The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-10
BATE, TENNESSEE
SEN'AT [: | D
Veteran Statesman Passes Away,
Asking to- be Taken to Native
Statc8He Loved So Well. ss5s
TOOK COLD ATT INAUGURATION
During Life Refused Pension.
andEyN ould Not Accept Pass Il
ls OH Railroads.


(Frofn Our Rcgulnt Correspondent
&yvAsH1NGTo on, D. c. March o.. '"ralsoH
me back to Tennessee 4 snid Senator VIII W
liam 3. Bate. faintly.Sn lie looked TIP
Into the face Of his wife at the Ebbitt
House d few minutes past a Of clock this
morning. In n few moments ho drew q
Hong breath and Ills henrt ceased beating.
ii Is remarkable that the last words Of /
ltthis old veteran, whose pat riotisn, and
Hove 3of Tennessee, have become proven
tbial, should have been a request thgt his
dust Should minglc with that Of the State
he loved 30 we'll. sennto Tor Bate contracted
|slfi severe 81 cold while on the inaugural
stand at the Capitol Saturday. and though
he was able to be at the scnat his
week, 81 1t was seen Tuesday that his con-
Edition was d critical. G However, he was
Thought to he bet tier yesterday fternoon,.
ana Y the news OF his deaf TIL came as g
great shock to his colleagues and friends. Z
mi Is dea tn "A leaves but two E Conf derate
generals IN the Senate, Senators Morgan
nnd Fettus, both OF Y a ALBANIA s
Sketch of His Life.
|5si Senator Bate was seventy eight years
OF age. He had long been prominent In
the public eye II q was O eteran of tho
Mexican War, but was I the only one In
Congress Swhosrefused to- draw his pen
sion. on the ground that he was not m y
|Eneed OF It. vi He was ~ mai for gene raj IN
the Civil Nv ar, on \ the Confederate side
ana was the ranking general u Of icer Of q
[ the Conf cderacy5in Congr ess. Fl Q wa $ n
officer8ir the famous Second Z ennessee,S
and & distinguished himself & for fl BRAY N
TIe was three times dangerousl tWou ND ed.
His old-fashioned3 ideas OF 4of fetal pro-
|.priety led him not only to refuse pen 8
sion, but during his public life It is said
|:that he never accepted a abroad pass
| frnnked o. elegranl, nor sou a. job 1or$
relative, He was G oyernor Of u ennes-s
see Just before he was elec ted to the
United States Senat e q no ma NJ ever
served the &pepple 8of tina Il Commonwealth
more faithfully ana \ d cvo tcdlys than he.sS$
y Senator Bate took his sea T; In the Sen
Fate In SIT and was sworn In last 8 at
urday for anothe term Of six yea = 81
WAS tho}ranking minority member Of the
Committees oil Terri tories, NJ itary Al -$
fairs and Agriculture Ind Fore stry,:: also
|: a member, Of several minor comm tees
and chairman Of the m inori " comlnt ees.
His Family.
4 Gathered about his y BEDSIDE when VI the
end came were Mrs Bate. Mr.. Mas ten q ~
gra ndson: Robert CantWell, y his pr tes
secretary; Mrs Carnnck wifi Of the gjll-38
Nor senator from Tenne Mrs.
81 = Tennessee 4 a. close Z iend OF Mrs. Bate
land the d ctorf and train ID nurse.
Beside the widow, two Sdaug hters Mrs MI
Thomas II. II Masten,s OF Texa ar'd Mrs.
Chllds, " OF Los Ange leg. suryiye me
Senat tor, b III =. S&S
35 As brother, Captain Bate, Of Tonnes s
and a sister, Mrs. Harris, Of Cali ornia,
were sent for, but were Sunahle to reach
here before his death 3a a}I55
Senator Bate, s rarnains iI@ III be taken
toshis old home at N ISL yille, and VIII be
Inferred in the Mount ollyette Cemetery
there. ~ "a Ss8i
~ The funeral party will leave Washing
ton at 1850 P. M. to-morrow evening
oyer the Southern Raj way for; y nnessee.
i Sergeant -at-Arms Casson,S OF the House,
has designated the Tennessee dele lon,
consisting OF Messrss BRoWnlowy Hale
Moon, Butler, Houston chi hes, Pad gett,
Sims, Garrett and Pa terson, as ls "a COM
mittee to represent the House mt the 5fun--'S
eral services Of Senator Bate In Ten en-;
nessee. lE 81