Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-24
Carter Will Have the Solid Delegation from
Cook County in the State
Convention.
The Revolution at the Primaries Will Be
the Most Marked in Political
History.

4 more conspicuous example of the
sruiy sclf-madc man probably does not
',ssi,lc n, Illinois than Orrin n. Carter.
tis. present incumbent of the office of
s'ruDiy Judge of Cook County and can
.ii,..ste FOR nomination 10y the Republi
s-In State convention for the office of
governor. From boyhood his life was
q Struggle To gain an education and
ksJw ledge of profession. II was such
y srIrces-ful struggle as could be waged
only by n youth possessing such char
:,.'rEisiics as command success. and
his t,'iumpiis over obstacles was of the
decisive kind which forcshadows sue.
'y.ss in after life. The prophecy of
,isrc who watched his career rs u stu.
sh.ut. both collegiate and the law, l.
,rirg amply fulfilled. He has risen &c
- high position us n lawyer. and rs q
iririst has more than met the eypccta
'hnas of his most admirlng friends.
Mr. Carriers father was connected
With marine interests In the earlier
wars Of his life and had his home In
jefferson County, New York. There
VIZ. Carter was born Jan. -. 1854.
When but ~ years old his father died.
h'aving the mother with four children.
Ills education was begun In New York
;snI continued In Illinois. where his
family removed when he was 10 years
I'D. locating In Du Page County.
The boys circumstances were such
fkat he was obliged to work on the
farm during the spring, summer and
fnIl. and try to bc satisfied with such
attendance mt school as was afforded
him during the winter terms; but he
-.1riy recognized the Importance OF IN
'sbycntiOn and bent all his energies to
ru .srtempt to secure one. In time he
:. managed that he was able tn enter
Wheaton College. from which he was
graduated In the regular course In 1877.
IN order 10 meet his expenses while
nIDsning his collegiate course. he
,xnsht school and performed janitor's
work Mt the college In the summer
,Bunths working on the farm In Du
Page, De Kalb and Kane Counties, in
= ,ghich litter county, near st. Charles,
. ms. mother npw resides. That so dill
-:s;it and apt pupil rs he proved him
~.4f 10 he should have attracted the
attention and gained the
'Syf 10 be wondered ut when II Is con-
: ~isi-rcd what mighty engine for sue.
s,sss an earnest purpose Is.
After his graduation Mr.. Carter came
IN Chicago and became n student Of law
IA The office and under the direction of
'Ipigc VI. r. Tuley and Gen. I. y. Stiles.
While thus engaged in study for his
-nDsen profession, he was, from force
~ circumstances, compelled TO engage
10 the vocation of n school teacher, first
sjng 20 Bureau County where he
BiSit for two years, then going to
Norris, Grundy County, H., in 1879, as
a. teacher in the Morris Normal and
Scientific School, then Il highly success
fui Institution Of learning. the students
from which are 10 he found to-day
among the ministers, doctors, lawyers
md teachers scattered all over the
sale. many Of whom have become
D-uminent in their respective ayoca-
rjpns, and all of whom are counted the
-sInch friends Of their old prcccptor
While teacher in this school he was
raarrind to one OF his pupils, Miss Net
sA' j. Steven, daughter of Allan Steven
lf Grand Ridge, La Sale County. In
1870 Mr.. Carter was admitted to the
iur. In December. 1851, he was ap-
pointed County Superintendent of
schools for Grundy County, aud in No
0snDer, 1882, was regularly elected to
sEts same position and served until
March, 1854, when he resigned and was
appointed 20 act as States Attorney in
rha absence Of the regular official who
uas forced because Of III health, TO re-
move from the State. In November,
l--i, he was regularly elected 10 the of
ina 81 States Attorney,
While pgacticlng there he gave his at.
au'i0l quite largely 10 civil cases, aud
VAS employed by several railroad CON.
TauIes % condemn rights Of way
through chat part Of the State, One Of
fi- important Cagcs which he tried was
t5l. prosecution Of Henry Schwartz and
Newton Watt, for the murder OF Kcl-
LDEg Nichols, an express messenger on
Izn Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad, In 1851 He succeeded though
opposed by some Of the best legal talent
~ Chicago and Philadelphia, In having
9th men convicted and imprisoned for
nfe After coming to Chicago, In 1855,
AR. Carter devoted himself almost ex-
-bhsivcly % corporation and CONNER
.--ial law