party SO far as to make a
platform of his own, mo Negro Domino
uon," without giving adherence to MIR.
Cleveland personally or to his low tariff
views.
In 1896 Mr.. Dana came to the support of
the republican ticket and repudiated Bryan
and advocated the election of Mckinley,
although he had joined Mr.. Thomas c.
Platt in the latter's efforts to prevent the
nomination of Mckinley.
Where He Worked.
Mr.. Dana's private office was small
room in the Sun building, bare and COM
fcrtless in appearance. 1t consisted of an
old walnut desk table. a little round table
near the window where Mr.. Dana did most
of his writing. a leather-covered chair in
which he sat and two chairs for visitors
A revolving case containing books of refer
ence stood on his desk, and q third table
In the room held file of the Sun and
copies of the newest books. Wien in good
health and in the city, Mr.. Dana worked
with great regularity every day for sew
eral hours debating to his stenographer
and revising articles with the utmost care
Mr.. Dana was a great traveller and near
~ every summer made trip to a foreign
country. Last year he was in Russia. The
past summer he intended spending in
Wales. but illness prevented his leaving
He Travelled considerably in the United
states also, occasionally delivering a lee
trre Tor students with some educational in
stitut1on. or made speeches at public din
ners. His home in New York city was at
Madison avenue and Goth street, and his
summer home on Dosorfs Island which
comprised about fifty acres. 1t was located
on the Long Island sound close to the shore
OF Long Island, three miles from Glen
Cove.
A Marrow Escape From Death.
He came from his summer home and re-
turned from the city by steamboat, and
had very narrow escape from death the
afternoon Of June %, 1885, on the steam
boat Seawanhaka, which caught fire on the
East river and was burned. Many other
passengers were burned to death or were
drowned in attempting to escape Mr..
Dana beautified Dosoris Island to a re-
niarkable extent, and for years followed an
ambition of having upon it an example of
every tree In the world that would grow in
that climate. His knowledge of trees and
shrubs was most minute and almost his
only devotfons were in collecting rare
plants in the country and rare porcelain in
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