The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1888-05-26

anu moral worth. The vulgar and.
miserable ambition of gold-getting
did not eofrode her heart into
commerce of the affections. Her
noble inspiration pointed her
husband onward and upward until
the crippled and manned soldiers
wife became the bride of the leg
islator, jurist, governor and sena7
tor in the congress of the United
States. Eighteen eventful and
busy years rolled away to swell
the tide of the past, and these
years IN the end brought to the
idolized wife a priceless pearl, a
civic erown-she was mistress of
the executive mansion of a great
State. Though gentle as the dove
she had the heart of the eagle,
and on tireless wing had directed
and eonsummated Il lofty flight.
The iron in her fathers Roman
heart had melted in the shadow Of
years and his children's glory.
The penniless soldier Of "The
Lost Cause" had become the child
of fame, and the idol of the State
rich, not in the plebeiah sense
of gold, but in the greatness of
honorable fame nobly achieved.
No artist, no brain, no pen can
ever paint or tell the ineffable
tide that flooded the heart OF the
loving wife and noble daughter,
as she looked on the scene of re-
Cancellation. The recollection of
that elysian hour, and the glorious
consummation it wrought, the am
bition and the toll it ennobled and
sanctifed, are hidden away in the
heart, like gems in the deep
caverns of the sea. Governor
Berry, in letter to the author.
says: Whatever success / have
had in life is attributable to my
wife. In August, 1866, he was
elected to the legislature from
Carroll county. After his return
from the legislature in 1867, he
haaan the nractice Of his S.,TofeEg
sinn in Carroll county - -
very little practice until atty uie.
removal to Benton county, in De-
cember, 1869. After his removal
to Bentonyille he was in partner
ship with his brother-in-law, the
Hon. Samuel W. Peel, q member
of the forty-eighth, forty ninth
and fiftieth congresses. In 1879
he was elected to the Legislature
from Benton county, AT the ex-
traordinary session of 1874 he
was elected speaker of the house,
In 1876 he was elected president
of the democratic State convention.
In 1878 he was elected judge Of
the fourth circuit, and served the
people in that office four years.
In 1882 he was elected governor
of the State by a majority of
Itwenty-eight thousand four hun
bred and eighty-one in total vote
of one hundred and forty-seyen
thousand one hundred and sixty
nine. He was not candidate for
reelection, and would not have
had any opposition in the demo-
cratic ranks if he had wanted the
nomination, but he added another
step to the ladder of his ambition
and entered the field in an excit-
ing and protracted contest for the
United States senate, wherein
Hon. ]. K. Jones and Hon. Poin-
dexter Dunn were formidable
rivals. Hon. j. X. Jones was
elected for six years. and Governor
Berry was elected in March, 1885,
to Gil the unexpired term Of Gov
ern or Garland, which expires in
1889. Thus rapid has been the
unchecked flight of one of the
children Of fame and fortune. Ii
he lives, a great political battle
will be fought, both in and out OF
the halls Of State legislation, when
the time comes in January, 1889,
to choose his successor. Govern
or Berry has q fine personal APP
pearance, an open; frank, gener-
GUS and commanding countenance,
and AS his history indicates, much
magnetism powerful factors when
competing for popular favor. No
act of his life can be characterized
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