The Washington times., 1905-03-09

Senator William Brimage Bate. senior
Senator from Tennessee, died this morn
ing in his apartments at the Ebbitt
House, after an Illness of only three
days
1t was while attending the inaugura-
tion ceremonies on Saturday last that
Senator Bate contracted severe cold.
which was directly responsible for his
death Until Monday evening. though,
he seemed to suffer no marked incon-
yenfence He attended the first days
proceedings of the special session of the
Senate on Monday, remaining in his
committee rooms until after O'Clock
After dinner at the hotel, and while
on the way to his rooms, the Senator
complained TO his wife that he had
suffered several chills in quick success
sion. and that he felt very Ill
A Physician Called.
DR.. T.. T Sewers, family physician to
the Senator, was called Grip and
symptoms of pneumonia We're noticed
first, but it was confidently anticipated
that both could be checked. The Sen
ator seemed to be holding his own until
9 O'Clock this morD'' x. when sudden
change for the wc-ss vas noticed. Df
Sewers was hurrieaiy summoned. but a
gl:lnce was sufficient - z2li him that
the aged statesman't; condition had as
sumed an almost hopeless phase The
heart. unable to perform the added
work imposed upon it in the fight
agains, disease, broke down. Stimu-
lnnts were applied in steadily increas-
ing quantity. but the vital organ could
not respond.
Conscious to the Last.
Senator Bate was conscious to the
end. which came at Csc o'clock, and
bade farewell 10 his wife, to his grand
sen, Bate Mastin, and to others round
his bedside.
senator William Bcimage Bate was
born October I, 1Sz6, near Castaliah
Springs. Tenn. He received an academic
education, and when just emerging from
his teens saw much of the exciting life
ON the Mississippi river. He served for
some time as second clerk on one of the
old sIdn-wheelers between Nashville and
New Orleans.
When the Mexican war broke out he
responded 70 the call for volunteers and
served as a private in the Louisiana
and Tennessee = giments throughout the
memorable conflict which eliminated IN
the final crushing of Santa Anna, HIS
| fame had gone before MN When ne re
turned and II the next general election
| n fter the war he was elected a member
! of the Tens esee Legislature. In 1852 he
| received his diploma from the Lebanon
| Law School md that same year entered
| upon the practice of his profession in
| Gallatin, Tenn.
Man of Integrity.
| ALWAYS genial and a man whose integ-
rity was widely recognized, young Bate,
| In 1854, when only twenty-efSht years
| old. was elected attorney general for
the Nashville district serving for six
wears He was In the thick of the poIiti-
! cal fight in 1860. and was one of the
| Presidential electors on the Brecken-
| ridge-Lane ticket.
| When the civil war began the young
! Tepnesseean naturally sided with the
| Confederacy. and with no more ado than
he manifested on going under arms in
| the Mexican war, he enlisted as pri-
vate in one OF the first-formed regt-
ments. His gallantry in action had the
inevitable result, and promotions follow
ed until the end of the struggle. in 1855
| when, as major general. he surrendered
| with the Army of Tennessee. Three
| times during the war he was danger
Cuslv wounded.
| When the strife was ended he re-
| turned to Tennessee, and resumtng his
| law practice, at the same time allied
] himself more closely than ever with