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m' I Ineln (1 ( to fa loIhe precepts of Bryan
rattier than those of Tohla Caltor-
1.\lAN COUNTY I.lmS J ( .
Obhlah dull , who will represent Ilrlnn
couoty In the lower house , , Is I native or the
1e.tone stale , being born In Mercer county ,
I'cnnsylvanla , In 1519. When still I boy
he moved with his parents to a farm near
k OSI(110091 , IA . 10 recelveI , I common school
educnllon and afterward , graduated , nt Oskn-
Ioos college . For six years he followed , the
protesslon 01 school leaching but In 1&76
loe\c4 on I farm In Lancaster county In
. s this state. le took a prominent part In the
organization of the tarmers' alliance And , In
189 was elected 10 the position at stale
. Icelurer. II became n resident of larln
county In 1592 . and , was so well reeelvc"
thaI he vas easily elected 10 the legislature
this yeal'
STAUNCH , SO.l ItEPUIhL1CAN.
E. M. Jenkins ot Alexandria , Thayer
connly's representalve In the lower house ,
commences the new session with the exp rl.
cnco ot the term of two years ago behind , him
He was anti In Wlshhorn county , Illinois . In
1818 , nl\l has been n resident of Nebraska
fifteen y'Ir. le Is a staunch solid republf .
cn , n typical western man , full at push and
cuterprlae. lie has for many years been cn
gngc.1 . II the Arnln business . and owns one
of the largest elevators In southern Nebraska
nt Alexandria. Ills previous experience na a
legisinlor will make him a valuable member
of the coming sesslou.
SgTS TYPE FOL LIVING .
r Richard I. Jenness of Douglas county . was
. I born at 1.lllvle. Ogle county , Ilnois , In I
1857 , and when he was 2 years of age h\
father moved to Ottawa . 1:1. : . where young
I Jenness resided unti he reached , the years
of manhool. , While In Ottawa he learned
the prhmter' ° trade which he follows at the
l i . present tint ? , being one of the machine operators -
II , orators In the Worhl.lerhl office In Omaha ,
where he has been employed , for nearly six
f ' years , or ever since he has resided . In Omaha
During the session of 1878 and 187 Mr.
Jenness was doorkeeper In the Klnsas legls
lature , his father being l member at the
\ same time. Although : Ir. Jennes his 01.
woya been a republcan , he has hover been
a poltiehan : . this being his first experience
I
In ! entering the political arena
I I NEW MAN IN OMAIlA.
I John W. Johnston , from Douglas county ,
was born In Ohio In 1851 mil located In Adair :
I county Missouri , and engaged In the Ilractce
of law tram 1882 to 180. During that time
he was city attorney of lrksvle , Mo. . ror
two year mil served lS county attorney tor
two terms lie located In Omaha In 1890
I and , engaged In thI Ilrnctco at law .
ONE OF TiE O.D TIlmS.
I D. J. Johnston " .
I , or "UncIa Barney Johnston -
ston , " as hD was more familiarly known at t
the last session , at which II was l member ,
" Is one ot the oldest members of the leglela -
tore lie was born In Jackson 1lllsla- ,
11s-
1 ' sour ! , April 12. 1829. Ills father was a
' simon pure democrat oC the Andrew Jnclson
\ r type and his son easily and naturally learns i
I the good old democratic precepts by pert
In 1855 Mr. Johnston became a resident oC
I . Leavlnworth county , Kansas , and In the days x
i betoro the railroad , Invasion followed the
\ huslness of n freighter across the plains
, - In 1865 be moved . to Nebraska and settled In
000 couut\ lie afterward moved Into
Nemuha county where he still makes his
sll
( ; home Five years ago he forsook the pollti -
polt-
t I' cal faith at his fathers and became an hile-
pendent. lie was one of the leading popust ;
;
1 . members at the house at the session of 1893 .
' I OUGIT FOR IS PItINCIPLES.
} One of Richardson '
counly'a representative
I Hchordson represenlatves
at the legislature this winter Is u true and ,
, trIed soldIer of the union army , Captain T.
I P. Jones , who during the siege of Vicks
j' burg was under lire Carty-seven days and
on account of the
InjurIes he received was
, dIscharged August 15. 1863. Captain Jones
I . was born ut Ebensburg . Pa , September 3 ,
i' - 1828 , of Welsh parents. He was raised on a
, ' farm and nt the age of 22 learned the
, carpeuter's trade , which ho followed for
[ fifteen years. Sluce that time he has always
, , . l\ed on I farm until hI moved to Falls City
Captain Jones was married In 1853 to Eza- ,
N belI Williams . and they have five childre n
: : f\o chidren
to , .
lving. He was a member of the m Thirteenth
army corps und has a splendid war record 1.
"
"Uncle Tom , " as he Is familiarly known Is i
now serving his fifth term on the County
; Board of Supervisors lie has
le always been
Q faithful worker for the republican party
and served on the county ' central commilte e
as Its chairman commitee
KNOWS THE DRUG TRADE
I.uclus P. Judd Is a druggist and he hail
from Boone county , from which ho was
1 elected to the lower house
by a han"some
majority over his populist opponent In a
populist county. He was born In 1858 at
Schuyler's ' lake , N. Y. . and during his cal -
tier years fitted himself for a business career -
rear by a liberal education.
Ileral edlcolon. When ho arrived -
rived at manhood he entered the drug business I.
A ness , and has followed I over since He located -
Gated In Boone county In 1880 , locating at
AlbIon In the drug business and aferward
removing to Cedar Rapids. lie has alwa's
taken a leading place In republican councis
In Boone county , and has tw9c'b ' been elected
to the once ot county treasurer. In the
recent campaign he was the almost unanimous -
moue choIce of his party as a candidate for
J representative , , and he made a most spirit eel
spiried
campaign , le ng elected by a majority of
eighty-one over his
populist opponent In a
county that I generally considered god for
, . a populist majority of from 150 to 400.
