Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1895, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, Bo amen ie 7, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, 21 NEW CONGRESSMEN A Young and Businesslike Body of Men, — THEIR ENVIABLE RECORDS Creditable Successors of Prominent Legislators. MEN OF STRONG MINDS Interesting Bits of Biographical Information. WHERE THEY STAND —— An old-timer standing in the hall of the House looking over the assemblage feels almost like a stranger in a strang? land. ‘The familiar faces are so few and far ba- tween that it.seems as If they were there merely by accident. The prevailing mem- ber is the new member. Much speculation has been indulged tn as to what sort of a House it would be, with so many green- horns just taking up the trade of states- manship. Strange tales have been tdld of strange men who would appear at the roll call of the House, and there has been much merriment tn anticipation. A survey of the House suggests that this assumpiion that newness would bring with it cruilty and awkwardness was entirely premature. It is a body composed largely of average men, and it yy to see that many of them give promise of development whieh will fit them to fill the places of some of the best who have passed from the public stage. Young and Businesslike. ‘There are two striking impressions drawn from a bird's-eye view of the assemblage. One is that there is an unusual proportion of men under middle age, and very many quite young. The other is that there are few posers, who, with a self-conscious alr, seem to invite the public to look upon them and sce what a true statasman Is. This class !s evidently much smaller than it often 1s when there are greatly fewer entirely rew men. The new members, for the most part, lcok Ifke earnest, straightforward, matter- of-fact men, most of them young. Neither unrderdressing nor overdressing is generally noticeable among them. They seem a good average lot of active business men. Here and there Is an indication that the spark of genius burns. If appearances are to be trusted, this ought to be a good, substantial Congress. The Star designs to introduce the new members to the public of Washington by publishing their portraits and brief personal sketches, a part of which appear today, and others hereafter. R. ©. MeCormick, New York. Mr. Richard C. McCormick of the first New York district comes to Congress with an enviable record in many lines. This ts his second appearance in the national leg- islature, as he served in the Forty-tirst, Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses as a delegate from Arizona. He is also ac- quainted with the executive branch of the government, having been first assistant secretary of the treasury in 1877. Mr. Mc- Cormick was born in New York city, and received a classical education. Having a taste for business pursuits he entered Wall street in 1 He went abroad some years later and upon the breaking out @f the Crimean war he proceeded to the scene of hostilities, writing letters which attracted much attention in this country and were subsequently published in book form. The taste for Journalism, which he thus con- tracted, led him to engage in journalistic work in New York in IS57. "Upon the breaking out of the civil war he went with the Army of the Potomac as a corresjon- dent of the New York Evening Post. His letters were widely quoted and he was one of the group of War correspondents who enjoyed the esteem and confidence of the great generals with whom he came in con- tact. Mr. McCormick's first experience in official life was ob- tained as chief clerk of the bureau of ag- ricuiture, He went west in 186% as sec- retary of the terri- tory of Arizona, and three years later was made its governor, subsequently coming to Congress as dele- gate from that terri- tory. Upon retiring at the end of the Forty-third Congress he established a newspaper, which he conducted for sever- al years. He was a delegate to the repub- lican national conventions of 1872, 1876 and 1880, and was United States commissioner to the centennial exposition In 1876. After his service as assistant secretary of the treasury he became commissioner general to the Paris exposition of 1878, which post he filled with honor and ability. He was offered the Brazillian mission in 1877, but declined {t, and also refused to take the Mexican mission in 187%. Mr. McCormick was candidate for Congress in the first ew York district in 1886, but was de- uted by Perry Belmont. His election to this Congress was by a mapority of 6,000 republican votes, overcoming a democratic majority of the previous election of 3,000 voles. ‘This is the first time the district has been represented by a republican in twenty-five years, and Mr. McCormick's nomination was unsought and unanimous. G Grove L. Jobnson, California, Johnson of California is a man slightly under medium size, bright-eyed, quick moving and full of zeal. He is about fifty-four years old. He ts fluent in conver- sation and Mery and bitter in his style of | oratory. In his general bearing he is ami-| able aud courteous. He was born in New York state. Being left an orphan when fifteen years old, he began at that early age to shift for himself, and succeeded in carving out a good career for himself, He Studied law, and had already galned some prominence in Syra- cuse, N. Y., when, in "62 he went to the cifle coast. For about thirty years has lived in Sacra- mento. He has serv, ed as a member o (Ps, both branches of th. “4 Callfornia legistatur with distinction. has been a conspic. ous figure in m of the great