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1904-1908

ADMINISTRATION OF MYRON T. HERRICK GOVERNOR OF OHIO, 1904-5

BY JAMES K. MERCER 1908

PRESS OF FRED J. HEER COLVMBUI, OBIO

I;; o a o Copriight 1908 •T JAMES K. MERCER. DEDICATORY.

O a man of. most remarkable qualities of mind and heart, whose great success in r life has been based upon sound morals and high principles, and a Chief Executive of Ohio who gave to the Commonwealth a safe, sane and honorable administration of its affairs, to Hon. Myron T. Herrick this volume is most respect­ fully dedicated. J. K. M. INTRODUCTORY.

HIS volume is the third of a series which are intended to T secure to the libraries of Ohio the official history of each State administration, and to' show to posterity the char­ acter and achievements of public men of the period which each volume represents. The publishibr hopes that each succeeding volume will prove of increasing value as a work of reference. The Buckeye State has produced a very large share of the great men of the nation, some of them from most humble be­ ginnings and who knows what may be the ultimate success of many whose lives, up to date, are recorded herein. The writer wishes to acknowledge his great obligation to Mr. H. M. Laundon of Cleveland, also to Messrs. E. K. Rife and Hal D. Landon of Colmnbus for valuable assistance rendered in the preparation of manuscript. The portraits, included were produced by the Bucher Engrav­ ing G>mpany, mostly from photographs by the Baker Art Gallery of Columbus. Besides containing the life and administration of Governor Myron T. Herrick, as well as the biographies of many other distinguished Ohioans, the reader will find within these pages the first published authentic life of the great United States Senator, Marcus Alonzo Hanna. JAMES K. MERCER. TABLE OF GONTENT&

PAGE Adams, C. Barton 286 Allread, James 1 207 Baldwin, Bernard W - 152 Bartlbw, Bert S 241 Beatty, Richard A 217 Berry, Thomas U 219' BincMey, Tom D 184 Bishop, Joseph 175 Bohl, Henry .r 270 Bowland, Willis G 267 Brandt, Ulysses S 216 Brasee, John T 169 Bryant, Edward S 172^ Burkham, Elzey G 298 Calvert, Thomas L 178 Clark, Dr. Charles H 181 Conroy, Joseph W.. 244 Cook, Ermond Edson 299 Cole, Ralph D 204 Crew, William B... 193 Crist, Daniel W 220 Critchfield, Ammon B 16fr Curry, William L 173 Davis, William Z 190- Davis, Hy D 177 Dawes, Beman G 205 Daugherty, Harry M 265 Deatrick, Claude T ^.... 281 Denman, Ulysses Grant 145 Dick, Charles IW Diehl, Nicholas 246- Donaldson, J. C 27» Doughty, Clark C 242 Dover, Ehner 289 Dunlap, Renick William 154 Duval, Marshall N... 221 Eagleson, Freeman T! 243 ElUs, Wade H 142 Elson, Asa W 246 Emerick, Dr. E. J 182" VI fABLE OF; CONTENTS.

FACE Flickinger, ^muel J... • •..'• 128 Foraker, Joseph Benson..... 94 Freiner, John R..' ^ 347 Frillman, Heilry W... 131 FuUington, Eidward M 138 Galbreiath, Charles B 199 Gayman, Benjlamin F • 222 Gilkey* EllioKHoward 196 Gillilani George t 302 Gould, Orrin B , 183 Green, Charles Cameron 141 Guilbert, Walter D 136 Hafnei', Edward A >•.. 224 Hanna, Marcus Alonzo 60 Harding, Warren G 294 Harper, John W 225 Harris, Andrew L 118 Herrick, Myron T 1 Hill, Elijah W 248 Holding, Samuel H 209 Hollenbeck, Harland H 288 Huggins, Edward N 208 Jessup, William 250 Jones, Edmund A 147* Judy, Alfred H.. 249 Karshner, Malcolm A 269 Kautzman, WorthingtOn 162 Kealy, Joseph P 262 Kilbourne, James , • • • 272 Kirtley, William, Jr 149 Lamb, Sylvester 227 Lauman, Gordon F 228 Lawyer, Charles 230 Layton, Bernard W 285 Lemert, Charles C 168 Lowrey, A. Qajk 254 Lorbarger, Edwin L 253 McKinnon, William S 139 McGrew, John F 202 McSweeny, John 201 Malloy, John R 268 Martin, William 166 Maynard, John P 136 Meek, William H ...: 231 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Vli

PAGE Meyer, John H , 265 Miller, Edward T 166 Moore, Opha 130 Morgan, John H 170 Morrison, Ira 1 260 Nye, George B 266 Ohio National Guard 159 Grr, Charley 200 Perkins, Charles E 163 Perry George ^. C 300 Phipps, William H 176 Price, James L 191 Randall, Emilius OvTatt 194 Rathburn; Milton E 233 Reed, George E 267 Reynolds, Terrence 284 Richie, Walter B 212 Russell, Joshua E 282 Sandles, Alfred P 239 Schmidt, Thomas P 236 Shauck, John AHen 189 Sites, Joseph S 234 Smith, John E 283 Snyder, Joseph H 148 Speaks, John C... 166 Spear, William Thomas 188 Stockton, George 179 Summers, Augustus N 192 Supreme Court 186 Taft, Charles P 291 Taft, William H 113 Taylor, William A 297 Taylor, Edward L, Jr 203 Thompson, Carmi A 132 Treadway, Francis W 184 Van Dusen, Frank W 259 Vorys, Arthur 1 262 Walton, Randolph W 129 Ward, P. W 238 Watkins, George H 150 Watts, Claude S 301 Westman .William H 167 •Viii TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE Williams, Henry A 264 -WiUiams, James M 214 Wilson, Edward S 296 Zeigler, George M 261

LEGISLATIVE COBBESPOHDEMTS— Allen B. F fj» Bea^., Allen E... ; 8JJ Beecher, Lucas J ' "J^ Blair, Harry If »1* Blake, Geftrge T.... fl» Blake, Will T 31» Bond, W. W • 306 Bourke, John T «» Culkins, W. C 3j2 Donavan, Dennis A... •••• "1* Dunbar, Donald • 81^ Faulkner, James W 806 Galbreath, J. H 307 Gordon, Sloane •••.• •• 311 Gongwer, Chas. S.J •«•' <• 811 Jennings, Malcolm 307 Landon, Hal. D 307 Larsh, Cbas. W 811 Marvin, Chas. A 810 Piatt, W. C 311 Prime, W. E 310 Raper Frank S • 810 Riddle, O. C 310 Rife, Edward K... 306 Roche, W. W 809 Shimansky, O. K 309 Sims, John Edward 309 Strimple, John W 314 Waldeck, Jacob 315 Williamson, Beriah E 808

MYRON T. HERRICK.

CHAPTERL HE history pi Ohio, from the first English settlement, is a story of the lives of sturdy pioneers, brave generals, wise T statesmen and efficient men of business. The early front­ ier settlers came from the best stock that the country produced. They were men of great courage and high ideals. More than a century has passed since Ohio became a state, but the lapse of time, the infusion oif new interest, and the transformation from a frontier community to a closely populated state of many large cities, have not .lowered the standard nor weakened the independ­ ence of the representative citizens of the state. It is not remark­ able that its Governors havebeen men of whom the state is justly proud. If environment and tradition have any force, it is not at all strange that Ohio's Chief Executives should have been men devoted to the best interests of their fellow citizens. The state owes much of its advancement and more of its prominence to the men who have guided it so well and unselfishly. The list of Ohio's Governors contains majny names that will be remembered as long as devoted service and wise leadership are considered marks of distinction. As the state progressed from an outpost of civilization to a great commercial and industrial community, the demands upon its rulers have changed. At the present time, the management of the affairs of the state requires the talents of a clear-headed, conservative man of business, rather than those of the soldier or experienced legislator. All during the years of the slow change of a pioneer into a highly complex society, there has been at hand, almost without exception, the proper man to lead the state along the paths of progress. Moreover, the people of the state have chosen wisely, they have picked men in whom the sense of responsibility was high, men with exalted ideas of honor and integrity. When, therefore, in 1903, Myron T. Her­ rick was chosen as the Republican candidate for Governor, the people felt instinctively that the Party had not belied its tradi­ tions, but had selected a man, who, by training, experience and character, was worthy of the high honor. CHAPTER n. HE history of the early years of every man's life is impor­ tant, for unless we know how he spent his youth, and by T what motives he was actuated when first thrown upon his own resources, we lack details essential to a correct analysis of his character. Individual success is of great importance to society, and, therefore, knowledge of the early years in the life of a successful man is particularly interesting. The dominating characteristics of Myron T. Herrick are independence of thought and action, determination and resourcefulness. These are traits of slow development. They must have had their root in the char­ acters of those from whom he traces his descent. The ancestors of Myron T. Herrick were of that sturdy independent race froni which came the brave fighters and wise counsellors who deter­ mined the country's destiny. His grandfather on his father's side, Timothy Herrick, was born at Watertown, New York. His maternal grandfather, Orrin Hulburt, was bom in Brattleboro, Vermont, but later, moved to Watertow^ New York, and it was here that his mother, Mary Hulburt, wasoOm. Both of his grand­ fathers fought in the War of 1812. In 1834, Timothy Herrick decided to move to the newer country of the West. In pursuance of this plan, he walked all the way from Watertown, New York, to Huntington, Ohio, to find a suitable location for his family. This accomplished, he returned to Watertown. Soon after, with his family and household goods loaded into two wagons, drawn by oxen, he repeated the toilsome journey. This was indeed a formidable undertaking. He was obliged to pick his way through unknown forests, and to cut his own pathway through the trees for practically all of the way. True to his instincts of the pion­ eer, Timothy Herrick settled with his family at a place which was then on the extreme frontier of Ohio. The wild life here was just to his taste. He was very fond of hunting, and delighted in tramping the forests in search of game. It was not long after this that Orrin Hulburt also came to Ohio, settling with his fam­ ily at Lagrange, Ohio, on land given him by the Government, in recognition of his services in the War of 1812. 2 CHAPTER m. YRON T. HERRICK was born in Huntington, Lorain County, Ohio, October 9,1854, in a log cabin on the farm M cleared by his grandfather. His father was Timothy R. Herrick and his mother Mary Hulburt. It is well within the truth to say that many of the salient traits in the character of Myron T. Herrick were foreshadowed in the lives of his father and mother. Timothy R. Herrick was a man of unusual ability. He was a good farmer, and acquired what, for those days, was con­ sidered a comfortable fortune. He was a speaker of more than ordinary force and clearness, and was fond of discussing mooted questions in gatherings of neighbors and friends. Like his son, Timothy R. Herrick possessed the saving grace of humor that successfully carried him over many a hard place. He served for some time as Mayor of the Village of Wellington. Public affairs always had a peculiar interest for him. Mary Hulburt Herrick belonged to that remarkable class of women, of quiet dignity and force, who, through their sons, have had such a tremendous in­ fluence for good in this country. Too much credit cannot be- given to the home training by such women. So long as the- country possesses women of this type, progress along the right lines is inevitable. The boyhood of Myron T. Herrick did not differ essentially- from that of the average farmer's son. The open air life of those- early days undoubtedly did much to give him a constitutiont capable of standing up under the manifold activities of later years. His education began in the district school of Huntington, Ohio. Wiien he was 12 years of age, his father moved from Hunting­ ton to a farm two miles east of Wellington, and the boy took up his studies in the sdhools of that village. He remained there long enough to complete the greater portion of the High School work, but not to graduate. The opportunities of the High School fell short of satisfying his desire for scholastic training, and he early determined to go to College. His ambition in this respect was stimulated by the reading of Henry Ward Beecher's novel, "Norwood." It is interesting to remember, in this conriection, 8 4 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. that Mr, Beecher was very severely criticized because he accepted $10,000 from'the New York Ledger forthis story. In those days, the annual Commencement at Oberlin was an occasion of g^eat importance to all the. people living thereabouts. When but 13, Myron T. Herrick, his imagination fired by a description in the book he had just read, made up his mind to obtain a brief glimpsi? of College life by attending the graduating exercises in the neigh­ boring Village. He borrowed one of the farm horses and rode the twelve miles to Oberlin. What he saw and heard there was intensely interesting to him, and made him more enthusiastic than ever to participate in the serious life of the College town. So far as he was concerned, the question as to whether or not he should attend College was settled then and there. His father, however, belonged to that class of successful men, who, to a large extent self-educated, are inclined to think that experience is a better teacher than the Collie professor, and yrho believe that success comes sooner and more surely by hard work in field or office than in the class-room. When, therefore, his son first told him that he had made up his mind to secure a College education, he at­ tempted to dissuade him by offering a substantial interest in his farm. But the boy's purpose was not to be shaken, and rather than risk the'fulfillment of his boyhood's dreams, he set out to work his own way through College. With this object in view, when hardly 16 years of age, he obtained an appointment as teacher in the District School at Brighton, Ohio. It was about this time that he first began to take a keen interest in the affairs of the state and nation. In those days, every neighborhood had its debating society, and Myron T. Herrick took full advantage of the opportunity thus afforded him to express his views on national questions. Even then, he was a quick thinker and a ready talker, with positive views. In addition to his duties as teacher, he attempted, by working at night, to fit himself for Col­ lege. The strain soon told on his health. To regain his strength and to add to his bank account, he undertook an enterprise that carried him to St. Louis. The result was rich in experience but poor in financial gain, and he found himself stranded in the Western city. For most boys of his age, the result would have been a hurried appeal to those at home for funds, but young Her­ rick was determined to work out his own salvation. It certainly was a very difficult thing .to attempt. To be penniless and friend- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 0 less in a large city is not an auspicious combination of circum­ stances. However, he was hopeful in spite of his first failure, and began to look about for means of support. The bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis, known as the Merchants Bridge, was just being completed. At that time this was considered quite a'^remarkable accomplishment in engineering, and the idea came to the boy that by writing a vivid description of the bridge'for some newspaper, he might obtain a regular assignment. The result was a letter to the St. Louis Globe Democrat, describing the bridge. It mtist have been a very creditable performance, for the editor of the paper was so much impressed by the ability, of the writer that he gave him a commission to travel through the States of Kansas and Texas and the Territory of Oklahoma, and write up that wonderful country, just becoming known as a land of great promise. It was an exceptional opportunity and the boy made the most of it. For about eight months he wandered through the Southwest, sending in to his paper stories of the cattle ranches and descriptions of the towns he visited and the people he met. It was an experience of inestimable value. It gave to the youth confidence in his ability to meet the world on even terms. It sup­ plied him with a knowledge of human nature, such aS he could have gained, perhaps, in no other way. He grew to love that mar­ velous open country. He realized its possibilities and felt that the time was imminent when it would be one of the important wealth-producing sections of the country. In spite of the many opportunities that he saw about him, his determination to secure a College education was not weakened. In less than a year from the time he reached St. Louis, he had returned to Ohio and was a student at Oberlin Academy. He remained in Oberlin about a year and a half. He was then obliged to give up his studies temporarily, because his savings were exhausted. The resourcefulness and persistence of the young^man were apparent at this time. He applied himself ener­ getically to the acquisition of the funds necessary to completrhis College work. He overlooked no honorable means to this end. For a time he sold dinner bells to the farmers. Later on he was agent for William Vischer, of Wellington, in the sale of Esty organs. He was successful as a salesman, and it was not long before he accumulated enough to warrant his again entering Col­ lege. This time he went to Ohio Wesleyan University at Dela- 6 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. ware, Ohio. He remained there about two years. When he left, he had completed sufficient work to rank as a Junior. Myron T. Herrick's school days were now over. It has always been a source of poignant regret to him that, through force of circum­ stances, he was unable to complete a full Collegiate course. His faith in the value of a College training has remained as strong as it was when, as a boy, he left home to satisfy his ambition for an education. It has .been his pleasure to give freely of his time and money to institutions of learning. He is now, and has beeii for some years, a Trustee of Ohio Wesleyan University. In recognition of his eminence as a financier, man of affairs and public official, the degree of D. D. L. has been conferred upon him by Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College and Miami CoUq;e. CHAPTER IV. HEN the doors oi the College closed behind him for the last time, Myron T. Herrick was face to face W with the eternal problem of youth, — that of making a success or failure of life. To those who knew him at that time, he must hiave seemed a young man of more than ordinary promise. It must have been evident that he possessed many of the char­ acteristics that make for success. He had an active mind. He was a quick and clear thinker. He was ambitious and persistent. He was affable, — making friends easily and keeping them. And all of these excellent traits had been strengthened by an education superior to that of most young men of his age. In addition to his College training, his practical experience had been of the most varied and valuable sort. Like many young gien, he left school with no very definitely formed plan, but willing to take any honorable work available. His first undertaking was that time-honored occupation of a lightning-rod agent. While thus engaged he traveled through Western Pennsylvania. What suc­ cess he had is not recorded. In any event, the work could not have been very remunerative or attractive, for oh being offered a position as bookkeeper in the office of William Vischer, at Wel­ lington, he promptly accepted. Opportunities in a village of the size of Wellington were very limited, and the young man soon made up his mind that he must seek a larger field for his am­ bition. In 1875 he moved to Cleveland, and entered the law of­ fice of J. F. and G. E. Herrick, as a student. In addition to his studies, he undertook the usual work of an office boy, for which he was paid a very small salary. With the money thus earned and what he had saved prior to his coming to the City, he managed, by very close figuring, to pay his own way. Myron T. Herrick was admitted to the bar in 1878, and almost immediately there­ after opened an office for himself. Clients came to him from the start, and it was not long before he was making a good living. With the building up of a law practice came business op­ portunities of which he took full advantage. The work Of the young lawyer gradually developed along constructive business 7 8 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. lines. His ability and his temperament seemed to be more those of the fiSlancieran d the man of affairs than of the lawyer. His career as a business man has been remarkable, — not so much on account of the wealth he has accumulated, as because of the few mistakes that he has made. There are only a few wealthy men that are not obliged to carry the burden of some very serious mistakes. Myron T. Herrick has been almost uniformly suc­ cessful in his undertakings. One of his first ventures was the purchase, with Heflry C. Ranney, of a portion of the Case Estate, located at the corner of Willson Avenue and St. Qair Street. They were obliged to carry the property but a short time before they had an opportunity to sell at an advance of $100,000. This was a very handsome profit for the young man. It is impossible, within the limits of this article, to describe, in detail, the many enterprises in which he has been interested. Only a few of the* most important can be mentioned. He was instrumental in the organization of the Cleveland Hardware Company, which is now a very successful enterprise. This corporation js particularly well-known because it has p&t into operation advanced ideas re­ lating to the treatment of employes. Mr. Herrick still retains a very substantial interest in the Company and is one of its Di­ rectors. With several others, he promoted the Cleveland Arcade Building. When first erected, this building was looked upon as rather a unique structure. It was one of the first of its kind in the country. Very soon after Myron T. Herrick came to Cleveland, he joined the Cleveland Grays. He remained with this organization for about three years, when he resigned to become a member of Troop A, just then being organized. He was a Trooper for 12 years. In 1886 Myron T. Herrick was elected Secretary and Treas­ urer of the Society for Savings. His success in business had been so considerable that he then possessed a very comfortable fortune. Because of the advanced age of the President of the Bank, he was virtually the first Executive Officer of the institu­ tion. It was a very responsible position for a young man of 32. The deposits of the Society for Savings, even then, were larger than those of any bank of the State, and it was one of the most important institutions of its kind in the country. Since his connection with it, the growth of the bank has been remarkable. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. &

