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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1908)
.L ON 'THE TRAIL OF TI-IE AMERICAN MISSIONARY - Dy 'VILLIA I T. ELLIS , This Dlstlnulshcd Amtrlc4n Journalist Is TravrJlnsr Mound thf ! World for the Purpose ollnveSIII.sllnlr the Amfrlcn" "ortll " : " MIS5lonl\fY . from . Ii Purely DislntoroSlocll.Soculal and Non'S t1/1rl/ln 14ndpoln. , lIlusttat.J with urlLwlngs IInd from I'hotolrllphs - New Religious Movement Brings Men to the Fore . . - - - . , 1'hllndelphllWithin the pl\st nine months there hns I\rls n n now lUO\'ement In the Protestant ( 'hurC'ht.1B oC the Unlt"t ! StnteK 111111 annlla which Is 1I01llul to nrrest the world's nltentlon b ) ' Its slnficl\nce. ! ! 'l'hls Is the orgnnlznllon or men bS' ml'n : , for the pUt'IOSO ( or IlItttlnI ; the mls810nnry entet'lrlso ( on n lInsls com , mensurnto with Its Importance ; Cor this foreln ! ml8slonnr ) ' lIuslnes9 rep' or $21 , . rccnts ! nn annual expelHlIturo 000,000 , which Is equlvnlont to six per cent. on n catlltnl of $350,000,000 , 'I'ho mnnltudo ! of t his long lIeslllsell mis , 8lonn ' enterprlso seems to hnvo nt last penetrnted the undorstanlllns ot the > men who nre resllonslblo for It. 'I'he now organization Is not engl. nccrl'd lIy the Ilrenehers 01' lIy 1I0nrd secretaries , or lIy ) 'o\l11g nnd visionary enthuslnsts. It hnd Its origin with successtul lIuslness men , nnd It hns swung nlong to Its conslllcuous suc. cess , Indopel1l1cnt. of ecclC31nstlcnl promotion. 'I'ho officials ot the do- nomlnnllons nro Interested nl1l1 np. Ilrove , but they nro not In the saddle ; al1l1 they nro not lIy any means cer. taln oC the lengths to which the movo. I ment will go. A comllleto revolution In missionary finances Is assured , nnd c10ulltlesB else , mnn ) ' changes in. . methods. I or the first tlmo during the whole Chrlatlon em , there seems to be a reaRona lo prospect thnt the enUro "heathen" world will lie made ncqualnted with the ChrIstian teach. ing , within a generation. Mlilionalren and MlnGlons. nefore showing how these 111ans are to lie accomplished , the Idonl1ly of the Ulen bl'hlnd the movement should bo made known. ' 1'ho idea or the lay. men's mlsslonar ' movement took form In connoctlon with the lIa ' . stnck Cont'nnlal celellrntlon In Now York last Novomber. That moetlng , which was reall ' the anniversary of he Amorlcan lIoard oC foreign mis , slona was nH\rled by n pl'Oyor meeting - ing , quite In contrast wllh the 1I1l1e gathering of Impecunious college stu , dents under a Im 'staclt 100 years ho. fore. For this 'gathorlng COIllIH'lsClI GO lIuslnos9 men , ot whom n score were mllllonarclI. ! . At this mc tlng , announcement wan made that the ltl 'IlI n were rosolvCll to talm hold"systematlcally , and en' orgetlcally of this IlIlsslnar ' husl , ness. ThQY mndo three c1oflnlto prop' osition ! ! , which nro the lIaBls of the pl'esont movonent , to the secrotal'le or the mlsslonl\ry boards ot all the denomlnatlona In the United States and Canada. 'I'heso propositions were os follows : I , To project a campaign to secure hiteiligont nlll ! generous Interest In missions among la 'mon to 110 con , ducted lIy grO\I118 oC Inymon under the direction ot the \'nl'III1IS oard8. 