crim trials in California for the Inst ten years, and was the leading counsel for-the contestant In the famous Martin will con-| test, where the widow was accused of | poisoning her husband. In appearance he is a man of medium size, wears full brown beard tinged with gray and black hair. He a h som but with a w stuiied neg never wearing a tle. If opportunity offers he will probably be- come a striking, if not a prominent, figure im the t Congress. He will push to the front from the beginning. | Edgar Wilson, Idaho. | Edgar Wilson, the new member from | Idaho, is a Pennaylvania boy. He ts thirty- | four yeurs old, tall end fine looking, with! a fresh comple a mild eye, :maniy Dearing and sociable disposition. He is; fond of outdoor life, and ts a fisherman and} killer of big game. law at the Michigan University in 'S4, he went to Boise, Idaho, and formed a law partnership with Fre- mont Wood, which still continues. He was elected city at- torney, then district attorney, and was a member of the con- vention which adopt- ed the state constitu- tion. As chairman of the republican state committee, he con- ducted the campaign of ‘92, and in "D4 was nominated for Congress by acclamation, and was elected by from three to four thousand plurality over his democratic and populist opponents. Philip B. Low, New York. Capt. Philip B. Low of the fifteenth New York district is a sailor man. For many years he followed the calling of those who go down to the sea in ships. He was born in Chelsea, Mass., and Inherited his dove for salt water, as his father was a ship- master. He volunteered and was appoint- ed an ensign in the United Sta*-> navy at the breaking out of the war and served in the North Atlan- tie squadron for two years. When he re- signed he entered commercial life in Boston, subsequently removing to New and for the past thirty years has been identified with ship- ping and maritime interests. Capt. Low organized and com- manded the New York state naval ml- litia. He _ received fe . the nomination for Congress by acclama- tion and comes in with a good republican majority. Capt. Low is a tall, fine-looking man, straight as an arrow, with a com- manding presence, and is a capital stump speaker. Geo. B. McClellan, After graduating In New York. One of the young men of the House Is George B. McClellan of the twelfth New York district, who has just turned thirty. He is the son of Gen, McClellan, and 1s familiarly known in Tammany Hall as “‘Lit- tle Mac.” He ts a protege of Rtchard Croker’s, and has been pushed rapidly to the front in poll- tics. He is bright, handsome and ambi- tious; a fluent talker, and is considered an all-round goo fellow. After graduating from Princeton Col- lege, he worked as a reporter and in an editorial position on several New York papers. He was ap- pointed treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn bridge in 1889, and while holding that position studied law ‘at Columbia College Law School, being admitted to the bar in 1892. He has prac- ticed his profession and engaged in politics. In 1892 he was elected president of the board of aldermen of the city and county of New York. Mr. McClellan takes a great interest in national affairs, and is a keen student of men and politics. Cyrus A. Sulloway, New Hampshire. Mr. Cyrus A. Sulloway is a big-boned, big- hearted and big-brained New Englander, representing the first New Hampshire dis- trict. This is one of the most prosperou: districts In the state, and there is always a contest for Congress on the plan that the best man shall win, to that Mr. Sulloway’s election was a personal compliment of no small magnitude. He is a native New Hampshireman, born and educated in the state. After finishing his academy course he studied law with Austin F. Pike of Franklin, and was admitted to the bar in 1868. In 1864 he moved to Manches ter, where his shin has hung out ever since. He got into politics in 1872, and ‘was sent to the lower house of the legisla- ture for one term, returning to his seat in 1887, and occupying it until 1 Mr. Sul- loway's legal abilities promise to push him to the front early in the session, and to make him a prominent figure in the New England delegation. He is a man of con- siderable personal magnetism,makes friends and holds them, and is a good friend to those who gain his confidence. He is a stanch republican, and comes to Congress with a big majority. Alston G. Dayton, West Virginia. Mr. Alston G. Dayton of the second West Virginia district enjoys the notoriety of hav- ing defeatéd the redoubtable Willlam L. Wilson. Before the session is over Mr. Day- ton’s friends expect him to establish a more enduring claim to fame. Mr. Dayton comes from Phil!ppi, the town which was the scene of one of the first bat- tles of the civil war. He is under forty years of age, but ha: had a life full of inci- dent and usefulne After graduating from the University of West Virginia he studied law, and was edmitted to the bar in ‘S78. He has been rosecuting at/orney in two counties of his state, and is regarded as one of the keenest lawyers in West Vir- ginia. He is an ar- dent republican of the stalwart order, and of recent years has taken active part in poli- ties. Mr. Dayton Is a man of great amiabil- ity of character, genial in manner, and the kind to make friends In his new position in re. F. W. Mondell, Wyoming. Mr. Frank W. Mondell has the distinc- tion of representing an entire state, as Wyoming-has but one member of the lower house. His entire life has been spent in the bustling west, and he has attained success in business and politics by his own