The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-15
PATRICK A, COLLINS DEAD.
MtyOR or BOSTON STRCkEN a|
VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS

Cleveland, and Rerused Place IN the
CABINET won More Republican votes
T,,an Any Other Massachusetts, Demo-
graf His Rise From poverty
RICHMOND. Va. Sept. ll.-Mayor Patrick
A. Collins of Boston died suddenly this
morning at Virginia Hot Springs OF
hemorrhage of the bowels. Mayor Collins
with his son Paul, reached Hot Springs
VI on September q. 1t was one Of his usual
:, semi-annual visits, and his purpose was 10
take the baths after resting for week.
He had not begun to take the cure lues
dny night when he became violently III
with acute pastritis. DR.. Henry ,. roe
md trained nurse were hastily summoned,
and under vigorous treatment he seemed
to be improving. This morning he was
well enough to sit up in bed. His son was
by him, while the nurse was busted about
the apartm when suddenly the patient
complained of pain in the abdomen, ana
moment later fell backward dying.
Mayor Collins was conscious to the last.
and though his last moments were Harreu
by intense pain he was calm and attempted
with his last breath to speak to his SON.
His death was a surprise to his PHYSICIAN
wbo however. had considered his con-
dition serious.
Mass will be said early tomorrow morn
ing in the small Catholic chapel at Hoe
Springs, and the body will be taken to Bos-
ton, leaving ON the A. NJ. train
Patrick A. Collins was II politician who
had the almost invaluable habit OF winning
his fights. He was not one VINO went al'eI
personal rewards He refused Cabinet
appointments and accepted the place OF
Consul General at London He refused TO
Enr cat n
offices and was elected Mayor of Boston
He is said to have pollod more Republican,
votes than any other Democrat ever polied
in the Commonwealth Of Mas sachuSetts'
istrator of public business he made himself
regarded as a straight, clean man. 1t was
said of him in Boston yesterday that IN
no city in the country would 1t nave been
affection Of all the cliques and classes OF
the population--but Mayor Collins did.
slr Collins was born in Fermoy. Cork,
Ireland March III, H. ISL H. hs b mot WsI
years old, She made her home, g poor pool.
widow in Chelsea, Mass. She kept Patrick
in the public schools until he was l? years
old, then he had to go TO work to help sup
port the family. ne went into osa carp en-.
mother moved to Ohio and Patrick worked
there in foundry and in biacksmith'ss
shop He went back to Boston. learned
the trade OF upholSterWR anu ~oiheu az
it for eight years. He was saving money
all the time to enable him to study law.
He at last got work in the law office of james
S. Keith, and after two years entered the
Harvard Law School. from which he was
graduated in 1871. In the law school he
was prominent as a speaker. He had gone
into poltica! affairs while he was student
and had been elected member Of the State
House of Representatives IN 1858. he
served two terms there and one in the state
q
in 1871 Mr.. Collins made public announce
ment of his determination not to hold public
Office again in ten years. He kept to the
resolution, but he stayed IN p9,l.ies. ne
committee in 1873, and held the RESPONSE
bilities of the place for two years. ne was
Judge Advocate General Of the staff of
Gov. CASTOR and since then ne mas peen
He was delegate at large to the national
Democratic conventions OF 1875, 1880, 1854:
and 1892. He was perma nent chairman OF
the 1888 convention ana mace an ADDRESS
which attracted admiring attention from
the whole country. as did his speech sec,
ending the nomination OF Grover Cleveland
four years later.
1t was, generally Understood that Mr.
Cleveland offered Mr.. Collins a Cabinet
office, but Mr. Collins who had been a
member OF the Forty-eighth, Forty.ninth
and Fiftieth Congresses, did not like life in
Washington and declined to o., take any
in the Washington atmosphere Mr.; Cleve-
land gave him instead one Of the highest
paid Government posts, that OF CONSUL
General at London, where the salary Is
time amounted to about SIS 600 year
more. Mr.. Collins resigned from the
craftsmanship of the Democratic state
committee and went to London; While ne
was Cons ul General Mr.. Cleveland again
asked him to come into the Cabinet as
Secretary of War Mr.. Collins refused
He was quoted as saying that he refused
because he didn't care for second hand
At the opening ceremonies of the Hotel
Cecil Mr. Collins'S remarks regarding the
good will of Mr.. Cleveland toward the
British people were jeered by some OF his
hearers. He turned on them and said:
There is no antagonism between the
United States and any well meaning state
on earth. If the rest of the world under
stood the United States as well as the
United States understands the rest OF tne
world there would never be any danger
to peace between my country and other
nations" There were no more jeers.
In 1897 Mr.. Collins returned to the prac-
tise of law in Boston in the firm OF Corcoran
4 Collins. He was nominated for Mayor
in 1899, but was beaten by factional fight
in his own party He was elected the next
year and was reelected in every year since:
Mayor Collins vas an u ardent ir lover OF
this city in 1885 was one OF the foundation
stones in his reputation as an orator. Mr..
Collins always deprecated any confusion
of American politics with loyalty to Irish
welfare: he stood out uncompromislngly
against the advocates of physical violence
in the Fenian movement and severed oil
his connection with it when the raid on
Canada was planned.
Mr.. Collins was married in 1873 to Mary
F.. Cary. They had three children, Paul.
Agnes and Marie.
JOHN CONRAD RtRTH DEAD.