The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-02

Bend. a son-in-law of Mr.. Davis. Mr..
Davis will be buried in Topeka ceme-
terry. where his wife is also inferred.
Mrs. Davis died in Topeka about a
year ago.
Mr.. Davis would have been rs years
old on August 3. He spent the last
twenty-nine years of his life in Kan
sas, and has lived in Topeka with his
daughter for about a year For two
years he has been almost or quite
blind. and recently his mind has been
seriously affected by his physical con-
dition- The day before he died he ap-
peared to recognize, for the first time
in weeks, the members of his family
His death came quietly and peacefully.
He fell asleep, and passed from sleep
into death without awakening.
Mr.. Davis had nine children, and all
but one will be in Topeka to attend
the funeral The names of the chill
dren and their addresses are as fol-
lows: Buel T. Davis. Oshkosh, Wis;
Charles s Davis, Chilocco, I. t.; Mrs.
L T. Schnacbe, Great Bend Kas.;
Arthur p. Davis, Washington, d. C.;
Walter w. Davis. Leadville, Colo; Mrs.
]. w. Barney, Kansas City, Mo; Carey
G. Davis, Morgantown, W. va; Bran
well Davis, New York city, Mrs. i. d.
Whittemore, Topeka A telegram was
received today from Bramwell Davis
stating that he would be unable TO
cone west at this time.
The following is brief summary of
some of the principal events of Mr..
Davis active and vigorous life:
He was born on August 9, 1926 in
Sangamon county. Illinois. For twenty
years he lived on a farm. Then he
studied at Springfield academy and
Illinois college, Jacksonville Ill He
hfrnCnlf On q fo1~r in II
con county, Illinois, in 1885, and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits for twenty
two years.
During this time he began one of the
important achievements of his life by
advocating the appropris tion by con-
gress of public lands to aid in the es-
tabIishment of agricultural colleges In
each state of the union. Twelve years
Of earnest labor resulted in the pass
age of a law by congress such as Mr.
Davis advocated, and under this law
forty state agricultural colleges have
received their endowmentE-
Mr.. Davis was brought up near the
home of Abraham Lincoln. He was
surrounded by the same influences,
and it is therefore not surprising to
find that ne advocated anti-slavery
views. Though not an enlisted soldier
in the war. ne was an active worker
at home and in the army for the health
and con fort of the union soldiers.
In 1872 Mr.. Davis came to Kansas
and settled near Junction City.
though at that time there was no city
there In 1873 he was president of the
first state convention of farmers,
which was the precursor of the Peo-
pies party. In .4s75 he and his son,
Charles S. Davis, now located at Chill
occo, J. T.. became the proprietors of
the Junction City Tribune, and Mr..
Davis contributions to this publication
were voluminOus.
His services to the cause and his
great practical knowledge marked him
as one of the champions of the Peo-
pies party and he was elected to the
Fffty-second congress. He was re-
elected two years later, receiving 20 162
votes. against 1882 votes for J. R.
Burton, Republican, the present United
States senator
Mr.. Davis has been liberal contrib
utor to reform htera ture. He has
written several books. and up to the
quent contributor to the columns of the
Arena and other publications. Mr.
Davis also wrote and published a life
Of Napoleon.
American Industries a magazine
published at Washington, d. c., says
of Mr.. Davis political views:
His tariff views are those Of a free
trader, whose zeal is modified by the
belief that the end must be reached /
by installmnts. but those installments
must be few and not far apart His /
practical proposal in congress for the
solution of the problem was to re-enact !
the tariff of 1888. and after 1894 to- re-
duce all the duties one-fourth; then
next year one-third more, and in 1896
one-fourth more, but to add lumber to
the free list at once These proposals /
had the merit of avoiding the whole
army OF claimants for exemptions that |
at once spring up if reductions are
sought to be made arbitrarily
Mr. Davis was an advocate of q. re-
formed currency system, and was a
stannch supporter of the original doc
trines Of the Peoples party.