The sun., 1908-03-18
DEATH OF SENATOR VHY7E
,oyD MARYLAND STATESMAN
ruTm or UNHEiTED CAR.
S,usbl Cold Travelling between Washing
Ton and Baltimore and sank Rapidly
Three Times = senator and Many
Time, Honored by Ills Native state.

.1.aNk
,,rI,o.ne an attack Of erysipelas.
senator Whyre caught cold on Thursday
H., While IN his way 10 Baltimore on a
,,.r ,lr.r attending 10 his Senatorial
.1re. lle complained that the car in
us,,b ra rode was unheated He re-
,..,caI Al, homo on Friday and Or, William
A. n,tpoy. who had been attending the
So,s,or.. grandson Charles Giluer Whyte,
,.,.srgni rrnuble, looked after the Sena-
49,. g,lmrn' he suspected erysipelas
,,4,,ncI ru pr. Hugh II. Young and Or.
tn. Rurh'ar' They agreed with DR..
n,toey. s diagnosis and treatment for that
d.rasa followed
r.., r,M senator Whyte was reported
,,Is gauirg along nicely and responding
:, treatment To-day his improvement
-. rs, ,-taI to 10 continuing. his pulse
sr4 rs~rauuu beng normal.
A.. r.ni Ras active and he insisted
,,,o r..ng abp1t his contemplated duties
,I rho Senate. and the affairs Of his clients
\ g.. R,Irmora to William Pnkney Whyte,
u, rt, WIS associated with him in the
,,,sr..a of nv. lie WAS not accustomed
=, rs.rg ...s ard he objected to being
tp-ta' I- q uynII
Tho family vas confident that he would
,or.,er rI were arranging 70 send him
sray r., doctors declaring that he had
Isar rr down hy overwork.
A, slun, E o'clock this evening Senator
Wsyro -t, suddenly stricken with heart
failure IIa attempted 10 speak but col
I,csalrr,r.ya soon afterward died. Up
+. ,ra uno oi his fatal illness Senator
vhy,a.. noa.'h had been rugged and he
attended, personally 10 large law practice
without ncgIectlng his duties in the Senate.
Those vino we're with Senator Nhyte
when t1e end came we're his three sons,
J,sop5. Clymer and William Pinkney
Whyr, hts stapson, Raleigh C. Thomas,
and Nr. Thomas his sister; Miss Mamie
" Nlya. his sterddughter: Mrs. j. c.
Nsgrl and a niece Mrs Alan Cole,
Formpr Governor John Walter Smith,
,ho las lust been elected United States
Senator IN succeed the late Senator German
Er the full term beginning March T. 1909,
will no Doubt be elected TO also MI out the
ureIpred term u which the late Senator
W1y,a wa, elected Mr.. Whyts, upon the
\ death of Mr. Gorman, was appointed by
Gov Warhpd TO I'LL out the unexpired
> term until tne legislature chose his sue
csssor In the Democratic primaries for
choice f'r senator last fall Smith was nom
mated for the long term and Whyte for the
mort term. The legislature elected them
accordingly
Cardinal Gibbons was deeply affected
when told u the sudden death Of Senator
Whvfe. and spoke the following tribute:
The death Of Senator Whyte will cause
great surprise and grief throughout the
cty and the whole State,
Senator Whyte filled with distinction
slnos an the important offices in the
@te-Goyernor, Mayor Attorney General.
CITY Solicitor and many others, and passed
through the ordeal OF public life in these
Conspicuous positions with fewer scars
from public criticism than generally falls
70 The I0f Of public man.
Senator Whyte was an ardent lover OF
liberty and this trait was no doubt due in
large measure TO the fact that he was the
ON n an Irish patriot
Senator Whyte used 10 say half ioklngly
Tat at one time he was the only Senator
'vh0reprcs5nted three States in Congress.
Back in Raconstru ction days, when he was
IppOInted 10 succeed Senator Reyerdy
Johnson IN 1898 as Senator from Mary land,
nanv Of his admirers in Virginia and Geor-
|. "a used TO get him 10 look after affairs OF
eeir States in the Senate also, because re-
obstruction had not yet reached the point
where Virginia and Georgia had reob-
bIned Senatorial representation. In many
respects senator Whyte was one Of the
- most picturesque figures in the upper
Skh0se
Senator Whyte was born in Baltimore,
J and had he lived until August Q Of this
year would have been 81 years old. His
maternal grandfather was William Pink
nev. The Boast OF Maryland Of the
foremost lawyers and orators Of the early
DAYS Of the nation, Ambassador 10 three
coirts holder Of many other high offices
sld friend and adviser OF Washing ton,
jefferson. Madison and Monroe. His pa
prnaI grandfather was an Irish patriot,
R John Campbell White who refused 10
h reconcied TO the union Of the govern
nents of England and Ireland, at least TO
he ee1tent Of acknowledging the sovereignty
Great Britain, and came 10 Baltimore
bout the beginning OF the last century
ud began 20 practise medicine there.
One NJ his sons, the late Joseph White. was
he father Of William Pinkney Whyte. and
two other sons. one OF whom was an
\ Episcopal clergyman and the other a Judge
~ tie Supreme Court OF Baltimore The
aother- " Senator Whyte are dead
4 private secretary 10 Napoleon J., named
VI McNally, who settled in Baltimore
Iter the Emperors fall. was Senator
Nhye- first tutor. The youth worked
With his hook tasks in Baltimore until busi-
ness m.stouunes overlook Senator Nhyte's
/ -. Nha ~ F.ttN
bis books on a shelf and started out TO help
nay the family house bills His first work
hen was m the counting house Of Peabody,
Riggs 4 Co. Of Baltimore, still lead
Mgcommercial house Of Maryland. During
his two wears Of desk labor with the firm
young Nhyte obtained a knowledge OF
business and finance that stood him in good
Gead m his subsequent public career, Up
b'he tune Of his death he was counted the
NOS expert bookkeeper in his state.
Bu'tho counting house work did not make
ior 'onrenlment with the young man. In
those days there we're big names all about
hlm, laUey, Nelson, Johnson, Richardson,
Mc\Iahpn and he wanted to emulate them
and 10 carry out ancestral traditions even
greater han those OF any OF the men Juf
named The law seemed TO offer the best
opportunities to his ambitions and he left
tht commercial firm in the winter OF lS43
an entered the law offices Of Brown 4
br1" % NItlmOre
u" next year his fortunes had improved
" ne extent Of permitting him to enter
m" Harvard law school Learned jurists
ISr Justice Story and Prof Greenleaf were
leo'r1g Du the law school then and Justice
STORY especially took the Maryland youth
un7"r his wing and interested himself
particularly m the advancement Of the law
hHl"W work The same personal interest
N lIm WAS shown by Judge John Glenn
~ Baltimore when Whyte returned from