The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-24

do, will prove inferior to none in efficien-
cy. 1t will impress every reader with the
conviction that, if there were enough such
men and such books to reach all the
world, there would nowhere remain lack
of respect for truth, faith and good works.
The Four Prominent Candidates for
Speaker Of the National House OF
representatives.
Washington Correspondence Chicago Times
If the Democracy in the House feel
that it has not been punished enough for
recent foolishness in the late elections,
then it will further commit itself in the !
selection of a Speaker. and by selecting
some man whose record would damn him
in candidacy for the penitentiary, place
itself in an attitude to be still further
trampled upon by contemptuous public.
However, if the Democracy should brace
up and foreswear damphoclishness for the
coming six months of Congressional in
roads upon the statute book, there is no
doubt their stock would 90 up in the
Presidential race. Such being the case,
Michael G. Kerr, of Indiana, is the only
man in the next House who can set the
ruling majority on the track of accom-
plishing anything to their credit. This
he will accomplish by being honest and
above board. The other candidates are
not worth being mentioned in the same
breath, simply for the reason that they
are all politicians, and are so blind that
they would pass night with a states
man without recognizing him, not being
familiar with that class of beings.
MICHAEL c. KERR.
Michael c. Kerr is worth pen photo
graph here, as he is the coming man if the
Democracy only can persuade itself to
act wisely.
In the Forty-Sccond Congress Mr..
Kerr was most active member. There
my memory reaches him best. He is tall,
thin, and very spare. His face is thin
and angular. His eyes, blush gray,
CLINT and glow from under pair of
strong, projecting eyebrows. His nose is
long, sharp, and quivers when excited
like wild mans. The lower part of his
face falls away into sort of lap.robe Of u
beard of a sand y.brown color. His fore
head climbs up bleak and bare until the
top of the skull is reached; here you find
slight underground of sandy hair that
becomes thick hedge lower about the
ears. The complexion of the man is sal
low. The bilious climate of Indiana has
done that for him, but when animated in
debate the rich blood Jumps up
under the skin, until he has as
much color as coy virgin first telling
the story Of her love. Kerr always
dresses in suit of rusty black that fops
and clings to him after the fashion Of gar
ments once msde very wet and since hung
up to dry. The rusty color Of his clothes
and the absence of bright positive tints
about his face give Kerr decidedly rusty
appearance, but it is the rust of steel
Strike against him, and you never fail to
draw fire and the proper ring, the ring of
manly voice shouting down with ''rings.'
He mas voice as clear as bugle, and
while he cannot be classed as an orator in
the popular sense of the word, his friends
ought to thank God for it. The day of
froth and flowers is gone in Congress. The
era of cut and thrust, the sledge hammer
effects, has dawned As speaker suited
to The demands of modern times, Kerr
made place for himself in Congress that
has not been surpassed by the presence
any other member upon his side of the
house. He possessed dauntlcss courage,
and his power Of logic made him most
powerful antagonist. His long figure
would swing to and fro, his arms swing
the air in the most wonderful manner at
times, but the substance of his remarks
always overcomes his ungracefulness in
capturing interest.
SAM. RANDALL.
Sam. Randall, one of the prominent
candidates, has been continuously men,
Der Of Congress from Philadelphia ever
since his election to the thirty.eighth
Congress. He is over six feet in height
and will weigh in the neighborhood of l85
pounds. He is forty.seven years Of age,
active ard energetic even for a man of
his age. He is stoop shoulderei, and
loosely built. .@,'
His face is clean shaved. sallow, and
wrinkled with much scheming and
thought. He has good-sized head sur
mounted by waving, short black hair.
slightly tinged with gray. He has voice
that is very shrill and metallic. He is
not flowing: talker, but his logged
earnestness and untold courage make him
always prominent figure in the fore
ground of tho debate. No man knows
the rules Of parliamentary debate better
than he, and none will fight more bitterly
and intensely for the rights of his party
under them. have seen him walk
right up to the speakers desk when
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