Wichita eagle., 1888-07-15

II. j. O. TAYLOR.
1850 until 1870 He is connected with o
number of manufacturing establishments,
buthas devoted bis time mainly to the prac-
tice of law
The Canton district honors itself by hon
oring the little Napoleon of protection, Will
lam Mckinley. He made what is generally
accepted as the best argument for the
American system IN his great debate of
the Fiftieth Congress and gave an object
lesson with suit OF clothes bought for ten
dollars at the store of Leopold Morse, in
Boston. This incident travelled farther
than the speech itself, although million
copies of that have gone over the country.
Mr. Mckinley was born at Niles, 1874
He enlisted in the United States Army in
May, 1861, as a private soldier il the Tween
ty-thIrd Ohio Volunteers and was mustered
out as Captain of the same regiment, and
Brevet Major in September, 1865. lie was
prosecuting attorney of Stock County,
1S69-'71; and was elected to the Forty-ffth,
Forty-sixth. Forty-seventh and Forty
eighth Congresses. He received the GER
tificate of election TO the latter, but late il
the first session his opponent, Judge
Wallace, was seated. he was elected to tie
Forty-ninth and reelected to the Fiftieth.
The old Garfield district, lying along the
lake shore, east of Cleveland. has Ezra B.
Taylor for its representative. He was born
on farm in Portage County, in his district,
the son of farmer, and until 20 years old
he worked on farm. HIS education was
gained in the district schools and the vii
lage academy. In his twentieth year he went
10 Cleveland to read law; two years later he
commenced practice II his native county.
He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1854,
and declined q unanimous denomination.
He removed to Warren in 1861, he went on
the Common Pleas bench in 1S77, 70 fill out
vacancy caused by death, and in due time
was elected to succeed himself He was
nominated for the Forty-seventh Congress
during the Presidential campaign of 1850,
and when General Garfield resigned his
seat in the Forty-slxth Congress on being
elected President. Judge Taylor was elected
10 I'll the vacancy; IN this way he was
elected 10 the Forty-seventh Congress be-
fore he was elected to the Forty-sixth he
has been reelected regularly ever since.
George W. Grouse, Of the Ax1ron district,
was born in Summit County, O, in 1892
Ee was farmer until twenty-five years Of
age, and is now manufacturer. He has
been honored with 10 end CT local minor
offices. he was sergeant IN Company F,
One Hundred and Sixty-Fourth Regiment
Ohio Volunteers. and served in the fortIf-
cations around Washington il 1864 He was
elected TO the Ohio State Senate in 1885. and
served during the regular and adjourned
sessions Of the sixty-ssventh General As
sembly until March 4, 1857, when he re-
signed and was elected 10 the FIftieth Con-
gress
Clevelard's share N the Ohio delegation
is that man Of letters Law and Labor. WITH
the notwithstanding name OF Martin Am
brose Foran- He is one Of the handsome
men on the Democratic side, his statuesous
torso topped out with truly ambrosial curl,
is ore of the figures that Western ladies
Ike to have pointed out 70 them from the
galleries. Mr. Foran was born on the banks
Of the SusQuehanua il 1S44. and is, there
fore, precisely forty-four years old He re-
caiYed his educafiaa IN q Catholic college N