A SUCCESSFUL MEHCHANT.
'Vllam Kaup who has been chosen UY
the republicans of Saline county to represent
them In the lower house was once before
. honored In a like manner Mr. Kuup Is a
resident of Western and Is engaged In the
pump and windmill business. lie Is quit °
. qulo
' popular and
' was re-eleeted by a good round
majority .
, ONE OF TIE SEI.F-IADE MEN .
John Joy Lamborn , who Is to represent
the people of Hell Willow county In the lower ,
housp Is one of Nebraslca's self-made
Nelrullm's mea
and he I proud of It . le Is sel-made man
and hIs friends calnt ! thnt I the fact hlll
been generally known his majority won
have been much larger. le was boat In
Knox county , In the Iucleyo state , Mar
21 . 1853. Ills futher's family lurch
fnmly
11 alma e kA county In 1858
lahaska and the year folios v
folow-
- InI young Lambor was left an orphan II Is
mother was left In the 1is
WIS lef poorest circuntalanc .
with Mr. Lamborn several children 10 support. A3 I boy
assIsted his
: mother
by won k-
Ing on neighboring farina and obtnlnell but
meager education . lie has always beea n
hard student . however . and has more th a n
made UII for tyro schooling he lost In lmn
younger days In 1880 ho moved to He,1 ,
Willow county , In this state. Commencing
his western la as a carpenter , he aft -
ward entered the He" WIow : County bank
,
" " as asslslunt cashier. In 1883 he tiecat fie
, cushier , and this I.osilon he retained nut
two years ago , when I health conpetied nnt I
compeled hll
to reln'ulll It. Since hunt lme he has
managed a large loan and lent , ! business bu Ili
UII ly his bank. 10 has always bui
strong republican , but has never held an
omclal position higher than city hel ° n'
WAS SOUGHT BY TiE OFFICE.
Henry Lnfhorst , one or the two repub-
lcan representatives In the lower house frm
1 llmore county , Is u native of Germany ,
natyo
born March 30 , 1845. ills earlier educatl on'
was obtained In ( lie excellent educalon I
natyo land. In 1866 he emigrated to free
America and located In Cool county , Illhto is ,
where he lived until 1870 , when he removed
to Fllbnure county. Ito has
followed
Plmore le folowed farming
as a profession has been very success ful
and h08 enjoyed the confidence of his
confdence tel-
, low cltzen8 to nn unusual "egree. le has ! I
been an assessor In his home county for
" many years . and while
yearl. whie always taking a close
Interest In polltlca has '
pOllcs , never mole nny
effort to secure I prominent omee. I.nt
fall his people Insisted upon hIs bating n
candidate for the legislature I , and he accept re
the nomination , being elected by 1 handsome
; , ruajorlty .
' -p - . ills FIRST TEE1M.
George Malllsot or Ponca _
Georgl Maltson Ionca , represemitall s' °
elect from the Eighteenth district Is one \ or
the representative citizens at northeast ern
Nebraska. Although he has always been an
ardent republican , he has never been an
omceholder. This Is his first term as a lawmaker I -
maker and he hopes 10 make a record that t
will be creditable alike to himself and to
his party .
IJaty.lE'S A SECOND TERMEIt.
II , J. MerrIck or Adams county lies for
the second time been honored by the vol era
of the Irorty.nth district with the omco of
reITfentat\P. Mr. Merrick was bon In
I'leasautville , Pa , November 18 , 1846. In
February , 18G he enlisted In company D ,
One hundred and Eleventh ' 1
lundle 011 \ lennsylvanla In-
fa'lr ) served till the close of the war , when
10 was mustered out nt l'llsburg. Pa. , AUg-
oat , 1865. lie II a staunch republican , and
In untrloK w\rker In the cause wiene\'er
hits services are needed ,
- IS IN DUSINESS.
J' 'V , Allies . who Is to represent the feat I
4trlct ot Gage and Salne countes In the
fl
G'l
-
1Jr house nl the coming session of the
Irllslalurt' , Is a young business Ion of ne
IVltl . and very popular among the citizens
of that place He Is n republcan , of the en-
ergele sort
A GERMAN OF ABILITY.
Franklin county will hI represented In the
lower hous lt the next legllaturl hy Henry
Mohrman , n Oermn of exceptional ability , and
one In whom the republicans of 1.'rankln
county have unbounded confidence . He [ came
to Nebraska from Davenport , la. , when less
than I years of ng , and located In Illchad .
son county , For twenly-se\'en years he lived
lved
In that anll adjoining . counties , and n few
'ealS ago bought the G. W Garrett tarn , In
MACOn township , and n Ille later he pur -
ehas(1 the quarter Joining It on the south ,
He speaks the English and , German lan- '
Jules with equal fluency , and wi make his .
presence felt In the forthcoming legislature. : .
ONE OF LINCOI.N'S ATOlNS. .
Thomas C. Munger , n member . eiect from '
the county of Lancaster writes his own UI .
o/rolJhy In the terse style and manner tal-
lowing : Bonn In Ohio 1861 : removed from
Ohio 10 Iowa a1 , from Iowa to Nebrafa
In IS7 : was educated at Iowa college antiUnion ,
nt Union Cello at Law nt Chicago Iean
the practice of law In Nehrnskn. Was county
at ttorney at DUlly county Removed 10 Lincoln -
coln In 1886. Am mottled " Mr. Mnnger I
one of the lending memberl oC the Lancaster
county bar and stands high In his proles.
sloe lie has never held n slate omen , but ,
glues premier . at being one of the active
members of the coming session.
A SCIO.AH.Y T1E1'ILISENTITIVE.
