The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-10-26
DAVID B. HILL DEAD,
) PROMINENT NEW YORKER VIC
TIM OF HEART TROUBLE.
Has Served City and State and Been
Member OF the United States Sen
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Bennett Hilrs life work ended, his
body lies tonight at Wolfertz Roost
his country home. near Albany,
while his next of kin. DR.. A. D. Hill.
a brother, Is speeding to Albany
from his home in Dexter Mo. DR..
Hill expects to reach Albany satur-
day. when the funeral arrangements
will be completed.
The former governor and United
States senator was born 81 years
ago.
Senator Hill died at 3:45 o'clock
this morning. He had been i'll nearly
three weeks with a cold and a bill
ious attack, but his condition had
not been considered serious.
He was sitting up in bed to take
drink Of water when he was seized
with an acute dilation Of the heart.
Death quickly followed with no one
but one nurse at his bedside.
Mr.. Hill had long been a sufferer
from Bright's disease. which pri-
marily brought upon him the con-
iition that ended in his death. He
was unmarried.
Although he retired from active
participation in politics following
the presidential election in 1904,
Senator Hill was deeply interested in
the progress Of the present cam
paign. AS late as last Friday he dis
cussed the situation with Judge
Parker, who was then preparing to
make tour Of the State in the in
terest of the Democratic ticket.
, Governor White tonight issued
proclamation requesting that all the
flags on public buildings be displayed
at half mast until sundown on the
day of Senator Hills funeral and
that the citizens of the State unite
in appropriate marks Of respect to
his memory.
David Bennett Hill was born
August 2s. 1884. When II years
old he entered the law Office of Col.
John /. Lawrence of Havana, N. Y,
and when 21, was admitted to the
I bar A little later he was chosen
city attorney Of Elmira, later being
elected chairman and still later May
or.
| He was elected to the assembly
twice. During his first term in the
assembly he made his memorable
fight to abolish contract convict la
Dor ana during his second term he
was member Of the judiciary COM
mittee with Samuel J. Tilden, they
being the only Democrats on the
committee, which had the task Of
investigating the alleged scandalous
and corrupt conduct of certain New
York city judges.
For many years Mr. Hill was a
member Of the Democratic State
committee and in 1870 and 1884 he
he was a delegate to the national
conventions which nominated Til
den and Cleveland. respectively.
In 1882 he was elected lieutenant
governor on the same ticket with
Grover Cleveland and following
Cleveland's election to the presidency
Of the United States, Mr. Hill be-
came governor, subsequently being
elected for two terms. He was gov
ernor for seven years. In 1891 Mr..
Hill was elected United States sem
ator; in 1894 Mr.. Hill was once
more the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for governor, but was
defeated by Levi P. Morton, his Re-
publican opponent.
Mr. Hill was the candidate of the
New York Democrats for the nomi-
nation for president in 1892, but
Grover Cleveland was renominated
for that office.
In 1904, Mr..Hll was credited with
b. Parker, who was nominated for
the presidency by the Democratic
national convention at ST. Louis.
Following that election Mr.. Hill
announced his permanent retire
mont from politics. and since that
time he had devoted himself solely
to the practice of his profession.
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