The daily gazette., 1877-02-02

New Jersey, and was reappointed in
1866. On the death of William Wright
in November of that year, he was an
pointed to the United States Senate, Sc
curing reelection, but being defeated 3
few days ago by Mr.. MCPHERSON, Demo
most important positions on the Senate
committees were on those on Naval AT
fairs, Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary
In 1870 he declined the English Mission
He was member of the conference com.
mittee.
IL seems to me that every consideration
Oh pruuency, prOpriety and patriotism de-
| mands that we establish an entirely i'm
partial tribunal to settle this vexed ques-
tion. Neither party should seek anything
mat Is not fair. The pending bill secures 10
| eacil party what Is fair-RecOIi, Jnllu,tiJ
2i, 1871. n
| SENATOR OLIVER z. MORTON.
Oliver p. Morton was born in WAYNE
county, Ind, August 4, 1858, and edu-
Gated at Miami University. He was adj
mitted to the bar in 1847, and five years
later elected Circuit Judge. He was the
Republican nominee for Governor in
1896, and in 1860 was elected Lieutenant
Governor on the ticket headed by Henry
): Lane. Mr.. Lane being elected to the
United States Senate two days after his
Inauguration, Mr.. Morton succeeded him
as Governor, being reelected in 1864, but
having to quit his post d year later to
spend some time in Europe, stroke of
paralysis preventing him from discharg-
ing his duties. Returning from Europe
in 1866 he resumed the G Governorship. and
in 1867 was elected to the Senate, being
neglected in 1873. In 1870 he declined
| the English mission, and last year was a
| prominent candidate for the Republican
| nomination at Cincinnati.
SENATOR ALLEN G. THURMAN.
Allen G. Thurman was born in Lynch
burg, Va. November IL, 1915, his family
| removing to Ohio six years later. In
1885 he was admitted to the bar, and
served in the Twenty-nintb Congress
lo45-4O as Democrat. In 1851 he was
| elected Judge of the Supreme Court of
Ohio, being Chief-J ustice from 1854 to
1856. In 1867 he was beaten by Hayes
for the Governorship, but year later
| elected to the United States Senate, Sc
curing reelection in 1875.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSIAH G. ABBOTT.
y Josiah G.. Abbott was born at Chelms-
ford, Mass, November l 1915, graduated
Harvard in 1882 and was admitted to the
bar three years later. He served in the
Nj Massachusetts State Assembly in 1886
and in the Senate in 1S41-42, being also in
1855 elected to the Superior Court, He
was seated over Rufus Frost, Republican,
in the present Congress on a contest and
declined a denomination. The Demo-
cratic party made, him their standard
bearer in the Sentorial contests of 1870
and 1877.
REPREsENTATlvE JAMES a. GARFIELD.
James A. Garfield was born at Orange
o., November 10 1881, graduating at
Williams 1856 and studying law. In 1859
60 he sat in the Ohio State Senate, On
the breaking out of the war he obtained
coloneFs commission. serving in the
West, notably at Shiloh, Corinth and
Clichamauga, and being promoted to the
rank of major-general of volunteers. He
was elected to Congress IN 1862, and has
been prominent member of the House
ever since.
This novel, dangerous and cumbrous de-
vice is, in my judgment, uAwarranted by
the Constitution. Ii we adopt it we shrill u
present difficulty, but In so doing we create
far greater ones for those who come afterus.
What to us is difficulty will be to them
pcril.-Ieeco1d January zS, 1871.
REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE +. HoAR.
George L. Hoar was I'D IN at Concord,
Mass, August %, 1926, graduated at Har-
yard in 1876, was admitted to the bar i N
lS49, and settled to practice his profession
at Worcester. He served in the Legisla-
ture in 1852, and was a member of the
Senate in 1857, In 1868 he was elected to
Congress, and has since been regularly
reelected until last summer when he re-
tired, being elected few days ago to the |
United States Senate, to succeed Mr..
Boutwell, for the term ending 1888.
REPRESENTATIVE EPPA HUNToN.
Eppa Hlnton was born in Fauquier |
County, Va, September %, 1929 and,
though his early education was limited, |
studied and practised law, and in 1917 |
become Commonwealth Attorney for |
Prince William County, a post he held |
till 1862. He sat in the first session of the i
Virginia State Conventionthata assembled |
at Richmond in 1861, then resigned to /
enlist in the Confederate service. He /
was Colonel of the Eighth Virginia In
fantry, and promoted to the rank of
brigadier general after Gettysburg. At |
Sailors Creek, Just before Lees surren-
der, he was made prisoner and confined
for some months in Fort Warren. He
was elected to Congress in 1872 and re-
elected in 1874 and 1876.
REPRESENTATIVE HENRY u. PAYNE.
Henry B. Payne was born in Hamilton
County, in n. Y. November 30, 1910, |
and studied at Hamilton College, ,embrac-
ing the law as n profession, and in 1884
settling to its practice in Cleveland, o.
In 1913 he was one of the Cass electors in
Ohio and served in the State Senate dur
ing the two succeeding years. For sever
al years he sat in the Cleveland Council.
and was closely identified with the rail
road and manufacturing interests of
Northern Ohio.
COUNSEL BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
OF the lawyers to whom has been in
trusted the management ofthe great case,
Messrs. O'Conor, Trumbhll, Carpenter
and Black, on the Democratic side, and
Evarts, ,Stoughten and Stanley Matthews,
of Republican counsel, are very widely
known. With the other two gentlemen
Mr.. Samuel S. Shellabarger, Republi-
can and Ashbel Green, Democrat-news-
paper readers may not be 10 familiar.
Townsend, Montaut < Co., sold at auc-
ton in New York, on Wednesday,, 15,-
600 pieces black alpacas by order of the
treasurer and directors of the Arlington