efforts in the face of the keen competition He wes a farmer's lad in Jowa until eighteen years of age, atten ing the local district schools and receiving instruction in the higher branches from a private tutor. He was a merchant and railway constructor the frontier for several and went to Wyoming in 1Ss7. For seven years he was mayor of the border town of Newcastle, in Wyo- ming, and when the Wyoming legislature was i he was elected a member of the first senate. He was president of that body in 1892, and a delegate to the national republican convention of that year. Mr. Mondell is a genial, shrewd, big-heart- ed westerner, and has friends all over the eastern slope of the Rockies, where he is well known. Stephen R. Harris, Ohio. Mr. Stephen R. Harris, representing the thirtcenth Ohio district, 1s a man proud of his American ancestry. Mr. Harris’ biog- raphy in the Congressional Directory says that his grandfather “John Harris served in the revolutionary war under Gen. Wash- ington, and signalized himself for bravery in the battle of Monmouth, where his brother-in-law, John Hamilton, was shot down by his side, sprinkling him with his blood.” During the civil war Mr. Harris himself was a member of the county military com- mittee and deputy U. S. marshal. Mr. Har ris was born on farm near Massill working on th and attending ool until fourteen years of age, and then getting the rudi- ments of a business education as clerk in a store at Canal Fulton. Mr. Harris stud- farm fed law under various tutors, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1849. His legal] abil- ities are held in high esteem throughout Ohio, where he is well known, and he has been an active member of the Ohio State Bar Association since its organization. He was elected to Congress as a repblican from a district formerly strongly demo- cratic. Frederick Halterman, Pennsylvania. ‘There are several men of foreign birth in this House, and prominent among them is Mr. Frederick Halterman, representing the third district of Pennsylvania in Philadel- phia. He was born in Vegesack, on the Weser, part of the Hanse town of Bremen, Germany, and was educated at the high school of that place in the good old Ger- man fashion. He came to America when he was about nine- teen and engaged in the grocery business, from which he retir- ed in 1891. He began his active participa- tion in politics by being elected council- man from the twelfth ward for a term of three years. Although his district has been democratic for years, having been represented in Congress by the late Samuel G. Randall, and notwithstanding the fact that a republican had not been able to win an election in that district for eighty years, Mr. Halterman concluded to take a try for election to Congress, and won it by a majority of nearly 7,000. Mr. Halterman ts of benignant aspect and dis- positicn, prosperous and conservative. Tazewell Ellett, Virginia. One of Virginia's new Representatives is Mr. Tazewell Ellett of Richmond, repre- senting the third district. He is a lawyer and politician of considerable note in the Old Dominion, but has never held public office until this time. Mr. Ellett finished his education at the famous old Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1876. Then he went to the Uni- versity of Virginia to complete his law studies and gradu- ated in 1878 with the degree of B. L. Since the latter year he has pursued the practice of his pro- fession in Dichmond, incidentally devoting considerable spare time to politics. He was ai Cleveland elector from hs state in 1888, served on the state democratic committee for three years,and has held other responsible places in the party oreunization. Mr. Ellett is a typical representative of the new south, en- terprisirg, energetic, a man of affairs, yet not so wrapped up in material matters as to prevent his taking an interest in those things which mark the student of the clas- sics and the man of refinement and educa- tion, John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin. Mr. John J. Jenkins of the tenth Wis- cersin district is an Englishman by birth, who settled In Baraboo, Wis., in 1852, when he was nine years old. He attended the common school of the neighborhood, and nctwithstanding his British birth absorbed enovgh Americanism in ten years to in- spire him to enlist in the sixth Wisconsin velunteers when the war broke out. In later years he has been closely {denti- fied with politics of his state. He was clerk of the circuit court of Baraboo, was city clerk and city attorney of Chippewa Falls, went to the legislature from his county, was county judge for a period, pointed United States attorney for the ter- ritory of Wyoming by President’ Grant in 1876. He is an ardent republican, and carried his district in the congressional election by nearly 10,000 votes against his democratic op- ponent. Mr. Jenkins is well known in Wisconsin and has been closely identified with the growth and prosperity of his state. He is a man cf many social qualities, as well as possessing legal and business abil- {ties of a high order. William C. Anderson, Tennessce. Here is a man who left a position in the Interior Department a few years ago, and now comes back to Washington as a Rep- resentative in Congress. It is Mr. Williain C. Anderson of the first Tennessee district, a republican. He came to Washington in 1889 as an examiner of contested land claims in the general land office, and was subsequently pro- to chief of the con- test d vision and then to chief clerk of the general land office. During the campaign of 1892 he was assist- ant secretary