The Weekly orb., 1898-10-02
HON J. r. WILSON.
Brief Sketch of the Democratic Noni-
 inee to Congress.

Hon. J. F. Wilson, the democratic nominee for delegate to congress, was born in Pulaski, Giles county, Tennes- see, May :, ls46. He attended Rhe- hama college, Alabama, and was finish ing his junior year when the war broke out. Hls books were cast aside and he donned suit of gray, ehouldered a musket and became member of Com pany B, First Battalion, volunteer In iantry, after which he was on staff duty under General Hindman until Decem- Der, 1868. In the summer of 1864 he had charge of a regiment on the north. ern frontier of Alabama and held the
 rank of lieutenant-coonel After the fall of Montgomery, and after the sur render of Johnson, the regiment dis banded.
 Col. Wilson was wounded six differ ent times during the service. He was in every engagement in which his com mand participated and saw much ser vice in Kentucky.
 After the diebandment of his com mand, Col, Wilson started west June lst, 1865. and spent short time in Mex ico, after which he went to Texas but later, located at Yellville, Arkansas where he was engaged in teaching in
 the public schools up to 1872. In the meantime he had begun the study of
 law, and in March, 1872 was admitted to the bar and at once entered upon the practice of the profession.
 Col. Wilson was. in 1876, elected to the legi lature of Arkansas, and az member of that body he served for the years l877-'78 as the representative of Monin county in that state.
 Col. Wilson remained in Yellville un- til 1865. having the previous year been elected to the office of prosecuting attor- nev of the Fourth Judicial District of Arkansas, R position he filled with ma, ked ability until 1887. During these two years he resided in Harrison, Ark. He then took up his residence at Pres- co,t, Arizona. twelve years ago, since which time his career has been closely identified with the push and progress Of :he territory. Asa lawyer, Col. Wilson is in the frcnt rank, having always been true to his clients and commanded the h ghest respect of the court, the bar and the public.
 In 1891 Col. Wilson was member of the constitutional convention which drafted the constitution for the admis- sion of Arizona as a state. From 1893 to 1895 he served as probate judge of Yavapai county, having been appointed to fill vacancy, during which time his decisions and rulings evinced great ability and admirable impartiality.
 Under Governor Franklin adminis- tration he wac attorney .se.eral and en- joyed the full and entire confidence of that incorruptible executive. Ills loy- alty to the people ot Arizona is shown by his determined opposition to ring rule and corrupt measures of every kind and description. When the confirm ation of Governor McCord was under by the senate of the Unit ed Staets, heleft his private business and before the committee on territories, in the name of the good people of Ari- roma, protested against his confrma- ton. At the time he was censured by ny the opposition press. but the Mc- Cord Murphy administration has done the things which Col. Wilson declared they would do--haye added one-third ,f million of dollars to the debt of the eritory and given us a government permeated through and through with -ottenness and corruption--his course It that time has been thoroughly vindi. ,ated. There is no stain upon hia shield. He stands for honest govern. mont. The rights of the people against rings and corrupt combines. bold and determined, he is m ideal candidate for delegate to con- ,ress. A logical and forcible speaker, ,e would command the attention of any body. Industrious, ener .etic. and of undoubted integrity, the people of Arizona will have in hlm champion that knows neither fear nor allure.