The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
SENATOR A. 0. BACON
OF GEORGIA Is DEAD
End Comes Suddenly Following
What Seemed Progress
Toward Recovery.
>rNATE SHOCKED By NEWS
President Will Speak at Funeral
>crvicc-BOdy Will
Lie in state.
>tNArE SHOCKED By NEWS

fpi~t disease. HIS Illness began with
Illumination OF the Kidneys.
senator Bacon was "A years old last
october
The news OF his death WAS great
shock TO the Senate. That body Was in
executive session at the time. Senator
Overman OF North Carolina made the an
rovncement and the Senate Immediately
adjourned The Vicc-President and many
~. the senators went to the hospital where
senator Bacon had died
>lur. = afterward Representative Bart
,-'r made the announcement in the House.
and that body promptly adjourned Menu
hers NJ the Georgia delegation in the
House and many other members who had
Known Senator Bacon went To the hos
ytll
Funeral Service In senate.
public funeral service will he held
n the senate Chamber Tuesday at noon.
President Wilson. members of his Cabi-
not the Diplomatic Corps. Justices OF tho
Supreme Court and the membership of the
House OF Representatives will be present.
Iuogies will be delivered by the Presl-
cent IL he Is able to be present, and by
prominent members OF the Senate and
ethe. public officers.
The body OF Senator Bacon will lie
IN state in the Marble Room OF the Sem
fi- Tuesday morning preceding the public
funeral II will be carried to Macon. ia.
n" senator's home city. where inter-
nlent will take place Thursday.
At senator Bacons bedside when the
.rd came were his daughter. Mrs. w.
Sparks OF Georgia, his attending ply
stefan and his private secretary. Mrs
Bacon. widow OF the Senator. IS at
10 hFu
permit her to come 10 Washintgon on
&C. cunt OF her i'll health Mrs Bacon
Las spent very little time at the capi-
IA Mrs. Sparks is the only surviving
ch'ld Mrs. Manley b. Curry, another
daughter died few years ago
Senator Bacon's last appearance in
the Senate was on January 80, when he
Presided over the meeting " the Foreign
Relations Committee. He had been com
r'Aining Of poor health for several weeks.
Tie day he left the Senate he was SUI
.s-ing from a high fever. and after lie
i,ok 10 his bed his temperature gradu-
allv rose 20 1903.
N-Rsy Reveals the Cause.
Wa overcome. after which the physi-
clans used the N-ray In an effort to
Drtermlne the cause Of the Senator's i'll
ness. He was under the impression that
As was suffering from a fractured rib.
due 20 a fall IN his bathtub "A few weeks
l.fI-s. hut the N-ray examination dis-
'.p-"d stone in the kidneys and an
accompanying Inflammation.
Immediately n specialist in kidney
& seases was called and the patient had
the attention from that time on Of three
physicians. II was the intention TO per-
form an operation as soon as his health
would permit, and his apparent gradual
recovery was very encouraging TO his
physicians and his friends. At times ne
suffered excruciatng pain and opiates
we're administered to relieve him. The
development of heart trouble was unex-
;ected.
An hour before he died a barber from
'he Senate called at the hospital and
shaved the Senator at his request Senator
Facon at that time talked with several
PEOPLE who were in the room. but took n
vary d!scouraging view OF his case.
" her the barber expressed the hope that
The Senator would soon be out Mr. Bacon
replied sadly. 81 fear I shall never re-
cover"
senator Bacon was one OF the leaders
IN the senate and one OF the ablest law
YES He served with distinction on the
judiciary Committee and for many years
Ia been the ranking Democrat on the
Foreign Relations Committee. He was a
conservative and had little In common
YIN the modern tendencies OF the Demo-
'ratc party or the dominant spirit of the
present Congress
firsf Directly Elected senator.
Although he was opposed to the plan
tr me direct election of Senators by the
people he was the first to be chosen BY
.at method Az the time the Secretary
., state proclaimed the ratification OF tho
seventeenth Amendment providing for
erect election of Senators. Mr. Bacon had
already been renominated by hts party AZ
urinary election as his own SUCCESSOR
ana was waiting for the meeting of the
Georgia Legislature to rat!fy this popular
choice. '0'NA'
A. soon az the constitutional amend
mem was proclaimed d question arose
as 20 whether Senator Bacon was not
."uued 10 accept his commission from
r'e legislature, that body already hav-
Ms been chosen By the people. But he
was unwilling To have the title TO his
cIouded in any way. and he imme-
u,e'eIy made preparations for submitting
NY candidacy 10 the test of a popular
.o'e ana was promptly reelected without
orpoa'lon. His term in the Senate would
10, nave expired until March 8, 1919.
Vas said to-day by members of the
''oFEia delegation in Congress that he
vas the only man who had ever been
r.e''cu 20 the United States Senate from
,,ieorgla for the fourth consecutive term,
ne was FIRST elected in 1894, and reelected
'"'h rme. His last two elections fol-
'o""t 4 domination at a direct primary.
S.Na'or Bacon was one of the few men
" .J"gr"ss who had seen service in the
'"" war He entered the Confederate
"'"J ia 1851 az adjutant for n Georgia
regiment and later served as n Captain
W. ''hI duty. lie participated in the
campaigns OF northern Virginia
Long In Public Life.
.'.l9N .ng the war he practised law a.
on. Ga; served as delegate Ia
tH' stat" and national conventions as a
residential Elector, and for fourteen years
Us member OF the Georgia House OF
representative and for ten years as
SPEAKER He was an aspirant for the
nov,Enorship OF Georgia several times
DIV was never successful although a,
o." time he came within one vote OF
'''ng nominated by his party.
senator Bacon commanded the respect
o. has colleagues. lie was a Senator
respect for the dignity and traditions OF
Wsent any disregard OF the rules. proprie-
U'' or courtesies Of that body. He
was such a stickler for the observance OF
W'so rules that at times he had been
criticised for 1t. lie was an ablo debater.
profound student OF the Constitution
mn an expert parliamentarian.
fE'dr 10 the reorganization OF the
sentte by the Democrats Senator Bacon
Ia = 4. L.