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merely exterior. 1t Is characteristic ~
everything within, Here is

everything within. Here is
THE CHARACTER OF THE MAN
The house was built by Senator Windom
and in finish and furniture bears the imDress
of his personality. There is nothing tawdfv
or snowy here. ALI is roomy, massive. and
plain. The stairway is heavy walnut, Tha
doors are large and OF the same material
plainly paneled. The ground-loor ceiling j.
very high, which makes the double parlot,
seem narrow. The latter are furnished with
quiet elegance. In the basement, f1outIne
the street, is the Senatorial workshop. Tha
small, barred windows from the street do
not indicate what is going on within. Yet
here, behind the plain walnut desk, sits a
man amid his books and papers whose publIu
career stamps him as
ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT STATESMEN m
Ills TINE.
Conceive q man of So years, medium hight
compactly built, with splendid head, well
set between his broad shoulders, his most
conspicuous feature being an expansa
of forehead with badness; his nosa
and full nostrils indicative of strength
of character, stiff upper lin
and with frank brown eyes that louk
kindly into yours, suggestive of all easy
temper and perennial good humor. lis
expression is that Of benevolence, while tia
pure, firm complexion indicates temperate
habit and superb physical health. In dres,
he is neat aud plain, the only mark Of fashion
in his appearance being the English-cut
whiskers running vertically In. front OF tha
ears. From his attire, the man might be a
weil-to-do country merchant,-in facial ap-
pearance, professor of moral science and
philosopher. This is William Window, Tia
fayorit son of the great State Of Minnesota.
SENATOR wISDo, WAS Bo1sS =:
in Belmont County, Ohio, in May, 1926. Iii,
parents were both from Old Virginia, which
gives him doubty sound Presidential pedi-
gree His fathers people were from North
Carolina. His mother, whose maiden nalue
was Spencer, came from good Pennsylvania
Quaker stock. Window the elder was one Of
the famous pioneers of Ohio,-that hardy
race who carried the van OF civilization be.
yond the 4ilesfienes and reclaimed that re-
gion from the wilderness. He pitched hIs
tent in the midst Of the forest. Here his son
William spent his boyhood and youth, like
the immortal Lincoln, "clearing up'' tha
claim, splitting rails, chopptns wood, and
participating in all the tolls incidental to
pioneer farnl-Iife. It was not until he had
reached mature years that he began nny
regular course OF mental development, but
his active ambition ready wit, and natural
force Of character gave him rapid advance
ment. At % he left the Academy ard was
ADMITTED TO TIE EAR.
his family having some time before moved to
Knox County. For the next tiye years
he practlccd his profession at Mount
Vernon, q. 1t was here ia
first entered public life, being elected
Public Prosecutor us Wing, BY !. majority
Of 800, in the face OF Democratic majority
in the county of 1.0O0- In 1856 he initiated
his father by going West, getting married,
and growing up with the country. Ha
planted his home in Winona, Alinn., where
he has ever since resided Four years later
the people of his district had already formed
such an opinion Of his integrity and capacity
that he was run fora the Thirty-slxth Con.
gress on the Wing ticket, and triumph
autly elected. He was subsequently,
-four times consecutiyely unant
mously renominated, and this in
a district where 4 Republican nomination
was equivalent to an election. At the close
of his fifth term he declined further services
in the House. He was Immediately appoint
ed BY the Governor to fill
THE UyExPIEED SENATORIAL. TERN
Of the Hon. Daniel S. Norton. decessed
since which he has been twice chosen for tina
the position of United States Senator by the
unanimous vote Of his party. In his early
political life, Mr.. Window was i dis.
cip1e Of Henry Clay. From him ha
Inherited q fondness for those Ques-
tions which pertain to the material in
terests of the people, Perhaps the hard
practical experience OF his youth contributed
most to this channel Of thought This phase
of political economy may be called his spe.
cialty. Senator Window is not a brilliant Or
snowy man. He parades neither his person
nor tongue. He never does anything for et-
feet. But lie is remarkable for bis: hard
sense, capacity, range Of ideas, and wuuder-
full mental endurance, and in these quail:
ties he has had few equals among
his colleagues In the House Of
Senate. His abilities are Of the rugged
solid kind. Yet his public utterances are
not devoid Of the graces Of rhetoric which
distinguish the orator. His record is clean,
his private character spot1ess and without
reproach. Ills political course has been
straight and consistent. He has never wav.
cred in his duty to his constituents, nor In a.
legiance to his party. His Judgment is EN-
balmed in the acts which form the proudest
monuments OF Its political rule. !:
WILLIAM NINDO3r,
Of Winona, was born III Belmont County,
Ohio, May 10, 1871; received an academic
education; studied law at Mount Vernon,
Ohio; practiced his profession in that State
and in Minnesota until 1859; was elected
Prosecuting Attorney for Knox County In
1852; removed to Minnesota in 1855; was
Representative in the Thirty-sixtil, ThlrtI.
seventh, Thirty-eighth. Thirty-ninth, and
Fortieth Congresses; was appointed BY tue
Governor of Minnesota, In July, 1870. to hlh
the unexpised term of the Hon. Daniel ..
Norton, deceased, III the Senate Of tns
United States; was subsequently elected as
Il Republican,, and was reelected in l6ta.
Ills term of service will expire March ), lss5s
so GLAD.
Special Dts2ateh to T74e C1.feG9o 7Hbunk : j.
WISoSA. Mimi, March 5.-Thc news o.
Senator WindoM's nomination to be oecle
tary Of the Treasury was received with lnucA
enthusiasm by his old friends and nelgn,.
bors in Winopa to-day. Flags are dlsplaYea
at many places, and this evening many pr
yate residences are illuminated.
KIRK WOOD. :>: ;
SAMUEL ]. KII.nvo0D, ..~: :
nf Tntpo City was horn in Hartford County,