The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-13
MAJOR JAMES HoGE TYLER.
{Richmond Times.)

Major Tyler comes from good family
tree. His father was Hon. George Tyler,
an honored and beloved citizen of Caro-.
line county, and his mother-wa the only
daughter of General James Hoge, of Pu.
laski county, Va. Major Tyler ~ now in
the full vigor of seasoned manhood, hav.
ing been born on the 11th of, August
1916, in Caroline county. VA He was
educated in the schools of his native
county, and at Minors School, Aiber-
marie county. Like so many men of his
generation, the war rudely broke in upon
his education, and, at the age of sixteen,
u slender lad from boarding school, he
entered the Confederate army, and took
his place in the ranks beside grim and
bearded men, and marched and fought
and starved along with the best of them
After AppomattoX he returned to his
maternal estate in Pulaski county and
struggled with the priars and sassafras
bushes, rotten fence rows, and the gen
eral desolate and rundown condition of
the farms of that period. From that
time to the present Major Tyler's life has
been spent on the iarn.. True, he has
had home in the tow. of Radford for
the last few years, but he has reared a
large family, and continues Ito draw his
sole support from the products of his
land in Pulaski county.
u,
with the grave problems of life thrust
upon him thus early, he went about his
duties with cheerful intelligence that
drew men to him, and in 1877 he was sent
to the State senate Having had to prac.
tice ECONOMY at home, he carried the same
disposition with him into STATE affairs,
and in 1877 he secured the passage of an
act that cut down expenses and saved
the State government about 5000, 900 an
nually. and lowered the tax rate from 90
cents to 40 cents on the 500.
Why. is it that Major Tyler is SO prom
inently before the people of Virginia. He
certainly has right to the laudable am-
bition to be the governor of the old com.
mouwealth. But he must have been a
very bright man and very strong and
honorable man to gain SO completely in
church and in State the confidence and
affections of his fellow men. Twice has
he represented his church, the Presbyte-
rian. in their general assembly, when it
met at Lexington. Ky, and again ut Dial.
las, Texas. Twice has he been delegate
to the Pan-Preshyterian Council that is
composed of all the Presbyterian churches
OF the world-once when 1t met at To.
ronto, Canada, in 1892. and again at elias
gov. Scotland, in 1896, and at this Inst
meeting he was, during part of the ses-
sion, its presiding officer.
While he does not consider the gold and
silver question an issue in the State cam
paign, yet he has been IA much leader
of the silver forces of the State, and has
always taken as advanced ground Cd the
question as Senator John w. Daniel him
self. And the strange thing about it is
that the gold men Of the State, attracted
TO him by his purity aud dignity of pri-
vate life or by the frank, open and honest
depths of his convictions on this ones
ton, have less disposition to oppose his
election than that of any other candidate
mentioned. Major Tyler is a practical
man, courteous gentleman, and will
add new dignity to this office. so rich in
stately traditions