2. To dovlse a C01nIH'ohenslvo plal1 ( In conjunction with .Bnld board lIec , rotnrles ) 1001dng towards the ovnn 10llzallol1 of the wOl'ld In this gcnera lion. 3. o endeavor to form , through tlu vnrlous oards , a centennlnl commls slon , or la 'men , riO or moro In number bor , to visit as early as posslblo tlu mission fields l\nd report tholr fiud Ings to the churoh ut home. With respect to the last proposltlol1 by n curious colnchlence , I hnd my solt undertaken , . alx months prevlollE ly , sch nn h\vestlgatlon , of which th , articles In these columns 111\vo 'lleel the outcomo. Already a largo mm bor of business mon have go no to th foreign field , IInd some ere 110\ there. ' ) 'ho men who constitute the contrl1 organization ot I1lls la 'mon's mil slonary movement uro the followln ( some or whom will be rOCOb'1\lzed a l1a lIonal figures : t Samuel n. Capon , Dosto1 ! ; lIarr 'Vade Hicks , noston : Edwarll 1 : IfllSlcell , Doston : W. N. IIartshorl 'Boston ; WHIlom Shaw , Boston ; .Joh , L. Dates , Doston ; 11. P. Anllel'Bel 1 ow Yorlt : So'moUl' M. Dallarll , Ne , York : S. W. Bowno , New Yorlt ; WI lInm L. Drower , New Y01'lt ; J. Clov land Cady , Now Yorl. ; John S. 11\1 lor , New York ; Clovolllnd 11. Doll ! ; New : Yorl , ; J. I dgar Loa 'ct'art , Ne Yorlt ; , David McConl\\1 h ) ' , Ne ' York ; Alfred E. Marling , New YOI'I ( \ C. Michener , Now York : John : Molt , Now York ; William D. Murrl NCJW York ; Ellen l J. Olcott , New Yorl William J. SchtetTelln , New Yor ] HollCrt E. Speor , New York ; .1ames ; Spc rs. Nov. : , Yorlt ; I . 1' , ' 1'\11'1101' , Nc York ; Dr. "Luclon C. Warner , N ( yorl'i Mornay WlIlltuus , New YOI' : John 'V. Wooll , NJw York ; Admit A. 'r. Mnhan , New YorlSlIus ; : \tclh New York William Dnl1es , N ( York ; James G. Cannon , New Yor E. M. Dullt ey , New York ; 1.uther WJshanl , Now York ; Hollcrl C. Oglh New Yorlti J. Cnn1l1boll Whlto , Nt Yorl , : Chester A. Holcombo , Hoch , tel' ; D. W. MoWlll1ams , Droolt ! ) ' Dr. W. W. Keen , Phlll\dollhlu ; Jo Wanamaker , Philadelphia ; John , Conyerne , phllndelphln ; William stoever , PhUndolphln : C. G. 'fnl bnll , Philadelphia ; E. . StUl'S Scranton ; Maj. A. 1' , llrchfIc PIUsbllrg ; William Alllert Hnl'1I1111 PlltBbun : ; , . Joshua 1.ovQrln , Dn u . moro : Dr. Ho'flrl I A. Kl'I ! ) ' , Baltl , more ; ,101m W. PostOl" Washington ; 110111' ) ' B. \Iadnrlanll : \ , Wnshlllgton ; .10hll 11 , Sll'nt\I1 : , , Jr. , Wllshlntoll ; ; S. W , Wooll\\'l\l'Il , Washlllgton : George W. P. Swartzcll , Washington ; Andrew Ste\'enson , Chlca o ; I J. If. Plt1t1n , Chi. cage ; Hanford CrnwCord , St , Lonl5 : A. W. Benedict , St. 1.ollls : I , H. Sev , orance , Cle\'elanll ; President John Willis Baor , Los Angeles ; . A. K. Hackott , Forl Wl\yno ; Gon. Charles TlIrd , Wilmington , Del. ; Charles A. Howland , Athens , Ga. ; W. , J. Northen , Atlanta ; Dr. : \ larlontcllenry : lIul1 , Atlulltn : E , P. Poahod ) ' , Waycross , GII , ; Hohert II. GarlllnOl' , Gal'dlnor , 1IIe. ; David Percy Jones , MJnneapolls ; E. J. B. Pense , Kingston , Ont. ; N. W. Ho 'les , 'I'oronto : II. H. I udgor , To. ronto ; S. J. Moore , 'I'oronto ; J , N. Shenstono , 'foronto ; John Mac. Im ' , Toronto ; C. McD , lIa ) ' , Toronto : I George n. Crowo , Winnipeg ; N. 'V. Howells , 'I'ol'onto : W. M. BIrks , 1\lontreal ; A. O. Dawson , Montreal : lIenr ) ' II. Bridgman , Norfolk , Conn. ; Bzra II. Stevens , lIartCord , Conn. ; E. 1' . Motcalf , Provldonco ; George C. Whitney , Worcester , Mass. ; 'John MeiGs , Ph , D" Polls town , Pa. ; E. K. Warren , ' 1'liree Oaks , Mich. A Sign of the Times. ' The men who Iteep 1I0sted upon the trend ot current events In all sphore3 have noticed that or late ) 'oars the omllhasls In religious affairs has lIeon laid upon the mascullno elel11ent. Succeeding the powerful ) 'oung pee , plo's movement , as rl'lIresontetl lIy Chrlsllan Endeavor and 1lndrel1 organizations - ganizations , cimo the hrothe > rhoOlI Idea , liS most 11I'omlnontly expressed In the Protestant glllscopachurch. \ . Il Is a common sight "I1own town" to Bee huslneslJ mon of the lI st sort wearing n modest IItl10 button bcarlng a St. Androw's cross. These are mem , hors of the Pl'Otestan t Episcopal rothcrhood or St. Andrew , a men's socloty which han wrouGht notable results In Idontlfylng fIrst'class husl- nosn mon with nctl\'e roll lous work. Nohod ) ' could ever accuse this St , Andrew's Bl'Othorhood crowd with lie , ing wealtlll1gs or sentlmoutn\lsts. \ Older , but less algressive , although wll1t'I ' lIen'aslvo ts the Brotherhood or Andrew anll Philip , which hegan In the Hcformed church In the United States an(1 ( Qulckl ) ' sllread to other dc , nominations. 1.n3t 'car the Presby , terlan church , which has conSlllcu , oils array or 1II11111c men In her mem. horshlp , held a Il'eat men's convon , tlon In Indlnnapolls , and Cormall ) ' launched the PI'esll 'terlan BI'othor' hood , WJIIlam , J. Br 'an beln ! ; ono of the Ilt'Omotel's and 8) ) > oalwI'8. 'I'he Southel'll Pres1 > ) 'torlan church fol , lowed suit , and It Is to hold Its first I In'l11on'8 convontlon this fall. 'I'll { Mothodlsts are now lJUshlng th ( I brotherhood Idea ; nnd , utogethOl' ! , It . Is mantrest that the most market : , IH'esent.da ) ' development ot Christian . It ) ' Is l\1uong the la 'men. The \'lsllllo connecting link 1I0tweer these denominational men's organlza tlons and the IH'esent Inymen's mls slonury 1I10ve1110n t Is to 110 found ir the United Pl'esll 'torlun church. 'I'h ! ! . 1I0d ' , 11101'0 than a ) 'el11' ugo , held r lIuslness I11en's convention in Pitts lIurg , which nltructed attention Ir ' . church circles everywhere , because 0 Its onthuslnsm for missions , and fo Its detormlnutlon to pnt the church' : mlsslonar ) ' work on n business bnsl 'I'ho prime flluro In this meeting wa .T. CalUlllwll White , a brilliant younl hl'man who has sllcnt ton 'eal's 11 Calcutta , where ho had ostabllsho' ' the Young Men's Christian AS80cir tlon. MI' . White has lIeen made th general secl'etary or the la'mon' . missionary movomont. Going After Heathen Buslnes6wlse. l \'CI' ' render of the Cunny 1H\IWfI ns well as ever ' ono familiar wit church lifo , Imows that the bnckllon of the mlsslonnr ' wOl'k ot the 11U ! II , centnr ) ' has Iwon the women ! \till th w children , But It Is the m 'n who ha\ ' II. the m01Il' ) ' . Onl ' the man with tile e110clwt boolt ( 'oultl ho cquul to the 111 ) ' . sl1endlng w111ch nn ul1equato prosocl 0 , lion of the mhH1lonar ' onterll'lso ( el w tails , ' 1'he I'resont outgo of $ lOO ( 'W 000 a 'l1ar , enormous as It Is , COI t ; ) lrlsos olll ' a fmctlon o [ the OXIJClII : ft. turo which 111 neeessnl' ) ' . It the JOb .r , to be done thol'ougl1lr. It ; o , n'nhut\lr : ; \ , nl Eoon ns the la It ; mon rcall ' tool : 110ld , they bOl1n ! [ . do sOllie 'llgurln ! , ' 1'0 ll11t the wO ] ! w which hall heretofore been lar IW I ; : . ' sustnln d' b ) ' hnllulso 1\1111 sou k ; mont , 011 a busilless asls , ther fir 'al dl\'lded 1111 the "heathen"lOllulatll \ ! e , of the w01'1t1 nmon ! ; the Christi : ! W countril's :11111 : churcho . IIct'o Is t k ; Intoreatlng wu ' the ' go allout It. D. 