Brown and Hock counties will be ropN-
sented In the lower house this wlnler by
i : . I. lyers , who was born In Union City .
. January 18. 1862 , where ho received his
educaton and graduated at a business col-
Inge On March 7. 1888 , he emigrated to
Hock county . this stale , locating on a home-
sleal south ot Newport where he engaged In
tarmln/ anti the stock business . In 1890 he
tainted Into the lumber and coal business at
Newport , which . together with hlo ( stain g
and stock Interests has secured for him a
very comfortable competency lie Is very
popular . among his friends and neighbor
being genial , accommo"atng anti broad
mInded , and possrsslng a fund of Information
upon all luhJcts. le ] old not seek this ot-
ace , but the elfico sought him , and as he Is 1
honest and fearless , the republicans of the
1 ICy-frst Ilstrlct could hardly have selected
a better man to represent theta
SOmTING OF AN OHATOR.
D. L. McBride , , who Is to represent the : I
Slxt-slxth representative dlslrlct at the comIng -
Ing sessIon , Is a farmer an In"epelient. and
hal a reputation as being one ot the most
forceful speakers In his part of the state .
le will represent Frontlet and Gosper
counties . all his postomce address Is Quick
( 'IONEEtED [ IN YORK COUNTY
Wilam McFadden . representat\e-eleet
from York county , was born on a farm In
l uyeto county Pennsylvania , November Il ,
1813. When 8 years old his parents moved
to 1.lvlngston county Iinois , where he re-
calved a country school education , and ate
the age of 18 , , at the outbreak of the civil
war , he enlisted In company C , Forty-tourth
Iinois Infantry , and served In the army
for more than three years. 10 partlcl -
paled In the bales of Nashville . Stone Rifer ,
Chlcamauga Atlanta and otters At the
close or the war he commenced the life of a
farmer. In 1869 , wishIng to better his con-
dilon , he loaded his wordly goods Into an
emigrant wagon and teamed It to Nebraska ,
where ho took a homestead of 160 acres In I
southern York , county. le still lives on
his original homestead although he has
ad"ed another quarter section to I. and
Ins one of the finest grain and stoe farms
In central Nebraska.
ONE OF THE YOUNGER MEMBERS.
Randolph MCNitt . representative-elect from
the Forty-sixth . district , comprising the coun-
ties of Webster and Adams . was born In
Sandusky 0. . In 1866. He was one or the
first /raluates of the Red Cloyd HIh
school , and subsequently received the benefit
of a course In the Nebraska State uniserelty .
le studied law at Lincoln and Red Clou"
and was almlled to practice at the bar
In 189. He Is now the Junior member of
the arm of Case 6 McNitt .
ONE Or THE NEW MEMDERS.
W. J. D1cVlclcrr representative-elect from
Dodge county , was born In New York City
November 24. 1850. At the age of 13 years
he accompanied his parents to Nebraska
and las made his home In the state ever since
1e was educated In this state and has
always been I democrat He ! allowed the
plow In Dodge and Coming counties unt 1e 1
he was 28 years of age , ali since that ago
he has been engaged In mercante and other
pursuits. At present he Is engaged In the
real estate business lie has already serve d
one term as a representative , and his pre
vious experience will make of him a valuable
membor.
NEVER ASPIRED TO OFFICE.
Stephen W. Orton , feat representative from
Cass and Ooe countev , was born In Wash
Ington county . New York , June 2 , 189 9.
When le was 6 years od ! his father move 9.d
to Fulton county In the Pmplra stare . when
Mr. Orton resided until the breaking out
of the war of the rebellion. le enlsted (
In battery p. Thirteenth New York beau y
artillery , and served to the close
artlery servCI of the
war , and received an honorable discharge
lie located In Elmwood precinct , In Cass
county In 1867. and resided on a form unl sIl
untl
1881 , when .he moved Into the city or Weep-
fug \Vater , and formed a partnership I In
the drug business with Dr. J. W. . Thona
Ito never has aspired to office and In his
case the ofce of a legislator sought the
man 1e reccl\ed a plurly of neoriy .
1.000 votes the highest ever given a legislative -
lathe candidate In his district.
BEGAN LIFE AS A MINIm.
James M. Perkins , one at I lmore county
represenlal\es In the lower house , was bar n
In BeMor,1 , county lennsyl\unla. Until his
20th year hI attended the , public schools ! of
that county and worked In the mines on"
around the smelters , these being the prln-
cleat industries of that locality . He conk n -
red his 10 as a mining engineer until 1873 ,
when he removed to Grundy county , 11nols ,
And began life as a former. Ho was very
successful In 1lnols. and , after living In Ihat
state nine years came , to Nebraska , localng )
In 1 ' lmore county , on the came taro he now
owns. le has been one of the leading re-
publcans of I ' llnoro county . all for seven
yeas Cccullird I place on the county boot n
of supervisors.
A NATIVE OF gERILiNY .
John 1. 10hlmun , reprentltve-elect tram
the Fifth district , was bent In Holstein , Germany -
many In 183 , and emigrated to this country
! In 1657 . When the civil war broke out In
1861 ho tool UII arms In the union eau
and odlelcd , In the FortY-Beventh Illinois volunteer -
unteer infantry , and served moll 1863 , In
1867 he moved ta this slate . ha\lng fatten up
I homestead the year before , and , has been
engaged In fanning ever since 1r. [ 10hlmnn
has always been a staunch nun hard working !
repuhtlcmn . lie served In the lower house
four .
years ago
Ia [ TOWN 1V1sLT . NAMED
D. D. Remington , the second represent
live from Seward county , is . like his { colongu3
a furmer , and was selected on the fusion
ticket. le Is a prominent member of the
people's Independent party . ills 1I08tolce Is
well named , ( lee .
