Senator Stockbridge

Monday night, wiirii April was coming imo -May, Senator Franeis B. Sto&kbridge laTTl clown the dutiea of life, lacking nine days oï reaching 68 .years. lie liad been feeling badly ond had started for California, but being taken worst; in Chicago, he remained there a few days, and after seemdng to improve, angina pectoris termiuated hls eareer suddenly. While the good senator did not love to make display, and endeavor to deliver brilliant speeches, he was trusted ïor üiis absolute hoiiesty, his faithfulness in looking after Mielngan's iuiri-i'si.s. liis comtiaual presenee it his post of duty amd his Lnfluence in commiitee work. Wbile othera were preparing speeches and watching i'or opportunitis to stir the country by springing sensa-tions, b quietly perloi-nicii iliis oïi'itial duties wltli carefulness and success. Of the two kinds oï statesmen - the spectator and the busints.-s mem - a state in the long run gels pi ore by tliü services of the latter. Senator StoekbriOge was very popular amoiiK hjfi eoileagues in the senate, as the wrtter cam testify from oitem ha ving seen his influence with thenx at the Capítol. His solid cornmou selnse kept liiin from niaküig mistakes, and TFad him to do the right thing at the right tiane. Tliere was nothiaig selliBh about him, but generosity and large lieartedness were especial chanu-n-rií-tiis of his. Many were the deeds of charity quietly done. In Kalamazoo he had reooatly giventhe most valttable corner in the city for the haaidsoine new Y. M. C. A. building. By Hmiber lie had accumulated large wealth in norihrrn Michigan as well as in California, but he kept always pin in in ürets and easily approachable by His untimely cleath is a real los.s to the state and to the senate.