The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-13
It's the Smallest Representation
Within Ter Years.
JUDGE BELL THE LEADER
1t Makes Up in Alb lity and Energy That
Which 1t Lacks in Numb 'rs-They
Are Closely Afh lated With
tie Democrats.
Washington II uraau Of tho Standard,
No. has G. street, n. w.

| party Of the present congress mas
smaller representation than at any time
| in 10 years, but it makes up In ability
| and energy for what it lacks In numbers
Judge John c. Bell of Colorado. now be-
ginning his fourth term in the house. Is
tbe leader of the party and the chairman
of its caucus. He was also again the can,
| didate of the party for the speakershlp
! an honor for which he was twice before
selected He has had an extensive ex-
nerience in the house and is one OF the
ranking members of the committee on ap-
propirations, one Of the principal commit
tees of the body: Judge Tei WIN oe 80
wears old next Monday. Iie Is a native
of Tennessee and a kinsnan of John Bell
Fla has lived in Colorado for quarter OF
J a century, and was from the frst prom
inent in Southern and Western Colorado
He was formerly democrat. put mas
been identified with the popul'et party Ior
10 wears. He is highly regarded IN the
house and is recognized as one OF the
strongest and abest members
/ Representative Edwin Ridgely OF Kan
sas is the only popullst that survived the
last Kansas election. He was CHOSEN py
| the popullst caucus to nominate Mr Beh
! for the speakership. Mr.. Ridgely Is na-
tive of wabash county, H.. and Is now
55 wears old. He served through the war
| of the rebellion as a private in COMPANY
C. 115tn Illinois volunteer infantry. In
1896 he moved to Girard. Kan, where:
! with a brother, he engaged IN genera
F., merchandising under the firm name or
! Rjdee,y Bros, and has conducted this
| business continuously since In the early
| seventies he engaged In the Texas cattle
| trade personally sharing in ana d,rect-
ing the gathering of cattle on the range
and driving them to the Kansas markets.
! Subsequently, he extended his operations
ton territory Oregon and California he
was a resident of Ogden, Utah, from 1882
| to 1898 His first vote was cast Tor y ..
| Grant in 1865 but he left the republican
| party in 1876 because Of its financial poll
cy and became a greerbacker. IN MS au-
tobiosraphical sketch in the new congress
sional directory Mr.. Ridgely says: Con
tinuously from 1876 he has advocated the
| exclusive issue of all money by the gov
ernment by using all the gold and silver
| offered as material on which to print the
money power, supplementing these win
| paper to regulate and control the total
volume: that no money should be prom
| isc to pay, to be redeemed by some other
money, but all money should be full le-
! gal tender, the volume to be limited ana
its value to be kept uniform by keeping
the volume up to a fixed ratio to the vol
ume of all property In the nation: Is an
earnest advocate of pubic ownership and
operati of all public utilities, and thinks
1t both necessity and duty of the state
to supply all unemployed people voluntary
access to all the necessary means of pro-
duction and distribution among them
selves of food. fuel. clothing. shelter and
education that all such labor above these
needs should be utilized by the state in
creating public improvements; to meet
the demands for revenue, also to undo
and prevent the dangerous Capitalization
Of wealth in the hands Of few people
he advocates a graduated property ana
income tax"
Nebraska sends a comfortable delega-
ton of three popullsts. Two of them
served in the last congress. William l.
Stark of Aurora is native of Connecti.
cut, now As years old. He afterward lived
in Illinois and studied law at Chicago.
He has lived in Nebraska for 20 years.
and served for several terms as a county
Judge. He is a careful and earnest leg
islator. Congressman Roderick Dhu
Sutherland, native Iowan, now ST years
old, is also serving his second term. He
was three terms county attorney befors
he came to congress. He was chairman
r Of the populst state convention whicn
nominated this years winning ticket In
! Nebraska. He comes from strong pop
3 ulist district and is believed to be sure
; of serving in congress several more
, terms.
: The new populst member Of the house
: from Nebraska is Judge William Neville
of North Platte. He was born in Wash.
! | ington county, Illinois, Dec. %. 1S43. arc
: removed to Chester, In Randolph county
' In 1851. He was educated at McKendret
: college. Lebanon. ILL.,, was second ser
geant in Company H, 142d Illinois infan
try in the civil war He is veteran pol
itician and was elected to the Illinois
legislature as a democrat In the fall O
/ 1872 He removed to Nebraska in May
: 1874 and was elected to the Nebraska
legislature from Omaha In the fall of 1876
He was the democratic and anti-monoo
oily candidate for congress In 1894. II
I 1891 Mr.. Neville was elected Judge of tn,
. Thirteenth judicial district for four
: ENars' term. He was nominated ant
elected supreme Judge by 1900 majorit,
in 1895. but the office being contingen
+ upon the adoption of constitutions
amendment. which failed to carry he dit
not take a seat upon the supreme bench
y He had 3,o1o majority last November a
I a candidate for congress to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death Of Judg
| w. L. Greene.
Representative John Wilbur Atwate
is the only populist in this house from
North Carolina, a state that had near',
= a solid populist delegation last congress
u The popuists from the Tarheel state ii
: the Fifty-f1fth concress were the produc
! of republican -populist fusion. Mr.. At
y water was elected on a democra tic-popu
Jenkins. who ran on a repuhIican-popu
list fusion ticket. He is native of Nortl
Carolina. He served in the confederat
It army. Company D Of the 1st North Caro-
e lima volunteers. and was with the arm
q of General r e. Lee until the end. H
s Joined the Farmers Alliance in 1887: wa
: elected the first president of his count
n alliance; was elected state senator 4
e 1890 as an Alliance democrat. and agai
In 1899 and In 1896 as popul,st: wa
elected chairman Of the populist caucus
| In his sketch he says:
. IT did all ] could to keep the charter
II of the towns and cities from be;p
4 changed and to keep them from bein
q dominated hv negroes. T am great ad
> mirer of William j. Bryan"
4 All the popu'.sts in the house are close
a ly affiliated with the democrats and siIve
republicans forming a compact ninorit
organization HOSFORD.
"a Montana PoStmasters.