Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-05
CONGRESSMAN Brenner
Fight Against Cancer Ends
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filed nearly all OF the company
street. Notwithstanding he was al
ways ready for an argument. He
was OF a gentle nature and settled
nearly all tine disputes in the com
pany. He had a sort of a circulating
library going while in Jacksonville
and through his newspaper friends
kept a pretty good supply Of books
and magazines.
But Mr.. Brenner's brief military
career had much to do in giving him
a rev view of life.
~ had always been inclined to
WORRY and fuss over things could
not help" he once said IN camp
l saw the men who worried got sick.
Many of them died more from
Inconsistencies and worry than from
any other cause. I saw that I could
only obey the orders of a higher
power / could not evade or shape
these orders. My clothes and food
and bed were furnished me. I saw
that If I could control my mental
processes I could be happy. All de-
pended upon myself"
But Mr.. Bremner was one of the
many stricken with typhoid fever.
BY a strange coincidence he and
Sergeant Robertson were taken to
the General Hospital in Paterson the
day after their return to that city
and following a banquet at the Fifth
Regiment Afmory at which Sergeant
Robertson responded to the toast:
The. Man Behind the Guns" Rob-
ertson died a few days later and the
news of his death was a crushing
blow TO Mr.. Bremner. He recovered.
however, after q hard struggle and
a
er. He was employed at various times
on the Paterson Press and Paterson
Call and also as an advertising writ
er for Quackenbush and Company.
Mr.. Bremner also acted as Paterson
correspondent for New York and
Philadelphia newspapers.
1t was twelve years ago when Mr..
Bremner went to Passaic. He was at
that time reporting for a Paterson
newspaper. One day he met former
Senator John Hlnchliffe. one of his
closest friends, who offered him a
position as managing editor of the
Passaic Daily Herald. A short time
before Mr.. Hinchliffe had come into
ownership of the Herald by reason
of q mortgage he held on the prop
erty.
Mr.. Bremner accepted. He made a
Undertaking.
and within a few years had cleared
the plant of debt and had come into
sole control of the publication. His
editorial writings, which were quoted
by papers throughout the entire
country. was one Of the daily fea-
lures. He had a <nack of injecting
into his writings his sparkling per-
sonality and this, together with his
vast knowledge. made him logically
famous. He was regarded as an au-
thortty on Greek and Roman history
and on Napoleon the Great. He also
was a fluent Gaelic speaker.
Fatally Stricken.
In 1909 he was taken with cancer.
Everything known to medical science
was used in an effort to cure him. He
took several different treatments,
first going to a famous sanitarium in
New York, afterward taking the
treatment at home. Then he paced
himself under the care of two Aus
trian surgeons. and afterward at the
suggestion of President Wilson went
to the sanitarium in Baltimore where
he underwent the radium treatment.
All through his illness Congress-
man Bremner bore up bravely and
never once even SO much as limited at
the excruciating pain he was suffer-
ing. His mind was always active
and ne appeared always in his usual
good humor.
In the spring Of 1912, while confined
to his home, he was named as a can
didate for delegate to the Demo-
cratic National Convention pledged
to Wilson. and with United States
Senator William Hughes as a run
ming mate, was elected.
Doctors had advised the patient
that he was doing wrong in permit
ting his name to be used in the cleo
ton, they fearing the excitement
would seriously affect him On the
contrary, he seemed to thrive on it
and kept up.
During this time he was undergo
ing treatment and more than once
his attending physicians mad told him
he could not survive his Illness. When
he was elected as delegate to the
Democratic national convention he
said:
q want to live until the convention
opens"
With his left arm tied in a sling. it
having become paralyzed as result
of the cancerous growth, Congress-
man Bremner, disobeying his Doctors.
orders. got out of bed, and, dressing
himself, announced that he was going
to Baltimore, insisting he was all
right physically.
When I was elected delegate 1 ex-
pressed wish to live until the con-
vention opened" he declared upon
arriving in Baltimore. Nov I want
to live to see Wilson nom mated. If I
do, then think I shall be willing to
die"
Mr.. Bremner even then was in con-
slant apprehension. but not fear, that
he might be taken momentarily by
death and that his vote would not be
cast for Wilson. While there he got
word that his alternate had met with
an accident that would prevent him
from com 'ng to the convention. This
was a Source of worriment to Mr.
Bremner until he made arrangements
over the telegraph wire to have some
one take the credentials of his alter
nate and come to Baltimore
I'm liable to die any minute and
Wilson needs my vote" he said.
He was able to attend every ses-
sion Of the convention and his re-
markable courage was referred to by
practically every newspaper in the
country.
At the Convention.
HE was the baart and so,,I ~ che