Show SENATOR RALSTON or OF INDIANA DIES SENATOR HAS HAD EVENTFUL CAREER SERVED HIS STATE AS GOVERNOR Body Taken To Lebanon His Old Home Town For Burial Death Was Expected And Relatives Were Present Ind Samuel Samuel M. M Ralston Ralston Ralston Ral Ral- I ston 67 junior United States senator senator senator sena sena- tor from rom Indiana and venerated patriarch patriarch patriarch pa pa- of Indiana Democracy died athis at athis athis his estate Hoosier Home near here hereafter hereafter after aCter an Illness of six weeks Death came to the senator after acter two twenty-two hours of unconsciousness climaxing an attack of ot poisoning poisoning poisoning poi poi- poi poi- which had confined the sena sena- to to his bed since September 5 6 and which had impaired his health since early this year ear Members of his t i family and more than a score of intimate friends were gathered at t the home homo to receive the news that death had come Senator Ralston had known for some weeks of his condition and bade his family and friends farewell before lapsing Into the coma which preceded his death Mine runner In his early youth Ralston farmed and taught school before before before be be- fore turning to the study of law which opened a political career for him and brought him in 1912 to the TU governorship of OL Indiana and tuu in m III iy i to the United States After Arter four years in the governors governor's chair Ralston had retired from politics politics politics poli poli- tics and it was only at the behest of close friends that he returned to the arena in 1922 as the party's nominee nominee nomo nom nom- o inee against Albert J. J Beveridge Republican Republican Re Re- pu publican candidate who had defeated defeat defeat- ed Senator Harry New now Postmaster er general in tho the primaries Ralston's Ralston's Ralston's Ral- Ral ston's victory gave an impetus to Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana Democracy which illch put him forward forward forward for for- ward last year as a candidate for forthe forthe the he Democratic presidential nomina nomina- tion At the New York convention in 1924 his fortunes were in the hands of Thomas Taggart Democratic leader lead lead- er and long time personal friend of t the senator who Insisted In presentation presentation presen- presen tation atlon of his name over Ralston's own strenuous objection objection- When it appeared that his nomination would offer an egress from the Smith deadlock however and support began to to rally to him Ralston Immediately immediately immediately im im- Im- Im mediately ordered wi withdrawal of his name confiding to Taggart that his health was so precarious as to to pr preclude pre pre elude clude the possibility of a strenuous campaign For several years Senator Ralston's health had not been sound and he had been heen compelled to abandon the rugged outdoor life which he had led since boyhood As late lato as last July however he lie made trips to his farms of oC which he was In active management management management manage manage- ment until late summer Sev Several ral weeks ago physician told him that his life lifo depended upon his remaining remainIng remaining remain remain- ing in bed be and he f failed rapidly after after after af af- ter he learned that ho he would be bed bed- fast Senator Ralston was a lifelong Presbyterian and revered because of tho the genial honesty and sincerity which he radiated A man of powerful powerful powerful power power- ful build he was known both as governor governor governor gov gov- and senator for the vigor with which he labored and he was seldom absent from a session of the senate until he was stricken last spring by what developed into his last illness Surviving Sur him are the widow a daughter and two sons a brother a sister sister and a nephew all of oC Indian Indian- apolis |