of the republican national committee, with headquarters in New York. He — subse- quently returned to his home at New- port, Tenn., to re- sume the practice of law, and was nomi- nated for Congress in 1894, and elected by a majority of 9,500, He is a native of Ten- nessee, was raised on a farm, and received his education in the state where he was born. Mr. Anderson served in the state legislature in 1880, and has been identifled with the republican party in Tennessee for many years. Henry C. Brewster, New York. The claim of Mr. Henry C. Brewster of the thirty-first New York district to thor- ough Americanism is established beyond peradventure by the fact that “Elder” Brewster of Mayflower fame was his di- rect ancestor. He is a member of the So- ciety of Mayflower Descendants, of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Society of Colonial Wars and of’ the So- ciety of the War of 1812. Mr. Brewster was born in Rochester, N. Y., about forty years ago, and at the age of eighteen began life as a bank clerk. Five years later he was pro- moted to cashier, and is now first vice president and a member of the board of directors in the bank where he was once a junior clerk. He is also president of the Rochester Clearing House As- sociation, a director in several railroads, stands high in the Presbyterian Church, and is an officer of the Rochester Homeopathic Hospital. Mr. Brewster has always taken an active in- terest In the republican party, and has contributed largely of his time and means toward success. He was at one time vice president of the New York State League of Republican Clubs, and president of the Monroe County League. Chas. N. Brumm, Pennsylvania, Mr. Charles N. Brumm of the thirteenth Pennsylvania district left his law studies when a very young man to enlist as a private under the first call of President Lincoln for three months’ men. He made a record for himself while * sed in the army, and at the expiration of the term of his first ser- vice re-enlisted for three years. When he came out of the army he resumed the study of law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1871. In 1878 he wi a candidate for Con gress and claime< that he was counte: out by 192 votes. He was elected to Con- gress, however, in the Forty-seventh, serv- ing through the Fif- . tieth. He has been out for t... .cims, but ccmes back again, as a republican, by a sufe majority to continue the record which he achicved as a painstaking and conscien- tious statesman in his previous terms of service. Melville Bull, Rhode Isinnd. Mr. Melville Bull of the first Rhode Is- land district, after going through Harvard and was ap-| moted for merit, first | College, in 1877, returned to Rhode Island and engaged in farm®mg. He fs still a farm- er, although of lattep years he has taken @ constantly incréasing interest in politics. He was a represenjative from Middletown in the Rhode Islondl legislature of 1883-'85, and a state senator until 1892, when he was made lientenant governor, While in Qlthe legislature “he i took considerable in- terest in affairs relat- ~ ing to the militia, and was one of the or- ; it iganizers of the naval reserve militia of that ",, State. He has been ‘Cone of the board of managers of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and mechanics, arts and experiment station since its establish- ment, in 1888. Mr. Bull was the republican candidate for Con- gress in 18y2, receiving 640 plurality, but the laws of Rhode Island requiring a ma- jority at that time, he was not elected. The republicans of the state, however, conclud- ed to return him at the rext Congress with- out fail, and they rolled up a majority of about 4,000 for him, so that there would be no margin to rule him out on a technicality, J. V. Graff, Minois. Joseph V. Graff of the fourteenth Illinois district is a native of Indiana, who has been active in politics, but never held a public office before he was elected by the republicans of his district to represent them in the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, and received his early education there. He, is forty-one years old and prac- ticed law since he was twenty-five, be- ing a resident of Ii- linois when admitted to the bar. He has been interested in educational work and was president of the board of educa- tion at his home. He was a delegate to the republican national convention which nominated Mr. Harrison at Minneapolis. In the race for Congress he beat his democratic oppo- nent by something more than three thou- sand votes. Jexse Overstreet, Indiana. Jesse Overstreet, who defeated G. W. Cooper in the fifth Indiana district, is a 3 lawyer about thirty- six years old, and was born in the town of Franklin, where he now resides. His ed- ucation was in the Franklin high school and the Franklin col- lege, where he took a degree. town he studied under his father, w: admitted to the bar end subsequently be- came partner, with a suc cessful practice. Dur- ing the campaign of ‘92 he was a member of the republican state central committee. He Is a man of good address and attainments. Chas, L. Henry, Indiana. Chas. L. Henry,'who defeated Bynum in the seventh Indfana district, Is a lawyer and a business man of considerable wealth. He is about forty-six, of rather delicate ‘build, a strong, intellectual face and hair pretty well silvered. He {s a plain-appearing man, but is one of educa- tion and excellent business attainments, and it is said that he #11 probably be yeedily recognized as the leader of the Indiana delegation He has been ver svecessful in gas and street railroad enter- prises. George