New-York tribune., 1908-02-21

SENATOR LATIMER, OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Who died yesterday.
there was an unusual attendance in the Senate to-
day. The Rev DR.. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain,
opened the proceedings with prayer. in which he
referred with much feeling to the death of mem
ber who only few days ago had been the
floor of the Senate.
Senator TlIman announced the death of his col
league. He said:
The Senators in the chamber were startled on
+io 80 - be oerforJ |,-d1 ia ~ a % NJ
Latimer II is now my painful duty to announce
way. and that he died this morning
MY. T1nan then offered resolution expressing
the senate's regret, which adopted
Vice-President Fairbanks appointed the follow
ing committee attend the funeral: Senators
TiIlnan. of South Carolina; Proctor. of Vermont;
Frazier, of Tennessee; Foster. of Louisiana; Over
ton. Of North Carolina; Johnston. of Alabama
Carter, Of Montana Dillingham;, of Vermont
Dixon of Montana. and Smith of Michigan. In
the House the Speaker announced the following
committee to attend the funeral: Messrs Finley
Lever, Patterson. Ellerbe. Legare, Johnson and
Aiken, of South Carolina. Bennett of New York
Burnett, of Alabama; Cook of Colorado; Roden-
berg of Illinois; Hinshaw and Pollard, of Ne
braska. Lee, Of Georgia. De Almond of Missouri;
Webb. Of North Carolina; FaiTchd, of New York
and Kustermann. of Wisconsin As a further
mark of respect the House at 1:12 p m adjourned
The Immigration Commission, of which Senator
Latimer was member, also adopted resolutions of
regret
Mr.. Latner was of the most earnest and
conscientious committee workers Congress be-
iEE a member of the committees Agriculture.
immigration. Manufactures, Public Buildings and
Grounds and Census well as others of less i'm
portance. He especially interested in good
roads. and probably did promote the
tional movement for government building of good
roads than any other member of Congress He was
the author Of the Latimer good roads bill. As a
member Of the Committee Manufactures he gave
much attention 10 the preparation of the pure food
law and played :. prominent part in drafting the
pending copyright bill Last summer he visited
Europe as q member OF the Immigration Commits
sion, and was preparing elaborate report cover
ing immigration conditions in the countries
signed to him. He born Lowndesvile.
Abbeville County, S. c., July 81, 1851. He
the Of Clement T. and Frances Latimer His
parents poor and unable TO give their
any than q common school education. He
was brought up a farm and spent his early
years in hard work, He first appeared in politics
in 1876, when he took active part IN the
pajgn. -Four years later he removed 10 Beiton.
5, g. where he started farming a large scale.
In 1880 and 1892 he made chairman of the An
derson County Democratic Committee and 1894
he was elected Congress the Democratic
ticket and reelected four times, serving for
ten years as the Representative Of the Sd South
Carolina District. In 1903 he elected United
States Senator to succeed John L. McLaurin. He
married Miss Sara Alice Brown in 1877
There were official services in Washington.
The funeral party left the city at o'clock this
evening on . special train over the Southern Rail
morrow. The funeral viii be held there at P