Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-06
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Washington with his sister as the female
head OF the house. -
senator Davidson. OF Florida, has been
in tho lower house Of Congress Tor wars.
He is man of far average ability put Will
none of the elements OF great state5 lilan y
ship or great oratory about him. be 10
well educated, and during the late unplea-
santness lac won his spurs on the Gomez
crate side. entering the service az captain
and coming out lieutenant-oOlonei' nc
was acting IN this position when ne Was
severely wounded In 1904, and had TO leave
tho service. He il now about sixty years
OF age, and has been IN politics all MS iAle'
GREAT MEN YRoM TIKI CABINET.
Tho two ex-Cabinet officers who come
trotting into the Senate will probably az,
tract considerable attention. PROCTOR ol
Vermont. il as mild q man as ever cut an
official throat, but he Is hesn IIoln S.o
great Department Of War, and there IS tlre
m ma eve. Villas has been digestlng MS
postal schemes in the long walks whicn ne
| has taken about his Wisconsin nome, anu
| he will trot out new bills for the improve
ment OF the two great departments Win
which he has been connected. Inc rae
| between the two as 10 senatorial notorlety
will be unequal Proctor IS rather uu ISL
ness-rnan than a speaker. while was mas
a great reputation as 20 bOtn. penhtyI
proctor has made a fortune by his ousl-
mesa brains. He was made receiver Oh .hs
Vermont Marble-Quarhes, and he mahag9u
them so that they have made him rlcn; ne
| il said TO be a millionaire, ana ne hSes
very nicely here at Washington IN oIk
| hofise on Massachusetts, avenue Just hCIoss
| the way from Chief-Justice ruler hoIIe
and between Scott and Dupont circles no
is now about sixty years Oh age anu ~ 70
| nearly ten wears older than Senstor has.
~ l..-r a., Uarnlnuf. and was StulF-
| inc law at the time the war broke out. ne
! ia6 his studies 70 90 into the army as
| onartermaster, and rose 10 DC cOlouei'
wbon his health failed and he went 70
! farming. He was farming when he became
reeeiyer Of the marble-quarries Wnlcn
made HIS fortune, and he stu owns a ols
farm and runs II. lie IS SAID 20 Po7eJSS
sa,na Of the fnest-blooded cattle IN the
country. and he IS fond of country me
Senator Villas is also something OF a
farmer. though have never heard OF MS
! heino n scientific one. During the Tune
that he was making a reputation as raw
YER in Wisconsin he lived on farm four
miles from Madison and walked INTO MS
Office every morning. His granuIatneI'
Moses Villas, was noted IartheI VI WI
mont and When he died he left 500 acres,
which formed the basis of the Was Tor
time TODAY, Senator Vilas's father was
we'll to-do. He moved to Wisconsin from
!
Vermont at an early date, and young Was
was given good education. He went 70
school at Madison and graduated OF the
college the-e at thirteen. and at the age OF
twenty he mad won his first case before the
SuoTeme Court of his State. He showed
himself TO be good lawyer and he las
made O great deal of money at his practice.
He mas saved his money and invested IT,,
and bis investments have been partlcu-
! larly lucky ones. He made fortune out
of the Gogebic iron region, where he
! bought a large tract of land before the
mineral was discovered, and held 1t THINK
| ING that the timber on it would some day
| be very valuable and that his children
would realize out of it If he did not Inc
| iron was found N large quantities ana oil
| the most excellent quality, and the lands
became valuable as mineral regions, rather
| than for their timber. Senator Villas VIII
| live nicely here at Washington, but ne
will hardly get the magn fcent house ne
| leased here OF the close OF Cleyeland
| term. He was then Secretary OF the In
| terror and he had no idea but that the
| President would be reelected and that he
! would remain here for four years to come.
| Upon this supposition he leased this pig
| house for four years, only TO ma thal
| Harrison was elected and he and CLEVELAND
were out. FRANK u CAhFLNlAH'