Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14

Lewiston ON "wednesday afternoon. Thc
intormcnt viii be held In that city.
In speaking Of MIR. Dinvlcys death
tonight. Senator Hale said. In the
present condition Of public affalrs. Mr..
Dinrley's death ~ n treat national loss.
on all questions relating To finance. TO
the revenues OF the couutry aud 90 nd-
justmcnt OF great fiscal questions. Mr..
Gingley was. above. all others In au-
thOrity. II Is diflcult TO -uy VINO can
take his place. He had the confidence
OF his associates In the House. the COM
iidcncc " the Senate. the confidence "
the President and the confidence OF the
entire country"
DfNGLEY's BIOGRAPHY.
Nelson DinEicy Jr.. Governor Of
Maine, iS'i-15. and member Of Con-
gross from the Second congregational
district OF Maine since 1851. was born
In Durham. Me-, In his grandfather
Lambcrt's farm house on the banks OF
the Androscroggin river February 80.
isI2. son OF Nelson and Jane usnmberO
Dinglcy. The year following his birth
his parents moved TO PArkham. Fisca-
taquiH county. whore they lived ON a
farm for short time. and then took
charge Of the village tavern. with
which a store was connected. In 1888
the family removed 20 Unity. Waldo
county. and thence, In 1864, To Auburn.
.AuNruHffuaN county
Al ~ he taught a winter school IN
the town Of China, fourteen miles from
homeland he continued 10 teach winters
while fitting FOR college, In 1870. ut
the age of iS he entered Wntcrvillc
tAtc) academy. Of which the we'll
known Prof. ]. n. Hanson was pfin-
cipai. ana there completed his prcpara-
ton for college. Entering Wntcryillc
college, now Colby university In 1881.
he remained there year and half
and then became a student nj Dart
mouth college. from which Institution
h. was graduated In 1855. with high
rank no. a scholar. dcbator and writpr.
After leaving collcgr, Mr Dlngicy
studied law In isj5-56 with Merrill and
FcrAendcn. In Auburn. TO which city
his parents had removed. while he was
In college and In the latter year he
was admitted TO the bar. Instead OF
entering upon the practice Of law. he
decided 10 become journalist for
which profession he always manifested
decided taste In september. 1856,
he purchased the Lewiston Journal. OF
which he had been practically tho cdi-
tor while studying law. and a. Whluh
IN 1851. h. added a daily edition. The
paper rapidly Increased In circulation
under his management.
HIS FIRST VOTE.
Ills fret vote was cast In 1854 for
Hon. Arson y. Morrill,. the anti
slavery and temperance candidate Tor
governor, a pullticai combination from
which rose the linhublican party 81
Maine during the following winter lie
threw himself into the Fremont cam
paign In 1853 with all the ardor Of youth
and ability OF axe.
In 1881. NJ the are OF 20. he was cleo
tef Representative from Auburn to
the state Legislature. In which body he
NJ one. took high rank. was reelected
In 1862. ana chosen speaker 81 the
house at the HeHsion OF 1868. In 1868
he removed Go Lewiston. where a few
months after he WIS elected to the
legislature and with the opening of the
legislative session of 1854 was unpni-
muusiy ro.uiocied speaker. ~ the
state election ~ 1854 he was elected To-
the houH" n fourth time. and with the
session Of isd5 was again rendered the
porition ~ speaker. which he declined.
prcfcrting 10 take his place on the
foor. He was also n representative