The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-06-17

year longer, concluded to accept l have
oiten heard him express regret that he did not
never would have left the army to 60 to Con-
! gress had he forteen that the struggle would
continue beo0nd the year 1863. He continued
| his military service up to the time Congress
! met.
On entering Congress, in December, 1886
mittee on military affairs, with Sohenck and
fsrnsworth, who were also fresh from the
held. He took an active part in the debates
oi The House and won . recognition whic
lew new members succeed in gaining. He
Surns %aS not hs 4spS.t st his
something OF a pendant because he sometimes
showed his scholarship In bis speeches, and
they were Jealous Of his prominence. His
so'id attainments and amiable social qualities
enabled him to overcome this prejudice dur
lng his second term. and he became on terms
OF close friendship with the best men Of both
Houses. His committee service during his
second term was on the ways and means,
winch was quite to his taste, for it gave him
an opportunity to prosecute the studies in
nnance and political economy which he had
always felt fondness for. lie was hard
worker aud great reader in those DAYS, 20
ing nome with his arms full of books from
the Congressional library and sitting up hate
nlghts to read them: 1t was then that he
subject Of national finance which he has since
held to firmly amid all the storms Of political
agitation. He was renominated in 1864, with
out opposition, but in 1856, Mr.. Hutchins,
whom he had supplanted, made au effort to
thoroughly, but the convention nominated
Garfield by reclamation. He has had no 3D.
position since in his own party. In 1872 the
Liberals and Democrats united to beat him
out his majority was larger than ever In
1874 the Greenbackers and Democrats com.
n n
him, but they made no impression on the re-
cult. The Ashtabula district as it is generally
called, is the most faithful to lis representa-
tlves OF any In the North 1t has had but four
members in half century.
In the Fortieth Congress General Garfield
was chairman OF the committee on military
attalrs. In the Forty first he was given the
chairnanship of banking and currency,
which he liked much better, because it was
! in the line of his financial studies. His next
promotion was to the chairmanship Of the
| appropriations committee. which he held un-
| til the Democrats came into power in the
House in 1876. HIS chief work on that com
mittee was a steady and judicious reduction
or the sHRenses Of the government In Ill
borne leading part, his clear, vigorous and
| moderate style Of argument making him one
| OF the most effective debatcrs in either House.
| When James G. Blaine went to the Senate,
| In 1877, the mantle Of Republican leadership
in the House was by common consent placed
upon Garfield, and he has worn it ever since.
| In January last General Garfield was elected
| to the Senate to the seat which will be va
Gated by Allen G. Thurman on the 9TH of
March, 1851. He received the unanimous
| vote OF the Republican caucus, an honor never
| given to any man of any party In the State of
Ohio. Since his election he has been the
| recipient OF many complimentary manifesta-
tions in Washington and in Ohio:
GARFIELD As A LEADER.
| A. 1Aala - 81. H.: =.
and less dashing than Blaine, and his Judicial
| turn of mind makes him too promo to luok for
two sides of question for him to be an eff
ciens partiean. When tho issue fairly touches
his convictions, however, he becomes thorough
~ aroused and strikes tremendous blows.
the enemy by sharp shooting surprises and
picket firing. Garfield waits for an oppor-
tunity to deliver = pitched battle, and his
9enerslahip il sh3wn to best advantage when
the fight is . fair one and Waged On groaDds
where eeeA party thinks itself strongest. Thea
his solid shot of argument are exceediugly
effective. On the stump Garfield 10 ono of the
very best orators In the Republioen party. He
great clearneas and vigor of statement and .
way of knitting his Arguments together 20 a
to make speech deepen it's impression on tho
mind of the hearer until the climax 10 reached.
OF his industry and studious habits . great
deal might be said, but = single illustration
will have to suffice here. Once during the
| busiest part of . very busy ression At Washing
ton, found him in his library, behind Z big
| bazricade of books. This was no unusual
sight, but when glanced at the volumes saw
that they were all different editions of Horace,
OF books relating to that poet. Il find l am
overWoFked and need recreation" said the gen.
| eral. "Now my theory in that the best
way to rest the mind is not to let it be
! idle but to put it at something quite outside
| of the ordinary line of its employment. 60
/ hw al tho
library can show about Horace and the various
editions and translations of biz poemn."
GARFIELD AT HoNE.
General Garfield IL the possessor of two
houses, and his family miRrstes twice . year.
Some ten years ago, finding how unsatisfa ctosy
life was in hotels and boarding houses. be
bought lot Of ground on the corner of Thir-
money borrowed of friend built plain, sub
stantial three-story house. wing vas ex-
tended afterwards to make room for the fast
growing library. The money was repaid in
time, and was probably saved in great part
from what would otherwise have gone to land-
surroundings, and the house became centre
of much simple and cordial hospitality. Five
or six years ago, tho little cottage at Hiram
was sold, and for = time tho only
fs:desSs %;.,,ct the Garfield. had hon.e in
he built on Little Mountain. bold elevation
| In Lake county, which commands . view of
thirty miles of rich farming country stretched
along the shore of Lake Erie. Three yeazs ago
he bought . farm in Mentor, in tho same
county, lying on both sides of tho Lake Shore
| + Michigan southern railroad. Hero biz fam
| lily spend all tho time when he 10 FREQ from hi
duties in Warrington. The farm house 10 .
low, old fashioned, story and half building
but its limited accommodations have been sup
plemented by numerous out buildings, one of
which General Garfield uses for Office and lib
| rary purposes. Tho farm contains about ono
hundred and twenty acres of excellant land, in
| high state Of cultivation. and the Congreas-
man finds . recreation, of which be never tires,
and orchards. Cleveland 10 only
twenty-five miles away; there
il post Office and . railway station within half
mile, and the pretty country town Of raines-
res Of summer life ON tho Garfield farm In .
drive of two miles through the woods to the
lake shore and bath in tho breskess.
General Garfield has five children living, and
has lost two. Who died in infancy. The twoo old
New Hampshi1e. Mary. OF Molly. - everybody
calls her, is handsome, rosy checked girl Of
| about H. Tho two younger boys are named
Irwin and Abram. The General's mother il
still living and has long been q member of his
family. She il an intelligent and energetic old
l
keeps we'll posted in tho news of The day and il
| very proud of her sons career. though moro
liberal of criticism than of praise.
General Garfield district lies in tho extreme
northeastern corner of Ohio, and now embraces
tho counties of Ashtabuls, Trumbull, 0eau9s,
Lake and Mahoning. His old home oou2ty of
Portage was detached from IL . year ago. With
tho exception of tho coal and iron regions in
the extreme southern part, tho district IL purely
. rural one aud IN inhabited by population
of pure New England ancestry. It II claimed
that there il less lliteracy in proportion to The
population than in any other district In tbs
| United States.
In person General Garfield 10 six feet high,
broad :shouldered and strongly built. He has
IN unusually large bead, that seems to be
three -fourths forehead, light brown hair and
beard, large, light blue eyes, prominent nose
aud full eheeks. He dn sses plainly, is food
of troad- brimmed slouch hats and stout boots,
eats heartily, cares nothing for luxurious iv-
ing, il thoroughly temperate in all respects
ave in that of brain work, and II devoted to
bis wife and children and veey fond Of his