, 1876-09-30
ILLINOIS CONGRESSMEN.
The Record Of MIR. Burchard, or
the Fifth District.
Greenbury L. Fort and Mr. Dawes-.-His
Courss In Congress.

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"Asntso1oF' u. u, sept Iz..ihe people Of
the ruin congressional District have done we'll
IN .sa0p1s"s % sts' G,9s C. 9aFn.d e' ss1 Cor
liz /, alum, Ut ~oor. - ,ro s,,a - a.,i.s ~
o..s.,a Ca..s. ~ 80 ~ T.ts "~'s ~
oHclua county, Se" ioFk. 4Hls Is county
which has bean noted - the birth and residence
place Of many fncn prominent In New York aud
national politics. Among them arc Couk1inx,
Seymour, Scott Lord, and Ellis Il. Roberts.
n,,r,h,r, !. u nan ~ ,nos,,,, .,.+nr. r,n,.,.
\ little peculiarly Of speech. He has male
reputation as the most careful and paln,takng
student In body which /. little given to severe
'0'AsA' ~ :. ,ntRcnaHp y srupnsT. ''''
In all the long ilst Of Cunyroasmcn In both
Houses, BIrcbard il one ot the very
a." course " ~ rea'ilne Outside II tHs G
ar,,,,Mus % s1aet,nc rn,tine of uunlt. lifs berr'
lie awsys f,as ho,.s aho,,t itt ,irsk anil rener.
aily hugs QUE under his urn ~ be eors home.
been close reader Of everything That has any
bearinv ,,,nn ,,nlittcai e.,tan,Y. Thn rncprds II
the Ennrrrsstrnni i,ia,rary ,rtfi sow that ti,nrs
tim. m ot,cr r. as nn hi for nramIn..Ion
When Burcharti was 4 inrre Ind his fater. ACTED
| With ihr Western fever. moved to jieIoit. Viz.
| the city which has been the sgepc Of tht earlier
| c!ldenvors Of several weli-kuuTn men, among
! them Hornre White, Maj. Bundy, mud SIatt Car
rcnter. Hurcharti graduated at Hamilton Col
1egc, New York, near lila birthplace, QUO Of
the most celebrated educational institutions
OF the country. He tl!en took up Ills
residence 10 Frseport, ILL.,, h!s present home,
where be studied lnd prugticed law with rhona-
a. ]. Turner, who wns member ot Congress -
| early Is 1341.
| srncrApp As 4 MERCHANT
/ About tcn years after Mr. Burcllard settled at
Freepurt, tho chances u his profession rausctl
l,im 10 engage in mercantile business.-lIarJ-
lis urofcsson. lits career In Ills resnsct Is sin1.
iiar tn tf1at of Boutwell, shu hus i'm cali Ii'' 4
tnc Gro.on grocer" air. Burchard il ac.us- %
tuned to say tlat liz uctaatIo1's in prizes, the
| tIr tlrnentIcurc II its ,ui,1e upun CouprcasIuai
act!o,,. tirst prominently directed his attention
IL tllu tariff luws. aud Ia iccfsEation aiiect!n~
busi,rse Interests, liz was ucn,bcr
oi tie Legislature Of 1llinois from 1868
to iSi7, nil there had onlMrtunitte, for
observation us n business Legislator through thu
| N,siti,,n wl,fch lIe hp M Chnirn1nn ri thn Gom.
inittee on banks a,nt Corporations liz ca,no
iirst to tin Furty. first Congrrss, and haa aince
beef, continuously nen1hur. Ills majority In
the Forty-fourth Congress over ptnrkney, DEM
oerat, wis -! votes. !!ls !rst spcesh-whicl.
upon illinois farmers, owing to the Inequality
ol iEr distribution of the tar, attr,rted constd-
erablc attention.
| MS SPEECHES
| arr si1 f1!etippnish,sI t,y cnr.. rracarl,. md
ability. Hr u,s.inuitrdly ' wns thc mast nrnm-
nrnt member ir, illinois At the Inst CoI1tress.
! Where hr held a posItiuu IN thr Nnys md
Heans Con,nilttcc. (Jn nren,tut n h,s nrnH,i
ncnr,. thru. IL. MA rtiutn.d bv Hn.aErr K"rr
nnnn tnnt COMMITTEES. nntwtbst,nt1tn~ lie fart
tint the Chntrmnnan was trlyem IL anothcr
lliiuois u,cmbsr. William II. Siorr;san.
anrrsnuuY T. rour n r.
/ tsrccnh,,rr l. Fart I,,s hrc,, ,1,trh In Co,
| grcts for coi,rare Of oniuinn, Dnr!usr the iSrst
scssnu he huIi lie c,,1,r"", to n,,hasr Dawes in
ti,r fnn,n,t. sn,s,.h az III. lnftrr n,,u,, thf,
im.trrt. Fnrt tr,n,n,lia1 f,awex IT, tx hnclS
sonas: Of l1is assertions, Dawes eu,scHusntly
acSnow,et"ed % on tts % stu,nn in Scw iiy iia1nnsryy,
M casy Ihtnr ut tlat tInc. IN 4 11ausc which
ind 'twt,-tEir.1s Hrm,i,i',rn, ,noinritr iur n
1, rsr = nrmI,s1 frnm III. W"st /, mstnct i mem
her at his uw,, ,artr vim. for manv yen-s. lad
rn,oyed the reputnttop of lralcr II tic Io,1ss.
i}n,yt.s III thns., diva. t-rntraiiy In suns,u ri
in1,:i'',, ;nst hcT.,In i.rcrv -, .Inn s,,rl,
tines f,c nlways scem.d i; try IT, i'nitntc san,
Hnwlex wt,nni he eu tn,,,F ucrsa,nily rtsrn,-
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s1n trtet tatf,, ~ IN. Wsr n.Tar+n,n u.i.t,