The Elk Mountain pilot. [volume] (Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo.) 1880-19??, 1919-10-02

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sort OF censor who Is supposed to see to 1t that
the authors do not hand themselves many
mowers. Ihs functionary came into being be-
cause former Kansas senator few years ago
made the whole country smoker. But human
nature Is the same-in congress out-and most
OF the contributors to this exceedingly Interesting
volume seem to be possessed with the idea that
they must explain why they are exactly the men
FOR the place-sO exactly that they were OF neces-
sity elected. And as the ideas of the quahca
tons OF a member Of congress about
many as the writer's, the photographs do not
lack variety.
The one exception referred to Is Representa-
tive James OCOnnOr of louisiana he simply
gives his name. In contrast. many other
bers need nearly half page to set forth the de-
tails of their wOndrOus past.
of those whose portraits herewith gven
Uncle Joe" CannOn's account of himself is
densed. even lacOnic: Champ Clarks Is about
three times long. Incidentally 1t may be said
That the attitude of brotherly love of the two
former speakers is for pictorial purposes strictly
Joseph Quincy Cannon. Republican,, of Dam
ville,' the directory says. twas born at Guiford
n. c. May Z, 1896 is n lawyer; was states Mt
torney in Illinois, March. 1861 to December
1S6S.' Then 1t Is stated that he elected to
the Twentysecond congress- and that he
elected speaker in the Fifty-eighth. Fifty-ninth,
Sxtieth and Sxty-frst congresses. That's all
there is to the seven lines of his autobiography.
Champ Clark takes 20 lines Outstanding
college president In America !" "a hired farm
hand;' lied in the Baltimore Democratic
tional convention of 1912 for the presidential
nomination on 20 ballots receiving clear
jOrity nine ballots"
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas worked as a
reporter on the New York Tribune and he has
become the second largest publisher Of period
icals in the United States. After obtaining
education In the common schools of Garrett.
Knn.. he learned the printing trade on the Gar
EFT IOurnA1 VIZ IN in md haCav mo
typesetter on the Topeka Daily Capital. "of
which he Ia now owner and publisher" Incident
ally. 1t may be stated that he owns Household,
Capper's Weekly the Missouri Valley Farmer.
the Farmers Mail and Breeze the Nebraska
Farm Journal and the Oklahoma Farmer His
publications said to have a combined circula-
ton Of about 1.725.0O0 And he IL intensely In
terested in the repeal of the postal law.
which Is regarded exceedingly beneficial ny
the publishers of the country daily and weekly
newspapers
Representative John Miller Baer Of North Da.
kota sets forth that he is the first Nonpartisan
elected to congress; Ia married to the daughter
of the North Dakota faxseed king" that he has
n son who Is the eighth John NJ. Baer In un-
broken sequence born in America. and that he
resigned from a postmastership to engage In
looming and journalistic work.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota and Senator
Bankhead Of Alabama veterans of the Civil
war. The latter merely says OF this SERVED
four years in the Confederate army, being
wounded three times" Senator Nelson says:
WAS a private and noncommssoned officer in
the Fourth Wisconsin regiment during the Civil
war, and wounded and taken prisoner at Port
Hudson. La, June H. 1863"
There five other veterans of the Civil
Union Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming.
Representative Henry T. Osborn of California
and Representative Isaac Il. Sherwood of Ohio !;
| Confederate. Senator Thomas s. Martin Of vir-
| ginia and Representative Charles NJ Stedman
of North Carolina.
Senator Warren. fought in the same battle in
which Senator Nelson wounded and cap
| tured. Senator Warren served private and
noncommissioned officer in the Forty-ninth Mas
| sachusetts regiment. He received the Congress
| sional medal for gallantry the battlefield at
| the siege of Fort Hudson. These two veterans
find pleasure frequently in fighting over the
i battle which meant much to them
Representative Osborne served in the Ninety
second New York regiment. He enlisted at the
| age of sixteen.
Senator Martin educated at the Virginia
| Military institution. While there much of his
time was spent the cadet battalion OF the nsti-
| tuition serving the Confederate states
| Representative Stedman served with General
| Lees army throughout the He wounded
| three times. Enlistng as private he was mus
tered out major.
| Representative Sherwood a fighter and is
| proud of it, His autobiography reads In part
| democrat of Toledo; was born in Stanford.
| Duchess county. N. V. August 13. 1885; was
educated Mt Hudson River institute Claverack,
| N " at Antioch college, Ohio. and Mt Pough-
| keepsie Law college, enlisted April 16, 1861. as a
! private in the Fourteenth Ohio infantry and was
| mustered out as brigadier general October 8,
1865. by order of the secretary of war; was in
| AZ battles and 1913 days under fire. and was ten
| times complimented In special and general or
ders and on the battlefelds by commanding gen.
| erals for gallant conduct; commanded his regi-
ment ir all the battles of the Atlanta campaign.
| and after the battles of Franklin and Nashville.
| Tenn upon recommendation of the ofhcers of
his brigade and division and on the Endorsement
| Of General Schoneld commanding the army, he