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money and returned to Pennsylvania in

money and returned to Pennsylvania in
1852. There he married Sarah Jane
Barber and removed to Indiana. lie
engaged in farming near Crawfords-
vile. There business reverSeS imp0y-
eriShed him, and he went to Southwest
Missouri, where he continued farming.
At the breaking out of the war he left
the state and enlisted in the Eighty
third Illinois volunteers. He served
until June 26. 1865, having been de-
tailed principally on detached duty as
quartermaster. adjutant and judge ad-
vocate. During the two latter years of
his service he devoted himself to the
study of law. At the close of the war
he settled at Clarksville, Tenn. pr c.
tising law. He remained at Clarksville
until 1870, when he removed to Kansas,
taking up a claim in Wilson county.
He moved to Fredonia in 1872
and there established the FredoDia
journal, a weekly newspaper, at
the same time continuing his law prac-
tlce. Afterwards he moved to COffey-
vile, COffey county, and established
the Coffeyville journal. In 1874 he was
elected to the state senate as Repub-
lican and served one term. He was a
delegate to the national Republican
convention in 1880. In that year he
moved to Topeka, assumed editorial
control of the Kansas farmer, and after
wards bought the paper. He has been
engaged in the publication of that
paper ever since. The paper has a
wide circulation among the Kansas
farmers and much influence over them.
He joined the Farmers Alliance move
ment over year ago, and in the spring
OF last year began bitter. determined
warfare against Mr.. ingalls, reelection.
The Kansas Farmer each week urged
the retirement of Mr.. Ingalls,, and
when the late campaign was in its in :.
ception, he directed it so as to make Mr.
ingalls, the principal object of attack.
The result was the election Of an Alli-
ance house of representatives and Mr..
Peffer's selection by the Alliance eau
Gus as the senatorial nominee.
Judge PETER is All even six feet tall.
He is quite as slim as Mr.. ingalls,, being
unusually narrow cheSted and lank of
limb. Thick black hair grows over his
low, retreatlng forehead. His black
eyes shine deep under heavy brow.
cealed by a heavy black beard, which
reaches quite to his waist. His
voice is deep and gutteral,
but has pleasing timbre. His
manner of speech is slow and de-
liberate, but not hesitating. Up to
year ago he was staunch Republican,
when he joined the Farmers Alliance.
He outlined his policy as senator to an
Associated Press representative to-day.
He said he favored the absolute, unlim-
tied coinage of silver and a conservative
expansion of the currency along other
lines. He was in favor, he said, of pro-
lection to home industries, but believed
that the best protection did not always
result from high tariff. Protection by
tariff as general principle, ne said,
was wrong. The high tariff should be
called in to aid only individual strug-
Cling industries. He now favored an
average ad yalorm duty of 20 per cent.
He was opposed to the force bill.
Judge Pfeffer published book on
economic questions a year ago entitled
1.-The Way Out" Itembodies his views
on,the financial questions, and favored
the loaning of the money by the govern
ment to individuals at 2 or 3 per cent,
with real estate security. Judge Pfef-
fer is still convinced that laws embody
ing this view should be enacted