Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-07-11

At ChillicOthe he Was a anu
clerked in a drug store. He attended
the University Of Missouri at Column
bia and was a se%lf-supporting tudent.
In St. Louis he carried newspapers
while a member of the Senior class OF
Washington University and while at
tending the Law School Of that insti-
tuition, from which he graduated.
Col. Torrey drafted a bankruptcy
bill which was given his name.
At the outbreak of the Spanish
American War three cavalry regi-
ments, afterwards known as the Rough
Riders, were organized. They were
commanded respectively by Colonel
(now General) Leonard Wood, Colonel
Torrey and Colonel Grigsby. Colonel
| Wood was afterwards promoted, and
Lieutenant-C Colonel Theodore Roose-
Welt succeeded to his command.
In Wyoming he was a candidate for
the legislature and received every
vote Of all parties In his home pre-
| cinct except one. He served success
fully as speaker.
While a member Of the bar in st.
Louis he was nominated as one of the
candidates for the circuit bench. n
In the convention received 80 more
votes than any Of the others. He ran
5000 ahead of his ticket. but was
counted out. While living there he was
active in fraternal and club matters.
He left the Missouri State Univer-
sity at Columbia as senior cadet cap
tain. He afterwards commanded a bat
talon In ct. Louis as aforementioned.
His friends expect him to receive
an immense vote Of farmers and 9th
ers who believe that farmers with le'
Ral experience are more needed in the
Senate than city lawyers without ag'
ricultural experience.
A quotation from "Reedy's Mirror
Of st. Louis is Of follows:
"Of course, I do not approve OF him
Colonel Torrey) because he was 9
violent. though l believe a misguided
opponent Of the single tax proposal II
two different campaigns, but he is, fol
all that, q candidate above the Gus
tomary average in mental and char
acter equipment" .
i, President Mckinley desired a Rougl
Rider as his running mate when h
} was renominated In 1900. Between
, 1,40O and 1900 newspapers IN thu
country advocated the nomination o
Col. Torrey. There were many othe
t candidates, but Col. Roosevelt, VIII
t was then governor Of New York. wa
so popular that no other name wa
presented to the convention.
Col. Torrey, and his people befor
him. have always been 100 per cen
:. Americans. He has had the exper
ence Of patriotic fervor in the line
d soldierly duty. He has been wounde
e while In uniform, and a sympathiz
with every soldier who has a like mi
Z fortune.
Help to win the war, is his concel
ton of the present duty Of every. ma
u and woman In the country. Colon
Torrey will be a win-the-war-now Sc
ator; not only because our cause
iust. but to prevent an invasion OF tn
e country by the worst enemy ev'
5, known to civilization. He will urt
II the sending Of every soldier niece
sary. but not the sacrificing needless
IL of a single life. He will advocate Il
e spending of every dollar necessary, b
!, not the loss Of a single dollar In graz
, In short, he Is an able. aggressi'
man who will represent this state
"a the great council to give freedom--fre
dom Of conscience and action--to q
y world. u
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