The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-12-19

States pension agent for the Western dis
trict of New York from 1879 to 1888.
| Mr.. Poole is manufacturer, and is inter
ested in various corporations. He is a
| director in the Bank of Syracuse. the
| town of his residence, and is an extensive
manufacturer of salt. Mr. Poole's par
ticipation in politics dates back to 1868,
when he was county clerk of Onondaga
| county. He has maintained his atfilia-
ton with the Republican party since that
time, and has been an active worker and
organizer in the ranks.
r. ]. GAMBLE.
One of the good-looking Northwestern-
| ers in the new house is Mr.. Robert ].
Gamble, the junior Representatives,
large from South Dakota He was born
near Akron, Genesee county. n. Y, but
| at an early age was taken West by his
parents and reared ON a Wisconsin farm.
After attending the common schools of
the neighborhood he entered Lawrence
University, at Appleton, Wis, teaching
| through part of the course. After gradu-
| ating he studied law and was admitted to
/ the bar in Wisconsin, but removed to
South Dakota in 1876, where he contin-
ued the prosecution of his profession.
| When South Dakota was Territory he
was district attorney for the Second dis
| trict, and after admission to the Union
was a State senator. He is a Republican,
and takes keen interest in political af-
| fairs. Mr.. Gamble is man of wide read
| ing is studiOus and literary, and thor
oughly conversant with National ques-
tons.
j. FRANK HANLY.
]. Frank Hanly of the Ninth Indiana is
a school teacher and lawyer. He is
but 80, and has had u steady, progressive
career. Illinois is his native State, and
| there he received his education at the
common school, In 10 he went to Indi-
ana and taught school for about eight
| years. Then he studied law, was elected
| to the State senate, and next was elected
to the Fifty-fourth congress with plu-
rality of over 5000 1t is predicted by his
friends that he will make very credita-
| BILE record ut the other end of the avenue.
GEO. SPALDING.
| General George Spalding of Monroe
represents the Second Michigan district,
succeeding James s. German, who was
not renominated. General Spalding is II
| lawyer and banker has been mayor of
Monroe, and held other minor local Of
| fees, and has brilliant war record. He
is 90 years old, and has had no previous
| experience in legislative ways. He is a
| native of Scotland, where he was born in
| 1887. When he was six years old his pa
rents brought him to this country, and in
| 1858 they removed to Michigan. There
| he lived on farm and taught school for
a while. On the opening of the war he
| entered the service as private, and was
mustered out in 1865 general. He was
engaged in some of the most famous bat
| ties of the war, and was several times
severely wounded He was brevetted
brigadier general on the battlefield at
| Nashville for valuable services rendered,
r. o. CRUMP.
The Tenth Michigan district is repre-
scented by Rousseau o. Crump of West
Bay City, lumberman and manufacture
err who gained mis- political elevation
through his A. p A. affiliations, and open
ly appealed for support, because of his
high standing in that order. He succeeds
II. A. e. Weadock, who did not seek re-
nomination.
His biography in the Congressional Di-
rectory says:
He has always followed the lumber
business; established his first home in
Plainwell, Mich; in June, 1881 while
making tour of the lakes and northern
Michigan, stopped at Bay City; impress
ed with the business push and energy OF
the two Bay Cities he decided to locate
there, and built his first mill in Septem-
Der, 1881 in the fall of 1888 he purchas-
ed his partners interest in the business
and in February, 1884, the corporation
of the Crump Manufacturing company
was formed by him. is an active Mason,
having been one of the first trustees OF
the Masonic Temple association; is u
member of the Wenona lodge Blanchard
Chapter, Bay City Commandery, the
Michigan CoEsistory of Detroit, and Mos
lem Temple; also member of the An,
cient Order or United Workmen, Royal
Arcanum and knights of Pythias; III
politics he is u Republican of the stalwart
type; cast his first vote for Lincoln; has
served West Bay City as alderman for
four years, and in the spring of 1882
was nominated and elected mayor Of
West Bay City, and was reelected III
1894.
j. ID. LEIGHTY.
Joseph d. Leighty, who represents the
| Twelfth Indiana, il country bunker,
merchant and manufacturer. lie is a
man with military record, II not very
high military rank. He was born in
| Pennsylvania in 1899, and his residence
| in Indiana dates from the time he was
) years old. When the war broke out
he was NJ college in Ohio. IN July,
! 1861, he left college to join the army.
| He enlisted as private in Company II,
| Eleventh volunteer infantry; was pro-
NOTED to second lieutenant and after
ward to first lieutenant; was severely
wounded at Champion Hills, Miss, May,
1868: resigned in 1864, having taken part
| in the battles of Fort Holman, Fort Hen
ry. Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Grand Gull,
| Port Gibson and Champion Hills dc
| has served in the State house OF repre-
sentatives He is counted sound mon
( ey man. one of good judgment and q
| steady. sensible business man.
X. w. BLUE
Richard Whiting Blue OF Kansas, WHO
represents the State at large, IL one OF
| the striking looking men of this congress.
| He has fine figure, a strong face ana
| n massive head, covered with curling
gray hair, worn long. He has seen much
of public affairs, is q cultured speaker
and adroit in debate. He was the Re
publican heavyweight in the campaign
| last year. He is a pronounced adyo-
cate of the gold standard. He was born
| in Virginia about 81 years ago and spent
| most of his life in that State and in West
Virginia. During the war he served III
West Virginia loyal regiment, and be-
came caDtain. In 1870 he went to Kan