The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-09

yenRAe W.
o.,n,,;c.u candidate for Congress ~
n.,,;c. !. man worthy in every r.
'nis -. = .acceed and ell the place Of the pres
sp.s III. and Distinguished nsmbsF, wno
...nd, amongst the forenost Tor aohny ~
;,aaence ID the councils Of the nssion' Inv
,a.,,n.. ot the Congressional convens'oa' Is
49,. -. ,..r. Younger than the present member,
~, ii. experience as q member OF
- but has a. lair record and q
s;ah ! standing Is lawyer. politician ana :
I;.la,or in Iowa - Mr.. Wilson, had when hs
-. 6rst elected to Congress. And De mas
-. advantage Of Mr.. Wilson at that date, IN
. wider experience and more extensive
practice at the bar, and more genara'
.couaiptanca with men and aiia'rs'
and a more rl epossessing and popular h'aa
ner than characterized his predecessor Pr ~:
h;s entrance into the arena OF feue'"
ties. ,,L nar;od NJ
Mr. Mecrary has jast attained the pe1loa u u
-ii' a md entered upon the full
.'asu -. - his intellectual powers. he
49, il 1876, aud the family remoseu y
- Lille he was We, child and his nur
~, .row,h and development, physical IN
,al,ac,,al. moral and social, have been on
j al and md sr the institutions OF Iowa
He "a noble. II not rare, specimen 81 'ne
e.nsb,lities Of Iowa in rearing men ~ 'hs
,snks of The reople and the common Walks o.
life. =, ,l;a,; ii Van
R,,en county. aud The region round ano't foi
bopesty. and unsTervng adherence 70 Prih'
c,n,.. for sound common sense, ana ior gehiai'
soo;.l L;,d hearted, ard cleverness. that con
strains sll their aeqHainiances 10 become
their warm friends. With snch acharacte'
ard reputation. members OF the family nave
beeu called by their neighhors to participate
IN tho civil administration and in the councils
,e tho State. as we'll as IN lead them IN de-
fence Of the flag ofthe country, to .he biood
stained fields of the South.
With such ali ancestry and such relatives
The mos, favorable in the world, for the de-
velopmen. Of sturdy, we'll balanced, hon.
est. earnest. genial character, deorge ~
acCrary passed the years Ct his boyho Oh.
| II an early age he entered upon the study o.
| he law, and completed his stnd,ess We be-
i;eva with Rankin l. Miller. He entered
epon successful practice IN heokus, be'
! was soon chosen to represent the county In The
! over House Of the General Assembly. whtef
daty be PEI formed SO satisfactorily to The ruh'iE
I'm, he was soon after elected to the Senate
and as Chairman cf the Judiciary Commit
lee, held prominent position AID exercised
great influence in that body during the tern
fer which be was elected.
Upon the appointment Of hr Miller to ths
Bench OF the Supreme Court o. the un;tee
States. Mr.. McCrsr5 YVES selected TO succeed
hio, al the Bar, under The FIRM 0! HahAin d
McCrary, since which time he has been en-
% zed unre,aittiuqls IL very extensive I'M
portant and leborious practice, without psins
hi interest 10 public aIairs or foregoing
ore or less active participation - the poll
tics of the country.
As a politician be Is, and hss beer
,olndly Radical and radically sound, de-
eidsd, earnes. and enthusiastic for the taass
and the parry, whoever might fslter or pan
I der 10 prejudice or power fer pslf or popr'
laritY. The truth is, George has been con
slant and approving reader Of our paper ere'
since be learned TO read, and having beer
! thas trained up in the way he should go, vi
/ have the authority of Holy Writ, that he vii
not depart FROM it, nor that be las reached
the years of matlri'T.
/ This sketch might not be regarded as com
plete by some readers il it should omit tn
/ statement that Mr.. MeCrary found time
some ter years since, ~ eonsunmate 70
mantle little affair Of the heart By leading 4
the matrimonial altar his early 8: flame y an'
only love, Miss Helen A. Ge,dtt, and that tn
t primal blessing pronounced on our first pa
rents has been abundantly ronchsafed t
the McCrary family, 10 al It's branches.