Show na COL LAMONT DIES SUODL Heart Failure Cause of Dernl ° Qf Secretary Of War Daniel Scott Lamont secretary to Grover once fri ci later Glereia ° d secretary of war durlniu durIn during ond deeland admlnlstra ibt t heart failure at the Altamup I oi n home near Mlllbrook N v YJtif Daniel Scott Lamont Was I i Cortlandvllle Cortland rr Feb 7 1852 His father coati Was j do Lamont and his mother r Scott EEq yn At 20 the boy was sent bf as gate to tho state convention In i a utb iab ester In 1871 where he sallantfi ported Samuel J Tllden In his i81 against the Tweed ring The trltD between Mr Tilden and Mr i La ° abl was established at that time psi After this Lamont narrowly Rr election as county clerk ol Con eSt diem county nnd ngaln as member of m oln sembly In 1874 Mr Tilden a ° ° 1 a him deputy clerk of the assctS din later ho became chief clerk assemb far I 6ti secretary of state aims Ho was d a secretary of the state mlltee In tho campaign of H7j r Vim years later he went to work ajr workatn as f er In tho legislature for Daniel an nlngs Albany Argus lie becllllle aging editor of the paper ° kept EJ n t active Interest In politics and w energetically for Clevelands a sea tion for the governorship it ViR p until after his election that the I St ever had n personal acquaintance is Mr Cleveland took a strong J j f to Mr Lamont from the first tfaj tot saw him and the friendship bad I d constant and Intimate since Mr C 1 Did land formed his acquaintance IRr when he sent for him to talk si 6 9 1Gnt tbO Is r bt tt t 1A ± k i rc = l c The Late Col Lamont state politics and tho preparatl his first message He offered Mr mont tho post of military secret is which carried with It the title colonel and after the lnaugurs n made him private secretary f When Mr Cleveland became p nI dent Mr Lamont remained will 1 I as secretary At Washington popular and a hill was passed In benefit raising the salary of the I rate secretary from 3200 to J5M year However he declined to acl the offer of back pay which the I authorized In the national caj Mr Lamont steadily increased f t circle of acquaintances among me r importance In politics and finance tIn t-In 1889 when Mr Cleveland ret Mr Lamont went Into private tl L ness In which he has since been gaged t |