Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-04

shown some improvement lately
Heart trouble was the immediate cause
OF death
CONSCIOUS TO THE LAST
10 10 the moment Of death Senator
German var conscious His eondI.
I ton during the past week had i'm.
proved 90 much that yesterday the
family had hopes 81 shortly taking
him 20 the country. lie partook Of
some uourlshment at o'clock this
morning bur ai O'Clock he was seized
with q heart attack and died w I've
minutes At the bedside were Mrs.
. German Miss ADA German. the sena-
tors eldest daughter and The nJrse.
When the attack came physicians
were sent for but the senator was
. dead before they arrived
Senator Gorman's Illness extended
. over "a period OF hye months. lie had
/ not left his house since Jan Is. he
. suffered in addition 10 his heart affic-
tion moro or less stomach trouble 4
! wecK ago last Saturday he WAS seized
/ with a heart attack and 20 was thought
4 then that he could not survive. but he
rallied and seemed 10 get very much
1 better Up TO late last night he Nss
in the best Of spirits and chatied with
various members Of The family As
soon as DO passed away word was
sent 10 me senate
HIS FAMILY.
senator German leaves a widow and
Fix children as follows Mias Ada
German Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert. NIrs.
. D. / InnnnasH n
tnis city Mrs Stephen Cambria OF
London England who arrived here a
week ago. and Arthur Pue German. Jr..
of Laurel. Md, a member Of the Mary
.u0d assembly
\ NOTABLE FIGURE.
senator German long had been 4.
ioilnle figure IN he national Congress.
Ha frst TOOK bis seat On 1851 and served
continuously Tor IS year and nearly
all ~ that lime he vas the leader Of
HE party in the senate, Winning early
q reputation FOR sagaciy and the keen
cst judgment IN congressional affairs,
ne sttainc1 prominence not only as
iC-der 100 the senate. but in the country
"a. large. and by many men was con-
FiIered The mos, available man On his
party ior the presidency he was chair
man oi Do" executive committee and
managed the campaign that resulted IN
One election Of Cleveland In 1854
HIS GREATEST CONTEST.
The most notable contest OF his con-
grcssiondl career and one which at
trac,ed 90 him wider attention than
anything else was when De led the
senate minority In lSsO-sl and defeatci
me federal elections bil, To his sa-
gaciOus lealrship aud adroit manage
mcnt his party friends attributed TIE
defeat OF the measure which was 40
obnoxious 20 the south.
When the Democrats had control %
the senate German was the recognized
leader OF that body. II was at that time
that the tarif BIZ Of lS9l was passed
and although the Maryland senator was
not a member OF the finance committee
Ne had 50 much 10 do with sha ping the
matter that his name Is often given Ia
d. ana IN fact u Il frequently callei
the Nilson-Gorman tsriff
BREAK WITH CLEVELAND.
II WAS during Cleveland's last admin.
istrati0n that a break occurred between
tho Democratic president and the leai-
er ~ tho party In the senate. I'm
speech which always viii boz remember.
"a by those who heard 10, Senator
German severely arralgnod the pres-
dent To this opposition the defeat OF
Senator German a few years later is
attributed, although his party Loaf
Maryland IN the silver campaigns IS
soon a. the Democrats tegaineo con-
troll 81 the state he was AT once re-
elected 10 the senate,
.-Ht. 4 L.. l.. A..
as soon as he was again IN the senate
he was made leader Of the minority
and. although the seniority rule Is
strictly enforced, German vas given
committee places that were equal 20
those be had held after long contln.
uous service.
OPPOSED THE PHILIPPINES.
Senator German was vigorously OPP
posed 10 the acquisition Of the Philip
pines and fought the ratification OF the
Paris treaty with all the force he
possessed. Knowing that strong pres
sure WIS being eXerted on Democrats
who were standing with him he urged
an early vote which friends of the
treaty held back until the necessary
two-thirds Of the senators we're Sc
cured
+ CONDEMNED EXTRAvAGANCE.
CONCERNING extraysgance IN public
expenditure, Seantor Germans pleas
Tor economy voiced tho views Of his
/ party that less money should be spent
for big ships and more for river and
harbor Improvements
Senators and representatives commit
. tee employees police ana representa-
tiyes. committee employees. and
pages. an knew Senator German inti-
mately and grief is general.
The news 81 his death reached the
Capitol building az about 2 - o'clock.
. when % was hlling for the days work
Every arrival was met With the an.
u0uucemcnt that The venerable minor.
ity leader had shifted HES cares and
found rest from the illness that had
Kept his seat in The senate vacant all
% the present session.
The announcement On nearly every
ease brought forth spontaneous culo.
giles. such al seldom are given 20 any
man. ana especially 90 an inteS,e
partisan who had been @ leader OF a
great parry The expressive tributes.
so unanimous boz bcspsaklng the love-
ubcrcss of Tho man and silent con.
NNlNNH no NNNN N'HfINNN 'A N"'NNNNNNA FHIIaNa
best evidenced the marked esteem in
Nhieh d. vas held
several Of the most Important com.
m.ttets which invariably meet on Men
cav devoted nearly al OF the time
tHCN were 90 session 20 discuss The
high places senator German had filled
.n lfe at tAt capitol.
FUNERAL PRIVATE
70 is understood that the services Viu
BE- private and held a. the liormsh
home. The senator Win be represented
bv a CoTmiree q us members. chosen
from colleagues who served with him
l0r many years
senator German. in 7rtteu request.
addressed 10 Mrs German, asked that
DO state funeral should Dc held. Re
sail that he ala not wish bic body o.
he brought ~ The Cspitel. IS he wanted
hfs coll eac usE aiWavg "a think ~ hi.,.