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Show PASSING OF SENATOR PUTT Sudden Death of Noted Republican Leader Who Had Been Prominent In State and National Politics. New York. Thomas Collier Piatt, formerly United biates senator from New York and for many years a na tional figure In Republican politics, died at 3:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon In tho apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Abelc, from whom ho had rented three rooms for tho last four years. Mrs. Abele had been his nurso. Dr. Paul Auterbrldge, his physician, said that tho -cause of. death was chronic and acuto Drlght's disease. The end wns 3tartllngly sudden. An hour before the senator died, his two sons, Frank and Edward, with their famlllos, nnd his widowed son, Harry, with the lattor's daughter, Charlotte, and son, Sherman, had left tho houso after their usual ounday visit. Thomas Collier Piatt, tho "easy boss" of earlier and brighter days, was for many years not only the Republican Re-publican leader of his state, but a figure fig-ure in national politics, shoulder to shoulder with men of such rank and reputation as the late Matthew Start-ley Start-ley Quay of Pennsylvania. Doth wero men of exceptional Intellectual Intel-lectual attainments, and both turned thorn, with signal success, to party organization. Quay died still a power; Piatt outlived his time and felt himself him-self In lato years out of touch with tho moving spirit of events. In "Twenty Years in Congress," James G. Dlalne described Piatt as a "business man of great personal popularity. popu-larity. He has an aptitude for public pub-lic affairs and Is a man of strong Influence In his stato. Ho Is no debater, de-bater, but has strong common sonso and quick Judgment of men." Twlco In his life Platt was tho cen-tor cen-tor of the-national stage; onco when he resigned with Roscoo Conkllng from tho United States senate and was instantly nicknamed "Mo, Too," Platt, and onco when ho induced Theo-doro Theo-doro Roosevelt to run for vice-president with McKlnloy, very much against Roosevelt's hotter judgment Platt was born in Owego, Tioga county, N Y., on July ,15, 1833, ol Puritan ancestry. Ho ontered Yalp college with tho class .6t 1849, bh't loft in tho middle of his" junior j'6ar. because "ofMH 'health.' ..' , By his first marriage Jo Ellen 13ar'.: stow of Owego he httdMjirce sous Frank H Edward T. and Harry 'lb. Platt, Ho had been Jn reeblb' 'health-for 'health-for some years' before his 'death-.-Vl'lo made nsecond. marriage' which ended in tfio . courts.nand hoias sued by" Mao. W.ood,-Tfonnerly alork la government gov-ernment employ, "for a tUvoEc'o on" U.q: strength of 'a 'third marriage ' noyor proved to havejtakon place'. |
