Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-23

Patrick n. McCarren.
NEW YORK, October 23-"Gentlemen,
know what you have come here for.
There is no need for a consultation.
knew 1 was dying the day 1 walked into
this hospital.
II have made study OF my own case.
and 1 find that my trouble is an old heart
and an old stomach. If you replace them
with new ones there might be chance
of my getting better"
Knowing that his life was drawing to
its close. Senator Patrick Fl. McCarren
showed his characteristic grit until death
came upon him at 1:O5 o'clock this morn
ing.
Body Removed to Home
Senator McCarren's body was removed
today from st. GATHERINGS Hospital to his
home Berry street Williamsburg,
where he lived with his aged mother. Fu--
neral services will be held probably on
Monday at his old home and also at the
Church Of ST. Vincent de Paul.
While on his death bed the politician
signed and sent a check for one OF the
charities Of this church. to which he had
been accustomed to contribute each year.
1HS ued0 pOtlt1Cd1 le6leT funeral Will
be one of the largest held in Brooklyn.
The news of Senator McCarren's last
illness and death was kept from his
mother on account of her feeble health,
at his own request. until short time be
fore the senator's body reached her house.
The oxygen which was administered
during the day kept life in him through
yesterday. He was able to take no
nourishment. and his body was cold.
At 1880 o'clock last night DR.. Peter
Hughes. the physician, issued the follow
ing statement:
Senator McCarren is slowly dying. He
Is in great distress. and the emo is not
At that hour the streets in the vicinity
of st. GATHERINGS Hospital were packed
with persons anxious to hear the latest
bulletins from the bedside of the sick
man. Men prominent in public life stood
side by side with laborers and discussed
the incidents of McCarren's life from
| the time when he began to learn The
cooperage trade.
His nieces. Misses Anastasia and Fran
ces McCarren. waited all evening in the
hospital for one last look at their uncle.
Says Goodbye to Metz
Controller Metz arrived at the hospital
shortly after 8 pm. and was admitted to
the sickroom.
Hello. Herman said the senator
I'm all in. I'm going. Goodbye, Her.
man.
The Rev. Thomas Carroll, rector of the
Roman Catholic Church of st. Vincent
de Paul and the leaders spiritual adj
wiser, was with him the greater part of
the evening"
Father said the senator, in a con-
scious moment. don't tell my mother
until | am dead"
When asked if he wouldn't like to see
his mother he replied: Il would give all
that j ever possessed TO look into her
face again. but she would die. too, if she
came and saw me here. 1t isn't necessary
| to sacrifice another life with mine
1t was said yesterday that Mrs. Nc
Carren had become restless because of
the continued absence of news from her
son, and seemed to have premonition
that some harm had befallen him. She
was formerly supplied with newspapers.
but since the senator's illness she has
not been allowed to see them, and the OK
PLANTATION that he is too busily engaged
| with the political campaign to visit her
| now carries little weight with her.
Gives Up All Hope.
| Telephone inquiries regarding his con-
dition came yesterday from Bishop Nc
| Donnell. Mayor Mcclellan and other
prominent men in the city and state. To
all of them the reply was that the sena-
tors condition was serious.
During the afternoon Senator McCarren
called DIR. Hughes to him and said:
| II knew l was dying the day l was
brought into this hospital
Master Of Brooklyn Democracy.
Senator Patrick Henry McCarren. sixty
years old. had been the absolute master
of the Brooklyn democrats since 1909.
| when he overthrow the old leader, Nc
| Laughln.
| He had been power for years. but
| with the fail of Mclaughlin. McCarren
| became a national figure, a man to reckon
| with when Presidents were nominated.
| For six years, he held the democratic
organization in Kings county against
| Tammany raids, the rebellion of district
leaders the furious assaults of pulpit and
/ press, and not infrequently against the
/ consequences Of his own acts.
/ He never knew when he was licked.
i Whatever charges We're flung at Nc
l Carren because of his acts as a legis-
him credit for certain clearly defined
qualities. His industry never Tagged.
He hated can't and pretense, and for
4 the most part preferred absolute frank
ness and truth telling In dealing with
friends or enemies.
Native Of Massachusetts,.
McCarren was born June Is, 1s49, in
East Cambridge. Mass. but soon moved
to Williamsburg.
lie was appTenticed 10 n cooper after
picking up common school education
He had not turned his twenty-first year
when he put up fight against the four
teenth ward leader. Nolan, at The pri-
maries. and was uproariously beaten; but
the next time he went after the old
lea der he got him.
i In 1881 he was nominated and elected
u assemblyrnan from the fourteenth and ff-
tteenth wards. In 1885 he ran against ia.