People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-01-13
Senator A. q. Forney.

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The Kansas City Times is giving
short sketches of the new state sena-
tors, and among the first is the follow
ing concerning Hon. A. G.. FOrney.
The picture accompanying the sketch
is not nearly as good looking as
Brother FOrney and we omit it en-
tirely:
1.-TWO years ago Sumner county was
represented in the Kansas senate by
J. W. FOrney, Republican lawyer.
This year A. e. FOrney, brother of
the Republican senator, will represent
the county. The senator-eleCt is a
POpulist, and for the past two years
the brothers have fought each other
in Sumner county politics. The Pop
ulist senator owns farm of $50 acres
near Belle Plaine, while his brother
lives in town. While Lawyer FOrney
was engaged in campaigning for the
Republican ticket, Farmer FOrEey
was in Cincinnati struggling TO bring
new political party out Of the re-
form elements represented at the
famous conference of labor and agri-
cultural organizations. The two
brothers very closely resemble each
other, but one looks at affairs pOliti.
cal from a legal and the other from an
agricultural standpoint. Just now
the farmer is in the saddle, and Law
yer FOrney will remain at home until
the Republicans can redeem that
county or congressional district.
"SenatOr-elect FOrney is one of the
best representatives of the farmers
movement in the state. He is re-
garded as a man of sound business
principles and good judgment. He is
about IS years of age and comes from
Ohio. The father of the two Sumner
county politicians now resides on the
farm in Guernsey county, Ohio, where
he was born in 1916. Here Senator
elect FOrney lived until 1870, when he
concluded to see something of the
west. He made a tour Of Iowa, Ne
braSka and Kansas, and in July, 1871,
settled on claim near Belle Plaine.
There were very few settlers that far
west in the early seventies, and all the
provisions were hauled from EmpOria.
a distance of $50 miles. SenatOr-elect
FOrney went through all the hardshipS
of frontier life, but stuck to his
farm in the hope of better and more
prosperous days for western Kansas.
His farm is now one Of the most high
ly improved in the county, and he
has shown his patriotism and regard
for the commonwealth by rearing
family of nine children.
in speaking his farm life, Mr.. For
ney said: I long ago realized that
life was too short to find out by prac-
tical experiment the best mode to
pursue in my calling. Consequently,
| subscribed for many good agricul-
tural papers and several general news
papers. and profited by tie experience
of Others. | am of the Op Mon that
there would be a wonderful reyOlu-
ton in agriculture If our farmers
would read more and experiment less.
"SenatOr-elect FOrney has had much
experience in shipping cattle and 9TH
er live stock and will devote a large
part of his time in assisting to frame
an equitable freight rate bill. He is
also dissatisfied with the present
mode of taxation and existing mort.
gage laws. He was greatly interested
in the proposition for holding a CON
stitut onal convention and EXPIRE SO
himself as deeply chagrined at its de- |
feat. On account of this blunder, he |
said to representative of The Times |
Il fear the work of the legislature
will be burdened with amendments to |
the constitution which has already |
b zen badly patched
"'My political faith he said, lis |
that representative of the people |
should support any measure which is
in the interest and welfare of the |
masses, no matter from what political
source it originates. | am not pre- |
pared to commit myself on the sena. |
tOrial fight, but the United States
will be opposed to Re.