New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-12

the usual party vote Bur when the ballots were
counted and II found that Dr. S"alio"
vote was ll9HD or about nv" times the usual
Prohibition poll. il was recognized al once 'hd'
the people were more profoundly interested III
the man ana his charges than tn" most s1ngulnc
had IMAGINED From that day there was no
doubt that Dr. Sas e. Swallows name would
grace the head - state ticket for Governor If
h. lived long enough
THE REPrHLIrAN CANHlpATr
Colonel william \ Ston- tho Republican can
didatc for Governor is six years younger than
his competitor. u swallow. having been born in
April lSiG In Toga County Penn. His
active energetic chara. ter manifested itself
early Tho rnonoton, Of farm lie in summer
and ~ district school in winter was too dun
for him whilo the events Of the war for the
Union Nefe stirring the country and making
every ambitious young man eager to- partc,-
pato HI three elder brothers were already in
the ARM Vhcn IN $50; young stone then only
turned seventeen years u age. ran away and on
listed HIS father thought however, That az he
had sent thro, sons 10 Tho war tho fourth one
might be- spared TO assist him On The farm and
young stones release from thu Army was oh
tainod through the Influence of thc late Simon
Cameron
But he Release was only temporary The next
year. being then eighteen years old thu young
man enlisted again and his father decided 10 al
low him TO follow ms own inclination. His pro-
motion to "A second lieutenancy before the war
closed is proof Of tho good service hc rendered
in the Army
Like many other young men who went 10 the
war in the sixties. young Stone found when he
returned home that his experience in the Army
had broadcncd his horizon and that If he were
To I'LL out the measure Of his ambition ne would
have TO par. himself better for his work
He accordingly took "A course Of study at a local
academy and later ~ the state Normal school
supporting himself by working on his fathers
farm and by teaching. He then turned his at
tenton 10 the study Of the law and having been
admitted to the bar. settled in Wcllsboro That
ne attracted public attention carly is shown by
the fact that he was elected District Attorney
of Tioga County four years after ne had begun
tn" practice Of law. and when he was only
twcnty-eight years old But ho was anxious for
"A broader ncll than that Of a country attorney,
ana h. accordingly moved 10 pittshurg in 1877.
Ii WAS in that city that Colonel Stone first OBJ
taincd National notice. He had been appointed
United States District Attorney for the Western
District Of Pennsylvania by President Hayes
and reappontcd by President Arthur and was
still holding the office when Mr.. Cleveland be
came President. Ia this position he became ono
of the first victims of the curious lunges at
|ivil Service reform made by President Clcve-
land. The latter had promulgated his order for
bidding the officials Of the United states to take
active part in politics and threatening them with
removal II they disobeycd on the ground Of of
fensive par'isanship.' But District-Attorney
stone was too earnest party man to allow his
activity to be restricted by such an order. Ii
was the year 1856, the year OF the second Bea-
yer campaign for Governor in Pennsylvania and
Colonel Stone determined 10 take part He ac-
cordingiy delivered speech In Pittsburg in
which he took occasion TO say that he did not