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Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
THOMAS u. KENNARD,

d Observation-Disclosures.
Thomas P. Kennard of Lincoln, one OF the
MISUNDERSTANDING, was born in Belmont
county. Ohio. December 10, 1928. He re-
moved, with his father, TO central Indiana
in 1887, when that part Of the country was
almost an unbroken wilderness. He assisted
his father TO clear up a farm until he was 10
years of age, when he was apprenticed TO a
wooden manufacturer. The school facillties
were such that young Kennard received only
a limited common school education. At the
expiration of his four years apprenticeship
he received a suit of clothes and Sl5O. HIS
father purchased the factory, and the two
| operated II for four years, when young Ken
nard commenced the practice of law, for
which he had been preparing himself during
his spare moments.
In 1856 he took an active part in the po-
litical campaign in behalf OF the republican
ticket. In the spring OF 1857 he decided
TO come west, and landed In Omaha from a
| steamboat on the oath Of April of that year.
He settled at DeSoto, which was then the
! county seat of Washington county, ana az
that time one of the most promising VI
lagos in the new territory. He took up the
practice of his profession in his new nome
While residing there he was elected to a sea-
in the constitutional convention Tor the pro
posed state of Nebraska, but the people
voted against statehood, and the CONVENTION
never met. In 1861 he was appointed deput!
United States assessor for the district nortr
of Omaha. When 1t was again decided 10 az
tempt statehood Mr.. Kennard was nominated
for secretary Of state. The democrats mao
a fight against state organization ana the re
nrhIicaps for Il. Statehood carried and th'
republican ticket was elected, MIR. Kennarf
along with the rest. Under the then con
%stitution there was no lieutenant goVerho
and the secretary of state was aotihs gov
ernor in the absence of that official IRON
the state, which occurred quite often. Mr.
Kennard was one of the capital Location
commissioners, and removed to Lincoln IL
the fall of 1868, after the capital had peer
located at that point, and has lived ther
ever since. taking an active interest In al
political and public questions. In the ~
he was elected to the state senate h IN
lancaster county. He was also one Oh IN
commissioners appointed by the United state
~ annraise about 5000, 900 acres of land be
longing to the Cherckees in the Indian 'es s
rjtnrv since then he has not been an as
.ont sor anv recognition at the hands 9
the party, though aking an &ti'e part i
all of the campaigns.
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90 HORATio n.
A First District.

Horatio n. Dewey of Plattsmouth, delegate
from the First district, and secretary OF
the Nebraska delegation, is a native Ne
braekan, having been born at Plattsmouth
June 6. 1868. Mr.. Dewey is OF Ehsilsn an
cestry, and is the youngest son OF r.: u.
Dovey, who was among the pioneer settlers
NJ eastern Nebraska. He has always peeh
a stanch republican and a firm believer IN
fine principles of a protective tarli' ne
came by his political opinions honestly, ms
father being a leading and active menipe,
NJ the republican party in the state anu
whose influence was manifest In every cam-
naign during the early history of the state;
While Mr.. Dovey has never sought poltiCal
nreferment for himself at the hanus Oh me
n,rtv he has always been an enthusiastic
uorlser for the success of the party cause'
and when his name was suggested as a uele-
gata tn the national convention the susse9-
ton was taken up unanimously by the re.
nub,icans Of Cass county. He is a sreat
admirer Of Mckinley. and thorouehlS IL
accord with the great Issue that Is enlpouIeu
In his candidacy, and no delegate TO the con-
vontion will cast his vote for the ONO MAJ
with more good will than he. Mr.. Doves Is
a renrosentative of NebrasSa's most success
ful business men, being a MEMBER ol ne o
General merchandise firm OF Il: u Do'ey a.
Son one of the oldest established anu mus
s,,ncessful firms OF the kind in the STATE.
TIC arm is largely interested IN 'he rLst
Nat;onal hank of Plattsmouth, Mr. DoVS!
- oss;stant cashier and a member OIL Ihe
Ifrnptnry
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90 IL. r. MONROE,
n Alternate, Second District.

