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Henry Gassaway Davis

ever, his practical skill, courage and
energy overcame all difficulties.
Piedmont was the center Of the Cum
berland bituminouS coal region. The
present great coal fields Of that part of
the country Were then undeveloped.
and Davis perceived that that section
was one of immense industrial prom
ise The firm of Davis & Bros. en-
gagged in the. shipping Of coal and
lumber for the producers. and its busi-
ness grew rapidly.
In 1860 Henry G. Davis organized
the Piedmont Savings bank and be-
came it's president. This bank was sup
planted by the National Bank Of Pied
mont, Of which Mr. Davis is also the
guiding spirit. He and his brothers,
whose possessions were originally in
significant, have since been able to
count their capital by millions, while
their landed estate at one time approx
mated 100000 acres.
Before the war Mr.. Davis was a
Whig, while after its close he allied
himself with the conservative wing Of
the Democratic party.
He made his entry into politics in
1865, when he was elected to the West
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Virginia house of delegates. He was
a delegate from West Virginia to the
Democratic national conventions Of
1868 and 1872, while in 1867 he WAS
elected to the legislature Of his state
as a Union Democrat, being reelected
two years later. In 1871 he was made
United States senator TO succeed w. 7.
Wiley, Republican, he being the first
Democratic member Of that body from
the then young state Of West Virginia.
At the expiration Of his term he was
reelected. After serving twelve years
in the senate he declined further po-
litical honors, preferring to devote his
entire time to his rapidly increasing
business affairs.
Early in his public career he assumed
an unequivocal position on financial
questions, from which he has never de
parted Almost at the beginning 0:
his legislative service he was confront
ed with the issue Of the responsibility
Of West Virginia for a portion Of the
debt Of the Old Dominion. Despite the
advice of friends who considered mo-
mentary popularity rather than justice,
he took bold stand in favor of his
states meeting her just proportion of
the debt of the mother state, when that
equitable proportion could be ascer-
tanned. BY reason of his determination
he made profound impression upon
all his associates.
Until recently Mr.. Davis was presi-
dent of the West Virginia, Central and
Pittsburg railroad, which he projected,
and also of the Piedmont and Cumber-
land railroad. He was one Of the dele
gates to the pan-American congress
and was 4 member Of the United States.
intcrcontinental railway commission.
Today he is known as one of West Eir
ginias Big Four" and had the boom
Of Senator German materialiZed he was
to have managed ii.
In 1873 lie married Miss Kate A.
Eai.tz. q daughter of Judge Gideon
Bantz OF Frederick, Md. He has two
sons. John T Davis and Henry G. Da-
Wis, Jr.. ard three daughters. Mrs. Ste
phen B. Eikins, Mrs. K. NJ. G.. Brown,
wife Of Lieutenant Commander Brown,
L. s. y. and Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mr..
Davis wife died two years ago He
has beautiful villa at Deer Park, Md.
where lie passes the summer months,
but his home as a voter Is at Elkins.
w Va, where his residence adjoins
that Of United States Senator Stephen
| B. Elkins, his son-In-law. The people
of Elkins are very fond of ex-senator
Davis, who has done very much fer
that town. He built the Davis Memo
rial hospital at cost Of nearly 800
900 in memory of lis son, who was
drowned while cruising on the African
coast With Senator Elkins he has
founded the Davis and Elkins college,
a Presbyterian institution at E.kins
that soon viii be dedicated He was
also instrumental In the erection Of the
Davis Memorial Presbyterian church
at Elkins.
Ex-senator Davis, though in his
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To be a successful wife, to ]
retain the love and admiration
of her husband should be q
woman's constant study. If
she would be all that she may,
she must guard we'll against the
signs of i'll health. Mrs. Brown
tells her story for the benefit OF
all wives and mothers.
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table Compound, and decided TO try
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three months. at the end of that
time, L was different woman, the
neighbors remarked it, and my hus-
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again. 1t seemed like n new existence.
l had been suffering with inhamrs-
ton and falling of the womb, but yoar
medicine cured that, and built up my
entire system, till | was indeed like n
new woman. - Sincerely yours, Mrs.
