Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-08-03
DANIEL H. MCINTYRE.
A Sketch Of the AttOrney-General and
His Duties-His Assistants in Office.
post-DiSpatch.

His Duties-HfS Assistants in Office.
., Post Dispatch.
Daniel H. Mcintyre, of Audrain
county, the present Attorney-General
of the State, is tall and thinly built,
has light grey eyes, swarthy COM
plexion and kinky hair. One side of
bis face is slightly disfgured by rea-
son of terrible wound he received
in the mouth during the war. He is
very near-sighted, and on on that ac-
count seldom speaks unless spoken to.
On the street he walks with a slight
stoop, his head bent down as if in
deep meditation, hut his gait is rapid
and rather striding. In demeanor
General Mcintyre is modest, even to
ditfidence, and is particularly ill at
case in the presence of ladies. AS a
public speaker he is one of the most
eloquent and pleasing lawyers in
Missouri, and is the fourth orator
only who has held the position Of
encouragement in this state. His
speeches in the senate, and later in
the house, always attracted the lobby
and maintained the greatest interest
among the members. Though crowd
ed with facts, citations of law and
solid reasoning, unillumined by sim
gle illustration or an attempt at With
cism, his manner and the weighty
matter of his addresses never failed
to attract the attention of his audit
ors. He is dignified, grave and
thoughtful upon all occasions, being
especially uncommunicative regard
ing official affairs. General Mcintyre
receives reporters politely and kindly,
but he is most unsatisfactory sub
ject for the interviewer, and therefore
is not often molested. He was born
in Galloway county, Missouri, just
across the river from jefferson City,
May 5, 1888, and was educated at
Westminster college. Until the war
commenced he was plain, unassum-
ing farmer, with apparently no aspi-
ration beyond the result of his har-
vest. The war developed all his in
tellect and his energies, and he
jumped into the lieutenancy of the
Tenth Missouri cavalry, Gen. Mar
maduke's brigade, full fledged SOL
dier. The Tenth Missouri acquired
a reputation that placed it prominent
ly in 1.-THE history of tie war, fearing
nothing, daring everything, and rid.
ing recklessly into carnage and
slaughter. 1t was upon one of these
rides that General Mcintyre received
a wound in the mouth, from which he
only recovered after long, weary
months of intense suffering and care
full nursing. Afterwards he became
a captain in Williams regiment
General Shelby's brigade. When thu
war closed he found himself with am
billions beyond the farm, and in th'
midst of his agricultural pursuits h'
began the study of law, and wa
finally admitted to the bar in 1871
His first year of practice proved ST
successful that in 1872 the peopl
elected him prosecuting attorney o
Audrain county, which position b
held until elected state senator il
1874 to fill the vacancy caused by tn
nomination of Charles H. Hardin t
the governorship. General Mc1ntyr
was then elected to the house of rep
resentatives Of both the Twenty-nint
and Thirtieth general assemblies
serving both terms as chairman of th
committee on judiciary. During tn
latter term he was member of tn
joint committee on the revisions {
, the statutes, labor in which b
; proved on important factor.
+ Mr.. Brown, the assistant attorney
general, is young lawyer frol
Mexico, Mo-, who has more dignit
, than his office appears to demand, ,bt
he is nevertheless a modest, INTEL
gent gentleman, in every way quail
e fed for his position. He extends tt
y honors Of General McIntyre's offit
, in an unassuning, pleasant way, an
he is never heard from. through I'll
newspapers. If he courted obscurit
] he has certainly gained his poin
e though the present chronicler nece
sarily disturbs his reveries. =