Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1904 — SENATOR HOAR DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SENATOR HOAR DEAD.

LONG SUFFERING OF STATESMAN ENDS PEACEFULLY. Passes Away at His Home in Worces-ter-Venerable Man for Years Was Prominent in Nation’s Affairs-His Career Briefly Sketched. George Frlsble Hoar, senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, died at his home in Worcester at 1:35 o’clock Friday, morning. The end followed a period of unconsciousness that had continued since early Tuesday and came so gently that only the attending physicians were aware of the exact moment of dissolution. George Frlsble Hoar, grandson of Roger Sherman, who signed the Declaration of Independence, was born at Concord, Mass., Aug. 29, 1826, studied in early youth at Concord Acadeniy, graduated at Harvard College in 1846, studied law and graduated at the Sane Law School, Harvard University; set-

tied at Worcester, where he practiced; was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1852 and of the State Senate in 1857; was elected Representative to the Forty-first, Forty•econd, Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses; was an overseer of Harvard College, 1874-1880; was re-elected in 1896; is President of the Association of the Alumni of Harvard; was one of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives of the Belknap impeachment trial in 1876; was a member of the Electoral Commission in 1876; was regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1880; has been President and is now Vice President of the American Antiquarian Society, President of the American Historical Association, trustee of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology, trustee of Liecester Academy, is a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, olh the American Historical Society, the Historic-Genealogical Society, the Virginia Historical Society and corresponding member of the Brooklyn Instltuteof Arts and Sciences; is a trustee of the Peabody fund; has received the degree of doctor of law’s from William and Mary, Amherst, Yale and Harvard Colleges. His father, Samuel Hoar, was driven out of Charleston, S. 0., in 18|4, when he went there as the representative of Massachusetts to guard the. interests of free negroes- He was proild of his ancestry, proiid of his State and Imbued with the traditions of both.

Senator Hoar had been in the United States Senate continuously since March 5, 1877, and had been a potent force in shaping legislation and in the councils of his party. True, he had been out of line with the administration more than once, but he always managed to get back Into the fold before election day. The venerable Massachusetts Senator was a thorn In the flesh of the administration in the months following the acquisition of the far-away islands by this country by reason of his terrific arraignments of the Republican party for its policy ,ln the Philippines and other possessions. The fund of Information of all kinds bearing on the subject and the logical way in which his views were presented won many converts to his way eff thinking. Then as the election day approached he left his adherents high and dry, as far as he was concerned, t?y falling into line and swallowing the Philadelphia platform with hardly an audible murmur. Senator Hpar had a finer literary sense than almost any other man in public life. His bible and his Shakespeare and the classics were dear to him. His taste ran in channels somewhat out of the common. That appealed to him especially which had the flavor and the sweetness of the past. George Herbert, Isaak Walton, Dr. Donne were among his familiars. He loved to ramble through the byways of literature. For him to visit England was a delight While not much of- a collector of books, he had at home In Worcester 4,000 or 5,000 volumes, fondly chosen, It Is true, but containing few rare editions or choice bindings. He took pleasure In gathering autographs and manuscripts of certain sorts.

SENATOR GEO. F. HOAB.