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10 OMAHA BAIL ! BEJiJ : BATUKDAY , JANUARY 2 , 1897. JiiBtlco of His pcaco to nil ft vacancy. Mr. Cox ban always been a republican nnil lias Always been Interested In the grain ami Iho stock business. .T. II. Rronk nf Volley. J. II. Cronk , rcpresentnllvo-clect for tlio Fifty-fifth .llstrlct , was born May 11 , 1802 , In tbo town of Montague , Leu 1st county , N. Y. He Minuted with Ills parents to Ne braska In 3unc , 1873 , anil settled In Valley county and Ills resided continuously tlicro up to Iho present time. Ho was married In September , lfcS2 , and lias been engaged In farming and stock raising principally. Ho served ns a member of the county board cno term and Is at tbo present time secretary of the Sprlngdalo Irrigation district. Ho was nominated for tlio legislature by tbo pee ple's Independent party , receiving a majority of 257 votes over his republican opponent. .In-u-pli C'riMv iif DoiiclnH. Joseph Crow , ono of the Douglas county legislator ! ) , was born In Grocncostle. Ind. , In 1856 , and completed Ills education at Do I'auw university. Ho returned to Green- castle to practice law ami WBH city attorney of that city for three terms. In l&SG he moved to Kansas , where ho assisted In the organization of Cheyenne county and served a term as county attorney. He cnmn to Omaha three years later and has since been engaged In the practlco of law In this city. Ho was elected to the last legislature , where ho was chairman of the committee on ways Olid mcaliB. - ( . ' . K. rnrllM of Charles E. Curtis , the populist rcprcsonta tlvo-rlcct , was born In Wheeler , Ind. , Do- cumber 20 , 1861. Ho lived oj a farm with his paronta until ho was 22 years of ngo , when ho went to Chicago and worked a year for Armour and another year for the Union Stock Yards comp.my. While llvlni ; at homo ho attended the country scl.oolii and obtained a good common .school education , finishing his education wllh a course nt the North Indiana Normal ocliocl , located nt Valparaiso raise , Ind. Mr. Curtis n arrled at Engle- wood. III. , and moved to South Omaha eight years ago , where ho opciu 1 a grocery utoro on N Direct , between Twcnty-llrat and Twenty iiecond streets Since coming to the Blalo ho hnr. been In the same business at the same eland and has \olcd and registered In the same place. When Mr. Curtis opened hta store on N street It was considered way out In the country , but he has witnessed many changes and the locality Is now qultu thickly settled. Mr. Curtis haa never held an office , though ho has bocn a candidate on the populist ticket three times. The first .tlmo was four years ago , when his party 'nominated him for the legislature without Ills knowledge or consent. Last fall his party again placed Ma name on the ticket , for county commissioner and again this fall , each tlma without his consent. Mr. Curtis has never been an office seeker , but he lo a arm believer In the doctrines of the populist party. Itlcliiiril IltiliHon of I'lllniorc. Richard Dobson , repreBcntatlve-elect from Flllmoro county. Is not without legislative oxpei'lence , having been a member of the lower house six and four years ago. Ho Is a natlvo of Scotland , but has been a resi dent of Nebraska for more than twenty-live years , Ho Is ono of the leaders of the popu list party In Flllmoro county. DvWlU KnKcr of StMvnrd. DeWItt Eager , representative from Reward county , was horn In Onclda county , New York , In 1850 , the youngest of a ' . 'amlly of nine children. His mother died when he was 1 months old. AVlun 5 years old hli father and family moved to llock county Wisconsin. Ills father died when ho was 10 years old , Mr. Eager went to Montana when 18 years old and came to Nebraska In 187.1 , settling In Polk county. He was married In 1871 at Central City , and moved on the I'awnoo'reserve In 1877. When Nanco county was organized In 1879 he was appointed county clerk by Governor Nance. Ho came to Seward county In 1SSO. and farmed until 1833 , when he bought a small general store In Heaver Crossing , where he has built up the largest mercantile busi ness In Howard county. W. C. KiiMdiinii of CiiHlcr. W. G. Easlman was born In Aurora , 111. , In 3858. His father , Judge Eastman , was from Canada , and his mother from York state. Mr. Eastman was the only child , and when 4 years old his father dlod. Leaving homii at me ago or i ( > ; > ir. isastmain came toe - braska and has resided hero over since ex cept an Interval In Kansas , whcro he tried to .hold a claim In the drouth part , and ono year during which he worked In Piano and Chicago carrying the hod and working In the Deer- Ing harvester shops. Mr. Eastman formerly renldod In York counly. He was one of the s charter members of the Lockrldgo alliance , 474. In 1892 ho ran for the legislature in York counly , securing his party vote , but was defeated by Charlca Kcckly and Nalhan Johnson , republicans. He then sold out and came to Ouster county. One year ago ho was elected supervisor In the Seventh dlstrlcl. Mr. Eastman Is a married man , the father of five children. ? 1' . II. Klulmij of llrouii. P. II. Elghmy of Long Pine will represent the Flfty-llrst district In the lower liouso at the coming session , Is one of the prominent Grand Army of the Ill-public citizens of Ncbrat'kn. Ho la a Methodist minister , and Is at the present tlmo tbe chaplain for thu department of Nebraska , Grand Army of the Republic , hav ing been elected to that honorable posi tion at the last encampment. Mr. KlEbmy was born April 9 , 1839. In Middle- town , Delaware count1 , N. Y. He left his homo when scarcely 13 years of ago and soon afterward took up the study of en gineering. In 1SG2 ho enlUted In the Flfty- Elxth. Now York volunteer Infantry and served -through the civil war. At Iho close of. the Ftrugglo between the north and south he. went lo Iowa. For years ho was a sew ing nuiclilni ! agent at Fort Dodge , but In 1877 he joined tlio Northwest Iowa Metho dist conference and has been actively en- ' Y gaged In the ministry slnco that time. He j lias been a resident of Long Pine for three 1" years post , and at the last conference was appointed the conference evangelist for t northwestern Nebraska. K. AV. Ilnilorr of Sail in- . FroJ W. Endorf of Sallno county Is a na tive of Germany. He came to the United States In * 18G7 and first localed at Chicago. After a lesldcnco of tw < > years at the big city on flia lake ho removed to Will county , I Illinois , where he lived for two years longer. j Then ho came to Nebraska and localed a farm In Ollvo precinct. Saline county. Ills first homesicad comprised a small tract of but eighty acres. Ho now has a 400-acre farm , considered one of the best In Sallno county. For nluo years ho was the assessor of his precinct , and would have been re- clecte.l to that olllco at the recent election had not his friends and neighbors In his i homo county demanded his services lu the t comlnz session of thu legislature. AV. S. Vflkvr of W , S. Felkcr Is ono of the democrats elected to the legislature from the Tenth , or Douglas county , district. Hu was born In llowull , Me. . In 1S > 37 , and moved with his parents to Chicago while ho was still a bnull boy. Ho wan educated In the Chicago schools and was admitted to the bar of Illluola In 1S3C , Hu practiced law In Chicago cage until 1SS3 , when he moved to Nebraska , Ho has always been mi active democrat aud BtuniKd Illluola for Stephen A , Douglas when thrt latter was running for United States scnutor. Mr. Kclkcr ban scru'd one term In the Ncbmku legislature. M. O , I'VruiMV of AilniiiN , M. C. Fcrnow of Rosoland , who will repre sent the Interests of