Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-06

shire. England. They came to England
with William /. and were noted for their
remarkable fidelity and loyalty. The
family dates back to Sir Philip Pomeroy.
Mr. Pomeroy was brought up by his IN
Gle. Seth White. living near Elmira.
At an early age he was put to work on
a farm and in IA blacksmith shop and Civ
en- the rudilnents of a common school
education. }
At the age of II, with his earthly pos
sessions and silk handkerchief. he
started Oh foot across the country 10
Corning, n Y There he went into the
Office of the Corning Journal as an APP
prentice to the printing trade. He did
we'll and soon owned a little paper. In
1854 he married Anna A. Wheeler of
Corning. A year later he went to Ath-
ems, Pa. and started the Athens Ga
zette. He edited this paper for two
years, going West in 1857.
Located .Ioricon, wis
He located in Horizon, Wis, and start
ed the Horizon Argus. This later Sc
cured him the. appointment of deputy
United States marshal for Wisconsin.
He then entered directly into politics.
In 1858 he was offered the position OF
city editor of the Milwaukee Daily. News
at SO week, which was then consid-
cred a princely salary Inside OF SIX
months the circulation of the News had
H.
per one year and then went to Washing
ton, .. c., to engage in newspaper and
political work There through his devo-
ton to Stephen A. Douglas and conse-
quent opposition to President Buchan.
an he lost his official position as deputy
marshal.
In 1860 he went to La Crosse, arriv-
ing there with less than 81, purchasing
on credit a third interest i'll the La
Crosse Daily Democrat. When the Civil
War came on he was for and with the
North and helped to raise three regi-
ments for the Northern army his was
Democratic paper of the most pro-
nounced sort and was iarsely quoted
during the war. After the war he at
tackled the financial policy Of the govern
ment and declared for the paying of the
war debt in legal tender paper or green
back money His paper soon had a cir
culation of over 100000. In 1860 he had
entered La Crosse without a cent; in
1868 he was the largest taxpayer. in the
county.
In 1868 he was induced to leave Wis.
consin for New York to start a Demo
cratic paper but he could not be induced
to favor any plan that looked to the
building up of the party in the East at
the expense or humiliation of the DEM
ocratic party in the West or South; lie
soon found himself in hot political con-
test with the Tweed combination. from
which he went out bankrupt but with
good reputation. In 1875 he removed
his paper to Chicago and there continued
its publication. In 1876 he was made
chairman of a committee appointed at a
national convention held i'll Chicago
to organize voters into so-called
greenback clubs. BY March /, 1880, he
had spent four years time and expended
$4,000. He organized more than 5000
clubs, comprising the, voting force OF
more than 100000 men. His health Civ
ing out he was obliged to give up the
educational effort in which he was en-
gagged and which work others proceeded
with, LAYING the foundation for the THIRD
marty movement in this country.
In 1880 he went to Colorado and
turned his attention to the law ana 70
the examination Of the mineral resources
Of that state and the improvements of and
the means for the transportation OF pas
sengers and freight. lie conceived the
idea of tunneling five miles through the
main range of the Rocky mountains at
. noint siStv miles west of Denver Civ
ing IN the paper he had started in Den
yer under the name of the Great West
he turned his entire attention to the
tunnel enterprise.
He is the author of several books. and
the originator and editor of & monthly
magazine under the suggestive name of
'Pomeroys Advanced Thought. lie
was a great temperance man. not given
to counting popularity and. had never
|: wanted public office nor considered 1t
necessary, being iif all respects a self
made man. In 1876 he was married to
Emma Idalia Stimson of Michigan. hav-
ing been divorced from his first wife.
He has three children.