On July 1,1886, the deposits of the Society for Savings amounted to $12,768,000, which belonged to 31,619 depositors. July i, 1908, the deposits of the Bank approximated $50,000,000, and the num­ ber of depositors 81,000. This is a wonderful growth, and much of it, without question, is due to the wise, conservative manage­ ment of Myron T. Herrick. He has always taken great pride in the institution. His connection with it means much more to him than his salary as an official. He has repeatedly refused more remunerative positions with other institutions. If he had never done anything else, his success as the directing head of the So­ ciety for Savings entitles him to a very high and honorable posi­ tion in the community. For years this institution, under his guidance, has exercised a tremendous influence for good in the City of Cleveland. Because of its great strength, it has been able to take the lead in times of financial panic, in averting dis­ aster and restoring normal conditions. It was while he was Secretary and Treasurer that the Society erected its magnificent building. Many of its admirable details of construction and ar­ rangement were planned by him. On the death of Samuel Mather, in 1894, Myron T. Herrick was elected President of the Society. He resigned from this position in June, 1905. He felt that by reason of his extended absence from the City, made neces­ sary by his duties as Governor of the State, he could not g^ve the needed attention to the details of the Bank's affairs. That he might still retain an official connection with the Bank, the po­ sition of Chairman of the Board was created and he was elected to fill it. By this means, he retained his close connection with the Bank and directed its policy, but was relieved of many active duties. In. 1884, with W. H. Lawrence, James Parmelee, Webb C. Hayes and B. F. Miles, Mr.t Herrick purchased a small carbon manufacturing plant on Willson Avenue that had recently failed. They assumed the debts of the Company, put in some new capital and reorganized the business into a profitable enterprise. From this small beginning the present National Carbon Company was developed. This Company has been remarkably successful. It now manufactures practically all of the carbons made in this country and a very large part of the dry batteries. One of the factories in Geveland covers 27 acres. Another profitable en­ terprise was the erection of the Cuyahoga Building in 1892. In 10 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

this venture he had with him James Parmelee and C. A. Otis. The building occupies one of the choice sites in the City of Cleve­ land. Mr. Herrick, with a few others, was instrumental in the organization of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company. He and his associates purchased two old electric light plants. With them as a nucleus they built up the present business of the Illuminating Company, which supplies electric light to the mu­ nicipality and to practically all of the private consumers of the City of Cleveland. For a time, Myron T. Herrick was President of the Company. He was succeeded by James Parmelee. In 1896, as the representative of Eastern banking interests, he was ap­ pointed one of the receivers of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company. By reason of this position he wis able to provide a Cleveland terminus for the Wheeling and Lake Erie by uniting it with the Cleveland, Canton and Southern. Later on, the Wabash, by obtaining control of the Wheeling and Lake Erie, gained an entrance into Cleveland, thus giving the City the advantage of another trunk line. For 12 years Myron T. Herrick was on the Board of Directors of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. He has served as a Director of the Bowling Green Trust Company, of New York; the Night and Day Bank, of New York; the Trust Company of America, of New York; and the Continental Tnist Company, of Baltimore. He was very largely interested in the organization of the Quaker Oats Com­ pany, and is still a member of its Board of Directors. With sev­ eral others, he acquired control of the Western Maryland Railroad in the interests of the Goulds. In 1901 he was elected President of the American Bankers Association,—a very high honor. This brief mention of some of the enterprises in which Myron T. Her­ rick has been interested is sufficient to indicate his wonderful versatility in business affairs. CHAPTER V. YRON T. HERRICK'S political experifence began with his election to the City Council in 1885. George W. M Gardner was Mayor of the City at the time. This Coun­ cil, which was a very strong body of men, was carried into office on a wave of refornjJ|which swept over the City. Among others who served with him as Councilmen were T. E. Burton, Judge Pennewell, Judge Griswold, Kaufman Hays, P. M. Spencer and O. J. Hodges. Mr. Herrick was made Chairman of two impor­ tant Committees,—that of Department Examinations and that of Public Printing. AtJMS suggestion, all printing contracts were submitted to him for 15j)roval. The result was a very consider­ able saving to the City. As Chairman of the Committee on De­ partment Examinations, he made a very thorough inquiry into the work of the several departments of the City Government, and inaugurated many very important changes. He also served on the Committee of Legislation. As a member of this Committee, he prepared and had submitted to the State Legislature, through V. A. Taylor, of Bedford, Ohio, a Bill providing for depositories for City and County money. The measure subsequently became a law. Prior to this time. City and County Treasurers had abso­ lute control over the funds in their possession, and whatever interest they were able to obtain, went into their own pockets. The importance of this law is self-evident. After serving for two terms ks councilman, he refused again to be a candidate. In 1888, he opposed M. A. Hanna in a contest for the control of the Dis­ trict Convention that was to select delegates to the National Con­ vention that year. He was successful, but he insisted that Hanna be named with him as a delegate. This was the beginning of a very warm personal friendship between the two men, that lasted, with­ out interruption, until Mr. Hanna's death. The Ohio delegates to the Convention of 1888 were for John Sherman, but Benjamin Harrison was made the nominee of the party. From 1888 on, Myron T. Herrick has been a delegate to every Republican National Convention, with the exception of 1900, when he was in Europe. In that year, however, he was made an Elector-at-Large, 11 12 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. and cast his vote for William McKinley. He went to the Con­ vention at St. Louis, in 1896, as one of the enthusiastic supporters of Governor McKinley. He took a leading part in the framing of the memorable platform of that year, which committed the Re­ publican party to the preservation of the gold standard. In 190a be was appointed member of the National Committee from Ohio,^ to take the place made vacant by the resignation of George B. Cox. In 1904 he was elected a member of the Committee. CHAPTER VL MONG the first cases that came to Myron T. Herrick as a young lawyer was one relating to the Alliance Opera A House, at Canton, Ohio. It was in this connection that he first met and became acquainted with William McKinley. The beautiful friendship that ripened from this acquaintance is one of Myron T. Herrick's most cherished memories. Of all the friends that he ever had, he loved none more than William McKinley. Yet it is not at all remarkable that these two should have been friends. They were both men of the broadest sympathies; they were both absolutely unselfish in their devotion to their friends; and they both possessed that keen sense of humor that bridges over so many of the small breaks often fatal to friendship. Myron T. Herrick believed in William McKinley absolutely. He believed in the integrity of his purposes and in the wisdom of his policies. Impelled by his love for him and by his faith in him, Myron T. Herrick did all that lay in his power, freely and unselfishly, to elect William McKinley Governor of Ohio and President of the United States. In 1893, McKinley was elected Governor of Ohio. One of his first official acts was to make Myron T. Herrick a Colonel on his staff. Col. Herrick retained the position for some little time,, but finding that its duties seriously interfered with his work as President of the Society for Savings, he resigned. Hor­ ace E. Andrews was appointed in his place. In February, 1893, Gov. McKinley became embarrassed financially, by reason of his having endorsed the notes of a friend to the amount of something like $130,000, — a sum far beyond his ability to pay. The friend whose paper he had endorsed was one who, years before, had loaned him money with^hich to obtain an education. The Gov­ ernor had implicit confidence in his friend and did not hesitate to endorse his paper, whenever asked to do so, — as a matter of fact, the Governor was not aware of the amount of paper on which he had placed his namfe, until his friend failed to take care of his obligations and recourse was had on him. It was certainly a veiy trying situation for the Governor of the State of Ohio, and he appealed to his friend. Col. Herrick for advice. It was evident 18 14 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. to the Colonel that the Governor must be relieved of the embar­ rassment of this indebtedness. With the assistance of M. A. Hanna, James H. Hoyt, and H. H. Kohlsaat, of Chicago, he raised an amount sufficient to ta^e up the Governor's obligations. Soon after he was elected President the first time, McKinley asked Col. Herrick to take a' place in his Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury. The offer was absolutely unsolicited. Col. Her­ rick thoroughly appreciated the great honor of a Cabinet position,, but decided that he could not afford the sacrifice of business that it would involve. He felt, also, that it would add greater strength to the administration, were some one better known than himself, to receive the place. During his second administration. President McKinley offered Col. Herrick the Ambassadorship to Italy, but the Colonel concluded that he did not care to be away from his own country for the length of time that such a place would necessitate. Presi­ dent Roosevelt renewed the offer made by President McKinley,. but Col. Herrick again declined it, for the same reason. CHAPTER VIL HEN Myron T. Herrick refused to be a candidate for a third term as councilman of the City of Cleveland, it W was his intention never again to seek public office. His experience it\ the council had not been altogether to his liking, and he retired with a distaste for office holding. He continued, however, to take an active interest in politics, working unselfishly to promote the best interests of the state and nation through his party.| President McKinley frequently urged Col. Herrick to be a candidate for some high office, but the Colonel did not give such a course of action serious consideration, until the time came to plan for the selection of a candidate to succeed Governor Nash and members of the Legislature, that, in the Winter of 1904, would elect a United States senator. It was evident that the Democrats intended to make a superlative effort to defeat Senator Hanna for re-election. The Senator realized that -his success would be uncertain without the election of the Republican candi­ dates for the Legislature from Cuyahoga County. President Mc­ Kinley and Senator Hanna urged Col. Herrick to accept the nomi­ nation of the Republican party for governor. They both appre­ ciated, not only that he was splendidly fitted for the office, but that because of his g^eat strength in his own County, his nomina­ tion would probably insure the election of the Republican Legisla­ tive ticket from Cuyahoga County. Even under these circum­ stances. Col. Herrick hesitated to enter the contest, for he felt that it would involve a great personal sacrifice and he was still prejudiced against holding office. When, however, he finally gave his consent, it was with the understanding, — concurred in by Senator Hanna and other party leaders, — that he should be successful, he would enter office unhampered by obligations or pledges of any sort. The suggestion that Col. Herrick be the nominee was exceedingly popular. So strong was his candidacy that there was none to oppose him, and when he reached Colum­ bus, in June, for the State Convention, it had long been evident that he was to be the leader in the coming campaign. The Republican State Convention convened in Columbus,. 16 16 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

June 4, 1903. The nominations were made in a spirit of harmony and good feeling. It was expected that there would be a contest for nomination of a Lieutenant-Governor, but this was obviated by a conference of party leaders the night before the formal gathering of the delegates. Senator Hanna presided as temporary Chairman, and Sena­ tor Foraker was chosen permanent Chairman. When the latter rose to take the chair, there was a burst of applause, and as the two Senators stood side by side, smiling, the cheering continued for some time* When it had subsided. Senator Hanna said, "It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you your permanent Chairman, the distinguished senior Senator." Mr. Foraker stirred the enthusiasm of the convention with his first words. "This is Hanna's year," he said, and the applause came back to greet him. "Yesterday was Hanna's day, and he improved it by making the keynote speech of the campaign. That was the best opening speech I ever heard. It was so good, in fact, that it left nothing to say." Cheer after cheer greeted Senator Foraker's endorsement of the candidacy of Col. Myron T. Herrick for Governor. When Senator Foraker had concluded, the reports of the various com­ mittees were adopted, including that of resolutions, and then nomi­ nations were declared in order. Hon. Paul .Howland, of Cuya­ hoga County, spoke eloquently for Col. Myron T. Herrick. His speech was brief and to the point, and it caught the Convention, especially the phrase, — "He's a fighter, a man of action, he does things and he does them well!" which he applied in order to Sena­ tor Foraker, Senator Hanna, President Roo.jevelt and Colonel Herrick. Mr. Howland spoke as follows: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the convention: —T\i^ history of the Republican party for the last twenty years is the history of the nation. The present proud position we occupy in the industrial, financial and political world is directly due to the policies and principles of the Republican party. In the industrial world we are now fiercely competing for the world markets with such marked success that England with her lioasted free trade is seriously considering the adoption of protective tariff to save her colonial trade. "In the financial world the center has been moved from London to New York, and the greatest financial undertakings of this or any other age are now planned and executed by American brains and American money. In the political world we are to-day recognized as a power of the REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 17 first class. On international questions our opinions are sought, onr policies are respected, and our citizenship is honored throughout the civilized world. The Republican party proposes to see to it that this satisfactory condition of affairs remains unchanged. "We may be pardoned a feeling of just pride when we contemplate the important and controlling influence which the distinguished men of our State have exerted in shaping, adopting and executing the policies for which we now claim such grand results, yet after all, in the last analysis, it is men that do things, not policies; the Republican party produces the men, the men produce the policies, and the policies properly executed, produce results. Therefore in our search .for leaders we must look for men of action, men who do things and who do them well. The Republican party loves a fighter, loves men of action, and for that reason two years ago we returned to the United States Senate, without a dissenting voice, the Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker. He is a figfiter, a man of action. He does things and he does them well. For that reason at the coming session of the State Legislature we propose to return to the United States Senate without a dissenting voice, the Hon. M. A. Hanna. He is a fighter, a man of action. He 4p^s things and he docs thenv well. For that reason in 1904 we propose to nominate and elect to the Presidency of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. He is a fighter and a man of action. He does things and he does them well. For that reason I have to-day the distinguished honor, on behalf of the solid and enthusiastic delegation from Cuyahoga county, to present for yonr consideration for the high office of Governor, the name of a man in whose- intcg^ity we have absolute confidence, whose ability has been demon­ strated, and who will, if you nominate and elect him, be an honor to. the State. He is a fighter, a man of action. He does things and he does, them well, and his name is Myron T. Herrick, of Cuyahoga connty,"

Then Hon. Albert Douglas, of ChilHcothe, proclaimed, in an eloquent speech, his Republicanism and endorsed the record of his party and its national leaders. He closed with a fine tribute to Col. Herrick, whose nomination by acclamation he moved. The motion was seconded by Hon. D. D. Taylor, of Guernsey County, in a brief speech. A committee consisting of George B. Cox, Hon. Albert Douglas and Hon. J. A. Beidler, was named to escort Col. Herrick to the hall. While the committee was out, Hon. M. M. Boothman, one of the candidates for Lieutenant-Governor, arose and withdrew his name, and Hon. Warren G. Harding, of Marion, was nomi­ nated for second place on the ticket by a unanimous vote? After the re-nomination of W. D. Guilbert, of Noble, for 2 18 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Auditor of State, Col. Herrick arrived at the Convention Hall under the escort of the committee. His appearance was the sig­ nal for prolonged applause. Col. Herrick spoke deliberately, thanking the delegates for the honor that had been conferred upon him. He spoke as follows: "Gentlemen of the Convention: The action of the county conventions throughout the State within the past few weeks has been to me an index of what your decision might be here to-day, and I have earnestly sought for some fort^i of expression which would adequately convey to you my grateful appreciation for this most signal honor, for this distinction which has dignified me so far beyond my deserts, and now at this su­ preme moment, I stand before you overwhelmed with gratitude and em­ barrassment, and only the homely words, "I thank you," straight from tHt bot<;om of my heart, come to my lips. "It is with increasing embarrassment that I now realize that in such a presence as this, you and your predecessors conferred the same honors upon the illustrious line of Republican nominees for Governor among whom were Chase, Hayes, Foraker and McKinley, who were connected with the greateixfame of the nation, I realize, as you do, that the adminis­ tration just closing of that quiet, unostentatious gentleman who presides in yonder State Hb^use, is difficult to e^ual and is worthy of emulation. If it is permitted n»i to discharge the dtities of the high office, I shall ask no more distinction than at the end of my term I may receive the approbation of my fellow citizens, and to feel that I have at least endeav­ ored to follow the example of my illustrious predecessor. "Now, as for fortyXyears since the beginning of the Republican era in Ohio, the country has looked to her for guidance and example. The Ohio idea has been paVamount not only in the councils of the Re­ publican party, but in the nation itself, while the Republican party and its principles have become practically the incarnation of the country; Ohio's work is a fateful work. She\ is the personification of all lofty ideals of statesmanship and good goVernment. In the past she has spoken through the Republican party asxshe will speak this year. The country awaits your decision, and by the^doption of our resolutions the word goes out that we still believe in calmness and conservative action. "We favor the extreme in nothing. We are for no fads or isms, no matter whence they come, or by whom they are championed. Republi­ can nonsense is as dangerous to the\body politic as any other kind. Untried and untested theories of government or conduct should find t.0 place in our category of i.rinciples. The sails of the Republican party in this state have never been trimmed to catch the passing breeze, and it has never floated a doubtful flag. \ "Let us then continue to steer a middle\course, and retain bur posi­ tion as the settling ground between the sections — the clearing, house of issues, an arbiter between the East and the West. "We have little to fear from the coming conflict, for our party REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 19

record has thrice armed us with a quarrel that is just, and we will carry the war into the enemy's country this fall with all the energy and zeal of the ancient crusader. State taxation of home and farm is fast approaching the vanishing point. Within a month from this date the State debt will be a^thing of the Democratic past, leaving only our un- clTangeable obHgdfions to theboqnties for the support of the common schools. Under the administratioh--of-GoVBNjor Nash the policy was declared that taxation of real and personal property for the support ci the Stat/ government and institutions should cease and that the neces­ sary funas should be raised from special privileges and franchises. I take it that this policy is to be maintained, and that each county is to be left to supply Vts needs as best suits it — the very best form of home rule. Our past isi secure and the platform of principles and pledges here adopted assure the future. "Gentkmch, I accept the charge you have so generously placed in my keeping ui a spirit of the deepest reverence. It comes to me as a sacrsd trust fnnn the great Republican party of Ohio, an institution founded for tlur betterment of the govemment^and the governed. As a loyal Re- an I obey your summons and stand ready to march and fight with "you and with you 'guard the bridge.' Gentlemen, again I thank you."

