Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22

such as had come to him during the fore
noon, he would probably live through the
night.
When the physician left the sick room the
senator was perfectly conscious. had no
pain and had answered questions put to him
by those at the bedside, showing that his
mind was clear.
In the room at the time We're Mrs. Platt
and the senator's only son, Judge James z.
PIatt of the United States circuit court.
who had been summoned home during the
afternoon and reached the house three hours
earlier
The funeral will probably be held next
Tuesday although the date has not been
conclusiveiy fixed. The service will be held
in the Congregational Church, which stands
in the center of the village. The Rev. Rob-
ert Carter pastor of the church, will con-
duct the service, which will be of a simple
character, in keeping with the tastes of
Senator Platt and the wishes of Mrs. Plat.
Illness Started With Cold
Senator Platt contracted a severe cold
while the swayne Impeachment, trial was in
progress before the Senate. He had not
fully recovered from it at the time of Sena-
tor Hawley's funeral. He stood in the
railroad station at Hartford for some little
time waiting for the arrival of the train
on which Gen. HaWley'S body was brought
from Washington. During the walt he
complained of slight chill. in consequence
of which, after the exercises at the capitol,
he returned direct to his country home.
1t was on Friday, March 81, that the
senator was taken with the Illness which
proved fatal The first attack was of
bronchial pneumonia of mparatiVely
slight nature. This followed on April
4 by a second infection, which lasted for
about week. On April II he showed signs
of improvement so that hopes of his
covery were entertained, but soon after
that the lung abSceSS began to develop,
that on April IS he had a bad chill. The
following day his physicians and nurses
feared would be the end, but he rallied
from that attack. Other chills, however,
followed at intervals eliminating in a par
ticularly severe one yesterday morning be-
tween and IL o'clock. Although the sick
man seemed to rally somewhat from this
attack and became comfortable during the
afternoon, it was evident that his life was
ebbing away. His physician at S:45 stated
that the end would come with another chill,
and that the thread of life would snap
suddenly. This proved to be the case. and
a few minutes later Senator Platt's life
work had ended
Sketch of His Career.
Senator Orville Hitchcock Platt of Con-
necticut has been conspicuous member of
the Senate for over twenty-six years and
although his seventy-eighth birthday would
have bee1 reached on the 10Th of next July,
he has constantly grown in prominence in
the business of conducting that body to
the time of his death. He has taken a
more important part In framing legislation
during the past few years than ever be-
fore AS he neared the end of his career
he has appeared to grow in intellectual
strength and especially in that sound prac-
teal judgment for which he was so well
known.
Senator Platt was born at Washington
Conn. July 10. 1927. and 1t was there that
he spent his last days, although his home
at Meriden, Conn. Senator Platt re-
ceived an academic education and then
studied law at Litchfield. He was admitted
to the bar in 1S49 when twenty-five years
of age, and al once applied himself to
the practice of his profession. He prac-
ticed law at Meriden, which has always
been his home since he reached years of
maturity.
Mr. Platt early in life had a strong lean
ing toward a POLITICAL career, and from the
time that he left college he took deep
interest in the political affairs of his state
AS early 1855 he became clerk of the
state senate, and in that position he
studied parliamentary law and laid the
after life of being one of the most thor
oughy informed parliamentarians in pub
lie life. He could always be depended upon
to steer clear of all those entanglementS
of the rules of the Senate that prove so
trying to most men even after they have
been in that body for many years. 1t was
in fact his ability in that direction that
one of the reasons for his selection to
conduct the recent impeachment proceed
ings of the Senate in the case of Judge
Swain, at a time when Senator Frye's
health was unsatisfactory, and it was the
arduous work connected with that task that
made him susceptible to pneumonia.
Elected to State Office.
After two years as clerk of the Cen