The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-19
BROKEN DOWN BY
STRAlNOFf CAMPAIGN
Condition, However, Was Re
garded as Favorable, and News
Of Death Came as Great
Shock to State.
Sketch Of His
Career.
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jSs CINCINNATI, 5 o!, juno 1S.---John NJ.
Pattlson. Governor OF Ohio. died at his
home, in Milford, suburb OF this city,
at 42o clock this afternoon. IL! He ha 7SatdI q
passed q good night, and there had
been no report OF any serious change
during the day. During the early al al ftert- ttt.
noon the news from his home was con-
5sidered favorable, and the later announce
n,ent OF death came as q great shock 20
. the Governors friends. ..Ss
Not at any time a man Of X powerful ~
physiuue, Governor Pattison entered on oHn
the responsibilities Of his office IN q
4 weakened condition, the strain OF al the
political campaign having 80 worn on him
that&he took a trip to the South In y - Q.
vembers and December in he 4, b y nope 81 q
gaining health After inauguration 1es-
tivities, he went to his home, from ~ when ny
he never emerged until brought Hto $Cln-- !,
cinnati April 5th and later takenMto a ms ~,
old home at Mil ford u He had been of1l
&cially reported as gaining since then,
although another report was current tl a
he had suffered a relapse. !.
y b Governor Pattison, the man who heat
the machine in Ohio..' performed n d " the q g
POLITICAL miracle OF changing Ohio iron, !'lrl
! 4 Rcpubl lean to a a s Democratic state.
Z tIe was elected Governor by more than an
4 70 0OD \ owe coming q Republican plurality
\ 81 about 2S5,oOo in the ding election. n
Andrew I,lntner Harris, Repub lica'n 51leu-- Y
$tenant-G 6 Governor, under the Constitution,
becomes Governor during the rest OF She
term for which Patt was elected
His Own Man. 81
At the convention which nomilna ma: ted t'
Governor Pattison It was asserted by
one Of his supporters that the candidate
was {s''his own man.. There was not
man in the convention who did not know
the meaning OF the q ST atement lior who
failed to- apprec 1e5 Its signif flcance as
3campalg was 81 some Ing new q
Ohio politics Of an creed for the pa Tty
leaders to4 gor to the ominnt ing yconyenF
4tioYnIFWith a. caindldat Ia tn cir pocket and
10 return home without having been given
the opportunity to launch him: ThaS Is
precisely what happ ened a Z 1ha t conven-
5tion. The leaders were on hand prompt
" with their ivariou selections. but none
Of them had chosen John NJ. Pattison.
For once, however, the rural delegates
rose in their might and refused to be
led To the utter mazcmen and grief
OF the gentlemen from Cincinnati, Cleve-
land, Columbus and Il T oledo, who had de-
voted themselves h SO long \ and so sunsel-
ifsily.s perhaps II to the ID uty Of repres ent-
ing the party sin3Rconvention assembled.
the country delegates united tstubbornly
on John NJ Pattison5 and refused to be
tempted by any one OF the five other
candidates tlangled seductively before them
by the party leaders,
Y The reputat atlonfof being "hs own man"
was OF great service to Mr.. Pattison dr.
ing the campaign, II pleased the people
nightly. and they turned out in great
force to obtain a silnpse OF such a po-
4 llitcal novelty. FIJI popularity became
SO apparent that his polttical enemies
were almost thrown ntoa aconsternation..
portunist, shrewd to take advantage of
an easily acquired popularity, but tand :
ing for little or nothing himself. a Z
most precisely the same was said OF
the late Mr.. Mckinley, Tho yary. charge
was an admission of Mr.. Pa ttison ssorigs :
lnalty and shrewdness. It argued
we'll for his ability that he sawi8a better
opportunity In a direct appeal to his
party thnnln the cut and dried method
OF propltiating the party leaders
y From this standpoint alone Governor
Pattlson was deeply interesting man..
Z His record both in business and in pub
4 lic. showed him to be n man In advance
: of his time ira ther than q man who Is
the mere adapter OF popular clamor to
/. his own personal uses. In CangresN he
introduced the first bill providing for
the Federal supervision or insurance.
That was long before the present New
! y ork legislative investigation was con-
5templated. He worked and dtvoted to se-
cure the first rural free delivery appro-
lpriatlon. TIL experts of that time had
80 little confidence In the experiment
that the postoflice returned tnat apprn-
printlon as an unexpenued balance. but
the farmers OF to-day know its worth.
d In the state Senate. Mr.. Patlison held
ont against the solid front OF his party
when, IN 1880, mn attempt was made to
repeal the law closing saloons on Sun
day, For his opposition to that repeal
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