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company and served with the regi-
ment until it was mustered out. The
following winter he entered Hamline
university and at once became a lead
er in athletics and played on the foot
ball team, beside winning first place
in the oratorical contest.
Mr.. Jones le<ped into political promi-
nence at the state convention of 1900.
After Gov. Lind had been nominated
by Senator John A. Johnson, a tall,
boyish appearing young man at the
side of the convention hall secured
recognition and began speaking. His
speech was interrupted with calls Of
What's your name and country"
Jones, of Rock" answered the
strange young man and a few minutes
later Jones, of Rock, was famous. His
speech easily eclipsed every other ora
torical effort of the day and SO moved
the big convention that it was gener-
ally admitted that he might have asked
for the nomination to any other office
on the ticket and secured it by accla-
nation.
After the convention he stumped the
state for Gov. Lind and in January,
1901, went to the Philippines at his
own expense to study the much moot
ed Philippine question, He is a stud
ent, an orator and a through paced
Democrat.
Scion of Puritan Family.
Major James Madison Bowler, of
Minneapolis, Democratic candidate for
railroad and warehouse commissioner
is a native of Maine and the scion of
an old Puritan family. He was born
at Lee, Me-, in 1888.
Major Bowler comes or a military
stock. Several members of his family
fought swith distinction in the Revo-
lutlonary war and he has proud mill
tarv career. Young Bowler began his
education in the traditional Maine dis
trict school. He then attended a nor
NAL academy and later completed a
literary course at the WeStbroOke SEM
mary, Stevens Plains, Me.
His school work was literally sup
plemented by manual training ranging
from work in the woods to keeping
books in his fathers store. Later he
engaged in teaching school with mark
ed success. In 1857 he struck out for
the West and 1858 arrived at St. An
thony Falls, Whe4 he entered a news
paper office but the next year he was
begulled back to the teachers desk
at Nininger, Dakota county.
When Fort Sumpter was fired on,
Mr.. Bowler enlisted for three months
in Company E, First Mime sofa. At
the expiration of his enlistment he re-
sofa His patriotic zeal, superior edu-
| cation AMI military aptitude brought
promotion and almost within a year
he rose through all the successive
grades to the rank of captain. From
September, 1863, to February, 1864, he
was on the staff of Gen. Andrews and
then was assigned to the dutv of. rails
ing regiment of colored troops at
Little Rock and became major of the
command.
He participated in several important
| battles among the siege of Vicksburg,
capture of Little Rock, Murfreesboro
and the Indian battle at Wood Lake,
Mimi, in September, 1862, where he
commanded a company. The Third
regiment and the Renville Rangers
bore the brunt of the fight and broke
the backbone of the Indian uprising
beside hberating several hundred pris-
oners
After leaving the military service
Maj. Bowler took up homestead at
Bird Island, where he lived until 1901
when he removed to Minneapolis. I'm
der Gov. Lind he was the efficient
head of the state dairy and food de-
partment and in his own town at Vari-
Gus times has held about all the Of
f1ces in the gift of the people. He cast
his first vote in 1859 as a Republican
and subsequently voted for Lincoln and
Grant and was nominated by the Re-
publlcanS for register or deeds in Da-
kota county in 1855 and 1868. He be-
came Democrat in 1871 and was
elected to the legislature In 1873. He
was speakers clerk in the legislature
Of 1891 and in 1894 was nominated to
congress by the Peoples party of the
Third district In 1896 and 1889 he
was the Fusion candidate for lieutenant
governor.