The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-06
Biographical.

Thomas F. Bayard, the premier, is in his
56th year. lie has long been recogni2ed as
one OF the ablest memters in the senate. He
Is a man OF education and brains studious,
dignified and conservative. He was early
trained for mercantile life. After some
experience he read law with his father, who
was then in the senate. He practicei his
proEe sion in Philadelphia until 1856, when
he returned to Delaware, and was elected
United Safes senator in 1865, being reelected
in $50 and 1851
Daniel Manning was 0orn in Albany, n,
Y, Aug. rs. ISL His parents were poor.
At II years of age he entered The Albany
Atlas-now The Argus--offica as devil
In 1913 he assumed charge of The Argus,
and his first appearance in national politics
was at st. Louis as a Tilden delegate. He
is very close to the sage of Gramercy.
He was the acknowledged leader Of the
Cleveland forces at the Chicago convention.
William C. Endicott is q descendant of
John Endicott, one of the colonial governors
Of Massachusetts. He is now in his 56th
year. and was born at Salem Mass, where
he still resides. He is a distinguished iuriSt,
hut little of practical politician.
/. q. c. Lamar is recognized as one of the
most scholarly men on the American conti-
nent He was born at Oxford, Ga, Sept.
II, 1S25 He is a graduate of Emory college,
Georgia, studied law, and was admitted tc
the bar in 1917. He went TO Mississippi in
ls40 and settled on a plantation in Lafayette
county, and was elected 10 congress in lS56.
In 1860 he resigned, entered the Confederate
army Us lieutenant colonel, and was sent to
Russia as a special diplomatic messenger. He
was elected TO the senate in 1917 and re
elected in 1883.
Augustus II. Garland is the best constitu-
tional lawyer in the United States senate.
He was born in Upton county, Tennessee
June II, 1882. lie was member of the
Confederate house and senate, and was in
tie senate at tfssclose of the war. He was
elected TO the United States senate in 1861,
but was not allowed to take his seat; was
subsequently elected governor, and again
senator, to succeed Powell Clayton.
William T. Villas, the only representative
of the West in the cabinet, is one of the
brightest men and best orators in America.
He was born in Orange county, New York,
about forty-four years ago When he was
only II years of age his parents re
moved to Wisconsin. He graduated at
the university of that state in 1883, and
from the Albany IN " law school in 1861
Upon the outbreak of the war Mr.. Villas
entered the army as captain in the Twenty
third Wisconsin volunteers, and was sub
sequeutiy lieutenant colonel At the close
he resumed the practice of law at Madison
and persistently refused Office. He was
chairman Of the convention that nominated
Cleveland
William C. Whitney is about Is years of
age, native of Massachusetts,, and a gradu-
ate Of Yale. He read law at Harvard, and
began the practice Of his profession in New
York His marriage to Senator Paynes
daughter brought him wealth and social and
political distinction. He gives literally of
his means to tho Democratic party, and is
admitted a shrewd political manager. Much
prejudice has existed against him because
of his alleged connection with the Standard
Oil company Samuel j. Tilden is his fast
friend.