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Show THOMAS E. DM U. S. SEIIMOR DEAD END COMES QUICKLY FOLLOW' ING ATTACK OF ASTHMA; AT TENDED LIST SESSION Decame Conspicuous During tbe War For His At ack Upon Wilton And Hit Administration Adminis-tration WiiBhlngton. Unltod Statos Son Mor Thomas K. Watson, of Georgia, died suddenly nt his homo horo Tuesday. Tues-day. Death was said to be duo to nn acuto nttack iof asthma, from which Sonntor Watson hud suffered recurrently recur-rently for somo years. Although falling fall-ing health had Interrupted Sonntor Watson's attendance nt sonnto sessions ses-sions frequently In the laBt sovoral months, ho wns In his sent Friday whon the Senate ndjourned nnd ha friends believed that ho was then showing Improvement. Ho wns stricken strick-en suddenly after dinner Monday nljjht and passod away ahortly after three o'clock in tho morning, Ho was sixty-six years of uge. Momhors of the sennDr's family and a numbor of closo friends were at his bods'do whon tno end camo. During the first year nnd n half of his term In tho sonato of which ho was olectod In 1020, aftor rccolving tho nomination over Senator Hoke Smlth,-nnd Governor Hugh M. Dorsoy, Sonntor Watson gavo no Indication or any Impairment f the vigor and activity ac-tivity which had markod his long en-reor en-reor in politics nnd ns u publlahor. In bis last speech In tho Bonuto, dellvored only a wook ago Inst Wednesday, tho Goorgla senator soveroly criticized tho administration for Its courso In connection con-nection with tho rail striko situation. His previous attacks on tbo administration, adminis-tration, nnd most notably h's charges of Illegal hangings In tho Amorican expodltlonury forcos, tho subject of exhaustive Investigation by a scnuto committee, had mudo him a conspicuous conspicu-ous flguro In tho sonnto body during his brief Borvico there. Horn In Thomson, Gn In 18T.0, Senator Sen-ator Watson grow up and practiced law thoro for somo years boforo entering enter-ing stato politics. ' After serving In tho Georgia houso of ropresentntlvoa nnd later, Tn 1888, ns Dom&crntlc dlector nt largo for tho stato, ho wns elected to Congress In 3801, on tho Populist tlckot. After being dofontod un that ticket In tho next two elections, elec-tions, Sonator Watson wan nominated as tho cholco for vice-president of tho St. Louis Populist convention which Indorsed W. J. Hrynn for president In 1800, Nominated for president by tho Peoplo's party In 1001, Senator Watson Wat-son conducted an nctlvo campaign tq rovlvo tho party. Although having aorvod only n short tlmo in Iho tsouato, Scnxitor Watson's oratory nn.i flory attacks nppn legislation ho opposed added to his national promlnonco gained In Ills homo state. Ho was nn historical expert, h's scnuto speeches bo'ng ricli with incidents of history, particularly particular-ly of French, of which ho wnB a great student. Ho was a Btrong advocate of a bonus for former service men nnd another of his strong policies wiib advocacy ad-vocacy of roleaBo of men convicted during tho war undor the csponngo 1CL |