The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1893-01-28
A KANSAS CONGRESSMAN.
Re LIZ an Ex-Confederate and Has = Va
tiad Recorf.

Re LIZ an Ex-Confederate and Has = Va
ried Record.
The most remarkable incident in the
recent remarkable election in Kansas
was the selection of William A. Harris.
an ca Confederate soldier. as congress
man at large. His opponent was George
T. Anthony, Il former governor of the
state, who served in the army Of the
north. but in spite of this fact MIR. Har-
ris received larger vote than any other
candidate on the winning ticket.
He was nominated for the place during
his absence in Europe and did not hear.
Of it until his return. There were 274
ex-Union soldiers in the convention that
nominated him, and every one OF them
insisted on seconding the nomination
He was the candidate of the Peoples
party, Mr.. Harris joined the first ALI
ance organized in Leavenworth county
Kan, in 1890, lnut previous to that time
had been Democrat. He says even
now that he is practicing an advanced
form Of Democracy.
He is the first ex-Confederate elected to
congress or any other important Office in
the west or north, but there have been
two cases in New York. Roger A. Pryor
and John r. Fellows. An ex-Confeder-
ate was elected to congress from Indiana
on Republican ticket.
The south, however. has been more
liberal Adelbert Ames. who was a
brigadier general from Massachusetts,
and a son-in-law Of Ben Butler, was
elected governor and senator by Missis-
sippi. Gilbert c, Walker, colonel Of
New York regiment, was elected gov
ernor and senator by Virginia. Arkansas
also elected d northern army man gov
ernor this year. and similar cases have
been quite common in Kentucky and
Missouri.
Mr.. Harris was born in Loudoun
county, Va, Oct. 20, 1871. His ances-
tors for 200 years have been farmers in
Virginia. His father was a member of
congress and afterward minister to Bue-
nos Ayres under Polk and Taylor. The
son lived there four years with his fa-
ther-from his eighth to his twelfth
year. Afterward the elder Harris was
printer to the senate under Buchanan.
The son graduated at Columbian col
lege, Washington, and afterward en-
tered the Virginia Military institute at
Lexington, where the breaking out of the
war found him. With ten others out of
the graduating class he enlisted in the
Confederate army as second lieutenant
and went with Stonewall jackson to
Richmond. Later he went to Harper's
Ferry and drilled volunteers.
After the first battle of Manassas he
was made adjutant general III Wilcox's
brigade. where he served until the bat
ties around Richmond, when he was
assigned with General Jackson again.
who made him chief of ordnance of D
Fl. Hills division. His highest rank was
captain. He came to Kansas at the close
of the war and was employed by the
Union Pacific road as division engineer
Indian lands for the same company.
finally purchasing 800 acres OF the reser-
walton and settling on it, For the past
sixteen years he has been engaged i'll
farming and stock raising
He is breeder of short horn CATTLE
and for several years his sales have av-
eraged higher than those Of any other
breeder in the United States. He has the
largest herd Of cattle of his variety in ex-
istence. Last spring, at his sale in Chi
cago, his Scotch short horn calves aver
aged 1855 each. He went abroad in May.
1899, to study the cattle question. He
has exported u good many cattle.
His farm is near Linwood station
Kan, twenty-six miles south of Leaven-
worth and eleven miles east of Law
renee. He lived in Lawrence twelve
years and was elected president of the
city council there E. W. HOWE.