The Dolores star., 1924-11-14
STROKE FATAL M
SENATE LEAD[l
DEATH WAS CAUSED BY ,l,,..]
SIMILAR TO THAT ,
KILLED PRESIDENT WI, .o'F
SENATOR LODGE pIEI
SoloN SERVED IN coscs.,.
THIRTY-oNE YEARS. .'ss
MOST IN PARTY couNcn.

Cambridge, Mass-Seno,.
Cabot Lodge died at Tho c,
hospital at MA Sunday nigh, y
rered stroke on "Wednesday Nv
Stricken at noon on wednss,,'
senior senator from Massacbnsa...s
gered for four and a half dovs
the end came. During tho 1o.,
OF the time he laid in STATE =, w
out after nearly sixteen hourv ~,
consciousness he aroused for
take n little nourishment and ,an
nized persons in the room
The hope that revived for
thded' however, as he Iapsed ag,i, .
To unconscionsness and grnduallr
weaker. Never from the outse, S,s''
physicians offer encourogema-.
their bulletins. They did bor..'
comment upon the vitality tb,, !
spite his "a years, enabled him ,Sn-
on for days when death WINS e,ns.,.
momentarily. The illness tba, Il,
death wns similar to that of p,o.,a.s
Wilson. the original complaip, ~
similar. and the stroke that b,or,J
OIL the end much the same
The senator had attended ths ..
publican convention at CLEVELAND
which his former Leadership n, a,
state forces was divided be,u.
Speaker Gillett and Governor Co,
within n month suffered a copda,
that required an emergency opena.
on July 81 Recovery was surprs,,
ly good, and three months later a !.
ond operation was performed An,
the senator's stamina stood him
good stead and he was out Of /,
Oct. %, three days after the Ove,
ton.
With the reopening Of Congress od
three weeks ahead Senator Lodge Y,
planning to leave the hospital In a ID
days and get ready to take bis "a
when the stroke came.
II left him unconscious and I'd
dition so critical that death was ID
sidered likely Mt any time. Seaata
Lodge had four years still to sene
the United States Senate. where
had represented this state cOntlHuOusj
for thirty-one years. His place will
filled by appointment, Governor Cd
having authority under leglstH
act passed two years ago to name
successor until the newt general id
tion. That will not take place uat
1926.
After Senator Lodge was striCH
the Lodge home mt Nahant was dca
and members of the family came
Boston, where they made their h1
with the senator's son, John c. l@d1
At the time the end came. Mrs. ld
G. Lodge and Miss Helena Lodss
granddaughter of the senator, va
III ii' l''iu WIN hiilI. 'l' "''
Cunningham. who had ATTENDED %
senator in his two operations andda
ing his last illness. was with him u
stantly during the day and was 10
room when death came as were
nurses.
Henry Cabot Lodge had served
tinuously in the United States Seai
since 1893, as Republican leader u
August, 1918, and was one of the Do
prominent members of his party ~
generation.
Statesmen, publicist, author ls7
and historian, Mr. Lodges mahl'
activities made II wide impressVn
contenporaneous events. Chiei PRIV
nence, perhaps, came to him as N''
of the Senate opposition 10 tie ia.
of nations and the treaty of NefS''
during 1918, 1919 and 1920. AS
man of the Senate foreign rea'a
he led the contest with former ~
dent Wilson in the fight asallls'
fication.- He was the author VI
"Lodge reservations" and was oeI
with large part in moldng incl ".
of the Harding administrator as
American entrance into the leasus