AN OLD OMAHA MAN.
henry F. Rhodes ( rent trolley county , nnll
re.electe to his second term , will 10 remel-
bared former citizen or Omaha.
18 a citzen Omlhu. le was
born In Tompkins county , New York , Ap nil
1Q 1856 , Ils education , obtained first from
the county schools , \\'as supplemented ly a
full course at the Hhlca high school . Ulln
arriving ut his majority he started west , and
decided to make Irate home In Omaha Ile
taught In the schools of this city and thfn
enlstell ; In the army , being usslgnell as post
teacher at Jefferson barrette , near St. Lou let
Uelns compelled to leave the army by reason
of ill health , he returned to Omaha and
again engugell In teaching. le married a
daughter or Preston Reeves . one at the old
setters of Douglas couaty lie served two
teEms as deputy city treASUrer under John
Iulh , and afterward was a bookkeeper In the
1 Flral National bnk lie 10\el ( Vail cy
county a rew years ago. Although always 1
republcan In Douglas county , he joined the
Independent movement four years ago , and
has since been a leading member of the pop-
ulst party ) lie served In the last session
or the house , and was one of the recogni zest
leaders on the populst aide of the chalb : r.
WANTS T BE SPEAKER.
C. I. Richards or Hebron , member of t the
lower house from Thayer county , and an tas -
Illrlnt for the position of speaker . wu lr
on a farm near Woodstock , I. , March boll .
18:6. ills earlier l'ducatol was recelvel
from the district echocU . , and In the fall of
181 he catered the University of Jlnoa !
,
at Champaign , and grllluatc four Y'lrs laler
le engaged In farming all school teaching
until 1882 , when he commenced the st\ly
of law In . lie t .
Chicago le grail UI 1.1 at the
UnIon College of Law In the city by the lake
In 1881 , nn,1 , comp direct to Hebron , where
he has continued In the practice 01 his pro
fesalon le has : hell the poslion of at-
torney of Thayer
ney county for four years , all
Is an active republican.
TIVINTY - I'IVE YEARS IN NEltASI <
P. W. Itlchnrdson . , representatlve . elect
from the Tventy.thitrd , district hRS lived In
Nebraska n quarter of n century le Is a
native ot Illinois . being kern In Wlnnebalo
county July 31 , 184. le went with his parfo
ents to Clayton county . Iowa , at nn ( early
ll e , anti lived there until the breaking out
at the el\1 war. II served the entire war
In the Twenty.frst Iowa reglmenL In 1869
he came to : lodlsor county and has lived
on his original homestead , for l\'elt-f\'e
years lie has seT'CI the people oC his
county as county treasurer noel as county
clell
WORKED iS WAY UI'
Dr M. O. Hlckets of Douglas county was
lrn In a little town In Henry county . Ken-
lucky thirty-six years IgO , Is early enu
caftan was the best to be had In the coun-
try villages at that 11n ) ' . lie came to Omaha
In 1880 , and otter costing about ( or . nn
op ening , took the positon of Janitor of the
medical college. : I was while occupying
this honest but humble positon that he
, farmed the Idea ot becoming a ph'llclan.
le commenced his medical studies under cir .
cr.
cumslanees that might have daunted n less
determined tnnn Ils duties as janitor rc .
flulre,1 , his time for the greater part of the
day but ho managed 10 get In the hours
necessnry for study at odd thnes. Having
obtained a start , lIe made raplll progress
As illustrative or his Iletlrmlnaton 10
graduate It Is related of him that he would
arise at 4 o'clok In the morning anti . com-
menee his work of caring for , the omces In
his charge , , In order to gain tIme to pursue
his studies lie graduated with high Honors .
In 1881. and then opened an ofce for the I
practice of medicine In this city. 10 has
been suceesstul , , and has a wIde , ncqualnt-
once . lie still pursues his studies and Is
I close ! student In his protesslon. Two years
'
'nyro he was elected as n member 01 1ho house
of representatives , and seT'ed 1n that post-
ton wIth honor to himsel and to the county
he represented.
SELLS STAMPS AT JOY
John A. Robertson , repres ntalve-elect
Cram 101 county , Is n strong people's In-
pendent man . und Is for the first time
elected to a place In the . le IB I
n natve or Jnckson county Indiana . where
he was born In 1861. le has been a resident -
dent of Nebraska since 1883 , residing three
years In Knox county and eyer since In
Molt county. He always umluled with the ,
democratc party lP to the ( formation of
the people's Independent party In this stale.
le attached himsel to the new political
movement with great earnestness , although
he was never a candidate for any office until
at the recent clectidn. He Is at present
postmaster at Joy , a small town ten mile s
from O'Neill.
YOUNGEST IN TiE HOUSE.
WIlam D Robinson , the youngest member
of the house Is barely 24 years old . and
Is a native Nebraskan , having been born n
at Lincoln In August 1870. le Is the son
at Seth Ioblnson , the brilliant attorney general -
oral of Nebraska's coulter days. In 187
he moved with his parents to 'an Fran.
cisco , where he resided tar five years. Being
left an orphan lt this than he resided for
some years with his mother's ' relatives In i
1111neis . At the age of 16 he entered
Whipple academy a preparatory school to t
Iinois college at Jacksonville . from which m
later Institution he graduated In 1892. He
removed at once to Lincoln and entered the
law once of C. O. Whedon , a former partner '
nor of his father and Is now engaged In
the practice of taw nt Lincoln. He Is a
strong republcan , and aspires to a leudlng
place In the counsels of his party .
ONE OF ERIN'S SONS.
Patrick Rod.y , representative-elect from I
the SIxth district , was born In County West
math . Ireland . July 12. 1842. where he lved t
until he was 20 years or age. He then
emigrated to America first settling In On-
Carlo , Canada , where he lived until 1863 .
