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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
COLONEL JOHN J. M'COOK, ATTORNEY
GENERAL

Colonel John ]. McCook, the man
designated by Mr.. Mckinley for the Of
fee of attorney general, is one of the
fighting McCooks of Ohio who fought
for the Union throughout the civil war.
There were nine of these McCooks
Eight of them were brothers, the Other
was Major Daniel McCook, father Of
the eight
Colonel John J. McCook was born al
Carrollton, O., May %, 1916. When
the war broke out, he was a student al
Kenyon college, and at the beginning Of
his freshman year he enlisted in the
Sixth Ohio cavalry. Soon after passing
his seventeenth birthday he was pro-
NOTED to first lieutenantcy and was
assigned to duty on the staff Of General
Thomas L. Crittenden, commanding q
corps of the Army of the Ohio which
subsequently became the Twenty first
CORPS of the Army of the Cumberland.
He served in the campaigns of Perry
vile, Storm River, Tullahoma, Chatta-
nooga and Chickamauga and was with
General Grant in his campaign with the
Army of the Potomac from the battle Of
the Wilderness to the crossing of the
James river. He was commissioned 6
captain and aid-de-camp of United
States volunteers in September, 1868,
and was brevetted major of volunteers
for gallant and meritorious service il
action at Shady Grove, Va, where he
was dangerously wounded. In the same
campaign he was afterward made lieu.
tenant colonel and colonel for the same
reasons. 1t was once said of him by a
friend who knows him we'll, "This boy
soldier-not over 20 years of age when
the war closed-showed at every step Of
his military career the splendid dash Of
an enthusiast and the iron courage Of q
veteran.
At the close of the war Colonel Nc
Cook returned to Kenyon college, wihgrJ
: he received the degrees of bachelor Of
arts in 1865 and master of arts three
years later. Not content with a mere
academic education, he turned his at
tention to the law and entered the Har-
ward Law school, from which institution
he graduated with honor in 1869. -Four
years later he received the honorary de-
gree of master of arts from Princeton.
In 1890 the University of Kansas, which
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
JUDGE JOSEPH M'KENNA, SECRETARY
OF The INTERIOR.

Judge Joseph McKenna of California,
in President McKinley's cabinet as sec
Rotary of the interior, is a native of
Philadelphia. He was born Aug. 10,
| 1843, and removed with his parents to
! Benicia. Cal, i'll 1856. His education,
! commenced in the public schools of
| Philadelphia, was completed at the
Benicia Collegiate institute, now St
Augustine college, where he studied law
He was admitted to the bar in 1865,
and in the same year, at the age Of %,
was elected district attorney of Solano
county, the duties of which Office he dis
charged faithfully for four years.
In 1875 he was elected to the Cali
fornia legislature While serving his
constituents in this capacity he made a
reputation for himself as champion of
the public school system, then suffering
seriously from sectarian attacks. In the
following year he was nominated for
congress, but was defeated by a small
majority. His friends were determined
however, that their champion should
have seat in congress, so they contin-
ued to push young McKenna for the
Office, and finally, in 1884, he was elect
ed by handsome majority. In 1888 he
was again nominated and elected, and
| i'll 1890 the same honor was conferred
upon him.
On Feb IL, 1899, President Harrison
appointed Mr.. McKenna to the position
of judge Of the United States circuit
court to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Lorenzo Sawyer.
1t was while both were serving on
the ways and means committee that Ma
jor Mckinley and Judge McKenna form
ed the friendship which binds them
now, and it was here that each recog-
nized the special capabilities of the 9th
er. President Elect Mckinley has always
held high opinion Of Judge McKenna s
ability as jurist, and his appreciation
of Judge McKenna' s knowledge of west
ern affairs and the general interests of
the interior have no doubt lar~ely influ-
enced him i'll making this s, y ion.
Judge McKenna is desert. u as being
a studious man devoted to his judicial
duties but affable and easy in his man.
ner. His popularity in California has
been continuous and ever increasing,
and he is regarded as in every way
worthy of the honor conferred upon him.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
HON. JOHN D. LONG, SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY.