b. f. Monroe of Blair. alternate from the
Second district, was born at Fond du Lac,
Wis, in July, 1S49. He received his early
education in the schools OF that place ana
his medical education at Chicago. He prac-
ticed his profession at Fox Lake and
Wantoma. in his native state. but for the
last sixteen years has been located at Blair
where he has followed his chosen profession
with marked success. He has never Deeh
a politician and has never sought political
preferment of any kind, being content with
the honors that came in the line Of his
profession. He has always taken a deep IN
terest in the welfare Of the republican
party and all of his six feet of height and
200 pounds of weight is republican. ne
was one of the leading spirits in securing
the location of tho Kelley institute at Blair,
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and
a number Of medical societies.
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90 GEORGE III. TUNNEL,
d DeIegnte-ut-Inrpl

George H.. Thumme of Grand Island, the
fourth delegate-at-large, has been prominent
as a republican in this state for twenty-five
years. G. III. Thummel was born in Lee
county. Illinois, in lS4S, and lived in this
section until after he became Of age. He
read law in Dixon, H.. with Attorney General
Edsall and was admitted to the bar in 1869,
He came west in 1870, settled at Grand Island
and has lived there ever since. He was a
member of the constitutional convention in
1871. state senator in the session Cf 1877 and
chairman OF the republican state convention
when Judge Maxwell was renominated and
at the conventions when Judge Post and
Judge Harrison were nominated. He was
elected grand master Mason of Nebraska in
1876 and was elected grand commander In
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90 l.. L. LINDSEY,
a DeIerute, First District.

L. L. Lindsey Of Lincoln. one of the dele
gates from the First district, was born IN
Frankfort, KY, August 10, 1854, Attended
the public schools at that place and took a
business course at Berea college, Madison,
Ky. Returning to Frankfort he filled the
position of steward of the Capital hotel IN
that city, afterward filling like positions In
the Gait house. Louisville; the Gibson house
Cincinnati; the Put-in-Bay house, Put-in-Bay,
q and the fremont house, Chicago. He
came to Lincoln in 1877 and acted as man,
aper of the restaurant and dining room OF
the Capital hotel, which position he held
for eight years. In the fall of 1886 ne startel
business until April. 1894. In the spring OF
1895 he was appointed street COMMISSIONS
of lincoln. and was reappointed to the POSI-
tion a couple of weeks ago. He has always
been a republican, and has taken an actave
and has served on the city, county ana state
central committees.
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90 JOHN VI. THURSTON,
n n~eIcpute, second District.

~
John Mellen Thurston, delegate from the
Second district, was born in Montpelier, VT,
August 81, lSi7. His ancestors were
Puritans. their settlement in this country
dating back to 1886. His grandfather,
Mellen, and his great-grandfather, Thurs
ton, were both soldiers in the revolutionary
war. His parents moved to Wisconsin in
1854. His father was a private soldier In
the First Wisconsin cavalry and died In the
service in the spring Of 1868. Mr.. Thurston
was educated in the public schools and at
| Wayland university. Beaver Dam, Wis, sup
porting himself in the meantime by farm
work, driving team and other manual labor.
He was admitted to the bar May q, 1869.
and in October of the same year located IN
Omaha, where he has ever since resided.
He was elected a member of the city council
In 1872, city attorney in 1874 and member
of the Nebraska legislature in 1875. Was
a delegate to the national republican con-
yention in 1884 and was also in the con-
~vention in 1888, of which he was temporary
chairman. He was president of the Repub-
lican League Clubs of the United States
from 1889 to 1891, In 1877 he became as
sistant attorney for the Union Pacific Rail
way company and in February, 1888, became
general solicitor for the Union Pacific system
and held that position up to the time of
his election To the United States senate.
He was the republican caucus nominee for
the senate in the Nebraska legislature in
J~aEuaIy, 1898, and received the entire party
vote. lacking five of an election. January
/, 1895, he was rendered in writing the
unanimous vote OF the republican member
ship of the legislature and was elected
January IS, 1895, for the term commencing
March 4, 1895.
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JOHN C.. GOWN.
ncIeunte, SScOnd District,

