Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-10
4 STEED OF SABLE HUF
The New Senator From PcnnsyIya
nia--HoW He Came to be selected
and Some Points in His Career.

The JOINT committee of machine
and anti-machine had failed to agree.
abandoned all hope and adjourned. A
ballot was taken which developed the
fact that the members of the legislature
were disposed to vote for caucus nomi-
nees no longer, but vote for their indi
vidual preferences. This so alarmed
the leaders that they resolved to make
one more attempt They therefore
agreed upon one more session of the
Joint committee. The committee were
got together again and held a quiet
conversational discussion of the situa
ton for about twenty minutes, and it
was agreed that each side should hold
q private conference and decide on two
or three men each, one of which would
be acceptable as a compromise to the
party which chose him. Both COM
mittees withdrew, remained away ten
minutes, and returned for business.
BY A STRANGE COINCIDENCE
both had agreed on John |. Mitchell
and George Shiras, jr., of Pittsburg, as
the acceptable men. The boilers com
mittee were unanimously agreed that
they would accept whichever of the
two was acceptable to the regulars.
The regulars gave Mitchell first place,
and Shlras second by vote 7 to 5.
The committee was called to order, and
Senator Cooper moved for viva voce
ballot. The roll was called alphabet
cally. and as The two regulars came
first Mitchell got Two votes. The bolt
ers accepted this as an indication of
Willingness to accept Mitchell and they
threw their full strength to him as the
roll call went on. The result was
unanimous. Senator Cooper offered q
resolution that tho committees report
to their respective caucuses at 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning and advocate the
uniting of both in a full republican
caucus at $50, for the purpose of
making the nomination unanimous,
which was carried, and the committees
adjourned. Three cheers were given
for Beaver, Bayne, and Mitchell, and
the individual members of the COM
mlttees joined in sincerest congratula-
tons.
JOHN l. MITCHELL
was born in Tioga county, Pennsyl-
yania, July %, 1888, and in his AID
year. His parents were from Conneti-
cut, and his father was a prosperous
farmer. He worked farm until IS
years old, getting only common school
instruction. He then took two years
course at a seminary i'll Lewisburg,
Union county, where he had been the
classmate of Charles =. Wolfe and Ben
jamin L. Hewitt, speaker of the
assembly, Mitchell taught school for
several years, reading law meantime
and in 1862 volunteered for service in
the union army. He received a lieu
tenants commission in the 136th Penn
sylvania volunteers infantry, served
two years, and rose to the the rank of
captain. The regiment was command
ed by Col. Thomas w. Bayne of Pitts
burg, now colleague of Mitchell in
the house Of representatives and the
late senatorial candidate of the boilers.
In 1916 Mitchell was admitted TO the
bar of Tioga county he was elected dis
trct attorney in 1868 and served three
years. For one year he edited the
Ag;tat0r, weekly published at Wells
boro, the county seat of Tioga county.
In 1871 he was elected to the legisla-
ture, twice reelected and served five
years, being chairman of the general
judiciary and ways and means COM
mittees. In 1876 he was nominated
for congress and elected by a handsome
majority. He at once took rank in
congress as a hard worker, and a ian
of unusual ability, though not dis
tnguished for prominence in debate.
He was reelected in 1873, and in 1880
de 2lined denomination. Mr.. Mitchell
is man of accurate scholarship, ex-
tensive reading, and fine legal talent.
He has been ten years in politics and
is poor. 1t is no secret that his refusal
to run again for congress last fall was
due to desire to build up his law
practice. He is six feet in height and
Of magnificent physique, q pure Saxon
type, and will be the handsonlest man
lnthe senate.
The present Mrs. Mitchell is his
second wife, and has five children.
Mitchels nomination is due to his
personally friendly relation with Beaver,
Bayne, and Cameron,
HIS ANTI-MACHGNE RECORD.
II the fight for the last presi-
Dental nomination, and his
able and consistent advocacy of the
interstate commerce bill and other
measures in congress looking towards
a stricter regulation of the transporta-
tion monopolies. The sixteenth dis
trict which he now represents, includes
Mexican county, which produces nine
tenths of all the petroleum ofthe coun