'I'het'o are all\1roxlmatoly \ 1,000,00 m , 000 "heathen" In the world. On t jW lIasls of one mlsslonurr to o\'ory CII' 000 or these , the IIre80nt force n ; 13,000 11\IS810narlell accounts ror 3 1m 000,000 ot heathen. Or this same 11. nult may bo reacllod b ) ' allowing t C. dol1urs a head I\S the cost or 0\1 1m' ollzlng cach "honOlen , " for so t ea , thin ! ; hus lJeon l1/urod / out lIy thl lId , mOil who want worltln ! ; lIasln , on , their ulldertukillg. It lIecornes Ill. mol' , , ! malltr ! ot Imbtractlou to sll - that Gi6OOO,000 of peollo ) are n.t rlres. cnt unlrovldod ) tor lIy the present , mlssl0l1l\r ) ' nrrangement. Therefore , the la11lOn nuy that the missionary bodlca fjhould have $80,000,000 1\ year and 27,000 moro missionaries , tor 25 'earl1 , In order really to do the job. 'I'hls sorl oC figuring woultl probnllly ha\'o made William Carey or Hollort lort'lson , plonoer missionarIes , gasp wIth nslonlshment , lIul It Is the mod. ern wny , All this Is not the speculative fIgur. Ing ot dreamers. 'I'he laymen ere nrter rcsults ; so they put the prop' o81t1on UII to every denomination by showlnl { just how mnny heathen each church Is responslllle for nnd the amount oC mone ' It will have to glvo. A 1111 this plan or conCrontlng a de , nomination definitely with Its shnro or the glgantle scheme of wOl'ldwldo c\'angellatlon hns hcell received Bori. ousl ' lIy the vnrlou ! ! lIodles. 'I'ho United Presbytct'lans were thst. to ac. cCllt the challenge , and they I1I'u. ask. Ing or o\'or ' member un average gift of ehht dollars 1\ year for their mis , slollar ' worlt. ' 1'he Presllyterlans fol , lowed , a grent men's mlllsionary con , ventlon ha\'III ( ; lIeel1 held In Omnha In Fehruar ' , and the Idea Inter np. ) lI'o\'ed by the ICllCraf nssemllly , UtO Southern Presll 'terlalls dlel IIItowlso. The Canadian Presll 'torlans nnd Southern llalltlsts IlI\vo also joined in the 1I10vement. 'I'he Congregation. allsts and Northel'l1 BUllt1StS will take up the 5ullject carl ) ' in the full , The EI11scopallana ha\'o not yet had ollllortul1lty omclall ' to ndol1t 11 lIasls , but Its laymen are In the foreCront ot the new movoment. Stirring a Continent. So remarlmllie hns been the re. sponse , UI ) to dute , on the part ot bualness men or Protestantism , where this prollosltlon has 1I0en deflnllely put up to them , that the leaders nro sangulno oC enlisting the entire body of the lalt ' or the churches ot the United States nnd Cnnada. 'fo this end , a sorles oC laymen's dinners , cov. orlng the 1I1g cities oC the continent nro projected fOI' this winter , on the lIne of these successful1y hold lust will tel' In Now YOI'k , Phllndelphln , Chicago , Boston , 'I'oronto , 'Vashlng' ton nnd olsewhere. 'I'heso uro not conventional mlsslonarr mt'etlngs , lIut gatherings of the stronest ! Christian lIuslness 1I1en In ench place , managed and addressed br 1:1 : 'men , ' 1'he lIusl , ncss men who 01'0 bohlnd the movo. ment Illan a s 'stematlc propnganda that shall reach every mnn In anywlso connected with the churches , o\'en to the remotest crossroads congregation , Alread ) ' the movemenl Is formidable - able ; the most Important news ot the 'ear In rollglous circles , Its consequences - quences will doubtless be far-reach. ing. Men or foresight nro already ) lredlcting certain unlllnnned for ro , sultn. Ono of these , they say , will lie the ollmlnation or all independent ml slonary worlt on the forolgn fiold. 'I'ho latter are a ferlous drain on the resources oC Chrlltend01l1 , nnd , say the laymen , who have alrendy re. tUl'lled from their tOllr of Investigation - tion , they do not como up to the 1'0p. resontatlons mndo ' their eloqllent 'representatives In this country. 