% DELEGATE, Scconu District
John C. Gown. delegate from the Second
district. was born in Warransville, o., Janu-
airy II, 1916. At an early age his father, a
farmer of very limited means, died, and he
was brought TO face the world for himself
In the encounter for daily existence. His first
emplovment was upon a FORM, the meager IN
come from which was set aside for the pro-
curement OF a better education than was al
forded in the neighboringi district school. He
entered Hiram Eclectic institute, Of which
James A. Garfield, afterward the chief mag
istrate of the nation, was president, ana
was the recipient Of many kindnesses at his
hap5s in the struggle for an education on
limited means. CT the breaking out OF the
war Mr.. Gown enlisted as a private IN the
Twenty-third Ohio infantry, ana participated
In numerous engagements, among the more
notable being those of Carnifax Ferry, the
second battle Of Bull Run, South Mountain
ard Antietam. When the war had terml-
mated he had risen to a captaincy. lie re-
turned to Ohio. taking a law course IN the
Ohio State and Union Law college at CleVe-
land, at the same time entering the law
office of Backus & Estep. On graduating and
receiving his diploma. In the spring OF 1871.
he moved west, reaching Omaha in Aprh OF
that year, aud here he has since remained
He was elected to the office OF district attor'
rev in the fall OF 1868. Two years later Mt
was RI, elected. 1t is said Of his official serv'
ice that he was the most effective prosecut'
ing attorney the district ever had, being o
terror to criminals and offenders OF the Jaw
In 1876 he was a candidate for the republican
nomination for congress. Nebraska at tina
time having but one member in the nationa
house of representatives. After a vigorous
canvass, IN which the railroad power wa
| pitted against him, Mr.. Gown was pareiS
| defeated in his party convention.
In the campaign of 1882 Mr.. Gown Wa'
again brought forward as a republican candi
date for United States senator. When tn
! legislature convened Gown led all other can
didates IN the party caucus, and during tw'
weeks of balloting was within one or tw'
votes of the requisite number but a conlol.a
lion was made against the strongest candidate
which resulted in a compromise. and Genera
Mnnderson was choson. Mr.. Gown has bee
remarkably successful in his profession, rank
ing among the very foremost members oil TN
bar of Nebraska.
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E. l.. MEYERS,
DeIceatc, Sixth District.

E.. L. Meyers of Newport, delegate from
the Sixth district, was born in Union City,
Pa, January IS, 1862, whore he received his
education in the public schools and in a
business college. In March, 1888, he came
to Rock county. this state. and located on a
homestead south of Newport, where he en-
gagged in farming and stock raising. In 1890
he entered the lumber and coal business at
Newport in connection with his farming
and stock interests. Was elected to the
lower house of the Nebraska legislature IN
1894 as a republican, with which party he
has been identified and in which he has
been an ardent worker.
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90 JOHN L. WEBSTER,
d DelcRnte-at-Largs


John l.. Webster of Omaha, delegate-at-
large and chairman of the Nebraska delega-
ton, was born March IS, 1877, in Harrison
county, Ohio. He served in the union army
from May to October, 1864, and in 1867 he
was graduated from Mount Union college, AL
lance, o.. He went soon afterward to Pitts
burg, where he studied law for two years
with the famous lawyer, Tom Marshall. He
then came TO Omaha. Here, In March, 1869,
the young lawyer entered on his career. lie
acquired national fame as the counsel for
Standing Bear and other POnca Indians who
had been captured in Dakota and were pass
ing through Omaha in charge OF General
Crook on their way to the Indian Territory.
Mr.. Webster took up the cause Of these
people and secured from Judge Dundy a de-
clsiOn that an Indian is a person within the
meaning OF the habeas corpus act, and that
he has the right to so from one place to
another, provided he does not threaten the
peace and welfare of the people.
In politics, as well as law. Mr.. Webster
has achieved success. In 1872 he was elected
a member of the Nebraska legislature,
In 1875, when he was only n years old, he
was elected president of the constitutional
convention, composed of the very pick OF
the men OF the state. In April, 1892, he
was almost unanimously chosen as a dele
gate-at-large to the national republican con-
~yention,
In 1894 Mr.. Webster received the degree
OF LII d. from Mount Union college. o..
He was appointed special counsel and later
designated by the legislature to protect the
interests of the state in the celebrated maxi
mum freight rate case. He was
chief counsel for Governor John NJ.
Thayer in the Boyd-Thayer contest for the
goyernorship Of Nebraska. and which he also
argued in the supreme court of the United
States. MIR. Webster was also chief counsel
in the impeachment cases wherein three
state officials were charged with miscon-
duct in office, the trial being before the
won tho cases.
In another noteworthy suit Mr.. Webster
won a decision from the federal court that
when an Indian sewers his tribal relations
and submits himself to the jurisdiction OF
the United States he is a citizen and as
such is entitled 10 vote.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
TIME.

