The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-03
JOHN DAVIS.

JOHN DAVIS.
Short Sketch OF the Popular Rep b,can Can
didate for County Attorney.
John D. Davis Esq. the popular candi.
date of the Republican party for the Office
of county attorney is one Of those types Of
American citizens which all the plain
people of the land have an admiration for
and which are exclusively an American
production. He is self made man. He
was not born with silver spoon in his
mouth nor was he reared surrounded by
all those comforts and advantages that
the average American boy has. On the
contrary he became the heir of ill fortune
and hard knocks at an early period of his
life and has no one to thank but himself
and that All Wise Providence TO whom he
acknowledges allegiance and gratitude,
for what he is today. At the
age of seven years the hand
of fate was laid heavily on Mr.. Davis and
from that day to this he has had to fight
his way through the tempestuous ocean OF
life single handed and alone. II was then
that his father went down into the bowels
of the earth one morninn never again to
see the light of day with material eyes; he
was killed in coal mine while honestly
earning bread for his family by the sweat
of his brow. His mother was left without
any of the wealth of this world. and young
as John was he saw that something must
be done for that grief-stricken, heart
broken widowed lady whom he fondiy
called mother What was the result? It
was that inetead of the young orphan boy
going out to school to prepare himself for
the battle of life he actually engaged in
that battle by going down into the mines
and working for the few cents per day he
could make. doing such work as his tender
years enabled him to do. Instead of spend
ing his youth in the sunshine of boyish
pleasures he spent it in the pit Of coal
mine many feet under the earth and where
the bright rays of the sun never pene-
trated. For ten long years he worked in
this capacity and had no opportunity to re-
ceive an education except at the humble
fire-side Of his mother, after hard days
work. He not only supported his mother
and acquired the rudiments of plain edu
cation, but be actually saved up money,
and at the age of II he yielded to the
promptings of his ambition to rise honor
ably and entered the Lock Haven, Fa,
normal school, at which place he gradu-
ated in course of time. He then entered
the law office of Hon. NJ. A. MARI as a
student, and in 1883, at the age of 25, he
was admitted to the supreme court of his
state. In May, 1886, he came to Wichita.
where he has practiced ever since and
where he is doing a very nice law bust
ness. Among his clients are numbered
many of the most substantial business men
in this city. whose confidence in Mr..
Davis integrity and ability is simply abb
solute. Mr.. Davis is not only a good law
yer and a fine scholar, but he is an ex-
cellent public speaker as we'll. Although
very conservative and studious young
gentleman he is of a very social DISPOSE
ton and in quiet Way he can entertain a
friend for hours without ever uttering an
undignified word or expressing an idle
word or single thought not consistent
with honor and good breeding. He is not
a politician in the modern sense of the
word, for no possible inducement looking
towards personal gain OF selfish ends
could make him stoop to any method not
consistent with rugged. honest, upright
manhood.
There is hardly any doubt of Mr.. DAVIS
election; in fact it is the belief of every
body who knows anything about county
politics that he will have q bigger ma
jority than anybody elected to Office in
this county this year. There is no use in
talking merit ought to win and
if John Davis does not merit the
hioh hic frian.Sc huuo IN fo6
for, there is something radically wrong
with the people.
The Office of county attorney is very
important one, and the man who shall be
chosen to fill it ought to be man OF ma
ture judgement, man who is strong and
vigorous enough not to yield an inch in
his duty; a man who has been in contact
with the world sufficiently to understand
t The people and realize that justice should
be dealt out impartially to all sides of
humanity. Such man is John Davis
the man whose early life has fitted him to
with the plain people of the
land.
The following Is what the Evening Jour !
nal Of Ashland, Pa, stauneh Demo-
cratic paper says Of him in q recent is
sue:
''We are always glad to note advance
ment in any direction of the boys from
home. and it is with special pleasure that
we note the fact that our former young
friend John d. Davis ESQ.,. has
been nominated by the Kansas Republic
cans for the office Of district attorney. and
though that is not our side of the fence it
won't prevent US from wishing john sue
cess in his campaign. He is a young man
who by his own efforts has risen to the
place he now holds in the rank Of his /
chosen profession and it will be- no more
than he deserves If be is elected to the |
position to which be xspires. He is n gen |
llemau aud lawyer, every inch of him."
EPwORTH LITERARY MEETING.
An appreciative audience assemblies in |
the lecture room of the First NJ E. church |
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