He came to the United States
And ploughed the Missouri river
on a steamboat , working his
way up frO the deck to the position of f
captain of the "Kale C. Nutt. " He was ,
also connected with the Hannibal & S t .
Joseph Pocket company and the MissourI [ I
Rtver Transfer company or Omaha. He
was married ! In Omaha , and afterward s
moved to Otoe county , which county he wi 1
represent In the coming session. Ho Is an
extensive land owner In his own county , 111 d
Is a director and shareholder In the Nebraska -
braska City Street Railway company.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC FARMER.
George L , House , another one of Hu\
clmnty's republican representatives , Is one
of the best known and successful farmers of
that county und also anD of Its oldest se I-
Hera . lie was born In Ottawa county Ohio ,
June 17. 1846. His earlier education was receive -
ceive during the winter months In the flit -
trict schools , while In the summer he assisted -
sisted In the farm work . Ho attended two
terms later In the Ierea , 0" , unl\ersly , and
two terms at the Oberln unl\erslty. Arter
teaching for some time ho coma west and
located In Center township , In Hal count y .
where he sti resides. HI has served for
many year on the hall county republcan
cmtral committee and has always active l
participated county In the political campaigns In his :
BORN IN AUSTRIA.
Frank Rutbleutner Cherry county's reef e -
sentatve In the lower house , was born 1 hI
Dergstadt , Austria . In 1858. and remained
a subject of the Emperor Francis Joseph
until ho was ] years of age. His earner ed-
Iclon was received In the schools or VI- I
elma. He nosed 10 Columbus . Neb. , wit it
his parents In 1875 , and ommenc'e" Ids
western career as a elerk. He lived for a
while In Holt county anti two years ago
lecame a resident of Cherry county , where
he Is engage In fanning and stock raleln g .
DaRN IN GEmIANY.
Henry Schlcledantz , member of the lower
house from Howard county , was born n
IJnunburg Germany , In 1860. le received a
college education In the old country , und
b - came n resident of America In 1881. Ils I
first residence In Nebraska was ut Omaha ,
where he lived for one yer. II rNlded
for a short time at Grand Island , and then
went to St. Paul , when h ° has been en-
gage" In ! the graIn And agricultural hnple-
moot business lie enJoys a high place In
the esteem or his fellow citizens , and has
served tour years as a member of time ciy
council at SL Paui He was elected ' as the
republican candidate far the legislature In
a strong populist county. 10 has been a
republican "urlng the whole of the time sum C8
he has reside In America. slIce
SENDS 1S OWN 10GHAPIY ,
A. J. Scot , the independent member from
Dultalo county , sends lie following blograph
foal sketch to The Bee : " 1 was born ! In
Virginia In thl year 1849 , and lived there
until 1 was 21 year or ago ; then went to
Illinois , where I farmed . flue years and
bought grain two years for a auto In Cld
cage In the spring of 1878 I moved 10
Bufalo county Nebraska , where 1 have ro
sided ever since . 1 have served three years
yan
as elution of the pace , two years as township -
ship surveyor , and two years ago I was
electe , ! to the twenty.thlr,1 session of the
legislature I was reelected to the legla -
legi-
lature at the last election . " 1r. ( Scott was
1 valuable member at the lst session and
his experience will 10 In demand ut the
coming Besslcn.
NOT A POPULIST.
John H. Shook one or Richardson cOI.nty'/
representatives In the lover house at the
comIng session of the legislature , Is a farmer
but not a populist , as has been slated. le
Is one of the successful farmers of Ichanl-
son county , and has always taken an Active
Interest In ! politics. This Is hl8 oust term
In the leglelalure
nOIT lUND O OFFICIAL.
E. P. Sisson , who will represent the Tldr
teenth district for the second tithe , Is a
farmer residing at Arizona Ho Is one at
the oldest Inhabiants or Hurt county , and
for six years ho has been a member or the
[ hoard or County Conunlslsonera , In which
elites le bas shown considerable executive
ability , , and has always been very eecutve
In the mater of making settlements wih (
the county treasurer lie Is I republican
republcan
from head to foot , and will doubtless ably
look after the interests of his coustiluenls
consttuentl
and the people at the state.
WAS EASILY HE.J I.CTBn.
G. T. Smith . for the second than the papu -
lst member from Molt county In the lower
.
.
I ho use . Is n native of the stole of New
fork and II 47 ) 'eaJ ngee lie has ben '
n resident of Nebraska for many years but
until elected to thr l'cglaiature two years
age , never held a slate or county once. le
was formerly a repurbitCAn , but become hlen.
lined with the fnrJt nlance movement
a few yens ago I . na ben one of the
leaders of the PO\/ts > f party In northern
Nebrlska ever sincea e I n farmer and
liv es twenty. two mnIltast of O'Neill.
WELL KNOW + bt ' TIm 10US .
n Sodernan . tha pifJps county member ,
Is a familiar ngur lit Nebraska's legls
latvo bolls . and w 1 represent his county
tor the ( third coast 11 t li'e ' time at the com .
Ilve lme cor.
Ing 8sslon. le u a6(3rbrn t In Sweden April
1 : , 1850. Although len In orphan when
18 monlhs old , he \In well cared for nod
educated by friend .i .
relatives
ly trlell an relatves until 18
years of , when 'b
age T Ilgrale" to America ,
locating frt In Bo M' bounty , Iowa where
he was school Ireo'\he' \ and town truslee
tor several years . 'le become n resident
of Phelils county In 18i9. sad although liv-
Ing ns a farmer , always look a prominent
part In politics as I republican. BelnA a
sincere anl.monopolst , h3 was driven tram
his own party hy the influence or corporate
monopoly In his party counclls . lie be .
cane u populist party mal anti has n spiPn
did reccd for his uncompromising hostility
to jobbery and political Imavery of all kinds
PHOM ( IHAD SI.AUGITlm'S ' TOWN .
