Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-15
Demise Came Suddenly and
Unexpectedly No Serious
Consequences Having Been
Anticipated From Illness,
STONE PROBABLY TO
SUCCEED ON COMMITTEE
Foreign Relations Specially in
Charge of Deceased States
man, Whose Place Is Diff
cult to FiIt

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/ Washington, Feb. li.--Augustus
Octavius Bacon, United states senator
ftom Georgia for nearly nineteen
years ana chairman of the foreign re-
iatlons committee since the ascend.
uncy of the democratic party, March
/ 4, 1913. died III hospital here ,odae
after an illness OF ten days, lie was
the first United states senator elected
hy direct vote of the people under the
iseventeenth constitutional amendment
Though Senator Bacon has been se
riously ~ with kidney trouble and
complications developing from
broken rib hi death was unexpected
1, come suddenly at . o'clock In tho
afternoon and news Of the end fell
upon the senate as a shock while II
was m executive session
The immediate cause OF the nena.
tors death was diagnosed as a blood
olot in the heart Throughout the
morning be lad been In good spirits
Ipnd Il was announced to his coll
leagues that he was feeling better
than for several days physicians
had determined that an operation
which had beer contemplated was un-
necessary Despite his rs years Il APP
lpoprod that the afflction from which
he suffered was of recent origin and
specialists believed It would yield 10
treatment fbis conclusion relieved
considerably the anxiety OF his friends
and nssoeates In congress
Half am hour before his death. the
senator talked to hls daughter, Mrs
W. q Sparks, of Georgia She had
just l,ft the room when he raised
hmsolf 10 hel AS Mrs, sparks re.
cntorcd the room her father fell back
in collapse aad never regalnod con
sciousnoss
IA the absence Of Senator lIoka
Smith of Georgia. Senator Overman
Vos notified and proceedings In the
aeuai, were abruptly halted when the
Nortn CaroliH senator announced the
death A brief resolution Of respect
was adopted asd the senate adjourned.
For several minutes the senators.
shocked at the sudden tdlngs, re-
maincd in the chamber discussing
what should be done, hut later ar-
uugcmonts were nude for % public
funeral to bc held Ia the senate
Dhambor ueyt Tuesday afternoon al
3 O'Clock. 10 5e attended by the senate
and house OF personalities. the pres
ioont of the unicd states and his cab
mct justices # the supreme court,
members &c the diplomatic corps the
almia of ia navy and CHIEF OF staff
of the army
Tho scene on the floor OF the sell
alto was an unusual one Not only
bad the death of their colleague
shocked the senator's but the effect Of
his loss at a time when important
foreign relation measures were pend-
ing at once impressed Itself upon the
minds of democratic and republican
leaders
Informing the senate oc Senator
Racon's death Senator Oyerman said
nm me absence of the senator from
Georgia Mr Smith, It became my
painful duty a. announce 10 the sen
ato the death of Senator Bacon, at .
O'Clock this afternoon, In this city.
The sudden passing away of this great
senator. who came to this chamber
with nll the honors which his native
state could eonler upon him and who
repaid that trust by his long, honor
able aud Industrious career IN this
body s AN irfeparable loss not only
to the senate but TO the people of hls
q Ia Los
A resolution of respect was then
sent to the vice presidents desk and
followed
a scuute committee was informally
appointed To consult with the de-
ceascd senator's daughter ns TO her
Wishes, IL being the hope Of his col-
leagues that q state funeral could b.
held in keeping with the high posi-
ton senator Bacon held In the ser.
vice of the nation
Announcement OF Senator Bao0n's
death was made in the house later IA
the afternoon and resolutions Of r.
spcct presented by Representative
Bartlett Of Georgia, were adopted.
Speaker clark appointed as a spe-
ciai committee of the house to coop
crate with souate committee for the
funeral the members OF the Georgla
delegation and Representatives Ferris
Willis, Mann, Payne Gardner An
thony Dyer and prouty The house
then adjourned
Senator Baeons demise comes at
time when general arbitration treus
Ties with foreign nations are TO be-
taken up for disposition. the treaties
with Great Britain ana Japan being OF
concern to the adminlstra-
lloh OnlN lew weeks ago, senator
Bacon and his colleagues on the COM
mittce conferred With The president
ana % was agreed that these treaties
shouid nc pressed in the senate for