'rho la 'l11en's movement stands squarely lIehlnd the denominational 1I0al'ds , NovCl'theless , It Is ) lredlcted , the laymen - men will hold the 1I0ards strlctl ' to account , that theil' missions 110 manned enl ) ' lIy competent worlers nnd that they 110 conducted on the broadest , most effectlvo and most economical lines. Great Britain In Line. A delmtation from the luymen's mlsslonnry movement has just. ro , turned from the other side or the wa. tor , where it went to Introdnco the project to the Inlty of the Drltisll chmches , 'I'ho report lIrought lIacll Is rontnl'kallie. 'rho delmtallon was welcomer ! and feted oyor'whero by archllishops , chmch leaders and lIusl , ness mon. 'rIley ate enough compll , montnr ' dinners to glvo them all d'SllollsTa. 'rho serious outcome ot their labors wus the del1nlto 0rgnnl zation , with unoqlOctod : enthuslusm of the la 'men's mlsslonar ' movolUon1 In EnglntHl atHl Scotlllnd. 'rho most strildn ! ; feature ot Greal Drltaln's accelltanco of the project IE the fact that the high church IlOrt of the Church of l Jngland hns en tered Into&illllanco with other 1'0 IIglouB bolITes In this undel'taldng 'I'hls Is unll'ecel\onted. ) \ 'rho SoctotJ for the PrOl\gation ) [ of the Gospel , tlll . famous lIlgh Church 1\1lsslonary or ganlzatlon , hns Indorsed the no\ ' 1II0VClllent , atHl itn relll'esentatlves arl worklu sldo by stde with men Cron the nonconCormlst 1I0l1les. Grea Brltalu , with loss than half the l'Opll laUon oC the United Stlltes and Cal1 ' qdn , nll'eady gtv's $8(173,000 ( 1'ea to forel n missions , 11 lIttle less tlta : Is given by the } : orth American cor Unent , The balance needed to mak lip the worll1'8 totul $3,3 7OOO lIeln HI\'en b ' all other countl'l08 , It I exectell ! that the rlftll ; of Great Brl' , . aln will e stlmuluted In ) lroprotion t to the so on this side. In Ilny case , eve rk Wall street will have to talle notic ; 1. " ot the 1I0w of mono ) ' into foreign ml : tI. slon channels , 'st ( Col'yrlsht , by Joscl'h , Bowlcs , ) ' lJn . an Women More Honest Than Men , he Stntlstlcs comlll1ed by America gnarantee comlunles ) show that , us r 10" gards honcst . , women are suporlor 1 ho mono WOlllen in Amorlca are er :5" : ) lloyod In business as extenslvol ) ' r ot mon , uud 'ot the record shows thl 5. . almost ovt'l' ) ' embezzler Ilnd default _ rowas a man , 'i'here are more wonl ( wo cUshlel's thun mon. ' 1'ho unh'ers lln. stores und shops or ull110st OVOI , ho kind ellllllo ) ' women to haI1Uo these so receipts and to give ehnngo ; yet the for were hundrell cases ot mell cushle : q atcallng to ono cuso where a wom : o . , ca hlcr took her el11) ) > loyer's money. " \ " ' , ' , - . . WUTMORE AGAIN I SENATOR , Rhode Island Deadlock Brol < en on Elghty.Flfth Ballot , Pro\clonce ! , H. I.-George Penhol } ) ' Wotmore was reelected to the United Statell Bennte on the first ballot cnst In both lIranclws of the Hhodo Island geneml ssembly the other dur , ro , celvlng n total of 68 votos. Col. Holl. ort II. I. Godllal'll oC this clt . , the Dem. ocrntlc and Lincoln Helullllcan ) noml. nee , W s given 11 total of 36 vote ! ! , whllo Col. Camuel P. Colt or Brlutol received fh'e votos. ' 1'he yotlng wus a conllnuatlon of the balloting which occllpled milch of the tlmo or the general assembly at the I I , , . . . GE0J2C E 'P.Z27/'Qt2. : last session , which at the tlmo or ad. journment was stili In deadloclt. The first baUot of the sosslon was the olghtllfth In the contost. Senntor Wotmoro was the Hepull , IIcan candidate for roeloctlon , and as . tbo HOlubllcans ) have 72 votes to 3 ! ) of the Domocratls and Lincoln Imrty , n united vote , It was bellevod before the lIallotlng began that ho would he ret\11'ned to Washington over Goddard , Both candldatos wore in the contest at the last