Adams county In the earning session of the legislature , was bom In DCS Molncs county , Iowa. When a youth ho removed with his parents to this state. They settled on a farm In Adams county In 1S79. The son received an excellent education , at- tcnJIm : the public schools of Hastings and completing a thorough course of study at Hastings' college , from which Institution he was graduated with honors In 1SOO. During thu past six years ho has been engaged In teaching , and In farming , when school was not In seislon , Ho wan elected on the fusion ticket and stands well In the esteem of lh leaders of the majority party. H ( J. 1C. KolilUo of 1'nKO. George It , Fnulko was bcrn at Ilngcratown , Mil , , upon the 10th day of February , 1853. lleMiiade his homo with his parents until 10 yearn old. He then decided to face the norld for himself. Ills father purchased for him n ticket to San Francisco and gave his JIG In cash. With this ho started In life. Owing to thu ravages nf the late war ho had no chauco ur opportunity to obtain an ' education and was therefore deprived of this great help. HP had * a brother and uncle somewhere In the Kldoradoes of California and ho went to work to locate them and after diligent soarclr found his brother at Placcrvlllc , his uncle having died some years before. , Ho then found employment ns a shepherd for a tlmr , thru worked on a farm and after some months engaged as n teamster over the foothllln of the Sierra No- vndas Into the mining cumps and mountain towns. At the ngo of 21 , having saved hia money , ho started to school and worked mornings and evenings In a store for hla living. Ho finished his school nt the ago of 23 In Sacriiuento , Cal. He came to Liberty , Neb. , In July , 1SS5 , and embarked In the general housu furnishing nnd farm Implement business. Mr. Fotilko Is ono who realizes the march of tlmo nnd progress of the business age and endeavors to keep In the front rank of his calling. He was unanimously nominated on the repub lican ticket for the Thirty-third representa tive district lo the Nebraska legislature and wan elected over his opponent , C. E , Hush , by 1.09D majority. J. \ . On III n of Saiiiiil TM. J. N. Gaflln was born In Illinois May 27 , 1855 , near IVcatonlca. where ha received his education and Hired until 21 years old. He then came west , locating In Douglas county , Nebraska , and In 1832 moved lo his present location near Colon , Saundcrs county , Nob. , whcro he has ft line farm of 320 acres well Improved and flttsd up for cattle and sheep feeding. HB was a member of the legislature In IS'JO and 1892. Ho was elected Rpcaker of the legislature In 1892. Fri-il fiiiylortl of lliifYalo , Fred Gaylord , representative-elect from Buffalo county , Is a young nun about 35 yrnrs of ago , and has boon manager of the Kearney goa works for the past ten years , coming to Kearney from Iowa. Prior to two or three years ago ho never took much In terest In politics , but of late has been quite an active populist. Ho stands well In hta own commrnlty and has always tended strictly to his own business , Henry Conic * of IllcliurilNon. Illchardson county will bo represented In the coming session by three in embers of the fusion party , of which Henry Gcrdcs of Ilarada la one. The county has always been Icokcd upon as a republican stronghold , but the free silver forces were succccaful In tlio recent campaign. He resided at Uarada. 1'Vll-v GlreiiH of I'muInn' . Cumlng county Is to be represented In the lower house at the coming session by Felix Glvcns of Uancroft. Mr. Glvcna was nominated by n fusion party made up of the populate and free silver democrats of his county. .1. S. nimliorn of Tlinyt-r. J. S. Goshorn of the float reprerontatlvp district comprising the counties of Jeffer son and Thayer , was bcrn In Junlata county , Pennsylvania , of mixed Pennsylvania Dutch and Scotch-Irish ancestry. When ho was C years of age his parents removed to lllalr county In the same state. When 11 years of age Mr. Goshorn began his apprentice ship In a nail factory , and although his work w.is arduous'ho gave up nil his spare tlmo to securing an education. He pursued bin studies alone aud at night schools until at the age of 18 Tie wao iiuallllpd to engage In leaching School. When 22 years old he re moved to Iowa to engage In school teaching and fanning. At the outbreak of the war ho cnll tei In the Fourth Iowa Infantry. Ho served a year and was obliged to retire from the cervlco on account of 111 health. Later he raised a company for the Forty- seventh Iowa Infantry and was commis sioned as Ha captain. In this regiment IIP served through the remainder of the war. At the close of the war ho returned to his homo In Iowa , where ho encaged In fruit farming. For twenty-five years he acted as adjuster for a prominent Insurance company aud boasts that In the entire period his com pany never had a piece of litigation over a claim adjusted by him. Ho became a resi dent of Nebraska In 18S2 , purchasing a farm seven miles from Ilcbton , i\here he now resides. Mr. GoMiorn has been a repub lican ever slnco that party was orginlzed. He takes a deep Interest In education and everything that tends to the betterment of humanity , end ho bcllcvca the world Is growing better all the time. .T. li. (5 m nil * til ft ? of IVdisltT. J. L , Grandstaff , representative-elect from the Forty-fcmith legislative dlstrlut , which Includes Webster county , was born In Gurnaey county , Ohio , April 30 , 1S17. In 1853 he removed with his parents to Guthrlc county , Iowa. The war bioko out when he wcs a lad of 10 years but he promptly en listed In the defense of his countrj , entti- Ing the service aa a private In company Q , Twenty-ninth regiment , infantry , of Iowa volunteers. He served under Major Gen cral Steel In the Transmlsslsslppl depart nient , going with the army to Mobile and aiding In the capture of that city. He wua honorably discharged at the clojiof the war at New Orleans , September 10 , ISGIj. In January , I860 , Mr. Grandstaff lauved ta Nebraska and has been a nsldent of the state ever'since. . Ho secured the quartet - section.uuaj.v.blcli ] ho now lives jy virtue of the homestead act , In 1871. Ho .has filled all the olflccs of Uurnslde post , Ko. 71) ) , Grand Army of the Republic. H ? was i member of the republican party u.itil 1890. when ho jtllned the populists. firi-ll of Snrpy. Glaus Grell of Chalco. Sarpy county , repre sentative-elect from the Ninth district , Is the son of a German peasant , and was born In the vicinity of Kiel , a seaport of some Importance on the Baltic sea , In 1850 , He came to America In 1S7C , landing In Neu York City on July G of that year. Ho came west at once and settled In Sioux county , la. , where two of his brothers wera living. In 1881 ho was naturalized and joined thu republican party. Five years later he re moved to this state , where ho has slnco re sided. For six years ho lived on n farm In Douglas county , Chicago precinct , and after ward moved to Sarpy county. Mr. Grell changed his politics In 1892 and swore al legiance to the democratic party. In Sarpy county ho was chosen a county commis sioner in 1S90 , nnd gave such satisfaction In that position that ho was re-elected In 1S93 , Hu was selected to represent the Ninth legislative district at the coming session of the legislature at tbo recent election. , > ! . C. nrlint'H of Holt. Milton C. Grimes of Chambers Is ono of the reprcsenlallvcs from Iho FIftlelh , or Holt county , district. He was born In Itook- vlllo. 