, 1879-02-08
,uhst Is Said by His Neighbors Of the
Man Who Baked the 9. =. A.
Brigadiers.
,,,n,,o,lftcd Respect and Adnil-
ration for tho t1ntcr oi
Southern Claims.
..,,rytev with Gen. Bragg
on This interesting
Topic.

:, thr Statt to-day - uGn. Es . 6FaH2t "uoeo
!" '..snt deoartuso from the lines Of Democratic
oo,Gr ha. caused 30 much and varied .tpcculn-
ton p' your correspondent met the gentleman
nj, evening anil passed . very pleasant hour In
If, eoupsuy. lie was by no means retlcent, but
.,ho.t,mrd himself OF hts views without sics|ta-
,,oa and certainly without ambiguity. lie ID a
u,4n rho eyidencrs In bis maksup and actions
~. no,sesston Of nerve nnd courage to do
vh,, 1,e ,hiuksts right, and do It like nan. lie
/. below medium hight, spare, narrow-ct,estcd,
III counterpart, physlcally speaking, Of Alex
.n,ler II, Stephens, without any OF TINT gentle.
r,,n,. bodily ailments. Ills head ls isrgc,-ap-
n,t+otly too large for t.c bodv,-sct squurclY
soa ,ulntuptla!!Y ou his shoulders. Ills eye Is
compron,tse between gray null hazet, und when
n.l. speaking he tmpresscs ono With au idea
t1tt
nB ME4Sa WHAT TIE BATS.
II, ran sar more in fewer words thnn any law
,vor pollttcan In Wisconsin, say his friends,
rho adj Ina, for c'earnass Of expression, con.
.teness Of speech, power ot sarcasm, and un-
o,c,,ioucd pluck, no las tsw rlvnla ut tho lar OF
,te DsdEcr Slate. lie ia about 20
,tars Of ncc, n,Ml has been III
oublc life since he came West, twcnt Y.avc years
400, lie has .lled the offices Of State's-Attor-
ney, Legislator, and Representative III Congress,
and. It Is said, Carrtce mora aucnce with nlcn,-
bt,s Of boil, Democratic md Republican parttaa
than any other man tu the 3tntc. lie was tarst
e.rstci 10 Congress In 1876 over Eldredge, 4
t.'ary-erabber an.t Democrat Of tile most pro-
aounrel Euurbon type: reelected last fatl, and
Il IN election should take place Tomorrow he
roull enter tho Isis without q rival. He Is a
nar Il Is sai, OF TIC radical school IN his rcla
tIuns With l,ts fcllows,-a frtcnd or N cnemy,-
md Il specially noted for hts faculty Of getting
back 1t folks who attack lin. lie rarely loses
Lis tculpcE, aud II
TIE SOUTHERN NRtaADinns
saorl hIm MI opportunity .hu will stow them
u wLat stuff he's matte. llo did this tu the
War Of tie Rebellion, going iuto tho army rs q
Captain and coming out 1sriRaIlcr- lenerat.
Tie commanded what IL known as tlle Iron
Bffgade" during tho llye days. tight around
Richmond, anil WAS severely wounsiod at An
tetam. After tho War hc wgnt to Chicago md
p1acttcsd law t!lere for TWO years, returning
hoHeseE, ~ Fond du Lac, slpre, ~ above
ttatrd, hc Is to-tlay tho most prominent resi-
dtut, Politically lie has always claimed TO bc
"Wnr Democrat" an.l IL 90 considered by
the party In Wisconsin, except that brunch
EintuuIQtC1 br u. u. SElIttIs OF MOlf6ut1s
p,Inrr md ,,i;c,,ru ~ ,H,wa,,tsc o,a ,,,,zsre
IT,. ."'ts' A,'u ''Ae"e''' " '"asNee' a''a o1"ess'
Hs constituency NC ehthused at Inc course
taken bY him, a1.a speak Of him ns tho probable
coming nan for acnator, in the event OF tlle
Democracy gaining an asceudency in Wtscnn-
ss. In short, hu Ia q lawyer Of very superior
sMittes, d politician fatpll.ani..tsht ways- and
means to tic attainment of political ends,
A MAN or DETERMINATION,
y, '..ss'., .' ~" W." tappt 1aeu'1s
VI euFae''ns aalh'taton, aas surrounded hin'-
sell with irfcass Who will -" hank" on BIN 10
tAc end. Lie resides fn a pleasant homo, where
your corrr.non1rnt fo1nd htm. on,l altar a
brtrf conva,eo,t;n ~, ss.t,,. ' '' ass' =
soma ponts which may bc iotcrcstEng. Tie
....',. ~ IL" .,a uo'' ~ e'nH'cas ia" 1u'5
ofcsjm. ~. -, sls w,r " I,",,D v
,n,.r,s,uea .ha,s 1.n. ."s "".' i!onau as"ass
so'es'a'oeo taose VIEWS nnd was elected by
constituency who were entirely familiar with
hfa conclusions on that byj,nl{. .What wos more
be said, he wasn't thro,,ch win, ~, suhtcrt
e,,br, and ,x,,.. .,,,. a4.st.'. ".4 ~ suols.s
:, .a.,,, 49, ""s III. s"olect eaf'e up aea!l' as
.,a, ao, ne euo1'a ueHhe uta position Win
aessness atld At aoMo length.
=, =. thG sIe*s you hold, General, arc not thosc
al .,, A., ...... - - =.