Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-30
DANIEL DEAD.
Great Virginian Passed Away Last
Night After an Eight-MOnths strug-
gle Against the Last T. nemy.

at sanltarlum IN LyncnDurg, Where
he had been since his return from Day
tona, Florida. With him when the
end came were his wife and his son,
Edward NJ. Daniel, and his daughter,
Mrs. Frederick Harper, whose husband,
also there, was Senator Daniels law
partner.
Senator Daniel had been i'll practical
ly all winter, and had been in the Sen
ate only two or three days during the
past session, that being shortly after
>Congress convened.
Death was due to paralysis, the
stroke received yesterday being the
third, the first being last fall while he
was in Philadelphia, and the second
at Daytona, Fla, during the win
ter.
John cklDaniel, United States
senator from Virginia and one OF the
most prominent conservative democra-
tic leaders in the south, was born in
Lynchburg, Va, on September 5,
1S42, the son OF Judge William Daniel,
jr., and Sarah A. Warwick Daniel
His paternal grandfather, William
Daniel, sr, was judge sof the Virginia
General Court and an ardent supporter
OF Jefferson and Of the revolution of
1898. His father was judge Of the
Court of Appeals Of Virginia and a
prominent figure in Virginia politics.
He was an elector for Van Buren, in
1916 and had the reputation of being
one Of the finest orators in his
state.
When Virginia seeded from the
Union young Daniel left his studies and
accepted a commission as second lieu
tenant in the Twenty-seventh Virginia
Regiment, which became part of the
Stonewall Brigade He fought in the
first battle of Manassas on July q,
1861; at Bonesboro, Nd, September
II, 1862; at Antietam, September 16
and II, 1862, and in the bloody battle
Of the Wilderness, May 81, 1864, in
which he held the rank Of major and
was adiutant general OF Jubal A.
Early's division. During that battle a
shell fragment broke and shattered
Daniels leg. He fell from his horse
and would have bled to death had it
not been for the kindness of private,
who stopped the flow of blood by twist
ing the adiutant's scarf tightly around
the latter's leg.
This serious injury put stop to
Daniels career as a soldier. He was
taken to Charlottesville, where he
slowly recovered from his wounds.
During his convalescence he studied
law, attending lectures at the Uniyer-
sity Of Virginia in 1865 and 1866. He
was admitted to the bar in 1866 and
began 70 practice with his father, who
had retired from the bench For 10
years he was president Of the bank of
Lynchburg, and in 1869 he married
Miss Julia E. Munnal, OF Lynchburg,
who bore him two sons and three
daughters
Young Daniel took great interest in
politics and soon became a political
leader Of considerable influence. He
was elected a member Of the Virginia
House OF Delegates and served as such
from 1869 to 1872 From 1875 to
1881 he was member OF the Virginia
Senate. lie resigned after he had been
nominated for governor in 1881, but was
defeated at the subsequent election by
w. f. Cameron, the readjustor candi-
date. In 1885 he was elected to Con-
gress and during his first month Of
service in the House Of Representatives
was elected to the United States Senate
to succeed Senator Malone, whose
term was to expire March 3, 1887.
Senator Daniel developed consider
able activity after he became mem
Der Of the Senate. In the Forty-ninth
Congress he advocated the abolition of
the internal revenue system, urged free
coinage Of silver and supported retalia-
ton agains, Canada for curtaillng the
rights OF American fishermen. In the
winter of 1887 he opposed the force
bill, advocated tariff reform and was
one Of the strongest advocates OF the
free coinage of silver He was reelected
to the United States Senate in 1892
without party nomination, and also IN
1898, 1904 and 1910.
Senator Daniel was elector at-large
on the Tilden ticket in 1876 and was
member Of the democratic national
conventions Of 1880, 1888 and 1896.
He was noted for the force and high
finish of his oratory, and was often
called upon to deliver addresses at inn
portant occasions. He delivered the
Grafton at the unveiling of the General
Lee monument at Lexington, Va, in
1888; the address at the dedication of
the Washington monument IN 1883 by
invitation OF Congress, and was the
principal orator at many local celebra-
tions in Virginia and other southern
states.
He was a democrat coming from a
long line Of democratic southern an
cestors, and his convictions were
throughly in harmony with democratic
principles, but the broadness Of his
mind tempered his partisanship and
made him a conservative. He was the
author of several law books OF standard |
value, and was repeatedly honored for
his learning and meritorious activity as
a legislator. The honorary degree of
IL ID was conferred upon him bv the |
Washington and Lee University in 1888 |
and by the University Of Michigan
in 1887
Senator Daniel was an honorary
OF r. E. Lee Camp of Con
federate Veterans of Alexandria.