111. , January 4 , 1SG4 , and began llfo on hh father's farm. Ills education was first obtained at the district school. He after ward spent a year In the Grand PrJIrle seminary , at Onarga , 111. , and completed hid education at the Gem City business college at Qnlncy. Hu then returned homo nnd en gaged In farming nnd stock raising. Ho was the prohibition candldato for county clerk In 1S30 and In the following year was elected to thu b'oard of directors of the Kankakeo Fair association. Ho also served a number of ycara as general superintendent of Iho waino association. Ho came to Holt county In 1S93 nnd settled on a farm near Chambeis. In the same year he was elected president of the South Fork Agricultural association and has been twlco re-elected. At the Holt county convention held last July ho was the unanimous choice of the populist party /ur representative. J , II , CiroNVouor of Iliinillloii , J. H. Grosvouor , the Junior roprescnta- llve-clcct from Hamilton county , was born In York counly , Nebraska , in 1873 , and Is , therefore , a Iruo Nebraska product. Ills ed ucation was received In Iho country schools of Hamilton counly and Iho Fremont Nor mal school of Fremont , Neb. Ho taught school In Hamilton and Merrlck counties for live or six years and Is known as an able and enthusiastic Instructor. His nom ination by Iho populist parly came to him wb.Ua In school nt Fremont , shortly before his graduation from that Institution. In the campaign ho distinguished himself as an able and eloquent orator , gaining the tltlo of "Hoy Orator of Hamilton county. " Mr. Grosvenor Is ono of the youngest men over cleclcd lo our body of lawmakers and will probably bo the "boy member" of the coming session , 1) , W. Hamilton of llutlur. D. W. Hamilton , representallvo-elect from lluller counly , was born at Tllusville. , Pa. , on DiH-i-inber 19 1858. Ho , conies of a de cidedly warllko aueeatry , his greatgrand father having fought In the revolutionary war and eo\on of bin great nuclei In the war nf 1SI2. Two of the latter were In ilio navy , and both met their death In the celo * bratcd engagement on Lake Erlo under Com- inodaro Perry. Mr , Hamilton removed from his native stale lo Nnhraskn In 1879 , locating upon n farm In Duller county , where he still rralilra. In 18S1 ho was married to Mlsii Sarah Stafford , nnd four daughters have conic to brighten their homo. llolici-l llcnilcrNOit of York. Hohert Hcndeison , York county's repre sentative In the coming legislature , was born In Hock county. Wisconsin , January 1C , 1S50 , of Scottish anccslry. Ho cmlgralcd lo Nebraska In Iho year ISCfi , since which tlmo he has lived In York counly. He has been engaged In farming and ttock raising. Ho has taken an active Interest In county and state politics , and served on the board of county supervisors slnco the year 1SS9 , i , . i , . iiiuof iiiiiruio. Lorenzo L. Illlc , one of Hie two rcprcscnta- llvta-clccl from lluffalo county , la a farmer living near St. Michael. Ho wan elected by a fualon of the parties opposed to republican success In the recent campaign. It. II. Hill of Clny. II. H. Hill , representnllvo-clcct from Clay county , was born In Macon counly , Illinois , In 1S3.1 , and lived on a farm with his parents until 1837 , when ho was married and went lo farming for lilnu-clf. Ho served on the board of Miporvlsors for his county for six jeans. In 18SO ho was elected to the legis lature of thb state of Illinois. In 1S91 he removed to Clay county , Nebraska , purchas ing a large farm near the town of Edgar. He was elected lo the legislature on the fusion ticket. W. 1) . HollirooU of Iloilno. William D. Holbrook , re-elected lo tlio house from the Fourteenth district , will be another of the members of Iho republican inlnorlly In Iho houoo. Ho Is a nallvc of Missouri , having been bom In Sullivan counly of that Btato on .April 17 , 1S50. His father , who was a Icachcr , a lawyer and finally a judge , died when he was 11 years of pge , leaving him Iho eldest son In a family of seven children. When the war broke out the family removed to Illinois , where Mr. Holbrook atlcnded school when ever ho was able to spare Iho lime from his work , bul ho gained Iho bigger part of his education by hard study at night. He was married on March 14 , 1875 , to Addle H. Mahan. Three years afterward ho removed to Dodge county and has remained Micro since. Ho has been a farmer all his life time and at present owns and lives upon a farm. Ho is also secretary of the Farm ers' Mutual Insurance association of Dodge county. Mr. Holbrook Is a staunch repub lican and baa been activeIn politics. In 1894 ho was elected state senator over ex-Senator John Thomson by 178 majority , overcoming a former democratic majority of 1,320 and Ihcrcby gaining 1,500 votes. During the last session of the leglslalure he was a member of the following senate committees : Internal Improvements , school lands and funds , counties and county boundaries , lib rary , miscellaneous subjects , and was also chairman of the committee on manufactures and commerce. At Ihe bst election he was elected by 257 majority over a fusion tlckel and was the only republican on the county tlckel elected. I , . .T. llollnnil of Itnl AVIII.nv. The man electcl to the legislature from the Sixty-fifth district Novemuer 3. 1SDC , Lconldas J. Holland by name , was born on a farm in Severe county , Tennessee , In 1830. His father , Hcnjamln Holland , moved to Missouri In 1S33 and wan the- third settler In Pkitto county , lh.it state. In the aprlng of 1850 Leonldao J. Holland , then 0 yoain old. freighted acrcas the plains to the gold fields in California ; returned to Otoe county Nebraska , In 1S3S ; then In ISC' ? freighted lo Montana and located at Virginia City. He bought mining claims In Highland dhtr'.ct operated them for two years , then returneJ to Otoe county , Nebraska , and located on a farm three miles south of Nebraska City. From tliero ho moved lo Indlauola , Neb , , his present home. AVIllliim lloriH-r of nnirioit. William Homer of the Fifty-ninth district , was born In Caledonia , Undue county , Wla. , February SO , 1817 , where ho llve.l with hia parents until 1SC4 , when at the age of 17 hi > enlisted In company H , Fifth Wisconsin Infantry. He served In the Army of Iho Po- lomac until Iho clcao of the war , after which ho returned home , where he remained tilt arriving at the ago 21. He then engaged for a while In the stock business , purchasing aleck which lie drove to tlio pinery regions of northern Wisconsin and sold , also followed lumbering till ho wra 25 years old. when he married a Wisconsin girl and settled down upon a farm. Here he continued till 1SSO. when , wllh his family , he removed lo Woodbury - bury county , Iowa , and still pursued farming till 1886. Ho then moved to Dawson county , Nebraska , and followed the sauio occupation till 1892 , when for school p.dvanlagcd , he moved lo Lexington , nnd opened up a grocery store , which hr > ccnllnucd for a few yeans , 1111 the series of crop failures rendered It un profitable , when he closed out and turned his attention to the farm. His family consists of three children , ono boy and two glrla , ranging from 1C to 20 years of age. Mr. Homer had alwajs been a republican until the advent of the fanners' alliance , when he joined the Independent party. O. Hull of llnrlnii. O. Hull of Alma , Neb. , 1ms been re-elected as representative from Harlan county , the Sixty-second dlatrlcl , lo serve his second term as a member of thVT house , having icpresentcd his district In the Twenty-fourth session of the legislature. Mr. Hull was born In Mercer county , Pennsylvania , March 7 , 1849. In 1S53 his parents moved to Ma- haska county , Iowa , where his early youth was spent on a farm and In attending the common schools. After completing his com mon school