The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-04-20
DEMOCRATIC Law MAKERS,
The Irish Standards Representative
Briefly Sketches the Gentlemen
on the Minority Side
OF BOTH SENATE AND HOUSE.
A Body of Men Who Have Done Good Work
for Their Constituents During the
Session Now About to CLOSE.

The present legislative body contains
fourteen Democratic senators and
twelve representatives Of tho same po'
litical persuasion, all of whom will re-
turn to their homes with the satisfac
tiOn of having been faithful to the H.
terests OF their constituents and true to
the state which they have 80 we'll rep
pesentad. Me5srs. Anderson, Bowen,
Child, Durant, Gibson. Hayden, Koliar,
NachDar, Nelson, Oswald, Pope, Smith,
Welcb and Whitman comprise the
Democrats III The senate, with Messrs.
Ives, Greeley, Heldeman, Fuhrmann,
Sinclair, Merz, Capser, Farley, Kelly,
Brown. Buell. and Hagney IN the house.
The five last named gentlemen received
due notice in former issue of The
IRISH STANDARD.
SENATE.
Hon. Robert A. Smith, of ST. Paul, is
one Of the most popular residents OF
the Sanity City, as he was elected to
the senate in 1886 without opposition.
and is serving his third term as mayor
Of the city The senator was born at
Bonneville, Ind, June Is, 1927. He re-
ceived common school education, then
ha entered the law department OF the
Indiana State university from which he
graduated in 1850. lie came to st. Paul
10 1858. He has served as county treas
urar for about twelve years, and was q
member OF the house of representa-
lives in 1885. Mr.. Smith is ylce~presl-
dent Of the Bank Of Minnesota, having
been in the banking business since
1854, and IS interested in various corpo-
raClODs.
Hon. @. w. Gibson, the senator from
Mower county, was born at Wellsboro,
P;a., in 1883. After graduating from a
New York medical college, he entered
the service as surgeon, and assigned 10
duty in the Department OF the South,
he was transferred to the Department
Of the Fast as surgeon~in charge at
Bedloes island, and was afterwards
post surgeon at Fort Lafayette; in the
spring Of 1857 he resigned to enter the
service of the Pacific Mai! Steamship
company, and in 1867 he settled at Aus
tin, where he continues the practice Of
his profession anu is United States ex-
aiming pension surgeon. The doctor was
a candidate for the state sens te in 1873,
but defeated by the small majority Of
% votes in Il district which usually gave
the other party 500 to 1000 majority.
He was renominated in 1886, however,
and elected by a handsome majority.
He was elected mayor Of Austin in 1888
and again this Year.
Hon. Edward W. Durant was born at
Roxbury, Mass, April S, 1929. He re-
ceived Il common school education and
clerked III mercantile establishments
for 4 while, but believing that the
"HYiiI aud Woolly West" afforded a
broader field and greater opportunities
for an energetic, ambitious young man,
he came TO Minnesota in 1S4S, and en
gagged in numbering at Saltwater. That
he has been successful in shown by the
iact that he is the president OF the
Saltwater Waterworks company, di-
reclor Of the Lumberrnans' National
bank, The st. Croix Boom company, the
Gas & Electric Light company and the
saltwater Lumber company. Mr.. Du-
Iant Was a member OF the house in
1873, 1875 and 1885; chairman OF the
Democratic State convention in 1875;
was delegate to the National conyen-
ticn in 1884, and was nominated for
ieutenant-governor bY his party in
1884. The gentlemen has served two
terms as mayor Of the city Of Saltwater
and was again elected for another term
few days ago.
Hon. Thos. F. Bowen was born at
Blossburg, Pa, Oct. Is. 1849; his parents
came to Minnesota in 1866. and settled
on farm in Blue Earth county. The
boy attended the common school and
worked on the farm until his fifteenth
year when his father was elected sher-
if and moved into the city of Mankato,
which afforded an opportunity for the
young man TO enter the State Normal
school from which he graduated with
honor. He was principal OF the graded
schools at Lake Crystal and Sleepy Eye
during several years, and has edited and
published the Sleepy Eye Herald since
1880. Mr. Bowen .strenuously advocated
the passage Of what may be called the
Anti tinkerton Detective bill, but
there the 6 IS little probability Of it's becom-
ing q law now.
1E Hon. lon E' n. Pope, Of Blue Earth