The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-06-28


acters attending the peoples party
convention now in session here is
William Quayless, a rugged reformer
from Randolph county, whose life has
known many romantic vicissitudes.
Mr.. Qrayless is nearly seventy years
old but time has touched his sturdy
face so lightly that a stranger would
hardly judge him past the meridian
Of manhood. He was born on the Isle
of Man, and learned in childhood to
love the sea and the wild adventures
of the sailors life. The first expert
ence of the sailor boy was q
voyage among the ice bergs of
Polar seas, in search of that lost hero
of the arctic world, Sir John F. arkIin.
whose romantic fate then thrilled the
heart Of every mariner from admiral
to midshipman on either continent.
At an early age the young seaman
became the captain OF whaling 7esseI,
aud after many dangerous encounters
with the perils of storm and ice aud
the monsters of the deep, his craft
was wrecked on the coast of Green
land. Finally rescued from exile
here by a friendly ship. the
young seaman set sail tor the
sunny shores of tropical lands.
The Mediterranean sea, The
Indisn and Pacific oceans we're again
and again traversed, and many OF the
ruins OF ancient empires and civilizl-
tons seen. Australia was visited when
the leading citizens OF that new colony
still bOa,ted OF having been trans
ported from England as criminals,
little dreaming that the land of Kan
CARGO would some day give the grand
republic of the United States its
glorious free ballot system.
firing of the dangers aud hardships
Of the sea the adventurer left the
great world of waters and sought the
solitudes of the interior of Texas,
hopiug to there live in peace beyond
the sound OF the surging ocean and
the expanded sail In this near empire
once the heritage of the Montzumss
the retired seaman soon become .
leader in civic affairs and was elected
Judge of his county, q territory as
large as some original States. But
the slogan then resounded over the
plains OF Texas, and the war-hoop of
the red men was not less terrible than
the roar of the mad tempest which
the sailor had so often heard from
the deck Of his ship when voyasing
around cape Horn or hunting the
whale in Baffin Bay.
When the signal gun fired at Fl.
Sumpter in 1861 called the south to
arms Mr. Quayles took the side of the
union for time and opposed secession
till the Lone S'ar followed her sister,
states into open rebellion. Then the
loyal Texan relucl .ntly joined bis for
tunes with the gallant sons Of Dixie
and marched with Price Van Dorm and
Mcintosh to Pea Ridge and other
toiuUuS UattJc ucIuS VI tuc COuIuWcsts
After the rebel standard had yielded
to The victorious banner Of the north
at Appomst,ox. Mr.. Qnayles crossed
the Rio Giande when the chivaIric
Shelby and his men sought TO escape
the humiliation OF surrender by invo.
king the protection Of the Mexican
flag. Several years after the war the
ex-Confederate came to Missouri and
made home 10 Randolph county
where he has since resided.
Mr.. Quayles was one of tine pioneer
Greenbackers Of this state, and fifteen
years ago met here in convention with
Britton A. Hill and other disciples of
the fat money doctrine. He Iss {.
candidate for congress on the reform
ticket during the greenback crusade
and very naturally remained at home
after the election.