Wichita eagle., 1888-06-24

Holman to publish his first and only novel.
This work of fiction bore the romantic title
"Errors of Education" The objector's
grandfather was one Of the pioneers OF
Kentucky. On one occasion while eXerciS-
ing the family propensity he objected to an
Indian bullet His funeral took place the
next day. Judge Holman entered Congress
in 1888. He has been beaten three times IN
the interval or he would dispute Judge
Kelly's title Of Father of the House. Usually
he runs ahead of his ticket. His legislative
graveyard contains many bad carcass.
There is a Norsk quality in his name, but
Colonel Matson is an American, save for a
touch of German blood Inherited on his
mothers side He is young forty-scven),
though bald, and earned capital army rec
ord, going out as private and getting his
promotions by hard knocks. He studied law
with a good man and lawyer his father,
Hon John A Matsop. He entered Congress
I'm 1881 His nomination for Governor Of
Indiana seemed at the time the equivalent
of an election. He is a graduate Of Asbury
University. He is far ahead Of his party on
the pension issue, and as chairman of the
Committee on Invalid Pensions has read
many a wholesome letter to that distin-
guished Democrat who rides out with Mrs.
Cleveland every afternoon.
There are few more popular men in the
House than the old war horse Tom Brown,
of Indiana He was one of Lincoln's Briga-
diers, and in 1872 ran for Governor against
the late President Hendricks. He has
been in Congress ten years and is serving
his sixth term. General Brown is fifty-nine,
and is still practioing lawyer.
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is the black haired, very tall Mr.. Bynum,
who from the best of motives misrepre-
sents the plate-glass interest on the Ways
and Means Committee. Indiana beats Mis-
souri, on plate glass, producing nearly half
a million of it annually, yet the plate
glass members, O'Neill and Ciardy, from
Missouri, hardly found Mr.. Bynum the
coadjutor they could have expected. Mr..
Bynum was born in Hoosierdom, and for a
Young man forty-two) is one of the most
popular men in the State.
Mr. Johnston vanquished Johnnie Lamb,
the muscular young Democratic Hegcules.
He was born in Indiana In 1889; peg an
studying law in 1861; went into the army
holding several ranks, private, Second Lieu
tenant, Commissary Sergeant, and Assistant
QuarterInaster, and was admitted to the bar
IN 1865 He has had several terms in the
State Legislature. This is his second term
in Congress.
Joseph B. Cheadie is a queer oyster. He
walks up and down on the Republican side
with machine for curing catarPh
plum ged up his nose. When he is not doing
this he is making speeches against PEN
sions for soldiers widows. He is news
paper man and never submits to an inter-
view.
Mr. Owen is modest, earnest clergy
man of that faith known as Christians, in
whose number the late President Garfield
was prominent This is Rev. Mr.. Owens sec
end term in Congress, and he seems to like
it full as well as preaching. He is jovial,
companiorable fellow and his colleagues
seem to get along very well with him. not
outstanding his cloth. Mr.. Owen made
tbs model speech during the great tariff de-
bate Laying a pile of manuscript en- his
desk amid the din that filled the chamber he
was barely heard by the reporters to say:
"Mr. Chairman"
Colonel Steele is one Of the few regular
army officers who have sat in Congress.
He served through the war and then elect
ed to remain in the regular service, taking
a First Lieutenancy in line Of his rank as a
aforementioned He resigned in 1876
while on duty as Qusrtermsster in Utah.
He is now farmer. He entered Congress
In 1851, and has, apparently, good strong
grip on his seat
The broad Scotch tongue is seldom heard
in Congress, even from born Scotchmen.
Senator Beck never quite lost his bregue,
but the Scotch talk heard in the Capitol IS
when Captain White gets up to take hand
in debate. He is an earnest speaker, and
his sharp, forceful sentences lose nothing
BY the Highland tuns In SurEngshire,
where he was born, he went TO school, and
later learned the trade Of calico printer sad
tailor coming to America he kept on
at tailoring until the war came He was
with Grant at Shiloh and received severe
wound.
His business now is the manufacture Of
carriage wheels a. Fort Wayne, Mr.
Lowry made a fierce contest over Captain
Whites scat, but even the Democrat:
though. Captain White was fairly entitled
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Precoc!ty carly marked Benjamin F
Shively for her own. From tiniest baby
hood BENJAMIN got the cup in the sack
every time He was always bound to rise
and it was this determination, no doubt
that put hiu head and shoulders above
all his coileag ues-weight, two hundred
pounds. ana standing SIX feet two in his
slippers. Mr.. Saively is the youngest mem
Der of the Fiftieth Congress, and he was Z
member Of the FoFty-eighth. He was born
March q, 1857. So that when ne took hi:
seat at the beginning CT the second session
OF the Forty-eishth Congress he was five
months over twenty-seyen years old After
returning from Congress he went 70 Mich
gan University law school, where he grzcu
sted IN 1854 j. A TRCEsDEIL-
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