Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

to their manufacturing interests Los
Angeles can we'll feel confident OF n
| prosperous future. A great population
cannot be supported on climate alone
and 1t behooves us to encourage capl-
| tai to locate here and to establish
manufa cturlng plants.
Senator Dorsey has shown his faith
| in Southern California by investing i'm
mense amounts of money in real estate
He has contributed much to the growth
of the entire southwest. Senator Dor
sey is a native of the Green Mountain
state. and his boyhood days were spent
in the hardy school of agriculture.
In 1861 at the commencement of the
| Civil war he enlisted as q private In the
First Ohio infantry. After serving his
country with distinction during the
four years of the war he was mustered
out with the rank of colonel in the
army. His experience while serving in
the army under Tom Scott. one of the
assistant secretaries of war who was
in charge of the transportation of
troops and supplies, had directed his at
tention to the possibilities of a railroad
career.
At the close of the war. at the re-
quest of Mr. Scott ut that time presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad, he
became identified with the organization
and reconstruction of the lines with
which the four years had played such
havoc.
Rock & Fort Smith and Arkansas Cen
trail railroads were organized Mr.. Dor
sey took an active part in the incor-
poration and construction of all these
ruads. moving to Arkansas to devote
his entire attention to the prosecution
of the vast enterprise.
Mr.. Dorsey always approaching the
duties of good citizenship, and notwith-
standing the great pressure of business,
was a member of the Republican ma
tional committee for the five successive
campaigns. commencing with that OF
1868. During a large, portion of this
time he served as chairman of the
executive committee.
He was elected to the United States
senate for the full term of six years
from Arkansas as a Republican, receiv
ing all the votes of both branches of
the state legislature on joint ballot
forty- two Democrats giving their
united support. Col Dorsey was the
Youngest man ever elected to the United
States senate and while in the senate
was chairman of the District of Colum-
bia committee, and it was mainly
rejuvenating and improving the city of
Washington was accomplished. He
was also a member of the committee
on appropriations and railroads. Col
Dorsey was in the thickest of the de-
tails in the Hayes and Tilden campaign
of rs, and personally managed the
| campaign of Garfield and Arthur in
1880, and for his brilliant efforts that
were crowned with success he was feted
at grand banquet in New York and
| in other cities, the gath herings being at
| tended by all of the leading statesmen
and political captains of the times
atten tion to mining in 1873. In con-
nection with the late Senator Chaffee
of Colorado he acquired interests at
Central City. and in 1878 the excite
ment at LeadWlle found him on the
ground. Aspen also claimed his
atten tion. When the Cripple Creek
discoveries were made in 1891
Mr. Dorsey was early upon the
territory, and acquired claims
and interests which he still holds. His
Colorado mining interests in fact, COW