The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-02-26
Augustus Fl. Garland
United STATES SENATOR FROM Az
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The name of Augustus H, Garland,
United States Senator fIom Arkansas.
appears in all. or nearly all, the many
states" which represent the more or
less we'll founded c"ujectures of editors
will call to his couusels. He is
learned, able and powerful man, and
the compliment paid him in this vir-
tual unanimfty of journalistic judg-
ment regarding him, has been earned
by his diligence and the remarkable
evidences of craftsmanship which lie
has exhibited in a career comparative
ly short.
He was born in Upton county, Ten
nsisee, June II, 1882. A year after
wards his parents removed into the
State of Arkansas, of which Mr.. Gar
land has been q resident ever since,
with the exception ofthe time he spent
in acquiring an education.
At u suitable age he was removed
from the freedom of his fathers farm
to the restraints of school life. He &C
quired his academic training at Bards-
town, KY, where he was an inmate
of Saint Mary's and afterwards Saint
Joseph's, two Catholic colleges. There
too he decided upon becoming q law
yer, and began to read sheepskin bound
books and to follow the proceedings of
courts Of justice with view to future
appearances in professional capacity.
He was admitted to practice at Wash
ington, Arkansas. in the year 1858 and
Immediately opened an office. In 1856
he removed to Little Rock, the capital
of the State, where he built up an ex
cellent business as lawyer.
In 1860 he was q Bell and Everett
Elector, and opposed threatened seces.
sion as long as there existed the ap-
parent possibility of preventing it.
When, however, it became inevitable
he went with his State. He was 8
member of the Convention in Arkan
sas, which passed the ordinance o
secession, and of the Provisional Con
gress Of the Confederxcy, which me
: al Montgomery, Alabama. Subse
quently as a member of both house
of the Confederate Congress-, he di'
his utmost to assist the cause whicl
collapsed with the surrender of Gene
Lee. In 1865 he petitioned the Su
prems Court of the United States 70
!. readmission to practice within it. Th
iron clad oath stood in his way, an
he accompanied his application wit
an argument intended to show the IN
. conslitutionality of that requirement
= In December, 1857, the Supreme Cour
, rendered decision agreeing in thre
of the four points urged by Mr.. Gal
land Meantime the statesman ws
= denied the seat In the United State
: Senate to which the Legislature c
ARKANSAS had elected him.
He was elected Governor of his Stat
I In the year 1874, without opposition
y and after giving an administratio
characterized by wonderful ability ws
again elected to the Senate On Marc
# 4, 1877, he was sworn in as Senate
n Garland, and the second time 81
i years after.
Garland ranks With our creates
: lawye ers aud statesmen. He is ma
i of playful and affectionate dispo,
! tion. 1t is his happiness to be honore
= and reverenced for his abilities, MI
|. loved for his childliks naturainess an
o tother aRiable qualities. He is a tr,
Q mendous worker, and recreates wit
!, the joyful abandon of the school boy
= Dedicated.
WAsHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-The me-
y curry was down almost to zero, and
: keen wind was blowing from the noI IL
: but in spite of the discomfort larry
j. crowd OF people assembled to witnet
Y the dedication of the WAshingto
q Monument. A rough board ehed Oh
. eDed out upon the snow covered fiele
Il in which stood shaft Of marble 9
Il simple aud uusp0tted rs the snow
e The first arrival was an cid gentlema
Q with long white hair, whose firm ,clss
= cut features betrayed possible relation
= ship. to the father of his country
0 Ticket, SIR" II am one of Wash
t ington's kindred. but L will show m
9 ticket" Itwas Ebenezer Burgess Bal
y of London county, Virginia. IN
= grandfather" he said to the reporter
: " was George Washington's nephew
: Grandfather Ball was of the family {
. General Washington's mother, Mar
Q Ball"
= The military arrived betimes, an
u the brass bands were marshalled
r their places The troops came to q res
y Senator Sherman, chairman of tn
v tjOint congressional commission, flor
the center stand ut II O'Clock calle
8 about 500 people to order and sal
something about the people keepin
;, their hats on. These remarks wer
t greeted with lively stamps, for the or
u portunity was a good one to restOr
Q circulation to the chilled limbs al
extremities.
u Senator Sherman then made brit
speech announcing the order of cere
monies, and was followed by the ven
Q cradle w. w Cercoran, who spok
/ briefly for the citizens committee
Q Colonel Thomas l.. Casey spoke of tn
!, part taken by the Government Eng
y neers and the engineering difficultie
. encountered.
President Arthur in fitting speec
y accepted the Monument in the nam
of the natiou, reading his address in
firm, clear tone.
A Great Discovery.
Z. Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton, low,
y says: My wife has been seri. usI
Z affected with cough for twenty-fiv
Z years, and this spring more severed
: than ever before She had used man