Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-04-01
DANIELS IMPROVEMENT
STOPS.

| Daytona, Fla, March 29.- DR.
Chowning, the attending physician
stated tonight that the condition OF
| United States Senator Daniel is no.
so satisfactory as two days ago, there
having been a complete cessation oi
improvement during the past IS hours
John Warrick Daniel was born "a
Lynchburg on September >, 1912, the
son Of Judge William Daniel, jr., and
Sarah A. Warwick Daniel. His pa
ternal grandfather, William Daniel,
sr., was Judge of the Virginia Genera
Court ard an ardent supporter OF
Jefferson and OF the revolution of
l776. His father was judge OF the
Court of Appeals of Virginia and a
prominent figure in Virginia politics.
He was an elector foc Var Buren N
1910 and had the reputation Of being
one Of the finest orators in his state.
One Of his cousins was Peter Vivian
Daniel, of the United States Supreme
Court: another was John Moncure
Daniel, distinguished journalist in
his time.
When Virginia seeded from the
union young Daniel left his studies
and accepted commission as second
lieutenant IN the Twenty-seventh Vir-
ginia Regiment, which became part of
the Stonewall Brigade. He fought in
the first battle of Manassas, on July
u, 1861; at Boonsboro, Md, Septem-
Der II, 1862: and in the bloody battle
of the Wilderness May and !, 1864,
in which he held the rank of major
and was adjutant general of Jubal A.
Early's division. During that battle
shell fragment broke and shattered
Daniels leg. He fell from his horse
and would have bled to death had II
no. been for the kindness of private,
who stopped the flow Of blood by.
twisting the adjutant's scarf tightly
around the latter's leg.
This serious injury put stop 10
Daniels career as a soldier. He was
taken TO Charlottesville where he
slowly recovered from his wounds.
During his cUnvalescence he studied
law. attending lectures at the Univer-
sity of Virginia in 1860 and 1866. He
was admitted 10 the bar in 1866 'and
began to practice with his father, who
had retired from the beech. For 10
years he was president Of the Bank Of
Lynchbnrg and in 1869 he married
Miss Julia T.. Munnell, of Lynchburg,
who bore him two sons and three
daughters.
Young Daniel took great interest in
politics and soon became political
leade- of considerable Influence. He
was elected member Of the Virginia
House of Delegates and served as
such from 1869 to 1872. From 1873 to
1881 he was a member of the Virginia
Senate. He resigned after he had
been nominated for governor in 1881,
but was defeated at the subsequent
election 10y w. +. Cameron, the re-
adiuster candidate. 10 lSS5 he was
elected 10 Congress and during his
first month of service in the House oi
Representatives was elected to the
United States Senate to succeed Sen
atur Malone, whose term was TO ex
pire March 3, 1897.
Senator Daniel developed consider
able activity after he became a mem
Der of the Senate. He was reelected
. TO the United States Senate in 1S9.
without party nomination, and alst
in 1898, 1924 and 1910.
he was noted for the force and higl
, finish of his oratory and was offer
called upon to deliver addresses a
4 important occasions He delivered
the oration at the 1nveiliug OF the
General Lee monument at Lexington
Va. ia 1888: the address at the dedi
cation Ct the Washington Monumen
in 1885 by invitation OF Congress, an'
was the principal orator at man,
local celebrations in Virginia an
other southern states.
He was a democrat, coming from
long line Of democratic southern an
cestors, ald his convictions wer
thoroughly 10 harmony with demo
'' cratic principles, but the broadnes
of his mind tempered his partisanshi
and made him conservative. h
was the author of several law book
of standard value and was repeated
hOnored for his learning and meritC
rious activity as legislator. III
honorary degree OF IL. d. was col
fer~ed upon him by the WaSbingto
:. and Lee University in 1888 and by I'll