Show Senator Ha wards death occurring I as It did a few hour after the opening of the congress to which he had ben elected prevented him from enterIng upon a publc career The deceased was a wealh and an influential citizen citi-zen of Nebraska who wIsely kept out of politics Ut he had amassed a fortune for-tune Ten at the age of 5 he became be-came the Republican candidate for governor gov-ernor He went down with his ticket In 189 and entered the senatorial contest con-test in the following year I was along a-long biter struggleand promised to he one of the deadlodks for which last winter was famous Finally 1r Ray ward won but It was decreed that he should never fill the position He was stricken with paralysis soon after his election and never recovered from the first sock |