Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-25

ton OF the treaty
". D. KELLEY. Of Limerick, when
! the Catholics were forbidden the exercise OF
| their religion and the ProsStants were for
/ hidden to manufacture, most Of the Protest
ant O'kellys sought the American colonies.
| The Quakers went to Pennsylvania and
! South Carolina, and the descendantsof limo
| thy O'Kelly, who located IN the latter state,
| still tell of his bringing -sboe full OF gold"
! with which he bought the ancestral estate.
| He was woolcomber by trade. The Pres
/ byterian O'kellys mostly settled in thenorth,
! where the name soon became AmencanEed,
and their sous and grandsors, Like those OF
| other Irish eIles Of that time, were most
ardent advocates of American Independence.
! Froude says that one-half the men who
! fought the British in the battles around Bos-
ton were the immediate descendants OF Irish
! exiIes. The paternal grandfather Of Judge
| Kelley as an officer In the Continental
/ army: his mother was descended on one side
from Quaker exiles and on the other from
! French HUguenots, and thus the blood Of the
best stocks in the world for bravery, sincerity
| and conscientious devotion TO duty was COM
| bined in the great Peunsylvanian-
| David Kelley, son Of the Continental officer
and q native of New Jersey, settled early In
Philadelphia, and married Miss Darrah, Of
| Bucks county; unto them was born, In that
city, William DaIrah Kelley, on the 18th Of
! April, 1Sl4-the youngest OF four. The
| father had become involved during the war
! and the speculative times which succeeded II,
and Ia 1916 lost all his property. 4 few
weeks LITTER he dropped dead upon the street,
leaving widow and four young orphans
without means The mother at once opened
boarding house, and by skill and industry
reared her children aud secured them com
mon school education; but at the age Of Ii
William was put to earning his own LIVING as
errand boy in a book store.
His next work was as a COPY holder to the
proof reader on The Philadelphia INQUIRER,
and there, he always maintained, he acquired
that remarkable ciearness OF articulation
which was the charm OF his oratory through
life. At the age Of sixteen he was appren
ticed TO a jeweIer-shat having been his
fathers business-and served the apprentice
ship of four years During this era occurred
the memorable war between President Jack
son and the United States bank, and Phila-
deiphia, especially employers and capitalists,
was almost unanimous for the bank; but
Young Kelley took part with the Democratic
minority and soon became a noted leader
among theapp-entices and young Democrats,
Il was an evil time Only once before and
perhaps once siloo has the war OF party been
so fierce and terrible as then. All cnnsideTa-
tons of fairness aud personal freedom were
cast 20 the winds. Capitalists and employers
openly declared that as Jackson was making
wsr on them, their employees must stand By
them or be counted as enemies. To borrow
the language of The New York Tribune,
''Democraiic wori1Ineu were discharged on
all sides One instance is narrated wheree
taHoress was refused work because her broth
ar had spoken at Democratic meeting. Pc
tftlons for the restoration of the deposits
were circulated and workingrnen refusing to
sign ara said to have been marked for dis
charge"
Young Kelley threw all his energies into
the fight, and so great was hrs influence that
he prevailed on many Federalist worknen 20
condemn such prescription and remain away
from meetings called in the interest Of the
bank. IL became 50 difhcnlt for him TO get
work IN Pniladelphis that he went TO Boston
. in 1885 and obtained good place there. His
specially was enameiing, and his success IN it
was so great that costly set Of gold cups,
ordered for the Ir1aunl of Muscat, brought
his EMPLOYERS gold medal from the Massa-
chusetts Mechanics association He remained
four years N Boston working hard and read
ing hard. especially in political history. The
Young mechanic spoke frequently in public,
and his name was TO De read IN the Demo
cratic papers along with rhoseof George Ban
croft O. A BrownSea and 5. q. Everett.
He also lec5ured. and MS name appears in
more than one OF the lists of lectures in which
Emerson and Chsnntng were included
Col James Page WIS so pleased with a
speech Of Mr. Kelley at Faneua Hall that he
urged tie young man TO sts,dy law IN his Of
fee. In 1883 he began the study, and On the
18th of April 1871, being then - years old,
be was, on motion Of Col Page, admitted to
the bar. This was IN Hhila6el pdla. He was
very successful from the start. In ls4o be
was rnade prosecutor OF the pleas IN PhiLadei-
phia, and on the 18th OF March. 1S4I, was ap-
pointed judge Of Common pleas he served
as an arpcintee Ill 1850 AMI was then elected
for a oen wears term, but the recpening OF
the slavery coutrovSsy II 1894 made hin 8
politician. BE severed his Connection with
the Democrats and assisted In constructing
tae Rep1hiicaa party.
In 1856 ne was nominated for congress, but
was defeated In 1850 he was delegate 70
The Chicago corventaon. and was the Penn
svIyaziia member OF the Committee 60 notify
Abraham Lincoln CT his nomination That
autumn he was elected 70 congress, and held
is seat. By fourteen successive reflections,
:. tn. cisv of his deaIA- His work N Con
sT@s need rot De detAlet. II Is part, and
very important part, OF the history Of the
country He was sa ardent protectionist
and made the study asd GsfenSe Of the Amer
scaI tariff his lie work. In this matter Re
Sas n advance Of his party, and II otcer re-
! speees often cut Of harmony with Is, oat o.
/ - matters relating 20 the war and rec1n-
! -tr7lctien his Repuohcsaisn was unsSes-
toned
! HIS nest pronounced derarrure was on tae
1 dn2.oes-ae was an extreme and hTsrs4ly
! lneOmp-oriSng advocate OF soft money
/ ana silver coinage He voted against every
! measure looking towards return 70 specle
! oaymrurs and for every measure TO increase
sae vosasae u napsr md silnE Rooex -A.ns