The Red Cloud chief., 1919-10-09

Sy|N ton. And thesesbiographes are auto
biographies. To be sure, there is
sort OF censor who Is supposed to see to 1t that
the authors do not hand themselves too many
mowers. This functionary came into being be-
cause former Kansas senator a few years ago
made the whole country smoker. But human
nature Is the saine--lh congress as out-and most
Oh the contributors to this exceedingly interesting
Volume seem to be possessed with the idea that
they must explain why they are exactly the men
Tor the pace--sO exactly that they were of neces-
SHY elected And as the ideas of the qualifca-
IONS or a member of congress are about as
many as the writer's the photographers do not
lack variety. !
The ,one exception referred to IL Representa-
tive James O'COnnor OF Louisiana he simply
gives MS name In contrast. many other mem.
oers need nearly half a page to- set forth the de-
tails of their wondrous past.
of those whose portraits are herewith given,
uncle Joe" Cannon's account Of himself is con-
uensed. even aconic Champ Ciark's is about
three times as long. Incidentally IL may be said
That the attitude of brotherly love OF the two
FORMER speakers Is for pictorial purposes strictly.
Joseph Quincy Cannon, Republican. of Dan.
Vlhe, the directory says. "was born at Guilford.
~. e., May Z. 1896; Is lawyer; was states at.
torhey in Illinois, March. 1861. to December,
lS0S Then II is stated that he was elected to
the Twentysecond congress- and that he was
elected speaker in the Fifty-eghth, Ffty-nnth
there Is to the seven lines of his autobiography
Champ Clark takes 20 lines. Outstanding
Facts set forth In 1t that he the youngest
college president in America :" "a hired farm
hand;"G lied In the Baltimore Democratic ma.
tional convention Of 1912 for the presidential
nomination 20 ballots receiving a clear ma.
jority on nine ballots" ~ :. 81. "a
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas worked as
reporter on the New York Tribune and he has
become the second largest publisher of period
icals In the United States. After obtaining un
education in the common schools Of Garrett
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 IL may be stated that he owns Household
Cappers Weekly the Missouri Valley Farmer
the Farmers Mail and Breeze, the Nebraska
Farm Journal and the Oklahoma Farmer. His
publications ARE said to have combined circula
ton of about lbs 600, And he Is intensely In.
terested in hhe repeal OF the postal zone law
which is regarded as exceedingly beneficial by
the publishers Of the country daily and weekly
newspapers.
Representative John Miller Baer of North Da.
kota sets forth that he is the first Nonpartsan
elected to congress; is married to the daughter
of the North Dakota haxseed king" that he has
who is the eighth John NJ Baer In I'M
broken sequence born in America. and that he
resigned from postmastershlp to engage In car
looming and journalistic work.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota and Senator
Banklead Of Alabama are veterans of the Civil
The latter merely says of this Served
four years In, +ts Confederate army being
wounded three times" Senator Nelson saws:
"Was private anu northumberland officer in
the Fourth Wisconsin regiment during the Civil
war and Nay Wounded ana 't,ikAn prisoner at Port
Hudson. Ie~ June IA. ls63."~
There are five other veterans Of the Civil war !:
Union. Senator Francis Il. Warren Of Wyoming
Representative Henry y. Osborn of California
and Representative Isaac II. Sherwood of Ohio /;
Confederate, Senator Thomas s. Martin of Viz.
ginia and Representative Charles NJ Stedman
of North Carolina.
Senator Warren, fought in the battle In
which Senator Nelson wounded and cap.
tured. Senator Warren served n private and
noncommissioned officer In the Forty-ninth Mas
sachusetts regiment. He received the Congress.
sional medal for gallantry on the battlefield at
the siege of Fort Hudson. These two veterans
find pleasure frequently in fighting over" the
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 was educated at the Virginia
Military institution. While there much of his
time spent in the cadet battalion of the insti-
tuition serving the Confederate states.
Representative Stedman served with General
Lees army throughout the war. He was wounded
three times. Enlistng as a private he was mus
tered out as major.
Representative Sherwood fighter and Is
proud OF It. His autobiography reads In part !:
"Democrat of Toledo born In Stanford,
Duchess county, N. Y, August 49, 1885; was
educated at Hudson River institute. Claverack
NJ Y, Mt Antioch college, Ohio, and at Pough-
keepsle Law college, enlisted April 16, 1861, as a
private In the Fourteenth Ohio infantry and was
mustered out as brigader general October 8.
1855 by order of the secretary of war; was In
times cornplmented In special and general or
ders and on the battlehelds by commanding gen.
erals for gnllant conduct; commanded his regi-
ment in all the battles Of the Atlanta, campaign.
and after tho battles Of FRANKLIN and Nashville,
Tenn. upon recommendation of the officers Of
his brigade md division and on the Endorsement