The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-04
SENATOR ALLISON AND HIS wAaAING-oN
RESIDENCE

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attended college for some wears grf .n,.-HS
az the Western Reserve college q haof n, q
In 1851 he was admitted 20 the b... Ia - oe'.tf,
IN 1916 he took an active per- IN lcai.e3
90 n Republican ANA iH lsji D. l1,s-c-i e.
Dubuque. Ia. which IS still bis homc
Mr. Allson's law practice was SODA largo
In Iowa. but he was invited to a .ro- ranE
in politics ut once AS DELEGATE, writer and
speaker he was very efficient. and a. one q
the secretaries of the memorable Chicago
convention of 1860, he counted tho votes and
announced the nomination Of Abraham Ln-
coin. Only two years later he was noinn-
ated for congress, and entered tho house Ok
representatives in 1868 with Blaine and Car
field, all three for the first time. lie was
placed on the committee on public lands and
that on roads and canals, and h;5 hTsi speech,
IN Nav, 1851 was in favor oil bill giving
men In tho army and navy homeslcads on
confiscated or forfeited estates IN the ins0r-
rectionary states. This was probably the
most radical measure he ever advocated; FOR,
as a rule. he has been cautious and conserve
tive paving more attention to financial and
business measures than any other
In 1870 he declined a reelection 10 the
house, and was a candidate FOR the senate;
but the Iowa legislature chose Judge George
G.. Wright for the regular term and James
@ Howells 70 fill out the Unexp!red term OF
Senator Grimes, who had res Hcl on ac-
count of IN health. Senator A.lisOn's con
eressional record has little reference 10 mill
tary affairs or "war questions, aid hii biog-
raphy barely notes that he served on the
~ -. q Inkra .nI aided m
organizing volunteers in the beginning Of the
war for the suppression Of the rebellion
but he was in full accord with his party ON
all the issues relating to slavery, war and H.
construction tie was elected 10 the senate
early in 1873, when new issues were coming
10 tue front, and here his busiucs, abilities
soon gave him great prominence
He Is really the author OF the T., OO0O00
clause in the silver coinage bill commonly
called the Bland bill As it passed the
house it provided for the free coinage ot sill
yer on the same terms as gold, at the ratio OF
sixteen 70 one. In the senate committee this
clause was sustained 10y Senators John I
Jones, Of Nevada, ID " Voorhees,, OF Indiana;
Thomas W Ferry, Of Michigan, and William
A. Wallace OF Pennsylvania, while Senators
J. :. Morrill, OF Vermont; II. t. Dawes, Of
Massachusetts, Thomas f Bayord of Del
aware and Francis Herman. Of New York,
opposed the silver dollar la toto IL was
said at the time to BIZ straight alignment
OF the capitalist states against the western
states. Senator Allison had the casting vote
in the committee, and he induced the others
10 adopt the compromise as 20 coming from
S2,0OO,O 900 70 Si,OO0,0OO worth of silver per
month The amended bill passed the senate
by AZ yeas 10 "a nays, and the house by l9d
TO II.
III person Senator Allison is stalwar, and
well proporcioned, with dark brown hair and
beard, both delicately tinged with gray,
His forehead is high and full, his eye clear
hazel, and the general cast OF his face shows
a resemblance 70 the standard pictures Of
Daniel Webster He has been twice mar
ried and is for the second time a widowe-.
He lives in n handsome mansion III Vermont
avenue, near Thomas circle, Washington,
and is an exceedingly pleasant host TO those
who have the entres OF his house.