Z
THE NAVY.
Ex-Governor John d. Long of Massa-
chusetts, who takes control of Uncle
Sam s war fleets and attend to the other
duties devolving upon the secretary Of
the navy, is one Of the most prominent
of the public men of the Bay State.
John Davis Long was born at Buck
field, Me-, Oct. n, 1888. He was pre-
pared for college at Hebron, Me-, and
entered Harvard at the age of IA. He
made brilliant record at college and
showed particularly as poet, a gentle
art which he has practiced as a pastime
occasionally in later years. After his
graduation from Harvard, in 1857, he
was engaged as principal of the West
ford academy, where he taught until
1859. He then began to attend the Har-
ward Law school. In 1861 he was ad-
mitted to the bar and opened an office
in his native town.
He did not remain long there, how
ever, for he concluded that young man
had better chance in Massachusetts.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
LYMAN J. GAGE, SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY.

Lyman J. Gage the man who is to
succeed John G. Carlisle as secretary of
the treasury, is we'll known and pic
turesque character in the middle west
He is n man of energy as well as ideas,
and, though he has lived 60 years, he
can hardly be called old.
Mr.. Gage was born at Deruyter, N.
Y, June 30, 1886, His parents were
also Now Workers. and their ancestors
were among the first settlers of Now
England The father of Lyman Gage
was farmer and afterward merchant
i'll small way.
In 1916 the elder Gage moved with
his family to Rome, N. Y, and there
Lyman attended school until he was 10
wears old. At that time the Gage family
was so large that Lyman thought it
would be best for him to begin to make
his own way, so he secured a clerkship
in country postoffice Within a year
he was promoted to the position of mail
agent on the Rome and Watertown rail
road. In 1856 he withdrew from the
railroad and took position i'll the
Oneida Central bank at Rome. Here he
acted as Junior clerk, office boy and gen.
eral factotum at salary of 500 year.
After serving his employers i'll this Ca
pacity for year or more young Gage
asked for an advance of salary. This
being refused, he threw up his position.
and, acting ON an idea which he had
long entertained, started west.
Chicago was the objective point which
young Gage had i'll his mind. Thither
he made his way, arriving Oct. 3, 1865
His efforts to get employment in a
bank were fruitless, and so he applied at
Nathan Cole S lumber yard and obtained
work there. TWAS hard labor. He load
ed wagons, steered his logs against cir
cular saws and now and then took his
turn mt driving team of balky mules.
The pay was small, and the hours were
long. After awhile he was promoted tO
the position of night Waterman and put
i'll the long hours between sunset and
sunrise patrolling the yard to prevent
fires and thefts. A year later he became
bookkeeper of the concern.
His first step in the remarkable ascent
he made to fame and prosperity was
taken Aug. 3, 1858. He had been quiet
ly looking out for employment i'll which
his special talents could have chance
to develop. On the day named he walk
ed into the Merchants Savings, Loan
and Trust Company bank and asked the
cashier for position. To his joy ant
astonishnantt, his his application W sef iiook'
ed upon with favor. They were needing
the services Of bookkeeper and would
give Gage a trial at $500 a year.
1t was an humble beginning, but il
was all Gage wanted His promotions
began within six months. At the end Of
that period he was made paying teller
In this position he displayed many o.
the talents which have made him ia
nous. Not long afterward he became as
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
EX-CONGRESSMAN JAMES WILSON,
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