CHAs. L. BROWN. ~ Cedar Terrace. Hot
Springs, Ark, Vice President Mothers
CsAb.-$5000 forfeit If original Of cbove ISt,ey
pcufng CcnuheaesS cannot be produced.
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In 1877, when he was twenty-five. the
Democrats of Ulster county nominated
him for surrogate Of the county He
was elected for six year term and in
1883 was reelected.
In 1884 he was a delegate to the
convention at Chicago that nominated
Grover Cleveland for president, and he
helped to pull the candidate through
i'll the hotly contested campaign of
that year. Cleveland was elected, and
in January he turned over to Lieuten-
ant Governor Hill the uncompleted
term of office he was obliged to sur
render to become president.
Governor Hill was nominated in the
fall. The Democratic party was worn
out with the efforts it had made in
the preceding year, its money was eX-
hausted, and its stock Of patience was
growing small
Hill was urged to select this or that
man to take charge of his interests in
the conduct of the campaign. He, too,
had come to know Parker very well,
and he had q clear conviction of his
superior fitness for the difficult posi-
tion to be occupied. He sent to King
ston for Parker, who not only over
came the apathy of his party and dis
regarded the disadvantage of an
empty cash box, but overcame all the
advantages supposed to be enjoyed
by the Republicans and saw his candi
date victorious by 11,0OO plurality in
the state in which Cleveland had with
difficulty secured about 1,2Oo the year
before
During the campaign Supreme Court
Justice Theodore r. Westbrook died.
Governor Hill was urged to fill the va
cancy at once. After the election"
was his answer to all pressure. When
the election was over he announced the
appointment Of Alton 3. Parker to the
judgeship.
In June, 1889, was created the second
division Of the court Of appeals to ac-
celerate the work Of the highest court.
Judge Parker was designated by Gov
ernor Hill to sit with this new court.
He was only thirty-seven years of age,
lAAC y ouDSCSI VI an JuOSSo VI tAiC Soul
of appeals. He sat in this court until
1898, when, upon its dissolution, be
was appointed by Governor Flower,
urged thereto by many judges, to be a
member Of the general term of the
supreme court Of the First district.
Here he remained until the creation of
| the appellate division of the supreme
court, when he resumed the trial terms
| in his own district. In 1897 he was
| nominated to be chief justice Of the
court of appeals and was elected by a
plurality of 6O,SS9.
| That not every one, however, re-
CARDS Judge Parker as Delphic oracle
| is shown by the following anecdote:
A very able New York attorney who
| was quite deaf and very sensitive
! was arguing case before the New
York court of appeals. He dwelt at
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JUDGE PARKER AND HIS GRANDSON AT
ROsEMONT-
length upon fundamental law princi-
pie. Finally Judge Parker interrupted.
1T would seem, Brother -, that
you infer that this court is not well
versed in this elementary law point"
Now, the attorney didn't catch what
was said. but be made it a rule to
agree always with what the court said;
SO. smiling and bowling, he said
Precisely, your honor; precisely. You
have stated the proposition correctly"
The court laughed. Judge Parker
smiled. and the lawyer continued his
argument.
Nonconspicuous in the public eye
has been Mrs. Mary D. Parker, the
wife Of Judge Parker This is because
she has led an unusually quiet life.
Mrs. Parker was born at Accord, in
the township Of Rochester, in Ulster
county, and Is a daughter Of the late
Moses I. Schoonmaker. Her early life
was passed upon the farm upon which
she was born. Her girlhood was pass
ed at Accord, and was much the same
as that Of most American girls reared
in the country. She continued to re-
side at Accord until her marriage to
Judge Parker.
Since then Mrs. Parker has spent her
time between Albany and Esopus, with
frequent visits to Kingston, the home
Of her daughter, Bertha Parker bail,
wife of the rector of the Mission
Church Of the Holy Cross
The Schoonmakers, from whom she
is descended, were among the early
Dutch settlers of New York state, and
the good Dutch vrouws would look
with pride upon SO worthy descend
ant and. daughter.
