Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-30
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iater opened general store in the stock
yards section of the western uetronoIis
When the last campaign came round tbers
was no republican who wanted the nomina :
tion in the district, which Includes not only
| ine STOCK yards, but the ghetto of Chicago.
1t had always been heavily democratio
ana what was the use OF being marty,
martyr? After pleading with many Other
republicans the leaders came into yo,nr
Micnaieks store and asked him If he would
accept the nomination. He was then hnt
tWenty-sfx. He spoke not on1v Roban,isn
ana English, but Yiddsh and was 3IIsf
the man to bring out the MANY Jews of
. .tNe sneLlo- The young man considered
VI course. l shall be showed under" he
SAID 10 himself, but I will at least get a
gooo bit of advertising for NV stove -
nIlGnalek consented but with a stipulation
.,N w nSiieVer my name is mentioned In
speeches. or in campaign literature IT must
pe as Mlchalek, the grocer" said he n
was agreed and after the vote had been
counted In the stock yards district the
mioho ,s sInrprlsed citizen of Chicago was
Nllclialek, the grocer He is the youngest
member f,l OF the House and the first man of
SiasoiiIc blood who ever sat in Congress
Plow Boy to Millionaire Member
Fifth years before this voung ,nan,s ,,.+,,
In far-away Bohemia there first saw rab+
OF DAY IN Baltimore Thomas, the SON of
Naiep Davis. veteran of the war OF 1870
Ihls was in the year 1928 The Baltimore
ana ONO railroad had just commenced IN
Jay us tracks, upon which cars rroneI1ed
w sans ana horsepower treadmills were
soon 10 ply. Caleb Davis and his fsniIy
soon after this bought a farm raar ~;
more and took heavy CONTRACTS for "a
structlon work on the new railway. hp+ 9,
a rev years he fell Ill and died iaa,~iIz -
pehfiliess widow and five orphan children
10 shift for themselves BY Sint ne -
work she fed and clothed her LITTLE onae ~,
III one by one the boys could Commence to
earn q pittance for themselves She had q
SISTER Hvins In the same county who later
became the mother of Arthur Pie Gorn1an
today leader of the democratic party In tba
senate of the United States. The how
Ihomas had a brother Henry CassaV,ay
LAWS, "ho also came to the Senate in
later years, and who In the last camnaion
became candidate for Vice President The
Davis boys followed the pillow and did vari
Gus chores about the farm Free schools
. men unknown In their county, and
they learned their three RS" at their
mothers knee. But when they had grown
TO be youths strange iron horses began TO
snort on the b. and O., and every boyish
I Ieail was lohslng Tor career on the rail
henry became a freight brakeman. and fin
ally his little brother Thomas got some less
responsible work to do on the road Later
lney both got positions with the company
al Fledmont, w Va, whittier also went
their brother William The three brothers
now began a private business by shipping
coal and buying up cheap timber lands In
TOUR years all three were devoting their ex-
set UP stores, opened a bank, bought at
small prices land under which they late
dug coal and finally commenced the build
Ing OF railroads through the rich regions of
West Virginia, which they had opened To-
day the three Davis brothers are multi
m1lhonafres. Thomas never held political
office until 1898, when he was seventy wears
old. Then he entered the state legislature
When he took his seat the other day along
with the other congressional kids he was
IN his seVenty-eighth year. He Is not only
the eldest member of the new freshman
class" of the House, but the wealthiest by
far. Although he had a half century's
start of Michalek, the grocer. they both
reached the House on the same day.
Carriage Painter, Lawyer.
Another self-made man among the new
members is Duncan McKinlay, born in
Orilla, province of Ontario In 1862 He at
tended the common schools of this Cana
dian village until twelve, when he learned
the trade of carriage painter, crossing the
frontier to Flint, Mich, after he had
passed his apprenticeship. When he became
of age he moved west and continued to
paint carriages at San Francisco for a wear
then at Sacramento, for another year.
and finally at Santa Rosa. BY the time
he had settled at the latter place he had
enough put by to study law. When thirty
he was admitted to the bar, and four years
later was maze an elector-at-large on the
first Mckinley ticket. Five years more and
he was assistant United States attorney at
San Francisco, from which Office he NOW
comes to Congress by dint OF economy and
untiring energy
The typical leap from pIowboy to Congress
was made by a number of the new repre-
sentatves, notably Frank B. Klepper and
William T. TyndaIl both of Missouri
Both grew to manhood In the fields taught
school and studied law at spare hours the
former reaching Congress by way of a
prosecuting attorneyship and the latter a
postmastership.
As a manual Iaborer their colleague.
Cassius M. Shartel, earned his money to
go to school and become teacher, and as
a teacher he earned enough to enter the
law. While practicing he built up a
good clientele in the farm loan business
and at the age of forty-five he now comes
to the House without having held any pre-
yious political office.
Rocky. indeed, was the road over which
Thomas e. Seroggy, new member from
Xenia, Ohio, reached the goal. From plow-
boy he became carriage builder at fifteen
listed in the civil war as private, was
promoted to corporal. then wounded
through the right shoulder and lung at
Nickajack creek. Forty-two pieces of bone
were then extracted from his body all
told. and he returned home to open q
grocery. Then he branched out into mill
linery, and while selling groceries and bon
nets put in his spare time at reading lsw.
becoming justice of the peace, city clerk, I
city solicitor common pleas judge. and, 4