The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-25

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Washington, FEBRUARY 20.-Senator
Asbu1y c. Lat.mer. OF South Carolina.
| died at 9:15 tcday OF peri
[ tLnids. He had been aI the hosp I'll
since Sunday last when he underwear,
| ar operation for appendicitis. 1t was
| then discovered that he was suffering
| from a far more serious ailment. HIS
| bowels had become twisted and his
| condition was found to be such tha.
his physicians held out little hope for
| his recovery. He rallied. however,
| and his progress was satisfactory un-
| til o'clock last evening. when stead
| lily he began to grow worse. AT mid
/ night it appeared that recovery was
! impossible.
| The members Of the senators's fam
| lily were with him when he died, hav
| ing been Informed that there was lit
| tie hope that he would survive the
| night.
Colonel Ransdall, sergeant-at-arms
| of the senate, at once made arrange
| ments for the removal OF the body 10
| the Latimer home at Belton, S. {.
Mr.. Latimer was 81 years Of age. He
was one of the most earnest and con-
| scientioUs committee workers IN con-
| gress, being a member of the commit
tees on agriculture, immigraron man
ufactures,, jublic buildings and
| grounds and cnDS-S ac weI oS otharc
! Of less importance. lie was esgecial Y
interested in good roads and probably
did more to promote the national
| movement for government building
| of good roads than any other member
| Of congress. He was the author o
| the Latimer good roads bill AS Il
| member of the manufactures commit
tee he gave much attention to the
| PURE food law and also played a prom
| inent part IN drafting the pending
copyright bill
Daring last summer he visited Eu-
! rope as q member Of the immigrat o
| commission and was preparing an
| elaboI ate report covering immIg at1or
conditions in the countries assigned
| to him.
Mr.. Latimer has been a senator
since 1903 and he served five terms in
| the house.
There will no Official services in
Washington. The funeral party left
here at s O'clock tonight on a specill
| train over the Southern railway which
| is 20 l.
morrow. The funeral services will be
held there at p. m.
AS a mark OF respect to the late
senator there was an unusual attend
ance in the senate today when the vice
president sounded the gavel and the
chaplain opened the procee 1ings with
prayer in which he referred with much
feeling to the bereavement that had
come to the country in the death of
member who only few days ago
lad been on the floor Of the senate,
saying:
Father, thou art pleased to show
to us day by day, month by m-nth.
hour by hour, that we are IN thy pr es-
ence always and that we pass from this
life to that larger life, yes in an in tant
in the twinkling of an eye. Come TO
us today as we learn that another
has gone from this circle and tha.
here and there thou art pleased that
he shall be serving thee in that larg
life Speak to us Father and lead us
as only father can lead us by thi
nyx aCr lrr-n 4A
the lesson of life and OF what we call
death.
I'VE ask for ourselves we ask for
those who are nearest and deare.t to
US, We ask for the state. that he has
served and for the nation, that he may
come nearer to thee and enter ino
thy divine life"
Upon the conclsion Of the reading
OF the journal Senator Til man arose
to announce the death OF his col
league:
The senators In the chamber" he
said, were startled Monday morn.nZ
with news that a surgical operation |
was to be performed upon my col,ea- |
que, Mr.. Latimer I. Is now my pain |
full duty TO announce that he neve- |
sufficiently rallied to make any head !
way and that hc died this morn ng |
al 8 o'clock"
Mr.. Tfllman then offered q reeolu-
ton declaring the senate's regret /
which was adopted
An additional resolution authoris-
ed the appointment OF comm'tt-e o.
senators to arrange for ana attsnd me !.
funsral ana vies President Fairbanks