The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-07-26

NEW YORK.
There Is not in the world a single
country other than ours where there are
SO many educated and experienced men
competent to meet any political emer-
gency, or TO fill any post pertaining to
our general government or local legis
latures. And in nothing is this more
strongly exempli6ed than in the fact,
that In some OF our great conventions
and caucuses the names OF leading per-
sonages, with undoubted claims to
public consideration. are frequently set
aside for new ones, or for those Of indi-
viduals Of less prominence. though the
undercurrent of whose ability may have
made itself felt in more than one de-
partment of our economy. Our whole
population is rife. SO TO speak, with such
characters; and hence the readiness
and security with which such changes
are made, and hence also the establish
ment Of the fact, that, in this country
at least, no man is regarded as possessed
exclusively of those abilities which are
necessary to tho adequate discharge of
even the most important and exalted
duties that can be imposed upon him
by the people.
In England the masses are shut out
from the upper house Of the legislature,
and, in effect, from the lower house
also. Birth, on the one hand, and
great landed interest on the other. are
the two millstones between which the
great bulk Of the people are ground to
powder. These reprehensible elements
of political advancement are, however,
unknown to this great republic; for
here the lists are open to all citizens;
being restricted to native Americans in
one relation only-that of the Presi-
dency.
In presenting to our readers the por-
trait Of MI. Miller, elected to the United
States senate to succeed Senator Plat;
we are again reminded of the uncer-
tainty of early leading nominations in.
any political convention, as well as of
the vastness of our In the re-
lation already referred to. True, that
previously he had been no stranger to
public life; but then we are not so sure
that this enhanced the chances of his
recent success in any degree whatever.
Be this as it may, his name seems not
to have been taken into consideration
during the early deliberations of his
party in the state capital; but all at
once he appears on the scene, and after
a sharp contest carries the day, and sue
ceeds Mr.. Plat to the extreme gratiH-
cation of the administration, and of all
those who had become weary OF the
prolonged and unseemly struggle at
Albany, and who were almost ready to
accept any candidate likely to bring it
to q close.
Warner Miller was born in Oswego
county, N. Y, August u, 1888. He
was educated at Union college where
he was held in high estimation and
graduated with honors in 1860. Soon
after this latter period he was employed
as a teacher in the Fort Edward col
iegiats institute, where he distinguished
himself In a marked degree, and re-
manned until the breaking out of the
civil war, when he enlisted as a private in
the 9th New York cavalry, serving sub
sequently in the Shenandoah valley. His
career as a soldier also may be gathered
from the fact, that he was steadily pro-
NOTED through the intermediate ranks
until he became a lieutenant, when he
was taken prisoner at the battle of
Winchester. In 1872, he was a delegate
to the national convention at Philadel-
phia; and in 1874, and also in 1875, he
was elected to the New York legislature.
He was subsequently the republican
representative to the f~orty-six congress
OF the twenty-second district, compris-
ing HerkImer Jefferson and Lewis coun-
ties, and was re. elected last fall.
Mr. Miller has lived in Herkimer for
many years, and is a paper manufac.
turer Of large means and influence. He
IL q gentleman Of confirmed views, al
though Of a somewhat retiring DISPOSE
ton. Hi habits are simple, and his
moral character without a bIemish, the
assertions Of his political opponents to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Qs.l-o-ra~ g. A.