Show DEATH OF SIMON CAMERON AFTER a short illness and a very long and conspicuous career general simon cameron the pennsylvania veteran statesman yesterday disappeared from this stage of action he was born on the ath of march 1799 and was therefore ninety years and a little ov over erthree three months month sold old the immediate cause of death is not given but the general cause was undoubtedly the giving way of the system on account of the long and active strain it had received in contact with men and the things of this life gen cameron was born in lancaster county pennsylvania and at an early age entered a printing office as apprentice after becoming a journeyman he worked for some time in the government printing office and subsequently became the editor of a country newspaper in such a school where the innate talents of men have so often been practically developed and trained in channels of politics the mind of young cameron was ma cured his first affiliation being with the john C calhoun ur nullification wing of the democratic party ife he was a great admirer of that distinguished southerner and beca became m e 0 o active a partisan in his behalf that hiie e as loyalty loyally just before the southern movement began becan to crysta Uze waw was suspected he did not nok however permit his political proclivities or his attachment to on any y cause to lead him out of the union and alad to make his position unmistakable and certain he abandoned democracy altogether and a few year bp became president lincoln Lincol ns Secret secretary arv i of war and right hand m man an 11 1 1 he won soon forsook the cabinet however to accept of the post of minister tp fo liuS russia sla where it is claimed by his friends his good work was visible in the friendly attitude of that government to the united states during the war of the rebellion albeit his ble stay at st SL petersburg was only a 0 few months he had previously served one term in the united states senate as a democrats democrat and one as a member of the peoples party P the inception of party republicanism and on the first opportunity which occurred in 1866 he be was sent tack back to we the senate as a republican Republic au serving a full term he be was reelected in 1873 but resigned in favor of his son don who now holds the seat amt his senatorial life comprised eighteen years yam and his public career was equal to the full term of life allotted to man seventy yoom an unusual and conspicuous record is that of simon cameron |