New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-11
THE NEW SENATOR'S.

THE Itoy. ROSCOE CoNKLING or NETWORK.
The new L. 6. Senator from Ncw-York belongs to a
well-known political family and has been for many
wears in the public service Representative. INC
father Of Mr. Couklng, the Hon. a. Conhhug' WAS
Minister to Mexico in 1879, under Fillmores adj
minstIafion, and o Representative from New
York in the XYIIth Congress. His brother
Frederick j. Conkling, represented the state
efficiently in the XNXVllth Congress. Inc
Hon. Roscoe Conkling Will graduate from ms
seat In the present House OF Representatives,
In n Mace i'm the Senate having served his State ably
and faithfully for three terms III tine FORMER pou9
lie was born in Albany in 1873, ana has hol
ouitc attained his 10th year. Having adopted INC
profession of the law, in which has father, Judge
COnkling was distinguished az the author Oh u
learned treatise on Admiralty, he pursued II
with energy. and in lSi9 was appointed DISTRICT
Attorney for Oneida County. In lS5S he pc
came Mayor of the City of Uuca, and at me cl0se
oil bis period of office having governed the cty 70 uc
great Satisfaction Of all classes Of his tcowcltHens
he was elected Representative to the AAAEth
Corarcs, b. majority large enough 70 SIGNIFY ms
great local popularity and personal worth III us
CONGRESS he served with credit as member OF ilc
Committee on the District Of Columbia; but after
his reelection 10 tho succeeding CohgIt,s,
he became prominently known 10 inc CUM
az tire Chairman Of the CoPlnYltvleVg Oh Ct Ino
gra,s, wherein he has acted with conspicuous NlY9l
on most Of the leading questions 81 the uay; ms
share In the unusual work of the Commit ee on al'
and Means has been considerable, and his part IN
, ,,i affecting Reconstrnctiou and the public
economy j. well known. At the present time DIT.
CauE linz is still q member OF the Committee Oh
Wovs and Mems. and 10 the last general eHcuoh
was chosen TO sit in the Min Congress me IiNOI
OF tie PUBLIC a. manifest a IN ms u.s. mas 20, -
iucrssaIt and unmistakable; but through years. OF
dili0.ut effort in the public behalf Mr. Conklihg
has couturod TO merit the approval OF ms cohstiu-
entS and his state.
THE hon. SIMON CAMERON or PENNSYLVANIA
The Hon. Simon CAMERON who was yesterday
for fba nj
States Senate by the Republican of the Penn
syyania Legislature for tho term beginning March g.
1861. wa, born in Lancaster County, Pennsyl' anna
in l,l0 and is therefore IS years Of age. Whom nine
wears of age he was left orphan. He IS one Of the
many eminent Americans who began life rs journey
men printers, and while employed az com
position 90 the newspaper Oinces oi HafIisOIIe
and Washington, he supplied The want OF eaIy
school discipline by severe course Oh stIuy. ~
fore he was twenty-five be- had been chosen as the
editor OF The PcGhsyrZmG Ht"ugcn'G I a.
DoyrstoWu, and % thar aye eSlapI1ieu \ ~. Dn ~
cratic journal at Harrisburg, when he edited lo'
some time. I'm the conduct OF thi, paper he gave
especial attention to the interests of the state, anu
early Ci.paycd those financial abilities for which
De has since been distinguished. In 49, ne estdb-
li.hed tlc Middirtown Bank 81 Pennsylvania, acting
asca,lcr The railroad interests Of The State soon en-
lap, Ill, attention and be has for many years beeh
one OF the largest stockholders and most actiNe
was appointed Adjutant-Gcneral OF the state. Ia
politics hn has always been deeply interested;
and in 1915 was firt elected 10 the United
States Senate, in which he served TIL lSRL
In 1871 be was reelected for the term
expiring in 1852 but resigned IN 1861 10 accept the
Sccrct.iyshp of War in Mr.. Lincolns Cablnet. In
1861 VI Cameron WIS spoken ot rs candidate Tor
tho Presidency. While in the Cabinet he early adNo-
Gated the emancipation of the slaves rs necessary
military measure. Ia 70 ne Iesi-i.H the Se'ret sg
ship and va, appointed Minister 10 Russia AVER
his return 90 tins country. Mr.. Cameron assumed no
office hut WAS D1n,,s aud energetic "a urging no
s,,rpart off ne war IN 1881 he delegate 10 the
g rem
coin Recently ne has said little publicly npon ma
tonal subjects, but D. well known 10 be radical III his
opinions.
THE Hos. c. D. DRAKE OF MISSOURI.
TIE Hon Charles D. Drake, the newly nominated
United States Senator from Missouri, is lawyer by
profession. q Democrat by education, and leader by
nature. t. fs, became prominent ia politics during
the Presidential campaign Of 1860, by warmly adyo-
eating the election OF Mr.. Douglas and being among
The first To characteriIc the Breckinridge movement
as plot tp disrupt the Union. IL Was generally con
ccGcl 40 Bee gote of the campaign that through his
efforts a'.u., alone, the vote of the state was
secured DID,. '... DOUGLAS & against Breckenridge.
Early II .- %. when IL became evident that the
South WAS urteuuilcd upon secession, Mr.. Drake
broke loose from all party ties and took occasion IN
speech delivered IN the state House OF Representa-
dives in January of that yeIU 10 dcuouncc secession
and declare himself no longer Democrat but an un-
conditional Union man.
I'm February 1892 in IN address delivered in ST.
Louis remarkable as being the first speech of tho
kind ever made IN Missouri. he charged Slavery with
bong the caus, of the Rebellion. ana declared that be-
tween ,hc lie OF lis country and the death OF Slavery
ne would uu more hesitate 10 destroy the latter than
I'm view If drath ne would balance between eternal
life and eternal pcId' ton Two months later, IN
speech at Mercantile Library Hall in the same city
l.r took ground for emancipation in Missouri, and
from that hour has devoted himself with untrmg
real TO the great work Of making Missouri
in law aud fnct free State I'm May 1864, he was
chosen a member OF the State Convention. and the
present free State Constitution Is the work of his
pen. During the last Presidential campaign Mr.
Drake warmly advocated the reelection of President
Lincoln. and was chosen q member Of the Electoral
College from the State at large. Through the late
warm and bitter political contest in vi souri, no man
did more ADLER service for the cause OF the people
or more untImEly upheld ard Endorsed Congress in
is resistance 10 Executive Upostasy aud usurpatlOn
and the Radical majority of 10000 in Missouri wasdue
largely 20 his efforts the stump and in the press.
That so long and honorable record should meet
with recognition and reward was but question of
time and We con graduate the Union men of Missouri
and the lovers OF human rights everywhere, that at
Uis time, when tho oXigences of both State and ma
ton demand the best and trucst representatives,
Charles d. Drake should have been called into the
public service
IRlfY GAZETTE.