Other nominations were then made as follows: For Treas- urer of State, W. S. McKinnon, Ashtabula County; Judge of the Supreme Court, A. N. Summers, Clark County; Commissioner of Common Schools, Edwin A. Jones, Stark County; Member Board of Public Works, George W. Watkins, Pike County. CHAPTER Vm. HE state campaign in the fall of 1903 was a remarkable political contest. The Democrats nominated Tom L. T Johnson for Governor; thus two distinguished citizens of Cuyahoga County were at the head of the opposing tickets. Sen­ ator Hanna, another Cuyahoga County citizen, was the Republican candidate for the/Senate, and the Democrats had endorsed John H. Clarke, also op Cuyahoga County, for the same position. The fact that all foun leaders came from a single County in the State was an unusuaw circumstance. The reason for this peculiar sit­ uation was evident. The two great prizes were the United States Senatorship and the Governorship. Colonel Herrick entered the contest at the request of Senator Hanna and other leaders, to the end that the Senator might have the advantage of Herrick's pop­ ularity and strength in that section of the State which it was thought necessary to carry in order to secure a Republican ma­ jority in the General Assembly. Tom L. Johnson had, for some time, been the leader of the Ohio Democracy, and in a state con­ vention that he dominated, it was natural that he should receive the nomination for Governor. In order to add prestige to the Democratic ticket, John H. Clarke, an old friend of Johnson's and a very able man, was selected to oppose Senator Hanna. The campaign began almost as soon as both tickets were selected, and continued, at high pressure, until the election in November. Senator Hanna was on trial, and every force that he could invoke was used to the end that Colonel Herrick might be elected and a Republican majority returned to the 76th Gen­ eral Assembly. It was the first direct appeal that Senator Hanna had made to the people since his contest for the Senatorship five years before. Colonel Herrick, with great enthusiasm and earnestness, at once took an active part in the campaign. He spoke in nearly every County in the State, making many trips by automobile through the agricultural sections. Republican speakers asked for the retention of the party in power, because of its masfnificent record and because of the soundness of the tenets of the party 20 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 21 as set forth in its platform, which declared for the maintenance of the protective tariff, the application of the Constitutional penalty for the diiSfranchisement of colored voters in the South, the re­ duction in the representation in Congress of those States in which colpred voters were disfranchised, for the re-establishment of a merchant marine, and for Constitutional amendments provid­ ing for the classification of property for taxation purposes, the exemption of stocks from double liability and the giving of the veto power to the Governor. The platform of the Democratic party was practically confined to the single issue of taxation. It maintained that all property should be returned for taxation at its value in money. The peculiar views of Tom L. Johnson con­ cerning taxation had been his stock in trade all through the years of his attempted management of the state Democratic party, and he now attempted to gain the approval of the people for his weird and impracticable ideas. Johnson had, for some time, sought the leadership, only to be defeated, but he now had free rein to exploit his fanciful notions. Colonel Herrick soon had Johnson on the defensive, by making it plain to the people that the basis of every theory of taxation that Johnson expounded was the single tax panacea of Henry George. This line of attack was very effective with the farmers. They soon realized that the election of Johnson would be very detrimental to their best interests. More than all this, Johnson's vagaries soon alienated a large number of his own party. On the other hand. Colonel Herrick not only held every Republican voter, but won thousands of Democrats by his frank discussion of public questions. Colonel Herrick made a remarkable fight in Cuyahoga County. He practically made a house to house canvass throughout the County. Prior to the opening of the State campaign, he at­ tended about 240 neighborhood meetings in the city of Cleveland and its suburbs. This proved to be a very successful method of campaigning, inasmuch as it brought him into personal contact with great numbers of voters. In his campaign in Cuyahoga County, Colonel Herrick was most ably assisted by T. A. Mc- Caslin, •Chairman of the County Executive Committee. The re­ sult of the election was a magnificent tribute of appreciation of Colonel Herrick and Senator Hanna. Colonel Herrick was elected by a majority of 113,812 votes, the largest ever given a Governor 22 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. of the State of Ohio. The result of the vote for members of the General Assembly showed that the Republicans would control both branches by substantial majorities. The Republicans elected 29 Senators and the Democrats 4,—a Republican majority of 25. For the House the Republicans elected 88 members and the Dem­ ocrats 22,—a Republican majority of 66. The Republican ma­ jority on joint ballot was thus 91 votes. Never in the history of the State had there been such a triumph. The returns of the election by counties showed unprecedented majorities for Colonel Herrick. Hamilton County led with 29,885, Ashtabula followed with 4,331, Lucas 5,156, Montgomery 4,337, Stark 3,889 and Franklin 3,836. In Cuyahoga County, where the fight had been the keenest, Colonel Herrick received the remarkable majority of 8,399, and the entire Republican County ticket was elected. Of the 88 counties in Ohio, Colonel Herrick carried 62 and Johnson 26. The Assembly delegation from Cuyahoga County was solidly Republican. For Senators there were elected Shallenberger, Harvey, Stewart and Shumaker, and for Representatives, Chisholm, Savyryer, Tyler, Lane, Reich, Rawson, Eubanks, Tredway, Fischer and (Mannix. The people of the State had had the issues of the campaign placed squarely before them, they had had ample opportunity to judge the men who asked for the highest office in their power to gfive, and they wisely chose the one who stood for wholesome, practical measures, the one in whom they knew the sense of civic duty was so strong that nothing could move him from acting for the best interests of the State. CHAPTER IX. YRON T. Herrick became the fortieth Governor of Ohio at noon, Monday, January ii, 1904. The inaugural M program was elaborate and singularly appropriate. The arrangements were very complete and were carried out in a most satisfactory manner. The incoming Governor stood on a plat­ form directly beneath the high-arching dome of the State capitol, surrounded by thousands of citizens from all parts of the State. Colonel Herrick's private party, seated on the platform, included Mrs. Herrick and son Parmely, M. B. Parmely of Sullivan, Ohio, —Mrs. Herrick's father,—^and Benjamin Parmely of Cleveland,— her brother,—Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith of Wellington, Ohio, ^ Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Herrick of Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gray, Senator M. A. Hanna, Judge and Mrs. W. B. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Squire and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Zerbe, of Cleveland. Others on the stand were retiring Governor Nash, outgoing Lieutenant-Governor Gordon, incoming Lieutenant- Governor Harding, Chief Justice Burkett of the Supreme Court, and other members of that Court, Rev. S. S. Palmer of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Secretary of State L. C. Laylin, Auditor of State W. D. Guilbert, Treasurer of State I. B. Cameron, Attorney General J. M. Sheets, and mem­ bers of the various committees of the Coliimbus Board of Trade. It was just ten minutes before twelve when the ceremonies began with music by the Fourth Regiment Band of Cincinnati. Secretary J. Y. Bassell, of the Columbus Board of Trade then arose and spoke briefly of the significance and importance of the occasion. He introduced Rev. Dr. Palmer, who asked the {>ro- tection of the Almighty for the incoming and outgoing Governor and the people of the State. Immediately following the prayer, the famous Republican Glee Club, of Columbus, sang "America." As the voices of the singers died away. Gov. Nash arose, with the handsomely embossed commission in his hands, and faced Colonel Herrick. In delivering the commission to the Governor- elect, Gov. Nash spoke as follows:

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"Col. Herrick, as Governor of Ohio, I have but one official duty yet to perform, and that is to deliver to you your commission as Gov­ ernor for the ensuing two years. This I do with great pleasure: first because I am executing the command of the people, so emphatically uttered at the last November election that all the world knows that they want you for their chief executive: and second, because I personally know that you are worthy of the honor conferred, and will at all time care for the peace, happiness and prosperity of the State. I wish for you a most successful administration." After the administration of the oath of office by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Governor Herrick read his inaugural ad­ dress. "To the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: In your presence and in the presence of this great concourse of citizens, fully sensible of the duties about to devolve upon me as chief executive of our State, I have taken a solemn oath to perform those duties to the best of my ability. By the verdict of my fellow-citizens I have been selected to assume the duties of Governor of Ohio, and to perform those duties and accept the responsibilities of this office not as a partisan, but as a,representative of the whole people. The permanence of a sta^e is in the adherence to its fundamental principles, in the practical recognition of the object of government, which is to make a citizen secure in the enjoyment of life, liberty and property, and the people of Ohio have demonstrated irrespective of politics, their belief in and steadfastness to those principles in the recent election. Re­ membering this, it will be my endeavor to serve the state without fear and favor.

VROGRGSS HAS BEEN HADE. My predecessor was fortunate in having the hearty co-operation of the last legislature, and the wise counsel of the other state officers. As a result of this harmonious working together, progress was made in the solution of taxation problems in the state, and the state finances as reported by him are in an exceedingly healthy and satisfactory condition. Let us counsel together as to how we may best preserve the credit and honor of our commonwealth, while at the same time maintaining our public works and providing for the needs and necessities of our institu­ tions. The question is not how we shall spend the money in the state treasury, but how we may maintain the best results for the honor and integrity of our state in collecting as small an amount as practicable from our citizens and in expending it wisely. A surplus in the treasury too often tends to extravagance in the use of public money, and I ask my friends in the legislature to jom with me and other state officers in the aim to have no extravagance in expending the state's money or reckless­ ness in legislation. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 25

STATE DEroSITORY LAW. The affairs of a great state such as ours should be conducted with the same care and prudence that a careful man of business would exer­ cise in the management of his own property. When a man in business has funds on itaftd he finds a safe and profitable investment for the same that they may not be idle and unproductive. From time to time the state of Ohio has in its treasury large balances of money. This means not only that the business and commercial world is deprived of those amounts of circulating medium, but that the state has not the benefit of the interest which, under proper conditions and safeguards, it might use and enjoy. Having this in mind, I would recommend the passage of a state depository law similar to those in effective operation in other states: and if in the necessarily hasty preparation and passage by the last legislature of the municipal code, there be any defect in the depository law for municipalities that should be corrected. For the first time in the history of Ohio, by the vote of the people at the last election, the constitution was so amended as to confer the veto power upon the Governor. While the possession of this power has its advantages, I am sensible of the fact that it imposes grave responsi­ bilities.

INCREASE IN LEGAL BUSINESS. Governor Nash, in "his message has called your attention to the increase of legal business in the office of the attorney general occasioned by recent legislation, and the constitutional amendments. In my judg­ ment all of the legal business connected with the affairs of the state in its various departments should be administered through the office of the attorney general, and to that end it is manifest that this department will require more assistance, and I trust at an early day the incoming attorney general will carefully review the situation and request the enactment of such legislation as will enable his office to properly care for' and coriduct the entire legal business of the various state departments.

CORPORATION LAWS. The constitutional amendment doing away with the double liability of stockholders of various corporations gives to the state of Ohio an opportunity to revise and codify its laws with reference to the organiza­ tion and control of corporations so that our citizens will not feel im­ pelled to incorporate in other states for business which they wish to transact in the state of Ohio. It should rather be our aim to enact the laws bearing upon the incorporation of companies that they shall be as simple and comprehensive as possible protecting alike all of our eitizens or those doing business with our state, who seek to invest their money in our corporate enterprises, and at the same time safeguarding the public in their dealings with such corporations. 26 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT. Under the provisions of the national banking law, frequent examina­ tions are made by competent examiners of the condition and soundness of banks established under the laws of the United States. These exami" nations, after a trial of forty years, seem to amply justify this method of government supervision over banking institutions. Unfortunately, institutions established under the laws of the state of Ohio for banking purposes have,^ in some instances, met with disastrous failure, which night liave been prevented and the public warned if a similar system li^ been established for them. In this connection I recommend either the^stablishment of a state banking department or the enlarging of the powws of the state auditor, so that; all .banking and trust companies incori)orated under our state laws shall be subjected to thorough and confidential examination, to the end of affording protection alike to the depositor and stockholder.

INTER URBAN RAILROADS. The rapid growth of interurban railroads, street railroads, and other quasi public corporations, and the apparent demand for their enlargement in the next few years, renders it desirable that they shall be regulated and governed by wise legislation, that will encourage the investment of capital to the extent that it is necessary to meet the demands and re­ quirements of the public: that will insure its protection when invested, and that such corporations shall be so regulated that the public shall secure the most efficient service at reasonable cost.

STATE INSTITUTIONS. As we advance in civilization the greater should be the care, com­ fort and protection furnished for the helpless, and those unfortunately afflicted. To accomplish this end the state of Ohio has, at great ex­ penditure of money, erected homes or institutions where these un­ fortunates may be cared for, and in many instances cured and restored to their homes and families. The maintenance of these and other state institutions requires careful management and attention. In one particular I think we are lacking in our control of these instftutions. All success­ ful business enterprises have a system of competitive bidding for the furnishing of supplies. The United States government in the purchase of its supplies, has such a system. There is, therefore, all the more necessity that such a method be put in practice in the state institutions, and I recommend this subject to your earnest consideration.

THE NATIONAL GUARD. The State of Ohio has reason to be proud of its National Guard, for its efficiency and condition and particularly when we remember that Ohio stands twelfth in the list of her sister states in the matter of finan- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 27

cial aid and support to her militia. It is our duty to do all in our power to improve its standing and prestige especially since, under recent legis­ lation it becomes part of the army of the United States. With this in mind, I have under the law passed by your body appointed as members of my staff officers from the National Guard hoping in so doing to improve the personnel of the guard that it may continue a credit to the state at home and abroad. REFORM IN BALLOT LAWS. Foremost in our obligation as citizens, is the exercise of the voting privilege. It is our duty to protect this privilege by every safeguard we can throw around it. From time to time various laws regulating the con­ duct of elections have been passed by the general assemblies, some of which appear conflicting and others which in their operation have be­ come cumbersome and are incentives to illegality. I recommend to your consideration the subject of revising the laws governing primaries and elections, and the codifying of all statutes bearing upon the same.

COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM. The common school System of Ohio has always been a source of State pride. Among all the states Ohio was one of the first to adopt the splendid methods of the common free school for the education and devel­ opment of the young. Incident to this the legislature has from time to time enacted laws for the conduct of school affairs, so that there to-day exists a mass of legislation upon this subject in some respects not har­ monious and perhaps to some extent of doubtful constitutionality. It is the part of wisdom that these laws should be codified and amended to meet the needs and requirements of modem education.

ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. The last legislature appropriated $75,000 for the expenses of a com­ mission to properly represent our state at the centennial celebration of the Louisiana purchase to be held in St. Louis this year. The great in­ terest taken by other states and countries in this celebration and the ex­ tensive preparations being made by many of our sister states prompts the suggestion whether it is not desirable that the general assembly give ad­ ditional assistance, to make more complete the showing of the State of Ohio with reference to its agricultural, horticultural, dairy, wool growing and other industries to the end that the exhibit made by her and in her behalf shall be creditable and worthy of her, and that they shall be prop­ erly cared for during the exposition.

FORESTRY PRESERVES. The exhaustion of the great forests of the United States has been so rapid during the past two generations that the attention of the scien­ tists has been drawn to a marked degree to the harmful effects upon our 28 REPRESENTATIVE HEN OF OHIO.

water courses, streams and rivers, and upon the climate of our country, that a continuance of the cutting away of the forests will bring about within a comparatively short time. It is evident that the State of Ohio should awake to the benefits to be derived in replacing, to some extent at least, the trees and forests which have disappeared. In some of the states of the Union legislatures have wisely provided for the protection of the forests and woods.

ENCOURAGE TIMBER GROWING. I commend this subject to your serious consideration to see if some means cannot be devised whereby the growth of timber may be encour­ aged not only for the profit arising fr6m the growing of timber, but for the purpose of preserving our water supplies, protecting ourselves from disasters of flood, and maintaining climatic conditions, which are in some degree dependent upon our forests. The State cannot too early nor too vigorously grasp this situation, and provide for a systematic study of the beneficial effects of forests, and devise means, not only to preserve what we have, but to encourage the replacing of trees that have been destroyed or cut down. In this connection permit me to suggest whether it would not be wise to further encourage at the Ohio State University the study of forestry, and of other subjects which have a special bearing upon the development of the agricultural, mineral and manufacturing resources of the State. INVITES CO-OPERATION. In closing, I' ask your hearty co-operation and assistance in the la­ bors before me. I desire to congratylatc our State upon the splendid ad­ ministration of Governor Nash, who has served the State as a good and faithful servant. Ohio has been fortunate in a long line of faithful ex­ ecutives, men who have reflected credit and honor upon the State and who have signally aided in developing the greatness of our commonwealth. Splendid as this list is, as history is written, no administration has con­ tributed more to the honor and integrity of our state than that of Gov­ ernor Nash. I wish to extend to him my personal thanks for the kind­ ness and friendship he has shown to me in assuming the office of Gover-^ nor, and I know I am expressing the wishes and the prayers of all the citizens of this State, in that he may long continue to serve and honor his State." All during the day of his inaugural, Governor Herrick was escorted by the famous Troop A of Cleveland, of which he was for so long a member. CHAPTER X. EFORE beginning an account of Governor Herrick's ad­ ministration, it is necessary to call attention to several B circumstances that created for him a situation essentially different from that of any of his predecessors. Governor Herrick was not a politician. Practically all of his4raining and experience had been along the lines of a con­ servative business man. He was unskilled in the ways of those who had grown up in the whirlwind of politics. His plan of life had been, first, to determine the right course to pursue and then to follow that course, unmindful of the many petty con­ siderations on which the politician lays so much stress. He had, therefore, little appreciation of the turnings and twistings that must characterize the actions of those who lead in political life. He lacked the sensitiveness to political forces that is necessary to a successful politician. It is unfortunate that those who direct the affairs of the State and of the Nation should be obliged to give up so much of jtheir time and energj- to questions of political expediency. But so it is, and the man must be a rare genius who can ignore the importunities of the politicians and remain in public life. The Governor of the State of Ohio has in his cTiarge seventeen large institutions, in addition to the many other re­ sponsibilities incident to his office. Covernor Herrick at once concluded that affairs of such magnitude and volume could be successfully handled only by'building up an organization similar to that of a great corpt)ration. He was right, but his ideas did not square with the notions of the politicians. As already stated, the result of the election for members of the General Assembly was an overwhelming Republican majority in both House and Senate. The minority had so little power that it was worthy of only slight consideration. This very unequal division was a source of weakness rather than strength to the Republican majority. It is almost universally true that the best legislation results from the deliberations of a legislature in which there is not a great disparity between the strength of the majority and that of the minority. The presence of a determined and pow- 29 30 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

erful opposition makes it necessary for the party in control to act as a unit and to propose only such measures as will meet with the approval of the people. Otherwise it can accomplish little, for if there is much dissatisfaction among the members of the dominant party, the minority will gain the ascendancy. The strengfth of the Republicans in the 76th General Assembly was so out of propor- tipn to that of the Democrats that it was soon evident that wise leadership would be essential to prevent grave mistake^. Fac­ tionalism soon began to develop and many members refused to be bound by the party caucuses. Conscious 'of great power, the majority evinced a tendency to favor some legislation the only merit of which was party expediency, or which savored too much of the influence of special interests. Fortunately for the state and the party, Governor Herrick assumed the responsibility of insisting that only proper measures be enacted. He believed that he had been elected Governor and a Republican majority returned to the legislature because of the faith of the people in them, and because of certain definite promises set forth in the party plat­ form, and it was his purpose to see that that faith was not violated and that the promises made were carried into execution. It was a very difficult situation, but the Governor's efforts were rewarded by niuch beneficial and long-needed legislation. However, so far as the Governor personally was concerned, his participation in legislative matters subjected him to much unjust criticism and abuse. The proposed constitutional amendment giving to the Gov­ ernor the right to veto acts of the legislature, submitted to the people at the election in the fall of 1903, was approved, and thus Myron T. Herrick was the first Governor of the state to have the power to reject measures enacted by the General As­ sembly. . Governor Herrick rightly conceived that this amendment, in effect, made the Governor of the state a third member of the legislative body, and he believed it to be his duty, therefore, to take an active part in the formation of important legislation, and to veto all measures that, in his opinion, were not for the best interest of the state. He was undoubtedly correct in his interpre­ tation of the duties of the Governor, as fixed hy this amendment to the constitution. Although the people had given this, additional power to their chief executive, they were not prepared for the consequences. They had heretofore looked upon their Governor REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 31 as little more than a figurehead, so far as his influence on legisla­ tion was concerned, and, therefore, when they saw that it was Governor Herrick's intention to be a potent factor iij framing the laws of the state, it was with difficulty that they could reconcile themselves to the change or believe that the Governor was actu­ ated solely by the highest motives. Anoliier difficulty that confronted Governor Herrick was the fact that he came into office ,with a newly elected General As­ sembly. This is the situation that every Governor has and will have to face until the laws of the state are so changed that the term of office of the chief executive and that of every member of the state legislature do not coincide. Until this change is made, much confusion, loss of time and misunderstanding are bound to characterize the early days of every session of the legis­ lature. The personnel of the state legislature changes materially with every biennial election, and, as a consequence, probably a majority of the General Assembly are, at the beginning of the session, ignorant of the rules and precedents that govern the body to which they have been elected. For a time, therefore, orderly and systematic work is out of'the question, and as the Governor is also new to his office, he is unable to give to the legislators the benefit of any experience he might otherwise have had. This brief description of the situation when Myron T. Herrick was inaugurated Governor of Ohio should make it plain that he had no ordinary task before him. He is a man of great courage in difficult places and it was not his intention to shift any of the responsibility that belongs to the chief executive of the state of Ohio. He went into office with the confidence of a man abso­ lutely determined to faithfully serve his state, unconscious of any influences that could swerve him from the line of duty. CHAPTER XL T had always been the custom for the Governor of the state to select personal friends as members of his staff. It was I considered an honor to serve the Governor in this manner. This method, although it permitted the Governor to pay a grace­ ful compliment to some of his friends and wipe out some political indebtedness, was not of any particular benefit to the state. Gov­ ernor Herrick had always been intensely interested in the state militia, and when it devolved on him to select members of his staff, he asked the legislature to pass a law permitting him to detail commissioned officers of the National Guard of the state to act on his staff. His wishes were complied with, and he named the following: GENERAL STAFF. Brigadier General Ammon B. Critchfield Adjutant General Colonel Worthington Kautzman Asst. Adjutant General Colonel Edward T. Miller Asst. Adjutant General Brigadier General Charles W. Miner, U. S. Army.

AIDES-DE-CAMP. Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Weybrecht, Lieutenant Colonel Byron L. Bargar, Major George W. Cunningham, Captaii^ Frederick M. Fanning, Captain Julius A. Blasis, Captain James H. Williams, Captain George.H. Wood, Captain Robert L. Dunning, Captain Harry D. Knox, Captain Joseph A. Hall, First Lieutenant Harry Moulton, First Lieutenant Otto Miller.

