The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-11-30
CUsHMAN K. DAVIS.

The death of Senator Cushman Kel-
logg Davis, which occurred at his
home in st. Paul, last evening, while
generally expected during the last few
days, came as a shock, as the thought
came that life being extinct all hope
was gone. For days he battled braveiy
and desperately with disease and at
first it seemed that he might overcome
its insiduous attacks but when the
accute kidney attack came his chances
for recovery were closed, and while
all that medical science and loving
hands could do, was done, it was not
to be and last evening the last spark
of life departed from the tenement of
clay, and the soul of the great man
returned to its maker from whence it
came
Yesterday the state, the nation,
hoped against hope. Today they are
stricken with grief Ger fallen states
man.
Coming at this time the death of
Cushman K. Davis is doubly national
loss He was one of the few great
men in national life, close and trust
ed advisor of the president, and the
most commanding figure in the
United States senate, one of it's ablest
constitutional lawyers and leading
diplomat. In all matters of constitu-
tional law he was referred to and his
views and opinions stood as authority
among his associates. His loss will
be most severely felt in the senate
during the coming session, as no man
in that body had made as close study
of the questions growing out of the
Spanish war as had he. In
fact many of these questions had been
left almost wholly to him, so great
was the confidence of his associates in
his ability. his judgment, and his tire
less energy in his study, and research
of all matters entrusted to his care.
He was a man of force and vigorous
industry, and the amount of work he
would accomplish in given time,
was often matter of establishment to
his friends. Possessed of wonderful
memory he made his own the best of
all that he read, and had it always
ready for his use. Few men in public
life were more widely read than he,
not only as a lawyer, but in all lines
of literature, and all his work showed
the effect of this upon. his broad mind.
AS lawyer Senator Davis stood at
the head of his profession, and was
easily the leader of the Minnesota bar
Thoroughly equipped as he was in
legal learning his professional life
was as successful and brilliant as was
his public career and he was associat-
ed as counsel in many of the most i'm
portant cases in the northwest
AS a man and citizen it was that his
real worth was found. He was a most
genial companion, true friend, kind
and considerable of all. Entertaining,
instructive, brilliant, he was ever
ready, even in the midst of his most
busy life, to lay aside his cares and
his books for visit with his friends.
Sadly will he be missed in the ma
TONS councils greatly more in the
home, now darkened with grief, by a
loving wife, by mis- aged parents bow
ed with the anguish of his untimely
taking off in the midst of his earthly
glory. But he will not be forgotten.
He has earned for himself a name
high In the nations annals, and his
pure patriotism will always stand as
beacon light an incentive for the
coming generations.