The Washington herald., 1912-06-12

washington at SIS o'clock this afternoon
Those who win accompany the remains
are Mrs. Wickiiffe. Mrs. Hancock, Mrs
cullop. Mr.. East J. 7, Johnson, an
employe Of the House. appointed from
Mr.. Wickliffe's district. and the follow
ing delegations from Congress:
Representatives, Pujo, Bronssard. Esto-
pinal. Randell. Watkins. and Dupre. Of
Louisiana; Roddenbury, OF Georgia; Aus
tin. OF Tennessee: Thistlewood. OF Ohio.
Hawley. OF Oregon: Campbell, Of Kansas;
sission, OF Mississippi: Mclaughlin, OF
Michigan; and cuilop. OF Indiana; and
Senators Foster and Thornton, OF Louis
lana; Crawford, OF South Dakota; Fletch-
er, OF Florida; Smith. OF Michigan; Town
send, OF Michigan; Percy, of Mississippi;
and Paynter. OF Kentucky.
The cortege viii reach Louisville Thurs
day morning, and the funeral services viii
be held at once at Christ Episcopal
Church. The body viii be buried in the
old Wickliffe burial ground at Louisville.
There Representative Wicklife's father
and mother and two children are buried.
Had Distinsuished Career.
Representative wIckliie, though
young in service in Congress, was al
ready winning high regard Of his col
leagues on both sides OF the House.
He had been especially active as a
member OF the House Committee on
Agriculture. Among the leaders of
the House majority as among his col
leagues from Louisiana, he was very
popular.
Mr.. wickline was born in Bards-
town, KY, May /, 1874. while his pa
rents were visiting relatives in that
place. His father was the late Robert
c. Wickliffe, Of West Felciana Parish,
adurnfAd In the nnh1fn
school OF ST. Francisville, La, later
entering Central College, Danville, KY,
from which he was graduated In 1895,
with the degree OF B. s. He then en-
tered the law department Of Tulane
University, New Orleans, graduating
in 1897. Returning to his home in
West Feliciana he took up the practice
Of law at ST. Francisyille, in that par
ish.
In 1895 he was elected to represent the
parish OF West Feliciana in the constitu-
tional convention Of that year, which
framed the present Constitution OF Louis
lana. Upon the adjournment OF the con-
vention he enlisted as a private in Com
pany Z. First Louisiana Volunteers, with
which command he served during the
Spanish-American war. He was mus
tered out OF the service with his regiment
in October, 1855. and, returning to St
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practice.
In 1900 he was elected district attorney
OF the Twenty-fourth judicial District OF
Louisiana, serving one term.
In 1893 he was married to Miss Lydia
W. Cooke. Of Louisville, KY, who sur
wives him.
In 1905 he was 4 candidate In the Demo-
cratic primaries for the nomination for
Congress from the Sixth District OF Lou
islana, under the new primary election
law OF that State. and received the nomi-
nation in the second "run-off." He was
elected 10 the Sixty-fTst Congress and
reelected TO the SiXty-second Congress.
Mr.. Wickliffe was a close personal
friend OF Speaker Clark. and at the re-
cent Louisiana State Democratic Con-
vention was a leader in the successful
fight for Mr.. Clark. Mr.. WickHne was
himself elected at the convention TO be
a delegate to the National Democratic
Convention at Baltimore.