The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-26
NarrowD emocraticMar
gin in Senate Further
Cut Down.
JACKSON LIKELY
TO SECURE PLACE
Brilliant Maryland Senator Dies
at His Home in Washington
After Long Illness, Made
More Acute by His Labors
in Recent Campaign.
Had Notable Career.

Washington, November 25.-Isidor
Rayner. OF Maryland. one Of the Lead
ing Democratic members Of the United
States Senate. and a man whose name
was Offered to the Baltimore convention
BY william j. Bryan. as = suitable can
didate for the presidential nomination.
died here early to-day at the end OF
a long illness. resulting from continued
attacks of neuritis.
Senator Rayner had been in a coma
tose state since last Wednesday. with
only one or two slight rallies. His Sc
we're illness covered a period Of about
six weeks. dating from the efforts made
In the joint political debate with
Bourke Cochran at Baltimore Last Sep.
TENDER. Physicians compelled him to
retire from the campaign Immediately
after that. and he returned to his
Washington home. where he died at
$50 o'clock this morning. For over
FIVE years Senator Rayner had been .
sufferer from neuritis.
Republ.can Tor yoeaAey.
The death of Senator Rayner creates
a vacancy in the upper house Of Con-
gress. which will be filled for about
a year by q Republican, through ap-
pointment by the Republican Governor
of Maryland The appointment will be
enective until the state Iesislature
meet. more Than a wear hence. The
Ia~;.I,tura =. Democr.t,c
II ia the heller Of those nrominent
in Republican councils In Maryland
that william p Jackson Republican
national committeeman from MARYLAND
will he appointed by Governor colds
borough to succeed Mr.. Rayner. Mr.
Jackson has been prominent In Re-
publican camoaixns in MARYLAND for q
nuu.ber ~ vears vaa active in pro-
motinr the successful campaixn of MI.
GoIdsboroueh and led the Taft foross
In tn. st.fn during the preconventton
and campaien nrhta. Ha IN the ,on of
former Rspreoentattve WillIam H.
Jackson. Of slfaryiand, and has been
ambitious to sit in the ssna4e.
The Republican successor Of Mr.. Ray
ner will sit during the coming short
session and, Of moro Importance. during
President Wilson next sprfnG. This
means a gain in the Republican
strength in the upper House and n loes
to the Democratic. With the results in
Illinois and Tennessee still in doubt,
this will mean that the Democrats will
have forty-eight votes and the Repub-
licans forty-five IN the special session.
Should Illinois and Tennessee send Re-
publicans. the Senate would stand tied
-ls to ~.
May Acct Le41slasson.
Owing to this narrow margin Of con-
troll Of the Senate by the Democrats.
the death Of Senator Rayner and the
substitution of q Republican Sor Dem
ocrat may have = direct bearing ON
the legislative results Of the special
session next spring.
In the senatorial primaries to be
held throughout the State Of Mary
land next fall the voters win bo called
on to indicate their preference not only
for . successor to Senator Rsyner. but
also for . successor to Senator John
Walter Smith, Democrat, whose term
ends March Z. 1918.
Senator Rayner was one Of the strong
figures Of the Senate. He had been
member Of that body for almost
eight years and was one Of tts strong
est debassrs and Q recognized authority
on constitutional Law.
Before he entered the Senate he had
attained . national reputation because
OF his vigorous conduct Of the late
Admiral Schley's case before the naval
court Of inquiry that Investigated the
action Of American ofacers In the battle
with Admiral cervera's Spanish feet
Senator Rsyner was . native OF Bal
timore ana was sfxty-two years old.
He was . member OF the MARYLAND
Legislature when tWenty-eigh years
old and served three terms In the
national House Of Representatives In
the period from 1885 TO 1882 He was
elected to the United States Senate in
term as Attorney General OF Maryland
As q member OF the Committees on
Foreign Relations ana the Judiciary
senator Hayner devoted especial at
tenuon during the last rev years to
AmeI.ces foreign problems ana oon'
stisuaonsi ana legal Questions He
vas Q ssrong edvecafe OF the aoroga'
s'on OF tne treaty Win russia pc
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