Grace Mcgowan Cooke In the Independent.
/ am that peddler whom all men must BUY
of-wlll or nil.
| sci! them salves for all their hurts, and
cures for every Ill,
Tho one man a an aching tooth, and one
an aching heart,
Both needs must come TO me at last TO ease
them of the smart.
nave scant need to push my sales
All seek some cure which never lalls'
/ need
Not cry,
For all
Must buy.
On, little maids with rosy cheeks, whereon
1 have a potion In my pack VIII teach you
to forget.
/ have a magic handkerchief to dry each
tear that starts,
A cement warranted TO stick) Tor mendlhB
broken hearts.
| have a sanitary draught,
A bitter-water, who hath Quaffed
Doth purge
Loves pains
From out
HIS veins.
Then II you cannot find relief when all my
drugs are done,
| have a silent partner who will heal you,
every one.
His physic is not very dear, for, once you
take his pill, =,
Your heart can never ache again, and all
its throbS are still.
So, when you've tried my samples DER
And failed, III lead you to his door.
Good rest
Goodnight.
Put out
The light.
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90 CAMDEN j.. CARLOW.
O Alternate, Third District.

Camden j. Carlow, alternate from the Third
district, was born in Fairmount county, West
Virginia, and worked on a farm until he was
II years old. except the time he was in school.
He then attended college four years. His
mother died at that time and Mr.. Carlow left
hcme. He came to Columbus on the LIST OF
April. 1881. the sum total of his possessions
being SO. He taught school for four years
and then took up the study, of law with the
late Judge Higgins, being admitted to the
bar in 1886. He formed a partnership with
Mr.. Higgins, which waS only terminated by
in which he has been veryYsuccsssful. His
political work hes beep To- help others to
office and to further the Interests Of the
republican party, never Having sought any
political favor for himself. . He has alway5
are of good old Revolutionary stock.
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JOHN C. MARTIN,
DeIcpnte, Whird District.

John c.. Martin of Clarks, the second dele
gate from the Third district, was born in
Allegheny City, Pa, February 20, 1859. He
attended the University of Worcester, o., in
the years 1879 and 1880, taking the classical
COURSE. but not having the means to complete
his studies at that time, accepted a position
as paymaster of the Pittsburg Forge and Iron
works. Through this and services rendered
the Athletic association of Lafayette college
at Eaton he was enabled to complete his
education and also take a special course in
law. In 1883 he came to Columbus, Neb,,
and engaged in the practice of law. He
remained there for two years, when he re-
moved to Merrlck county, which has since
been his home, He is still engaged in the
practice of his profession.
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90 O.. H.. DEMPsTER.
N


c.. b. Dempster of Beatrice, alternate-at-
large, was born on a farm near Dundee, NJ
Y. January 10, 1853. His father was a
Scotchman and his mother a New Yorker
The family removed to Illinois in 1853, when
the country was yet thinly settled In the
portion in which they located. On the break
ing out of the war the older brothers en-
listed, leaving him and his younger b~rotnerS
to iii the farm. Up to the age OF IL he mad
no educational advantages beyond attending
the district school in the winter months In
the fall Of 1872 Mr.. Dempster left home ana
went to Elgln and afterward to Chicago. He
removed to Beatrice in 1878 and engaged In
the retail pump and windmill business
From this in the spring of 1884 he, in connec-
ton with his brother. drifted into the
manufacturing of windmills. In 1886 the
business was incorporated and he was elected
president Of the company, which position he
still holds. The business has grown until
the company now manufactures one OF the
largest lines Of farm supplies Of any com
pany in the United States, with a paid up
capital Of s21S, 900, and employing 2O2 hands,
having factories at Beatrice. Florence, Ala.
and a branch at Des Moines. He Is es-
~santially a sslf-made man, never having had
help from any source. Has always been a
republican and cast his first vote for II. b.
Hayes for president. Has never held any
Office Of Importance, in fact. he says he hau
rather tried to keep out OF politics,
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90 JOHN tt. BRESSLER,
a eIeCn Third District

