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taken away from home, by cempulsion,
to enter the confederate army, and he
never saw him again. Although he
he's resided in North Carolina for many
years, he has always been an ardent ard
active republican worker. He blames
the opposite party for that scene of his
childhood, and consequently is an in
tense partisan. He received common
school education, and when mere child
entered printing Office to learn the
trade. He became an editor and part
proprietor of weekly newspaper. He
has been presidential elector, a eandi-
date for lieutenant governor of his state,
and delegate to the Minneapolis COM
yention of 1892. In 1884 he entered into
a fusion with populists in North Caro-
lima, and was elected by the legislature
to fill the unexpired term of Senator
Vance, who died in 1894. His term OF
service will expire March 3, 1897. He
is large man, quiet, nnpretentious, but
forceful. He has not yet participated
in general debate in the senate, but his
record as stump speaker is such that
it is fair to presume thai his voice will
be heard on the floor OF the senate dur
ing the coming session. There will be
exciting times, and Senator Priitchard
will undoubtedly participate in the dis
eussion of the topics of great ma ational
interest which will be brought to the
attention OF the senate and of the coull-
try very soon after the 5Ath congress
eonsenes. He is An enthusiastic advo.
cate of the doctrine of protection to
American INDUSTRIES and is president
of the North Carolina Protective Tariff
league.
Daniel W. voorhees,, of Indiana, is
now in the scar and yellow leaf of life.
He was born in Ohio in 1927, and is,
therefore, 6S years of age. During the.
last three years his health has been
impaired, and one year ago his life was
despaired of by his physicians. He is a
man of powerful physique and courtly
bearing. He is "a great orator and
great lawyer. When only 80 years old
he was appointed United States.
district attorney for Indiana, and held
that position until he entered congress
in 1861. He remained in congress con-
tinually until 1872, when he was de-
feated for reelection He says, in his
brief biography which is in the
Congressional directory, that he was de-.
feated then .sby reason of the nomina-
tion of Horace Greeley as the democratic
candidate for president" He did not
want Greeley nominated, could not give
him active support, and lost his seat
in congress. When the great Oliver p.
Morton died, Senator Voorhees, was ap-
pointed to succeed him in the senate,
and has been continuously a senator
since November 10. 1877. He has been
member of the important committee on
finance during all these years, and is
has always been an advocate of the
free coinage Of silver, and was elected
TO the SENATE IN 1879 on that issue over
Benjamin Harrison. AS chairman OF
the committee ON finance, he was man
ager of the bill for the appeal of the
silver purchasing act in 1893, and en-
dured much criticism for his course at
that time. Although an ardent advo-
cate of the cause of silver, he believed
that the act referred to should be re-
pealed, and it was done. He is one of
the great men of his age, and has been
d party leader for many years His
views are extreme, and his political ut
terances have always been of the most
aggressive nature. No prominent DEM
ocrat has brought upon himself more |
attacks from the press of the ]
than Senator Voorhees, He
has been pictured by editorial writer's
aud eartoonists as a political demon,
and yet he is one of the most pleasant,
genial gentlemen ever in public life. |
Democrats and republicans alike,
when they attain prominence, are sub
iected to intense criticism by the oppo-
sition in this country, and the people
never get really correct idea of their
great public men until after they are
dead. Then, and not till then. are
their virtues adequately described.
john Sherman, the great republican |
leader, was born in Lancaster, O., in /
1929. and is now nearly 70 years old. Mo-
body has been more hated and anaiigned /
by democratic papers and orators Cham
Iohn Sherman 0ne Of the principal |
things said against him is that he il
cold 7b1ooded; that he is repeIIant, and
that he never warns mp TO any person.
even of his own political party. Let
hat story be denied emp tically right +