Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-14
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York city, is a man of great wealth.
and will be very liberal entertainer
during his term in Washington. He is
tall, and of very distinguished APP
pearance, with full, dark beard, and
has fine address and delightful social
qualities. He was formerly minister
to Guatemala.
Vt Alex. Stewart, of Wisconsin, is an
other millionaire. He is a man of
about 60 years, of medium height, and
wears full gray beard. He is lum-
herman, like Curtis, of Iowa, and made
his money off pine lands. He will
probably be a quiet business member,
and will live about as a very rich man
ought to live in Washington.
5. A. Cook, of Wisconsin, is lumber
man worth half a million or more,
which will enab BILE him to live pretty
apt to try to make much of display
either in the house or socially. He will
probably adapt himself very quickly to
the commonplace of congressional life.
He is quiet man. nothing of speaker.
and is rather tall, with red mustache
and chin whiskers.
Charles L. Henry, of Indiana. is an
other man of wealth. He made a for
tune in speculations in gas and street
railroad enterprises. He is a plain,
ordinary man, but is one of
education and excellent business at
tainments, and it is said that he will
probably be speedily recognized as the
leader of the Indiana delegation.
John Simpkins, of Massachusetts,,
ought to make a sensation in Washing
ton society. He is remarkably hand
some bachelor of about 80 or younger,
possessing large wealth and many fine
personal qualities. He has two hand
some sisters, who will be with him in
Washington to maintain his establish
ment, and it is expected that he will
entertain literally.
SOME INTERESTING PERSONALITIES.
Gen. George P. Harrison, who is
elected from the district of Alabama
long represented by Gen. Oates, who
retired to become governor of the
state, has been prominent in Ala bama
as lawyer for twenty years. He was
the youngest brigadier general in the
confederate service. He is grand mas
ter of masons in the state, wldower,
and very tine-looking man, who will
probab be a prominent figure in the
next house.
Gen. James A. Walker, the only re-
publican given Il certificate of election
from Virginia, was the commander of
the Stonewall brigade after the death
of Stonewall jackson. 1t is said
that he will be one of the
strongest representative southern men
in the next congress. He is man OF
striking appearance. of fine physique
and massive head, possesses great force
and determination of character, and a
great amount of courage.
Young Col. George George 3. Nc.
Clellan, of New York. will be one OF
the babies of the next house. He is
one of the few democrats elected from
the Empire state. He is a bright,
handsome, boyish-iooking fellow. with
smooth face, good talker and
ambitious. He. is a son of Gen. McClel.
Ian, Little Mae is prominently iden-
titled with Tammany hall, and is a
protege of Cookers. He is about sc
years old.
Tazewell Ellert,. of Virginia, is a
man who never held office before. He
is under 40 years old, dashing sort
of fellow. who has been active in poll.
tics. and he bears striking resem.
blance to Mckinley, of Ohio.
1t is said that one of the most strik.
ing looking men in the house will be
w. r. Mckinney, of Virginia. He is
only about 40 years old, but he looks
like some old colonial portrait. His
face is kept clean-shaven, and. coupled
with dignifed bearing, is decidedly
old-fashioned face. He is lawyer OF
large practice, and is a fine stump.
speaker.
NOT SUCH A YOCNGSTER.
The Michigan people expect John B.
Corliss. of Detroit, to attract some at.
tention. He is Vermonter, but has
been in Michigan since he was a young
man. He is very boyish-lOoking, with
light hair and small mustache, though
he is forty-two years old. Twenty-one
years ago he graduated from the Co
lumbar law school in this city, and
went at once to Detroit to practice.
He was an active, hustling young fel.
low, and soon became locally promi.
nent. He was elected city at
torney after he had been there for
six years, and drew up the new
charter under which the city of Detroit
now exists. He has been successful
trial lawyer, employed largely by cor
porations, and has made about $500, OOC
in building street railroads. He looks
to be less than thirty years old, and his
youthful appearance is often the cause
of amusing mistakes Not long ago he
had case to try up in the state. He
won the case after a pretty hard fight.
After it was over an old lawyer, who
had been watching it with in
terest in the case, congratulated
him on the admira BILE manner in
which he had managed it 'efor a
youngster," and said he had done credit
to his father, who was well known by
republicans in that part of the state.
The old lawyer went on to explain
that he had read much of his father
and was an admirer of his.
The ''youngster" had then TO ex.
plain that Corliss, of Detroit, was him
self, and not his father, and that he
was not as young as he looked.
William Alden Smith, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, will soon be popular
among the sportsmen in congress He
is but 35 years old, has served in the
state legislature, and is, or recently
was, attorney for the Chicago &
West Michigan railroad. Four years
ago he was appointed game warden for
the state. and made a thorough revision
of the game laws, for the more effective
preservation of the game. He is a
rather short, dark-complexioned young
man, with little streaks of black whis-