New-York tribune., 1910-11-14

a. s. CLAY, OF GEORGIA.
Who died yesterday.
Copyright by Harris & Ewing. Washington
family present wa4 the Senator's son, Her
bert. who is Mayor of Marietta.
The physicians say that Senator Clay's
death resulted from dilatation of the heart,
superinduced by arteriaI sclerosis. He
went to the sanatoriUm on November / to
take rest cure He appeared TO be i'm
proving until Saturday. when a relapse
came. which his weakened condition was
unable to withstand. The body was re-
moved to the Clay home at Marietta, where
the funeral will be held next Tuesday.
Governor Brown is expected to name a
successor to Senator Clay within a few
days 1t is generally believed that the ap-
pointment will go to Ex-Governor Joseph
Terrell or Charles X. Pendleton. editor of
''The Macon Telegra PHI Terrell was Gov
ernor of Georgia preceding the election of
Hoke Smith for his first term. He has
been considered the Governors right hand
man, and is said to WELD great influence
Pendleton in both campaigns for Governor
has been outspoken in his advocacy Of
Governor Brown, and has given all his per-
sonaI and editorial strength to him. The
appointment will hold until the Legislature
meets, in June
Washington, Nov. 13.-News of the death
of Senator Clay was received here tonight
in a dispatch from his son. Colonel Rams
dell. sergeant-at-arns of the Senate, at
once informed Vice-President Sherman. who
will name a committee tomorrow to at
tend the funeral. Speaker Cannon will ap-
point a committee from the House of Rep
resentatives.
Alexander Stephens Clay was born near
Marietta, Cobb County, Ga, in 1853 His
early years were spent on the farm where
he was born in a two-room log cabin. His
ambition as a boy was to go TO college
and to become a lawyer, and largely by
his own exertions he secured the training
that country schools and the high school
at Palmetto, Ga, afforded. He entered
Hiawassee College In 1871 and was grad
uated IN 1878. While teaching school for
two years he studied law under Judge
Irwin, at Marietta, and was admitted TO
the bar in 1877.
He soon gained prominence as a lawyer
and entered politics In 1880 and 1881 he
was a member of the Marietta City Coun-
Gil. In 1884 he was elected TO the State
being then made Speaker of the Assembly.
In 1892 he was elected State Senator
and was president of that body two years
He was chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee In 1894. He conducted
the campaign against the Populists that
year and afterward continued to serve as
chairman. In political circles he was gen.
orally known as Steve" Clay.
Octobar ba aIaptaJ Unit cd
States Senator to succeed John B. Cor
don, and was reelected in 1903 and 1909
His term of service would have expired
OH March 5, 1915.
Mr.. Clay was chairman of the Senate
Committee on Woman Suffrage. and a
minority member of Appropriations. Coast
committees While not taking a prominent
part in debates, he was an Industrious and
hard working Senator. and was highly
esteemed by members of both parties.
Strongly partisan though he was. he
never permitted an opportunity 10 make
party capital to influence his action as a
or a Senator. He was fire.
ouently called upon by the executive de
partments to put through measures neces-
sary to the conduct of business. and in
such cases he always assented If the propo-
sition appealed to him as in the public IN
terest. As an illustration of his fidelity to
committee work. it is recalled that in the
first regular session of the 61st Congress
he was the only Democratic member of the
Committee on Appropriations who able
to attend the sessions OF that committee.
Arduous as was this labor. and sick man
though he was even then. he was present
at all OF them, and gave attention to every
detail connected with the disposal of hun
dreds of millions of dollars.
Much of his attention was given to eco
nomic questions such the tariff and rail-
road legislation All appropriations, and
especially those pertaining TO the postal
service. were carefully scrutinized by him.
He believed in the simple life, and never
tired of advocating economy in the affairs
of the nation.