New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-10
SENATOR BATE DEAD.
Il psctim of Inauguration Dag
Heather

Washington March 9.-United States Senator
William Brimage Bate of Tennessee twice Gov
ernor or his State. veteran OF both the Mexican
and Civil wars. rising from private major general
IN the Confederate army, and for eighteen years
conspicuous member of the upper house of Con-
gress. died at his In this city to-day Death
was due to pneumonia and defective heart. Mr..
Bate attended the inaugural ceremonies on March T.
and his death Is believed be due primarily to
posture on that occasion. He suffered slight chill
on that day, but continued his official duties, and
occupied his seat in the Senate Tuesday He
became suddenly III at the dinner table that
Ing. and Immediately called for physician He
was put to bed, and his condition was recognized
as serious. Despite the efforts of his physician.
he grew steadily worse and all hope for his recov
cry was abandoned yesterday His lungs, how
ever, showed improvement. and it is probable that
he would have recovered save for the weakness of
his heart, which is attributed not only to his ad-
vanced age, but to the serious strain to which il
had been subjected by a long standing asthmatic
condition Mr.. Bate was conscious until his death
and. realizing that the end near yesterday
asked that he be buried at his old home In Nash
Vile He sank steadily in the night and the early
morning hours. and died peacefully o'clock this
morning At his bedside when the end came were
Mrs Bate. Mr.. Masten. grandson: Robert Can't
well. his private secretary: Mrs Carmack wife of
the Junior Senator from Tennessee; Mrs. Ellis Of
Tennessee, close friend of Mrs Bate and the
doctor and trained nurse.
When Mr.. Bate appeared in the Senate Chamber
for the last time on Tuesday he complained OF a
cold which he had caught on the inaugural plat
form on Saturday and the fact was recalled that
some of the Senators had advised him not to go
outside with the President but he insisted on doing
so because he was a member of the escortng COM
m1ttee While in the Senate on Monday he talked
with some of his Democratic colleagues concern
Ing his plans for the next session of Congress-
which related almost exclusively to the question
Statehood for the Territories He adhered to the
| view that there should be another determined eff
fort to secure four new States. and announced his
determination not to yield the consolidation of
Arizona and New-Mexico under any circumstances.
MI Bate took his seat in the Senate in 1887. and
was sworn in last Saturday for another term Of
| six years He was the ranking minority member
OF the committees Territories. Military Affairs
| and Agriculture and Forestry: also a member of
| several minor COMMITTEES, and chairman Of one Of
| the minority committees
! Besides the widow. two daughters Mrs. Thomas
| F. Masten, of Tennessee, and Mrs. Chllds. OF Los
Bale Of Tnnpese eae senator oTGtneT captain
California, were sent for but were unable 10 reach
taken to his, old home in Nashville. and will be
funeral partv w esvs seS SSmetery theTe me
| tomorrow evening
| After a session Of seven minutes the Senate ad-
journed to-day out of respect 10 the memory of MT
s 5ate In the absence Of Nj Carmack Of Tonnes.
on he Sad am IN charged with the duty
late Senator from Tennessee. He died at his hotel
at o'clock this morning, and the end came after q
viii add that he Re dread iSe Nth Sq
| same calmness and Christian fortitude which had
characterized MS conduct throughout long and
| eventful career"
Mr.. German then presented the usual resolutions
of regret These resolutions also directed the ap-
| pointment Of a committee of twelve Senators to
make preparation for the funeral in the Senate
chamber r. at p m t9.morr9w aHthorzed the ex
| Of the Cabinet. the Supreme Court of the United
! States, the diplomatic corps, the ranking officers
Sn a9 and deeed he a os
| escort the body to Senator Bates former homo a.
| the following committee: Messrs. Carmack, Nor
MaorH spooner cber9oa and Scott
On motion OF Mr.. Mallory. the Senate then ad
sergeant-at- Arms Casson of the House has desig
r tfS aae eon Buer Houston
Gaines: Padgett, Sims. Garrett and Patterson. as
| Senator Bate In Tennessee.
William Brimage Bate. who was beginning hi:
| fourth term as United States Senator from Ten
! nessee was born near Castalian Springs Sumner
! County, Tenn october, 1896 At the age Of four
| teen he left orphan and had to support
| himself. With academic education at sixteen
he became second clerk on a steamboat plying be-
! tween Nashville and New-Orleans. Being in THE
latter place when the Mexican War broke out he
| enlisted in a Louisville regiment and later Joined
| the Sd Tennessee serving until the war ended
| and capturing the last Mexican flag. year
| after his return to Tennessee, while editing q
| newspaper he elected to the legislature, and
| then studied law. He graduated at the Leb-
| anon Law School in 1852 and began the practice
| Of his profession at Galatn, Tenn. He was
elected to the office Of Attorney General for the
! Nashville district in 1854 for term OF six years.
| and while holding that office nominated for
! Congress, but declined. He was Presidential
! Elector on the observation-disclosures ticket in 1860.
| and when the Civil War broke out he entered
| the Confederate army private. He was sue
| cessively captain. colonel brigadier general and
| major general being dangerously wounded three
| times and served two years general officer
| on crutches AT Shiloh bone in his right leg
! was shattered and he made u cripple for
| life AT Chckamauga he had three horses shot
| under him. In 1865 he surrendered the last or
| the ARMY of the Tennessee at Bentonvllle, \. Z:
| When he returned home it to find himself
renniless and involved TO a large amount by
tecnritv given for freuos. BY hard work he had
naid off in 1882 $4,000 of this Indebtedness. In
iS75 he came within of defeating eX-
President Andrew johnson United states SEN
ator He accepted the Democratic nomination
Tor Governor in 1852 and elected. and in 1881
he was reelected His management of State
finances in the payment OF 50 per cent of the
State debt was regarded as highly benehcial TO
his state In January, 1885, he was elected United
Sta+ee Senator to succeed Washington &. Whit
tborne He was reelected in 1898. 1899 and 1905.
lie was the only Mexican War veteran In Con-
ross A pension was offered TO him as veteran
81 that war ten years ago. but he allowed II TO
Tanain in the Treasury. Mr.. Bate was a KEEN