Governor Herrick's plan of selecting his staff was so admir­ able that it has been followed by his successors. Governor Patti- son retained Governor Herrick's staff, with one or two exceptions, as also did Governor Harris. Other states have profited by Gov­ ernor Herrick's example in this respect. In many other ways 32 i o

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Governor Herrick indicated his great interest in thle National Guard of Ohio. When he left office, the state militia was better organized, and the men and officers were more enthusiastic than at any time in the-history of the state. Governor Herrick was so thoroughly convinced of the. desirability of efficiency on the part of the Nati(Hial Guard that in 1907 he offered a magnificent trophy for marksmanship. This trophy is to be competed for annually. The contest is open to teams of eight men from each of the fol­ lowing: Army, navy, marine corps, military academy, naval academy, and national guard of the several states, territories and District of Coltimbia. Governor Herrick was much pleased by the (kit that the first contest was won by the team representing the National Guard of Ohio. CHAPTER Xn. F all the important matters that came before the 76th Gen­ eral Assembly, none was fraught with graver con­ O sequences to the state and to Governor Herrick per­ sonally than that of temperance legislation..Govemor Herrick's at­ titude in this respect was ver^r simple. He was determined that an efficient laW should be passed, making it possible to remove saloons from the resident districts of cities, but he w:is equally insistent that the law should be just and that it should not, because of the violence of its provisions, prove to be unconstitutional. His posi­ tion satisfied neither the Anti-Saloon League leaders nor the saloon and brewery interests. The Anti-Saloon leaders were very unrea­ sonable, They made the Governor's disapprobation of the rabid measure introduced at their instance, the basis of a vindictive at­ tack on his record as a public official and on his personal reputa­ tion. Under the circumstances, the story of the passage of the Brannock Law is deserving of more attention than would other­ wise be the case. Ohio was the first state to pass a general temperance law by which resident districts in the cities might rid themselves of saloons, and it was enacted by a Republican Legislature and signed by Governor Herrick against the determined and bitter opposition of the Anti-Saloon League officials. In the discussion of the temperance legislation of the session that had so much to do with the defeat of Governor Herrick for his second term, it must not be forgotten that there was no defin­ ite and fixed bill which the friends of temperance legislation were agreed upon from the start. Numerous and radical changes were made after the proposed legislation was first introduced. Mr. Brannock himself introduced two bills. One was numbered House Bill 73, and the other House Bill 180. Both provided for ward local option, and were referred to the Committee on Temperance, which reported back H. B. No. 180 with some forty changes. The most radical amendment was to drop entirely the ward local option principle and substitute local option by residence districts. There was a minority report from the Committee which favored 34 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 86

H. B. No. 73, Brannock's first bill, with amendment^ as a substi­ tute for the majority report. On the question whether the minor­ ity report should be substituted as the report of the Committee, the vote stood 43 ayes and 63 nays. The Committee report was then adopted, but only after further amendments by a vote of 72 to 33(; This was-isn March 22, 1904. The next day, the bill, as then amended, was read the first time in the Senate, and the day after that was referred to the Senate Committee on" Judiciary. This Committee reported the bill back with a half dozen amendments. The Senate made as many more changes, and then passed the bill by 27 votes to 6, April 12. The bill was now so different from its original form as to be scarcely recognizable by the author, and as thus amended was rejected by the House by 42 ayes to 48 nays. (See House Journal, page 674). The Senate insisted on its amendments and asked for a coipmittee of conference of nine members from each house. Here was a deadlock, — the House standing for one bill and the'Senate for certain amendments which the House refused to accept, and there was a possibility of no legislation. The Governor thereupon made a statement to members of the legislature, suggesting four changes, and declared that if the legislature adjourned without passing a residence local option measure, he would call them together again in special session fot- that purpose. Governor Herrick's statement was as follows: "The Brannock bill as it passed the House, has been amended by' the Senate, and the Senate has passed it in the amended form. It has been returned to the House, and the question now before the House is whether it shall concur in the Senate amendments. "The bill is, therefore, still pending, and as I am informed that the House is now disposed to concur in the Senate amendments, I deem it proper now, before it is too late, I should advise you of my attitude on the measure, for ! will be called upon in my official capacity to sign or veto it. As I have heretofore stated, I am in favor of residence local option, and of such i measure as Will enable the people to vote out sa­ loons from the midst of their hbmes. When the bill passed the House, however, I stated that I did not favor it because it was unfair and unjust Until day before yesterday I hoped the Senate would eliminate the un­ fair'and unjust features of the bill, but it has failed to do so. If the House concurs in the Senate amendments, thus approving the bill in that form, I shall veto the measure. On the other hand, if the following changes are made, I shall approve the measure: 86 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

"First—The residence district should in no case contain more than 1,500 electors, instead of 5,000. "Second —Any street between intersecting streets, or for 500 feet, u set forth in the bill, should be treated as a business section, and not included in a residence district, if more than one-half of the frontage is 1>usine8s property —instead of 75 per cent, as the bill provides. This is majority rule. "Third —In determining the character of the frontage in question laloons should be treated as business property. They are business and not residence property. You might as well say that no saloon-keeper should vote on the question as that his property should not be counted on the question. "Fourth — When an election is held the result of such election should control for a period of two years, whether the sale of liquor be prohibited or permitted. Section 6 of the act provides that if the sale be prohibited the result of the election shall control for two years; but it does not pro­ vide that if the sale be permitted such result shall control for two years. "If these changes are made, the bill will be an effective and fair residence local option measure, and I will approve it. Without these changes it is not a fair measure, and I will feel compelled to veto it."

The Conference Committee, made up of friends of temper­ ance, accepted the principles of Governor Herrick's suggestions, incorporated them in a bill somewhat modified, retained all the Senate amendments, and reported back the bill thus changed, with the approval of fourteen members of the committee. The conference report was passed by both Houses, — in the House by 59 votes to 33, and in the Senate by 22 to 7. The Governor promptly signed the bill and made it law. The changes favored by Governor Herrick were all suggested by lawyers who had carefully examined the bill as amended by the Senate, and who feared that the bill, in that form, would not stand the test of the courts unless modified along those lines the Governor suggested. Every suggestion was made for the piirpose of securing a law so fair and equitable in all particulars that the courts would uphold it and public sentiment enforce it. Not one of the changes suggested by the Governor, or finally incorporated in the law affected any'vital principle of the bill or made it less efficient for good. They strengthened the bill by making it more fair and more practicable, and so more responsive to public sentiment and more likely to be enforced. The law is stronger than it would otherwise have been. Governor Herrick had good reason for recommending the REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 37

changes in the measure. He wanted the maximum number of voters permitted to districts voting under the law reduced from 5,000 to 1,500. The Conference Committee placed it at 2,00a The change was not made for the benefit of the brewers, but that the law might have a wider operation. The larger the dis­ trict the more likely it will go "wet." The smaller the district the more homogeneous it is likely to be, having greater com­ munity of interests, with greater chances to register a "dry" verdict. The only difference is that more elections are required, but the net result is a gain for the cause of temperance. In the last Presidential election only 13 cities in the state cast over 5,000 votes. To make the districts that large would tend to defeat the very purpose of the law. The actual operation of the law fully justifies the position taken by the Governor. The original bill exempted blocks in,which one-half or more of the foot frontage is devoted to business, but on streets lying between two consecutive cross or ititersecting streets, from street to street, or extending not less than 500 feet along such street, and on streets where residences are on one side and business on the other, 75 per cent, of such property must be devoted to busi­ ness to exempt it from the law. The Governor believes that if the majority rule applied to blocks it should also apply to streets. If a bare majority of front frontage exempted blocks, he did not think it fair to apply a 3^0 i ratio to streets. The committee; compromised by changing the 75 per cent, to 55, and the change appeals to the American sense of fair play. The third change consisted of 26 words thrice inserted pio- viding that saloon property should not be counted in estimating front frontage as either business or residence property. The bill, when it left the Senate, counted saloons as residence property, which would be manlifestly unfair, and probably illegal. If either, they are business property and not residence property. The law, as changed, makes them neutral, and is a compromise on the Governor's suggestion. The proviso in section 9, that a new election may be held at any time after tWo years from the date of a prior election, was amended by adding the words, "but not before." This perhaps only strengthened the intention of the law as first expressed, but was considered advisable, in view of the wording of section 6, which held an election binding for two years only when it resulted 38 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

"dry," but apparently left the door open for immediate reagita- tion when the "wets" won. To correct this inequality, these three words were added to section 9. To the friends of temperance legislation, state officials, and members of the General Assembly, Governor Herrick said on April 14, the day before the bill was passed: "Gentlemen, it will not do for this legislature to adjourn without passing a residence district local option law. Public sentiment demands it, and it is right The people are opposed to the spread of the saloon among the homes and so am I. They wish to stop it. You must not adjourn without passing a reasonable residence district local option law. Should you do so, I shall have to call you back in special session until you do pass such a law." To representatives of the liquor interests, urging him to veto temperance legislation, he said: '1 wish to sign, not to veto this bill, because there is a sentiment in the State in favor of preventing the spread of saloons, and for their re­ moval from the homes of the people. I believe this to be right and that they should be thus removed. While you wish me to veto this bill others will urge me to sign it, and I desire to sign it. As chief executive, I hold it my duty to make sure of fair play to all: that I should approve no law, unless I think it fair to all. To act as umpire is my duty as Governor of the State." This statement was a complete answer to any and all charges made of the existence of any kind of a bargain, by which, in re­ turn for campaign contributions in 1903, or at any other time, Governor Herrick promised to veto any temperance legislation. Governor Herrick emphatically denied the charge. If any such arrangement was made, the late Senator Hanna must have been a party to it. Hanna is in his grave and unable to deny the charge, but that is unnecessary. The people of Ohio will not believe any such story about him. All other parties to this supposed bar­ gain or agreement defiy it absolutely. While Governor Herrick was thus laboring to secure a resi­ dence district local option law, the leaders on the ground of the Anti-Sa!on to "further encourage and promote the breeding and de­ veloping of light harness horses," Representative Chisholm in­ troduced a bill that permitted the selling of pools at race meets. Strange as it may seem, those back of this measure succeeded in obtaining favorable action by both House and Senate. It is incredible that any one should have thought that Governor Her­ rick would give his sanction to a bill that would be a disgrace to the State of Ohio as long as it remained in the statute books. The slightest knowledge of the position that Myron T. Herrick had always taken* on questions of public morality should have been sufficient to warn the supporters of the measure that the Governor would not hesitate to veto it, but the race track interests blindly assumed that Governor Herrick would be so far derelict in his duty as to permit thi.<; most reprehensible bill to become a law. When the measure came to him, the Governor promptly returned it, with the following message to the House: "I return herewith House Bill, No. 222, Chisholm, without my approval, for the reason that the same is against the moral interests of the State, violates a sound public policy and is forbidden by the Con­ stitution. The opinion of the Attorney General upon the constitu­ tionality of the proposed act is herewith transmitted for your consideration." This message was the signal for a fierce attack upon the Governor. Why he did not receive the instant and hearty commendation of all those who had the least interest in the maintenance of the dignity of the great State of Ohio, is beyond comprehension. Not only did the good people of the State fail to show their approval of this most courageous veto, but they indicated no disapproval of the attempt by the backers of this foul measure to inpugn the motives of the Governor. It is difficult to understand the apathy of those who should have

40 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 41 been the firstt o show their appreciation of a Chief Executive who had dared to uphold the. honor of the State in the face of certain vituperation. There is only one explanation possible: that the people of Ohio were not then alive to the terrible consequences of race-track gambling, and that public sentiment lacked the moral stamina it has since gained. Governor Hughes, of New York, has followed Governor Herrick in stamping out pool selling in his own state, but, fortunately for him, his action was coincident with an awakened public conscience, and he has gained rather than lost prestige by his attitude. CHAPTER XIV. HE administration of Governor Herrick was characterized by the passage of many admirable laws by the General T Assembly, by the almost uniform excellence of the Gov­ ernor's appointments, and by the careful attention that he gave to the State institutions. It is impossible to give a detailed history of the laws that were passed. Only a brief review can be at­ tempted. Governor Herrick took unusual interest in the fiscal affairs of the State.government. His extensive knowledge and long experience with financial matters enabled him to make many valuable suggestions to the General Assembly, and to understand and improve the great institutions of the State. He was much concerned for the welfare of the wards of the State, and made frequent and unexpected visits to the places where they resided, that he might find conditions precisely as they existed. So thor­ ough was his supervision that notwithstanding the high prices of necessaries, the per capita cost of maintenance was materially reduced in the two years of his administration. In view of his long connection with a banking institution of great stability, it was only natural that Governor Herrick should have been a de­ termined advocate of thorough bank examinations by State of­ ficials. It was largely due to his influence that a banking law was passed, April 19, 1904. This law, although falling short of what the Governor thought such a law should be, was a decided step in advance. In his message to the General Assembly, he made an earnest plea for the strengthening of this law, and the broadening of its scope. In his inaugural address, Governor Herrick suggested the need for a State depository law, whereby the idle funds of the State might be made to produce a revenue. Such a measure was enacted, and in the first year the State re­ ceived $44,000 in interest. As the Governor pointed out in his message, this law was susceptible of material improvement, but at least it completely demonstrated the wisdoW of such a measure. The subject of taxation was very carefully considered by the Governor. He thoroughly approved of the inheritance tax law that was passed during his administration. In the first year of

42 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 43 its existence this law produced a revenue amounting to $372,000. It was one of the fairest laws of its kind ever passed by any state of the Union. It entirely exempted small estates, thus relieving heirs of limited means, and placing the burden upon those best able to bear it. This law was in line with the policy of the State to relieve the farms and homes of the people from taxation for State purposes, and its repeal was a serious mistake. For this same reason Governor Herrick approved of the taxation of cor­ porations that received special privileges from the State. The Governor supported the measure that abolished Spring elections, — thus saving a large and needless expense. Although the Gen­ eral Assembly that met during Governor Herrick's administration did not do nearly all that he thought it should have done, the brief resume that has been given indicates that it was considerably abov6 the average for the wise measures that it enacted. In his message of January i, 1906, Governor Herrick outlined his ideas as to many of the things that the 77th General Assembly should undertake. He suggested that many of the expenses incident to the session of the General Assembly might be curtailed, and that some others might be avoided altogether. He pointed out the urgent need for a new penitentiary building, and recommended several changes in the administration of the penal affairs of the State. He made a clear presentation of the problem of the State's canals, and asked the General Assembly to give this subject its very careful consideration. He condemned the fee system of compensating county officers, and urged the eminent desirability of at once passing a law that should substitute salaries for fees. The professional lobbyists received his severe condemnation and he asked that something be done to limit their pernicious activity. The message refers to the insufficiency of existing primary elec­ tion laws, and to ihe necessity for making them mandatory, sur­ rounding them with the same safeguards as the general election, and of having the primary elections of both parties on the same day. These are a few of the important measures that Governor Herrick thought essential. That all through his administration his influence was exerted for those things that will be of lasting benefit to the State, and that in his message he should have been the earnest advocate of so many other reforms, are ample proofs that his first and only motive as Chief Executive was the welfare of the State. CHAPTER XV. ONG before the time for the State Convention to meet to nominate a gubernatorial candidate for the term begin­ L ning January i, 1906, it was evident that Governor Her­ rick would be renominated. As a matter of fact. Governor Her­ rick had served the State so well that the party, even had it so de­ sired, could not with justice have refused to make him its candi­ date. When he was nominated for the first time, its was Mr. Herrick's intention, if elected, not to serve more than two years. He had no g^eat desire for public office, much preferring to serve his party and the State as a private citizen. Moreover, the con­ trolling reason for his consenting to become a candidate in the first instance, — that of assisting Senator Hanna to retain his seat in the Senate, — no longer existed. However, the many unjust attacks that were made upon him by special interests de­ cided him to ask a renomination. He knew thit his administra­ tion deserved the approval of the people, and he determined to give them a chance to express their commendation. Myron T. Herrick is one of those men who fight the harder when, hardest pressed, *and, therefore, when he discovered that if nominated, his re-election would be bitterly opposed, he ceased to think of retiring at the close of his term of office. Governor Herrick was nominated for a second term by the Republican State Convention that met in Columbus on the 25th of May, 1905. He was the first in the history of the State to receive two unanimous nominations for Governor. The State ticket was made up as follows: Governor 4 Myron T. Herrick Lieut. Governor Andrew L. Harris Judge of Supreme Court Wm. Z. Davis Attorney General Wade H. Ellis State Treasurer W. S. McKinnon Member Board of Public Works Wm. Kirtley In his speech as Chairman of the Convention, Secretary of War Taft spoke of Governor Herrick's administration' as fol­ lows: 44 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 45

"I have but a word to say with regard to the State issues which may play some part in the coming campaign. We have been fortunate in having in the gubernatorial chair in the last two years, a clear-headed business man, who, impressed with the necessity of keeping the expenses of State within the State income, has, at the risk of arousing opposition in many powerful quarters, not hesitated to cut down the appropriations presented to him in order that the credit of the State might be pre­ served. (Applause.) "He has been attacked with bitterness by well-meaning gentlemen who have differed with him in respect to his course on the liquor ques­ tion. If I understand the situation aright today, the Ohio liquor law is the best measure in the United States. (More applause.) It is based on two principles; the first is that the use pf liquor cannot be absolutely prohibited by law with any hope of practically preventing its use in a community in which any considerable number of persons desire its use, but that much good may be done by law in reducing the number of saloons by taxing them and in keeping them out of communities where public opinion sustains their exclusion. "In this way the amount of drinking in city, county or state is much reduced by taking away the temptation to drink that proximity and opportunity afford. The second principle is that a traffic from which proceeds so much of the expense of police government shall pay as large a proportion as possible of that expense. It is a law« which leaves to the people living in a community of residences, the right to exclude an objectionable saloon from close proximity to them, whether that be in the country or in the residential parts of a large city, and thus secures the absolute execution of the law, and prevents any evasion whatever, because the restriction is imposed in those communities where public sentiment will see to its enforcement. "This is the nature of the law which Governor Herrick, using his legitimate influence as Governor, and as a part of the legislative branch of the State government, brought about. "It is moderate; it is just; it is effective. (Applause.) It accom­ plishes the purpose of its enactment, and it ought to redound to the credit of those who are responsible for it. "It gives Governor Herrick a just claim to the approval of his fellow citizens, and instead of forming some obstacle to Republican suc­ cess in the next election, it ought to be, and will be, a reason for in­ creased majorities. (Renewed applause.)

FEW MISTAKES IN VETOES. "Governor Herrick has been the first Governor in the State of Ohio who has had the responsibility of the exercise of the veto power, and in his judicious use of that legislative brake he has created enemies, where Governors without any such responsibility and power have avoided it. "It is a matter of special congratulation, therefore, that when, with 46 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

a just regard to the responsibilities under which he has acted) his vetoes are weighed, it is seen that he has made few, if any mistakes. "I am glad to know that the number of elections in Ohio is to be reduced, so that you will have the State elections one year and municipal elections the next, and that in this way the heavy cost of too many elections and the evil of the maintenance of an army of men, guerrillas between party lines, who do nothing but live on politics, may be reduced.

