| Show SENATOR MORRILL IS DYING patriarch of the united states passing away aged statesman taken talen with la grippe complicated with a touch of pneumonia cannot live until the he morrow served forty Y years ears in Con congress greil s H he Is nearly ninety years yeats old washington dec 27 17 senator morrill ot of vermont I 1 Is scroll ill with an attack of grip and hla his death it is said this afternoon la Is but a matter ot of a short time the senator Is SS 88 years old and owing to the weakness on account 0 of his great age he cannot shake oft off the attack of 0 grip the grip is complicated with a touch ot of pneumonia and latterly his heart also has become affected so that dr van his physician this afternoon held out no hope of his recovery the senator has 00 N zif 1 1 1 11 IV A d d V za IM SENATOR JUSTIN S MORKILL been tor for some years the patriarch of the senate and has held a warm place in the affections of his associates he ilc likewise haa has enjoyed the fullest i dence of his constituents who notwithstanding his years elected reelected re him win in ISUG as 6 tor for a fifth consecutive term which will not expire until march 3 1903 it has been his annual custom for years past to make one formal address on some topic of live interest to the enate and this haa has been listened to with attention by his colleagues who have regarded the speeches as remarkable in view of the age of their author the last address was delivered a week eek or more before the christmas adjournment the subject being of the need of a building for the use of the supreme court and other courts its delivery gave few signs of lessened vitality and at its conclusion the honor was done the senator of an unanimous passage of the bill on which he spoke senator morrill waa was born in stafford vl vt april 14 1810 and in early life was a merchant later an agriculturalist agricultural alst he ile was elected to the house of representatives I 1 bithe thirty fourth congress and in terms then he hp was w transferred to the senate as a union taxing hla his seat march 4 since that time his service has been continuous and ho be haa has the record of the longest unbroken term of service in tb the history of the senate ite ve has taken an on part in the legisla tion of the last thirty years especially on commercial ond and financial questions quert ions hi position as chairman of the finance committee giving him a leading part in n nil all insures lUCT relating to the tariff banking and currency at 2 p m ari dr van Rensa laer raid said that sen senator ator morrill was sinking blow slow ly and would not live till morning |
