New-York tribune., 1918-04-15
o.,+b Comes Unexpectedly
i Announcement Of 1t Is
Withheld an Hour
Stirred Whole Nation
By Opposition to War
Grouped by President With
"Wilful Twelve" He Later
IIpheld Administration

WASHINGTON, April 14.-senato'
r;,,;om ]. Stone, OF Missouri. chair
~, of the Senate Foreign Relations
r.uuittee and for many years promi.
-, among Democratic leaders, dice
s.ro to-day after a stroke of paralysis
.,ssred last Wednesday.
Senator Stone suffered the stroke
.s;le on q streetcar on his way to the
ssnats Office Building. A slight
..r,bral hemorrhage affected his left
.;ds rendering him helpless, but he
IA mt lose consciousness, and a few
,onrs later rallied and began to talk
.aout getting up. His family and
trjnds were very hopeful until yes
,srasy. when there was a decided
turn for the worse.
To-day there was a second cerebral
semorrhage and the Senator fell into
. state Of coma. Death came at 4:3O
o'clock this afternoon, but the ply
sican made no announcement until an
hour later because twice before the
ntisnt's pulse had become so weak
hist the family thought the end had
eome
Family at Bedside
At the bedside were Mrs. Stone and
,hsir children, Federal Judge Kim
brugh Stone, of Kansas City; Mrs.
John ". Parkinson, OF St. Joseph,
as; Miss Mabel Stone and niece,
Mss Margaret Winston, Of St. Louis
Al the members of the Missouri dele
ntion in Congress were at the home
turing the day, and there we're scores
d other callers among officials and
asnbers of Congress.
Senator Rec, announced tonight
ast funers! services will be held to-
sarow afternoon at o'clock at the
home, and the family accompanied by
Congressional committee, will leave
nth the body in the evening for ST.
Iauis. At St. Louis a night train will
se taken for Jefferson City, where the
edy will rest IN state in the State
fapitol Wednesday. That evening
tie BODY will be taken to Nevada,
TO-. Senator Stones old home. for
burial there Thursday by the Nevada
Masonic Lodge
Asuccessor 10 Senator Stone to hold
afEee until the next general election,
il November will lie named by Gov
,nr Gardner, of Missouri. who is a
Democrat. Senator Hitchcock, Of Ne
aaska. ranking Democrat of the For
sign Relations Committee, is expected
70 succeed to the chairrna anship.
War Attitude Reused Criticism
William Joel Stones attitude on the
present war while a member of the
senate secured for him place in
American history. Whatever the fu-
,u'e iudgment of his attitude may be,
ne vii be remembered chiefly as the
lssder Of the little group of wilful
1sn' ~a' so characterized by President
nAson when they fibustered on the
resident armed neutrality bill, just
Ss,ore America entered the struggle.
Dsser things were said about Sen
seF stone then, and it was only the
s..sersnelmlnc diversion of making war
"a. sl!enced criticism. He was de-
souneed as a German, ard many
aemoers q his party demanded that he
y ousted from the Senate. His name
sas mixed with that of the Republican
= ao!ie'tf, ms past was raked by re-
's~ers and he was pilloried from coast
% eosss as typical un-American.
Aises the declaration OF war he
nepged the pacidst attitude he had ad-
as,so to under the hottest criticism
s.s as Chairman of the Committee on
.oleizn Relations had part in epochal
fsessioned.
aqm-shoe" Bill was the name they
ia's i, aim IN Missouri, where he climbed
,ssM one office to another until he had
T.aea Tss.asa @ the Governorship and then the
,lsa States Senate. They called him
Ia. H.. because he was considered strad-
ia. Va. wao walked quietly. and as one
s...isieai Z. Opponent and sucked eggs with
-. .s res. 81 MS brethren, but unlike the
's's hid the shells"
National Figure in 1896
,-; was this faculty of walking
ssleay,' perhaps, that enabled him,
H. s. naving brought down on his head
~ Sia'a OF the President and of the
sl!onty Of the nation, 10 retain his
ss.ss ,ss =, the head OF the most important
s.a.n s.mlt'ee Of the Senate, and turn in
nsa ,saae to the loyal Administration
-, shief aid and spokesman for the
;sil..asAs who had assailed him. La
sssss remained pacifst, and is still
~ hre, bur Stone at the end voted
IN me majority.
lion as'or - q Stone first claimed the atten-
i 81 ;sas - tne big politicians of the nation
,as prs.'nen ~nen Bran was first out for
xniltes'dency The reputation for
ssies shnsss hs ana keen political judgment
attIs, As nad gained in minor political
as,sfs fs IN Missouri he indicated AZ
csmrs;,s css OF the Democratic National
sss1 -. ssone's position al a member Of
sss 'onai - committee led to mis- selec-
*send vi. .s.ee-chairman for Mr. Bryan's
asis sampaign. Az conseouence Of
sasse sssssociation the two men became
ss sisr,s 'siends, and the intimacy con-
ss a !. unt,l ,l the Democratic couven-
ssr q. g. isi1, when Stone led the fight
he ss Domination Of Speaker Clark.
sx ef .~ OF that time caused cool
@sas .as friendship, although Senator
~ Fn,s;s az chairman Of the Committee