The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-02-02
PERSONAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF
THE LEGISLATURE,
THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL,
Dr.. w. w. Updegraff, of Osawatomie, is
a man of great intelligence. He is slow in
his speech. and in his decisions in the chair,
but is almost always correct, and it is sell
dom that The members appeal from his de-
cisions. He is man, we should think, of
thorough education. When he becomes
aroused on subject, e.. a. 80 speaker,
and displays considerable oratorical powers.
His age is about forty, and the worst thing
that We have to record of him is that be is
an "old BACH" He is physician, and, as
the writer knows from experience, his skill
in this line is of high order.
He is generally understood to be radi-
cal Republican, but this winter he has de-
clared himself in favor of compromise, on
the national controversy and against coer-
cion. His strongest speeches have been made
on the Council joint resolution declaratory
of the position of the Governor and Legis-
lature upon the great political question now
agitating the country, and upon motion in
favor of striking out the word " medical, /"
in the bill chartering the Lawrence Univer-
sity. So far as know, he has the universal
respect of the members of the Legislature,
and all who know him.
CHESTER THOMAS,
As the readers of The News all know, is
the member from this district-composed
of the counties of Breckenridge, Coffey and
Usage. He is a sound, sensible man, and
great worker His '.fort'' seems to be
in engineering measures through the Coun-
Gil. He is not a speaker, but for shrewd-
ness in working" bills through IS not sur
passed in the Council. He is tall, and has
raw-b oned appearance. His age is about
fifty, and he is native of Pennsyl, ania,
where he has filed positions of honor and
trust. He is a great friend of the noble
Wilmot, and fought beside that gentleman
in the "old Keystone. in political matters
CHARLES G. keller.
This gentleman halls from johnson coun
ty. In stature he is rather small. His builC
is solid, aud we should think, when in hi:
.'palmiest days." could throw down any
body of his weight" He is the champion
of divorce cases in the Council II:
considerable of wag, and numerous are
the times that the ''house comes down
at his "jokes'' and shifts" Occasionally
he goes off into 'sins strain,'' just fer the
''fun of the thing" and often scars 10 tn,
skies in flights of eloquence, without hav
ing the slightest idea how be is to get dowr
again, and is often compelled to go from tn
sublime 10 the ridiculous in double quicl
time-but always does it in manner highl,
creditable to himself. and to the satisfaction
of the members and the Hobbies. He wa
formerly Clay Wing. but in the last polit
ical fight was Douglas Democrat. Hi
comments on Buchanan are exceedingly
severe. He frequen tly votes with the Re
publicans on political measures. He is q
honest politician. He is fifty years of age
and is unmarried.
i NATHANIEL FRrcE
Is the gentleman who fills the seat vacate
by the present occidental Governor. and
quite an improvement on the gentlema
who represented Doniphan county last yea
He is about thirty years of age, and ha
: never been married; is tall. with very long
black hair. and blue eyes. His motion
rather awkward. He is one of the mos