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eighty first year. is as spry as man
or sixty. and Il good deal sprier than
many. He was Il delegate to the recent
national convention and a member of
the committee on resolutions. He was
chosen as Il member of the subcommit-
tee ,nlt haI charge of the platform.
and he stayed up all night during the
deliberations of that committee at the
Southern hotel. When he went to the
Jefferson hotel ut noon the next day
he did not appear fatisued. and he told
his friends he could stand another
twenty-four hours of il as well as not
He favored the insertion OF gold
plank in the platform. When his
name was being considered by the ma
tional convention there was some ques-
ton rs to whether he supported Bryan
in 1896 and 1900. Chairman Jones of
the Democratic national committee put
it at rest by saying that i'll 1896 Sena-
tor Davis presided at Bryan meeting
in West Virginia and voted for Bryan.
At that time Senator Davis was ell
gagged in building railroad and had n
large obligation 1T Il bank which he
desired to renew. When he went TO
the bank the president said:
II understand you presided at a
Bryan meeting last night
Yes" said Davis. What of it!"
We'll" said the bank president.
| don't you know that the theories OF
Bryan are opposed to all the financial
| institutions i'll this country? | do not
see how you can come to this bank or
any other for favors, holding the views
that you do"
do you mean to say" asked Davis
'that the fact that | remain loyal to
the Democratic party makes any diff
ference with my credit
Not ut ALL" said the bank presi-
dent. but we are not inclined to do
any favors for such people"
This is no favor TO me-" said Davis.
Il am simply carrying this obligation
as Il business transaction, and If you
don't want to renew it III pay it now
and withdraw my patronage from the
bank"
! The bank president grew alarmed ut
this, because Senator Davis Is heavily
interested in financial operations in
West Virginia and he begged Davis to
reconsider Davis would not recon
slider. He paid the obligation in cash
| that afternoon and cut that bank off
| his list OF business connections.
Senator Davis Is many times n mil
lionairc He has been an enthusiastic
German man ever since the canvass
for the Democratic nominee in 1901
began. At one time he said he would
spend n million dollars to secure the
nomination OF German, and it was no
mere idle boast, because he had the
money and would spend it.
Personally, Senator Davis is an af-
fable, genial man, democratic and mod
est He does not look his years. and to
20 be not more than sixty-fivc. lie is
more than six feet tall, erect and
straight as in tile days of his youth.
Ills shoulders are square. He is well
| muscled. He has a springy heel and
toe walk. There is not the slightest
evidence Of any loss Of mental or bodi-
!y viSor.
HIS face features are regular and
! bold. His nose is aquiline. His eyes
are gray and sharply penetrating. but
withal kindly in expression and set
VIDE apart. His face is not deeply
fugrowcd. though fine wrinkles appear
about tl:c eyes. His beard Of snowy
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of the church and takes an active in
tereSt in its charities, it's cooking and
sewing and dancing schools, it's phys
ical culture class and its basket ball
games for boys. He is also con-
tributor to the funds Of the local Or
phan asylum and is one of the man
ayers Of the Kingston City hospital.
His neighborly usefulness is to be
seen on all sides. He is even the
so that the little private dock on his
farm may be used for the convenience
of the community.
He is confirmed magazine reader.
He seldom reads poetry, but is fond Of
good novels. Mrs. Parker is always on
the alert for a new story for her hard
working husband. But his natural
Scott. He delights in the vigorous out
Of door atmosphere of The Scottish
Chiefs" Jefferson is his favorite po-
litical writer Any book or article on
agriculture or cattle breeding is sure
| to interest him.
-hltSl lC huS SI'SAA AAloA AiAAo " VI IA
| ing on his judicial Opinions-hOurs Of
grave concentration. when no one is
permitted to interrupt his Quiet-and
when he is waiting for lunch his sec
| retary, Arthur McCausland, will sit
at the piano while the judge in a
sweet tenor voice sings old fashioned
ballads or hymns. Il Feel Just as
Do nolx ~,
Armor Bearer" Hold the Fort" and
so on.