W. Faris, Indiana. Brookshire’s successor from the eighth Indiana was reared on a farm until he was eighteen, and then he earned his way through college by teaching school a part of the time and keep- - ing up his studies meanwhile and then spending a part of the year with his class, finally gradu- ating in the class of ‘77. He then became a lawyer and has since practiced his profession succesa- 53 fully and attained £% prominence in it. In/ g 1s8t he was the re-f 7 publican candidate for circuit judge and was defeated by but a very small plural- ity. He has for a number of years been a factor in the politics of his district, but has never before held office. Benson Wood, Mlinois. Capt. Benson Wood of the nineteenth I- Inois distcict is a man of about fifty-six, with gray hair, smooth face and a scho- lastic cut of features. Ho has been an educator, a soldier, and is a lawyer. He 1s a native of Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty he went to Illinois, after having received an academic education, and was for two years principal of a village school. When the war broke out he enlisted with the Illinois :roops, and from a place in the ranks he earned promotion _until he became captain of infantry.” He hss been mayor of his city and member of the legislature, and was a delegate to the republican national conventions of "76 and ‘88. He Is en- gaged in the hank- ing business. During the campaisn he would not talk fiance upon the stump, but he is known to be a sound money man. He fs a very high protec- tionist and strong partisan. He has been local counsei for the Illinois Central and Baltimore and Ohio railroads. He comes from a section where there Is a pretty strong sentiment in favor of the free coin- age of silver, but it is not thought that this will induce him to vote for that cause in Congress. Peter J. Otey, Virginin. Mr. Peter J. Otey/ of the sixth Virginia district 1s first and, foremost a business man, at heart a-soldler, and of recent years a politician. When ,pe was a lad at the Virginia Military Institute he participated in the resistance offered by the cadets of that iretitution’ to the John Brown raid in Virginia. In 18tt he Joined the confederate army, and partieipat- ed in the western campaign culminat- ing at Shilott and Donaldson. He’ re+ turned from‘ this campaign, and’ wad with the army of northern —_ Virginia, and remained with the infantry until the close of the war. After the war h3 bullt_the Lynchburg and Durham railway, and has been marked as a thorough busi- ness man thronghout his whole career. and x is a democrat, in the race for Congress defeated Mr. Hoge by 2,000 votes. Mr. Otey is a Virginian of the old regime, polished, courtly and dig- nifled, but combining with it all thorough aptitude for the most practical affairs of life. John B. Corliss, Michigan. The Michigan people expect John B. Cor- liss of Detroit to attract some attention. He is a Vermonter, but has been in Michi- gan since he was a young man. He is very boyish looking, with light hair and small mustache, though he 1s forty-four years cld. Twenty-one years ago he grad- uated at law from the Columbian Law School in this city and went at once to Detroit to practice. He was an active, hustkng young fellow, and soon became In the same his father’s | locally prominent. He was elected city at- torney after he had been there for six years, and drew up the new charter un- der which the city of Detroit now, exists. He has been’ a suc- cessful trial lawyer, employed largely by corporations, and has made about $300,000 in building street rail- roads. He looks to be less than thirty years old, and his youthful appearance is often the cause of amusing mistakes. Not long ago he had a case to try wp in the state. He won the case after a pretty hard fight. After it was over an old lawyer who had been watching the case with interest congratulated him on the admirable man- ner In which he had managed It “for a youngster,” and said he had done credit to his father, who was well known by repub- licans in that part of the state. The old lawyer went on to explain that he had read much of his father, and was an admirer of S. The “youngster” had thea to explain that Corl'ss of Detroit was himself and not his father, and that he was not as young as he looked. R. J. Tracewell, Indiana. Robert J. Tracev-ell of the third Indiana district is a student and lawyer, and now kolds public office for the first time in nis Ife. The district which he represents sent Jason Browne, a democrat, to Con - gress during the past two or three Congresses, and was formerly represented Noy Mr. Stocksiager, Ka \\ whom Mr. Tracewell Y efeated ‘this time. Xi ir. Tracewell is a .’ native of Virginia, in vhich state*he was y vorn in 1852; but he has lived in’ Indiana since he was two years old. He is a man of education ° and strong personal qualitics. After graduating from the Han- over College he studied law and practiced with his father at Corydon, Indiana, where pe has since remained in the practice of aw. J. E. Watson, Indiana. Judge Holman'’s successor from the fourth Indiana district, James E. Watson, is quite a gifted young man, who gives promise of success in public life. The dis- trict. turned from age to youth, laying aside the oldest member of the House and replacing him with a man of but thirty. Watson reminds one _some- wkat of Shively,who used to represent the South Bend d'strict. He ts tall, rather slender, though not trikingly so, with mooth face and lear-cut features, andicating Intelli- gence and = percep- tion. He has a, fine voice, a ready flow