education , he look a three-years' course In a normal school at Oslaloo : = a. la. The most of the following seven years were spent in teaching. February 13 , 1873 , Mr. Hull was msrrled to Miranda Clark , anl In 1876 moved to Laneasler county , Ne braska , where he lived until four years ago , when he moved to llarlan county. Mr. Hull has been more or less Identified with reform movements all his llfo. He joined the alllanco early In Its history , and was state lecturer of the Nebraska alliance ono year. \ . SiM-or Iljutt of IMiittc. N. Secor Hyatt , reprwentatlve-elect from the Twenty-fifth district , comprising Platle and Nanco counties , was born In Wwtchealer county. New York , and Is now 51 years of age. Ho was married In 18GG and has four children. Ho eultoted In Ihe army In ISfll and served four years and four months In the Ninety-fifth Now York volunteers. Mi- . Hyatt came to Nebraska In 1881 and settled near Monroe , In Platte county , where he has been engaged In farming aud stock raising. He was a democrat until 1890 , but since then has been In the ranks of the people's Independent party. . G. 11. JrnKliiH of .Ti-ITiTHnn. G. E. Jenkins of Falrbury , representative- elect from the Thirty-fourth district , will bo ono of the few republicans in the next legislature. Ho was born In Philadelphia on .September 23 , 1817 , and received his early education there , graduating with high honors from the Philadelphia High school In 1SG3. After his school days he served an apprenticeship In the wholesale dry goods business and then came west to grow up with the country. Ho settled In St. Joseph In 1SG7 , where ho entered the employ of ono of Ihe largest wholesale dry goods houses. Ho traveled for the firm for twelve years , the greatest part of the time In Nebraska , and llually retired as one of the partners. In 1879 ho removed lo Falrbury and on a small scale laid the foundation for the big wholesale and retail dry goods business which his firm Is now doing In eouthoastern Nebraska , Mr. Jenkins has always been an enthusiastic , hard working nnd active republican , and has always attended all national , state and county conventions. In many of tbepo he hex appealed as a dele gate , thereby howlng the confidence he has attained thioughout his county. Ho Is a ready speaker and will doubtless be heard from on Ihe floor of Iho house on all mailers of Importance , There Is little qucaUon that ho will prove to bo ono of the leaders of the republican minority In the hou&e , Mr , Jenkins hopes to lake on active part In the coming legislative Ecsslon , Ho Is ono of the tow who nro prominently mentioned as the probable republican caucus nominee for speaker , and even If ho la not selected ho la certain to bo ono of the loaders of tbo republican contingent In the house. I ) , \ . JOIII-H \Clllllllll. . D , N , Junes , representative-elect from No- malm county , wan born In Delaware county , Ohio. Ho enlisted In the Sovcnth Ohio In dependent cavalry in 1803 and served until the close of the war. Ho came to Nebraska In 1SC7 and bu been living hero ulncu. Ilia occupation In Nebraska has been farming. In ISilO ho wan married to MlM Harriet T. Howlson , who died In 1SS1. He has filx children , three boyt ! and three glrta , and ho belongs to the llaptlst church. I > , A. . .loutof D. A. Jones , represenlallve-elcl from Wayne counly , was horn In Clcrmont county , Ohio , January 25 , 1858. Ho was raised on n farm and hag over since lived on a farm , except thai at the ngo of 19 ho went to Texas and herded catllc for about two years. Ho afterward moved to Mills county , Iowa , where he married , In 1SSO , Luclo E. , oldest daughter of J. M. Strahan. He moved to Wayne county , Nebraska , In 1SS9. where ho now resides on his farm near Iho city of Wayne. Ho hag flv children , four hoys and ono girl , named iU. S. Jones , flale Jones , J. M , Jones , Hccsco * Jones and D. A. Jones , Jr. Mr. nnd Mr.it iJoucH nro members 'of the Uaptlst church of Wayne. < > , VI .1 < r > u-M of fillKf. Oeorgo U. JonlstofVymore Is ono of Iho Ihrco republican representatives fro-n the Thirty-second or' ' tthge counly district. He was born on thd-hordcr betwcon England and Wales , about soccn'imllcs from the home of Mr. Gladstone.Sdon after the war he came to this countrylo- visit Ills ucclo In Ohio , who died before llib * reached him. He went lo work at hls"Xr.-Ulo us n stone and brick layer In NeWAYlcand Columbus and In 1SG9 he moved lo" Pennsylvania and sellled nt Shcnandoah.i'w'here ho built up a busi ness as n contrdfctoK During the great riots In Iho coal and 'Irort ' regions , when Ihe pub lic safety was " menaced by the mobs , ho was one of thoAo 'who ' took up arnn In do- fcnao of law and order. He came lo Ne braska In 1878 and eeltled on an eighty- acre farm Jusl south of Wymorc. Since then , through Industry and economy , thu eighty acres lies multiplied to 320 acres nnd it Is still the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones and their seven children. Mr. Jones lira always been a hard woikcr for repub lican principles. Aside from being a suc cessful farmer ho has found time to be come proficient In the old nilllsh or Welsh vernacular and has been kuown for many years as a poet and wrller In Ihe vernacular- under Ihe nom do plume of V'myl Alurl. R. I" . Kniip of lloyil. George Flllmoro Kapp , who was elecled lo represent the Tvcntlelh dlslrlct In the house , was born on a farm In York county , Pcnn- slyvanla. fifteen miles from Gettysburg , In 1SGG. Ho Is the son of an old soldier. He lecelved his education In the common nchoola of hk native state. At the ago of 17 he be gan leaching nchool , and laler look a teach er's profciwlonal course with the degree of B. E. Ho taught school again for several years , and Ihen turned bis attention to the study of law. In 1890 nnd 1891 ho attended the Northern Indiana Law school and grad uated from that liutitullon In 1891 , with high honors and with the degree of L. L. H. In the following > rar he located at liuttc , In this slate , whcro he haa resided olnco and ' . 'as built up a good law practice. He was married on June , ,0. of this year. Mr. Kapp was born a democrat thirty yeara ago. and has remained In the same faith all his life. H. C. Ivlr.iti'r of lloonr. Mr. H. C. Klrster , represenlallvc-olcct for the Twenty-second district of Nebraska , resides on his farm In lioono precinct Doone county , Nebraska. He was born in West moreland county Pennsylvania , within iwcuty inllca of PIttsburg , en October 5 , 1848. His father wr.3 a farmer , and Mr. Klester icmalned with him until 20 years of age , except while he was In the eervlco of the United States government. He onlhtcd when 1C yeais of age , in Company I , IJIghty- cl hth Pennsylvania volunteers , and was mustered out Juno 30 , 1SS5. He was married December 3 , 1SG8. to Sllfs Jcnnk- Hey of Westmoreland county , Pennsylvania. They resided on a. farm in that state until the fall of 1S7C , when they moved to Essex , la. , where Mr. Kios-ter engaged In various busi ness enterprises. He removed to his present homo In Hoano county , In 1883 , and Is actively engaged In farming and stock rais ing. C. M. Ijunuir of .Si C. M. Lemar , who will represent the people ple of Saunders county , was born In Indiana in the year 1S1G , Amoved with his parenta to Warren couuty , Illinois In 1S5B and lived there until 18fi5He then moVed to Mercer COUntV. TIllnn'A ' nnil nil . .Tnntlnri- 1 CT.1 M-OO married lo Mlta Maggie E. Dihel. Ho came lo Saunders county , Nebraska , in 1SS7 , was olcclcd as one.ot the represcnlallvca from the Twcnty-scvenOi district on November 3 , 1896. Politically he la a populist , and by occupation , a farmer. } < .John Mililrll of DotiurlaH. John Llddell-'lsiithe only representative cf organized labor on the Douglas county dele gation. Mr. Llddell Is ono of the old em ployes of the local Union Pacific shops. Ho is a moulder' by trade , nnd belongs to Union Pacific Moulders' union. He U par ticularly luterpstcd In suchv legislation as may affect organized labor , and has given a good deal of attention to the problems In volved. He Is nJto a member of various fraternal organizations. ! ' . I < \ IooinlH of Under. Duller county's representative In the com ing session of the legislature will bo Mr. Frank F. Loomls. A personal sketch was furnished by him with much reluctance and at his earnest reijucst It Is printed as ho wrote it : "I was born In Jefferson. Aahtabula county , 0. , on the 25th day of December , 184G. I moved lo this state and county with my father and mother about thirty years ago , where I have lived olncc. I have always voted the republican ticket until a few years ago. I was a delegate in the repub lican state convention when the editor of The lieo made such a gallant fight for honest old Judge Maxwell. And when , notwith standing It was clearly against the wishes of the republicans and the people of the state generally , the machine turned the grand old man down , and for no other reason than that ho wai just and honest , I began to think that perhaps partylsm at all hazards was dangerous , and for the first tlmo In my life I .scratched the state ticket ( Harrison ) and voted for Maxwell. And when the same machine nominated Tom Majors , regardless of gooJ government , or the best Interests of the party , I voted for Holcomb. My party friends said I 'was not a good republican. ' But the methods ihey have adopted have well nigh cost the party Its life In this state. When the money question became an issue , upon studying the question I became con vinced the same money power , which by Its manipulations doubled our national war debt , and has practically doubled the debts of Individuals , bf the 'present gold stand ard , ' was a menace to American Institu tions , I took a stand for silver. The 'sil ver conference * of this district , made up of democrats , populists and silver repub licans , nominated mo for representative and I was elected. And now I shall go down lo Lincoln this winter to help enact laws , not 'radical' nor 'rabid , ' but such at ) are just and fair , aud for the best Interests of all concerned. " \V. H. Matin of Kullnc. W. H. Mann of Wllbcr will represent Sa line counly at Iho coming session , being tin. successful nomine * ) of the republican partv Ho Is a miller by trade , The brief s ory o\ \ his life Is Included lu Iho following paragraph - graph : He was born at Walertown , Jeffer son county , N. Y. , on Juno 21 , 1833 , and grow up on a farm. At the ago of 18 he bccan service as' an apprentice In the mil ler's trade. After serving the full time necessary to acquaint him with the details of the milling Industry , Mr. Mann removed to Sterling , 111. , where for thirteen years ho engaged In the manufacture of flour. In JEG'J he came to Nebraska and built the flour ing mills at 'Sterling , In Johnson county. Five years later , In 1871 , ho again changed his location , this tlmo to Wilbur , where , with C. D. Wllbor , ho engaged In the manufac ture of flour. Ho remained In acllvo busi ness until Ihreo yeara ago , In politics , Mr. Mann has always been a staunch republican , His first vote was cast for John C. Fremont In 185G , and ho IB proud of the fact thai ho has voted for every presidential candidate nominated byjho.republican party. O , C , Mnrxlmll \ViiHliliiKlon. . Chester 0 , Jlo/Rhull of Arlington , Wash ington county , will look after the Interests of the ElavenUifnllitrlcl during Iho coming nusfllon of the legislature. Ho was born In Flndlay , O , , September 23 , 1SC2 , whcro ho lived with hli parents until early In 18S1. Then ho came to Nebraska In company with his parents and nettled on a farm near Ar lington , His pafciitg still rcsldo there , and he lived thor until 1SS5. For a tlmo liu lived In Hay Springs , Sheridan countbc - lu ( ; QUO of the flrnt aettlura ( hero and aiding In the erection of the first building In Hint place. During Iho spring ho formed n part nership with his brolhcr , 0. A. Marshall for the publication of The Arlington Nurs ery and Fruit Kami. Started on a amall scale the journal has como to be recoRiilr.ed throughout at' an authority on the subjects with which It deals. From 1S91 to 1S94 Mr. Marshall was Intrrcslcd In a general mer chandise store at ArlingtonHo Is now serving hlu second term on the board of su pervisors of his county , nnd occupied A high place In the esteem of bis constituents. II , S. lloCnrly of frt > t > lir > lllchard S. McCarly , who will represent Grecley county at the comlivs session , waa born In Dayton. 0. , December 23. 1853. and two years later his parents removed to Jack son county , Iowa. In lib earlier manhood Mr. McCnrty gained hia first ImnlncM ex perience as a clerk In a general merchandise store In Xwlngle , la. , but his taslcs were for agricultural pursuits , and In 1SSI ho came to Nebraska , locating a farm In Grecley count } ' . Ho was always a democrat until Iho people's Independent party came Into ex istence. In 1593 he was the populist candl date for treasurer of Groeloy counly. At the last election ho was chosen by the popu lists and free silver democrats to represent his county In the legislature. David .Mi-Oaukcii of KriiuUlln , The Slxty-ilmt district , coiiRUtlng of Franklin county. Is represented by David McCrackcn. Mr. McCracken was born In Davis county , Indiana , In 1SG2 , of Scotch Irl.ih parentage. Hid parenta moved to Ken- lucky when he was G ycais old and there he ri-cclvcd his early education lu the public school ? . At the age of 14 ho entered the Academy of Icma at Lebanon , from \\hlch ho graduated in 1880 , In the aprlng of the following year he removed to Illinois , where he worked on a farm In summer and taught school during the cold weather. He finally studied law nnd was admitted to the bar. Hut bad health compelled him lu abandon Iho practice of his profession , atd In ISSG he moved to Nebraska and settled In Frjnk- lln county. He engaged In fanning nnd has conlluusd to follow that vocation. In 1888 he was married lo Miss Anna Doyle of Ivcsdale , 111. Ho had held several pcsl- llons of trust nnd Is now chairman of the Hoard of Supervisors of Franklin county. C. II. Mi-Cff \ntrliiIIP. . G. H. McGce , representative-elect from Antelope , county , was born In Dubumie county , Iowa , Seplember 30 , 1848. Ills father was a native of Ireland nnd his mother of Kentucky. Ho was raised on n farm , with only such educational facilities as were afforded by Ihe few country schools In that locality , then a very new country. He attended Cornell college a short tlmo In 1SG8-G9-70. Hu was refused as a resrull upon examination during the war of the re bellion. Ho taught school In Iowa a short time , studied land surveying mid located In Antelope county , Nebraska , In May , 1871 , and was elected counly surveyor Iho same jear. Ho was also Inlercsted In a sawmill. Mr. McGee was married In ISSt and com- mcnppd fnrmlMi ? nnd slnnlt rnlftlni ? nn.ir Clcarwater the same ycai , where he stl ! ! resides. Ho erected a flouring mill on the farm in ISSG , In which he Is still Interested. He has been ten years county surveyor and four years county supervisor. Two jears of that tlmo he was chairman of Ihe board. ' Ho has always been a republican. Donr.lil llcl.coil of Colfax. Donald McLcod , representative from Colfax counfv. was bcrn at Vlc'orla Crass , Kings