The daily gazette., 1878-09-24
Men of the Moment.

MT. Murch IL "a tall, good-looking and |
we'll proporuoned man Of forty, IA blonde, |
with blue eyes and light brown miIstache |
and hair, sprinkled with gray. Though
In his youth his advantages for obtaining |
AL education were very limited, IN his ac-
tive and adventurous life he has used his
Keen natural powers of observation with
good effect, and has good fund of in
formauon and practical kno wledge of
mon and things. He showed good exc
cutlve ability in the organization and
management of his union. The Ken.
nebec Journal calls Kim ian ignorant,
misunderstanding tramp the Bangor
Hhg, IAN uneducated and misohieyous
rlngleader OF striking stone-cutters;" the
Portland Press, ,"awild-eyed Communist"
the Springfield Repubticdn, IAN ignorant
labonng-man and vicious ComInunist:n
and the Tribune, "a shittless laborer and
striker" Mr.. Hale, however. saws that
Mr.. Murch knows more than he is given
credit for, and is "a quiet man without
any legislative experiences or aptitude"
whose nomination WAS great SURPRISE
to himself and everybody else. A local
paper which opposed him admitted
when he was nominated that Mr.. Murch
would appear to advantage in compari-
| son with the average Congressman in
manners, Intelligence, character and
ability. The Bangor Commercial saws he
; Is OF spoiless character, modest, genial
ana mostAcourteous; another paper that
though poor, he is out OF debt, and has
| always supported himself by hard work
MI M urch Is marrled, and the father of
several boys. AS speaker he is plain
anu earnest but neither rhetorical angry
nor eItravagAnt. In defending himself
at The beginning of the campaign from
charges OF communism and violence. he
Is described as hoving maintained his
temper, spared abuse and kent TO hls
SUBJECT, Introducing freely letters, tel.-
grams ana documents to establish his
position or contute his adversaries,
Mr.. Murch is temperance man, but
does not believe in probibitory legisla-
uon. lie has hitherto been Democrat,
indeed he was discharged two wears ago
for voting the Democratic ticket. Dur.
ing the rebellion he was a War Demo
crat; he was, however, always an extreme
protectionist He believes in prohibi
tory tariff on everything that can be pro
duced in the country and the abandon
ment of COIN except for exchanges, ant
the establishment of an "absolut,
money" system. Voorhees, and Kelle,
are his favorite financiers. He oppose.
Inonopohes and frauds, and does not be
lleVe that congressman and public off
GERS should receive salaries IA such mar k
ed excess of the wages of workngmen
HI he goes TO Washington Mr.. Murcl
. Will retain the secretaryship OF his unio
and occupy his time with visiting hi
constituents to acquaint himself intlms
= tely with their wants and sentiments.
E Before he was twenty-one the ne,
Congressman-elect had sailed to Cubs
} England, the Crlmea (where he wa
during the war with a transport) an
France; from New Orleans he had worl
ed to st. Louis; he had numbered i
/ Michigan; worked on dairy farm i
Illinois; been smashed in a railroad a.
! cident in Wisconsin; tramped frol
! Prairie du Chen to Saltwater, MINI, b,
ing robbed and stripped en- route by Ii
dians; been cook in a mill boarding hou.
d IN Minnesota, and a roustabout on a
tanned his majority he has worked
Maine as stone-cutter.