Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
SENATOR BACON
SUCCUMbS At
WASHINGTON
Kidney Trouble, Which Gripped
Him Two Weeks, Too Strong
for Him to Shake Of.
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charge OF the pending arbitration
treaties in the effort of the Admins
tration TO obtain their ratification.
This program will be adhered to.
Plans Public Funeral.
Senator Overmau left the Senate
Immediately after the adjournment TO
consult with Mrs. ". h. Sparks. the
daughter Of ;he late Senator Bacon.
regarding funeral arrangements If
Mrs Sparks Goes not interpose an OBJ
lection, a public funeral will be held
in the Senate chamber at II o'clock
Tuesday.
Senator Bacon is the last of the
old school, said Vice President Mar
shall. "While he was a sturdy ad-
herent to precedent, he was a most
valuable member on the floor
One should not lose sight Of the
fact that Senator Bacon is the first
member Of the body to be elected I'M
der the seventeenth amendment to
the Constitution providing for the
direct election of Senators and that
he is the first of the Senators 80
elected to die"
Serving Fourth Term.
Augustus Octavius Bacon, OF Bib
County, at the time of his death was
serving his fourth term as a Senator
of the United States from Georgia
lie was the first Senator in the his
tory of the State to be accorded this
honor and the first Senator in the
United States to be elected by popu-
lar vote, under the seventeenth
mo a l,a Il
zion. He was first elected in 1894.
Senator Bacon was born in Bryan
County. Georgia, on October 20, 1889.
received a common school education
IN Liberty and Troup, and was grad
uated from the academic department
OF the University of Georgia in 1859,
and from the law department in 1860.
lie bore the honorary degrees of
A. NJ and l.. l.. D., conferred upon
him by his alma mater. During the
civil war the Senator served for two
years with honor and distinction.
holding the rank of major and ad-
jutant of the Ninth Georgia in active
service. and later the rank of captain
in provisional service. At the close
of the war he took up the practice OF
law in Macon, and that was his home
at the time of his death
Career Most Distinguished.
Senator Bacon's political career was
most distinguished, but was not
marked by uniform success. He
served as a member of the Legisla-
ture several terms, and was Speak
er of the House for two terms. His
greatest ambition originally was to
be Governor. and although he made
several hard and all but winning
nights to reach that goal, he never
EsHHn ll4 L..
OF 1888 he came within one vote OF
the Democratic nomination, which
was equivalent TO an election After
this he retired TO private life, de-
termined not TO seek office again
Later, however, he changed his mind
became candidate for the Senate
and won that fight in 1894, thus be-
ginning the most distinguished period
OF his career which eliminated only
in his death
Senator Bacon held high station in
the Senate. He was chairman of
Foreign Relations Committee at the
time of his death. and his physical
breakdown is largely attributed to
hard work on that committee, occa-
stoned by the Mexican crisis and
complications abroad
Presided at Archibald Impeachment.
During portion of the Sixty-sec
ond Congress. Senator Bacon acted
as President pro TEN of the Senate.
and presided during the famous Arch
bald impeachment trial He was
and had been for years. a trustee of
the University Of Georgia and a re-
gent of the Smithsonian Institution.
Senator Bacon's various elections to
the Senate We're accomplished, with
The exception of the first one. prac-
tically without opposition
The Senator frequently declared
that the proudest moment of his po-
llucsl career was when. on tie vote,
he, as Speaker of the House, cast the
deciding ballot, which resulted i'm the
establishment Of the Department OF
Agriculture in Georgia.