Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-13

> President Harding. Chief Justice
| Taft, Senator Lodge, of Massachu
setts. the Republican leader, Senator
Penrose, of Pennsylvania. and other
! friends and close associates Of Mr..
Knox, were soon notified of the SEN
ators death. The news came as a
shock to all official Washington, for
| the senator, through his services first
as attorney general under Presidents
| Mckinley and Roosevelt, soon be-
came prominent politician. He was
| not active in the management of the
| Republican party in the nation and
his election as senator following his
| cabinet service, was said by close
| his craftsmanship than q matter of
state politics.
| Great Statesman
Arrangements for the funeral will be
made Thursday after the arrival in
Washington Of Senator Knox sons:
Reid Knox of Valley Forge, Pa, and
| his daughter, Mrs. james r. Tindall,
of Valley Forge. A third son, Phil
ander Chase Knox, Jr., resides in
| Washington.
| The senate will meet Thursday and
adjourn out of respect to the late SEN
ator. and with the house, will name a
committee to attend the funeral.
Senator Knox home was in Pitts
burgh. and he also had summer home
at Valley Forge. The place Of inter
ment has not vet been announced.
While at the senate Wednesday Sem
Iator Knox apparently was in the best
Iof health, although he had been some
what oyerworked lately in connection
with xx-rrE with nSnr -
storing the technical state of peace
with German, Austria and Hungary
He was the author of the peace res
'olution bearing his name and one Of
the senate conferees in adjusting it with
the Porter resolution. The resolution
was passed at this session of congress
Iand it was under it that President
Harding negotiated the pending treat
les of peace with Germany, Austria
and Hungary.
Went to Europe
When congress took recess late in
August. Senator Knox left for Europe
with Mrs. Knox for a vacation and
was absent slightly more than three
weeks. He sought to reach Washing
ton in time to vote on the Panama
canal tolls repeal, but arrived some
hours after the vote had been taken.
AAS tVhu LAS dSSOCIolcS JuNI WuU8 lie
had been befitted by his vacation. he
felt somewhat tired.
Senator Knox was IS years old and
was serving in the senate for 4 second
time having first been appointed in 1904
tp succeed the late Senator Matthew
Stanley Quay. He was elected to sue
eeed himself in 1905, but resigned four
years later to become secretary Of
state.
in the senate Mr.. Knox spoke in
frequently. and his occasional ad-
dresses. usually carefully prepared.
We're attended closely BY members on
both sides Of the chamber. He was
one OF the most prominent Of the
"ifreconciliables" in the Republican
fight against the treaty of Versailles
and was reputed to have been author
OF some of the so-called Lodge reser-
vations to the treaty, among them the
provision dealing with retention OF
control over seized enemy property.
As an intimate personal and polit-
ical friend, Senator Knox was close
in the confidence Of President Hard
ing, with whom hd served in the
senate. The president had frequently
sought his advice in recent months.
especially as to means Of restoring
peace with the central powers. The
senator's influence and advice was
said to have been largely responsible
for the selection by President Hard
ing of Andrew w. Mellon, Of Pitts
burgh, as secretary of the treasury.
Drew Peace Resolution
1t was Immediately after the final
refusal OF the senate to ratify the
treaty of Versailles that Senator
Knox began his fight for the ending
of the technical state Of war by reso-
luton Of congress. As member OF
the senate foreign relations commit
tee he sponsored peace resolution
which the last congress adopted and
which President Wilson vetoed. With
some notifications the resolution was
again adopted by the senate soon
after the Opening of the special ses-
sion of congress called BY President
Harding.
Senator knox's last important ad-
dress in the senate was In support OF
his position that congress had the
power and upon it devolved the duty
to end the status Of war By resolution.
Philander G, Knox was attorney gen. i
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