Show w x tt i 1 L. L Sen Hh Hiram IV V. V GOP n GOP I Idean dean in hI the senate succumbs Hiram J Johnson h sou Desat 78 18 in inN n nN N va I-H I l v WASHINGTON Aug 6 UP UP- UP Sen Hiram Warren V Johnson oR R. R Car Cal one of ot the few survivors of ot the senators who defeated the League of ot Nations in 1920 died Monday a 8 few weeks after he had reaffirmed his long life-long isolationIsm isolation- isolation Ism by opposing the united n nations charter The California elder eIder statesman dean of ot senate en te Republicans died In hl his sleep at Bethesda Md naval hospital at a. a a. a m m. ewt He would have celebrated his birthday on Sept 2 Long Long In n ill IU H Health Johnson who had be been n in fn luhe ill lu he for tor several years took no part art In the charter charte debate He telephoned his no vote yote the first recorded to the senate f foreign reign relations re- re lations committee when It approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved the charter When the senate senite sen sen- ate ite itself voted Johnson was unable Unable unable un un- able to be on the floor The other two survivors of ot the group in the 1920 5 senate nate credited with frustrating the dream of ot President Woodrow Wilson for tor U.S. U.S. U. U S. S leadership In Jn the League of Na- Na both voted for the charter chart r this time They are Sen Arthur Capper R. R Jan Iran and Sen en David I. I Walsh D. D Mas Johnson had been in the ho hospital hasp hospi pl tal tel since July 18 three e days after aeter he IG cast his hiB committee vote on oil the thi charter DurI During g the past several years he had been absent from the senate floor for long periods due to illness and had presented an appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap far removed from the fighting orator of his earlier da days The Immediate cause of death was was' as ae cerebral thrombosis His wife the former Minnie L. L Mc- Mc Neal was war with him when he died and his only remaining son Lt Col Cal Hiram W. W Johnson Jr 55 was flying here from San Francisco Funeral arrangements have not b been en made Second Ranking He was the second ranking member member mem mem- ber er r of the senate in terms of continuous con con- service He Rc had been a senator tor continuously since Ince March 16 16 1917 1917 being outranked only by Sen Kenneth McKellar D. D D. Few y men in public life Ute had amore a a. amore amore more action packed career than Johnson From his election 88 as governor governor of California j in 1910 Wi 11 un until til his is de death th he played an Important important important tant role roJe in national affairs P Perhaps hap the high point in hl bi his career was reached when he and a handful of other led a successful fight against the League of Nations in fn the sen senate te in tn 1920 He e b believed li d that th the United had no business In affairs outside the western hemi sphere His Ills colleagues once nce regarded Johnson as the moat powerful orator orator orator ra o-ra- ora ora- tor in hi the senate But that was not because he was born with a silver tongue tongued A reporter asked him once how he got to be such an all excellent speaker I I r was born tongue tongue tied he I said I And then he explained that an anSec See Sec Page Fare 3 S Column S J JY Y SEN SEHL JOHNSON Continued from Page One uncle for lor whom he was named spent pent hours drilling him In the pronunciation of sibilants He beame became be be- came ame so tiO proficient as a speaker that senate nate reporters enjoyed re recording recording re re- cording hi his words word even though he once was one of the fastest speakers speak- speak ers ra In the senate He had a knack of never falling failing to o complete a EI sentence He rarely spoke poke from a I. I manuscript Newspapermen Newspapermen News- News never missed mined his him point Because he always had the right inflection on the right word Versions of Story I It has been b n said that thet Hiram Johnson was responsible for the reelection Of President Wilson In 1916 But Johnson never claimed credit for It ft There are a number of versions of f that story One la is that Charles Evans Hughes the Republican canIdate candidate candidate can- can refused to shake hands with Johnson and that Johnson then threw his support to Wilson But there Is another another and and probably ably bly more authentic version vermon which relates that Hughes Hug by chance hance stopped at the same sanie Long LongBeach LongBeach LongBeach Beach Cal Cat hotel where Johnson was wan staying during the 1916 cam cam- Hughes didn't see Johnson John on and md later was wal asked if it he had talked with him When he said laid no he was advised to o get In touch with Johnson Hughes asked the Bull Bun Moo Moose e Republican if It he would preside at ata a Republican rally at Sacramento Johnson declined on the ground that ho would be surrounded by his political enemies and further c conciliatory ge gestures by Hughes were futile Elected in 1916 Johnson reelected reelect d California's governor in 1914 resigned In 1916 to o becom a c candidate for the U.S. U. U S S. S 3 senate lIenau He was wu reelected In 1922 1923 1928 1934 1931 and 1940 Johnson was born in Sacramento to Sept Sp 2 1886 and lived there and In San n Francisco In hi his hia youth He Ie attended the University of Call- Call fornia leaving In him junior year to o marry Minnie L. L McNeal of ot Sacramento Two sons Ion w were re born borno I to o them By profession profusion Johnson was a a. a lawyer awyer r. r rhen When hen he turned to poll poli- tics ics he allied himself with the progressives progressiVe of hi his I state tate H He toured cured California In the campaign of ot 1910 f as I a candidate for tor governor governor gover gover- nor on a 1 platform of kick the Southern Pacific Pa railroad out of ot California politics Women's Suffrage H lIt lie sponsored workmen's workmen compensation com com- compensation laws lawa women's women suffrage strict regulation of public utilities blu blue sky laws an hour eight-hour day dayaw law aw for women and laws lawn designed to o eliminate the tha spoils system In 1920 he was wat offered th the Republican Re- Re publican n vice presidential nomina ion tion but he felt that he ho should have headed his him party party's ticket and declined to take second place Had Johnson accepted the vice presidential nomination which went In Instead instead In- In stead to Calvin Coolidge he would have lave succeeded d to the presidency when President Harding died in ft 1922 Johnson never nt hesitated to desert desert de de- de I sert the Republican party when he thought It w was m supporting the wrong man In Tn 1932 many prominent prominent prominent nent Republicans Republican sought to enlist t Johnson Johnsons support of the c candidacy for or reelection of President Hoover r. r But Johnson Johnon decided that the country was waa entitled to II a new administration administration administration ad ad- ministration and he swung his support support sup sup- port to Franklin D. D Roosevelt He Ho refrained from more than a casual indorsement of ot the late president In 1936 however and openly opposed him for third and fourth terms term |