Ex-Congressman James Wilson of
Iowa, to whom President Mckinley ten
dered the agricultural PORTFOLIO is a
man we'll fitted for the position which
he is to fill. He is not native of Amer
lea, but from the time he was 16 years
old his life and work have been devoted
to the interests Of his adopted country,
and particularly i'll the line of her agri-
cultural development
Mr. Wilson was born in Ayrshire,
Scotland, Aug. &c. 1885, and came, with
his parents, to America in 1851. The
Wilson's lived first in Connecticut, re-
moving to Iowa when James Wilson
was still in his "teens. - The education
of the lad was Of the common school va
riety, but years of reading and other
self education developed his mind liber-
ally, and by the time he was 81 years Of
age he was able to teach school himself
This he did for number of years in the
neighborhood of Buckingham and West
Union, la. At this time young Wilson
was very poor, and it was said that he
often went about barefooted because he
could not afford to wear shoes. How
ever, his frugal habits of life soon en-
abled him to lay by snug fortune, and
he retired from pedagogy and bought
farm. His interest in agricultural pur-
suits led him to devote nearly all his
time to the management of his fine es-
tate. He became prominent in all move
ments for lettering the condition of
farms and farmers, and also i'll the i'm
provement in the breed of cattle.
Recognizing his peculiar abilities, his
neighbors elected him to the state legis-
lature, where he served three terms. A
few years later-in 1874, in fact-a
larger constituency elected him to the
Forty fourth congress. He was re-elect-
ed for a succeeding term, and after
lapse of six years was again sent to
Washington, this time as member of
the Forty eighth congress-
At the close Of his congressional ca
reer he returned to his home in Iowa
and again conferred his attention upon
his beloved hobby, agriculture. Besides
the management of his magnificent farm
he found leisure to devote much time to
assisting the researches of agricultural
societies and writing largely for agri-
cultural publications.
In further recognition of his worth
and usefulness in his chosen field of eff
fort, Mr.. Wilson was made professor of
agriculture in the University of Iowa,
at Ames.
Personally Mr.. Wilson is quite popu-
lar. He is an easy and fluent talker in
public or private, and is said to make
friends merely by his pleasing and IN
affected manner.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05

His personality is impressive His
features are finely drawn and full of ex-
preston, and his sociable nature mani
tests itself i'll manner at once cultured,
simple and dignifed
While in congress he and Major Nc
Kinley were warm friends, and the
honor conferred upon the Massachusetts,
man by the president elect was a matter
of personal qualification as well as a
recognition of special fitness and general
worth
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05

has honored very few in a like manner,
conferred upon Colonel McCook the de-
gree of doctor of laws.
Colonel McCook settled down to the
practice of law n New York city, and
at once began to take high rank in the
profession. His practice grew large and
lucrative, and upon his opinions many
weighty matters are decided. He mar
ried daughter of Henry M. Alexander,
the head of the firm of which he has
long been member. Colonel McCook is
an elder in the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terrain church and is active in the, prac-
teal and benevolent work of the church.
He is also member of the Metropolitan,
City, Union, New York Athletic, Har-
ward, Kenyon, Ohio and Tuxedo clubs,
the Bar association and the Military Or
der of the Loyal Legion.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05
JAMES A. GARY, POSTMASTER GEN
ERAI.

JAMES A. GARY, POSTMASTER GEN.
ERAL.
James Albert Gary, now widely
known because of his selection as post
master general under the new admins
tration, is man who has long been
prominent in Maryland, where he has
resided since his early boyhood. Mr..
Gary was born in Uncasville, Conn, in
1888, from which place his father re-
moved to Maryland a few years later,
taking with him his family Young
Gary was sent to school at Ellicott City,
Md, and afterward became student of
Allegheny college, Meadville, Pa. Pres
ident Elect Mckinley was also attend
ing this college, and it was here that he
and Gary formed the friendship that
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-05

eral Alger is as vigorous of body as he is
Of mind, and in every way he is equal
to the duties to which he will devote
himself in his new office.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24


Mark Hanna's rejoinder to his news
paper critics, who delight in picturing
him as a bloated plutocrat and a friend
and organizer of trusts and oppressive
combinations, is sharp and defiant. IL
Is the answer of man of political cour-
age. who does not hesitate to impale
his detractors at the risk OF mourning
the unified opposition of all the ele-
ments of calamity and disorder In q
campaign the issue of which involves
his political future.
IL Mark Hanna wanted to play the
role of demagogue he would have
clamored vociferously in the senate for
some sort of antitrust legislation
which he knew could not be enforced.
II he had been anxious TO win the plaud-
It's of the unthinlking assailants OF the
prosperous AID the well TO do he would
have made {. fiery and impassioned
speech in the senate against the trusts
demanding the passage of an anti
trust bill, framed entirely for home
consumption in Ohio, which he knew
could not pass the senate.
II Senator Mark Hanna ever wanted
10 make grand stand play for the
favor of those who believe in confiisca-
ton and reputation asfhe only RENE
dies for present industrial Ills this was
the great opportunity of his life. But
the price was too great. Mr.. Hanna
does not propose to fall into the preya-
lent craze DOR calling every business a
trust and attacking il through the
statute books, even though 1t might Sc
cure seat in the United States senate.
In replying 70 the attacks of the
calamity howlers Senator Hanna said:
IT am not a defender OF trusts in the
sense that I want 10 perpetuate any
monopolies or uphold any oppression. But
A great deal OF this antitrust talk IL
demagogism pure and simple. IL comes
from men who do not know what they are
talking about, men who are full or theory.
but who would not know business opera
ton II they met IL walking down the street.
These men who howl about trusts and
make themselves believe they are friends
OF the people and that they are winning
popularity by such course simply bow TO
what they think is popular prejudice and
make war on the business interests. The
best lawyers In the senate say II IL inn
possible to frame a stronger antitrust law
than the Sherman act. IL we so furtheS
than that we simply persecute business
and interfere with the rights OF property"
This is an object lesson in political
honesty for the trimmers and the
straddlers to contemplate. Popular
sympathy is with the downtrodden and
the oppressed, but public sentiment is
against political duplicity and cow
ardice.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24

