The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-21
DAVID B. HILL
DIES SUDDENLY
Expires After Brief Illness That
Was Not Considered Serious
by Friends.
LONG RULING SPIRIT OF
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY
Served as Senator and Governor
and Tried for Nomination
for President.

ALBANY. n. Y, Oct. 20.-Davld
Bennett HIPS life work ended, his
body rests tonight at Wolfert's Roost,
his country home near Albany, while
his next of kin. DR.. A. ID. Hill, a.
brother. is speeding to Albany from his
home in Dexter, Mo.
DR.. Hill expects to reach Albany
Saturday, when funeral arrangements
will be completed. The interment will
take place at Montour Falls, Schuyler
county, where the former governor and
former United States senator was born
sixty years ago.
Senator Hill died at 3:45 O'Clock
this morning. He had been Ill nearly
three weeks with cold and bilious
attack, but his condition had not been
considered serious. He was sitting up
he was seized with acute dilation of
the heart.
Death followed quickly. with no one
but a nurse at his bedside,
Had Brights Disease.
Mr.. Hill had long been q sufferer
from Brights disease, which primarily
brought upon him the condition that
ended in his death,
Although he retired from active par
ticipaton in politics following the
Hill was deeply interested IN the
progress of the present campaign. AS
late as last Friday he discussed the
situation with Judge Parker. who was
preparing TO make tour of the state
in the interests of the Democratic
| ticket.
Senator Hill had entertained many
men distinguished In national and state
politics, and his guests always found
him most hospitable host. The seDa.
tor never married, did not smoke, and
seldom tasted liquors.
Wolfert IS Roost, two and onehalf
miles from the capital. was purchased
by Senator Hill in 1893 from the heirs
of "Fritz' Emmet, the actor. The
hooks, corners and gables, stands in the
midst of n fourteeD-acre park, and cost
its builder a small fortune. An arti~
fetal lake, fed from springs by an i'm.
mcnse dutch wind mill. lies between
the village and the public highway.
Empire State Mourns.
Governor White tonight issued
proclamation. requesting that all the
flags upon the public buildings of the
state be displayed at half mast until
the sunset of the day Of Senator Hill g
funeral, and that the citizens of the
state unite In appropriate marks of re-
spect to his memory.
H1t is with sincere sorrow that / an
nounce, the death of David Bennett
Hill. former governor of the state Of
New York. said Governor White.
.'This sad event marks the close of
remarkable career. For more than
thirty years David Bennett Hill was a
prominent figure in the public life OF
the state. The force of his personality
impressed itself. not upon only the peo-
pie of New York, but upon the whole
country. and at the expiration Of his
), final term as governor he became the
candidate for his party in the state of
New York for the presidential pomiua-
ttion before the Democratic national
convention. As United States senator,
opportunity for the exercise of his skill
as parliamentarian, his brilliant
powers as an orator and his uncommon
gifts as leader of men,
Biographical Sketch.
David Bennett Hill was born August
90, 1913. When IL years old he en-
tered the law Office of Col. John l. Law
renee of Havana. n. Y, and when 81
was admitted TO the bar. Later he was
chosen city attorney of Elmira, then be-
ing elected alderman and still later
mayor.
lie was elected to the assembly in
1870 aud again in 1871. In his first
term in the assembly he made his memo.
rable fight TO abolish contract convict
labor and in his second be was q mem
Der of thc Judiciary committee with
Samuel j Tlder. they being the only
Democratic members. which had the
! task Of investigating the alleged scan
dalous and corrupt conduct of certair
New York City Judges, For many year:
Mr.. Hill -'as Il member of the Demo
cratic state committee and in 1876 anC
, 1854 he was delegate TO the nationa
convention. which nominated TIldcn anC
Cleveland respectively,
In 1882 he was elected lieutenant goy
cruor on the same ticket with Grove,
Cleveland aud following Cleveland Z
election TO the presidency of the United
States Mr.. Hill became governor, sub
, scdhcutly elected for two terms.
He was governor for seven years. II
1891 Mr.. ill was elected United State
senator and in 1894 he was once NOR,
the candidate for governor. but was de
fcated bv Levi p. Morton. his Republi
can opponent, Mr.. Hill was the caDdi
\ date for the nomination for presiden
: in 1892, but Grover Cleveland wa
? elected for that Office.
= In 1894 Mr.. Hill was credited wit
being the political sponsor of Alton
D T. rbcr, who was nominated for tn
n presidency by the Democratic uationa
s convention at st. Louis Following tha
I election. Mr.. Hill announced lis perma
= ncnt retirement from politics and sine
u that time had devoted himself to hi
law practice.