Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-07

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Smith in the 1928 presidential cam
paign.
Senator Caraway's wife was viii,
him at the hospital here up until the
time of his death. Only half an hour
before he died he had joked with
friends and told them, I'm going to
get up next week, doctor or no doctor. .
A few moments before he died the
Senator complained Of severe pain
His wife left him to get aid and when
she returned he was dead.
The body Of Senator Caraway will
lie in state at the State Capitol several
hours tomorrow and then will be taken
to Jonesboro for funeral services and
burial Monday.
Besides his widow he leaves three
sons, Lieut.. Paul Caraway, Lieut.. For
rest Caraway and Robert Caraway. A
brother, E. L. Caraway Of Manila, Ark,
also survives.
Was Warrior Always.
Everything comes to him who waits
and fights" was the philosophy Of Sen
ator Caraway from boyhood.
The warning spirit born In him was
manifest In his rise from farm boy,
faced with numerous disadvantages, to
United States Senator from Arkansas.
In the years between Caraway was a
railroad section worker, a book and
patent medicine salesman, country
school teacher. lawyer, prosecuting at
torney and Congressman.
Caraway was always 6ghter-it was
his battles In the Senate, In which he
gained reputation of being one Of its
most fiery and vitriolic speakers, that he
was perhaps best known. Presidents,
cabinet members, fellow Senators and
others, mostly Republication Cara
way was Democrat through and
through-were not spared the tongue
laShings this Arkansan was able to ad-
minister.
Led Fall Attack.
A bitter attack on the floor Of the
Senate upon Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall for his leasing Of the
Teapot Dome and Elk Hills naval oil
reserves to the Sinclair and Doheny
interests furnished Caraway the vehicle
for a spectacular leap into the national
spotlight in 1924. His criticism OF Fall
and the leases was creditea with gong
much toward inspiring the vigorous
senate investigation that followed.
one of Caraways early attacks In
the senate, which he entered in 1921,
was mon Attorney General Harry M.
Dauaherty. He continued his tight
upon Daugherty until Daugherty left
the cabinet.
Caraway always had an abundant
store of wit at his command. He and
Senator Jim Reed OF Missouri, alike IN
MANY respects, once engaged in an acrl-
monious debate in the Senate which
brought members out of the cloak rooms.
caravan had been berating Reed and
Missouri as well, when the Missouri
warhorse arose and begged leave to ask
him q question.
Born in Missouri.
"Was not the gentleman from Arkan-
sas born in Missouri" he queried, with
typical Reed sarcasm.
soon as I was old enough to realize my
horrible mistake moved"
Caraway was born on a farm near
springhili, Mo-, october II, 1871. He
worked at odd jobs to gain a college
Education. With degree from Dickson
college. Dickson, Tenn, Caraway went
tn Arkansas in 1896 and taught school
for three years, studying law during his
snare moments. In 1890 he was adj
mitted to the bar and eight years later
was elected prosecuting attorney OF the
.Tonesboro district. He held this office
until 1918, when he went to Congress.
In 1920 he was elected to the Senate to
succeed Senator w. r. Kirby one Of
the "willful IL" who opposed President
wilson's foreign policy.
Married in 1902.
Caraway was married in 1902 to Miss
Hattie wyatt at Harrisburg, Tenn.
There were three children, Paul W., For
rest and Robert E.
He made his home at Jonesboro, Ark,
after going there to practice law In
600 While In the Senate he was
member of a Jonesboro law firm.