Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-15
Done With Politics.
Said Dying Senator


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senator McNichol died Harry A. McNichol |
VINO Is member of the 314 Infantry, Ma
uonal Army; Joseph I. McNichol, who is a
member of an artillery regiment stationed
at camp Meade; Frank j. McNcho.. Ed
ward j. McNichol, also a member of an
artillery regiment at camp Meade, and
Daniel j. McNichol
dramatic touch will be lent to the cere-
mony by the appearance of the three soldier
sons In their uniforms.
After the Cathedral services, the body
will be taken to the Holy Sepuchre Gene
terry. Mount Airy, where 1t will be placed
In the McNichol family mausoleum, opposite
the caskets containing the bodies OF his
first wife and his two dead children Mary
and James. The casket in which the late
Senator will rest is heavy and square.
ended and lined with copper and satin
The undertaken in charge Is John f.
Carroll, 231 North Thirteenth street who
had been an intimate friend of Senator
McNichol ever since the two wore short
trousers and who had charge of the inter-
ment of the first Mrs. McNichol
LEGISLATURE TO ATTEND IN BODY
Arrangements for the participation of
the entire State Assembly---the House of
Representatives as well as the Senate--werc
completed today, when Speaker Richard J.
Baldwin announced the appointment of the
207 members of the House of 1917 as
committee Of the whole to attend the fu-
neral Senator Clarence j. Buckman, chair
man pro tempore of the Senate, previously
had appointed the fifty Senators a COM
mittee to attend.
The two legislative bodies will assemble
at the Bellevue -stratford Hotel at o'clock
| Saturday morning, and. headed by their
respective sergeants-at-arms bearing the
maces, will march up Broad street to the
| McNichol residence and thence to the
| Cathedral. The House mace will he borne
| by Sergeant-at-Arms James r. Bagshaw,
| of Chester, who will be followed by Speaker
| Baldwin. William s. Leib, resident clerk
| Thomas II. Garvn. chief clerk, in charge of
| the House arrangements, and other officers
| OF the House. Sergeant-dt-Arms Daniel Il.
| Hunihan, of Pittsburgh. or his ass stant,
Samuel Curran, of this city, will carry the
| mace of the Senate. The Senates represen-
tation which will precede the House mem
| bers in the journey to the MCNiChol home
will include such men as Senator Ware
Senator Grow, Senator Sproul and other
leading figures in the upper house. w
| Harry Baker, chief clerk and secretary OF
the Senate and secretary of the Republican
state committee, is in charge of the Senate's
participation in the funeral
MAY BE 40 WILL
| Whether or not Senator McNichol left
| will was not made known today Consider
| aDle interest was expressed regarding TN
probable disposition of his estate placed a
between S15,O0O.OO0 and $2O,O0O,OO0 II /
the accumulation Of many contracts for vas
public works. followed by investment
Speculation as to the value of the McNicho
fortune recalled tho late Senator's well
known saying--that he did not want to di
| until he had made Sl,000,000 for each O
| his twelve children.
| In regard to the McNichol will. a lawye
who enjoyed Senator McNichols confidenc
said today that he doubted il such an in
strument had been drawn up. 1t was hi
belief, he said. that Senator McNichol ha
made a prenuptial agreement with his sec
ond wife as to the distribution of the estate
Senator McNichol did not retain any regula
legal counsel having at various times place
| his work in the hands Of eX-Sheriff Josep
Gilfillan, eX-Attorney General John G. Bel
eX-Attorney General Hampton l.. Carson
Representative George $. Graham and othe
well-known attorneys.
The McNichol family today denied tina
Senator McNichol had written an auto
biography dealing with his political life.
.rumor that such work had been compile
by the late Senator was current anon
politicians
Mrs. McNichol bore up well today, a
hthough considerably weakened by her be
reavement Her infant son, Robert. 81
weeks old. was sent back today to the ne
| nome of the MCNlcnOlS IN oNerDrOOk.
The late Senator's three sodier-sons-
Edward j., Joseph j. and Harry A., VIII
J are members of the 3l4th United State
Infantry-arrived home late yesterday fror
; Camp Meade. Md.
A steady stream of visitors, coming
offer their sympathy to the family. calle
} at the McNichol residence More than &c
messages of coincidence from Pennsylvani
and other States have been received. Or
: came from Montana from a former resider
of the Tenth Ward. Hardly trolley-ca
passenger borne past the McNichol hon
today did not crane his neck for vie
of the home of the late Senator
MONSIGNOR KIERAN'S TRIBUTE
Announcement that the late Senator ha
made a decision to get out of politics wa
. made in a longer statement by Monsigno
| Kiaran, at his parochial residence, river
! | tieth and Locust streets. In part, 1t wa
, | as follows:
"As a man, citizen and Christia'
| linn McNichol had few equals. His lif
which terminated so suddenly, was pun
! | and most useful one
"I have been asked to make few r.
:. marks about him from the pulpit of tn
cathedral on Saturday morning. | onl