of language, and is by nature somewhat of an orator. He is an energetic young law- yer, an Epworth League worker and a prominent member of the order of Knights of Pythiaus. He speaks fluently in German as well as English, and his German speeches during the campaign contributed greatly to his success at the pools. Theodore L. Poole, New York. Mr. Thecdore L. Poole of the twenty- seventh New York district carries an empty sleeve as a testimorial of his serv- ices in the civil war. He lost his left arm at the battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, in 1864, but his discharge from the army is Gated a year later, and he came out with the ronk of captain and brevet of major. He was the com- marder of the De- partment of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, in 189: was United States pension agent for the western dis- trict of New York from 1879 to IS8SS. Mr. Poole is a manu- turer, and is in- terested in variou: corporations. He is a director in the Bank of Syracuse, the town of his residence, and is an exten- ve manufacturer of salt. Mr. Poole’s ticipation in politics dates back to 1868, when he was county clerk of Onondaga county. He has maintained his affiliation with the republican party since that time, and kes been en active worker and or- ganizer in the ranks. R. J. Gamble, South Dakota. One ef the good-looking northwesterners in the new House is Mr. Robert J. Gamble, the junior Representative-at-large from South Dakota, He was born near Akron, Genesee count but at an early age was taken west by his parents and reared on a Wisconsin farm, After attending the common schools of the neighborhood he of entered Lawrence University, at Apple- ton, Wis.. teaching through part of the course, After gradu- ating he studied law and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin, but removed to South Dakota in 1s76,where he continued the prosecution of his profession. Whe South Dakota was a territory he was dis- trict attorney for the second district, and after admission to the Union was a state senator. He is a repub- lican and takes keen interest in political affairs. Mr. Gamble is a man of wide read- ing, is studious and Hterary, and thor- oughly conversant with national questions. J. Frank Hanly, Indiana, J. Frank Hanly of the ninth Indiana is a school teacher and a lawyer. He ts but thirty-twe os had a steadily progres- sive career. Ilfnois is his native state, and there he received his education at the common school. In ‘70 he went to Indi- ana and taught school for about eight years. Then he studied law, was elected to the state senate and next was elected to the Fifty. fourth Congress a plurality of over five thousand. It is predicted by his friends that he will make a very creditable record at the other end of the avenue. Geo. Spniding, Michigan. Gen. George Spalding of Monroe repre- sents the second Michigan district, suc- ceeding James S. Gorman, who was not re- nominated. Gen. Spalding is a lawyer and banker, has been mayor of Moaroe, and held other minor local offices, and has a brilliant war record. He Is fifty-eight years old, and has had no previous experience in legislative ways. He is a native of Scotland, where he was born in 1837. When he was six years old his parents brought him to this country, and in 1853 they removed to Michigan. There he lived on a farm and taught school for a while. On the open- ing of the war he en- tered the service as a private, and was mus- tered out in 1865 a general. He was en- ed In some of the most famous battles of the war, and was several times severely wounded. He was brevetted brigadier gen- eral on the battlefield at Nashville for val- uable services rendered. R. 0. Crump, Michigan. The tenth Michigan district is represent- ed by Rousseau O. Crump of West Bay City, a lumberman and manufacturer, who gained his political elevation through his A. P. A. affillations, and openly appealed for support, because of his high standing in that order. He succeeds T. A. HB. Wead- ock, who did not seek a renomination, His biography in the Congressional Di- rectory says: He has always followed the lumber busi- ness; established his first home in Plain- well, Mich.; in June, 1881, while making a tour of the lakes and northern Michigan, stopped in Bay City; impressed with the business push cnd energy of the two Bay Cities, he decid- ed to locate there, and built his first mill in September, 1881; In the fall of 1883 he purchased his partner's interest in the business, and in February, 1884, the corporation of the Crump Manufacturing Company was form- ed by him; is an active Mason, having been one of the first trustees of the Masonic Temple Association; is a member of the Wenona Lodge, Blanchard Chapter, Bay Clty Commandery, the Michigan Consistory of Detroit, and Moslem Temple; also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Royal Arcanum, and Knights of Pythias; in politics he is a republican of the stalwart type; cast his first vote for Lincoin; has served West Bay City as al- derman for four years, and in the spring of 1892 was nominated and elected mayor of ‘West Bay City and was re-elected in 1804. J. D. Leighty, Indiana. Jacob D. Leighty, who represents the twelfth Indiana, is a country banker, mer- chant and manufacturer. He is a man with a military record, if not very high mili- tary rank. