Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-04-29 | Page 5 | President Pays Warm Tribute to Nelson

President Pays Warm Tribute To Nelson WASHINGTON April TI 28 21 28 TI Tl e 0 death tonight ht ot of o Knute Nelson senior senator from tram Minnesota aboard a train en cn n route rout to Chicago go removed from tram the Its oldest member r and nd one anI of at o those will tho longest service Ico records Ho was 80 0 years ears old and 1 I ad sen served nerved cd 28 21 y ars I Senator Nelson although h Ill Ia last t I Int winter r with Influenza was active during the tho last session ot of o congress and today when he left Washington for tor his hili hl h home me be lie appeared red In ex- ex ex excellent health although the I ot of h hiss hi i Ife ic a year ear ago aeo had hal greatly d him Those Tho e who were closest et to him said lId ald he never tally recovered from that blow Senator Nelson was a II civil war and worked hard especially during the tile war In pushing tion dealing with Ion lon The bill was one on ho fought for Hi He was v aa of the judiciary committee and a member of ot the commerce com com- committee corn lie He reported tho Dyer anti anti- lynching antl-lynching lynching bill bill which failed of ot pass pass- passage PASS PASS-aee age n and l the child labor lIonal amendment Under the rules of seniority Sen SM See See- I I I I I ator Dillingham Republican of at Vermont would succeed to toe I com chairmanship of ot the judiciary com com- Senator Nelsons Nelson's present term would have havo navo expired In 18 19 1925 5 Harding received the news of at the sudden death of Sen- Sen Senator lator ator Nelson Nellon while the tho dinner of tho American American Society of ot t Editors and Issued a statement saYing that the th Minnesota senator was as a American an and performed a most mott public service with a II record lo o great work accomplished ltd 0 Benator Nelson was wa an I example ot of American opportunity tho the tho presidents president's statement written In his own hand at the tho dinner said Ito Ho camo came to us In pov from Norway acquired a compe teneS served In the tho war for the union and had a long lon and ond hor d hoi carper career In the senate I 1 held hold him In I InI Isery high regard and deeply regret his passing p