Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-02
Former Senator and Gov
ernor of Massachusetts,
Stricken.
SUDDEN END OF
"SILENT' SENATOR
Crane Was Friend and Adviser Of
Roosevelt and Refused Place in
Cabinet Because of Business Rea-,
sons-Attained Eminenoe in Pub
lie LHe Without Oratory = In
huentiaI in Quiet Way.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Dalton. MASS. Oct a. Former
United States Senator w. Murray
Crane. who has been seriously i'll for
several weeks, died suddenly at his
home early today.
While in attendance at the notifi-
cation ceremonies OF Governor CAL
vim Coolidge as republican vice pres
idential nominee at Northampton
last summer Mr.. Crane was stricken
Ill. He recovered quickly, however,
and it was announced that he was
overcome by heat
A few weeks ago his condition be-
came so serious that he was confined
to his bed. He failed rapidly last
night and death resulted at about 4
O'clock this morning,
TheIformer senator's wife, his son
Winthrop Murry Crane. Jr, and his
two sisters. Miss Clara l.. Crane and
Mrs, Harry O. Bates, were at his
bedside when the end came.
At the republican national conven-
ton last June, Mr.. Crane participat-
ed In the league Of nations fight
against the advice of friends. who
realized his health had been seriously
impaired by overwork.
The immediate cause of death was
given by Mr. Cranes secretary as,
sleeping sickness. He had been
sleeping, the secretary said, for four
or five days. About midnight it was
realized that the end was near and
four hours later he passed away.
Eminent Without Oratory.
An outstanding characteristic of
Winthrop Murray Crane, former Gov
ernor of Massachusetts and for two
terms a United 0rates senator from
that state, was the fact that he at
Aimed eininence In public life with
out being an orator. Altho he served
eight years In the senate it was said
Of him that he never made what
really could be called a speech" in
that body. The successor of Senator
Hoar. whose wit and eloquance rang
thru the halls Of congress, Cranes
chief claim to distinction was that Of
silent leadership and Of a party
mediator.
Senator Crane on more than one
occasion in the interval from 1904 to
1913. when republican differences de-
veloped and party measures We're en-
dangered, demonstrated his ability
as harmonizer, and by using his
persuasive powers in personal inter
views with other senator's, with
whom he was popular, restored peace
On one occasion the fate of an i'm
portant bill appeared to depend upon
the vote Of one senator. His col
leagues had tried in vain, by many
methods. to learn the probable atti-
tude of this man. Crane, who had
been talking the matter over with a
group Of republican senators re
marked: wait a minute He cross
ed the floor of the senate chamber to
the recalcitrant's desk and conversed
with him in low tones for a few min
utes. Returning to his friends, he
announced with a smile: He'll vote
for the BILL How did you find
out?" was the astonished inquiry. 81
asked him." was Cranes reply.
Born in Dalton, Mass, April %,
1853, the son of Zenas NJ. Crane, a
paper manufacturer young Crane
was educated in the public schools
and at Williston Seminary. He
never attended college but, after
paper mills founded by his grand
father at Dalton and in them he
maintained an interest thruout his
life, For many years these mills pro-
duced theNpaper used by the United
States government in engraving it's
currency, bonds and notes. Because
Of his interest in this industry and
his desire to continue with it, Mr..
Crane. lat the beginning of President
Roosevelt's administration, declined
an invitation to enter his cabinet as
secretary Of the treasury.
Admired BY Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt held the Isl
lent" Massachusetts man in high es-
teem. Crane had been unusually
successful IN averting strikes and dis
agreements at the Dalton mills. In
1902, when he was governor of Mass
achusetts, he was instrumental in
adjusting by arbitration q serious
strike Of teamsters and freight hand
lers in Boston. Later, it Is said, he
suggested to President Roosevelt the
method by Which the strike of sew
eral hundred thousand coal miners in
the anthracite field was settled.
Mr.. Crane married Mary, the
daughter Of Robert Benner, Of AS
toria, L. l.. In 1880. Bereft by the
death of his young wife four years
later, he remained a widower until
1906, when he married Josephine
Porter, daughter of William J.
Boardman, of Washington.
Funeral Services Monday.
Details Of the funeral ARRANGEMENTS
were not completed today but 1t was,
announced from the Crane home that
the services would be held at Sugar
Hill" Monday at 2:3o p. m., with bur
ial at the family lot at Dalton ceme-
terry.
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