Show CUSHMAN VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA an able representative who had gained fame in the house not only as a humorist Humor lit but out a man of ability new lork francis W Cush tuan representative in congress from ta coma wash and recognized as the house humorist succumbed to an at tark of pneumonia at roosevelt Koo sevelt bos hos tP lal sll tuesday morning june 6 at thu the bed bd bid at the time were be besides sider the doctor doctors and nurses united states senator samuel piles of washington and andrew 3 8 Burl burleigh elgh of this city a lifelong friend congressman cushman underwent an operation a short time ago and pneumonia resulted while representative cushman possessed unchallenged the title of house hum hu morlet I t he was universally regarded aa as far more than that ills high hig h ability waa was recognized by speaker cannon in committee ap point ments particularly in his tion to nil fill a vacancy on the way ways and mean committee at a time when a great tariff bill was to be reported to tho the house for consideration one tri kloff hing thing about represent Hc Re presen artive cushman Cush raan waa was that he lie never lila his gift of humor to the house for Us its amusement but alwa always ys with a view of Ms 11 is view worn forcibly upon that body in c contract with humorist humorists who havo pissed into history hi etory his hi fame does not real rest on a staple single speech ilia life maiden effort in tie the house attracted so u much intention to him that ever thereafter fi he tine I 1 a bearing as soon AS he nrose ills his style of expression and ills lifs lonn appearance had quite as much to do with the effect aa as humor oua ous ieni arks ont ond of his first speeches epe eclips to attract attention touched on the effects of tho the annc of 1893 in describing the impoverished ed condition to which bils constituents were redl reduced iced he said th fr fi i T op or ria cla a ft ached ashbro by the incoming tide kneir stomach toma cbs ha he concluded rese and ml fall with the 11 and failing of the tide he lie will probably be long remembered by reason of the effect tive tt venesa riess of dt his humor in the debates on the payne tariff bill in the house hia ills speech la in defense of retaining the duty on lumber cured so several adal bior al vote son the schedule dish cush mans acquiescing to a rule rido for a vote on the payne bill with reduced rates on lumber assured its passage the washington congressman was said to have looked more like lin coin than any other public man of re cent yearn years in summing up his hi career once he said he had bait been a water hoy boy section hand cowboy school teacher lawyer and und congressman he ile wad waa in congress for more th lhnn 4 ten ln years |