session , lIut Col. Samuel Pom , oror Colt 110lled a majorlt ) ' of the He- 111I1 > lIcan votos. Senator Wotmore IIvos In Newport. He wa ! ! born In London In 181G liming the \'Istt of his ImrOlts allroad. He wns graduated from Yale In lSG7 , was go\ornor of Hhodo Island from 1885 to 1887 and was elected to the Cnlted States 'senate lIr unanimous vote in Ho ! ! . He was re-olected In 1901. Ho Is a. mllllonnire and a social leader , A REMARKABLE CHIMPANZEE. Takcc Dally Bath and Eats Breakfast with Mistress. . - 1.ondon-Enlal1d ; Is much interested - ed In a ) 'OUnl ; chlmpanzeo belonging to 1\IIss A. F. Hall , which is being brought up with about as much care as would 110 hestowed on her if she was a human lIelng , Everr mOI'nlng , Miss D\lsy , for that Is the chlmpunzeo's name , hns hel' bath. She Is then dressed an conducted - ducted to the lIreakfast room of her I .7.tlt.5 LMI'.5Y mistress' house. where shc sits at the tallio with the family amI feeds horseJj , with a spoon , For the alanco of the dar , she I . Bu jccted to hJ.1luanlzln { ; and oducu . Uonal influences to which het' mlstresE sa 's she responds in a most satlsfnct ory mnnnCl' , so that she grows II' ' ' . knowledge and good 1I1'eeding'er ' rap hllr , Miss Hull hus high asplmtlons fOl her lItlio chlmlmnzeo. She conl1dent Ir eXI1Ccts to teach her to do n ! nea' ' man ' things no ether ehllnpRnzoe e\'el hus dont' , She docllnes to state till limit of the posslllllities she conceive : oC when she thinks oflIss Daisy's fu l' ture , It may ho she hOllOS to send he to Glrtol1 college , whol'o Englanll' : most arlstocmtlc Y0\1I1 { ; wOlllen ge tholr hlglllJr oducatlon : Smokeless Coal. A London Invontol' clullns to ha\ ' dlscovl.'red 11 process fOl' IlI'odllcln smoltCless coal , nI11I rentl . ) ' dll tlllatlon ot conI lit 11 low temper turo. ' 1'hls , nflcr flItrntlon , 16 said t doposlt 1vor ) ' rllliant substance , th hoatlng proportlos of which are fl1 , n gl'oater than these of the orlllnal coa o. aud which Is ahsohltol ) ' fl'oo fl'OI 01111 dirt. ' 1'ho ' to smolto In\'ontor COI 1tonds that effol'ts to o\"orcome tI1 IS 5mol\O 111nguo hl\\"o hlthel'to hoen Ui t succosi1\1I , because they have lIe r lI1ado In the wrong dl ectlon , and till m by the oxtl'aetlon ot the'Sll1olO'Jlrodu al Illg mlltorlul In coal heforo bell ry lIurtlod , ho has heen successful In III' ! Ir duclng 11 smol. less coni. 'SII' W. 1'0 Hhhmond : , president' . ot the Soclo r3 ror' the Pre\'ontlon or Sl11ol\o , ' h : In hought up tbls In\"entlon. . - : ' IT . , : 'r 0'0n0 O OOOC OV'O'OOOOO' CRJO'O'01. O O01iO j' I OLDEST'EXCONGRESSMAN I I , St. IIolena was reportell , the futme congressniun understood. I , ' Gon. gclle ' did not see office until 184 : : , when ho was elected to the t ! state senate as a whig. Six years lutor ho was again cliosen to the senate , . . . . . . . . . . . and later to the lower branch of the legislature. 'I'hon ho was on the ticket , ' wIth Sum F. Vinton as a eandidate for lIentcnant governol' lIut was defeated. In 185 : : the whigs of Ohio Jllckod ckley as the candldato for United 'States sonatol' , but fulied of election , UllOn the downfall of the old whig party ho became active In the organization or the Hepullllcan party and was a delegate to the first convention nt Phlladelphll1 In 18 6 , when Fremont was i mode the nominee. ' During the Lincoln CUI11I1:1lgn : Gen , Eckley was very active , and when war I' wns declared ho Imll1edlatel ' offered his sorvlces , althouh ; 50 years old. He lIegan ns lIeutenant.colonel and became a brlgadlel' lIofore the year was ended , In 1862 , while he was fighting in the western part of Kentucky , he was nom , . Inuted and elected to congress , lIut he did not resign his command uutll the i congress was called to meet .July 'I , 18G : : . Then he stood up with Blaine , Gar. field nnd A11Ion ! to 110 sworn In. 