The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-03-20
car was defeated for dis

1os ~ MIS-
candidate OF the Reform
wing to the Generalization of the
" actively engaged III the canvass
W the election OF Gov. Tilten and
w. As one of the principal speak
Ption given to Gov. Tilden by his
lei, 1874. Mr.. whitney protested
sl for hard money" When Mr.. Whit
oefaIne tho official adviser of the mayor he
S.s ~, paced as q barrier between the public
sa..ng mlit.ons OF dollars, growing out Of the
ing frauds. There were already over $500
so ,oSs s,b pea 40 s:o against < the city. involving 49,
sinnlns every day by the score. He held this
Sntee until December, 1882, having twice been
eapro,nted, when he resigned the position, in
which lie was entitled TO continue for two years
more. tits estimated that his saving to the city
shile he was its council directly amounted to
100000, and Indirectly to much more.
POSTMASTER GENERAL
William Z. Villas was born in Chelsea, Orange
county. Vermont, July 8, 1910. His father,
Judge Levi B. Villas, was q member OF the YER
nont legislature at the time, and one of tho
prominent old-sc.ool Democratic politicians Ct
ihe Green Mountain state, SO that his son comes
honestly by HIS B~ourbonism. The judge was
frequently the candidate of his party for Unitcd
states senator, presidential elector, etc. and
represented Vermont in several national DeIl-
,cratic conventions. Judge Villas moved his
smily to Wisconsin In 1851, and entered into
who inherits so many sterling traits, physical
mental, from his sturdy, hard headed an
,eestors, was graduated from the Wisconsin
tate university in 1853, at the age Of eighteen.
Two years later he won his degree Of LII. B. ut
;he Albany law school. and was adj
nitted the same year to practice in the SUI
aeyan the active practice OF his profession at
Madison, Wis, swinging his single to the
sreeEe on his twentieth birthday, the 10Th Of
,his; i ne raised ed Com COMPANY sne a. wh sRlpl e,e exefeh hIm
:aptain, and tue 25th Of August was mustered
INTO the Twenty-thtr6 regiment OF Wisconsin
infantry. The regiment was ordered
70 the front in a few weeks, and Joined the
orces under Sherman. who was then preparing
or an attack on Vicksburg. It took part in sew
nal sharp engagements preceding the attack,
md figured prominently in the subsequent siege
y the city. The 25th OF February following
Villas was appointed major of his regiment, and
;he @3d of March its lieutenant colonel. From
5 to Aug. IS he was in command of the
:egiment. owing to the i'll health of Col. Guppey.
This period included the last month Of the siege
md nearly two months after the surrender. The
l5th OF August, 1863, Col Villas resigned his po-
htion, having been in the service but one year,
Hearty all of which time, however, was spent in
...ctive campaigning. On returning from the war
Col. Wins resumed the practice of his profession
N Madison, in which he has been remarkably
!uccessful throughout. The Sd of January,
1866, he WIS married to Miss Anna Matilda,
laughter of DR.. William II. Fox of the village OF
Oregon, Wis. one of the pioneer physicians of
Dane county. and a gentleman Of much wealth
ind high reputation.
Col. and Mrs. Villas have three children nowliv-
ne-Coruelia, who will be eighteen years of age
me 3lst of May next: Henry, born May IS,
IIs72; and Mary Esther, born Oct. 10, 1873.
they have lost one son, Levi b., born in 1859.
MISS Cordclia, Familiarity known as Nellie" is a
beautiful, bright, wcll-educated, vivacious young
hdy, who ID alreday exceedingly popular in So
sial circles at Madison. She is well calculated in
ame TO really shine in Washington society life.
