The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-14
NEW MEN N CONGRESS,
Careers Ut tho Noyicss Of the House
as Described BY the Men
Themselves.
Autobiographies Which VIII Ap-
pear Ia tho New Congress
sional Directory.
THO Modest Review Of nis Life as Made
by Senator David Bennett Hill.
OF New York.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. --~- sE4AEG%e"EE
WAsH1NaroN, Dec. 13.-Col. w. ii. Mich
ael. clerk Of printing records md editor Of
the Congressional DIRECTORY, is about Il
issue his interesting magazine again. II
contains the usual sketches furnished BY
the subjects of the sketches themselves Of
the new members of the new congress-
Thoy arc not without interest as indicating
the characteristics of the men whose his
tories they briefly relate.
Thomas j. Geary, dsmocratic representa-
tiyo from The First California district, is q
Massachusetts man By his own confession.
John Il. Cutting, republican, OF the Fourth
California diatrict, came originally from
Weatport, Essex county, N. <. Eugene
Francis Loud, republican, OF the Fifth, ID a
Massachusetts man. and William Wallace
Bowers, also a republican, Of the Sixth
California, is a native of Whitestown.
Oneida county, N. <.
Deleware's new representative in the
house, John w. Causey. was an Albany
boy, and was educated at thu Albany
academy. He is q democrat.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, furnishes tho
longest biographical sketch in the direo-
tory. Is occupies noarly a page. and is a
brief political history of the country since
1S43, when Mr.. Palmer was first elected to
a probate iudgeship. Ks was a member of
tho peace conference in 1861. The Third
district Of Illinois is represented In tho
house by Allan Cathcart Durborow, who is
q Pennslyvanian and a democrat. Walter
g. Newberry, democrat, of tbs Fourth lii
nois district, is a native of New York state.
Benjamin T. Gable, democrat. of tho
Eleventh district. is q kentuckian by birth.
Senator William Alfred PETER. of Kan
las. Mr.. ingalls, SUCCESSOR, was born in
Pennsylvania. He became judge advocate
If a military commission during the war.
John Grant Otis, Of tho Fourth Kansas
district, an alliance man, was born in Yer
mont. He recruited the first colered regi-
ment in Kansas in 1867.
Jerry Simpson, the noted congressman
(his name is just Jerry not an abbrevi-
alton Of Jeremiah) OF the Seventh Kansas
district, has his home at Medicine lodge.
He was ushered into the world in the
province Of Now Brunswick. His parents
removed to Oneida county, N. Y, when he
was six years old. AT the ago of IA Jerry
became . sailor, and he followed that pro-
fession for twenty-three years. He Com
manded many large vessels on the great
lakes. During the war he was a member
Of Company A, Twelfth Illinois infantry,
but contracted disease, and was obliged to
leave the service Originally he was a re-
publican, and he cast his first vote for the
second ~eleetion Of Abraham Lincoln. For
twelve years, he says, he has been affiliated
with the greenback and union labor par
ties. Ills sketch occupies only twelva
or fifteen lines in Col. Michael publica
ton.
The Youngest men of the new Massachu-
sets representatives are Sherman. Hoar and
George Fred Williams, both democrats.
Mr.. Hoar represents the Fifth district and
lives in Waltham. He was born in Concord
July 30, 1866. He was educated at the pub
lc schools Of his native place at Phillips
Exeter academy at Harvard, aud at the
Harvard Law school. He is a LAWYER. q
trustee OF Phillips Exeter. q director of the
American Unitarian association and a men,
Der of the Massachusetts democratic state
committee.
George Fred Williams Of the Ninth Mass
echnsetts district was born July 10. 1852.
do was graduated from Dedham high
school in 1868 and from Dartmouth in 1872.
Later he studied at the university at He'll
dalberg and Berlin. In 1875 he was ad-
mitted to the bar. Three years later he
edited Williams Citation of Massachu-
sets Cases. In 18S0-87 he edited volumes
ten TO seventeen of the Annual Digest of the
United States.
the Second Michigan district, describes
himself as "a practical everyday farmer"
He was born on the farm he now resides on /
in 1866.
A new member from the Sixth Michigan
district is Byron Gray Stout, democrat. In
1929 MIR. Stout Was born in Ontario county, |
n. Y. Henry Melville Youmans, of the
H'1Chfh MIRh1rnrs ia a tnt1vo 1c Hkro,~
Otsego county, N. T.. and q Democrat.
This is David Bennett Hills contribution
to the directory:
David Bennett Hill, of Elmira, was
born in Havana, Schuyler (then Chemnng)
county, N. Y, Aug. 20. 1913; was graduated
and was admitted to the bar in
1864. at the age of 81. Within a
few months he was appointed city attor-
ney; In 1871 and again i'll 1872 was elected
from Chenung county to the state assem-
bly,: was president Of the democratic stats
conventions in 1877 and 1881; was elected
of Elmira in 1882: was president of
the Nav York State Bar association in 1886,
and again in 1887; was chosen lieutenant
of the state in November. 1882; |
became governor in tho place of Grover |
in January, 1885; was elected |
in November, 1885; reelected in
1883, and i'll 1889 YVES elected TO the United
lptuuS h13IhUS M . ASiAUo1 az ~ GuCCSEu Hi |
lam A.. Evarts; took his seat Dec. 7, 1891,
His term of Office will expire March 3,
The expression took his seat Dec. 7.
seems q little misleading in view of
the revolution which David caused his state |
to pass ut its recent meeting de-
claring that he should serve his guberna-
torial terra out.
Troy, N. y, is given by Col. John r,
Feilows, Of Tammany hall, as the place of
ms bittb, and July g, 1892, az the date.
no removed to Camden, Ark, in 1850 and
had been admitted to the bar when he en-
tefsd the confederate army as q member of
tile First Arkansas regiment. After the
war he bscarne state senator of Arkansas,
He removed TO Nav York city in 1868.
Jahn Dn Witt Warner, the new demo
cratic member FROM the Eleventh New York
district, YVES in Cornell university the first
graduated in 1872. After his graduation
La wsa editor OF the Ithica Daily Leader. q
professor III the Ithica ard Albany acad-
emfes each two years, and was graduated
the Albany Law school III 1876. He ia
president OF the Cornell University club OF
New YORK city, q governor OF the Della
Epsilon, Sh~akespearian and Reform
clubs and chairman Of the Reform clubs
tariff reform committee. He was never
gress.
Mr.. Joseph }. Little, democrat, of the
New York district, was born in
Bristol, England, Juns s, 1841. He writes
he WEE married in 1866 to Josephine,
Youngest daughter Of John Robinson, direct
OF John Robinson, who came
oysr in tho MayGower. MIR. Little's auto
sketch says: He 10 a promi-
nent Freeinason.'
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