Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-01
part the Kanawha and New River
a fields, and is a very wealthy dis

cod. AeluS, ana Is a very wealthy dis
trict.
MIR. Littlepage stands very high as a
lawyer and citizen throughout his dis
trict and state. He was a candidate
lor the nomination for governor two
years ago, but was defeated in tho CON
vention by Hon. Lewis Bennett. The
sentiment is now prevailing throughout
the state that had Mr.. Littlepage been
nominated he would have been elected.
He bears the reputation of being q
very grateful man. never forgetting a
kindness. and is faithful in his friend
ships and thoroughly reliable. ne
stands for the unde man in life. He
works hard. late and early, as a con-
gresham. and is rejecting credit upon
the country by his manly, conserva-
tive and wise course in Washington as
a representative Of all the people. He ia
a patriotic man of ability and fno
qualities of mind and heart"
Except the biography Of Senator Du
Pont of Delaware, this is the longest
one In the directory, and in striking
contrast to the line and a half history
OF a statesman who in the last CON
gress attracted national attention by
his belligerency. All this nero cares
to tell the great public is that Robert
Ark. was elected to the Fif,y-eighth
and to each succeeding congress-" The
fact that Mr.. Macon was born is left to
the Imagination.
Generally speaking, the biographies
or members Of are
more interesting from the cold and UNI
romantic North. One has only to pc
ruse the pages of the directory to get q
pretty good line on all the family trees
as they fourished before the war"
John Sharp Williams dry humor has
followed him to the Senate. He re-
marks h a he received q air educa-
tton." said fair education being "at
private schools, the Kentucky Military
Institute. the University of the South.
the University Of Virginia and the Uni,
versity OF Heidelberg, in Baden, Ger4
many" And as II this was not enough
In the shape Of q fair education" Sem
ator Williams studied law at the Uni,
versity of Virginia and in Memphis"
tive ezekiel Samuel Gambler, of Cor
NTH. appears to be the champion
liner" Of the Sixty-second congress.
Aside from having been the moderator
OF the Tishomingo Baptist association.
he is a Mason. Odd Fellow, Woodman.
Beta Theta Pt. Knight Of Honor, Elk
and knights of Pythias. OF the last
named order he was once grand chan
cellOr In the domain of Mississippi.
One of the shortest biographies in the
book is that Of Oscar w. Underwood. of
Alabama. chairman Of the ways and
means committee. He merely states
that he was born in Louisville, KY. in
1852. educated at Rugby school, Louis
Vile. and the University OF Virginia.
and elected to the Fifty-fourth and sue.
ceeding congresses.
Speaker Champ Clark breaks away
from the commonplace record Of q.
statesman's rise, only to relate that as
president Of Marshall College. ls-3-'74.
he for 20 years held the record for be-
ing the youngest college president in
the United States. He was % when he
became the head OF the West Virginia
institution in question.
Theron Akin. OF the Twenty fifth
district of New York, Is the only mem
Der who labels himself progressive re-
publican" In h directory. Further
more, he takes pride in stating that he
was elected to the Sixty-second COM
gress by about 200 votes over Cyrus
Durey, "standpat republican,"