Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-11
Wayne MdcVedgh
Dies in 84th Year
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ming strong in this country for Hungarian
| independence and impulse which was stim-
| ulated by the presence Of Louis [ossuth
who was making a decided impression bv
| his speeches. Mr. MacNeigh. however. took
| the negative and unpopular view, and SUM-
| moned wealth Of fact. argument and
Illustration to fortify his position
! After graduation Mr.. NIacNcagh entered
the office Of Joseph !. Lewis AT West
| chester. as a student OF law lie was adj
| mitted to the bar IN 1856. when the civil
| War broke out. Mr. MacNcaEh Joined the
| Union army as major Of a cavalry rogI-
ment hut was compelled to resign because
| of failing health.
IL PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS
He became prominent In Pennsylvania
| state politics In 1863, when he was selected
| chairman Of the Republican state Central
| Committee. President Grant appointed him
| Minister to Coustantinoplo in 1870. - post
| which he held with distinguished honor until
| 1872, when he resumed his residence iu this
| State settling at Harrisburg. where he cou-
| tinucd to live until 1876, when he opened
| n law Office In Philadelphia. Mr. Mae
| Ncaghs first wife was the daughter Of Nlr
| Lewis, his legal prcCeptpr In SCI he re-
| married, his second wife being daugh-
| ter Of Hon. Simon Cameron
While living at Harrisburg Mr. Mac
| Neagh was elected n delegate from the dis
| trct. which included Lebanon and pauphin
Counties. to the convention called to frame
new Constitution for Pennsylvania. lie
served on the committees on judiciary and
legislation, and was among the ablcst mem.
bers of that body
In 1877 the political situation of affairs
in Louisiana was such that President Hayes
determined to make an investigation, and
Mr.. MacNcaEh, at the head of commission
was sent to that state for the purpose.
When James \. Garfield was elected
President Mr.. MacNcagh was given place
in the Cabinet as United States Attorney
General His appointment was a purely per
sonal one Of the President, ana was against
the choice of the machine influence of the
State. which Mr. MacNeagh had been op-
posing His personal relations with MIR.
Garfield were of the warmest character
and when the President was shot by Gut
teau Mr. MacVeagh accompanied the
wounded man to Elberon and remained by
his bedside until his death.
on the accession of Chester a. Arthur
to the presidency Mr. MpcVcagh resigned
his Cabinet position and was succeeded by
Benjamin Harris Brewster. Returning to
Philadelphia, Mr. MacVeaEh resumed his law
practice. During the first year Of his re-
turn he received the degree of LII. D. from
Amherst College.
VISIT TO CZAR'S DOMAIN
In tho summer of 1850 Mr.. MacVeaEh visit
ed Southern Russia with committee OF
gentlemen to examine the estates OF Prince
DolEOrouki and report upon the feasibility
of leasing the mineral lands in that region,
the erection OF works for the manufacture
of iron and steel and the construction Of
a line of railway from the works Of the
Sea of Azof The result was that the COM
mittee considered the field an inviting one.
and the proposition was made for leasing
the lands and building the works. provd-
ing certain concessions could he obtained
from the Car. These were finally obtained,
but three days after the news of the con-
Cessiou reached Philadelphia Alexander II
was assassinated and the enterprise was
abandoned.
Mr.. NacVegh, in addition to his private
practice az n member of the law firm OF
MacVeagh & Bispham. also acted as coun-
sci for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
in number of important cases When
John Scott. general solicitor Of the COM
pany. came 10 this city and assumed the
general direction of legal matters. Mr.. Mac
Neagh was retained as special counsel for
the company
Sports GROVER CLEVELAND
sir MacVeagh was at one time president
of the Clvil Service Reform Association. In
October 1891, at an Independent Repub-
lican mass-meeting at the Academy Of NGu-
sic, he favored the election of w. Redwood
Wright the Democratic candidate for city
Treasurer. A year later, in q letter to the
Massachusetts Reform Club he formally
announced that he would support Mr.. Cleve-
land for President.
Soon after lie elaborated the grounds Of
his adherence to the Democratic candidate
in a speech in the Academy of Music, in |
which he said he voted for Mr. Harrison in |
1883, but the Mckinley bill and the treat
ment Of the Chiian question by the llar- |
rison Administration had led 10 his COM |
plete estrangement from the Republican |
party.
AMBASSADOR TO ITALY
December 10, 1898. Mr. NacVeagh was |
appointed Ambassador TO Italy by President
Cleveland lie returned at the beginning !
Of the Mckinley Administration. being sue
ceeded By General Draper of Massachu-
setts.
Although his full name was Isaac Wayne |
MacVeagh. he deleted the first name early |
in life The last important position he held |
was chief counsel of the Emitted States in |
the Venezuela dispute before The Hague /
Tribunal in 1908. lie has contributed arti- |
cles to magazines in favor of international |
peace since that time, lie made his home i'm .
recent years at Brookfeld Farm, Eryn /