county. Prince Edwards Island , on Septem ber Ca , 1851. When a young man ho served a four years' apprenticeship at the black smith trade , and afterwards worked at tha trade for himself In his native town. In 187S ho ccmo to the United States , locating .it the city of Schuyler In Juno of that year. Ho has been a blacksmith at Schuyler ever sluco becoming a resident of ths city. HU first entry Into politics was In 1S92 , when ho was elected to the city council. The year following he was elected mayor of Schuyler , to which olllco ho was re-elected the year following. He has always been a republican slnco becoming a citizen of the United States , and was elected upon the republican ticket at the last election. M. II. Mill * of I.niienntor. M. H. Mills of Wavcrly Is one of Lanrcas- Icr counly's five represonlatlves In the house. Hovns hr.rn .Tnnunrv R 15J.1R In T.owrnnnn. burg. , Ind. , but with his parents became n resident of Illinois n year later. Ho grow up to manhood near the town of Monmouth , having but few school privileges. In 1S39 ho WES married , and a year later ho cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln , ami has voted the straight republican ticket ever since. On August 8 , 1SG2 , ho enlisted In Company 1C. Elghty-fourthi Illinois Infantry , nnd was made second lieutenant. His regi ment was a part of Nelson's division In , the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Mills com manded his company In all the engagements participated In by the Army of the Cum berland , ILeluding Chlckamauga and Look out Mountain. Ho was wounded In the bat tle of Stone Hiver. Ho participated In eleven harJ fought battles , not to mention scores of brisk skirmishes. Ho came to Lancaster county In 1SS7 and was elected to the house In the recent electionby / a hand some majority. .T. II. MKclu'll of Slc-mtril. J. D. Mitchell of Seward county la ono of the older membero of the house , nnd hai a gallant war record as the result of his services In the war to preserve the union. Ho was born March 24. 1827 , In Ohio , and was reared , educated and mairled In the old Huckeyo state. In 1852 ho became affected wllh the gold fever , and , with a party of fifteen , drove across the plains from Fort Leavenworth to California , having some thrilling experiences wllh Sioux , Crow and nigger inuiais en rouie. in isoi Air. .MHclicIl loturned to his homo In Ohio , and In the gamu year moved with his family to Henry county. Illinois , where he took up the study of medicine. The civil war Interrupted his medical studies , nnd In August , 18C2 , ho enlisted as a private In what was afterwards the Ono Hundred anl Twelfth Illinois Vol unteer Infantry. A > ear later ho had been promoted to the captaincy of his companj. He commanded his company ( C ) In twenty- two general engagements , and , with his com pany , regiment and brigade , \\as under fire 110 times. Three times ho was wounded , twlco during the siege of Knoxvlllo nnd again at Franklin , Tenn. After the anni hilation of the rebel army at Nashville , Cap tain Mitchell's corps , the Twenty-lhlrd , was sent cast , where It formed a junction wllh Sherman at Goldsborough , N. C. The close of Iho war found Captain Mitchell at Golds- borough , where he was mustered out of service. After going lo Chicago , where ho received his honorable discharge , ho relumed to Kowaneo , lu Henry county , Indiana , where he resided until 1870. In that year ho re moved to Mllford , Neb , , and established him self In the drug business , O. S. Mornn of IMnUc. 0. S. Moran , who has been elected by a majority of the voters of Platte county tea a seat In the lower house of the next legis lature. Is a native of West Virginia. He be came a resident of Nebraska In 1875 , locating In Platte county , near the village of Crcston , where ho has resided continuously since that time. In politics ho Is , and always has been , a democrat. The esteem and confi dence. In which ho Is held by his neighbors Is evidenced by the fact that ho has served as the treasurer for his school district for nlno consecutive years , Ho has also served two years on the board of county supervisors , J. II. MorrlHon of Tluij-rr. Thayer county will bo represented In Iho lower house of the coming ocnslon of the legislature by J. H. Morrison , a farmer liv ing near the tcwn of Chester , He IH a prominent populist leader In his counly and previous lo his election had the endorse ment of the free Oliver democrats. .1 , K. NcNlilt of Hurt , John F. Nrablt of Hurt county , Is ono of the substantial business men of the slate , who will occupy a heat In the house at the com ing ficetiion , Ho Is a native of Ilradford county , Pennsylvania , being born In 1S5S. Ills boyhood was spent In thu Koyatono state , where ho obtained his education. In 1878 ho came weal , locating at West Point for two yearn. At the end of that tlmo ho came to Omaha to accept a position In the whole sale houao of Leo & Co. Hu remained with this firm for several ycara , and In 1884 went lo Tckamah , whore lie c tabllrthed hlmaolt In Iho general mercantile bUBlnc * * , at which he has been eminently successful , Ho wa mar ried In 18S2 to Mia * Lillian Fuller , and three children have como to the family hearthstone as a result of tliu union , O. AV. I'lu-liiH of I til lid- . 0. W. Pholpa , repreduntatlvo-olect from the 31xly-novtmth district , was born on a farm In Mauou county , llllnola , October 11 , 1818. In his boyhood ho worked upon the farm and attended tbo district nchool , receiving such educational training as the schools of those tlmM afforded. At the age of 19 he entered college at Eureka , III. , where ho attended for two years , In 1SG9 ho commenced the study of law wllh the law firm of Dearborn ft Conwell , nt Havana , III. , nnd was ad mitted to practlco In 1S71. Ho practiced law for n lime In southern Kansas , hut later , owing to ago and Infirmities of hit father , lllchard J. Phclps , he was Induced lo gtvo up his profession and lake charge of his father's farm , who , In the meant line , had located In Ncmaha county , Nebraska. Ho taught school for a number of years In Ncmaha nnd Itlchardsnn counties , hut In 1SS5 removed with hia family to a home stead In Dundy county. Nebraska , where ho still resides. He- has taken a somewhat active Interest In politics In hia own and ad joining counties as a populist slnco Iho or ganization of that party. However , Mr. Phclps IB a conservative man and disposed to do justice lo all alike , Irrespective of parly or avocallon. P. P. IM-hlor of MitillNon. Frank P. Prince , who will represent the Twenty-lhlrd district lu the lower holife of the fltnto legislature at Its coming ces sion , was born In Cheshire. Mass. , on July \Vli } > ii 1m wna 1 Tl vnnra , i1il 1m f.i- been a populist slneo the first organization of the party , and was secretary of the first populist convention ever held In Holt county. Hi was secretary of the Farmers' Alliance of Holt county nnd was elected to the legis lature two years ugo. He was re-elected thU fall by a m.vfrlally Increased ma jority. Patrick Hoilily or ( Hoc. Patrick noddy will commence his second term as a representative from Otoe county at the beginning of the coming session. He was born In County Westmcath , Ireland , July 12 , 1812 , where he lived until ho was 20 jcars old. Ho then emigrated to America , first setlllng In Ontario , Canada , whsro lie lived until 1SG3. Ho came to the United States and ploughed the Missouri river on a steamboat , working his way up from the deck to the position. o : captain. He wo.s later connected with the Hannibal & St. Joseph Packet company and the Missouri Hlver Transfer company of Omaha. He was married In Omaha and afterwards moved to Otoo county. He Is dn'OKtenslve laud owner In his own county , and is a director and shareholder in the Nebraska City Street Hallway company. n < > orK < * I , . HOIINI * of Hall. George L. House of Alda , who assists to represent the Forty-seventh or Hall county district , is ono of tha republicans who was re-elected at tlio lest election. .Mr. House was born in Ottawa county , Ohio , Juno 17. 