Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-30
DEATH SUMMONS
FOR j. w. DANIEL
Senior Senator from Virginia
Succumbs to Third Attack
of Paralysis.
WAS LONG IN PUBLIC LIFE
Oldest Democratic Member of Upper
House in Point of Service-Once
Doomed for President.

Lynchburg, Va, June 30.-John w.
Daniel, senior senator from Virginia,
died at the Lynchburg sanitarium at
1926 o'clock last night, his death be-
ing due to a recurrence of paralysis.
The immediate cause of his death was
cerebral hemorrhage.
This was the third attack of paralysis
which the senator had had. He went
to Daytona, Fla, a few months ago in
an effort to regain his health, but has
been here for some time.
Was Senior Democrat.
The death of Senator Daniel removes
the Oldest of the democratic senators
in point of service. OF the entire list
he was the only one who could be said
to belong to the old regime. And, as
he was the Oldest in service, he was
one of the most conspicuous in popu-
lar favor.
For the past few years he had re-
NAMED much in the background. His
health had not been good and his
growing years seemed to tell on him.
He was not heard often in the senate
and his recent efforts were not his best.
In those earlier days he spoke f1uently
and with ease. He was strong adVo-
cate of free silver coinage and took
prominent part in the debates connect
ed with the silver legislation in the
COS.
In 1907 Senator Daniel was doomed
by the conservative branch of his par
ty as a candidate for the democratic
nomination for president. His candi-
dacy made considerable headway in
the eastern states and was very popu-
lar i'll the south, but Organism proved
too strong to be overcome.
For no personal trait was Senator
Daniel so noteworthy as that of urban
ity. Whether in private life or in his
intercourse with his senatorial col
leagues, his courtesy was unfailing.
Senator Daniel was the only son of
William Danial, Jr., who for years was
a member of the Virginia supreme
court. His mother was Sarah Ann
Warwick He was born in Lynchburg
Sept 5, 1912. and that place had ever
since been his home. On Nov. "a,
1869, he married Julia Elizabeth Muir
reII. daughter of Dr. E. H. Murrell of
this city, who, with four child;en, sur
wives.
His education was-received in Lynch
burg schools, and his law course was
taken after the civil war at the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Served I'm Civil War.
Entering the confederate army as
second lieutenant in the "Stonewall
brigade" in May, 1861, he was wound
ed in the first battle of Manassas.
Soon thereafter he became second
lieutenant of Company A, 11th Vir-
ginia infantry, and afterward was first
lieutenant and then adjutant of his
regiment.
After being wounded he was promo
ted to major and chief of staff of Cen
eral Jubal A. Early. serving until
crippled in the Wilderness May 6, 1864.
It was said by eye-witnesses that Ma
jor Daniel was wounded almost i'm
mediately after he had rescued Gen
eral r: T. Lee from a very perilous
position.
In senate Since 1887.
He served in the Virginia house of
delegates from 1869 to 1872 and the
state senate from 1875 to 1881, being
a state senator when he was named
for governor in 1881 on the democratic
ticket, to be defeated by William f.
Cameron. In 1884 he was elected to
the house of representatives in the
49th congress, and before that term
expired was elected United States SEN
ator for the term beginning March 4,
1887. He was reelected three times.
In January last he was reelected for
the term expiring 1917.
Senator Daniel had a modest home
in Lynchburg and farm of about 200
acres just outside the town called
Westerly.