E , n , Spackmum Is n resident of Fuller -
ton , and a republican of no little promln-
enc ! In Nance county. He Is to represent
Nance an" Platte counties In the lower house
at the coring session , \lhough he has
never before occupied n scat In the Iegis
taturr ] his friends assert that he will b e
one at the valuable n\embers at the coring
sitting . .
WU.L SlmV A SECOND TEILM .
E. It. Spencer ( rein l.nclsler county ,
was born In the mlliro state In 1861 , ani
II therefore 34 years of age. lie movEII
with his parents to Jo Davies county , 11 -
I-
lnois , where he received the lest educltonul 1
racllles to be reached In that nelghhor-
hoo" , At the age ot 17. : lr. Spencer began ;
life as a teacher In the Illinois schools. In
the ( spring or 187 , with the tide of
hnmlgrlon which brought thousand s
Into Nebraska , Me
Spencer came t to
the state anti settled In Hchurdson 0t
couaty lie afterward mo\ed to I.ln-
co la. Finding
Fhldlnl an excellent lu81ness
opening at Firth , In I.ncasler county , he
located In that town , and his been engaged rOn r
In the banltnA business there ever since
10 Is a man of much public spIrit , and two
) 'elrs ago was nominated by acclamation
to a place on the republican leglslal\e
ticket. lie was renomlnutell this year with
out oppasltfon . mid was easily reelected
In politics he Is a dycd - In - the - wool repub-
Ican.FA
FAVORS FREIGHT REDUCTION.
I. . II. Suter member ot the house at rep
resentntvea ( from Antelope county has already -
ready served one term , with credit to him
sell le was born In Somerset county , ,
Pennsylvania , forty-five years ago. During
the time before the organization of the pee
ple's independent party he was a conserva-
five democrat . but hI became a member
of the poulst party four years ago and has
since been one or its leading members In
Nebraska. le has been a resident of Ante
lope county since 187. and Is the owner at I'
one of the finest farms In the Elkhorn vat
Icy. He Is a fine stock grown . making a
specialty oC swine , with which he has been
very successful.
SERVED TWO TEAMS AGO.
A. L. Sutton , -eleclC ' ! rom Doulas
county , was barn In ,1866. at Oregon , Wls .
and ! Is therefore In , his 28th year. He re-
calved his ( elucaton In . the common school I
of his natve slate and graduated with
honors nt Olvet ( ll li. ) ' . college . Coming to
Nebraslt several years ago , he commenced
the study of law In the Omaha Law school
und was admlte" 'Jo the Omaha bar In I
1891. South Omuhal leas always been his
home since coming to Nebraska . and In 18O ,
one year before blot admission to practice .
he was elected to t the omce of justice oC
the peace on the rp.ubtc aA ticket In that
strongly democratic 'ktrOnghold . lie fle"
lint once cre.lably..to himself and sntls-
tactorly to his con ! ! & 'nts. Two years ago
he was elected to the legislature on the
re publican ticket , and , the unanimous endorsement -
dorsement he recel\'c both lt the hands
of his fellow republicans . In , South Omaha
and the con\entonbeld. ' In this city Is
enough evidence ,0f'1 e satisfaction or his
constituents with his Integrity and capa-
biity.FOUGHT
FOUGHT WITH FRE1tONT.
William Sutton . representative-elect front
Pawnee county was born near Galena , 111. .
Apri 7 , 18H. and lived and worlell on a
farm until he arrive at the age or 17 , receiving -
ceiving his education at the winter terms of
the common schools In 1861 he enlste , ) In
the Independent balalon known as Fre-
mont's Rangers , and served In this organiza-
ton about four months General Fremont
was then removed from ' the command In Iho
west , and lift. Sutton's company was attacked -
tacked to the Third .
thl Missouri cavulry , beIng
engaged In scouting In Ilssourt and Ar-
kansO until mustered out of service at the
close of the war. Mr. Sutton cane to Nebraska -
Lusaka In 1866 , und was engage In fanning
dairying and stock raising until 1883 , when
ho assumed the management of the Talle
Hock creamery , a Position he still fills. le :
Is un ardent republican , with conservative :
and conservat\e
business-like ideas I
SUCCEEDS FRED NEWDEIUY.
Alexander N. Thomas lives In Hamilton
Humlon
county , and Is I republican . who Is the BUC-
censor to the Fred Newbery whose nome
has become a fixture In Nebrlsln legl8la-
lon ( ly reason of Its association with ( lie
tw
maximum freight bill. : + 1r. Thomas Is a
farmer , and has always been an enthusl-
ustc republican . and will serve In the legIs-
loturo for the oust lhna
IS A VgTEHAN IN 10.1TICS.
Herman Timme of Douglas county Is one
of the old timers In Douglas county polltlca .
le was born In lanover , Germany , In 1838 :
he cOle to America In 1854 , and to Omaha
In 1856. le olclated In the oral repub
lcan conventon held In Omaha and for '
twenly-two years has been a delegate In
every repullcan convention herd ! In this
county. le Is engaged In the general mer-
chandise business at Bennington .
ELECTED FORA 'f111It1) TERM.
John Van 10usen ] of SChuyler la a veteran
leglslulor , having already served one term
In the house and one In the senate lie
le
was born on a ( aria In I.exlnrton. Green
county N. y" February 28. 18H. lie remained -
malnell on the total until 22 years of ago .
when he went Into the lumber business thIs
worl ) ( requiring his presence In J.uzere
county , Pennsylvania , unt ho was 25. le
emigrated to Nebraska In t8C , und served
through all the hardships oC western pioneer
life . lie today owns a secton ot improved
land In Colux county and Is counted one of
the prosperous farmers of that eoult ) ' .
SERVED UNDER 11'CLELI.AND.