LOCAL CONDITIONS IUP08TANT. "More than that, it is of the utmost importance, in the promotion of good municipal government, that national and state issues should not be permitted to obscure the more homely, but by no means locally lesS' important, questions of honesty and efficiency in the government of dty, town and village. "I sincerely regret that the State of Ohio has not as yet seen fit to adopt what the State of Massachusetts, the State of New York anA the State of Illinois have adopted, to-wit, — civil service reform, which, shall put the municipal, county and state patronage on a proper basis, but I doubt not that that will come because of the inherent weight of the reasoning which calls for it. We Ohioans cannot' afford, in the pro­ gress of events and in the march toward higher things, to drop back: in the rear ranks, and what I say may, for the moment, sound theoretical and lacking in political wisdom, yet experience in other states justifies my expression of it. UVING STATE ISSUES. "And now, my fellow Republicans, I have attempted to review the issues; not the issues between the Republican and Democratic parties,, for the Democratic party is moribund and unable to frame issues, but the issues, which, in the Republican party itself, have been suggested for national improvement. "I have ventured, although almost a stranger to the State, to touch upon one or two living state issues and to point out how much credit for the fine condition of the State is due to our Governor. "We are come to nominate a ticket which we may be reasonably sure will receive the support of a majority of the voters of Ohio, but in its make-up we should not be content simply to obtain a perfunctory victory at the polls, but by the high character of the nominees, we should force from the people of Ohio a real expression of continued confidence in that party which has heretofore served so well. (Applause.) I thank you for the great honor of presiding over this convention. (Great applause.)" Secretary Taft's estimate of the Herrick administration did it no more than justice. What he said of the temperance legisla­ tion, that Governor Herrick had favored, met with the hearty ap­ proval of all those who had taken the trouble to inform themselves- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 47 on the subject and who were interested in advancing the cause of temperance by rational and effective methods. In his address, accepting the nomination, (jovemor Her­ rick sounded a note of warning against the growing influences of the lobbyist at the State Oipitol, and promised to do what he could to rid the General Assembly of the baneful influence. He said in part: "In Ohio today, and in all the States, there is a growing evil which gravely threatens to destroy the freedom of action, which is the most important concern of the representatives of the people in the legislative department of the government. I refer to the professional lobby. The people of Ohio, in the making of their laws, are entitled to the best judgment of all their representatives in the General Assembly, as well as that of their Chief Executive, and they are entitled to this judgment free and untrammeled by any importunities from special interests. I care not what the purpose of the lobbyists may be, nor whether their object be good or bad, it is subversive of the basic principles upon which American institutions are founded, to permit a few men to direct or control legislation, and to put their judgment as to what is best for the people against that of the representatives of the people elected for the sole purpose of registering their will. "I must not be understood as criticizing those who appear before legislative committees, in proper and legitimate ways, to advocate or oppose legislation, for in this way the Cieneral Assembly is often very materially aided in its work. But the professional lobbyist should go, and the General Assembly of Ohio must be free from this interference, free from the interference of those who have only personal or selfish ends to serve, whether good or bad, and free to be what the constitution intends — the agent and servant of the people in shaping into forms of law tKe expression of their sovereign will. /'I purpose recommending to the next General Assembly such action as wiill forever clear the chambers of the Senate and House, and the capitpl itself, of this baneful influence, for I want to see that day come in Ohio when all responsibility for the enactment and approval of laws will rest with those upon whom the constitution imposes the duty, and with no one else." CHAPTER XVL HE campaign of 1905, which resulted in the defeat of Gov­ ernor Herrick by John M. Pattison, by 42,657 votes, was T one of the most spectacular in the history of the State. The Republicans had been defeated in other State campaigns, but never before had the head of the ticket been the only one to lose. The story of Ohio politics is a remarkable one, full of stirring incidents, and replete with events of great importance, but it does not tell us of such a bitter fight, so full oi animosity and conducted on so low a plane so far as the opposition to the head of the Republican ticket was concerned. The opponents of Gov­ ernor Herrick overlooked no means by which they might belittle him, or blacken his character. He was assailed on every side by unjust accusations and slanderous statements. It is well with­ in the truth to say that the sober judgment of the people did not guide their action at the election. They were led astray by the blatant tirades of those who had attempted to arrogate to them­ selves the right to dictate what laws should govern the State of Ohio. It is altogether probable that had a similar test of strength, under like circumstances, been made a year after the election of November, 1905, the result would have been very different. It was not long after Governor Herrick's defeat that the people appreciated the fact that they had followed false leaders and that they had done great injustice to a man who was deserving of the best at their hands. The opposition to the re-election of Governor Herrick began with his action in relation to the Brannock law; it was strength­ ened by his veto of the Chisholm racing bill, and the enactment of the inheritance tax law. In addition to this, the minds of the people were inflamed by the recent expose of the methods of political bosses, and they were in a condition to vote against any candidate against whom the charge of "bossism," —^whether mer­ ited or unmerited, — should be brought. Nothing could have been more unfair or unjust than the claim that Governor Herrick stood for boss-ridden and machine politics, but, so far as this subject was concerned, the voters were not in a judicial frame of mind, 48 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 49 and thousands were influenced in their vote by the malignant in­ sinuations that Governor Herrick curried the favor of so-called bosses. In the midst of the campaign. Secretary Taft made a most unfortunate address in Akron, in which he declared he would not vote the Cox ticket in Hamilton County. To indicate how unfair was the fight made upon Governor Herrick, it is only necessary to mention a few of the means used by the opposition. These will show that he was the victim of a crusade of slander seldom, if ever, equaled in political history. Never had a candidate been so indiscriminately abused. Gov­ ernor Herrick was called a drunkard, yet all who knew him knew that such a charge had absolutely no foundation of truth. He was declared to be the tool of (3eorge B. Cox, of Cincinnati. The records of the General Assembly, while he was Governor, show that many more Cox measures were defeated than passed, and that they were defeated because of the insistence of Governor Herrick. He was called the enemy of temperance and the cham­ pion of the liquor interests. The Brannock Law, at the time of its passage, was the most effective anti-$aloon l^slation ever writ-- ten into Ohio's statute books. In addition to the open fightmad e by certain interests against (jovemor Herrick, the most scurrilous methods were adopted' to the same end. • Cowardly anonymous letters were sent to Mr„ Herrick. At almost every one of his meetings he was forced t

"To the Editor of the Sun: Sot: —I read with great interest the editorial in The Sun of June 0, relating to Secretary Taft's speech delivered at Akron during my cam­ paign for re-election as Governor of Ohio. The facts were clearly and accurately stated, but I am inclined to think that had the writer of the editorial been a little more familiar with the situation in Ohio at the time the speech was made, he would have to some extent, modified his conclusion. "Perhaps a brief review of the circumstances during and prior to the campaign will make my meaning plain. By an amendment to the Cbnstitution, adopted at the time of my election, I was the first Governor to possess the power of veto. Theretofore, the Governor of the State could not be held responsible for legisl^i^on—except possibly indirectly as the leader of his party. Naturally, the people were unfamiliar with the exercise of the veto power as an attribute of the office of the Chief Executive of the State. It was likely, therefore, that for whatever use the Governor made of his right to veto the acts of the General Assembly, he would be criticised, and the result justified this statement. For your information I hand you herewith a copy of my veto message. From this you will note a free use of the veto power. My disapproval of the acts of the Legislature indicated in the pamphlet was in no sense popular, but in no instance was an attempt made to pass a measure over my veto. 'The House and the Senate were strongly Republican, and, as it frequently happens where opposition is weak, some hasty and unwise meas­ ures slipped through. I do not say this by way of criticism, for the legislation of the General Assembly was, in the main, wise and service­ able. Unfortunately, however, a number of special interests thought they saw an opportunity to benefit themselves by legislation, — this was par­ ticularly true of those interested in horse-racing, — and they proceeded accordingly. When a measure legalizing race-track gambling came to me for approval, I could not, — having in mind its inhibition by the Consti­ tution, and the welfare of the people of my own State, — approve of it. As is usual, when a special interest is thwarted, those directly concerned were much incensed and determined to do what they could to prevent the re-election of the Governor, regardless of any other consideration. One other special interest was particularly active, —that of the anti- saloon leaders. These people, from the very beginning of the session, insisted on the passage of a so-called temperance measure that not only was manifestly unfair but which contained several features clearly uncon- btitutional. I intimated to them that if such a measure came to me, I should veto it, and the result was that a fair, effective temperance meas- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 61

ure was passed and received my approval, but it did not, for reasons personal to themselves, satisfy the lobby of anti-saloon leaders', and for obvious reasons it was equally distasteful to the liquor interests. At the opening of my second campaign, therefore, there were allied against me, in addition to the party of the opposition, these two special interests' and their friends, disappointed candidates for office and the usual number everlastingly opposed to those in power. "I note that you make no mention of the fact that Secretary Taft presided at the convention at which I was unanimously nominated for a second term. In his speech at that time, he commended and approved of all the acts of my administration. He was in entire harmony with the party in Ohio and even appointed Mr. Cox a member of a committee. "As the campaign progressed, the arguments of the sincere opposition were met, and the misrepresentatiohs of the special interests exposed. The people began to realize that the affairs of the State had been admin­ istered in their interest, and there was every indication that the entire Republican State ticket would be elected by a comfortable majority. I might say here that in addition to the other calumnies, it had been asserted that George B. Cox had undue influence with the administration. I was repeatedly asked to 'repudiate' Cox, but as there was nothing to re­ pudiate, my executive acts standing in evidence, I refused to adopt the methods of my detractors and promote my own cause by defaming another. The opposition was clearly losing ground and its organization was becoming demoralized. It was just at this time that Secretary Taft delivered his speech at Akron. While he absolved me from any con­ nection with Cox or his machine, the fact that he recognized Cox as a power in the State enabled the opposition, by a wilful misrepresentation of the Secretary's speech, to gather together their rapidly disintegrating forces and renew the attack with great vigor. The effect was immediately evident. The odds in betting, which had been in my favor, changed to odds against me on the Monday following the speech. Cox was made an issue in the campaign, and the time remaining before election did not afford sufficient opportunity to convince the people iigain that so far as the State administration was concerned, the influence of Cox, whether malign or otherwise, did not exist. Had the Secretary in his arraign­ ment of bossism included the bosses of other large cities of the State,— particularly Cleveland, — the effect might have been different, —but, as it was, the Secretary's speech was undoubtedly the turning point in the campaign. "I am satisfied that the foregoing is a correct interpretation of the events of my ^campaign for re-election. Secretary Taft is an old and valued friend of mine, and I have never for one moment believed that he intended to injure me or my interests,'but I am also firmly convinced that the consequences of his Akron speech were as I have indicated, although I did not think it would have that effect at the time. "I have gone into this somewhat in detail, thinking that you might wish to have all the facts before you, as it is possible that you may 62 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. again have occasion to refer to it I do not write this to you for pub­ lication, but you are at liberty to use all or any part of it, as you may see fit. MYRON T. HERRICK. "Cleveland, Ohio, July 16, 1907. "P. S. — I would not have you infer from this letter that I am opposed to sending a delegation to the next national convention from Ohio for Taft. On the contrary, I am, and shall continue to use all my influence for the selection of a Taft delegation. M. T. H."

In reply to this letter, there appeared in The Sun the follow­ ing very interesting editorial: "We publish an exceedingly straightforward letter from the Hon. Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio, about the circumstances and political effect of Secretary Taft's interposition in the campaign of 1905. While this itatemert •«.-as originally intended by Mr. Herrick as a private communi­ cation Thi '«n, its contents are such that we avail ourselves, without the si' hesitation, of the appended permission, and print it in full exactly as .vritten. "At the time of Mr. Taft's fateful speech at Akron, Governor Herrick was running prosperously for re-election at the head of the Republican ticket. A few days after the delivery of the speech, Governor Herrick 'was beatea by more than forty thousand votes, the rest of the ticket being electee^ "There is no need of comment on Mr. Herrick's frank and char­ acteristically manly exhibition of his belief concerning cause and effect. The Taft speech at Akron, he says, was the turning point in the. cam­ paign which turned against him. Thousands of Ohio Republicans agree with this view of Mr. Taft's responsibility for that strange and deplorable event in Ohio politics. But it gives us special pleasure to dwell for a moment upon Mr. Herrick's postscript, which is not less honorable to himself as a Christian politician than creditable to Secretary Taft as a candidate capable of commanding such support and inspiring such magnanimity."

That the Democrats and their ill-assorted group of allies massed their efforts to defeat Governor Herrick is shown by the fact that the balance of the Republican ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 29,179 for Lieutenant Governor Harris, to 46,549 for William Kirtley for Member of the Board of Public Works. At the election Constitutional amendments were adopted providing for biennial elections and for the exemption of munici­ pal bonds from taxation. Governor Herrick took his defeat philosophically. As a matter of fact he was glad to be relieved of the exacting duties REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 63

of a Chief Executive of a great state. Although he keenly felt the expressed disapproval of the people, he found solace in the consciousness of having done his full duty as he saw it. He be­ lieved, also, that it would not be long before the excellence of his administration would be appreciated, and that the people would soon realize they had handed down a harsh and unjust judgment. He was right in this, for Myron T. Herrick stands higher in the estimation of the citizens of Ohio than he did even when he was elected Governor by such an overwhelming majority. Should he ever again be a candidate for office, it is altogether likely that he will receive an unusually hearty vote of confidence. Immediately following the election. Governor Herrick issued a statement in which he reviewed the issues of the campaign and the causes of his defeat, as follows:

"This overthrow of the Republican party in Ohio was not caused by business depression or industrial adversity anywhere in the state or the nation. It was not caused by any mismanagement or corruption in the conduct of the State government; it was not caused by any discontent on the part of the people with the record of the achievements of the Re­ publican party in the administration of State affairs during the last four­ teen years. It was shown conclusively in the campaign that the business affairs of the State had been well managed; that all the State's debts had been paid; that there is a splendid surplus in the Treasury; that the State institutions have been honestly, efficiently and economically administered; that nowhere in any office or department of the State government has there been any breath of scandal or official mismanagement. "In the legislative department of the government the record of the Republican party has been equally as clean, just and praiseworthy. It has given the people wise and progressive laws, especially in the matter of moral advancement and temperance reforms, and in the way of a juster and more equitable system of taxation the party has deserved public confidence and approval. But, despite all these things, the people of Ohio have been swept away from the moorings of truth by a wave of prejudice and suspicion. Undoubtedly there is a healthy spirit of moral reform and a widespread insistence upon courage and honesty in public office being manifested all over the country. That spirit has shown itself in the election of Jerome in New York, the triumph of Weaver in Phil­ adelphia, and earlier, the breaking down of party lines in Massachusetts, Minnesota and Missouri. This fact and these events made it easy to excite the suspicion, inflame the conscience and mislead the impulse of the people of Ohio. "The real issues of the campaign were forgotten, and one passion that was appealed to throughout the State was to strike down something. 64 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

destroy something, avenge some fancied wrong, avert some fancied danger. "I wish I were the only sufferer from this misguided impulse of my fellow citizens, for then I could be content, not only in the conscious­ ness of having deserved better treatment at their hands, but of having been the means of pointing a serious lesson of the times. The greatest danger now confronting the American people is the readiness to respond to some sudden whim or pretext, to desert party principles and follow some individuals who claim, sometimes with sincerity, oftener with hypocrisy, to represent a cause that is higher than party fealty. This spirit which would decry party government and party responsibility and establish individual leadership instead, may advance some personal ambitions, but can accomplish no good to society. It offers the most'fruitful field for the demagogue and iconoclast, and, while spme good men may be swept into power upon a° popular wave that overrides principles, the strain upon our institutions and upon the fundamental truths which lie at the bottom of our government, will leave the structure weaker than stronger. "The individual who, in seeking self-advancement, is willing to sub­ ordinate the principles and policies of government to the adulation of a popular idol, is an enemy of his country. The newspaper which, in order to swell the receipts of the counting room, is willing to pander to sensa­ tionalism, to deceive the people and play upon the credulity of the unthink­ ing, is an enemy of mankind. "Here in Ohio, in this campaign, and elsewhere in other political contests, we have had. too many instances of that spirit which is ready to defame and destroy in order to profit by the noise. The Democratic party is the immediate beneficiary in this State. What I said reppatedly in the campaign is borne out already by the attitude of that party since the election. Its leaders everywhere are proclaiming my defeat as a Democratic victory. The attempt to give it a national significance is already apparent, for attention is being called to the fact that the Bran­ nock bill and the pool bill and the baseless charge of^'bossism" were lost sight of in the general impulse to strike down the Republican party. The returns bear out this claim and this purpose on the part of the Democratic leaders. They show that both extremists on the temperance question, the saloonist and the anti-saloonist, whom I had displeased because I declined to be controlled by either, voted against me at the polls.. "They show that the advocates of race track gambling contributed very little to the result, and they show that in those communities, like Geveland, and Cincinnati, where 'bossism' was the chief issue, the whole party went down to defeat "But the success of the Democracy in Ohio is short-lived as it is infrequent The principles of Republicanism are eternal, because they stand for truth, justice and progress. They will rise again in this State at the next election, and they will have the support of many thousands of voters who will return to that party, which they will find they have no good reason to desert. Republicans in Ohio may occasionally go down to defeat, but they never seek either to secure or to retain power by pre- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 66 tending to be what they are not, or by the advocacy of false or dangerous theories. They may lose a campaign, now and then, by misrepresentations on the part of their opponents, but they will never win one by personal abuse and hypocrisy. "The one keen regret I feel over the result arises from the dis­ appointment felt by thousands of Republicans of Ohio, whose support of the ticket, and the whole ticket, was an earnest of their steadfast loyahy to party principles. They have my heartfelt thanks and deepest gratitude for their splendid devotion. "I have

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1907. At a meeting of the National Civit Federation in New York City, in January, 1908, Governor Herrick delivered an ad­ dress on Postal Savings Banks. Whatever he had to say on this subject carries with it the weight of wide experience and compels consideration. His long connection with a savings bank of re­ markable strength has placed him in a position to speak with authority on the subject. He is, and always has been, opposed to the establishment of a postal savings bank system in this country. In his opinion the facilities offered by the savings banks now established are so nearly adequate that it would be a serious mistake to inaugurate such a daring innovation, as a system of postal savings banks would be, in this country; and more than that, in his opinion, the difficulties in the way of suc­ cessfully administering postal savings banks are insurmountable. In the panic of 1907, and the many financial disasters incident thereto, Governor Herrick's recognized ability in rehabilitating wrecked business enterprises made his services in great demand. The largest banking institution to go under as a result of the panic was the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York City. Heroic efforts at once were made to formulate some plan by which the institution might reopen. As a means to this end, Governor Herrick, Henry C. Frick and L. C. Ledyard were made trustees, with full power to select such directors and officers that the company might regain the confidence o.f the community. In this they were very successful. The company reopened its doors for business in March, 1908, with every prospect of se­ curing and maintaining a high place among the great banking institutions of New York. Later on, Governor Herrick was placed on a protective committee to look after the interests of the security holders of three railroads that had failed, — The Chicago Great Western, Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal, and the Western Maryland. As the time for the Republican National Convention ap­ proached, Governor Herrick used all his influence to advance the interests of Secretary Taft. He did this, not only because Mr. Taft was a citizen of Ohio, but because he believed that of all those seeking the nomination, the Secretary of War was by far the best qualified to fulfill the duties of President. As a National Committeeman from Ohio, Governor Herrick attended the meet­ ing^ of the committee held in Chicago, just prior to the con- 68 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. vention, to decide the rights of the many contesting delegates.. During the convention his advice was constantly sought. In­ asmuch as he was the representative of Ohio, on the National Committee, one of the delegates-at-large from Ohio, and Chair­ man of the Ohio delegation, he occupied a very prominent place at the convention. On the second day of the convention, an amendment was offered to the report of the Committee on Rules and Order of .Business to the effect that representation at the National Convention be proportioned to the number of Repub­ lican votes in any one state. The result of this method of selec­ tion would be to materially cut down the number of delegates from the Southern States. This, undoubtedly, would have alien­ ated a great majority of the colored Republicans. Governor Herrick at once saw the danger of this, and in a very effective short speech, he so clearly pointed out the damage that would come to the party by such an amendment that it was defeated. After the nomination of Secretary Taft, Governor Herrick at once took an active part in the campaign. He was particularly interested in the plank in the Democratic platform that declared for the g^iarantee of bank deposits. At the personal request of Mr. Taft, he undertook to do all that he could to expose the fallacy and danger of this novel proposition. CHAPTER XVnL OVERNOR HERRICK'S home life has always been de­ lightful. Mrs. Herrick, who was Miss Caroline M. G Parmely, of Dayton, Ohio, has, by her constant encour­ agement, been of the greatest assistance to him. It is altogether likely that he ascribes no small part of his success to her. Gov­ ernor Herrick has one son, — Parmely W. Herrick, — who is rapidly making a name for himself as a successful business man. Whether or not Governor Herrick ever again enters public life, what he has done entitles him to a lasting position among those who, by their work and example, have advanced the best, interests of city and state. 69 MARCUS ALONZO HANNA.

CHAPTERL HE history of the American. Reoublic. with its galaxy of great men, offers no more brilliant and convincing story T of the triumphant vindication of a party leader at the bar of public opinion, than that presented by the career of Mar- •cus Alonzo Hanna. He grandly fought and serenely died in the full fruition of his highest powers and the noblest thought, in the harvest time of the nation's greatness. Suc'h a life and character as his should be a study as well as an inspiration to all young men. He lived long enough to watch the shadows fall at noon by the bedside of his dearest friend, the nation's martyred hero, the kindest, gentlest memory of the world — William McKinley. When in all the history of mankind was it that a man so thoroughly suspected and criticized by a large per cent, of all the people of the United States — not all of them hating him but all suspicious — died in a few short years at the post of honor and acquitted of dishonorable characteristic^ by all man­ kind ? There is not another example like it in the history of this country. Grant dying on Mt. McGregor, had not more com­ pletely lived down all personal and political hostility. He came upon the field of political action at the age of 43 years, or in 1880, when most men, who had, like him, spent their adult lives in business, would have been serenely content to remain an unchallenged captain of industry, but Marcus Alonzo Hanna, having won his spurs on the battleground of commercial success, saw an opportunity to do the country a distinct public service by entering the political lists. How well he wrought in that field, whose broad acres are covered with the bones of men who fought and failed, let the fact that at tlie time of his death he only had to say the word to be the undisputed candidate of his party for the highest office within its gift, speak trumpet tongued in his behalf. 60 HON. MARCUS A. HANNA.

