The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-11-13
o CouNcILMEN.
Bricf Biographical Sketches Of the Men Who
Represent Wyoming In The Upper House
OF the Legislature.


We aim to present in this article a
| short and concise sketch of the salient
points in the lives Of the gentlemen who
have been elected by the people to rep
resent them in the Council of the Fifth
Legislative Assembly of Wyoming.
Beginning in alphabetical order, we find
the name Of
HON. STEPHEN W. DOwNEY,
first on the list from Albany county; he
was born at Westernp6rt, Maryland, in
July, 1889, and is now SO years old.
After securing a good education he
studied law, and was admitted to the
bar. He lived in Maryland and West
Virginia, practicing his profession un-
til 1869, when he came west, located in
Laramie City, opened a law office, and
has remained there ever since. Mr..
Downey's legal abilities are of the
highest order, and his social qualities
are such as to endear him to all whom
he meets. He is now serving his third
term in the Council, having been elect
ed twice before from a Democratic
county. He was offered the nomina-
tion for Delegate to Congress, last year,
but declined it, although he would have
certainly been elected. Mr.. Downey
is now, in addition to his legal business,
largely engaged in developing the vast
mineral resources Of Albany county.
His height is about 5 feet 8 inches;
weight 1876 pounds; has gray eyes,
brown hair and wears full beard and
moustache.
Next comes
HON. W. II. HOLIDAY,
A Democrat, and II Of the foremost
men in politics and business in his
county. AS proof of this statement it
may be well to note the fact that Mr..
Holidays name appeared on all of the
four tickets which were placed in the
field at the late election.
MI. Holiday was born in Hamilton
county, Ohio, in the year 1S43, and is
therefore "a years of age. At the age
of 10 he went to Illinois, where he
passed several years Oh u farm. In
1865 he came west, locating in Colorado,
where he engaged i'll the numbering
business, to which he has devoted his
energies and time ever since. In 1867
Mr.. Holiday came to Cheyenne and as
sisted in founding the ''Magic City Of
| tI,a ,1ns,o - ITa nnatnI m nyfnnCiun
lumber yard here, remaining until 1873,
when he took up his residence in Lara
mic City. He runs his own saw-mills,
employs n large force of men, and
always leads the market. This is his
third term in the Wyoming Legislature,
he having been elected to the lower
House from this city in 1873, to the
Council from Albany county in 1875,
and again to the present body. Mr..
Holiday is . feet 10 inches in height;
weight 155 pounds; has blue eyes; black
hair, and wears n moustache gracefully.
HON. L. d. PEAsE,
OF Albany county, was born in Erie
Co., Pa, in 1929, and is therefore
AZ years old. Shortly after his birth
his family removed to McHenry Co.,
Illinois, where he embarked in mercan-
| tile pursuits and resided until 1861,
when he entered the army, serving
in the 4th army corps. Educated for
the legal profession, Mr.. Pease, soon
after the close of the war, came west
and opened an office, finally settling
down in Laramie City, where he now
resides and is engaged in the practice
of his profession, being recognized as
| one of the ablest members of the bar of
| Wyoming. Mr.. Pcase is 5 feet % in
ches in height; weighs about $50
pounds; has blue eyes, brown hair, and
wears a full beard and moustache.
Passing on, we omit Carbon, and
take up the gentlemen from Laramie
county.
HON. GEO. A. DRAPER
| Was born in New York in 1914, and is
33 years of age. He oon migrated
westward, stopping for eight years in
Illinois, and in 1860 we find him cross
ing the Missouri River, the Rubicon of
all who have come west to conquer the
wilderness. Mr.. Draper soon engaged
in the service of the Government, and
has filled satisfactorily many heavylcon-
tracts for freight transportation, being
a contractor until 1876, when he, in
company with his present partner, Mr..
]. w. Hammond, purchased the hard
ware business of John Housman, and
is now successfully conducting the
same. Mr.. Draper has never served
the people in the Legislature before,
but we are confident that his good
work during the present term will en-
sure his reelection. He is 8 feet 109
inches in height; weighs 60pounds; has
blue eyes, brown hair and wears a
dropping moustache.
HON. TIMOTHY DYER,
The heavy weight of the Laramie
county delegation, was born in LINER
lex, Ireland, in 1916, being now 81
years old. At the age of ten years he