Wichita eagle., 1888-07-08

aritated the matter in the House II 1863 and
came very near passing q bill through the
Senate on the subject, his bill having passed
the House. To him, also. Is due the Inter
State Commerce law and its benefcent op-
erati3us. the first reasonable conservative
check on mou0polies yet secured TO the
American people. His report OF the sub
ject Of trans pUrtatiOn IS the most elaborate
and successful in all It has accomplished OF
anv similar work known in the history OF
American Legislation.
FarveIl IS name full of success every
where. One Of the honored Senators from
Maine was q FarwelI. The man who dug
the Erie canal was OF the same family. The
pioneer merchant prince OF Chicago and the
whole " est was John '. Farweu- It is in
the Inc of the family predictions that
Charles B FarweI should be & most sue
cessfuI business man and United States
Senator He was born in Painted Post,
= Y. and IS y-five years old He IS es-
sentially IN all things a business man, and
has education was strictly with a view TO a
business life. He went 70 Illinois in 1888,
and IN real essate and banking made his large
fortune. He has filed many important and
responsible Offices, and IN 1870 was elected
over Long John Wentworth to Congress.
In 1916 the House decided to seat his OPP
poEert, J. Y lie Moyne In 1880 he was
again elected 10 the House, and at the ex-
piration Of the term declined reelection
When General Logan died it seemed TO be
the most natural thing in the world for Hi
nois 10 send Mr.. Farwen 10 the Senate.
When Won see a short, black, chunky
individual about the House (and it is sell
DOM talking energetIcauy. II is safe to
Tor1y41 7n- He
the pearl OF Savoy. Mass. horn there March
=. 1855, The Sprin gield (Mass.) high
school aud the SpriE grield Republican edu-
Gated him. He began as a carrier in the
DAVIS when the highest circulation of Mr.
Boules' paper was barely three thousand.
ana Of tais the little boy Durham could
f0ld one-third il an aour. In Chicago he is
6 grain and provision broker. In early Life
h.s ambition WAS to become q life insurance
agent. but Inexo-able fate had marked him
Tor craftsmanship In 1882 he was presi-
dent Of the Chicago Board Of Trade. This
Is MS third wh&ck at life in Congress, and
Will doubtless be his last. Colonel Abner
Taylor having been nominated IL his stead
lir. Frank LAWYER personlhes II ATner1-
car public life the delicious Paddyism that
one man is as good as another and ID
sight better" Ar. Lawler is not IN LID,
nor are there frills on his shirt bosom lie
Is publican and some say q sinner, but 1or
al this, he swings 4 Jolly good pace and no
man gets what ne wants sooner or easier
out Of the legislative grab bag. Mr. LAWYER
was born at Rochester, y. Y, June %, 1912
attended public school until thirteen years
Of age, when. owing TO = serious accident
which befelI ais father. he was compelled to
leave school aud seek employment II
brlck-yard, where he continued to labor for
two years. For eleven years he was news
agent on railroads. He then learned the
trade Of ship builder, was elected president
Of the Ship-carpenter and Ship-cauikers'
Association, and took an active part IN or
gaming trade and labor unions. lie be-
came agent Tor the EVorsinGnsGns -adrocGtc,
newspaper published IN the interest of the
toiljng masses. and was appointed, upon the
request of the trade and labor organizations,
to position u the Chicago postaI1ce,