The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-07


Isg some of;shc Members r the New
9 cabinet.
[sketched BY friendly ihnd1
49, DAVID MsKEY.sa-~
Ex-senator David d.. Key, OF Tennessee,
| Is anatiYe OF Green county, OF that State,
the ,cohhty-sea OF VI fiieh is Greenyil the
home. of .Apdrew Johnson, Mr. Key. Is.
| tifty-four years old, and n lawyer by profes-
sion.r He ranks in East Tennessee among
the ablest. From~1870 and up to his ap.
pointment. in 1876 by Governor Porter, OF
Tennessee, TO I'LL the vacancy caused by the
death OF Andrew Johnson, Mr. hey pre-
Eslded rs chancellor. OF, the Chattanoo ga cir
cuit. He Is not q politician In party sense,
1 but broad, liberal, and national statesman.
During the war he commanded Contede-
j rate regiment raised in East Il nessee, and
| made u splendid soldier In the; recent
election OF United States senator every men,
Der from East Tennessee In the Legislature,
Including IL, Repub licans and i1g Demo
Gratis, voted for him. and were aearne st In
their efforts, to- SECURE his election. 1! The
! Liberal Democrats and x-ConfederaEe sol
! diers in other parts Of the State supported
him. Ut the t06 members constituting the
Legislature Of the State Judge Key received
As votes, Of which 81 swere, Republican
and q Democrats His opponents, how
ever, appealed to party passion and eftrct /.
ally aroused it. AS an ind ex to the public
as well as the private character OF Senator
Key, the following extract from bis speech
on the Oregon question, delivered Deceln-
Der 1s, 1876, in the Senate, Will be readiwith
asir.1t Is time that f' We become Coz Infused
with more OF that charity which thinketh
no evil and, is. kind. ( Il Is time that we
should have that confidence which would
allow us, to reposei trust in, each other. 1t
is time for us to make our Government one
of law instead OF force. 1t is time that Of!
TENDERS be tried and punished, and not
, those who are innocent, The wicked should
| be condemned, and not communities or
States because wicked men are in them"
In regard to the presidential candidates,
Senator Key, in the same speech, said: =
"Before the people OF my own State, in
1.-The canvass lately ended, I on all occasions
|endorsed the candidates OF the Republican
! party as patriotic and honest men Of whom
4 any marty or country might be Justly
Iproud." edjtt st@t',T9l2h % ~fzc, ~"
| I'm 9uiTr.Ge0RGE ". M'CRARY. ;!j rDiiT9
George w. McCrary, of Iowa, was one Of
1.-THE earliest selections made By the Presi-
dent. Hereceived the solid support Of his
Estate, and may be considered the omost
! prominent representative man OF the Re-
4 publicans of the N Northwest. His abilities
! have long made him rank among the fore
| most men In the House. He has, served
upon. Judiciary Committee, is recog7
L Il 80, ao~.sr n
4 of originating the plan for the settlement OF
the presidential dispute by commission
c,n, scr,,,nz .Iol
12h Carl schlirz, who has been SO prominent
in public affairs, was born at Liylar, near
! Cologne, Prussia, March 2, 1929, He; was
educated at the Gymnasium Of Cologne and
the University Of Bonn, which lie entered
at the age of seventeen. At the outbreak
OF the REVOLUTION of 1913 he, conducted a
Liberal newspaper, but being concerned in
| an Unsuccessful attempt to promote an, in
sHrrection at Bonn, he fled to the Palatinate
On the surrender Of that fortress he escaped
to Switzerland. y. In 1850, he . returned
secretly to; Germany and \ effected the
escape of, his cpnpatriot, Gottfried Kinkle:
Mr.. SchurZ came to this country. in 1852,
and soon took-an active part in the
anti-slayery. movement rim the 4 North
west. lie e; waSd Influential: men,
Der of 4, the Republican Ii Convention Of
1860, and "a spoke =; both ~ I'M German
i and. English during the canvass. which
4 followed. .. Presi dent Lincoln appointed Mr.
Schurz Minister to Spain, buthe returned
1 thereirom An December, 1861 in order to
enter the army, He took part in the battles
4 OF, the second Bull Run, Charlottesville, !
and Gettysburg, and retired 1.-THE close OF
the war with the rank maior-genera1. In
1859 he was chosen United States senator
4 in 8IissolHiio theterm ending in 1915. He
lopposed leading measures Of General
Grants ADMINISTRATION, and took promi-
i nent part in the organization Of the Liberal
party, presiding over the convention in
| Cincinnati which nominated Horace Gree
ley for the presidency. He visited Europe
in 1878 and again in 1875, being received
with much consideration in his native
country. ,.On his return he took part in the
political canvass in Ohio, and By his elo-
q,ienee contributed materiaht'to the cleo
ton of Governor Hayes and the overthrow
of imitation. During the recent campaign
he labored zealously for the election Of
President Hayes. =. '2.'i ''-.' =,
49, -, JOHN SHERMAN 81. -.
John Sherman comes from q, Connecticut
family. founded by refugee Roun dhead
Robert Sherman, q lawyer, removed to
Ohio in 1910, and became a Judge; OF the SUI
preme Court. He married young, and had
a family OF eleven children. OF the sons,
William Tecumseh Sherman is the General
] of the Army. John Sherman was the eighth
| child. He was born at Lancaster. Ohio,
| Nav 10, 1928, and received, bis carly educa-