The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-22
SENATOR PLATT DEAD;
 MIND CLEAR TO THE END
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ership of his party. The constitutional amendment, providing for the exten- sion of the elective franchise to the soldiers in the field was adoI ted in the house only after a protracted debate in which MT. PIatt doubted the deci- sion Of the speaker and carried his point.
 Five years later he was again chosen to represent the town of Meriden in that branch of the general assembly. At the beginning of his latter term, he was elected speaker of the house. It was in this position that his abilities attracted wide attention throughout the state, and he became we'll known for his legis- iative work, which was of an exception ally high order, and marked by high sense of honor and purity.
 In the face of strong party senti- ment to keep him in public life, Mir. Platt retired for a time from politics, to give his time to his private law practice, which had grown extensively. During the period he had firmly SUD- ported the war measures of the Fede- ral government, and was untiring in his aid of the Union cause. In 1877 he was appointed states attorney of New Haven county, which office he held till 1879, when he was chosen by the leg islature to succeed United States Sen ator W. H. Barnun, democrat, who had been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris s. Ferry, republican. At this election, on the thirty-eighth ballot of the 149 votes cast. MT. Platt received 76; the late Senator Joseph R. Hawley, 72; and Marshall Jewell, 1. The ballot was made unanimous. ...s.
 The election was source of great qualification to the friends of MT. Platt, the more so because of the standing and popularity of his distinguished op- ponent, who afterward was elected as his colleague in the senate, and who re- gently died. Senator Platt was feted in Meriden, where he was particularly loved and honored. t.zs.
 On that occasion he voiced senti- ment which has been a characteristic of his whole public life: .4s..
 That which is right is priceless to me, and in all the campaigns and achievements of the republican party in which have participated I have never steered a middle course, but did st
 Friends at the time predicted that he would prove one of the most seryicea- ble members of the senate ever sent from Connecticut.
 In 1885, at the expiration of his first 2 term as United States senator, MT. Platt was unanimously reelected, and in 1891, 1897 and 1903.
 Every official act of Senator Platt has seemed to be dictated by spirit of the purest patriotism. He has been always foreeful speaker, ana as such greatly in demand in this state, as well as in the senate and elsewhere. He has been called upon to preside many times at the conventions of the republican party in this state, where his utterances have been held in high regard.
 Senator Platt succeeded Senator Hoar after the latters death, as chair man of the judiciary committee of the United States senate. Later he was made chairman of the special commit teeNof the senate appointed to conduct the Swayne Impeachment trial, and this was followed by his appointment as presiding officer of the senate sitting as a court during the Impeachment trial. That was his last high public 2 dulv before returning to his native state to assist in paying tri- bute to the memory of his late colleague in the senate General Joseph R. Hawley. Senator Plait delivered a most appreciative personal eulogy of Senator Hawley al the iatter's funeral held in Hartford CT March Fl. .a
 May 15, 1850, Senator Platt was mar ried to Miss Annie Bull, daughter ot James Peary and Ann Bull of Towan. da, Pa. Two children were born tc them, James Perry Platt, now judge oi the United States court of this district and Daniel Gold Platt. who died in 1864 The mother died in November, 1S93 Or April 2S, 1897. Senator Platt married Jeanne P, widow of George A. Hoyt o1 Stamford.
 Senator P1att's last public utterance Eas at the state capitol on March 21, when before the general assembly he delivered the eulogy over General Haw- ley, whose body lay in state in the cor ridor below. He spoke as if from a heart that was overfloWing with grief, and in words that touched deeply all who heard him, telling of the personal side of his long relations with General HaWley rather than of the political battles they had fought with varying fortune for the party to which both had lifelong adherence. One of the striking passages from that address was as fol- lows: We are not here so much to mourn his death, as it seems to me, as we are to celebrate his birth into new and a better life, into a field of greater, larger, more spiritual activities. It is a birth day, not a death day, after all, which brings us together. that knits all hearts in love and sympathy. Henry Ward Beecher so often spoke of death as a coronation. It is. He is crowned now, this friend and comrade of ours crowned in the wonderful language of Inspiration, by the Almighty, with glory and immortality Why, then, should we weep?'
 At the time it was noticed that Sena- tor Platt seemed to be of impaired health, and this was attributed, as, in fact, was the case, to his arduous labors in the senate, and especially to the added responsibilities thrown upon him