Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-24

on Foreign EelntoIs. air. MorEuh - oueo
the most lucid and nblo lawyers In the South
He is a close and constant student. man Of
the simplest habits, who spends his nights In
studying up tho questions that nrise in the
SENATE, and his days In his scat in the Henate
chamber, whore he is always found ready to
act as the spokesman Of his party. His
public speeches are logical and eloquent, and
| It ia no task for tho Alabama Senator to ad-
dress tho Senate for two or three days mt n |
time, When he considers the subject OF SUM
Client Importance, as was the case when the |
, Silver bill was under discussion last summer.
He has no great following among tho polits-
cians and maintains his position In tho Senate
solely by reason OF his ability. He will not
stoop to petty details and has horror OF
Office seekers. horgans people say OF him
that be never does anything for his State or
his constituents. He will not get an office |
forany man but he is a statesman OF 30 great |
ability that they cannot afford to throw him |
down.
senator Mills was born in Todd County !
Kentucky. In 1892. Ho was educated In the
common schools and removed to Texas when
only seventeen. locating ut Palestine. Here
he began the study OF law, supporting him
self by clerical work In the postoiiice and IN
the offices II the court clerks. He WIS on
crossing clerk OF tho State House of Rep
resentatlyes In 1850. He secured special
act of the Legislature removing his dlsabili-
ties ~ . minor, and was admitted to tho bar
at the age Of twenty. He at once entered
upon tho practice OF law at Corslcana. He
was member OF tho State Legislature at
tsenty-scven Presidential elcctor vt TWEEN
ty-eight, and was elected TO the torth-third
Congress serving continuously In the House
until his election 10 the Senate two years ago.
Ever since no entered Congress. Senator
Mills hns boon persistent advocate Of n re-
duetlon OF the tariff. He Is as poor to-day
as when no llrst entered public life, although
no might DO u rich man Ind be Desired to
trado on tho opportunities which his linowl-
edge Of public affairs has given him. During
all tho limo no has been in Washington no
has mover had a private secretary on clerk,
but he has made It an inyariablo rule
promptly to roply to every letter addressed
to him. IIo desplses the typewriter as
means OF communication. In his eighteen
years OF service he has not obtained more
| than half n dozen pluccs for constituents. He
is opposed 10 spells hunting, and Will not
turn himself into an employment bureau.
senator Mills Is one Of the Ablost and most
forcoiul debntors in the Senate. Whom he
gots started ho is n thing Of beauty. He sails
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tue "beHt OF tue southern 'h'h'pers VI 'i'e
Lower House ho was porh III monioe
County, Kentucky IN lS'o' ne was euuc','eu a
at Phllomnth Academy Ieihossoe, hnu AT
Kentucky University Lexington ho graz
uatcd from college ana on'sreu az once upon
the study OF law with Judge IL ~ uurueh-
shire. when admitted TO the bar ne settled
down to the practice oil law IN uchna' ron
t nossee' in 1871, and soon began to take an
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