New Britain herald., 1917-11-30
NOTED DIPLOMAT
 DIES IN CONCORD William Chandler Served As Arthur's Secretary Of the Navy HIS BRILLIANT CAREER
Graduated From Harvard at Age of Nineteen Years, Immediately En- tered Politics, Served Thrice in IT. s. Senate-Was Lincoln Supporter

tered Politics, Served Thrice in IT.
 s. Senate-Was Lincoln Supporter 1 Concord, N H., Nov. 30.-williano
 Eaton Chandler, who as secretary of
 the navy in President Arthur's cabi-
 net was largely responsible for the
 beginning of the modern United States l i navy, died at his home here today. MT. Chandler was a member of the 1 U. S. senate for fourteen years, having l term in 1887 and was twice reelected. While in Washington last March MT. Chandler was stricken with ill., l. ness.
 MT. Chandler, who was born in 1885, in this city, had followed with great interest the work of the navy in the present war. One of his sons, Captain Lloyd H. Chandler, U. s. N.. is in command of battleship. Three other sons survive, Vim. D. Chandler, publisher of the Concord Monitor: Joseph G. Chandler and John P. Hale Chandler, all of this city.
 In a lifetime of endless political activity and almost continuous con- troversy. the one title freely accorded by men of all parties to MT. Chan dler was that of Father of the New United States Navy" As secretary of the navy under President Arthur. MT. Chandler, on June II, 1883, ap- proved the plan for the reorganization of the navy which resulted in the de- velopment of the present fighting fleet. a.i
 Born at Concord, N. H., Dec. 2s, 1885, MT. Chandler was educated at academies in New Hampshire and Vermont and was graduated from the Harvard Law school at the age of 19. One of his classmates at the law school was Joseph Fl. Choate. He en- tered politics at once, served three terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and was elected speaker of the house when but 27 years old. His first entrance into na- tional political affairs was as one of the founders of the republican party and a supporter of Abraham Lincoln. Pres1dent Lincoln appointed him so- icitor and judge advocate general of the navy in 1S63. and three month later he became first assistant secre- tary of the treasury.
 While secretary of the navy, Mr. Chandler organized the expedition which, under the command of Cap- tain Winfield s. Schley, went to the relief of the Greedy Arctic exploration party.
 Fourteen years of service in the United States senate ended when MT. Chandler was defeated for renomina- ton in 1901 by Henry B. Burnham. His radical views on railroad legisla- tion. which brought him in opposition to Republican party leaders, were re- sponsible for this defeat. During the remainder of his life MT. Chandler made many attacks on what he con- sidered the undue influence exerted by railroads in New England politics. His last federal position was that of president of the Spanish War Claims Commission, to which he was named by President Mckinley in 1901 and re- appointed by President Roosevelt.
 MT. Chandler's legal talent was dis played when, as chief counsel, he car ried through many stages in state and federal courts the suits in which it was sought to break the will of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church.