The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-17
Prominent InSurgent And
Noted Layman
DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Sought Vice Presidency When Roosevelt
Won It-First in 1896 to Call Will
liam Mckinley the advance
Agent of Prosperity"

Fort Dodge, Ia, Oct H.--United
States Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dol
liver, died of dilation of the heart
caused by an attack of acute indiges-
ton, at his residence here at 40 o'clock
Saturday night, while being rubbed by
an osteopath physician Senator Dol
liyer's death was unexpected by his rela-
tiyes and close friends, who thought he
had almost entirely recovered from the
attack of indigestion with which he had
been suffering for week. He had been
up all day and had made a trip from
his residence downtown He told sew
eral of the men whom he met that he
believed he had completely recovered
from the indispostion which followed
his trip through Wisconsin on a speech
making tour for Senator LaFollette.
The senior Iowa senator was a ma
tive Of Kingwood, W. Va, having been
born there February s, 1858, several
years before that section was set apart
from the old state of Virginia. His ia
titer was Methodist preacher, who rode
around on horseback and ministered to
several small charges each Sunday. Tine
young man graduated from West Yir.
ginia university in 1875 and tnen went
to De kalb county, H., where he worked
on farm, taught country school and
studied law On admission to the bar
IA 1880 he came to this place and opened
an office here, spending the next 10
years in building up fine practice and
gaining the reputation as an effective
and finished orator. He never held any
political Office until 1888, when he was
nominated for Congress by the Repub-
lieans of his district and won the cleo
ton. 1t was said Of his first campaign
He went out into the IA Iowa farming
counties Of the district and talked to the
people In some way he seemed to get
closer to the Iowa farmers than any
man who had campaigned tine district
before him. Instead of renting large
opera house and formally announcing
that he would deliver an Grafton at a
certain time, be went out into the coun-
try and pitched a big tent in a field near
the crossing Of four county roads. Be
forehand he sent out an advance agent
to invite the farmers living within 10
miles to drive over and nave a talk with
Deliver. The farmers came, and when
the votes were counted, Deliver had
good majority. His Iowa friends have
since declared that he can outstump,
out-talk, out-argue and out-campaign
any public man in the country and still
have time to spend in talking over the
condition Of the crops with his rural
Deliver was elected representative
10 five succeeding Congresses, and made
a reputation in the House az an eloquent
and effective debater When Senator
Gear died ia 1900 he was appointed to
fll out the unexpired term. He was
elected by the Iowa legislature to sue.
coed himself in 1902, and was re elected
III 1907 for the term ending in 1913 /
His position as senator from Iowa was
secure to him for a good I
many years, for Iowa has a way of +
keeping good and strong men at Wash (
hgton when they have been discovered, I
md Deliver was good man, n strong 1
one and very popular with the folks
II home, VINO were drawn to him bv
his kindly nature and democratic man
lers and progressive and humanistic
lpirit 1t will be remembered that be-
lore his appointment to the Senate in
200 he was a prominent candidate for
me Republican nomination for vice
president on the Mckinley ticket, and
from the contest when Mr..
Roosevelt weakened in his determine.
ION not to take the place and permitted
'oss Platt thus to "shelve" him as was
bought. Outside Of politics Dolliver be-
anne well known over the country as
lecturer on the Chautauqua aud other
platforms, and his several appearances
II this city as a speaker at the Young
liens Christian association Sunday aft. I
uoon meetings always drew large and
dmiring audiences.