Addison WII , elected , to the lower house
to represent the Sixth district , was her
at Woodstock chunitlgne , county , 0" , May
26 , 1846. lie enlsh:1 In the army when
18 year of age , atd , erved with McClelland
IlcCleland
In the Army of the \ ' otonac. After the
close of the war he ' \\'ent \ bock 10 Ohio amid
engaged II the hardware buslnes8. This
business did not Silit lllun , and h ! me sold It
ut the ( end of wlo years ali went Into limo
r.lway telegraph ' fpri.lco with ( lie Pamm-
tl Iln.
handle route. Ills , prI took hIm to Indiana :
II 186 and 10 Nebrmlell City the year fol.
lowhig . In 187 hq looted , ut the sthhty
little city oC s ittclm he still
ltle cly Syracuse \rhlch sti lalls
his home. lie Is Identncd with a number
of business Idenffed the ( proprietor at
a large creamery anti Ip counted one of the
II
most elcent auctolwes II the southwest
part or the elate ,111 , only experience In
olclal life has beII , as a member of the
village lard Dr Syracuse , a position he has
held for years. I
IS AN ENERGETIC FARMER . .
1. I. Wart , one of the populist memler i
of the house , nll elected from Inox county ,
was born In Oswego county New York , and
was raised and educated ! . as a fanner. II
1861 he moved to Wood lord comity Illinois ,
and engaged In farming lear E Paso for
twenty.two years , and hy hard tel and good
management accumulated a competence. hi
188 lie began his Nebraska clizen.hlp. and
now owns and lives al one or the fine torls
ton lit Inox county , two miles east of Creleh-
WOUNDED TIIEJJ TIMES .
L. C. Weber representative-elect for
Wlshlngton and Burt counties , ' 0 born It
I.ullle , ly. , forty.nlle year ago. lie re-
calved u high fchCI and common school
education , clerked II a dry goods store until
JUly , 1862 , when be enlisted In company Ii ,
i.w
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Men's Overcoats.111en'sSuits. . .
HEN'S mttl : AND IILACI { CllNC11I1.f.,1 [ MEN'S } IViNTl.1t . IVIaOIIT SUITS-g00D 1
JIN'S . WIN'rlm.wmOI.I -
OVERCUAT9-cut st'lshly B.\CK CHINCII.I.A $3 75 Illngs anti stronsly se\\d : SUTS-OOOD $ 51JJ - .
Ht'and nett'-outdo cspcculy for ts _ _ lirnull new-nuulc especially for its - -
U.O values at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : - $8,0 value nt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . =
MEN'S E.l OANT O\EHCOATSIN 'rHI MEN'S ALT , 1t'OOL . '
new lengths-In the nrw patterns non latest WOO WINTlm Slll'rt - u
shades oC only I'elable Cabrlcs and lltest ex In the le\ length . old weaves , and most
act Itencss oC $12 garments- carefully mode 11' 8 00 t
131'11114 nc"- Hlml nets- , nuulc especially fur uy $ '
HI'anl Inlc especially galments$5 f . 50 $2.0 $ value at. . . . . . cSlc.luly . . . . . . . . . . . IS . . _ .
Here at . . . . . . . . . . ( . . ts- . . . . . . . . . . . . . = ,
IEN'S CL.1T' AND FANCY 11'OItSTD.D
MEN'S FINE ngAVEn OVERCOATS- SUi'rS-artistic II wOrltlunshI , nil sl es-
cut extra long-vel\et OVEHCOATS 13I'atld 11trR'- 00
colars-
excellent trhnunl'ga- ' IIanl nc\- .
excelent trlllllgs- 50 , . $10
Brand ' $ 8 . Imlc espcclully f far us-
HI'lUll ncty-nude especially for us CSI'ccnl ( ts- - -
$12.0 Value at. . . . . . cspccul . . . . . . . . . fet . . . ts . . = U5.0 vulue at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . =
MEN'S nest fashionable BICH OVERCOATS fabrics-beautifully . IN TII . MEN'S FINE WORSTED AND CAssr-
ed-orlect II fit fnbrlcs-benltfuly taior. ltNHI : SUITS-In every and any stYle gnr-
I . - an4 ' l Inclnlsl- lent-lllal to tiny $23 custom malic suit-
B.-unl new'- ,00 13randncty-
, . $10 00
patio especially for us- lutt$12
Mnlc _ I
U5.0 and $18.0'ulul fit . ts- . . . . . . . . . . . . . at lltc . . . cSle.lnly . . . . . . . for . . . us- . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ '
Boys' Suits. Boys' Ulsters.
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CHILDREN'S 2-PIECE SUITS-
SUTS-
Ages 4 to 8 years ,
Strictly all wool casslmerc u
131'L1114I1LII'- noys' ULSTlms-
BllnllCW- $2 50 ages t to 15 yours . darlc colorl and pool :
especially for us- fabrlcs- 50
. . " . , G especialy sa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' HI'anU new-nualc CS1cclnly fc' ts $ / 0- , _ _ .
CHI.DHI N'S REEFER SurlS t6OO value I at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . y =
handsomely ages 3 to 8 YlnrsIarge - sailor collars- ,
. nOys' UI.ST8RS-
ISt'1t114 -
HI.anllCW- 50 ages t to 14 years-light all wool fur Leaver
1
HI.anllCW$3 I I -elegantly Iude and trluuncd- 50
$ O nod $6.0 values at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = Ih'nnl ne\-11111 especially for tS $5 _
CII.Dn N.S JUNIOR SUITS- . . .6 . 0 value I at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ages : to 7 'ea - SUTS and '
chevIots-adjustable
reefer collar-
BI'mtl hew- colar- ( /1 / uI 00 nOYs' I to 12 ULSTERS meiton , cut extra long ' r
Mnle especially for us - $ 4 . -assllere lined- melon f' 00
$ .0 and $ ,0 values at . t- . . . . . . . . . . . . /J / ' - _ nl'lll nets-nu14c espccnly for lS $ 6 .
