The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-06
HE NAY SUCCEED REED
What Manner of Man David B,
Henderson Is.
PRINCE Of GOOD FELLOWS
And Every Bit as Brainy as
He Is AmiabIe.
PRINCE OF GOOD FELLOWS

Washington, June 5.-David Bremner
Henderson, the probable successor OF
Thomas Bracket Reed az speaker of the
house Of representatives, IS the man OF
whom brothe congressman said:
HE has the exuItant buoyancy and
hopefulness Of Garfield had; he is as young
and healthy-souled as If ne were still look
ing at the rose-misted hills Of life with the
morning sun new-risen upon him"
And said his eulogist:
He knows the house and men as Blaine
did. His ascendency is due to his tact, his
1ullness of resources, his courage. his easy
assumption Of leadership, his prudence, his
good viii, his sanity of judgment, his good
comradeship. He knows what he can and
what he cannot do. He never affects the
1oiole OF omniscience."
Yet again said this man who knew him:
He viii swear with all the plous Scotch
/ damnatory JUNCTION OF John Knox at the
Democratic members for their resistance 10
/ Reeds rules. and then he viii pas. along
/ one Of the alsles on the Democratic side
and the members viii rise up TO greet him
Us If he were tibet cherished pride OF the
household"
His life has been q fighting one. The
right kind OF combativeneSs Is uppermost
. in his nature. He was once called 4
; lorna Doone" kind Of a fighter. and the
term vii be well appreciated by those who
know what kind OF q fighter that IS. He
has been seventeen years IN congress. hail
ing fro1, the tai-5 dlS.rtc. e Iowa. Du-
ouCoe be5n= us home. and the Democrats
% that Democrats town in6o-s-rg what
he does Jlst about Is cordially as DO the
enthusiasts Republicans T1ls : q high
tribute - sAe mans abilities for Colonel
Henderson stands for about everything n
ne Republican party that the Democrats
nate le Is t1- q protective ta-r. for
SOUND MONEY, f1r e broad 1a-orsl p1E--.
vas = wzTar or -ha @5loozv shirt Until
changed conditions demanded = mora con-
o-liztoT- p1lcy. hzs c-rd.sy'y supported The
President and never lost A opportunity ID
attack and sore Democratic ts-izc.as.
he IS = years old and re ran never -
President = -he tinted Sts-sz because he
was born 81 Cd Deer. Scotland. in $40
His parents removed Win airn 10 the Unit
ed States when 1s vas years old and
state until 1Ss. when they passed On to
Iowa, and That has been his home ever
since His boyhood was spent on a farm.
and he secured his education AZ the same I
time that poverty was knocking at Inc
door. After being graduated from the. Up
per Iowa University he was prepared for
the law. but the civil war called him to the
army and he enlisted as a private In the
Twelfth Iowa Infantry in September 1861
lie was commissioned first lieutenant he
fore h reached the front, and At Fort Don
elson was taken from the field with his law
brokesl He gained a captaincv. and n fss2 I
was 50 badly wounded in the foot that am
putation was necessary. Since that several /
other operations have been performed on |
that leg until Il has been practically taken /
off, and the Congressman walks with /
clutches.
Despite She injury 70 his leg he eltereI /
+Ae srmy again IN 1864 IS a colonel Of the /
F7rty-srxth Iowa ln'on5rv. and remained /
VITA the regiment in the deli unrn the end /
Of the war. On his return home he was |
Inade collector Of the third district Of Iowa /
for the internal revenue department, and /
held that position until 1863 Then came |
two years Of service as assistant United |
States district attorney, ending in 1881 |
with his election TO congress. where he has
remained ever since. As a lawyer he was
originally member Of the old and famous
1irm Of Shiras, Van Duzee K Henderson.
ole IS now member OF the firm Of Hender-
son, Hurd. L6nahan K IIiesel
In congress he mas been chairman Of the
committee on rules, in the absence of
Speaker Reed, and IS also chairman of the
judiciary committee. two positions which
have given him excellent opportunity to mt
for the chair Of the speaker. IN the house /
the committee on rules takes much the /
place Of the cabinet in the English and
continental governments. As a legislator
Colonel Henderson has wide reputation
as chairman Of the judiciary committee,
which passes upon every measure of con-
structive law, every hing going to jural or
jurisprudendal poiity, everything going to
the organic legal structure of the nation.
No bill is considered. no measure acted up