The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-06
|NuTOR DAVIS GOES
| TO his nlA REST
Was Anxious to Live
For His Country's
Sake.
High IN COUNCILS OF NATION
L. .aiRmAN OF THE SENATE CON.
mITTEe ON FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.
His Life History an Example Of the
Steady Rise Of the Intelligent and
Industrious Citizen of the Great
Republic

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Cushman X Davis. chairman of the
committee on foreign relations OF the
senate, died ar his home in this city
| tonight at $40 o'clock He had suf-
| fered crafty during two months OF
| sickness, and gradually sank away.
| being unconscious for several hours
| before death. and so far as could ne
known suffered no pain at the end.
Yesterday, approaching the approach
| of the end. Mrs. Davis sent for Veneer
able T. H. NJ Vllners Appleby. ach-
| deacon of the Protestant Episcopal
| diocese OF Minnesota, and Rev. Theo-
| dore Sedgwick. rector of the Church
| of St. John the Evangelist. Senator
Davis was for time sufficiently IA
| tional TO express mis- grateful appreci-
alton of the clergymen's ministra-
1 lions.
| Grouped about the deathbed We're
! Senator Davis immediate family, his
/ devoted wife. his aged father Major
| II. H. Davis. and his two sisters, Mrs.
| Morford and Mrs. Bartlett Trip. His
/ law partner, G. A. Verance, and wife
were also present, as well as the doc
| tors and nurses. The family had been
prepared for the end since the first
sinking spell, which occurred last Fri
| day night, and all have been where
they could be summoned at mo-
ment's notice.
| The senator had been in a comatose
state during the day. Death came al
most imperceptibly, and the closing
scene was marked with but little Incl:
dent. His last conscious utterance
was the expression of wish TO live.
not for the sake of life itself, but be-
cause he believed his country needed
| him. His last words were:
oh, that | might live five years
more for my coun.ry's sake"
Mrs. Davis is bearing up bravely.
and despite the strain of the long
weeks of weary watching at the sick
bed, withstood the shock of parting
with characteristic fortitude. The
senator's aged father is Frustrated
over his sons demise. as are also mis-
sisters. The senator's mother has
been so feeble that she has not real
lied the seriousness of her sons ILL
ness, and does not know of his death
Senator Frye. president pro tenn of
the senate, has been notified of the
senator's death and his wishes with
reference to the funeral arrangements
will be complied with.
Cushman kellogg Davis was born in
Henderson. \. Y. June 16. 1888. In
| that year his parents moved to Wau-
kesha, Wis. After attending the com
mon schools and three years in Car
| roll College. at Waukesha, he entered
| the University of Michigan. from
which he graduated in 1857. After his
graduation he entered the law office
of Alexander Randall. afterward War
| Governor of Wisconsin. In 1860 Davis
| began the practice of law and also
| took an active part in the campaign
resulting in the election of Lincoln.
He served for two years in the Army
of the Tennessee, part of tho time on
staff duty. When. in 1864. broken
health compelled his retirement he
was First Lieutenant of Company b.
Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry.
Going to st. Paul he formed law
partnership with his army chief, Gen
eral w. A. German, Ex-Governor of
Minnesota Territory. In 1868 he was
elected to the State Legislature and
two years later was appointed United
States District Attorney. serving five
years in.that position. In 1873 he was
elected Governor and served one term
with great credit. He declined re-
nomination and resumed the practice
of law. He carried through many i'm
portant cases.
He paid considerable attention to
politics meanwhile and in 1887 he was
elected to the Senate, where he served
up TO the time of his death. In that
body he has headed various important
committees. During the past four
years Senator Davis position as chair
man of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee of the Senate and later one OF the
Paris Peace Commissioners has kept
i'm prominently before the public of
all nations.
As student and an authority of
international law Senator Davis fur
nished briefs TO President Harrison
and Secretary of State Blaine on the
Chilean dispute and the Berhing sea
controversy.
Senator Davis was twice married
His first wife was Miss Laura Bow
man, and, after she had secured 4
divorce from him. he married in 1880
Miss Anna Maicalm Agnew