'l'he ' were lIeglnning their congressional Ufe , and Gm'fleld h d also been elected dmlng his sorvlco In the army. Gon. Eckloy sOl'ved three terms. I FIGHTS SENATOR. PENROSE I William Flinn , who has entered the lists agatnst United States SenatOl' Doles Penrose as the He. 11II llcan leader in Penns 'I\'anla , clnims to be ac. tuated only by altruistic motives. H does not wunt to succeed P nroso as senator , he says , but ,110 objects to Ponrose on the ground that his loadershill has served , enl ) ' to llefletuato the t 'r. U1111 ' establlshed by " lat" Quay , and that. the public Interests demand a new leador. Penrose Is the son of wealthy parents , and his w\ . ) ' In life has heen made smooth for hrm , while 1111111 ; Is the son of ) lOO\ ' Irish Immigrants , and hnll to 11ght his own battles , I10 Is said to bo worth $15,000,000 now , but ho that as it may , 1 . he began lIfo with nothing , ho Inherited nothing , an has nevel' een charged with cheating any- , bed ) ' . 'I'he one man was sent to college and received - ceived n classical education , the othel' got his educnllon In the public schools , and SUll111emented hlu slunder stock of learning lIy his own efforts . In later days , Flinn was el eted to the state legislature In 1878 , serving three terms In the house and three In the senate. FOI' 18 rears he was delegate to evel' ' Hepuhllcan slate convention , aud to five successl..e national Republican con- ventions. 110 was also chairman or the Hopublican clt ' committee of Pitts' ' burg for 18 'eal's , It hus lIeen said of Flinn that ho Is an Intermittent reformor. but even that Is something more than is claimed 1m' his 011ioti ] nt. It was Flinn 1 i 0 led the revolt against Quay I1mlng the session of IS ! ) ! ) , Flinn Is a man Who 4 was born to fight. lIe has the reputution of nevesaing ; 'es when ho menns no. * / I WOULD PAY EX-PRESIDENTS I j - - - - Senator lames B. McCreary of Kentuclty , who prolJOSeS to ) lay all bur ox-presidents ( wo have enl . one ) Csalal' ) ' of $10,000 a year and hav(1 them serve on all International exposition commissions , Is ono of the hest examples of to' naclty In American ) lubllc IIfe. Ho had been fOl' over 30 yeurs u lender In Domoeratlc politics In Kentuck ' . SonatOl' l\IcCrenry Is an Imllerlallst In a sense ; 1. . he is no ) larochlul politician with an' outlook , bounded by the limits of his natlvo town. : In the 12 'ears he sat In the lower house or congress he had moro to do with International Questions than lIre a ly an ) ' othOl' man. Ho devlsod the scheme of uniting North , South and Central America with a rallwa ) ' : and If l11C1'e Is evel' n. _ _ u. _ _ _ 1'0al ! ! H1IIt to connect li\1llson's bay with tile straits of lagellan It will lie a monument to his memor ' . lIe was the autlt'or of the resolution declaring agalust El1I'opean cQI rol oC any : canal in Amorlcan torrltory connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific , He fathered the bill authorizing - izing the prestdent to retallute upon foreign vessels for Injuries to American 11shlng vessels , lie was the author f two bills to settle international dls- agreements concerning the fUl'lIoarlug seals of the Dehl'lng ! Jea , He was the or anlzer of the pUUA11101'Ican medical congress , whtch met \\'ashlngton In 18)6. ! He brought about the IIfiBsage of some important amendments to the Geary Chlne e ( 'xcluslon law and some legislation concerning Hawaii. FInally ho may he regarded as the futhor of the now na\'y , for It was duo to a ruling of his that the construction of that nOwns mude possl lo. SenutortcCl'UI1IT \ wns b01'l1 Inadlson county , 1\ ' . , In 1838. 