181G. Ho entered Hnldwln university when he was 10 years old and completed his cdu- caclon at Oberllu college. For some tlmo after his graduation from the latter Institu tion ho taught sfhool In Ohio and Illlnob nnd came to Nebraska in 1872. He at once purchased his farm In Hall county and was for six years n nicmbei' of the county board. Ho was elected aa chairman of the hoard for three consecutive terms and two years ago was elected as representative from this dis trict. During the last session of the legisla ture he was chairman of the committee on county boundaries and township organization and was a member of the committee on con stitutional amendments , penitentiary fees and salaries and Irrigation. The fact that Mr. House received nearly 300 more votes this fall lhan he received two years ago Indicates that hia services wvre appre ciated by tbo voters of bin district. Mr. House rtlll resides on his farm , which has developed Into CIO acres. He Is a Knight Templar and was one of the organizers of the Farmers' alliance In tlila state. C. AV. Hclirniu of JM.\on. C. W. Schrum was horn at Pceksklll , In the stale of New Yoik , January 1 , 1851. His mother died Iho following year and his fattier some years later , lie was reared on orphan boy among strangcus , acquiring bib education In thu long winter evenings by studying such books as happci.cd to fall within bin reach. Ho came to Nebraska lu 1871 aul : herded cuttle on the Plattc bottoms toms lor one year , He cams to Dlxon county , the district which ho now repre sents , the following jear , and has ruxlded there ever lnce , teaching school during tha first several years up to 1890 , since which nearly his whole time haa bet ; , dovuiod to farming. Ho has been a member of the Hoard of Supervisors fllncn 1891 and had been rcnomlnalcd for election last fall , but after having iccctvcd tbo nomination at Iho populist convention for representative , ho declined to bo a candidate for supervisor. Later on lu the fall the di'mocr.us met 'u convention and also took him up as tlieir candidate. O , A. Hiveriof < > io s 0 , A , Severe , ropresentatlvo-i'lect from Otoo county , was born In Knox county , Ohio , January 29 , 1854. Ten yrar later ho went with his parents to Harrison county , Mis souri , where he resided until 1870 , when ho came to Nebraska. Ho located on a farm near Iho village of Palmyra , nnd has made Ills homo tlicru for the past twenty-six years. In a note to the editor of The Iloo , Mr. Severe explains hta political Htatua by naylng : "For merly I was a republican , and lemalned In that party until the farmers' alliance move ment was Inaugurated. Blnco that tlmo I liavo been n populist , until this fall , when I lolncd the fusion party , I was nominated by ; bt popullutB and cndorncd by tha democrats. A. n. Nlu-lilou of Imv < > N , The Fifty-third district , which compiUoi Sheridan , Dawea , Ilex Ilutto and Sioux conn , tlug , will be represented by Addluon E. Shel don of Chadron. Mr. Sheldon was born In Sheldon , Mian. , April 13 , 18G1 , lie moved to Nebraska In ISM and fettled with hta parcntH on a farm near Heaver Crossing , In Howard county. Ho was a student nt Doano college for four years , after which ho learned typewriting and also taught n country school , Ho then spent a year at the State univer sity , after which ho spent some tlmo In I Omaha , where ho was employed ns n com- posltor and reporter , In the summer of ISbl * lie went Into the newspaper business for himself , In which ho h.is slnco remained. His first niMMspupcr venture was to found the lllndo at Tlldi-n , In Madison couuly , and his paper was enthusiastic lu Its support o ( Illaluo In the following campaign. Mr. Sheldon moved to Cherry county In 18SC , nnd two years after to his present homont Chadron. He purchased the Hrcordpr nt Chadron and has recently consolidated the publication with the Signal. Ho joined thu peoplo's party In 1890 , and has since been on Ihu stump In every campaign. He was \j circled to the legislature this fall by a ma'T jorlty of 705 , carrying every counly In his district. Mr. Sheldon was married to Mlct Jennie A. Denton nt Omaha In Scptcmh r , 1SS4 , and they have two girls and ono hey now living. .1. C. .Sliiill i.r Ncinaliit. John C. Shull , membar-elect of the house from Nomaha county , W.IR born moved with his parents to Columbia county , 1SGO , Ills education was received In Wisconsin , and flcltled on n farm near Ihe the public and normal schools of hU village of Handolph. During the summer native state. lip began tiMchlng nt months the lad worked on the farm , attend the ago of 17 years and has chlclly ing the village pchool during Iho winter. followed the profession pf a teacher since. Ho completed his course of study at the Ho moved to Nebraska In 18S8 , odlti-d u Handolph High school In the spring of 1873. populist paper three years at TecuniBeh , was Mr. Prince was 22 years old when ho came principal of the Drownvlllo schools two years to Nebraska. He went at once to Madison , ' and was principal of the Nomah.V'Hewtols In 1875 , and has lived In that place ever when ho received the populist nomln&lfnn since. During the great ) > art of his resi for representative , and was afterward mndii dence In MadUon Mr , Prince has been en the democratic no'mlneo. Ho la n son of Dr. gaged In Iho holel business , the Prince H. I. Shull of Auburn. In 1S90 ho Kvea houro being one of the well known hostelrlos married to MLss LizzieGreer of AubuHl. of that portion of the stale. In politics he has always bocn a republican , having cast Dinllry SlillUi of Don hlx. his first ballot for President Huthcrford 11. Dudley Smith , one of the Dangles county " Hayes In 1876. Ho has not lakcn an acllve representatives , came to Omaha from S"t. Interest In political matters until within Joseph In 1888. Ho wan engaged In the whole the ipast two jears. The district he will sale grocery business In St. Jo.spph nnd after represent at the coming session of the legis his temoval to Omaha ho organized the lature Includes tbe county of Madison , where Steelo-Smlth Grocery company , of which ho Is president. Mr. Smith has been very prominently Mr. Prince haa so long been favorably known inently Idctnlficd with the business Interests and whoso Interests he Is competent to pro tect. of the city and has been an active partici pant In every enterprise for the promotion 1C. M. IViIlaril ofriiialia. . of these Interests. He was ono of the llrut E. M. Pollard , representative-elect from members of the Commercial club and served two terms as a member of Its executive Nemahn county , Is one of the well known committee. He has the honor of having joung republicans of thi < state , having been prominently Identified with the State League originated the name of Ihe Knlghln of Ak- of Republican College clubs In past cam Sar-lcn ) , of which ho has been an enthusias paigns. He Is oiii ? of the Nebraska IcgMla- tic member and also a member of thu Hoard tors who have gradualcd from the Nebraska of Governors. Mr. Smith was also one of State uulvcrally. Although a young man , the first citizens of Omaha to agitate the ho has taken an active part In state politics Idea of n Transmlsslsslppl Exposition. Ha and Is a ready debater and a fluent