The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-31
SIDNEY WEBSTER DEAD At 50
Jo\G FIHOTS MN YORKER
PtNNES lHn ar NEWPORT.
,,.d nern Im Tor NaAIhs and s1Hersd
SiroLe 81 Furalysls i've Weeks Age
Entered Puhllr IHe ~ secretary 10
prr,hirnt Frankl,R Pierre w la2a

I".H.Nk
VI. Webster uhn passed. he eighty.
u..t birthday on last saturday. had not
I.....,p cnoi health Tor Som. tune About
100 weeks ago M suffered q slight shOcE
.fr1rtlvss aud while b. sssinsd ~ bold
..uau fur week h. began Ia fail on
>..Iay ami me end came this morning
sulrs, Webster MAS widely known
su.ng men ~ aHairs a generation ago
ami earlier than that more than half I
,sur.ry ago he came into contact On
...r Nth MANY IT the public men ~ NJ
we're 10 bscnmp notsd figures daring and
inter- 'a- ciyil var for he WAS privAt,
...r.ary to President Franklin Pierce
~ .5,, wears he bad not been cOnSpiCn
...y before the public. eNcept for III,
...,s1n three wears ago when he wal
,aHst upun 20 testify IN the inquiry
ars,rg ont 81 the publication uf th,
pv,us Hartman -wheFs do ! stand
otter ro hm. aud 10 the Younger genera
..r n.. name Is little known Ia hit
,sa-. us retirement how ever. hs con
rnt.t O., give attention 10 p,Il'lic que-
ton, purely from Intellectual interest
wa. IN. IT that comparatively limitsC
gr..p " elderly men Whn ike lohI
4 galoV ant GOldW M Smith kept Up then
.r.srs-. m important subjects before N,
w4r.tWifh a. much ke~nness n their aas
al. rr. krruest among the younger men
though Nr Webster WIS hot ~ old a.
either Mr. BgrloN Or Mr. smith W.
"a only ~
Mr. Webster was born IN Gilnanton
\ n ga Nav ~. ISIS. aud took his
degree al Yale in Ists aud hlE
VI dsgr.e ~ 1851 having in termed
a,s'v fas.n Lls a. h al The Harry ard Jaw
-rruo. 10 isSn lie Was admitted TO the
lar IN 1851 and took up practice In Boston
A. a Young man ~ New Ham pShire he
rsd u-.n a friend of Franklin Pierce who
anne from the same mari u that state
and Pierce when elected President made
Webster he private secretary. a post
which Webster Hlled throughout Pierre =
torn from 1854 70 1861 Among the
rIhrr men Webster met IN this time was
Hamilton Fish. then United State-
senator from New NOrH three years
Alter ne service a. the White hOuse
-ndst he came 10 New Ork from BOSTON
vhsrs he had resumed practice 81 the
AZ and married Mr. Fish's daughter.
~s-ah horrs tish That was IA June
fssU aad soon afterWard Mr Webster
came 70 New \ orb IN make his home and
formed law partnership with james
-aig He was m active rractics herr
~. more than thirty wears. unul well
along "A 'hs Az since which time he had
hved a-gsly a. his Newport home Fen
rag though continuing his town RESI-
-srre a. as Eag Seventeenth street
ii -. -
made names for themselves az the New
'r-. pa- who were a. one time or smother
~ " Webster once are william u
10 'l % head ~ The firm u Guth, -
Vsri"rsnu 'ravath and Maxwell Evaris
uN..s1 I mon pacifc LAWYER
10 Isis VI Webster had Teen Commits,
..Hrar = ne Irttsd States Court for ths
r-s- Irti1sl district - Masss cnusatts
and m coming - N"w York be- snecirlized
.a-.r M r,sslms laW and international
az a~I soon came ~ - recognized a.
A. ag.ru~'v On thp~e brarct"s ard uosl
~ ne age practice was IN the Fcdors
curr'. ~ The time ~ the Cuiau lnsur.