The republican party has promised
TO place a higher duty on imports In
foreign than In American vessels, so as
TO give American vessels the carrying
of such goods. To do this the tariff
must be amended, provision for which
has not been made in the pending bill.
II can be. and IL ought to be, done now.
But IL has been suggested that this be
deferred until the regular session of
congress. II IL In, and an attempt
should then be made 10 amend the
tariff, II would be throttled. 0pposi-
ton would not be against the protec-
tion of our ships. but against the dis
turbance of the tariff.
A year from now the new tariff will
be In smooth running order, confidence
will have returned. business revived and
prosperity restored-to everything but
shipping. III then an attempt is made 20
adopt the discriminating duty policy
we shall be told that IL will mean the
reopening of the tariff question, that Il
Will create distrust, unsettle confidence,
disturb business and revive the Cleve-
observation-disclosures conditions.
The pending tariff bill Is a republican
measure. The readoption of the dis
eliminating duty policy Is n republican
pledge. Whenever IL is readopted II
viii be n part Of the tariff. IL win be
altogether too dangerous 10 attempt
TO incorporate II in the tariff net after
IL Is In force. II Il Is ever done II must
be done while the bill is being framed.
II Is, then. a question of redemption
or reputation of n solemn republican
pledge which will be determined when
the new tariff bill is adopted.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24
DRIFT OF OPINION.


UMrs. Lease remarks In a recent tn
terview that Stree silver will not do for
an issue again." Free silver Is done
for.-Chicago Times-Herald.
rIThe farmers of Kentucky. Indiana
and Ohio will receive $4,000. 900 moro
for their wheat this year than In 1896.
Not many will be disposed TO QrumbIe
that the dollars are too valuable.--st-
Louis Globe-Demoerat
DThe protection tide which is rising
In England may come In slowly. but
In the end il seems almost certain than
IL will sweep away all the fine theories
that have failed more often than thew
have succeeded.-Troy Times.
E|It is announced In Lincoln paner
TINT w. n Bryan Is open for ali lee
ture engagements. BY all means let
the republican committee engage him
to make tour of Kansas, telling the
farmers that the dollars they get for
wheat arc twice over too valuable
Kansas City Journal.
DLucl<ily IL In not necessary for
prosperity to be here for Mr.. Bryan To
admit that IL II here. The country can
be very happy while Mr.. Bryan n very
melancholy. Indeed, as long as Mr..
Bryan II In pursuit OF the presidency "A
Is inevitable that he shall DO melan-
choly when the country IL prosperous.
Portland Prcss.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24

