The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-12-18

fact that with President, an Attorney Y ell
Cral and Secretary of War, all made ia
nous by the Mexican war, We have now two
heroes of Buena Vista before the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES as candidates for Speaker.
Col. Marshall marched his regiment by
land from Memphis, Tenn, TO Saitillo' III
Mexico. lie started in July, and arrived at
Camargo about the LIST of November. Col.
Marshall shared freely in all the fatigues and
difficulties of the expedition. In loH he
returned to MS farm IN Henry county, Ken
tuckv. ana was elected 70 Congress by the
Wings in 1910. He was u very active sup
porter of the compromise measures. In
1851 he was re- elected to the House of Rep
rrsentatives. In 1852 he was appointed
Minister to China, and resigned his seat IN
tho House Of Representatives. In 1894 he
was recalled from this mission by President
Pierce Last August he was elected to
Congress By the Americans by majority
of upwards of $500.
Col Marshall is portly, corpulent man +,
with rosy open cOuntcnance, and mghly
intellectual expression. notwithstanding
his great size, hr is man of very active
temperament He is exceedingly companion
able. jolly, bravc-a good specimen Of Il
KeutUckian.
WILLIAM A RICHARDSON.
The Democratic CaHdid@te for SPcakcr
Mr. Richardson was born IN Fayette coun-
t., near Lexington, Kcntucky, January TO-
1911. His Their was Virginia farmcr.-
lie died when William WIS only six years
old, Icivirg four children to the care Of their
mother. She belonged to the Edmondson's,
lone of the first families of Virginia. =
Her father and seven of his brothers died i'll
battle.
Williams fatLor provided by his will, that
his estate should be expended in the cduca-
ton of lis children, and r,>o II nf # was ex-
pended in that way. William was educa-
It'd at TranSyIvania University, Lexington,
kentucky. He commenced reading law at
the age of ninetern, in the Office of Allen &
Simpson, Winchester, kentucky, and was
admitted TO the bar before he was twenty.
lie practiccd a very short time at Winches-
tnr, and at the age of twcnty-one, removed
- Illinois, and commenced business in earn
ct. He was at Shclbyville n very short
time, but soon went TO Nashville, where he
got into good practice. In 1898 he was
e,cctcd States Attorney for the District in
which re lived, over Browning, the same
man who ran against him for Congress two
wears ago. In 1896 he resigned that office,
IN, Il, LOT,
As member Of the Illinois House of Rep
r"<Cntativcs he took n leading part in the
discussion of the political questions of the
drv, always advocating with vchcmence and
determination the doctrines of The Democrat
ic party. In 1893 he was elected State
Senator of Illinois. For the next nine years
h was a member of one House or the other
# the Illinois Legislature. In 1914 he was
elected Speaker of the House of Rcpresen-
tatives. In 1916 lie raised q company of
volunteers to join the army in Mexico; was
first elected Captain; on the field of battle
at Bupna Vista, after the death of Col Har-
din, he was unanimously elected Major. In
the battle of Bucna Vista lac greatly distin-
Cuishcd himself. He was wounded, but did
not faint. Before his return from Mexico
he was nominated and elected to Congress,
and has ever since remained member of
ne House. He is q Democrat, in the tech
meal sense of the term, to the backbone is
in favor of the fugitive slave law, and all the
other compromise ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
Douglas. He is what is called "a good
fellow" jolly, stout, large, how-fare-yOu
looking and seeming, and the most popular
man his party could have nominated.
In spite of the Coloncl's good looks, the
following anecdote is told by some of the
wags. When he first came to Washington,
among the distinguished men to whom he
was introduced was Mr.. John c. Rives.-
MIR. Rives,'' said the Colonel, you are one
of the first men have ever met whom ru-
NOR has not bclicd; YOU have not been rep
resented as worse locking than you are.''
Mr.. RiveS looked him over deliberately, and
rcmarkc you must come and see me;
after my wife once sets her eyes on you, she
will never complain of my looks again.
Now, the Colonel not only chcws mouth
ful of tobacco, hat he has an aversion to
everything in the shape of spittoons so long
n Wilton and Brussels carpets can be found
"a substitutes. The story goes that after
the Col. had been talking and chewing for
an hour after dinner, Mrs. r. went up to her
husband, threw her arms round his neck,
kissed him, and said,-"NIy dear, l always
ihought You were the ugliest man that ev-
or saw, but now think you are quite hand
some"
The Colonel, as has been remarked, goes
for the Nebraska bill and squatter sover-
eighty, but not for admitting States which
allow plurality of wives, as he says that is
a privilege not enjoyed by the Original
thirteen"
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THE SPEAKERSHIP.
As several States are claiming the RIGHT