The Pensacola journal., 1906-06-05
For Many Years Prominent in
National Affairs.
cEATH CAME MONDAY MORNING
AFTER AN ILLNESS 7oF FIVE
MONTHS DURATFoN-sTAUNCH
DEMOCRAT WHOSE SERVICES
TO THE PARTY KEPT HIM IN
PUBLIC EYE FOR YEARS.
Rv Associated Press

BY ASsOClated FTcSS
Washington, June Arthur Pue
German. United States senator from
MARYLAND. died suddenly at his resi-
dence in this city at sos this morn
ing. !
Up to the time of death Senator
German was conscious. His condi-
tion during the past week had i'm
proved so much that yesterday the
family had hopes of shortly taking
him To the country. He partook o.
soma nourishment at 8 o'clock this
morning, but at 8 o'clock he was
seized with a heart attack and died
in five minutes. At the bedside were
Mrs. German, Miss Ada German, he
senator's eldest daughter, and the
nurse. When the attack came physi-
clans were sent for, but the senator
was dead before they arrived.
Senator Germans illness extended
over a period Of five months. He mad
not left his home since January 10.
He suffered, in addition to his heart
affection with more or less stomach
trouble. A week ago last Saturday,
he was seized with a heart attack
ard it was thought then that he could
not survive, but he rallied and
seemed to get very much better.
Up to late last night he was in the
best of spirits and chatted with vari-
Gus members of the family As soon
as he passed away, word was sent to
the senate.
Senator German leaves a widow
and six children, as follows: MISS
Ada German, Mrs. Wilton j. Lam
bert. Mrs. r. A. Johnson, Mrs. r. w.
Hills all of this city; Mrs. Stephen
GambriH. of London, Eng, who ar
rived here a week ago and Arthur
Pue German, Jr, of Laurel, Md. a
member of the Maryland assembly.
While Senator German had been
i'll for a number of months, he had
shown some Improvements Lately.
Heart trouble was the immediate
cause of his death.
A Notable Career.
Senator German long had been a
notable figure in the national con-
gress. He first took his seat in 1881
and served continuously for eighteen
years and nearly all Of that time he
was the leader of his party in the
senate. Winning early a reputation
for sagacity and the keenest judge
ment in congressional affairs, he at
tanned prominence, not only as d!
leader in the senate, but in the COun
try at large and by many men was
considered the most available man II
his party for the presidency. He was
chairman of the executive committee
and managed the campaign that re-
suited in the election of Cleveland in
1884.
The most notable contest of his
congressional career and one which
attracted to him wider attention than
anything else. was when he led the
senate minority in 1S90-91 and de-
feated the federal elections bill To
his sagacious leadership and adrOitI
management, his party friends attTi-
buted the defeat of the measure
which was so obnoxious to the south.
When the Democrats had contro! of
the senate, German was the recog-
nizeI leader of that body. 1t was at
that time that the tariff bill of 1894
was passed. and although the Mary
land senator was not a member of
the finance committee, he had so
much to do with shaping that
measure that his name is often given
to it and in fact it is frequently
called the WilsonGorman tariff
1t was during C1evelsnd's last ad-
ministration that a break occurred
between the Democratic president
and the leader Of the party in the
senate. In a speech which always
will be remembered by those who
heard it, Senator German severely
aIraigned the president. To this
opposition the defeat of Senator Cor
man a few years later is attributed
although his party lost Maryland, in
tn esilver campaigns. AS soon as the
Democrats gained control OF the
state he was at once reelected to
the senate.
It was due to his leadership that 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 was given
committee places that were equal to
those he had held after long continu-
Gus service.
Senator German was vigorously Op-
posed to the acquisition of the Philip
pines and fought the ratification of
the Paris treaty with all the force
he possessed. knowing that strong
pressure was being exerted on Demo
Gratis who were standing by him, ne
urged an early vote while friends Of