The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

the son OF farmer who devoted most
Of his acres to the raising Of market
produce.
When he was sixteen years old Senator
Scott OF West Virginia, was driving an
OK team over the ground where Denver
now stands His colleague, Ankney, OF
Washington. became an emigTant when
he was six. his father taking the family
over the Oregon trail and settling In that
State on d donation land claim. Refused
assistance by his uncle, Representative
BrOwnlow. OF Tennessee, peddled sewing
machines and tombstOnes. fired a loco
motive, stll later drove one and after
he had thus proven his grit was given a
reportorial job on the uncle's newspaper.
When Franklin Murphy returned from
the civil war with the New Jersey regi-
ment in which he had enlisted he entered
a varnish works in a humble position.
To-day he heads II, one of the country's
largest concerns Of the kind Frank 3.
keilOgg Republican committeeman from
Minnesota. and lately famous as the gov
ernments chief inqulsitor of Standard
on and its methods, had TO study Law by
himself. Before ne moved TO st. Paul.
IN the sos, and became a partner Of the
late Senator CUshman X. Davis. he was
simply a country lawyer, even though
he had been city and then a county
attorney The fact that M. F. Tarpey.
OF California, was brought over from ire
land when he was seven years old reveals
the secret OF how he got up.
Worked as Civil Engineer.
Before he became city civil engineer
of Leavenworth Kans., in 1859, Powell
Clayton, the only former ambassador on
either Of the committees, spent four hard
years as a civil engineer in the West,
whittier he had gone from his Eastern
home. Though he comes from a rock
ribbed Democratic States. which probably
wouldn't go Republican even though
certain warm place were 10 freeze over,
Powell Clayton has been an influential
member OF the Republican national COM
mittee for good many years. Inciden-
tally he has been member of every ma
tional convention OF his party held since
1872.
lie is the only committeeman who rose
to be a full-fedged brigadier general I'm
the civil war Brayton, OF Rhode Island,
was brevetted a. brigadier. Before hostili-
ties began Clayton got the idea that he
was prO-slavery and he used to make
little speeches TO his friends on the sub
ject. But when LinColns call for volun-
teers came he did not hesitate long be-
fore going 20 the defense of the Union,
as is shown by the fact that he raised a
company Of the First Kansas Volunteer
Infantry Regiment. Three years later.
because Of gallant services in the field,
he was given his star He always was
in the thick Of the fight and is the sole
one-armed member of the committee.
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becoming a reconstruction governor and
United States Senator and capitalist.
Clayton played an important part in de-
veloplng the State industrially. For sew
eral years after he became an Arkansan
travelling about the State was done al
most wholly by horseback. fiatboat.
steamboat, or stage. Gradually, through
his efforts, the railroads pierced the
State. thus opening up practically a
whole State TO commerce.
Helped Develop the West.
Quite few national committeeman
have played no insignificant parts in the
development of the resources of various
States. AS head of a string Of banks
and as a transporter to and from the
mines, Senator Ankney has done a mans
share In developing Oregon and Washing
ton. John Z. Osborne has been one Of
the big men of Wyoming since the SOS,
when he went into the raising of live
stock on the open range. eventually be-
coming the largest individual sheep owner
in the State. Col. Guffey, as an oil and
natural gas producer, has cut no small
figure as an industrial upbuilder in West
ern Pennsylvania and down IN Texas. In
West Virginia both Senator Scott and his
rival committeeman, John 7. McGraw,
have been leaders in the wonderful de-
velopment OF that State within recent
years.
OF the two men Senator Scott has had
the more picturesque career to great
wealth, Brought up II the Quaker COM |
munity Of Quaker City Ohio, he decided /
TO cut out for himself when he was six |
teen. His eyes were turned Westward |
the gold craze was then on-and in the |
course of time he was driving an OK team |
over the present site of Denver. his en-
pioyer being an Iowa man. He led the |
life OF the raw country for a year. Then |
he returned home. richer in experience
but not in pocketbook.
Pretty soon thereafter the civil war