In all parts of the country iesulting
from the operations Of the Wilson law
caused a great reduction In the de-
mand for coal and combined with the
depressing effect of importations TO
still further reduce the demand for the
labor of the miners and the prices paid
for their services. While the amount
of coal actually imported is only about
4,0o0.000 tons a year or sufficient TO
throw out of employment about 5000
miners, the loss in markets to Ameri-
can mines by the suspension of manu-
featuring was much greater.
The present strike OF the coal miners
is looked upon with great alarm by
democratic leaders here. II calls at
tention directly and pointedly to the
fact that their legislation is beyond
question responsible Cor the reductions
of wages, all Of which, according to
President Ratchford, have occurred
since the inception of that legislation.
Not only Is the democratic party re-
sponsible for the reduction OF 35 cents
per ton which caused this reduction in
wages. but many of the men now'most
III lAo anu as ltb
leaders, urged and even demanded a re-
moval of the entire duty on coal, plac-
ing IL absolutely upon the free list.
which would have doubtless still furth-
err reduced the wages of miners.
Mr.. William j. Bryan, whose name
and theories are TO be especially prom
inent in the approaching campaign.
was one Of the most earnest and active
members of the wing of his party which
demanded the removal of the entire
duty on coal. saying in a speech In con-
gress, January 10. 1894:
THE duty on coal is indefensible. :.
I. The duty on coal is nothing but
a subsidy, which the people along the
sea-coast are compelled TO pay 10 the
transportation companies. Take
the tariff off from coal. so that the New
England manufacturers can buy IL for
less and they can manufacture
more chenply. and then by cutting
down the tariff on the products Of their
factories, we can compel them 10 sell
at a lower price to the people of the
south and west &C. d. King.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24

The utterances OF United States Sem
ntor John l.. McInurin, of South Caro-
lima, upon the tariff question have
given rise to the opinion that Mr.. Me-
Laurin Is protectionist. We regret
to say that he still clIngs to the demo
cratic theory and the democratic par
", and for these reasons he cannot be
considered national protectionist.
We should welcome his support Of pro
lection and the protection policy. Mr..
McIaurin may possibly be considered
as Randall democrat" but we fenr
that he has hardly reached even that
state. Mr.. Randall was protectionist,
also an ardent democrat. but the quail
ties of an ardent democrat largely do
stroyed the effectiveness 81 his efforts
a. . protsctionist
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24
EMPTY MouThlNos.
Bryan's Efforts 10 Keep Before tho
Public.


When Mr.. Bryan made his first APP
pearance in San Francisco James G..
Mcguire thus introduced him: II take
pleasure in presenting to you the next
president of the United States; William
j. Bryan" We are much inclined to
doubt this prophecy. A democratic
president may succeed Mr.. Mckinley.
That democratic president may be
free silver man. But we very much
doubt whether 1t will be Mr.. Bryan.
Ever since his defeat last November
Mr.. Bryan has been keeping himself
in the public eye. He has been lee
turing; he has published a book, and
now he is touring the country making
political speeches. He has, of course,
a perfect right 10 do this, but we ques-
tion its political wisdom. If Mr.. Bryan
had returned to his home at Lincoln,
Neb., had returned to the practice OF
his profession, the law, II he is a law
yer, or resumed writing editorials, IL
he is an editor, we think he would have
acted more wisely. He made a good
fight last fall, and he won the admira-
tion of many who did not believe in
the doctrines he advocated. But even
those who admired him then do not
admire him now. There is time for
silence, and while the saying, speech
is silvern, silence is golden" might not
suit Mr.. Bryan, still silence would suit
him now. He cannot retain the public
ear for the next four years, and that
In apparently what he Is trying to do.
-Four years is "a long time. Many things
will happen in four years. In four
years Mr.. Bryan may die. In four years
the silver question may die. Therefore,
1t would be well for Mr.. Bryan to say
nothing and saw wood for at least three
years, and then flash upon the country
meeteor-like. But he cannot be meteor
for four years.
IL Mr.. Bryan desires to be the next
president we would urge him either to
go away or TO be silent. It is difficult
for possible presidential candidate
to make no mistakes In four years. He
may make them even IL he is silent. hut
he In certain to make them IL he talks
as much as Mr.. Bryan does.-San Fran
cisco ArRonaut
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-07-24

"THERE are more criminals walking
the streets OF Boston dressed In stylish
clothes than there are Ina all the pris-
ons Of Massachusetts," That Is the
statement made by an eminent Boston
lawyer, based upon the provisions OF
an act whiah was passed by the recent
Legislature In its closing days and ap-
proved by tho governor upon June IL.
According 20 this statute Il In an OF.
Tense against the laws OF the state "a
wear for purposes OF dress OF ornn.
ment or 20 sell or TO have In the pos.
session the bodies or feathers OF any
Of the birds which are commonly used
In the adornmept Of ladies' hata