Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-10-15

assistance of his own three boys he man
aged to work his farm and gain moder
ate competence.
AS Governor Begole went back and
dwelt upon the scenes of his early life,
events which would be considered off the
greatest hards hips to men nowadays, his
eyes were filed with tears and he closed
by saying with great emotion. "those were
the happiest days of my life.
At the breaking out of the rebellion
being past the legal age requiring mill
tary service) he did not carry musket to
the front. but his many friends will:i bear
witness that he took an active part in re.
cruitiug aud furnishing supplies for the
army and in lookingIfter the Interests of
the soldiers and their families at home.
His son. William W Beeole enlisted at
the age of 20, in the 23rd Michigan. He
was rapidly promoted until he was First
Lieutenant of that regiment. He was
present at many battles, including the
sieges of Knoxville. Mission Ridge and
Kennesaw Mountain, and he was killed in
1864 at Lost Mountain near Atlanta, Ga
The death of his son was great blow to
| Governor Begole, and after the war had
ended and he had retired from the county
treasurershlp he did not feel like going
back 20 the old farm and he looked about
for something to do. He bought few
shingles, lumber aud logs in small way
manuf actured the logs and sold the lum-
Der, and then invested IN some pine lands
and built mill. In the first six months
OF his new ventures he made more money
than in the entire eight years As a.county
public officer He entered into partner
ship with the firm of Begoe, Fox 4 Wal
ker which still exists, and in nineteen
years hard work and close attention to
business has accumulated moderate for
tune 1t is worthy of note that during
the nineteen years of his business life he
never had one unpleasant word over bust
ness matters with either of his partners
This one little fact speaks volumes for
Governor Begole's kindly nature and dis
position.
Mr.. Begole being an anti slavery map,
became member of the Republican party
AT its first organization, having left the
Wing party at the time of the passage of
the fugitive slave law, while Willard Fill
more was President. His political pre-
ferments have come to him without his
seeking, having never been engaged in
packing caucus OF convention in his
life.
In 1879 he was nominated by acclama-
ton for the office of State Senator,and was
elected by large majority. In that body
he served on the committee of finance and
railroads, and was chairman of the COM
mittee on the Institute for the deaf. dumb
and blind. He took liberal and public
spirited view of the importance of new
capitol worthy of the state, and was an
active member of the,committee that de.
feated the bill for the same. He was a
delegate to the National Republican Con
venton held at Philadelphia IN 1872 and
was chosen member of the delegation
to go to Washington to Inform General
Grant and SenatorIWllson of their nom
nations. Ii was at that convention that
by the express wish of his many friends,
he was induced TO offer himself as candi-
date for the nomination to the forty
third congress. i'm which he was successful
after competing for the nomination with
several of the most worthy able and ex-
pericnced men of the sixth congressional
district, and was elected by very large
majority. In congress he was member
of the committee on agriculture and pub
he expenditures Being one of the seven
teen farmers in that congress he took an
active part in the committee on agricul-
ture, and was appointed by that commit
tee To draft the most important report
made by that committee, aud upon the
only subject recommended by the presi-
i, dent in his message, which he did, and
the report was printed in the Records of
Congress; and he took an effective though
unobstructive part in all its proceedings.
AS a member of the forty.third. congress
he took very active part in the repeal of
all the obnoxious, wicked and unjust leg
islation passed by the forty second con-
gress, with which every reading, think.
ing and intelligent man or woman is fam
ilar. Those acts were the Credit Mobier
Salary Grab, Pacific Mail Steamship Sub.
sidy. Degoler Paving Contract, and
large appropriations amounting to over
twenty millions of dollars for the i'm
provement of the streets and sewers of
Washington, not one half of which was
ever used for that purpose, lie believes
it to be an admitted fact by all familiar
with the legislation of our country, that
there was more wholesale fraud corruntion