'Vhen the civil war brolw out he ( 'n1l8ted in the 1\entuclty cavah' ' as a private. lIe wan lIeutenant.colonel wl1l'n : the end came , Ile IJnl'tlcllmted in the welcome Ken- tucltr gave her returning troops. Ills dreams of ) loltlcal ] life , which hud heon lulll aside whllo tlw war lasted , returned to him : lnll ho ) lrocoeded to mal < o them realities. ' : d FAVORS NE\IY CANAL I . Gon. Ephraim H. Eeldoy of Carrollton , Ohio , , . - 114 the 0lde8t living ex.memher of congress. lIe Is now D6 nt1d roml\In8 In vlgoroll11 health , montully nlort mill Into rested In all thal is doing in atato nlld national ) lollltcs. lIe never misses a local 01' atnte convention oC the Hepubllnn pnrty , nnd COI' man ) ' years has 1I00n n notallio figure Gt na. Uonul conveli\lol1s \ elthor as a delegate or as n sllcetator. lIe has lI'ed1ndor the administrations of ever ' Ilrcshlent fjavo Wushlngton , Adams and Jefferson. lIe cast his first \'oto when Jackson was II. candl. dute for president nnd has novel' mIssed voting I even at n ) lrll11ary contest in his 110mq.vllluge. ' lIe remembers the rellolt of 'Nupoleon's downfall at Wnterloo , and wontlol'ed nt the time what It was all allout. Later on , when Napoleon's do th nt Fredt'rlck C. Slevens , sUllerlntendent of IlUhllc worls of Kow York state , seems to have a manlt\ for catml hulldlng , In his o lclal capaelt ' he has charge ( If the Imlldln ! ; of the new Brio canal , which Is to cost $ I01.UOO.OOO ; ho Is the financial hacltCl' oC William .J. Ollvel' , contractor fOI' the Panama canal. and now he 13 1II'gln { . ; ' the Unltod J. States govol'11mont to join with the state of Kow , YUI' t In ullt1lng It now canal from Lake Ontario to the Iludson river , to 1)luco New Yorl , clt ' In .1Ireet . communication with the great lukes , ena. lJllUg thut clt ' to retain Its sUIIl'emacr as a :1hlp : : pIng 1I0rt , a SUll1'emac ' that will he threatened h ' : \Iontl'eul If the Canadian government's Georgian BnOllawa 1'lvel' canal goes through. If the United States ncts on his advice , It Is qulto II' ltIiOlr that 1\11' . Ste\'en ! ! will have dlrocton of'tho I , construction of the newest cnnal , al1l1 thus o Intimately connected with thl'oO 11 of the greatot1t onglneel'lng C1llol'llrlses of the kind In the worili. I 1\11' , Stevens nevel' sought the position ho holds In Now Yorlt stnto ; It was I . thrust upon him by Gov , Hughes , Being a lItultlmllllonall'e , ho took 11 merely [ 1. acadomlc Interest In politics , and so\\'ed a few terms In the stnto senate , 110 't 'n was inst1'l1mentl\l In getting a reduction of the pl'lco or gas fOI' the people of : \ New York ancI comilelllng il1surance reforl1ls , allIl would ha\'o compelled un c' . . . Investigation of tltato lIankin { . ; ' hut for the combined Inlll1ences or the money I. , ; ; power. It was resol\'ed that so dangerol1s a man hnd to bo crushed , LUld Con. B gressmnn .Jnmes W , WadlH\'orth , sonlnllIw or the late Secretary Bur unll : doCcmler In congre&s of the Chicago Imckors , ot 'MI' . Stovons' dlRlt'lct gon' ' . t ) mnndorecI In such au . as to oust hll1l. Sto\'cns Is a mlltlnmnnored man , as but when the trencher ) ' was disclosed to him bo yowed to have Wadsworth'liI ' scalp , und ho got it. .