Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-15

hope may be able to do SC. Al the pres
ent time am under the care of a physician.
II depends upon him entirely whether cau
pay my respects to my late friend, The
newspapers, when they exploited the life
of Jim McNiohol. said all that could be
said about this remarkable man. don't
know that | could add to this tribute
Few men knew Jim McNchol as did
Knowing him intimately enabled me to
form an idea of his character II was pure
In every respeCt-neither in thought, word
or deed did this man violate the conh-
dence Of any one.
"lie never had an enemy. Rivals ne
had. OF course, man born poh',ca
leader like Jim McNichol, had rivals, put
he had never made an enemy or. riNa!
Not one can say that they hated Jim Nc
Nichol, and hatred alone means an enemy
Among the callers at the house were
many division leaders from various WaroS
in the city. Many of these, until the SEN
ator's death, had been his political ehemieS
but now they came to offer sympathy 10
| the family.
| The William r. Leeds Association, with
| headquarters at 1914 Race street, the heart
| of the Tenth Ward, and with which the
| late Senator received his earliest political
| training succeeding Mr.. Leeds as head or
| the Organization, will hold a mass-nleeting
| at o'clock tonight. at which resolutions
| of sympathy and coincidence will be passed
| The Organization will send floral tributes
| to the McNichol residence among them
/ being a large elth of lilies of the valley
| bearing the words, We mourn our leader"
Thomas w Cunningham, president of the
| association and lifelong friend of the late
| Senator. SAID today:
| Senator McNichols death is a terrible
loss, a loss to charity and loss to hu-
| manity Senator McNichol was always
ready to lend a helping hand TO those who
| needed aid. 1t made no difference to him
| If The poverty-stricken person was white or
| black his helpfuness was just as ready 1t
&ade no difference what his religious or po-
litical belief was. Whenever Senator Me-
Nichol aided suffering humanity he went
about II in way which left no one but
the recipient of his bounty know about it,
| Senator McNiChols death came at 9:1o
o'clock yesterday morning at the home OF
his eldest son, William J. McNiChol, at 1857
Race street where he had been i'll for tive
| months following an attack Of acute indi
gestion. His wife who was with their two
month.old son at their new rome in over
| brook, raced to his bedside in an automo
bile but arrived there five minutes attel
his death.
Aged flfty-four years and having live,
free from dissipation, Senator McNlchol wa
at all times hopeful for his recovery. II
. | held firmly the grip on his political rein
up to the moment Of collapse. knowin
this determination to recover as we'll a
; | the encouraging symptoms noted by tn
| anticipated his immediate death. His son
| William and Frank, with two trained nurses
one Of them sster-u-law, Miss Mar
Donahue. were the only members of his i'm
o' mediate family who were in the house whc
| | the last moment of his life came.
From Overlook. Mrs. McNiCho1 raced
i an automobile TO be at her husbands bee
{. side, but she also arrived too late to b
u with him in his last living moments. BE-
! fore his wife entered the house two of th
e smaller children their school books in the
u arms, made their morning inquiry abol
their father They sensed their loss whe
r they were met at the door by grie
e stricken manservant.
: Senator MCNiChol died IN the polite;
& harness which he shaped when he launche
d his aspirations as a contractor. backed b
= Ma little more than $1,000 in cash, a know
;. edge of street paving, ambition and a sm
T. that never changed for friend or foe.
d was this spark in his disposition that earno
h for him the name sunny Jim Throug
|, adversely as we'll as opuence he always r,
!, tanned his smile 1t, as well az his III
r changing personality, placed him within lie:
than n decade in the foremost ranks of II
Commonwealth's politicians.