Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-15
Short History of Career of Barrett
Weaver and Brown.

Short History of Career of Barrett,
Weaver and Brown.
Following is a sketch of the lives of
Richard G. Barrett, candidate for SUI
perintendent of public instruction,
Hon. Ed. G. Brown, candidate for the
Office of railroad commissioner and
Hon. S. M. Weaver. candidate for Judge
of the supreme court on the republican
ticket.
Superintendent Barrett.
Richard c. Barrett, the nominee for
Superintendent of public instruction,
is native of Iowa. He was born at
Waverly. Iowa, Oct, /, 1858 and was
educated in Iowa being a graduate of
Cornell College. Since his graduation
he has devoted his entire time to edu-
cational work. For twelve years he
was superintendent of Mitchell county.
Mr.. Barrett has held various positions
! of honor and trust in educational cir
cles, among them president of the To-
wa State Teachers Association, mem
/ Der Of the Educational Council, mem
\ Der of the legislative committee, and
member of the Iowa State Teachers
| Reading Circle Board. His five cleo
| tons as county superintendent with
out opposition indicate that he is pop
ular where best known, and commands
1.-THE respect and confidence of educa-
tional workers throughout the state.
Mr.. Barrett has already served two
terms as superintendent of public in
struction and has filled the Office with
marked aylilty.
Railroad Commissioner Brown.
Hon. Ed G. Brown, of Sheldon, the
nominee for railroad commissioner,
was born in 1886 He enlisted in the
army at an early age and served until
] April, 1866. He was less than
20 years of age when he was discharg-
4 ed, and his war record was a marvel
/ for one so young. Mr.. Brown located
in O'Brien county in 1870 on a home
stead, where he lived until 1876, when
he became clerk in bank at Prim-
CHAR In 1877 he purchased a controll-
ing interest in the Sheldon bank and
has been connected with it ever since.
He has always been prominent in To-
cal and district politics, although he
has never been an Office seeker. His
influence in the republican politics of
the eleventh district has been consid-
cradle and his popularity made him a
strong candidate from the first Mr.,
Browns ability to discharge the duties
of railroad commissioner has never
been Questioned.
Supreme Judge Weaver.
S. NJ. Weaver, of Iowa Falls, the
nominee for supreme judge, was born
on farm in Chautauqua county, N.
| Y, was educated in common schools
and at the Fredonia Academy, Fredo-
MIA, New York. He taught school win
tiers and studied law during the sum
mers, and was admitted to the bar at
Buffalo, N. Y, in 1867. In 1858 he
came to- Iowa Falls, and from then to
j 1886 continued in the practice of law.
He made some excursions into politics
and did several years newspaper work
on the Iowa Falls Sentinel and Hardin
County Citizen. In 1884 he was elect
4 ed to the Iowa house of represents
4 tives of the Twentieth General AS
sembly and was reelected to the
Twenty-first In the Twentieth he
served as chairman of the judiciary
committee, and in the Twenty-first
framed and had charge of the bill re
organizing the courts of the state pur
suant. to constitutional amendment
then adopted. At the same session
he was chairman of the board of man
ayers under the impeachment trial Of
John l.. Brown. In 1886 he was elect
ed Judge of the district court for tht
eleventh district and was reelected ii
the years 1890, 1894 and 1898. In 1881
he was the republican candidate fol
the supreme bench, but met defea
with all the rest of the ticket.