Judge Parker was born May Il, 1852,
at Cortland. y. V. and was the son Of
q farmer Two hundred years ago his
ancestors had come from England and
settled in New England. From genera
ton to generation they We're of the
hardy farmer class, and they drew their
love of country from the soil to which
they had been transplanted- Judge
Parker's great-grandfather was a sol
der in the ranks of Washington
army.
AS early as he could do so young
Parker attended school at Cortland
academy and later got out Of the Cort-
laDt -NOEIliti StliOot tAc SNiuApAAiSiie
for life that it could give him. His
parents We're not able to send him to
college or even to take care of him
while he was trying TO find foothold
At sixteen he became a country school
| teacher.
Reluctantly he was obliged to give
| up the hope of Il college training fol-
| his profession and to think of the old
fashioned approach TO the bar through
| the office of preceptor. Having sur
| rendered one cherished ambition, but
not his chosen profession. he was ad
| mitted to the office of Schoonmaker
& Hardenbergh Of Kingston as stu
dent of law. Working his way, be
| was at last enabled to enter the law
school at Albany, gravitating between
| the office OF his preceptors at King
ston and the law school, according tC
season and necessity. In 1872 he was
| graduated, and soon after the sign OF
| Parker & Kenyon was hung out al
| Kingston.
He speedily demonstrated a decided
! ability for political management
tFrom the start he was Democrat
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THE CANDIDATE IN BRIEF.

Henry C. Davis is eighty years
old.
Left an orphan at an early age.
began his career as superintendent
of q plantation.
Became brakeman on the Balh-
more and Ohio at twenty and
late was promoted to conductor.
At thirty he was supervisor OF
trains.
Invested in coal lands and laid
foundation Of immense fortune
Founded the West Virginia towns
of Davis and Elkins.
Was a Cnionist during the war.
Elected to lower branch OF Vest
Virginia legislature as Union-Con-
servative 1865 and to the senate two
years later.
Elected United States senator in
1871 and served until 1883.
Has been delegate to six national
conventions.
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ENRY GAsSAWAY DAVIS. the

IA ENR4 GASSAWA ~ DAVIS, the
Democratic vice presidential
nominee, is a man with more
than an ordinary business and
political career In West Virginia and
nearby states he long has been regard
ed as 4 financial giant, and his politi-
cal life has been characterized by con-
servatism and sagacity.
His nomination at st. Louis confers
upon him the peculiar distinction Of
being the oldest candidate ever select
ed for tie office, Mr.. Davis having
been born in Woodstock, Md. on Nov
16. 1898. His father was Caleb Da-
Wis. a successful Baltimore merchant,
who died Il few years after the sons
birth. and his mother was Miss LOU
Use Brown whose sister was the moth
er OF Senator German of Maryland.
Like Judge Parker, Mr.. Davis spent
his early days Oh Il farm. He received
his education in 4 village school and
at the age OF twenty entered the en-
ploy OF the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road as brakcm This was the
first railroad built i'll America, and Mr..
Davis has the distinction Of having
been the first brakeman on any rail
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taste for politics from Henry Clay In
his conversations with that great
statesman during these trips over the
Baltimore and Ohio, and he cast his
first ballot for Clay for president
Later he became station agent at
Piedmont. Having served win tne
railroad company for fourteen years,
he turned his attention to commercial
pursuits and established the firm OF
Davis < Bros. at Piedmont.
Socially he always was difhdent, even
backward at times, but when called
upon lie never failed to declare his
convictions. In his railroad life, how
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lures, the books. the furniture, the
wide hall and glowing fireplace, the
sunny library and the dining room,
with its long mahogany table, all show
evidences of intelligent tastes that
were not developed in one generation
Here Judge Parker walks among his
cattle in top boots and pea jacket, the
incarnation Of strength and virility.
