The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-06

the control of the Kennebec Journal.
Through his paper, and otherwise,
he worked In the interest Of
the Republican party with 50 much
energy and ability as to m
sure his election to the Maine legislature n
1853. and his reelection so as u participate
in the sessions of 1892. During his las'
two terms he was speaker. de was sent 20
the Thirty-eighth congress, and 10 the SIX
succeed M terms. In 1869 he was chosen
sneaker of tie House, retaining tlls ONCE
for about six years. In 1879 me Name
legislature elected him to the mted states
Senate, and he was reelected for the term
ending March 8. 1888. In 1876 ne was men-
TONED as cand date for President but he
did not receive the nomination until 1854,
and was defeated by Grover Cleveland.
WILLIAM WINDOW
William Window was 1rn in Ohio in 1927.
His parents were Quakers, He settled at
Minopa, Mimi, in 1855. having been al
n,itted TO the bar at Mount Vernon TWO
wears before, and having as partner d. II.
Norton. Mr.. Window pracused law t9ere
until 1853. when he was elected TO congress,
being reelected for four succeeding terms,
until 1869. In 1871 he was elected United
States senator and reelected in 1877. he
left the Senate to enter President Garfela's
cabinet as Secretary Of the Treasury in
1851 and resigned after Gen. Arthur's &C
cession. In the memorable year 1888 Mr..
Window was again Candidate Tor the
Senate, and was apparently the choice OF the
republicans of the state; but he was very
bitterly and energeticallv opposed by Mark
II. Dunnel member of congress from the
Fl st Minnesota district, VINO desired the
senatorial toga for himself. In the repubi-
can caucus Mr.. Window received 80 votes
out of the "a necessary to a choice. Dunnel
fought him openly AID secretly, and the
contest was a bitter one. Finally, when
the deadlock had continued several days,
Dwight NJ. Sabin was elected with hur-
rah.
After his defeat for the Senate in 1888
Mr.. Window has ent most OF his time
with his family in New York city.
Ex GOV. REDFIELD PROCTOR.
Ev-Gov. Redfield Proctor Is thought to
be the most influential republican politician
in Vermont. He is a native Of that state,
and has been governor of 1t. Among tie
reasons given for tie recognition by the
new President of the Green Mountain state
in cabinet couusels are, first, tie eminence
of ex-Gov. Proctor In his party, it being
stated that he vir ually controls the PARTY
in bis own state and, second. the fact that
he. as the chairman of the Vermont dele
CATION to the Chicago convention, last year,
was head of the only delegation in the
whole body which voted solidly for Harri-
son first, last aud all the time.
Ex-Gov Proctor has all his life been ell
gagged in :'tra1e," beng in every sense a
self-made man. who has managed to get to-
gether a respectable fortune in a state that
is not noted for being burdened with wealth.
He lives at Proctor, a town founded by him,
and which IS situated a few miles from Rut-
land. He is i'll practical control of the
whole output OF the Vermont marble quar-
ries, and is one Of the largest dealers in that
commodity in the United States.
At his home at Proctor he is farmer on
a large scale, where he owns one of the
finest flocks of Winkley merino rams and
ewes In the world. Throughout the state of
Vermont Mr.. Proctor is highly respected
and has the reput ation Of being square
man"
GEN. BENJAMIN +. TRACY.
Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy was born in
Owego county, New YORK. in 1880. He
had only a common school education He
entered the law Office of Nathaniel w Da
Wis, where he remained engaged in the study
of law until 1851, when he was admitted t.
the bar and soon made mark in his pro
fession. In 1858 he became tue republican
candidate for district attorney of Tiogt
county, and though it was "a democratic
stronghold he was elected. Two years later
he was again elected to the same office.
He was elected to the assembly in 1851
ana year later he recruited the One Hun.
bred and Ninth and One Hundred anc
Tbirty seventh regiments and received his
commission as colonel of the former regi
ment from Gov. Morgan. In the battle Il
the Wilderness, May g. Col. Tracy led il
the thick of the fight. He was carried from
the field exhausted, but refused to 60 to {
hospital, but lei his command through the
three days fight at Spotsylvania, when
being completely broken down, he wa.
forced to turn over his command to hi
junior officer. He subsequently was ten
dered and accepted the co Umand of the
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh United
States colored troops.
After the war Gen. Tracy settled in New
York, and resumed his practice Of the Law
as one Of the firm Of Benedict, Tracy
Benedict. He was one of the counsel 70
the defense in the celebrated Beecher trial
In 1866 Gen. Tracy was made United State
district attorney for the Eastern district o
New York. which position he held unit
1878, when he was forced to resign becaus
of the growth of his private practice.
In 1881 he was appointed judge of tn
court of appeals and served one year. H
then resumed the practice Of his profession
JOHN W. NOBLE.
JOnn WILCOX NOBLE was Dorm IN IanCaS
ter, O., Oct. %, 1881. He was the eighth o
nine children. Among his brothers is Henri,
c. Noble, a prominent lawyer of Coluubus
o. He passed his early days in Columbu
and Cincinnati, where he enjoyed good edu
cational advantages. he attended MAN
university and afterward Yale college
graduating from that institution in 1851
Upon his graduation he studied law, first il
the office Of his brother and in that O
Henry Stanberry, subsequently distin
guished as Attorney General OF The
United States under President John
son. Mr.. Noble settled first in st
Louis in 1855. Not meeting with the sue
cess in the practice of the law he expected
he removed the following year to Keokuk
Ia, where he became prominent at tue bar
At the breaking out Of the war he O. listed
as private in the Third Iowa cavalry
This regiment was actively engaged from
the beginning TO the close Of tho war, and
distinguished itself in many battles. Mr..
Noble steadily rose in it until he became
colonel He was in the battle Of Pes Ridge
was present at the surrender of Vicksburg
and took part in the cavalry raid into Ala.
bama and Georgia. At the close Of the war
he was promoted to q brigadier generaishir
for meritorious services. He was mustered
out IN 1865.
Gen. Noble was married in 1854 in Worth.
smpton. Mass, to the daughter Of Dr. IL
Halstead. Two children were born Of that
marriage, neither of whom is now living.
After the war Gen. Noble settled in st
Louis, where, on the recommendation oil
Attorney General StanberrV. he was made