$ . value at . . . . . . =
' $9.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHILDREN'S
DOUBLE - BREASTED
1tEEFER SUITS- ages 4 to 10 '
SUITS year- very . ,
handsomely h shade and trimmed- : > Iy BOTS' UI.STEHS-
. J I.anl nc- $5 . 00 1 lannel to 19 Incd 'earsdlrk , cut extra gray long- Shetland wool , 00
\alc especialy for us- ' Ion/- $7 .
Brand
$8.0 and $9,0 values at. . . . . . . " . . . . . . . - Jh'anl . nmullc . espccialy for tS
„ E10,00 value at . . ,
$10.0 at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The M. H. Cook Clothing Co. .
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18th and Farnam , Omaha.
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CORN
For delivered prices on Corn or Feed 01
any or telegraph description In car loads lots. Write
W. H. BOOTH & CO. ,
Kansas City , Mo.
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Weights and grades guaranteed.
WM. LOUDON ,
Commission Merchant
G.111 stud Provisions.
Private wires to Chicago and New York
All business orders placed on Yrk
Board ot Trade. : \ ;
Correspondence solicited .
solcited.
Umcc . room 4 , New York Life Bulldlag
'Jmaha. Telephone 1308. DUldls
SixtY-frh Indiana volunteers. He was en
gaged In a numb or battles , being wounded
three ( lines In the leg at Dean Station , East
Tenn" on December 1. 1863 , but was not
dlschlrged until the close of the war. In
the fall of 1866 he was married ut Evans-
\le. In" In 186 he moved to Washington
county , Nebraska , where he settled en a
farm In the northwest part of the county
until 1881. . when he was compelled through I
his wounds to abandon the furm. ( In that
year he located at Arlington , where he bas
been ever since , engaged In the general merchandise -
chandise business and drug trade. During
his residence In Washington county he has
held the office or school director for seven-
teen , years , was a member of Ihe school
board for several years and several times
Its chairman. For eight years he was supervisor -
visor - at the ( townshlp and four years chair-
man of Ihe county board lie hs always
been 1 stoulch republican . Mr. Weber Is a
member Of CorrIgan post No. 46 , Grand
Army of lie ( Republic . which organlzaton
he Joined ! I ! 1866 , and Is therefore one of
the ( oldest members of lie ( Grand Army of
lie Etepab110 . He also belongs 10 the Masonic -
sonic fraternity , and bas held several Important .
portam offices In that order.
DEFENDED TiE OLD I.'I.AG.
T. G. Wider , one of Webster counts :
representatives In the next house . was born
In Jefferson county , New Yorl , In 183 . He
has lived In Illlnols . Iowa and Kansas , and
located In Webster county In ll l. Mr
Wider leers an honorable record as u lie-
fender or the alI nag. le enlEle" In an
Iinois cavalry regiment at the outbraait
of the rebellion , and served Cor three years
with distncton , receiving an honorable discharge -
charge ut the end of the enliiment periJ" .
le has been chairman of the Webstr
county Board of Superylor for three years.
CIAm I.Im IN m : IC1A'fIC FAITIL
JOlies W. Zlnlt , Shermun eounty's repre-
sentatve In the lower hOlse , Is a tunner.
and ' a staunch people's IndCllendent ratan
lie Is a native Hoosier , being born In Sullivan -
van county Indiana In 1846. lie has been
a tarmer all his life , takhtg his frt home-
stead In Cay county , Iowa , In 18jO. He re
moved to Nebraska In 1880 , locating In Nance
county lie lerwlTI removed , to Slerman
county , where he owns 560 acres at Improvetl 1
land . In 101tc he was cradled In tie
democratic filh , but lecame identified wIth
the greenback movement , enl naturally al .
led ( himself wlh ! the people's Inlepln"ent te
party when ( the later sprang Into extsteac ta
In ! tils state In 180. le hOB at all time a
been an active and aggrlbsl'e worker for
( the success of the party to whIch he belongs .
FOUOHT IN MANY BA'1I.EH.
V. Zlnl , tie republican represenlotve
from Johnson county , was born In Baden .
Germany , In t8H , and came to this countr y
in 1841. hits fanlly first aeltlel Iii liPnr Y
county , Ohio. , where they Ilrcd until hit
breakhng out of the .var , when , lte subjec t
of this sketch shouldo ed n market in fir
tense of the union , enlls'mu g in coipnny
It , Ttitrtyelghth regiment , Ohio hdanlr y
volunteers , in July , 1861 , In ss'htch cornpan
he served until the close of ( ha war. Il o
was engaged In sonno very Important bat
ties , rtarnely : tl'Ild Cat Mounlatn , 1111 I
Springs , Perryville , Shiloh , State River ,
Clickapmauga , Misslona y Ridge , lho sleg e
Its front of Autlanta , amid Joneaboreugb , Ga
He also nmrcherl with Sherman to lti e
sea and through the Carolinas to Richmond ,
thence le 1Vaeldnglon , U. C. , and was In ( Ir e
grand review of General Sherman'u array ,
Mr. 7Ink hiss always been a consistent rut.
publlcan , having voted for Governor ! ! rough
of 0blo and for Abraham ] .Incubi far sec.
end teen as presldewt. In 1860 lie took up
Ida residence In Nebraska , locating ! n Johnson -
son county In 1807. Ile hue never bell guy
oilier , except that of postmaster of Sterllrtg.
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suitable Cifts to Relatives and Friends.
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Dccorttictl Cups tint Sauce's , and thouaanda of otluor sultnblo pmeacnts too
nuntorous to mentlon , all offered at the bumu uniform low prlcua for which
tyo ho noted ,
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