Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-11-19
SENATOR LODGE,
c. D. ?. CHIEF, DIES
Veteran Statesman Passes
Away at Cambridge,
Mass, at Age of IS.

Boston, Mass.,-Senator Henry Cab
OF Lodge, who has represented Massa-
chusetts continuously for 81 years in
the United States senate, died on Sun
day night in the Charles Gate hospi-
tai, Cambridge. He suffered a severe
shock last Wednesday. He was in
his seventy-fifth year.
His son, John e. Lodge, and two
grandsons, John D. and Henry Cabot
Lodge II, and his secretary, Charles
#, Redmond, were at the bedside
when death came.
Served in Senate Since 1893.
Henry Cabot Lodge had served con-
tinuously in the United States senate
since 1893, as Republican leader since
August, 1918, and was one of the most
prominent members of his party for a
generation.
He was born May IL. 1859. at Bos-
ton, the son of John Ellerton Lodge
and Anna Cabot. Lodges mother was
Of the line of John and Sebastian
Cabot, Mayflower pioneers who helped
to settle Massachusetts. His father
Statesman, publicist, author, lawyer
and historian, Mr.. Lodges manifold
activities made a wide impression on
contempOraneaus events. Chief prom
inence, perhaps, came to him as leader
OF the senate opposition to the League
of Nations and the treaty of Versailles
during 1913, 1919 and 1920. AS chair
man Of the senate foreign relations
committee and Republican floor lead
err he led the contest with former
President Wilson in the fight against
ratification. He was the author of
the Lodge reservations" and was
credited with a large part in nolding
the policy of the Harding administra-
ton against American entrance into
the league
He was born in leisure, but always
worked. A principle laid down by him
Sn early life was: 1.-THE first thing for
a man of leisure to do, If he really
wishes to count in his day and gen.
Grafton is to avoid being an amateur"
Deep Student of Law.
Although he apparently had no in
tention Of practicing law, he worked
hard and won a degree in that branch
at Harvard, and then worked on a
thesis on Anglo-Saxon land laws,
which won him his Phi d. In the
three years that followed he was lee
turer at Harvard on American history,
and at the age of thirty was recog-
nized as an authoritative historian.
In the political arena he barely
reached the shoulders of his col
leagues, but in brains and quiet power
he ranked with the cleverest among
them
Senator Lodge directed the course
of the Republican members in the his
toric battle over the Wilson League
of Nations. Wilson and his support
ers directly charged him with respon-
sibility for "wrecking tie Versailles
treaty"
Legislative Achievements.
The establishment of international
copyright, tie regulation of immigra-
ton, the reform of the consular serv-
ice and numerous other items of no.
table legislation were largely credited
to him. As member of the foreign re-
lations committee it fell to him to take
charge in the senate of the second
Hay-Pauncefote treaty and of tho
treaty establishing the Alaskan tribu-
nal, tribunal of which he became a
member.
For years he was a member of the
senate finance and naval committees,
active in framing tariff, taxation and
naval, as well as international poll
cies.