Audubon County journal., 1919-10-02

kNMS\ ton. And these biographies are auto
biographies To be sure, there is
sort of censor who is supposed to see to it that
the authors do not hand themselves too many
AoWers Ihls runctiOnary came into being be-
cause former Kansas senator few years ago
made the whole country snicker. But human
naIure IS the same-in congress as out-and most
OF the contributors to this, exceedingly interesting
volume seem to be possessed with the idea that
tney must explain why they are exactly the men
Ior the place-so exactly that they were of neces-
sty elected. And as the ideas of the qualifca-
tions of member of congress are about as
many as the writer's, the autobiographes do not
lack variety.
Inc one exception referred to Is Representa-
tive James O'Connor of Louisiana; he simply
gives his name. In contrast many other mem
Ders need nearly half page to set forth the de-
tails OF their wondrous past
OF those whose portraits are herewith given
uncle Joe" Cannons account Of himself is con-
densed, even lacontc; Champ Clark's is about
three times as long. Incidentally 1t may be said
that the attitude Of brotherly love of the two
former speakers is for pictorial purposes strictly.
Joseph Gurney Cannon, Republican, of Dam
yille the directory says, twas born at Guilford,
n G.. May Z, 1886; is lawyer; was states at
torney in Illinois, March, 1851, to December,
1855" Then 1t is stated that he was elected to
the Twenty second congress, and that he was
elected speaker in the Fiftyeighth, Fifty-ninth,
Sixtieth and Sixty-frst congresses. That's all
there is to the seven lines of his autobiography
Champ Clark takes 20 lines Outstanding
facts set forth in 1t that he was the youngest
college president in America;" "a hired farm
hand; lied In the Baltimore Democratic ma
tional convention of 1912 for the presidential
nomination on 20 ballots, receiving clear ma
jority on nine ballots"
Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas worked as a
reporter on the New York Tribune and he has
of
icals in the United States. After obtaining an
education In the common schools of Garnett
Kan, he learned the printing trade on the Gar
nett Journal, went to Topeka In 1884 and became
typesetter on the Topeka Daily Capital, "of
which he is now owner and publisher" Incident
ally. it may be stated that he owns Household
Capper's Weekly, the Missouri Valley Farmer,
the Farmers Mail nnd Breeze. the Nebraska
Farm Journal and the Oklahoma Farmer. His
publications are said to have a combined circula-
tion of about 1,725,O00. And he is intensely In
terested in the repeal of the postal law,
which is regarded as exceedingly beneficial by
the publishers of the country daily and weekly
y newspapers.
Representative John Miller Baer of North Da-
kota sets forth that he is the first Nonpartisan
elected to congress; is married to the "daughter
of the North Dakota 1axseed king that he has
son who is the eighth John M. Baer in un-
broken sequence born in America, and that he
tooning and journalistic work.
3. Senator Nelson of Minnesota and Senator
Bankhead of Alabama are veterans of the Civil
s war The latter merely says Of this: Served
four years in the Confederate army, being
wounded three tines Senator Nelson SAYS:
WAS private and noncommissioned officer in
the Fourth Wisconsin regiment during the Civil
war, and was wounded and taken prisoner at Port
Hudson La, June II, 1863"
There are five other veterans of the Civil war :
Union, Senator Francis e. Warren of Wyoming
Representative Henry a. Osborn of California
and Representative Isaac r. 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 us 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
nnd pleasure frequently in fighting over" the
battle which meant so 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 In the cadet battalion of the insti-
tuition serving the Confederate states.
Representative Stedman served with General
Lees army throughout the war. He wounded
three times Enlisting as private he was mus
tered out as major.
Representative Sherwood was fighter and is
proud Of 1t. His autobiography reads in part:
.Democrat Of Toledo; was born in Stanford.
Dutchess county, N. Y, August 49, 1885; was
educated at Hudson River institute, Caverack,
N Y, at Antioch college, Ohio, and at Pough-
keepsie Law college; enlisted Apris16, 1861, as a
private in the Fourteenth Ohio infantry and was
rNL Lrf<vo na%oL O
1855, by order of the secretary of war; was in
43 battles and 123 days under fire, and was ten
times complmented in special and general or
ders and on the battlefelds by commanding gen
erals for gallant conduct; commanded his regi-
ment in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign,
and after the battles of Franklin ana Nashville.
Tenn. upon recommendation of the officers of
his brigade and division and on tlI,' Endorsement
of General schofield, commanding Tic army, he