He strides through the sorghum and
hay fields, visits the great barn, tends
and helps his men to clear up the
leaves or the stubble.
|; Nome of his eight farm hands knows
eha1fIas>much as he aboutsthe strees, 1.-The
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A LTON BROOKS PARKER. the

LION BROOkS PARkER, the
~ Democratic candidate for pres
4 y ident. is lifty-two years old. six
years older than Theodore ROose-
Welt and nearly ten years older than
WAS his rival when he assumed the
presidential authority.
He is just IA little under six feet in
height.
He is broad shouldcrcd. deep chested
and weighs 1876 pounds.
His cheeks are ruddy, aild his hazel
brown eyes sparkle with the glow Of
health.
His hair. which is thin on the top
and sprinklcd with gray on the side.
is OF an unusual but attractive shade
Of red, characteristic of other members
Of the Parker family
His nlustaclle, which is usually worl
close trimmed, is a shade dar!.c' than
his, hair.
Like President Roosevelt. he is an
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Career of the Democratic
Candidate For esident.
Born on a Farm and Farmer
Judge Still-A Good Tenor
Singer and a Wise and
Learned Judge His Early
Struggles ~ - - 20 -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
A MINERS TROUBLE
REACHES A CLIMAX AFTER YEARS
OF SLOW DEVELOPMENT.
A Settlement Happily Effected in the
Case of Henry Story in Time
to Avert a Serious
Misfortune.

II an the troubles of the coal miners
could De adjusted as satisfactorily as
tnat which for many months disturbed
the happiness of Mr.. Henry Story. Of
~ achieeldru e." DOE
532 Musl1ingum avenue, GAINESVILLE,
ONO, 1t would be a most welcome re-
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The miners form a large and impor-
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VIII be greatly interested in the solu-
1lon winch Mr.. Story found for diff
nculIy IN which any one of them may
ma nlniseH at any moment, as it is a
frequent incident in the miners occI-
patton and serious hindrance to his
success.
The facts in the case We're related
py Mrs. Story. who was deeply con-
cerned, and who is a very happy Wo-
man today because her husband has
had such fortunate escape from the
calamity that threatened him.
MY husband says Mrs. Story, IS
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tried everything L could think of to
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-16
BLIZZARD IN new YORK.
Snow Over a Foot Deep-Trafns
Are Delayed.

Glens Falls, n. Y, April 16.-The
whole Adirondacks country today Is
in the grasp of a blizzard which for
severity has not been equalled during
the past winter. From 10 to Is inches
of snow fell during the night The
country roads are blocked and traffic
on steam and electric roads in this sec
ton is delayed.
Rochester, N Y, April ia fierce
blizzard ragged all night here making
it almost impossible for teams to wade
through the drifts. Fully a foot of
snow fell. The temperature remains
low today.
Schenectady, n. Y. April ia driv-
ing snow storm prevailed throughout
this section today. All trains on the
New York Central from the west were
from one to two hours late and the
local trolley service was badly ham
pered- The sleighing was as good as
any time in the winter. 1t has been
thirteen years since a snow storm of
this severity has been experienced as
late as this in April.
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~, pastor, the services win be 9:45 a.
m, Sunday school; IL o'clock, morning
service, with sermon by the pastor.
Lord, Teach Us to Pray" 1915 p m.
class meeting; 3 p. m. Junior and H.
termediate Leagues; p. m, EpWOrth
League The evening service will be
held in Lukens' opera house.
Mrs. J. A. Stavely and Miss Viola
Iroutman gave a reception yesterday
afternoon at the Troutman home. 1225
quincy street. in honor Of Mrs. Q. g.
Adams, president of the Topeka branch
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society. The affair was very enjoya BILE
and during the afternoon many ladies
called Mrs. Adams gave a short talk
and also organized an auxiliary for the
North side Mrs. StaveIy and Miss
Troutman were assisted in entertain
ing their guests by Miss Evelyn Hoi-
man and Miss Anna Roosa.