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At this period, and with a full knowledge of the facts as they Existed at. the time of his heart-breaking taking-off, it is not toQ much to say that the signal honor of the presidency lay within \ his grasp, and he only had to reach forth and take the transcendant honor at the hands of a people who would have delighted to do him this great honor. To record a self-evident and acknowledged truth nothing additional need be said, less should not be said. Yet he did not reach that exalted summit without a score, of years of leadership, often challenged, but never successfully, and by a constant demonstration of the fact that a business man, who up to that time had devoted his energies to the carrying out of great business enterprises, could succeed in American poli-r tics. Before Senator Hanna made that condition patent, and ere he had been crowned the first American citizen he had hewn his way to success in commercial pursuits. He believed that the application of business principles to politics was not only possir ble, but that to do so would be to lift the latter out of die mire of general public distrust into which it had fallen by general consent. He saw no reason why political business could not be transacted in the open, above-board manner which he had em­ ployed in the iron trade and vessel traffic on the great lakes. He could imagine no valid excuse for not handling political questions in an intelligent way, with a view to informing the people instead of mystifying them. He believed that an honest appeal to the sober judgment of the intelligent voter was suf­ ficient to enlist his sympathy and support if the doctrine of the party wh(»se cause he espoused was presented in a manner that was at once convincing and worthy of the confidence of the electorate] It was left to Marcus Alonzo Hanna to first demon­ strate on jthe forum of political action in this country, that there was nothing antagonistic between business and politics, and that the same uprightness of character and clean methods would win in either field. Hence it was that this plain business man, who was first called such in a spirit of derision by his political opponents, and who made his debut in the field where he afterward became the greatest I marshal of Republicanism, first appeared in the ward meeting^ of his party in his home city of Cleveland, where he worked constantly for good government as exemplified in the "62 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

organization of his choice, rose step by step, until long before his death he stood on the very apex of achievement as the one leader whose sway was gentle but absolute. Senator Hanna had the rare faculty of knowing what the people wanted, and once in possession of that information, he strove to give it to them through a Presidential candidate or crystalized into law. Like the sainted Lincoln he kept his ears close to the ground and could interpret the will of those who make Presidents — the American people. But how he was misunderstood and denounced all along the hard way leading from ward worker to the molder of national policies I No man in our day or generation was more unspar­ ingly lampooned, caricatured and denounced. Abraham Lin­ coln was called a fool by the men who after his assassination cracked their cheeks shouting his praise until then withheld. The brilliant James G. Blaine was pictured as the tattooed man, and like Henry Clay, whose replica he was, could not reach the Presidency, but neither Lincoln nqr Blaine lived long enough to confound their enemies. After they died these characters cov­ ered the coffin with sprigs of the leek of humility and acknowl­ edged their supremacy in public affairs. But Marcus A. Hanna had a happier fate. He survived after his enemies had acknowledged their defeat, and when he died the horde of defamers of public character whose arrows had fallen harmless upon his shield, joined in the universal hosanna of praise that rose from the hearts of a people whom Marcus A. Hanna had led out of the morass of industrial and financialdis ­ tress to the high ground of national honor and prosperity. How viciously he was attacked in the famous campaign of 18961 Nothing more merciless, unprovoked and brutal has ever been seen in American politics. He was a life-long friend of labor, the considerate and respected employer of workingmen, the honest and fair-dealing busipess man, yet he was pictured to the inflamed mind of the masses as a fiend incarnate, a monster, a hard-hearted and cruel oppressor of labor. Outwardly the abuse did not seem to affect him but inwardly he felt keenly the injustice that had been done him. The sting sank deep in his heart To the outer world this fusilade of detraction seemed to ^all upon an unresponsive heart, and amid the sulphurous storm REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 63 of calumny, the fierce lightning of invective, the thunders of denunciation, the fiery assaults of editors and cartoonists, the hissing shafts of malice, and malignant resolutions vociferously and unanimously adopted by the opposition, Marcus A. Hanna stood in no degree dismayed or disconcerted, serenely issuing orders to his political lieutenants, or encouraging bulletins of the progress of the battle in all parts of the field. "As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,' Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm. Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." But there was another side to the many-sided Marcus A. Hanna. In his heart the attacks did hurt and that mightily. One day in the historic campaign of 1896, Senator Hanna met his colleague and fellow-worker on the Republican National Committee, Senator Scott, of West Virginia, in New York. He handed the latter a paper containing a cartoon of himself by the artist, Homer Davenport, picturing him as a huge monster, clad in a suit covered with dpllar marks, smoking an immense cigar, and trampling under foot women and children until their eyes protruded from the sockets and their skeleton forms writhed in agony. "That hurts," said Senator Hanna to his companion. "When I have tried all my life to put myself in the other fellow's place, when I have tried to help« those in need and to lighten the burdens of those less fortunate than myself, to be pictured as I am here, to be held up to the gaze of the world as a murderer of women and children, I tell you it hurts." And the hot tears coursed down his cheeks. When Senator Hanna died, Homer Davenport, who had brutally caricatured him during both national campaigns, and was the author of the picture complained of, repented of his cruel work, and drew a Wonderful sketch of the death-bed scene at Washington, at the same time writing an abject apology for having maligned the great Republican leader so needlessly and cruelly. But Senator Hanna did not live to know of that tardy vindication. There were those who doubted Senator Hanna's right to national leadership in the first McKinley campaign in 1896, and who sought to minimize the greatness of the triumph that 64 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

resulted in the nomination of his bosom friend for the Presi­ dency. It was claimed by some that the distinguished Ohioan would have been nominated for the great office ifSifenator Hanna: had not managed his pre-convention campaign, that the people were looking for an apostle of protection and demanded McKin­ ley, because as the author of the tariff bill bearing his name when he was chairman of the ways and means committee of the House, he stood for a measure th^t meant so much for the prosperity of the country. But it was Senator Hanna who marshaled the forces of protection in every State, and made McKinley invin­ cible at the national convention in St. Louis. What he did in that great fight for McKinley will always remain a sealed book, except to those who were in touch with what was actually accomplished under the masterful leadership of Marcus A. Hanna. After the nomination Senator Hanna was the con­ trolling spirit who inaugurated and sustained the campaign of education that resulted in the overthrow of William Jennings Bryan, and his fine-spun free silver theories. There were others who refusing to acknowledge the superb leadership of Senator Hanna, said that he was not the chief ingredient in the second McKinley campaign in 1900, when the Senator was again at the head of the Republican National Com­ mittee, declaring that the prosperity of the country was the' underlying and supreme cause of a triumph that was as pro­ nounced as that four years previous. But it was Senator Hanna who directed the argument that prosperity had come as a result of the election of McKinley and abjured the people to continue the blessed happiness of a nation by letting well enough alone. The country took him at his word, and McKinley was elected by a majority in the electoral college that left no groutids for dis­ puting where the American voters stood. It was just two years before the second McKinley contest for the Presidency that the generalship of Marcus A. Hanna was put to a supreme test, when upon the convening of the seventy- third Ohio General Assembly in January, 1898, he presented his claims for election to the unexpired term of John Sherman, he having served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1897, by appointment of Governor A. S. Bushnell. That contest will never be forgotten by those familiar with its acrimonious fea­ tures, for it set high the mark in Ohio for factional bitterness. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO; 66

Here also he triumphed, and when he first entered the capital at Washington, after that terrific struggle, his unassuming man­ ner, his frankness and geniality soon dissipated all distrust, and he won the respect and cordial friendship of his colleagues, which in many cases ripened into deep affection. He won his way by the soundness of his judgment and the confidence he inspired. But it was in the Ohio campaign of 1903 that Senator Hianna reached the apotheosis of his triumph in his native State. Iii that contest his warm friend and business associate, Myron T. Herrick, was the Republican nominee for Governor, but a tre­ mendous fight was made against the return of Marcus A. Hanna to the United States Senate. The overwhelming issue was Sen­ ator Hanna. The proposition put up to the voters of Ohio was whether they would elect a general assembly pledged to vote for the return of Mr. Hanna to the halls of the national lawmakers. It was the year just previous to a Presidential election, and his opponents counted on the lethargy that sometimes exists at that period to win a victory. Senator Hanna accepted that challenge. He asked for na odds in the political tournament. He went up and down the- State speaking to the people, taking them by the hand, and look­ ing into their faces. He told them without equivocation what he stood for, what principles he had espoused while a member of' the senate, and what they might expect if he was returned. He- took them into his confidence and appealed to their good sense for vindication. The result of that election was a mighty triumph for Senator Hanna, and as he stood before the joint session of the seventy- sixth general assembly, in January, 1904, and for a second time received the high commission of his party for another term to occupy the exalted position of United States Senator, is it any wonder that on that occasion that will never be forgotten his voice was almost choked with emotion by the thought of the glorious vindication which the event dearly typefied. CHAPTER Q.

ANCESTRY AND EARLY LIFE.

ENATOR Hanna often spoke of his Virginia ancestry, his Grandfather Hanna having come to Ohio from the S town of Lynchburg, and he, like Allen G. Thurman, Wil­ liam Allen, Benjamin Butterworth, George H. Pendleton and many other distinguished representative men of Ohio being scions of old Virginia stock. His Americanism was catholic and com­ prehensive, his humanity was betokened by his manners as by his conduct, and he had a native and unaffected sympathy for his people and his kind. His ambitions were tempered by geni­ ality and good nature and his words were moderated by the dis­ cerning instincts that sever difference of opinion from hostility or hatred. Like William McKinley, his countrymen everywhere were not without a place in his regard. His ancestors came from Scotland. Thomas Hanna, great- great-grandfather, is said to have come to this country m 1764. He settled first in Southern Pennsylvania, where he found among the Scotch and Scotch-Irish pioneers of that section a number of his countrymen. Soon after arriving in this country he died, leaving two sons, Robert and Thomas. Robert was bound out to a family of the Society of Friends, with whom he learned the tailor's trade. Having married he removed to Virginia, where he and John Lynch laid out the town of Lynchburg. In 1801 he, with his wife and nine children, the second of whom was benjamin, the grandfather of Senator Hanna, came in one of the old "Conestoga" wagons from Lynchburg to the Ohio river, which they crossed at Smith's Ferry near the Columbiana county line. Making their way through the then unbroken wilderness they located on section 10, Fairfield to\(rnship, Columbiana county. Robert Hanna's son Benjamin and Rachel Dixson were mar­ ried December 16, 1803, by the use of the Friends' ceremony. This lis said to have been the first ceremony of the kind in Fair­ field township. Benjamin had located on what was afterward known as the Poulton farm south of what was later the village of Columbiana. In 1810 he purchased a quarter section of land 66 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 67

«ast of the village, where the Columbiana cemetery was after­ ward located. Selling this land he moved to Salem in 1812, where he kept a store established by a ntimber of Friends. About two years later he purchased a farm near New Lisbon and opened a store in the village, which he conducted until the canal excitement seized the town, when he was made President of the Sandy and Beaver Canal Company, which position he filled for 25 years. Leonard Hanna, son of Benjamin, and father of the Sena­ tor, was born in Columbiana, March 4, 1806. He attended the common schools at New Lisbon, went to college, studied medi­ cine and became a practicing physician. He was a fine orator, and an active advocate of anti-slavery and temperance. He removed with his family to Cleveland in 1852 and became a member of the wholesale grocery and forwarding house of Hanna, Garretson & Co. He died in 1862. Dr. Hanna's wife was a daughter of Porter and Rhoda Converse, of Ashtabula county, Ohio. Marcus Alonzo Hanna was bom in New Lisbon, Septem­ ber 24, 1837, the second of seven children. He attended the pub­ lic schools of New Lisbon until the age of 16, when he removed with his father to Cleveland. In the public schools he prepared for a course in Western Reserve College, where he spent one year in scientific study. In 1857 he entered his father's store, the management of which ^oon devolved upon him. The store at that time ^as doing a large Lake Superior trade. After his father's death,She settled the estate and managed the business of the store. As a boy Senator Hanna was self-opinionated, rough and ready, but with it all manly and well liked. Although some­ what arbitrary in his manners among his fellows he was always willing to be convinced of the error of his way and conceded to every one of his young playmates the right of opinion, which he maintained for himself. It was one of the features of his youth that he had views on everything that came up, and he thought his way was the right way, but he could be brought over to the other side if the opposition had the better argument. But ft must be demonstrated to him. Then he was a warm and zealous advocate of the view that he formerly opposed. As a boy, as in politics and business in later life, Senator Hanna always ha^ 68 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. a line of conduct clearly marked out, and he walked therein until he could be shown that he was mfstaken. And he was not dog- matic in his position, but earnest and honest, and attracted many followers on account of the display of these qualities. It should be said in this connection also, that while Senator Hanna in later life might appear to be'arbitrary and in a manner dictatorial in his manner, that he always respected his opponent if he believed him to be honest in the maintenance of his posi­ tion. No one lost the friendship of Senator Hattna because he happened to disagree with him. Like other men he liked to have his own way, but he was not closed to conviction, and when once convinced, no man was quicker to acknowledge that he was wrong. During the Civil War he served in connection with the War Department at Washington. It is shown by the records that Marcus A. Hanna was mustered into service May 5, 1864, at Cleveland, Ohio, as second lieutenant of Company C, One Hun­ dred and Fiftieth, National Guard Infantry Voltinteers, to serve one hundred days, and that he was mustered out and honorably discharged from the service with his company as second lieu­ tenant, August 23, 1864. This organization, upon its muster in, proceeded to Washington, D. C, where it arrived May 14, 1864, and was assigned to the defenses north of the Potomac. It was engaged in action at Fort Stevens, D. C, July 11 and 12, 1864. The first civil position ever held by Senator Hanna was that of government director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in 1885, by appointment of President Cleveland. This position enabled him to extend and widen his acquaintance among lead­ ing business men and to form valuable friendships. In 1864 he married C. Augusta Rhodes, daughter of Daniel P. Rhodes, of Cleveland. Three children were born as the result of his union with Miss C. Augusta Rhodfs — Daniel Hanna, Miss Ruth Hanna and Mrs. Harry Parsons, nee Mabel Hanna. His home life was always ideal. After Mr. Rhodes' death the firm of Rhodes & Company was succeeded by M. A. Hanna & Company, dealers in coal, iron ore and pig iron. In this business, which gave employment to several thousand men, be­ gan the extensive relations of Mr. Hanna as a capitalist and employer of labor with the workingmen, and the development of new ideas as to the proper attitude of each to the other. CHAPTER nL

HIS BUSINESS CAREER IN CLEVELAND — SOCIAL LIFE. OR years Senator Hanna was closely identified with the building and navigatic^ of vessels on the great lakes F and the various forms of inland transportation. His firm has for years been among the leaders in that very profitable trafiic. He was a director in the Globe Ship Manufacturing Company, that has sent from its ways some of the most palatial floating palaces on the lakes, as well as constructed many of the mammoth freight carrying vessels that have been such a factor in the iron industry of the country. He was also President of the Union national bank organized in 1884, President of the Cleveland Street Railway, and President of the Chapin Mining Company of the Lake Superior region. Since his death his in­ terests in all of these concerns have been kept and maintained, by his family. Senator Hanna was one of the charter members -of the Union Club, the most exclusive social organization of Cleveland's leaders in commercial and political life, organized in 1871. Its new club house, located on Euclid avenue, is one of the finest buildings in the United States dedicated to the uses of club life. Senator Hanna was President of the Union Club 1882-83, and a director for several years prior to that time. He wa* a very popular member of the club, and an inveterate whist player. In that, as in everything else, he never liked to be beaten, and would often stay late at the club house in a friendly joust to win the "rubber" game. He was never looking for the best of it as to a playing partner, but would take his chances to win with a mediocre player. He continued a lover of the game until his death. He was not selfish in any of the affairs per­ taining to the club, or any other place in life, but was thor­ oughly democratic as to his associates there, being on intimate and close social relations with most of the members. Senator Hanna was abstemious as to both eating and drink­ ing, unless there was some particular dish of which he was very fond, and of this he would partake heartily. He was a lover 69 70 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. of com-bMHSsB, and when in Washington the fame of this fam­ ous disKprenafed at the home of Senator Hanna was one of the fMturerof his home life at the national capital. It was always the piece de resistance at the breakfasts tendered dis- tingfuishea callers, and forined the basis of more than one song and joke^.at the wonderful banquets of the Gridiron Club, of which theSSenator was an honorary member, and at a function of which heVmade his last appearance in public life, before being taken down v^h the dreaded typhoid fever that caused his death. Senator nanna was at the Union Club the night of the election in 1903, when the news of his overwhelming victory in the race for re-election to the United States Senate was re­ ceived. When his friends expressed a solicitude as to the re­ sult, the Senator said he would much rather remain in Qeve- land and spend the remainder of his life with "you boys." His chief reason for desiring to be returned to the Senate was that "William" (referring to President McKinley) had requested him to remain in the Senate. During the latter years of Senator Hanna's life he became one of the most eloquent and convincing speakers before the public, on questions involving national political issues or affairs dealing with the commercial life of the nation. He had never been in the habit of preparing his speeches, and never did until McKinley advised him to do so. His great effort in the Senate on behalf of the Panama canal route was prepared care­ fully, but previous to that he had written out but one speech and destroyed that before its delivery. The year after his first election to the United States Senate, one hundred Cleveland friends subscribed $2,500 to present him with a fine piece of statuary at his home, and on this occasion he delivered a response to the address of Judge Sanders that has always been considered the best he ever made. On that occasion the effort was wholly impromptu, and the Senator was touchingly eloquent. CHAPTER IV.

