Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-06-24
CAREER OF
 HORACE BOIES. He May Land Tn the
 White House. I0WA's FAV0RITE SON. Perhaps He Will Unite the Dem
 ocratic Hosts.
IoWA's FAVoRITE SON.

Early Struggles of B Self Made Man-why
 He Took Up the Frugsiity of the
 Farmer Lawyer Twice Married and
 Twice Eereft-His Phenomenal Political
 Career-Po Personality, Methods and Man
 ner of the Iowa Statesman.
 The position of Hon Horace Boies of Iowa is unique in politics Even if he fails to make the slightest personal ef- fort, he is bound to figure prominently as Q presidential possibility. The situa- tion presses him to the front
 A large majority of the Democrats of the west arc for the free coinage of sil- yer So is Horace Boies. Naturally they will seek to nominate for the presidency that man among them who is strongest in his personal backing" and at the same time most unfiinching in his ad- herence to the free silver idea. To fulfill these conditions the finger of presoience seems to point inevitably toward the se- lection of the Iowa man.
 To be sure, there are others, and among them Bryan of Nebraska and Bland of Missouri, each popular ill his own state and entitled to due recogni- tion at the hands of the silver men, but it goes without saying that the follow ing of Boies is many times larger than both the others could muster jointly.
 Indeed, 1t is admitted by the warm est friends of other aspirants for presi- dential honors that, since his official indorsement at the recent convention of Iowa Democrats and the general ap- proval of that action that has come from Democrats all over the west, the strength of the silver faction of the Democratic national convention at Chicago will measure the chances of ex-Govelnor Boies for the presidential nomination.
 In view of this contingency people generally are beginning to cast about for further knowledge of the man who may be destined to wear high national honors 1t is not to be inferred that the American people are in entire ignorance of his career. The sound of his political achievements has reyerberated far, but accurate date respecting his personality and his life are wanting. To supply this information Is the purpose of this article.
 Horace Boies was born 68 years ago i'll a little country village near Buffalo. His parents were both American born, but his father was of remote French de- scent. The elder Boies was a private in the war of 1872 At the close of the war he married and took up his abode on what was then the frontier in vest ern New York. Here he brought up his children. There were three boys and three girls in the family.
 Young Horace attended school in the winter and worked on the farm ill sum mer When 16 years of age he conclud- ed he would better go west His father secured him passage on lake boat to Racine, Wis, where he landed with 75 cents He worked in that neighborhood for farmers for some months, when he was called home by his mothers sick ness After a short stay he again went west and worked Il season or two on the farm of his brother. who had settled in Illinois Returning to New York, he again went to school He had long thought of studying law, and his ambi- tion had been encouraged by school mate at Aurora, Adelia King, who aft erward became his wife.
 Did Chores and Studied Law.
 When he concluded to take the all important step, young Boies had only $3. Troubled about his lack of funds, he explained his position to lawyer of Springville, N Y, whose office he en- tered. The lawyer sympathized with the young man and offered to give him his board if he would do the chores about the house. The chores consisted chiefly of taking care of two cows and a horse
 There is reason to believe that the struggling young law student found comfort in the presence of the school mate of Aurora who had sparred his ambition, for she had become an at- tendant at the academy at Springville
 For IS months young Boies applied himself diligently to his lawbooks He was then examined very vigorously, ac- cording to the impartial methods of that time The ordeal of examination lasted three days and only of the l3 eandi- dates passed the trial successfully It is scarcely necessary to add that Horace Boies was one of the successful four.
 In 1852 he was admitted to the bar He had just married the girl of his heart. to whom he was so deeply in- debted for the words of hope and cheer with which she had helped him. At the time he opened his office his total assets consisted of $l5 and a wife Shortly thereafter he removed to Hamburg, town near Buffalo
 At that time he was Republican, and it WIS not long until he began to attain prominence in the party Hewas public spirited and earnest i'll his advocacy of what he considered proper legislation, And in 1S55 he was rewarded for his zeal by seat i'll the state legislature It is said that he would probably have been elected for the succeeding term had sot his county been gerrymandered SC AS to prevent Republican success ill his district
 By this time he was recognized as cue of the leading lawyers of western New York, and, upon the advice of friends, he moved to Buffalo and opened his law office
 There he came into contact with
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