The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-22
DEATH OF x. |. GODKIN.
THE LAST OF THE OLD-TIME
 EDITORS,
Correspondent in the Crtmean War; Was Born in IreIand-Died i'm Eng- land.

Correspondent An the Crtmean War
 Was Born in IreIand-Died i'm Eng.
 land.
 New York, May 21.-Edward Law
 renee Godkin, editor of the New York | Evening Post and the Nation, is dead
 in London. Cable dispatches an-
 nouncing his demise were received at
 the Evening Post office this morning, | MT. Godkin died at Brixham, South | Devonshire, England, last evening,
 His death was caused by a hemorrhage
 of the brain, which occurred on Satur- | day last.
 l MT. Godkin suffered similar stroke | two years ago, but recovered to an eX- tent, and was able to go to England in | the fall of 1901. He was in his seventy | first year
 The career of the deceased since 1865, when he started the Nation, has been an interesting and brilliant one. Pre-
 vious to that time his name was abso-
 lutely unknown to the general public The appearance of the Nation was at a most opportune time, when such men as Bryant, Greeley and Raymond were nearing their end, and there was to all appearances, no man to succeed them.
 MT. Godkin immediately took his place alongside of these great editors and writers.
 The Nation was made the weekly is- sue of the Evening Post and Mir. Godkin was made one of the editors and propri- etors of the joint publication. From that on the New York Times until July, ting were identified with the publlca- tion in an editorial capacity. He won a reputation, not only for the high quail ty of his writings, but also for the ease with which he wrote His expression was very direct, vigorous and tren- chant His strong point was descrip tive narration. He passed without ap- parent effort from the journalistic to the literary vein, and all he touched in the matter of writing seemed turned to gold
 Later in 1899, however. the mental ac- tivity of the man began to tell on his health, and he was compelled to retire from active editorship of the Post. He was appointed editor emeritus.
 MT. Godkin was born in Moyne coun- ty, Wicklow Ireland October 2, 1881. He was educated at a grammar school near Wakefield, England, and Queens college, Belfast, where he was gradu- ated in 1851, He was a correspondent of the London Daily News in Russia during the Crimean war. In the au- tumn of 1856 he came to the United States and in the ensuing winter made journey on horseback through the southern states. He studied law under was admitted to the bar in 1859 prac- ticed for a few years, and then went to Europe on account of impaired health. He returned to New York at the close of 1862, and was a correspondent of the London News and an editorial writer onon the New York Times until July, 1865 when he started the publication of the Nation.
 Mir Godkin was twice married. His first wife was Miss Foote, of New Ha- ven, by whom he had one son and one daughter the latter dying in infancy. His second wife, Miss Katherine Sands, of New York, survives him. His son, member of the New York bar. The of MT Godkin, best known to the public, are Problems of Modern Democracy" and "Unforseen Tenden- cies of Democracy