Mrs. Villas herself is a lady of charming DISPOSE
ion, elegant manners and fine education: as q
hostess she has few equals in Wisconsin. In adj
aition to his large and lucrative law practice,
Col. Villas fills and has filed several positions Of
public trust. He Is one of the professors OF law
n the Wisconsin state university law school,
oelIig a regular lecturer on practice, pleadings
md evidence. He was for some years trustee Of
;he Wisconsin State Soldiers Orphan asylum
tud secretary of the board. He was one of the
.hree leading attorneys appointed to revise the
Yatutes OF Wisconsin in 1873, and personally
slperintended the publication of the revision.
ae Is one OF the most active members of the
,,Eol. Villas was one OF the delegates from Wiscon-
SIN to the Democratic national convention at
Chicago, and ofiiciated as president of the con-
syentton, being prominently mentioned himself
Ora place on the ticket. He afterward made the
speeches of notification to Cleveland and Hem
tricks. He is nov member from Madison in the
lower house of the Wisconsin .egislature-the
irst elective office he ever eld-and is the leader
pf the Democratic side of the house. The colone
was recently indorsed by his Democratic fellow
members for a position in the cabinet. Col. Villas
ls conceded by all to be the leader Of the strong
Madison bar. and il one of the most able and
siJquent advocates in Wisconsin. His national
reputation as an orator began with his famous
,niogy of Grant ut the Chicago banquet. Col.
Villas is worth from 5000 600 to $500, 600, most
of 1t acquired from his practice, and the rest in
herited from his father, who left a goodly for
sonsin for the Chicago e. Northwestern railway,
md is associated in the law with his younger
brother, Edward P. His brother Charles II. is
prominent attorney at Eau Claire. Wis, who is
COW being talked of in connection with The sue
,ession to Associate Justice Taylor on the state
supreme bench.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Augustus II. Garland was born in Upton
county, Tenn, June II, 1882. His parents re-
moved to the State of Arkansas the following
rear and settled in the bottom lands of the Red
liver valley. At u suitable age young Garland
vas sent 10 Bardstown, KY, to be educated in
what was then the most famous seat of learning
IN the Southwest. His academic studies were
pursued in the Catholic colleges of st. Mary and
ST. Joseph. During the latter part of lis residence
N Bardstown he read law, and attended the trial
Jf causes In the court room whenever he had the
opportunity. At that time the local bar was
very strong. Garland. profitcd greatly hy this
practice, as well Rs by his studies, which he
pursued with persistent devotion, Returning
nome he continued to WOO that jealous mistress
ihe law, and In 1888 was admitted to practice at
Washington. Ark In 1856 he removed to Little
Rock, the capital of the state. He was admitted
se practice as an attorney in the supreme court
u tho United States on Dec. 90. 1860. BY that
lime he had obtained Professional reputation,
ind Ill the same year was q Bell and Everett
siector. He opposed tho secession OF Arkans as
IS long as there was any hope 1T n peaceful solu.
lion OF sectional differences. When. however
war was Inevitable, he threw in his lot with his
state. BE was a member of the provisional con-
rress which met ut Montgomery, Ala, in May
1851, and took part In drawing up the constitu.
ton Of the Confederate States. During the
struggle between the Federal and Confederate
governments. he gave his counsel to the Southern
cause. first as a representative and afterward al
senator. He was serving as q senator
h its congress when the Confectionery collapsed
In 1865 Mr.. Garland pe,itioned tine supreme
court of the United States, to practice therein
without taking the iron-clad oath" at the SAINT
time submitting an argu1nsn t in support OF his
petition. which was u masterpiece OF reasoning
he won his case, which was not decided Until
the December term Of the supreme court, 1867.
While it was pending lie was elected United
States senator from Arkansas. Rc appeared tt
AXE his seat in the senate March d, 1867, blu,
was not permitted to do so. In 1874 Mr.. Gar.
land WIS elected governor OF Arkansas without
opposition. His election as senator took place
In january, 1876, without opposition He be
gan his term as successor to Powell Clayton, Re.
publican. on March 5. 1877. In 1853 he was
reelected to the senate for six years.