Show DEATH OF 01 SENATOR EX SARGENT THE death of ex congressman a and n d ex senator aaron A sargent at san francisco which was briefly reported in our dispatches removes from this stase stage of action a very effective and not a little famous worker in political oli and legal circles he was a 49 er ll 11 one of the many argonauts who sought the golden sands of california fornia shortly after it wai was known that the golden pebbles if not the golden fleece were to be had for the mere picking of them up and his fortunes harview been be wrought out in the cally fornia school for he never left the state except while on duty at washington afterward senator sargent was one of the founders of the republican party on the pacific slope he and some otters held meet meetings lugs put nominees in the field took the stump and voted with as much unanimity and enthusiasm as though they expected to win when in reality they knew that the thing thin was entirely out of the question but bat he be looked further and not in the war which turned politics and politicians topsy made california a republican state and mr sargent a representative in congress ress from the sacramento district f if f we remember correctly he be served five consecutive terms band and before the last one nad had half expired was chosen united states senator his bis term as such to commence at the end ot of the other thus giving him bimone one of the longest congressional terms on record over seven years he was an able lawyer and was engaged at the time of his death in the practice ot of his bia profession in san ban francisco |