Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-08-23
Our Candidate for Congress.

wM. o. HOLMAN, of Mason City.
Our Candidate for Congress.
The Mason City Times-Herald, a re-
publican paper published at the home |
Of Hon. w. o. Holman, the democrat
ic- nominee for congress, commends
him to the voters of the Fourth Dis
trict in this manner:
Hon. VIM. 0. Holman is a native of
Iowa, having been born in Allamakee
county, where he was educated, attend
ing the public schools of Waukon.
He is forty-seven years of age and
came from a long line of democrats,
his father being one of the Holman
family in Pennsylvania, while his
mother comes of old Virginia stock.
His father was one Of the best known
democrats in northern Iowa, and his
three brothers, DR.. Holman and
Ruben Holman, of Rockwell, as we'll
as James, of Mason City, being firm
believers in the party of their fathers.
When Will Holman was young
man he studied law, reading suffl-
Client time to admit him to examina-
tion for membership OF the bar, with
the exception of three months. At
this time his father, who had become
surety on some bonds, lost his property,
necessitating the subject of this
sketch taking up self sustaining
calling. He taught school and accum-
nlated some twelve hundred dollars.
His brother had several hundred,
which they put with that their father
was able to save of his fortune, and
together the family came to this
county and bought four hundred acres
of land near Rockwell, when it could
be secured for seven dollars an acre.
On the prairie on wild land they again
began making home, raising stock
and grain, and here the family has
ever since resided.
His father had been blacksmith.
running large shop-some five FORCES,
and the boys had been taught to work
in metals. Later in life this brought
William Holman to Mason City where
he engaged in the hardware business
with Joe Farrell, the present post
master of the city. Then little was
known in this section about the sani-
tary parts of plumbing and Mr.. Farrell
went to New York and took a course
Of instruction in plumbing. Return
ing, Mr.. Holman who had been edu-
Gated from childhood in the use of
and methods of handling metals,
became an apt student, with the re-
suit that some sixteen years ago he
began the plumb bling business on his
own account and has followed it ever
since.
In the political world VIM. Holman
has ever been active. He has been
cloudy day as we'll as sunshine dem
ocrat. He has always been a demo-
crat, and has served in many positions
In the party, except to hold paid Office.
He has been county chairman many
times, congressional chairman even
today, has been state committeeman,
was sergant-at-arms Of the Kansas
City national conventlon,> and has
been invited to many national pow
vows OF the party.
That he is a cousin of the famous
Holman Of Indiana, the watch dog of
the treasury, who for forty years was
q member of congress, shows the stock
he comes from. He is a great reader
and deep thinker, and though very
quiet and unobtrusive Gin his daily
life, is said when debating some SUBJ
jects he has studied, to be a fluent and
convincing speaker.
He is very popular at home, and
when candidate for county Office
some years ago, against republican
majority Of eight hundred, he came
within fo1tY-efght of being elected,
showing the esteem his neighbors had
for him, which esteem has not dimin-
ished in the least.