The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-22


composed Of the counties of Menard,
Cass. Schuyler. Brown and Morgan, and
served four years on that body. Ny
recollection is that 1 was elected by
large majority, as I carried every coun-
" in the district. do not reconect my
opponents name, but he was the editor of
the Republican paper at Virginia, Cass
county.
IN 1872, I was nominated for state SEN
ator in the Thirty-sixth senate dist
riot, then composed of the counties of
Brown, Cass, Mason, and Menard and
was elected by 2,2OO majority, carrying
every county in the district.
1.-The first session of the Twenty-ninth
general assembly of the state Of Illinois
to which I had been elected, convened at
Springfield, on the Sth day of January,
1873, and continued until May 6, 1873, when
it adjourned to January 8, 1874, when it
met in what is known as the adjourned
session" John L. Beveridge was lieuten-
ant governor and president of the senate.
Richard ]. Oglesby being governor. Gov
ernor Oglesby soon after Inauguration
was elected to the United States senate
to succeed Senator Richard Yates. Bev-
eridge became governor, leaving the SEN
ate without a presiding officer. Senator
John Farley, of Winnebag county, a Re
publican, was elected president of the
senate and become ex-offieio lieutenant
governor. He served in that capacity
two years. but as his Office as senator ex-
pired at the end of his two years service,
the senate when it met January c, 1875,
was again without a presiding officer.
For the organization of the senate and
the election of its officials, refer you to
the Senate Journal of that session. At
this session Of the legislature, no party
mad majority in either house. In the
senate the members divided politically,
were:
Republicans ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q
democrats ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 19
Independents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
1olal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -......... Of
Requiring 26 to elect. the independents
holding the balance of power.
After balloting Twenty-Five times, by
union of the Democrats and Independ-
ents, was elected by the requisite vote
(26) and thus became president of the
senate and ex-officio lieutenant governor
of the great state of Illinois, which I
filed to January Z, 1877. when I was sue
ceeded by Lieutenant Governor Andrew
Shuman Of Cook county, who was my
successful competitor for that Office at
the election in 1876.
while filling the position Of lieutenant
governor in the absence of Governor
Beverage from the state, served about
two and a half months as governor.
in 1855 engaged in the banking bust
ness in Mt Sterling. Illinois, and for
many years was interested in farming,
shipping stock and packing pork. In 1S77,
owing to a failure of my health and my
inability TO manage my large business
interests, l was compelled TO make an
assignment and gave up my business. In
1875 having partially regained my health.
1 determined TO take GreeIey's advice and
go west and grow up with the country"
was then only So years of age Ac-
cordingly in October of that year. re-
moved to Wichita, Kansas, where I have
lived ever since.
In 1881, was elected police Judge Of
the city of Wichita and was twice re-
elected and served in that position until
1857. In 1925 I was elected justice Of the
peace and reelected in 1897. serving alto
gether four years in that capacity. In
1899, was elected city treasurer of Wich.
ita by a majority of 1.1Ss over the regu-
lar Republican nominee and that in city
usually giving a Republican majority Of
500
y have been married twice. first on the
18th day Of February, 1851. TO Miss Lavi-
MIA Cooper. a native OF Pike county, Hi
noIs. who died in Wichita, Kansas on
the 18th day Of Nay. ISL, and second 70
Miss Kate Stricken. q native of Dayton.
Ohio. TO whom I vas married on the sth
day Of June. 1SS5- Ky first wife bore me
six children. three Of whom died in IN
fancy and one in early childhood. leav-
ing ne a son and daughter. Ny son. VIM.
c. Glenn. is an attorney Of Perry, Okla
bona. Ny daughter, Mrs. Ella Glenn
Shields lives with me at Wichita. Kansas.
She has been married tV-ice and twice
widowed. 7 have three grandchildren
All boys-Wn. Glenn Shields. my daugh-
ter's only child and Robert A and Archi-
bald A Glenn. Jr-. children OF my son,
VIM. c. Glenn.
an ISIS I was licensed as an attorney
at law and practlced several years in III
nois and in Kansas. but ny speciality has
been pensions. Of which have obtained
over a thousand in the last few years.
II an now nearly 3 years q age. weigh
is pounds and an i've foot ten inches
high. I am now lar down the western
decliyity OF time. have outiived al my
schoolrnates but three. and have outiived
nearly al the men who entered public
| lie when I did and while an SUI hale
/ hearty old man. I feel that my Work Is
nearly done and that too. must soo1 20
70 that undiscovered country from
whose bourne no traveller na1irrls- !
feel that have lived through The Eraud-
est eighty years in All The word his
| tory"