The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-07-06


gentlemen selected 10 represent Euns:t.
in the national legislature are, in tIt
best sense oi that term. representative
men possessed of qualifications which
will III them IL iii with credit to the
state the positions Iu WATCH they are
destined 10 he called
The candidates are all grntlcm, II ni
prominence and are ku"wn Ia the public
in connection with import tnt offices 81
public trust which they have filled
or as having ntaincd prbmi-
nence IN the Profession of law,
! of which three ot them are
members The history nf cacn is not
unlike that OF hundreds of -, lErcllant
men in Kansas who, by dinl of energy
and application, have achieved success
and won distinction. in the race for for
tune and honor. The following infJr-
nation regarding the candidates, which
We gather from biographical skelch, S
published in The Topeka Capital, will Ice
of interest Ia the general public at this
time.
Judge =. r. P,ters, who went into the
convention with l73 VOTES. and Was
nomiu1ted an the second ballot, is u res
ident of Newton. aud j "Br Of The abIe,t
lawyers in Kansas lie VII, torn in
Ohio IN 1912, and spent hi, bryh.'nd on
farm he attended school at the
Ohio Wesleyan University, and sub
tI.-a 4 ID NJ ,,I
is n person of education aud cul-
turc. During the war of the rebellion
he served as private, adinfant and cop
tain, in the army a.! the Potomac and in
the wcs'. Ia 1861 u. removed la Mem
phis, Missouri, all eng aged ia Journal
ism, editing a bright paper al the siai-
waTt compile Xion until ISI.l, when he came
Ia * tns,s. lie WAS elected e. the STATE
senate in 1874, aud in 1870 was appoint
cd district judge which position he li!lrd
with marked ability and still holds, hav
In5 been continuously elected thereto,
ever since his original appointment. lie
is thoroughly equipped for any service
which may ba required of HIM in con
gre, :, and will represent his conslItuen-
cy with measure of ability that viii
command for him respectful recognition
among the IN ST experienced legislators
ofthc country.
Hon l.. NJ. Morrill,, of Brown county,
WAS born in Maine in 1884. lie received
his e iucaLion in the common schools
and at Wesibrook seminary. At an
early age he learned the trade of tanner
and curricr. He is one of the pioneers
of Kansas, having come To the state IN
is51. TAc aaR.' iss,r h" was alrcicl .
member at the territorial Legislature,
and again in 1878. lie served IN the
war Of the rebellion in the Seventh Kan
sas cavalry as PriS ate and ~ commits
sary, and was mustered out in 1916 with
the breveu rank of major In 1866 he
was appointed clerk of Brown
county, aud held the position
for six years. lie was elected
state senator III 1872, and ngSia
in 1875 Mr.. Morrill, is at present en-
gagged in the banking business and Is
one Of the leading business men of the
state. lIc is man of affairs, and the
first district will find in HIM II valuable
representative in congress and one WIN
will ever be alive la the hest Interests of
his constituents.
Judge b. w. Perkins, of Lahct;e
county, comes from OHIO ana was born
in 1919. From there he removed Ia
Illinois aud was educated at Knox col
lcgc In 1860 he went To Colorado
groceries. In 1862 he enlisted. lie
was wounded at Donelson and after
ward Became adiutant of cnl"ied
regiment, then captain, and did
cons idcrable staff duty. AiIcr the war he
studied law, and came to Kansas in
1869 lie was elected county attorney,
and was subsequently appointed district
Judge and has held the office ever since
by election Judge Perkins was can
didate for nomination To congress in the
sccnnC district in 1876, when Haskell
VAS first nominated. Coupled with his
fine attainmonis as IN advocate and ju-
rst Judge Perkins is a person of sinpu-
larry pleasing addr, s., and he will make
as strong "a canvass a. has ever been
| known in the state. The second district
is IL he congratulated upon his nomina-
ton
Hon. Lewis Hanback,. of Saline coun-
~, Is probably the most popular man in
| Kansas. Every body knows "Hammy,"
and there isn't any body that doesn't like
him. lie halls from Illinois and was
born in 1879 lie served in the war and
to Kansas in 1879 He has held the of
fees or probate judge OF Shawnee county,
city attorney of Top, ka ana assistant L s.
attorney. Subsequently he was appoint:
cd register ni the L. s land office at Sa.
lima, which position he now holds. lie
is thoroughly d,v",cd Ia Kansas, and
will labor earnestly for the interests oi
the state in congress.
1t will be observed that the First dis
trict gets the extra congressman, which
give il three members. This is as il
should he, in view of the fact that -
population IS greater than either OF the
other two districts and il also reaches
from the cast 10 the west border of the
state.
The work of the convention will be
satisfactory To avery large proportion %
the people OF Kansas, and its choice viii
be almost unanimously approved by Ia,
Republican voters of tho state.