speaker. was a dclegato to the traiismiBslpslppI congress - gross at Galveston In 1891 , at San Francisco I'Id HO 11 Illcli of Oonprlan. In 1893 and at Omaha In 1895. Ho was a Edson Rich , -\\lio will assist In represent member of the committee- five that drew ing Douglas couuly Jn Iho legislature , was up the resolution providing for the exposi born In Illinois thirtj'-scven years ngo. His tion nt Omaha that was presented to the parents moved to Nebraska when ho was C congress at the Omaha se slcn. Ho Is a years old and settled at Ilrownvllle , where democrat in politics. lie received Ills early education at tlio pun- llc schools. Ho afterward graduated from the University of Nebraska and took a past graduate course In political economy and International law nt Johns Hopkins univer sity. He studied law In the oillco of Har- wood , Ames & Kelly at Lincoln and was admitted to the bar In 1887. In 1890 he came to Omaha , , wheic , ha has since been engaged In the practice of his profession. Ho Is a member of tb.Jj , Omaha club and president of the Samonct association. .T. A. Uo ) > i-i IKOII of Holt. The Fiftieth legislative district , which consists of Holt county , has clcctod John A. Hobcrtson of Joy as one of Its representa tives. Ho was born In Jackson couuly , In diana , January 22 , 1SG7. His father died when he was still a child , leaving his mother with a small farm fr"m which to support her self and three children. As soon as ho woo old enough ho assisted on the farm during the cummers and attended the public schools In the winter. In 18S3 his mother married again and came with her family to Ne braska , whcro ha ccnitnued to work on a Turin until 1SS3 , when ho was married. Ir the following year ho moved to Holt county where ho pre-empted an eighty-aero farm ten miles north of O'Neill. This he has de veloped to ICO ceres , and one of the best fnrm-s In Mint vlolnltv. Mr. UnliorfRnn Itna JiilhiM Smith of ItlcliMvilHiin. Julius Smith , member of the legislature - from Illchardson county , was born In Gor- -J. J | | many , March 5 , 1837. His father , Carl Smith , ' , was a school teacher , a profession in which ho engaged for fifty-one years In the nunio city. Julius Smith , nt the age of 14. emi grated to America , landing nt New Orleans February 2 , 1852. In April he started for fho northwest , landing nt St. Joseph. Mo. , In search of some relatives living then in Andrew county. Ho remained there , workIng - Ing on a farm until January , IS.'ii. Then , nt the ngo of 19 , ho went In search of a home and located In Ncmaha township. Hich- ardson county , Nebraska , where ho has since , been a permanent resilient. Farming hns - becn his only business up lo thu piesent time. In 1S92 be was elected a member of the legislature and hcrved the state lu that capacity. ,1. M , Miijili-r of SliiTiniiii. J. M. Snydcr , elected to represcnl the Fifty-seventh district t the coming b rston of the legislature , wai horn Incsl Vlr Klnln April 10 , 1825. His boyhood days were spent with his parenls on Iho western res ervation In Ohio. While hardly of legal age ho became a sound convert to the prin ciples of Andrew Jacli.on dcniosracy on the inriMnir mtnutfriM TTn n o o In fltit'llil nntir uml to state banks as then conduct ed. His first vote was for David Todd fur governor of Ohio. Hut ho was as firmly opposed to slavery as he was to state I unks and so when the democratic party espoused the cause of the slaveholder Mr. Snyder attached himself to the old abolitionist puity and In ISIS voted for Van Ilmun and free soil. In 1852 ho voted for John P. Hale and In the two presidential elections following ho cast his ballots successively for Fremont and Lincoln. In August , 1862 , he cntenvl tbo union army as captain of the Illinois com pany and remained until the Hat rebel had surrendered. For thirty-two cnra he lived In Illinois. When 23 years old he was mar ried to Miss Harriet Frazler and his wlfo still lives to share his newly acquired leg islative honors. Seventeen years ago Mr. Snyder came to Nebraska , locating firu In Sherman county. Ho continued In the re publican party up to the election of Ijin- Jamln Harrison In 1SSS , but has been a popu list slnco that year. IIo Is nuw n minister by profession and four years ago waa chap lain of the Nebraska tcnato 1) . C. Sll.VlU'l' Of .TollllNOIl. The first district of Johnson and Nemahn counties will represented at the coming session by D. C. Snydcr , a prosperous farmer llvlni ; near Elk creek. Ho was elected by the fusion of the free silver partlca ! ' , SiioViMiiiin of PlM-lps. E. Sodermau was horn In Sweden , 1850. His parents died before ho was 18 months old. He rooolvrd a poul education , so that he commenvol ti 'each school at the ago of ] fi yeara. Hu taught cchonl in the same district three yoais. In the year 1808 he emigrated to this coun try and selected Molngona , In Homo county. Iowa , for his location. 113 fallowed railroading reading for a few years at ilrat. In 107.T ho settled permanently In Molngonn , 'jir ho served three years as s'l'ionl trc.isuror and two years aa councilman , which oico ! ) ho resigned in January , 1S7) ) , when ho dioulni to go further west. Ho WI.H married in 1870 and has several bojs nnd girls. IIo located on a honustead In Pnulpi luonty , Nebraska. 187ft , where he yet icillia In 1883 and 1SS5 he was elected countv puivoxir as a republican. In the fall of lsS3 , at a. republican state convention hold nt Lin-oln , Neb. , he left the icpuhlc ! > ii : party. Li 1890 , 1892 , 1891 and 1896 hr > Ins boon elnr-od state representative of Pludps county by tlio people's Independent pai ty. ( | > \i , Slrhlilii * of Lincoln , T . .Minn Ot.tllltlnu f\t % T/1P,1 , nlfllfn I , n B l. nn elected to icprecicnt the Fifty-fourth district , which Includes Lincoln. Chcyenno and KclUi counties and the unorganized terrHojwwest of Logan. In teply to a request for a sketch of his life , Mr. Stebblns writes : "I csn trace my ancestry back 1,000 years to three grand fathers , one a Norman robber , ono n Scotch man and ono an Irishman. So you BOO 1 am fixed. Later on the one more direct landed from the Mayflower. Ho wan a minister , and bo 'sort o' drappcd' a gentle Influence over me. As for myself , I was born In a auamp and didn't do very well .for a while , but as I namu out wrat I Improved until I gel to. Nebraska , where I bhuMomod oul like a sun- ( lower Into H popullsl I urn now i" yoaiu old. My present biishK-as In holding nillca Of coume , It Is the tall end of the ticket but the 'tall holt * Ix butter than no 'holt , ' and I am going to make the moat of It , purlng these Intermediate yeara of tribulation I have traveled over the far west from Mo'ea- rdiu ctt.i lo Die mineut Hhoro and all along the coast from the IlrltUh line lo the Intli- mus of Panama , sometimes on foot and flomotlmcH on horseback and otherwise * I am now right In the prhno of life , nnd expect to make a whole lot of trouble. If you will publish this ymT will do a whole lot of gooJ , and I will bo yourti forever. " V.V. . HI I'll uli of Oldr. The Eighth district , comprised of Cnra and Otoo counties , will be represented In the coming flenalon by Vincent W. Htraub , a merchant In the little town of Merlin , In Otoo county. Mr. Straub was the fimloii nom In co of the populism and free ullvor democrats. \Vlllliiin Million of William S'utlon of Pawnee county wna born near Oalena , Jo DavlcKi county , III , , April 7 , 1811 , where ho icwlded on a farm until IbOl. In that year he enlbtcil lu Ihu volunteer army. In an Independent battQlUn known as ( ho Fremont Hanger * . Ho nerved with tills organization until General Kro- mont waa removed from command In tb