-ac'0rs = tho late '00s he tccan" counsD
'.- 10 spanish Government ard served
'rs' Government " thFt capacity ~
-a.arI Years incidentally this rsusnd
pm, some emha rrp sSrcnt l~tsr hut not
-srous dificulty IN" "nns re szrr"T 2
a-7sa 0va- tho ffrt thu nt- fFfhc--in Law
Hamilton Fish. vs- Pros,dn-t Grpr'''
Secretary ~ Sta'" I'D a. such direct ~
'ra raaotiatior FOR this Govsrmr"r' tr
~ controversy which Developed ove'
10 famous Nirginius ca-n The America
vSsscl VirKinius. which vas cs-ryirg srma
ard recruits ~ the reheiS in Cuha har
teon seiTed by = Spanish man-o war
tuerty 81 her passenger. md t"en sno
and Spain end tho United states hFd b"0Y
almost a. swords points. In 1879 som'
persors sought % make trouble Tor Mr.
'a7siHr by accusing him ~ having u@c,
-. a-cial end family inhuenc" in AID N
lie snt. the spanish Government
VT Webster appeared before the HOua'
Committee on Foreign AFFAIR, ~ Wash
ng'0r and voluntarily offered an eH
uanatI0n With documentary evidence
he shoved that he had teen retained a.
counsel FOR Spain before Nr Fish wa'
sgrC n'ed Secretary ~ state The com
mrttee after hearing Mr. WebsteTs eN,
PLANTATION dropped tho matter without
even crOss-examining him.
When The Electoral Commission NJ ls7'
Wa appointed m rha Tilden coutroverry
NJ Webster was one ~ the Ia wyers who
prepared the Tilden case On variou.
OCCASIONS Democratic nomination "a
'NLNA - NNN pINNTNNA w uNNANH ANAAN u a.
uavs declined 10 60 into politics thougu
q felong Democrat Hs Was. however
closely assoc ated with Inc group ~ IN.
slautaI Dem lcrats WIN we're clOsest "a
7 den. such men a. the elder August
70 mont John BigslOw and samuel
Barlow and II has hsen said that he had
z land n preparing several Of the Demo
c-af'~ platforms 81 thOse DAVIS He also
svrfs frequently for tbs World when
NaUfon Marble owned a. He wrote for
-'rer publications. some 81 his contTibu-
tons appearing m THE SUS His mind
svavs went very directly 70 the base
0' v-tfever question Enjoyed his at
'ar' 90 In recent years he had written
serara papers on legal subjects Ne
va. no author u Two Treaties ~ Paris
.-a pc supreme Court which h. pub
cred ll0l and II monORTa phs on
Co., o., '' International and constitutional
Do .,,3 Mr Webster entered the direc-
fnrt'- ri The Illinois Central RailrOsd ~
f.a citation IT his brother n-law
r,--tnt Fl-h. and Mr. Fish also pat
F4urrf u Hartman INTO the directorate
Pc -rr"H wear Hartman was not then
very ni-lv knoWu. hut Mr. Webster
sEHI 20 up a. something u a phs-
..~Hr.G. invited his Intimacy. and tho
a.t.Hrtucr developed into a great
'-Hrf-Hu Mr. Hartman for many wears
".. b." uid h-coms great railroad
%. H'uR m The hsh,' ~ gong 10 Mr.
...-.ar fUr advice Ou great projects
".. H- friend than ~ a lawyer Hiz
..--uual lawyers were always AZ his
"'.r ..' h- r-sOrisd Ia Mr W-i~ter's
.r"aH' % find out now that experisncrd
" -.Tght the public attitude would
fI- % January 1915 that Mr. Harri-
'..fa 20 Nr Webster the famous
..... .IH 7 -'1ud'- letter. which. when
'.. |-Isi no nswspaper 10 which
r.Huu-r had furnished n. revealed
F.rIi that 10 Igpt President hOo-e-