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, and residence in Indiana dates from the time he was five years old. When the war broke out he was at college in Ohio. In July, ‘61, he left college to join the army. He enlist- ed as a private in company E, eleventh volunteer infantry; was promoted to sec- ond leutenant and afterward to first lieutenant; was severely wounded at Champion Hills, Miss., May, 16, 1883; resigned in 1864, having taken part in the battles of Fort Heiman, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, and Champion Hills. He has ved in the state house of representatives. He 1s counted a sound money man, one of good judgment and a steady, sensible business man. R. W. Blue, Kansas. Richard Whiting Blue of Kansas, who represents the state at large, is one of the striking-looking men of this Congre: He has a fine figure, a strong face and a massive head, cover- ed with curling gray hair, worn long. He has seen much of public affairs, is a cultured speaker and adroit in debate. He was the republican heavyweight in the campaign last year. He is a pronounced advocate of the gold standard. He was born in Virginia about fifty-four years ago and spent most cf his life in that state and in West Virginia. During the war he served in a West Virginia loyal regiment, and became captain. In ‘70 he went to Kansas, where he engaged in the practice of law. J. M, Kendall, Kentucky. Joseph M. Kendall of the tenth Ken- tucky district is not altogether a new man in Washington. He has served part of a term in Corgress before, and before that was an employe of the Capitol. He ts a son of the late Rep- resentative Johu W. Kendall, at whose death during the Fif- ty-second Congress he was elected to fill cut the unexpired t erm. He ts a native Ken- tuckian, was educat- ed at Michigan Uni- versity, and was ad- mitted to the prac- tice of law in Ken- tucky before he was of age. During the Forty-ninth and Fit- tieth Congresses he was a clerk at the Capitol. He is a delicate, boyish-looking man, with a reputation for being clever, and {s much thought of among his col- leogues who have known him through three Congresses. R. P. Bishop, Michigan. representing was Roswell P. Bishop, ninth Michigan district, time a clerk in one of the departments at Washington. He is a lawyer by pro- fession. During the war he had hard service, and carries an empty sleeve as as badge of honor. He got his education af- ter he was incapaci- tated for further military service, taught school for a while, and then was admitted to the bar and took up the practice of law. He was three times elected prosecuting attor- ney for Mason county, and served two terms In the legislature. Alfred Milnes, Michigan. The third Michigan district, so long rep- resented by Julius Caesar Burrows cf Kalamazoo,is represented by Alfred Milnes, who was elected leutenant governor of the state, and as such presided over the deliberations of the state senate last win- ter."He was elected to Congress last spring to succeed Mr. Burrows, whom the legisla- ture promoted to the Senate, to succeed, ad interim, Senator John Patton, jr.,the latter appointed by Gov. Rich to succeed Sen- ator Stockbridge, de- ceased. Mr. Milnes is an Englishman, and, with his par- ents, came to this country in 1854, to join the Mormon col- ony in Salt Lake ‘City, the old folks having become con- verts to the Brigham Young doctrines of salvation. The cid folks, however, did not adopt the polyg- amy end of the faith, and after a few years’ residence in Utah came east and eventually landed in Mich- igan, and located at Coldwater, where the son still lives, engaged in trade and grown wealthy. Mr. Milnes has served several terms in the state legislature, and, while he is not an orator, he is a substantial busi- ness man in a business way. He served through the war with the old Stonewall regiment, the seventeenth Mich- igan, and was in every battle participated in by that regiment, from that of South Mountain, in 1862, to the surrender at Appomattox. He has always been a repub- lican. the at one H. G. Snover, Michigan. Mr. Horace G. Snover represents the sev- enth Michigan district, and is a lawyer and educator He was born in Macomb county, in Michigan, and re- cetved his education in public schools and Dickenson Institute, at Romeo. He was sent to the Universi- ty of Michigan, how- ever, to complete his studies, and gradu- ated in the literary and classical course in 1860, Two years later he graduated from the law depart- ment and was ad. mitted to the bar. He was principal of the public schools of Port Austin, Mich., and was profate judge of Huron county. He has been engaged in the practice of law at Port Austin for many years, and is known and highly e¢s- teemed in legal circles throughout the state. He has not abated the interest in Nterature and the classics which he took in his early youth, and fs a man of exten- sive reading and culture. Wm. A. Smith, Michigan. Mr. William Alden Smith of the fifth Mich- igan district began his first public services as a page in the Michigan house of represen- tatives in 1879. Three years later he came to the front again as assistant secretary of the Michigan state senate. Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1883. About this time he began to take active part in poll- tics, his interest be- ing whetted by his experience with the legislators of his own state He was @ member of the re- Publican state cen- tral committee in 1888, 1890 and 1892, and built up a large acquaintance among the dolitical leaders of his state. So pop- ular was Mr. Smith that his candidacy for Congress in 1894 resulted in his election by a plurality of 9,765 and a majority over all of 5,815. Mr. Smith has just turned thirty- six, is ambitious and energetic, and his friends in Michigan prophesied when he was elected that he would come rapidly to the front when he reached Congress. Dr. J. D. Hubbard, Missourt. Dr. Joel D. Hubbard, the man who beat Bland in the eighth Missouri district, was one of those who got surprised into Con- gress during the recent landslide. He was bern in 1800, graduated in medicine in Iss3, He gave up medicine to go to railroading, and, as his biographer says, “returned after a time to the prac- tice of medicine, and succeeded admira- bly.” He has served through two or three terms as county clerk, and has been the president of the Morgan County Bank, and at present is the editor of the “Statesman.” His election to Con- gress was no less a surprise to him than to any one else. He took the nomination to fill out the ticket, all other prominent republicans having de- clined to make the “hopeless” race against Bland. Geo. C. Crowther, Missouri. The fccrth Missouri district is represente ed by a printer, George C. Crowther of St, Jcseph. When he was ten years old he quit the public school to become a printer's apprentice, and continued in the printing office until he had mastered his trade, During th war he served in the federal army. After that he went to Kansas and engaged in news- paper work, contin- uing this line of labor until 1873. In January, 1869, he was clected secretary of the Kansas state senate, and was re- elected in 1871_and 1873. From 1875 to 1886 he was enraged on newspapers and in the printing business, and in 1887 was ap- pointed deputy sher- iff of Buchanan coua- ty, M 14, in 1888 was elected city treas- urer of St. Joseph, and re-elected in 1890. He wes unanimously nominated in 1892 by the republican congressional convention of the fourth district, but was defeated. He was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress as @ republican. Chas. Burton, Missouri. Charles G. Burton of Missouri, fifteenth district, is represented as a free silver man, He is a lawyer of high standing, has been circuit judge and is very active in politics, He has been frequently mentioned in con- nection with the nomination for governor, and it is said that if the republicans hold Missouri he will have a career before him. Ohio is his native state, .and he is forty-five years of age. He has a mill- tary record and has long been active in politics. In 1861 he entered the army, was discharged™ on account of disability and re-entered the service for the “hundred - day cam- paige” in 1844. Two years after the war he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law, In 1868 he located in Missouri. Afterwards he lived in Kansas for a short while and then returned te Missouri. W. S. Knox, Massachusetts. W. S. Knox, Mr. Stevens’ successor from the fifth Massachusetts, was born in Con- necticut in "43 and has lived in Lawrence, Mass., since he was nine years old. Since 1866 he has practiced law. He is a banker as well as a lawyer, and was president of a na- tional bank when elected to Congress. For six terms he was city solicitor, and he has been in the state legislature. He was elected to Congress as a repub- lican by a plurality of 2081, He repre- sents in Congress three cities, Lawrence, Lowell and Woburn, and ten small towns. John Simkins, Massachusetts. Mr. John Simkins, who represents the thirteenth Massachusetts district, is thirty. three years of age, good looking, und wealthy. He is a graduate of Harvard, a man of ability, and a shrewd politician, He was born in New Bedford, and attend- ed the public schools of Yarmouth, re- celving his prepara- tion for college at St. Mark’s = school in Southboro’. When he was twenty-eight years old he was a Prominent member of the Massachusetts senate. He was Presidential elector for Harrison and Reed in 1892, and president of the re- publican club _ of Massachusetts. For several years he was an active member of the Massachusetts republican state committee, and is an earnest parity worker. He will be one of the youngest members, but is a close stu- dent of public affairs and will take great interest in the proceedings of Congress. Joel P. Heatwole, Minnesota. Joel P. Heatwole of the third Minnesota district is one of the distinguished looking men of the House. He comes from a pure- ly agricultural district, although manu- facturing establishments have begun to spring up in many of the growing towns. Several of the old members trying to lo- cate Mr. Heatwole’s district could not do so until he explained that it was mostly composed of Maj. Strait’s district, the major being well known to all the old- timers. Mr. Heatwole is a netive of Ine diana, a printer and at vresent a coun- try editor, Ie was not long in Miane sota until he was in politics, first as sec- retary and = after- ward chairman of the republican state committee. It was while serving = ir these capacities tha the newspaper me found him an al around good fellow | and he has had thei: support for almost any office. He was defeated for Congress in 1-, out as he cut down his opponent's vote more than 4,000 he went In the next year and won by a handsome majority. Mr. Heatwole has been an influential man in his party. He has been elected delegaie at larze to national conventions, and several men in the slate have owed their success to his support. He kas a genial disposition, @ fighter for his friends, and if he contin- ues in a congressional career it is prophee sied he will be one of the influential meme bers of ihe House. — Stars and Soubrettes, From the Detroit Free Press. “Oh,” she exclaimed, as they-stood on the Lalcor ‘don't you love the stars, Edgar?’ “Yes,” said Edgar, absent mindedly, “but the soubrettes are very nice, too.”