ENTRANCE INTO NATIONAL POLITICS — CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE — ELECTED UNITED STATES SENATOR. HEN Mark Hanna engaged in politics he revealed the side fof his nature which had been obscured W from the public through the efforts of his enemies, political and otherwise. Under the tutelage of the mild-man­ nered and diplomatic McKinley, he learned the value of tact as a weapon in political warfare. The lesson he learned froin the masterful politician whom he helped to the White House — one of the greatest politicians the country ever produced, was invaluable to him. Thus Mark Hanna, the politician, became a different man from the popular conception of Mark Hanna, the business mart. The good nature that had been kept for his family and close friends, broke its way through the habits and mannerism which he had formed during his business career. Men whose help he desired were won by good cheer and kind words. In politics he desired things as he desired them in business, but he went about to secure them in a different way. He used gentler and as efficient methods. Men who could do things were willing to accept the comhiands of the man who was at the head of his ^arty. And while he was making men do his bidding, he was making friends and silencing his enemies. No man in all the history of American politics was more maligned and misrepresented than was Marcus Alonzo Hanna. Few men ha,ve enjoyed the respect and confidence of the American people to the degree that he did when he died on the 15th of Februafy, 1904. His first election to the United States Senate by the Ohio General Assembly was one of the most terrific combats in all the history of Ohio politics. In January, 1904, he was re-elected by the unanimous choice of his party, unchallenged in the ranks that almost defeated him in 1898. When Mark Hanna took his place as one of the Senators 71 72 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. from Ohio in the United States Senate, by appointment of Governor Bushnell in 1897, nobody suspected in him the pos­ session of the qualities of leadership among the law-makers of the nation. He had never given any especial evidence of ability a(! an orator, yet he had been in his seat but a short time when he at once took high rank among the speakers and debaters in that g^eat body. He stood among the solons as an expounder of wisdom. Having been a business man all of his life he was looked upon as the exponent of that interest. His views upon this subject were eagerly sought, and in or out of the .Senate, he became an element of force in the life of the nation. He applied to the broad questions of national policy the principles of sound business as he had learned them in the hard school of experience. He stood in the Senate, as he had always stood, for commercialism — the term being used in no sense of criti­ cism. He was convinced that the welfare of the country and all its people depended upon industrial and commercial pros­ perity,— the prosperity restored by the election of McKinley — and he regarded as unwise any legislation or agitation tending to weaken the productive forces of the nation. For that reason among others he rapidly gained the confidence of the business men of the country, and the same confidence on the part of the masses of the people was bestowed later, but m^e slowly. But he did become strongly intrenched in the good will of the American people, as they began to know him as he really was. The human quality in him made all he did a living thing, all he said a living word. He was the man of affairs in states­ manship; yet his personality gave to propositions of mere nafional business something of the warmth and vitality of the principles. He was the personification of our commercial age — the age of building, planting, reaping; of ships on ocean and on land steel highways and the rolling wheels of trade; of that movement of the times which knits together with scMnething more than verbal ties all the children of men, weaves tangible civilization around the globe, and will in time, make of all peoples neighbors, brothers, friends. One of the g^reatest triumphs achieved by Mark Hanna in the Senate was on the Isthmian canal route. The United States had for thirty years been committed to a canal by the Nicatagua route. It came to be considered the "American" line. Thlp REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 73

resolution in its favor had passed the House unanimously. Sen­ ator Hanna gave to the study of the question, which was purely a business one, a mind long trained in construction and contracts. He came to the conclusion that the country should build on the Panama route. There have been many speeches in the Senate more eloquent, more Scholarly, more profound, more erudite than the one delivered by Senator Hanna in favor of the selec­ tion of the Panama route; but when this man of affairs and business, of siipreme intelligence in the creation and prosecution of business and enterprises, this constructive organizer in trade, who had found his talent for explanation, instruction and argu­ ment, sat down, he had accomplished that rarest of triumphs, the command of a listening Senate. It is not too much to be­ lieve that when the United States completes the tremendous task of uniting the two oceans by means of the great canal now under way, that at the entrance of the waterway, there will some day stand a magnificent statue to Senator Hanna, whose genius brought about the construction of the improvement on the Pan­ ama route. He would ask for no better monument than that. The opening of Mark Hanna's interest in National politics dates back to 1880. Previous to that year his efforts had been confined to the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga county. In his home city he was known and recognized as a shrewd poli­ tician, always attending primaries and county conventions, where his influence and voice were" always potent. But he had never taken part in anything savoring of an enlarged sphere of polit­ ical action. At the beginning of the Garfield campaign for the Presi­ dency, Mr. Hanna became active in his behalf. The defeat of Grant in the Chicago convention had estranged Conkling, and his followers in the East, and it was rightly deemed of import­ ance that peace should be restored between Garfield and the stalwart wing of the Republican party. Mark Hanna undertook the task of getting Garfield and Conkling together, and the great meeting at Warren, Ohio, was the medium of a political friendship that continued during the campaign and resulted in the election of Garfield to the Presidency. In 1884 }/IT. Hanna ivas a delegate to the Republican Na­ tional Convention from Ohio, and that same year served as the Ohio member of the Republican National Committee, having 74 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

charge of the Blaine campaign in Ohio. In 1888 Mr; Hanna allied himself with the political fortunes of John Sherman, and he went to the Minneapolis convention as one of the Sherman campaign managers, but the fight was a losing one, and Ben­ jamin Harrison of Indiana, received the nomination. The acquaintance of Mr. Hanna with Major MclCinley be­ gan years before when McKinley, then a struggling young lawyer, defended a party of Stark county miners on a serious charge. Mr. Hanna being largely interested in mine operations there at that time, met McKinley, and they became fast friends. The failure of the Wilson tariff bill in 1894, during the Cleveland administration, followed by a period of unparalleled hard times all over the country, set the people to thinking along the lines of the tariff. "Tariff Reform" as exemplified by the Wilson law was a failure, and hundreds of thousands of workingmen .all over the country were unemployed and famine stalked abroad. Business was paralyzed. The wage earners were looking for a champion of the protective theory, under which, when crystalized into law, the country had always prospered. McKinley, who had been retired from Congress by the gerrymandering of his district by the Democratic majority of the Ohio General Assembly, had in the meantime been elected Governor of Ohio, and it was to him that the voters looked for relief and succor from the intolerable industrial conditions. Mr. Hanna at once threw himself into the breach in behalf of Mc­ Kinley, for as a far-sighted business man, he understood that the protective theory of the tariff was demanded in the interest of the continued employment of the working men. Who would be a better leader than the man whose name was connected with the tariff law bearing his name, r^^pealed by the passage of the Wilson law? The St. Louis Convention, in 1896, resulted in the triumphant nomination of McKinley for the Presidency, but Mr. Hanna did not claim all the honor for his success. He declared that the demand of the people for the nomination of McKinley had been in evidence for two years previous to the calling of the conven­ tion.. Nevertheless the McKinley. forces needed a leader and they found him in Hanna. The politicians would haye picked another candidate, in spite of the McKinley demonstration, at the Minneapolis convention of four years before, but with the REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 76

meeting of the National Convention, in 1896, Mr. Hanna who was only begrudged the title of "business man," carried the op­ position to McKinley off its feet, and the Ohio man was nom­ inated without any serious opposition. From that hour Mark Hanna stood as the recognized Warwick of American politics,, and there was.^o one to dispute the honor. His star was rapidly ascending. The Preisidential campaign of 1896 was one of the most picturesque ^ontests in all the history of American politics. As a political manager, Mr. Hanna was an unknown quantity and wise men shook their heads with doubt and fear at the sudden ascending of this new Moses of the party. Many gave utterance to expressions of deprecation, but his friends knew him and trusted him. They knew his name had been linked with success in every field to which his energies had hitherto been directed. He addressed himself to the new responsibility with character­ istic determination and zeal, and more than fulfilled the expecta­ tions of his friends. His name became a household word the country over. His g^eat natural ability, coupled with long and successful experience in the world of affairs, fitted him for the new task and enabled him to master every detail with a thor­ oughness and understanding that gave evidence of talent to those associated with him and excited the wonder and admiration of even his closest friends. His methods were original, and he directly fascinated his political opponents and compelled their respect. He was em­ phatically the right man in the right place. When that fight had been concluded along the lines of a sound and stable currency, and William McKinley had been triumphantly elected, Mark Hanna, occupied a higher position in the country than ever before, and he stood unchallenged as the one leader of the Republican party who had proven his value in a campaign that was the fiercest in all the campaigning in this country. That campaign was fought on a direct appeal to the business interests and so it was won. Headquarters were opened in two of the great cities of the country — New York and Chicago. Trained political workers were placed in charge of all branches of the work. Speakers were booked by the hundreds. It was a campaign of education, and the people had to be educated to resist the entrancing appeals of candidate Bryan and the other 76 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. apostles of cheap money. Campaign documents were printed and distributed by the hundreds of tons. The whole country was embraced in the organization. Mr. Hanna, as the head of the committee, divided his time between the two headquarters, with many trips to Canton, where he consulted McKinley as to features pf the fight as they would be developed. Protection, sound money, and prosperity were the slogan that appealed to the people, and with the election of McKinley, Mr. Hanna was given the credit for organizing the campaign that ended in victory. With the inauguration of McKinley on the 4th of March, 1897, it was expected that Mr. Hanna would enter the Cabinet as some, sort of appreciation for the work he had accomplished, but he declined the honor. He wanted no reward. He had worked for McKinley unselfishly, believing that the principles for which he stood would be the salvation of the country. But John Sherman, then a United States Senator from Ohio, was asked to enter the cabinet, and he did so, taking the portfolio of Secretary of State. Then came an opportunity for Mr. Hanna, Governor Bushnell appointing him to fill the vacancy in the Sen­ ate caused by the promotion of Senator Sherman, on the 5th of March, 1897. I" January, 1898, he was elected to fill the unex­ pired term ending March 4, 1899, and also for the full term ending March 4, 1905, and ^n January, 1904, was re-elected for the term ending March 4, 1911, by the largest legislative vote ever given a candidate for the Senate in this State. The greatest struggle in the political life of Senator Hanna was not during the Presidential contest of 1896, but his fight for election to the Senate in January, 1898. It would conserve no good reason at this time to rehearse the story of that struggle, but it was the bitterest in the political history of Ohio. Mr. Hanna won his election by one vote over Robert E. McKisson, of Geveland, who had the solid support of the Democrats on joint ballot, and also that of several recalcitrant Republicans, who opposed Mr. Hanna on factional grounds. But all of the bitterness engenc^ered in that event had long disappeared before the death of !?.Ir. Planna, as the commanding influence of the Senator was universally recognized, and the politicians who had opposed him on untenable grounds from a party standpoint, joined the army of Mr. Hanna's admirers. Nothing more nor REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 77 less should be said about a struggle that marked an epoch in Buckeye State politics. And the result was an eloquent tribute to the resourcefulness of Mr. Hanna. The re-election of Mr. Hanna to the Senate in January, 1904, was a veritable triumph. Six years before he had won a victory begrudged him by a faction in his party, but now he was acclaimed the chief of all its leaders, and th<:re was not a dis­ senting voice among the Republican majority of the Seventy- sixth General Assembly. Those who witnessed that joint caucus of House and Senate, on that occasion, will never forget the scene. A great crowd was present to witness the election, and when the presiding officer of the caucus, Lieutenant-Governor Harding, announced ^he re­ sult of the vote and the election of Mr. Hanna for another term of six years, ending on March 4, 1911, a great cheer broke through the hall of the House of Representatives. According to custom, the Senator was summoned to express his thanks. A joint committee was appointed to bring him to the Senate chamber. A moment later he appeared with the committee, and walked haltingly down the aisle toward the desk of the presiding officer. He limped painfully with the aid of his cane, bowing to his friends to the right and left, and exchanging cordial greet­ ings that came from every direction. It was an ovation and must have recalled a different scene in-1898, when he won by a single vote, and after a most acrimonious struggle. Mr. Hanna was introduced to .the great audience, and he returned his thanks to the Republicans of Ohio for the great honor that had been conferred upon him. He would return un­ tarnished the commission the people had given him. Then be­ coming sad and reminiscent, he said: "A few days ago the people of Ohio were shocked by the announcement of the death of Ex-Governor Charles Foster, a man whom the voters had delighted to honor. This was followed by the supposed fatal illness of Governor Bushnell, who was stricken at the inaugural of Governor Herrick. Both of these men were beloved by their party, their family and their friends. Who will be the next to answer the summons?" Was it the voice of prophecy that spoke, for Senator Hanna himself was the next to fall by the way and leave the party and his friends bereft. The last public speech that Senator Hanna made in Ohio 78 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OK OHIO.

was on the occasion of his re-election to the Senate, January 13, 1904, before the General Assembly.' After referring feelingly'to the recent death of ex-Governor Foster and the illhess of ex- Governor Bushnell, he said: ^'Mr. President and Gentlemen of 'the Seventy-sixth General Assemk/y of Ohio: "For the great honor that your action has conferred upon me to-day, I offer my most profound gratitude,. appreciating the compliment, and may I not say the vindication. I also appreciate the responsibilities which come to me at your hands by conferring upon me this great office. "I am not vain enough to assume that the result of the great victory in Ohio at the last campaign wa^ a personal matter, great as has been n^ pleasure in the interest of the party at' such a result. It is more a tribute to'the intelligence of the people of Ohio when they were confronted by the propositions such as were made the issues in that campaign. I say I attribute it.to their intelligence, because the arguments and pleadings made upon every issue were well defined. There could be no mistake as to what they meant The time had come in the history of Ohio when the people were, called upon to register their verdict upon great questions so all-important to our social conditions. The principles upon which the government itself had been founded were on trial. ^ "Proud I am, my fellow citizens, and speaking through you members of the General Assembly as to the people of the whole State whom I am to represent in the higher branch of Congress, that I go there not as a partisan, where the interests of my State are the issue, but as the represen­ tative of their interests which are material to all the people, as a man to stand for you, for whatever are your interests socially, politically, indus­ trially and commercially. "I might allude at this moment in closing to the cloud which hangs over us to-day, and speak with feelings of affection and regard for that great son of Ohio who only yesterday was laid to rest.. The name of Charles Foster is written upon the roll of honor in Ohio, and those who bowed their heads in sorrow yesterday, may soon be called upon again to shed their tears for another of Ohio's great sons. I fen the influence and effect of that great sorrow, which comes to those near and dear to Governor Bushnell, and to say at this time and express myself to-day in this presence as sharing in the grief that must be felt all over our State. "May God bless you and direct you that you may do your duty from the standpoint which your conscience may dictate for the best interests of the people. I thank you.." CHAPTER V.

CHARITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SENATOR — RELATIONS WITH ORGANIZED LABOR. R. HANNA was a liberal giver to all good persons or causes, and the record shows that he gave without M' ostentation or self-glorification. He loved to do good, but he was as shy about it as a child, and others had to tell the story of his benefactions. One day in his office in the Perry- Payne building, an old Irish woman interrupted the stream t>f political callers to ask alms. She had been a frequent visitor to him on the same quest, and the Senator turning away, from a caller, and seeing the woman, divined her purpose, and open­ ing his pocketbook, handed her a $io bill. "O, thanks, sir, may God bless you," said the old lady, when Hanna blurted out, "Never mind the blessing. Go and pay your rent." When ill-health compelled Mr. Hanna to go to Europe and he was afraid to make the long journey lest there be a threatened strike of his street railway employes during his absence, the men sent word to him through the' superintendent of the line that he should go abroad if he so desired; that he had been their friend a;id there would be not a man to take advantage of his absence to make trouble on the line. Every man would be found at his post when he returned, the message said, and they were. This was one of the happiest moments in the life of Mr. Hanna, he often told his' friends, to have so completely the loVe and admiration of his thousands of employes. It was a wonderful tribute and the men kept faith with him as he always had with' them. One morning Mr. Hanna was coming down to his office in Cleveland and hs was his clistom he rode in front with the driver, to whom he usually handed a $5 bill as a gift. On this particular morning he rode with an Irish driver, who complained that his wife was ill and that he should be at home but he could not afford to lose the time. When he reached where the Senator got t)ff the car, a $20 bill was pressed into the hands of the old 79 80 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Irishman, and a little later the Superintendent of the Une called the man into his office, and told him that by orders of Mr. Hamia he was to be allowed to go to his home for a week to care for his wife with full pay. The story of Senator Hanna's life in Cleveland is marked with good deeds, unostentatiously performed for friends who needed his assistance. The veteran William J. McKinnie, a member of the Union Club and an old friend "of Senator Hanna, paid a warm tribute to his philanthropy and charrty, when on the occasion of a'dinner tendered him (McKinnie) on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1901, he related how Senator Hanna had come to his relief when the friends of his early prosperity had deserted him. On that occasion Mr. McKinnie stood behind Senator Hanna as he spoke, and affectionately laid his hand upon his head, while he indulged in an eloquent tribute to the Senator for his kindly aid when most needed. "But you don't want enough," was the reply of Hanna-to Mr. McKinnie, when the latter complied with the request for a statementt of what he required. Mr. Hanna's answer was a-check for a large amount that more than served the purpose. The Sisters of St. Alexis Hospital were given $1,000 by Senator Hanna only on condition that it should not be known until after his election to the Senate, for he did not desire to appear as soliciting political assistance in the role of a philan­ thropist. The "Little Sisters of the Poor" were given one of the best horses in the bams of the Little Consolidated, when they asked the Senator for one of the old, worn-out horses that could no longer be used by the company. Mr. Hanna> was a contributor to many worthy causes, his largest benefaction being the gift of $50,000 to the Board of Trustees of Kenyon College at Gambler, where Hanna Hall stands as a mark of his good will. He also gave large sums to the Salva­ tion Army, and the year before his death gave a dinner and reception in his Washington City home to General Booth, of the Salvation Army. During the evening, Senator Perkins, of California, asked him: "Do you believe in the doctrine that General Booth preaches?" He replied: "I believe in the great and good work in which the Salvation Army is engaged, and the practical results which we see from their efforts. They are REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 81 reclaiming thousands of men and women from lives of dissi­ pation and shame to ^ose of usefulness and good citizenship. This is to my mind practical Christianity, and every month I make it a rule to give my contribution to this splendid work." Senator Hanna was one of the founders and chairman of the National Civic Federation, an organization designed to pro­ mote a bettei' understanding between capital and labor- and maintain peace along those lines. He was particularly well fitted ha- this work, which was .in the best sense a labor of love. . He had long been an employer of men, with whom he maintained good terms, and he had relations with vast capital. • He possessed the coriRdence of both great interests in an unusual degpree. -The Golden Rule was the fundamental code of his procedure. The strength of the friendship between Mr. Hanna and the repre­ sentatives of organized labor was shown by the order pf Presi­ dent John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, on the occasion of the death of Mr. Hanna, suggesting that during the hours fixed for his funeral in St. Paul's Church, Cleveland, that all work cease in every mine within the jurisdiction of the United Mine Workers, aqd this was carried out faithfully. In the latter years of his life. Senator Hanna was often, approached by officers of the Civic Federation for aid in settling- disputes. In February, 1904, in a number of the National Maga-- zine, he is ireported as saying: "I am finally convinced that it (the Civic Federation, whose motto is the Golden Rule) is the object to which I desire to consecrate the remaining years of my; life. I am sure that the American people will sustain a policy,, based upon the highest moral and social impulses, which will) eliminate the passionate prejudices that now exist between cap­ ital and labor." In the eariy days when Mark Hanna was engrossed with the cares of business, the force that was within him manifested itself in ways that were often deemed ungentle. The popular, but mistaken impression of him at that time, was that he was hard and intractable. True it is that he was brusque, direct and can­ did. He did not equivocate. He usually said what he thought. Sometimes he did not seem to care what other people thought about what he said. If he believed his own way was right, he contended for it strenuously, ^t he was willing to listen to 62 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

advice and heed it. Men who did not imderstand him sometimes thought they had been crowded aside; sometimes they cherished enmity. But he only adopted' the common methods of business, perhaps, doing as others have done to win success in the hard and practical battle of life. The word of Mark Hianna was always as good as his bond. He never made a promise that he could not keep; he never failed to keep a promise that he made. This was not only true in his business career, but also {{i the political story of his life. It was the misrepresentation of Mark Hanna's methods in the rough and tumble of business which won for him the reputation he bore when he dropped business, in a measure, to go into politics. Upon'this charge was based the accusation that he was a hard and tyrannical man; a labor crusher, and an exponent of the gospel of greed, selfishness and inhumanity, in which the masses were told every rich man believed. Yet the picture that was drawn of Mark Hanna, the business man, was not a truthful picture. None of the- cruel and brutal things said about jiim were true. The people soon had an op­ portunity to^ see another side of him — a side which only his family and close associates had seen up to that time. CHAPTER VL

ILLNESS AND DEATH — OBSEQUIES AND MEMORIAL SERVICES. ENATOR Hanna had not been a well man for several weeks preceding his taking to his'bed at his quarters in S the Arlington Hotel, in Washington, in January, 1904. The excitement following his triumphant election for another term by the Republican majority of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly, coupled with the strenuous days he enjoyed with his friends in Columbus and elsevirhere, broke him down and made bim an e^sy mark for the treacherous typhoid fever that fmally carried him away. It was claimed at the time that the disease sprang from the poisonous microbes introduced into his system, as a result of drinking impure water at'Coltjmbus. However that may be, the fact is that when, he returned to Washington, the' latter part of tfie month, he was a sick man, but his strong will kept him on his feet and he refused to surrender. At about the last of Januaiy he' was compelled to take to his bed, where he lingered until death relieved him of his suffer­ ings. There was the greatest interest throughout Ohio and the country on account of the Senator's illness, and every day the papers were scanned for nevirs fronv the sick bed of the dis­ tinguished man. He passed away peacefully and quietly Monday evening, February 15, 1904, having been unconscious from 3 A. M., at which time the first of a series of sinking spells came on, from the last of which he never emerged. His vitality was marvelous. From midnight the physicians had sat beside him expecting every moment to be his last, and at least three times they prepared to announce that he was dead, but the spark of life still lingered. During the last few hours life was kept in his body by the use of the most powerful stimulants. Dr. E. p. Carter, of Cleveland, one of the attending physi­ cians, made the following statement regarding the illness of Sen­ ator Hanna: 83 84 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

"Senator Hanna died quietly at twenty minutes of seven this even­ ing (February 16), after a most superb fight against a very virulent attack of typhoid fever. The Senator had not been well for some weeks] but he had been confined to his bed only during the past fifteendays . "From the early course of the disease there was no evidence as to the intense severity of the infection, and the outlook at first seemed bright. Since Sunday, the 7th, the progress of the fever became more marked, there being a gradual rise in the temperature from day to day, and by Wednesday the evidence of a severe toxic condition were such as to make the physicians in attendance anxious as to the ultimate outcome, though counting some on Mr. Hanna's indomitable will, they continued to be hopeful. "The early inability to maintain nourishment was finally overcome, and the case y^ed to be progressing more favorably, when on Friday last, in the aftdrooon, the Senator had a se^e chill, a most unususd course in a case of typhoid fever. Following tliis his temperature rose rapidly, reaching. 103 degrees that night, and the evidences Q| profound toxemja were marked. "During the last days of Senator" Hanna's illness he was able to retain the nourishment given, and responded in a way little short of miraculous to every treatment which was resorted to, rallying promptly from a series of collapses which at intervals followed the chill of Friday. Saturday had tijun such a favorable day that his physicians took courage, and even then hoped for a favorable outcome. "The change for the worse came early this morning, and was fol­ lowed by a gradual failure of his strength, which had already been over­ taxed by the severity of the disease. His.wonderful recuperative power was such that though the endliad been expected almost any time during the early hours of Monday morning, he clung tenaciously to life until this evening, when he succumbed."

