Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-05
CLAIMS
EX-SENATOR
ALLISON
AGED IOWA LAWGIVER
EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Governor Cummins, Before the
Body Of His Late Adversary
is Cold, Announces His Anx-
iety to Fill His Shoes.

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Dubuque. Iowa. Aug 4.-Senator
( William Boyd Allison died in his Lo-
Gust street home at 1888 o'clock this
afternoon. With him at dissolution
were members Of his household and
physician. In bulletin announcing
his death, Drs. Hancock and Loomis
| gave heart failure as the cause
! The announcements of the senator's
| death came as a shock to his neigh
bors. as few were aware OF his i'll
ness. Though for the last two years
Senator Allison was in declining health
and though he suffered the loss of
much vitality during the present sum-
mer no news had emanated from his
home indicating the seriousness of his
condition.
Senator Allison suffered from the
worst form of prostate enlargement,
and kidney affection made relief
even more difficult to afford.
As is usual in such cases, the sena-
tor suffered frequently from periods
of falntness and weakness. These
spells have frequently occurred of late
The last of them had its beginning on
Friday and finally resulted In the pa
tents death.
Senator Allison had been sufferer
for many years. For the last two
years he required relief twice daily,
and was regularly visited by physi-
clans. He consulted the most eminent
authorities regarding his affllctlon. but
his advanced age prevented an opera
tion.
The senator lost flesh rapidly and
close friends noted upon his return
! from Washington this summer that
! his mental faculties were not as keen
! as usual 1t was known that II was
but question of time when death
would claim him
= At an early hour this morning the
= senator became worse. A physician
, who was called pronounced his con-
dition critical. About noon the vet
: eran statesman lapsed into uncon-
! seriousness and at 1888 passed away.
AT his bedside were. when the sum-
mons came Mrs. Brayton for years
J in charge of the management of his
! household his close personal friend
! John Mcdonald, of this city, and Dr.
} John T. Hancock. his attending physi-
cian
, Funeral arrangements viii not be
completed until tomorrow. The flu
neral VIII possibly be neld Friday.
Capotor 4 lifeop usao horn az Darry
Ohio, March 2, 1929, the son Of John
and Mary Allison. His boyhood days
} he spent on the farm. which was his
birth place Reaching young manhood.
he secured his education in Allegheny
college, In Pennsylvania, and In the
Western Reserve college. of Ohio, in
which schools he distinguished bimself
by winning high honOrs I'm all the
branches which he studied.
Senator Allison was admitted to the
bar in 1850. He was married to Miss
Anna Carter, of Wooster, Ohio, at
Ashland, Ohio, in February, 1854.
From 1850 until 1857 he practiced law
In Ohio. In 1857 he removed to Du-
buque where he took up the practice
of law.
Senator Allison was a delegate to
the state republican convention In
1875 and to the national republican
convention In Chicago of 1860. He
was a member of the governors staff
during the civil war and raised troops
to fight for the integrity of the nation
in 1861. In 1853 he was elected to
congress and served continuously un-
I'll 1871, In 1873 he was elected
| United States senator from Iowa. and
represented his state In this capacity
until the time of his death In 1881
: he was Offered the position OF secre-
tary Of the treasury of the United
/ states by President Garfield, but de-
! clined the office. In 1889 he again
! refused this office when offered him
by President Harrison. For the third
time he refused the office when It was
offered him by President Mckinley In
] 1897 In 1892 he was chairman OF
d the International monetary conference
s at Brussels. He was candidate for the
/ republican presidential nomination be.
= fore the national convention In 1888
d and again In 1896. Shortly before his
e election to the national house of rep.
i resentatives. senator Alllsons ability
n was recognized by his appointment tC
e the ways and means committee. III,
h Immediately secured the confidence o
the leaders Of his party. and II wa,
i Senator Allison, as much as any maj
n then In the service of the people, VIII,
II planned and carried through all tn,
great measures for the conduct OF tn
,r civil war, the re-establishment OF IN,
J. national credit and the development o
Is the national resources. He was a con
temporary Of an da co-laborer witt
e. every one OF the great men who's
T. services now are recognized as Of Ines
tImable value to the natlon--Llncolr
d Stanton. Chase. Sumner, Blaine, Ed
A. munds, Sherman. Garfield, LogaT
Trumbot. Morton and others.
ls His aid In the nomination of Abra
se ham Lincoln as republican candldai
r. for president In 1860 was perhaps Sen
D. ator Aiilson's greatest service to HI
IN country. A an Iowa delegate TO th
Il, republican convention in Chicago
10 that year he joined the other part
leaders who had determined upon II