The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-03-10
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A STEED OF SABLE HUE.
The New Senator From Pcnmsylva-
nfa--1iOW He Came to be selected,
and Some Points i'm His Career.

The New Senator From Pcnnsylva-
nfa--How He Came to be selected,
and Some Points i'm 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 quiet
conversational discussion of the situa-
ton for about twenty minutes, and it
was agreed that each side should hold
a 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 I. 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 Shiras second by vote to S.
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 a
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
mittees joined in sincerest congratula-
tions.
JOHN I. MITCHELL
was born in Tioga county, Pennsyl-
vania, July %, 1888, and in his Add
year. His parents were from Conneti-
cut, and his father was prosperous
farmer. He worked farm until Is
years cid, getting only common school
instruction. He then took a two years
course at seminary in Lewisburg,
Union county, where he had been the
classmate of Charles F. 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 Il 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 a colleague of Mitchell in
the house of representatives and the
late senatorial candidate of the bolters.
In 1916 Mitchell was admitted to the
bar of Tioga county he was elected dis
trict attorney in 1868 and served three
years. For one year he edited the
Agitator, a 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 ahandsome
majority. He at once took rank in
congress as hard worker, and a man
of unusual ability, though not dis
tinguished for prominence in debate.
He was reelected in 1878, and in 1880
de :ined a 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, a pure Saxon
type, and will be the handsomest man
in the senate.
The present Mrs. Mitchell is his
second wife, and has five children.
MitchelPs nomination is due to his
personally friendly relation with Beaver,
Bayne, and Cameron,
HIS ANTI-MAcH1NE RECORD.
in 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
stricter regulation of the transporta-
ton monopolies. The sixteenth dis
trict which he now represents, includes
Mexican county, which produces nine
tenths of all the petroleum of the coun.
try, and has been subjected to unexam-
pied plunder by the transportation
companies. Mitchell's election will be
particularly gratifying to the oil region
and the northern tier of counties, which
give the bulk of the republican MAORI
ties outside of Philadelphia. Senator
Cameron suggested Mitchell's name two
weeks ago as one of the men who would
be acceptable to the stalwarts as COM
promise. This was thought rather
strange at the time, as Mitchell was
vice president of the Blaine club Of the
District Of Columbia, and active in the
bolt of Tioga county against the unit
RUE lllSlIuCClO1A AON stuc ACluSyASnhIAb
delegation at Chicago.
Mitchell, when in the legislature,
strongly aided in the passage Of the
screen bill for the protection Of coal
miners, and Welsh gave compliment
tary vote one day to Mitchell when he
happened to be in the convention.
Mitchelrs nomination both to the
house and senate have come to him
unsought, and without his personal in
tervention. When first nominated for
congress he was on visit to the CEN
tennial exhibition with his family, and
lit was wholly unexpected. In the case
of the senatorship he has probably
never said q word in his own behalf,
and up to two O'Clock to-day he was en-
ltirely ignorant Of the imminent pros
pect of his nomination. He il 3 per
sonal and highly esteemed friend Of
Garfield. and will make . record in the
senate as honorable to himself as TO his
party.