The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-11
A MAN WITH EXPERIENCE.

L. ". Lawrence the Republican can
| dida,e in the Sixty-seventh district has
seen "a good deal of life. He has battled
with poverty and unfortunate circdm-
stances for good many years. He has
| taught school, bore arms for his country
helped build railroads and laid brick and
surveyed and in all these capacities no
one has ever brought charge against
him. He knows what men are, what
they are capable of doing and what is
expected of them. He knows the
troubles of the man who earns his bread
by the sweat of his brow, because he is
one of them. On questions of land and
public domains he is an authority ard is
besides well read and well informed on
all live subjects.
He is fluent talker and everything
he says is intensely interesting, strength
ened as it always is, by wonderful and
wide range of personal experience.
Mr. Lawrence was born near Cedar
vile Ohio in 1887. His parents lived on
farm. He attended the public schools
until he was eleven years of age when
he entered Grove Academy where he
spent two years. At this time his par
ents moved 10 Springfield where he en-
terded one year. His family now NOV
ed TO Yellow Springs and Mr.. Lawrence
attended Antioch college at that place
At that time Horace Mann was presi-
dent and ex-speaker Kiefer was class
mate of Mr.. Lawrence.
In the crisis of 1857 Mr.. Lawrence's |
father went down with thousands of |
others. He was ruined aud MIR. Law |
renee had to leave college and buckle in.
He went TO work at the trade of brick |
mason and that is his business today. |
He had learned this trade in the inter- |
walls of his school life and he soon |
became a superior work man. From /
now on he worked at his trade 10 sum
ner and taught school in winter. He
also acquired a practical and technical
of civil engineering. In 1857
ne moved to ii inois, near Cairo. Ia
1862 he enlisted in company X 107.L
illinois infantry and served two and
,ne-half years. Six months of this time
lie served as an engineer in charge of
CERTIFYING the Louisville and Nashville
Dad.
His regiment was attached to the
Burnside expedition to east Tennessee
md his corps joined Sherman at Dalton
IN the march to the sea. After the bat
lie of Atlanta he was sent home an IN
7alid, unfortunately because lie had at
aimed the rank of major and for 102
lays between Dalton and Atlanta he
the largest regiment in the
department. of the Ohio.
Dir. Lawrence was married in 1860 at
Iacon, Illinois. He was elected county
uryeyor of Macon in 1864 and served in
hat capacity four years. In 1869 he
vent to st. Louis and followed the bus
ness of contractor and builder until
$40 when he came further west, set-
ling in Texas where he built the round
ouses on the International and Great
Northern railroad. In 1879 he worked
t brick-making and building in
)orsicone, Texas. The same wear !.
% came to Kansas, first
coating at Emporia and working OF the
tate Normal building there. He was
lected county surveyor of Morris county
n 1880 but later resigned and came to
Wichita in 1881 where he has resided s
nce. In this city he has worked at his J
rade except for two years when he was 6
ssistant county surveyor under John 9
Y. Bear :
Mr.. Lawrence and Whitelaw Ried =
7ere boys together, at one time teach
lg together, Ried as principal of the I
chool at South Charleston and Law I
ance as assistant. .
A man with the experience which Mr.. /
lawrence has had, of course will be val. f
able in legislature in Kansas or any s
here else. He is honest, and vigorous
l his honesty. Such a man is rarely
eaten at the polls. tIr. Lawrence will .
OF be.