John T. Bressler of Wayne, delegate from
the Third congressional district, was born
in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, January
IA, 1S49. He came to Nebraska in the spring
Of 1870 and took up a homestead in Wayne
county, Nebraska. on which he resided for
about eight years. In the fall of 1877 he
was elected treasurer Of the county on the
republican ticket and was Reelected in the
fail of 1879. The same year, in connection
with David C, Patterson. now Of Omaha, he
organized the Logan, Valley bank at La
Porte, the then county Seat of Wayne
county. When the railroad was built through
the county and the town of Wayne started,
the bank was moved to that place, which was
subsequently, made the county seat. In 1888
the bank was reorganized as a national bank
with Mr.. Bressler as president. a position
which he still retains. In addition to this
he is extensively engaged in farming and in
the real estate business. He was elected to the
state senate in the fall Of 1894, for the
district comprising Wayne, Stanton, Madi-
son and Pierce counties.
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90 FRANK NJ. WETHERAID,
% D%eIegnte,J b'ourth District.

Hon, Frank M, Wethefald)o of Hebron, dele
gate from the Fourth district, was born in
Thornton, Boone county, Ind, Jwle 30, 1856.
He resided in his native State until the age
of IS, where he received tile advantages Of
the common schools and slso OF a course in
an academy. In 1874 he removed TO Ne
braska and located in Beatrice. In August
Of that year he removed to Hebron, which
has since been his home. Himself and a
brother own and operate a large -four mill
and grain elevator and he is 'als) largely inter-
egted in other business enterprises, among
which are the Thayer County bank. He Is
He has always taken a great intertt In pcli-
tics and was elected a member of the lower
house OF the Nebraska legislature In 1886
and Of the senate in 1888. In those bodies
he made a record as a hard working member
Of the anti-monopOly sort. Has always been
a republican and is an ardent admirer of
Mckinley.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-10
This Story Began April 5th and will Continue
Seventeen Weeks.

" Breezy, full of Mfe and action and of sustained interest from tho
opening sentence, this new story by DR.. Doyle will fully sustain te
authors prestige as re of the most successful caterers to the demand
for good stories, atuactyey told, that seems to be universal in tho
human heart.
Rodney Stone" himself is supposed to be the narrator of. the tae.
He is n retired naval officer, and he writes in 1850, when a old man,
of certaine events of which he was personally cognizant when a boy.
Others than the narrator weref far more prominent tin these events than
Rodney Ston himself. He is but a chin and colorless cord h e tells
+o reader Don which his "would-be pearls" the incidents In The
story are strung and in adopting this method DR.. Doyle Ia chosen n
n that has been 10 successful with him in many previous stories.
The opening scenes of the story are laid at Friars Oak, a htle
of the last century.
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90 JAMES WALSH,
q Alternate, second District.

James Walsh was born in Ireland, of
Scotch parents, March IT, 1851. When a
mere child he went to New Zealand to
carve out his fortune. He received his
education in the colonies. and remained
there until 1873. when he came 10 Nebraska
aud purchased a farm a few miles from
Omaha. and upon which he now resides.
Mr.. Walsh lays claim to being the original
Mckinley man CT this section OF country.
In 1891. when Nebraska sent a carload OF
the agricultural products through the cen
trail and eastern states, Mr.. Walsh went in
charge OF the exhibit. In Ohio he stopped
on and made several speeches for Mckinley
advocating his gubernatorial candidacy. In
1892 Mr.. Walsh went to the national conven-
tion at Minneapolis, not as a delegate, but
IS a Mckinley shouter. Early in the spring
OF 1895 Mr.. Walsh organized a Mckinley
club in this county, said to have been the
first outside OF the state Of Ohio. At the
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90 A. G.. WRIGHT,

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90 A. G.. WRIGHT,
% Altcrnnte-nt-LnrEc.
A. c.. Wright Of Elmwood, the last OF the
alternates-at-large was born at oxford. o..
December %, 1858. He learned the telegraph
business and worked in different cities in
Ohio until 1882. when he came to Nebraska.
Ha has been a resident Of Cass county ever
since, except two years spent in Washington
and two in Ohio. He had charge OF the
document department in the Ohio cam
paign in 1891 when Major Mckinley was
first elected governor. Mr.. Wright had
charge Of the document department in this
state in the campaigns Of 1892 and 1894.
He was chief clerk in the governors office
during Governor Crounse's term. He has
been acting president of the Nebraska Nc
Kinley clubs for several months, and also
state organizer for the Nebraska Republican
League clubs. Has been an enthusiastic
Mckinley man for ten years and his ad-
miration for the Ohio man has grown with
the years.