Mrs. Hanna was not at the bedside when the end came. She had been ill with a severe headache, and a short time before had been given a narcotic and she had gone to bed. Those at the bedside were Mr. and Mrs. Dan. Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Cormick, Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, Miss Phelps, L. M. Hanna and F.lmer Dover. Governor Herrick was deeply touched by the death of Sen- "aiOr Hatma. He reached Washington on Sunday morning, and except fo'ra call for a few moments at the White House Monday, remained ranstantly at the hot^l. Monday afternoon he was summoned to the bedside of the dying Senator, but the latter was unconsciotifi..^d did not recognize him. As the Governor came from the sicicteom-lrisN^es filled with tears and his voice trembled. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 85

President ^Roosevelt was immediately notified of Senator Hanna's death; and Colpnel Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, made a formal announcement to Ptesident Frye, of the Senate, and Speaker Cannon, of the House. On February i6, Governor Herrick issued the following proclamation, in which high tribute was paid the distinguished dead, and the people of Ohio were asked to honor Senator Han­ na's memory by suspending ordinary business during the hour's of the funeral service in Cleveland. The proclamation was as follows:

To the People of Ohio: Ohio grieve; with stfkcken heart, and the whole nation mourns with her. Marcus A. Hanna, Senator of the United States from Ohio, died in Washington, D. C, Monday, February 15, 1904, at 6:40 p. m. He was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohip, September 24, 1837. A soldier, a statesman, an unflinching patriot, he was devoted with brave hearted courage to the advancement of the interests of the natipn. He had the confidence, in a remarkable degree, of all classes of citizens. An ujiwavering friend, he labored steadfastly for the better­ ment of the conditions of his fellowmen. lu'tlje Senate he was recognized as a safe leader and adviser, and his loss will be keenly felt, not only by the citizens of Ohio, but by the whole country. Out of respect for his memory it is hereby ordered that the flag be displayed at half-staff over the Capitol until after the obsequies, and I request the citizens of the State, so far as practicable, to suspend their ordinary business during the hours of the funeral service, to be held in Cleveland on jFriday, February, 19th. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the great seal of the State of Ohio to be affixed at Columbus, this 16th of February, A. D., 1904. MYRON T. HERRICK. By the Governor. LEWIS C. LAVUN, Secretary of State. Immediately after the death of Senator Hianna the Board of Directors of the Union Club at Qeveland, appointed a committee to take suitable action, and that committee submitted the follow­ ing report, which was adopted by a unanimous vote: Your Board of Directors has heretofore appointed a Committeee, con­ sisting of the following named: Hon. Francis J. Wing, L. R Holden, 86 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

General James Bamett, Henry C. Ranney, William Bingham, William J. McKinnie, Andrew. Sauire, R H. BouAie, S. H. Holding, William G- Mather, Charles C. Bolton, Horace R Andrews,

to prepare for your consideration a suitable memorial, which will now be presented by the Honorable Francis J. Wing. JUDGE WING. — Mr. Chairman, Mr. S. H. Holding of the Committee was good enough to prepare a memorial that meets with the unanimous approval of your committee, and I will'ask him to read the memorial for the committee. S. H. Holding, Esq., then read the following:

IN MEMORIAM. Death has taken from our Club its most distinguished member, Marcus A. Hanna. As a national law-giver, he had done that which history will record. His worth as a citizen of Cleveland, has already been inscribed upon the pages of its growth, its progress and its great­ ness, which the work of his hand and mind did so much to create. His deeds in behalf of his fellowmen are now receiving recognition beyond the stars. And it is meet and fitting that the annals of this Club should contain some testimony of the respect, esteem and love his fellow-mem­ bers had for him, in whom there was so much of the merit and so many of the virtues of true manhood, so few of human faults and nothing of human failure. In private life and in public affairs Marcus A. Hanna exhibited the same masterful character. He was foremost among men of business. He was pre-eminent in politics. He was all-powerful in statecraft. In all these pursuits he built success upon the foundation of honesty and truth. As a man of business he trusted to methods of truth-telling and fair dealing. As a public man, he trusted his political creed. His inspirations were drawn from manly instincts. His purposes were formed in honest intent. His deeds received their impulse from a pure heart. tie was a successful man and his success came not as a gift of fortune, but was the result of fixedness of purpose, industry, energy and perseverance. He was a great man because he was a genuine one. He did great things because he dealt fairly and honestly with himself. His selfishness was confined to reverence for his conscience. His love for his fellowmen was inborn, and grew with the opportunities he had to make their lives happier and better. His words were tionds, and when he plighted his friendship, his loyalty was a monarch that ruled his conduct, his devotion that of love and duty, and his service ever JREPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 87

ready and untiring, and the only wages he exacted for such friendship were simple triith and unyielding honesty. When ht espous^ a cause, he believed it a just one, and he who challenged it found in him a foeman. who did' not resort to trick oi cunning to conquer,...but' who maintained the right with an openly-d^ clared piirpose^all^ould understand, and with sincerity no honest man ever questioned. He. never compromised with error or temporized with wrong, and he achieved greatness by inflexible adherence to that which he conceived to be right. He vitalized every purpose by a good conscience and maintained it by a will, the calmness of whose strength enabled him to overcome' difliculties, to beat down antagonism and to overthrow op­ position. In public affairs he had the influence of a ruler |md the powers of a dictator, but never used his giant's strength save to accomplisif that [which was for the advancement of his city, the good of his state, or the glory of his country. He believed all' men were entitled to equal rights and equal priv­ ileges before the law. He learned the truth !)nd preached it that good will is more potent than law to settle disputes between capital and labor, and that the use of the golden rule will give to each its due. His great­ est aspiration was to bind them together in friendship. He was a high-minded, broad-minded statesman and an unselfish patriot whose ambition was for the uplifting of his fellowmen, and whose pride was the greatness of our republic, and thus he will ever stand upon the rolls of fame of our State and Nation. His countrymen have learned that a good man was slandered and a great one wronged. He lived long enough to extinguish partisan malice, to still malicious abuse and to win the admiration and confidence of all good citizens by the force of a rugged intellect and an undaunted courage, and because he was possessed of that integrity and high char­ acter which slander may for a time dim, but connot efface. The nation mourns his loss because all good people have been convinced that he was a man whose devotion to public interests was solely for the public good. We, his friends, mourn because death has claimed him in whose friendship were so many of the elements of brotherly love, whose posi- tiveness of character had moulded with it so much of gentleness of spirit, who was ever thoughtful of our pleasure and ever doing deeds of kind­ ness and generosity. Ever genial and cordial to all, we esteemed him^ respected him and loved him, and his great soul which has taken its flight will be immortal not only in the skies, but in our hearts and mem­ ories until we are called to join him in the presence chamber of God where he dwells in that peace which surpasseth all understanding. To Senator Hanna there was no place like home. His multitude of business cares, his manifold public duties, his advancing years increased his love for that fireside where hearts warmed at his coming and glowed with his presence. There he found his real happiness and his greatest joys. To her who so many years was his companion and wife, to his 88 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

family he loved and who loved him, we extend a sympathy that cannot be given in words or expressed by speech, and may the grief they suffer at his loss be tempered by the thought that he died as he livedo-a nobleman by nature, and that the powers which tend his 9pul have con­ ducted it to that place where the body is free from suffering and his q>irit is at rest, and* that ne is in the enjoyment of that reward reserved for those who have been true to themselves, have wronged no man and have been just to all. The services over the body of Senator Hanna took place in the Senate Chamber, February 17. There for seven years he had been an honored and distinguished member. Never had that historic forum,. rich in the memory of the nation's most promi­ nent men presented so sorrowful, so impressive a scene. Presi­ dent Roosevelt was there,* with members of his cabinet, the Chief Justice and members of the Supreme Court, and members of both the Senate and House, members of the Republican Na­ tional Committee, the captains of finance and industry represent­ ing every sphere of action, men of high degree in the nation and all the activities. The scene at that time was one of pathetic grandeur. In all the great room there was but a single vacant chair, that occupied during life by Senator Hanna. That was covered with black. The special train bearing the body of the distinguished dead, the family and members of the Congressional Committee and the personal representatives of President Roosevelt left Wash­ ington Wednesday evening, reaching Cleveland Thursday morn­ ing, i8th of February. In Cleveland, the city of his adoption, and where all of his mature years had been spent, there was a total cessation of bus­ iness during the hours of the funeral, according to the desire of Mayor Johnson embodied in an official proclamation. In the lofty and beautiful Chamber of Commerce hall on the catafalque used for the McKinley obsequies in 1901, the casket containing the body of Senator Hanna lay. The surroundings were digni­ fied, beautiful and impressive. The ceiling, draped in black, first caught the eye, then the wealth and profusion of flowers, sent as tributes of their affection and love for a friend departed; then the soldiers standing stem, silent and watchful. On Friday, February I9, all that remained to earth of Sen­ ator Hanna was laid to rest. Simple were the ceremonies, as REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 89 plain and simple as was the man. With the afternoon sun, dimly lighting the Wade Memorial Chapel, the last words were spoken over the body, and the crypt received its dead. For one brief hour the body lay in state in the Chamber of Commerce, while thousands paid their mark of affection and re­ spect to the dead statesman and friend. Escorted to beautiful St. Paul Church by Troop A, a vast throng gathered to witness the last services for the dead. Through the stained glass windows but a faint light came. The lights within the church were low. Aloft in the tower the bell tolled. That sound alone broke the silence. Atid the eye was met with the sight of the entire church almost hidden with flowers, beautiful personal tributes to the dead. Nearest the chancel step at the front of the bier lay a splendid wreath of carnations, sent by Mrs. McKinley, who was unable to be present on account of ill health, and who herself passed away on May 26, 1907. The Ohio House of Representa­ tives and the Salvation Army contributed some of the most elab­ orate floral tributes. Slowly the church filled. Governor Durbin, of Indiana, and his staff entered. Headed by Lieutenant-Governor W. G. Hard­ ing the entire Ohio Senate an^^House of Representatives entered. Then, accompanied by a single friend, former Governor George K. Nash tottered up the aisle to his seat, where he sat with bowed head. The vested choir entered and the choristers took their places in the chancel. Then upon the stillness broke the voice of Bishop Leonard. The funeral party had arrived. Down the center aisle the cortege took its way. "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die." Back of Bishop Leonard came the assisting clergy. Rev. Geo. H. McGrew, D. D., rector of'St. Paul's Church; President F W. Pierce, of Kenyon College, and Rev. W. H. Jones, rector of iSt. John's Episcopal Church. Then came the casket borne by Governor Herrick, Samuel Mather, C. A. Grasselli, J. B. Zerbe, Judge W. B. Sanders, An­ drew Squire, A. B. Hough, and W. J. McKinnie. On the casket was the American flag of the Loyal Legion. 90 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

After the family was seated, then came the staff of Governor Herrick, and the members of the cabinet, representing the Presi­ dent of the United States, Secretary of War Taft^ Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Geo. D. Cortelyou. The United States Senate delegation, headed by Senators Cockrell and Foraker, followed. Then came the dele­ gation from the National House of Representatives headed by Hon. C. H. Crosvenor, followed by committees representing the Civic Federation, the Loyal Legion^of Honor, the Chamber of Commerce and the Builders' Exchange. More impressive even than these solemn services was the action of the United Mine Workers of America, under the direc­ tion of. Jtio. Mitchell, President, in ceasing their labors during the funeral hour as a tribute to their beloved friend. Besides this the wheels of every railway in America were stopped simul­ taneously for a given number of minutes and every industrial establfshment in the United States also paid tribute.to the great dead by cessation of business at the funeral hour. All this time the choir was chanting the psalm, "Lord, let me know mine end," and "Lord, thou hast been our refuge." The chant ended. President Pierce came forward to the reading desk and r6ad the lesson from the First Corinthians, chapter 15, beginning with verse 20: "Now is Christ risen from the dead." Mrs. Hanna broke down completely while the choir was singing "Lead, Kindly Light." Bishop Leonard came to the reading desk and slowly began his eulogy. His voice reached .0 all parts of the house. His words reached the heart. After the address the Bishop withdrew to the altar. The choir then sang "Forever With the Lord," and Dr. McGrew read the creed and the prayers. The clergy then descended to the casket, where the committal service was read. Bishop Leonard cast earth upon the casket, and the words, "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dusty' fell like a pall upon the assemblage. 'The service was over. The choir sang the recessional hymn. The pall-bearers lifted the casket from the bier, and the march to the grave began. Within the beautiful Wade Memorial Chapel the little party of friends and relatives gathered around the casket, where Bishop Leonard and President Pierce offered the last prayer. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 91

On March 31, 1904, at the session of the United States Sen­ ate and the House of Representatives, tributes to the memory of the deceased -Senator were pronounced. The chaplain of the Senate, Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, delivered the following prayer: Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. Leaders of the people by their counsel^, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions. All these were honored in their generalwns, and were the glory of their times, ^ There be of them that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported. And some there be which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them. But these were merciful men, whose righteousness has not been forgotten. The people will tell of their wisdom, and their congregations will show forth their praise. Let us pray. Almighty Father, we thank thee for everything; but this morning, first of all, for our fathers who begat us, for those from whom we spring, for the men who made the Constitution of this nation, for the men who first sat in this senate, who led this people by their wisdom, by their counsels, by their foresight, and by their love of God. They are remembered by name or they are not remembered. But their righteousness shall never be forgotten, and we, the sons, will not be faithless to their memory. First of all, in this Senate, to the men who made the first rules for this great nation, men who listened to God, and heard Hihi, men who were pure and peaceable, gentle and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good works, without partisanship and without hypbcrisy. And now. Father, for to-day and for to-morrow, and the days that are to come, be with the children, as thou Imst been with the fathers. May the children move, as so many of the fathers moved, in the ways of God. Show them thy law: that they may make it our law; that we may translate the will of God into the will of men; that Thy king­ dom may come and Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. We ask it in Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. May thy kingdom come, may thy vifll be done, on earth asJt is done in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation^ but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. 92 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

MR. FORAKER. Mr. President, in accordance with the notice heretofore given I now present the resolutions I send to the desk, and ask for their present consideration. THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM. The resolutions submitted by the Senator from Ohio will be read. The Secretary read the resolutions as follows: Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow of the death .of Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, late a senator from the State of Ohio, Resolved, That as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the business of the Senate be now suspended to enable his associates to pay proper tribute to his high^jcharacter and distinguished public services. Resolved, That the Secretliry communicate these resolutions to the House of Representative In the Senate addresses were delivered by Senators Foraker, Scott, Cockrell, Piatt, (Conn.), Cullom, Blackburn, Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Perkins, Depew, Beveridge, Dolliver, Kearns and Dick; In the House, the speakers were Representatives Longworth, Cassingham, Goebel, Southard, Tawney, Beidler, Brick, Lovering, Smith, (111.), Kyle, Morgan, Hildebrant, Gibson, Morrell, Calderhead, Adams, Lacey and Grosvenor.

Senator Foraker's address on this occasion was notably elo­ quent and he paid high tribute to the character, wonderful ability and public services of his colleague. On April 20, 1904, the two ,Houses of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly of Ohio met in the hall of the House of Rep­ resentatives at Columbus, in memory of the life and services of Senator Hanna. Senator Charles Dick was the orator of the day, and he paid an eloquent tribute to the distinguished dead. Among other things he said: "The campaign of 1896 was essentially a campaign of education. His (Senator Hanna's) motto was, thousands for education and organiaztion, not one dollar for corruption'.' He brought into politics the straightfor­ ward, open methods of the upright, God-fearing American business man. If this was an innovation in American politics, it was of g^reat advantage to politics and the country. He believed that a political campaign should be managed like any other reputable business undertaking. He was hon­ est, sincere and frank, and won the confidence of the country. He was loyal to the interests of the party workers who helped him win victories and their devotion to him was unfaltering. If he married business to politics, it was because he brought to politics the same honesty, direct­ ness and straightforwardness essential to business success. The' country need never fear commercialism in politics as long as commercialism stands for Senator Hanna's methods and practices. Business men had been in REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 93 politics before, but the advent of this business man with his frank, open methods came as a surprise and something of a shock to many party workers. He was a captain of industry and commanded his lieutenants. He was accustomed to say to this man go, and he went; to another man come, and he came. "He managed campaigns the same way, and the innovation was not at first entirely acceptable. The ways of political managers had been looked upon as devious and secret; their coming and going subterranean and nocturnal. He brought daylight into dark places, conducted his first national campaign as he planned and carried on his industrial undertak­ ings. The stockholders always had access to the books. This is a com­ mercial era and if he brought business methods into politics who will not say it has been to the advantage of politics?"

Thus ended the life of the man who was the gfreatest force ever known in the political hisjtory of the United States. He worked in politics for the best interests of the whole people. Senator Hanna's death was mourned by rich and poor alike throughout the entire country. Probably his greatest achieve­ ment was in winning the friendship and good will of the entire labor forces of America. HON, JOSEPH BENSON FORAKER.

TOWERING figure in the United States Senate, a de­ bater standing in the front rank of his colleagues in that A historic forum, one of the greatest statesmen ever con­ tributed by Ohio to the upper branch of Congress, Senator J. B. Foraker is at this time a figure commanding national attention. Clothed with the courage of his convictions, this famous constitutional lawyer has differed with President Roose­ velt on several important propositions, yet almost single-handed and alone he has maintained his position, leaving the issue with •time to decide. Senator Foraker has made his appeal to his­ tory. Many Republicans of his native state have differed with him in his interpretation of constitutional law, and probably for that reason Senator Foraker has not met with the support he would otherwise be able to command on account of his con­ spicuous record, but he must be awarded ungrudgingly the credit of being one of the big men of the country, who is will­ ing and able to stand for his own ideas. History will accord to him the verdict of being a man of great ability, great courage and honest convictions. tte is one of the best equipped statesmen of his time, a credit to Ohio and the nation and a large contributor to the glory of the Republican party. There has been considerable favorable comment in regard to the availability of Senator Foraker as a Presidential candi­ date, but it is not the province of this publication to pass judg­ ment upon the wisdom of the proposed selection, except to say that many of the old neighbors of the distinguished Ohioan, who know him best, and understand his capacity, adopted the following resolution at his old home in Hillsboro, as early as January 29, 1908: "Resolved, That the Republicans of Highland County, in ihass con­ vention assembled, declare their loyalty to the stalwart Republican prin- 94 HON. JOSEPH B. FORAKER.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 95 ciples laid down and enunciated by such matchless leaders as Garfield, John Sherman and McKinley and as sustained and reaflirmed by our un­ daunted leader, Senator J. B. Foraker. "We refer with pride to Senator Foraker's splendid career in all he has undertaken—soldier, jurist, Governor, Senator—and his unflinch­ ing fidelity to every trust reposed m him. He has sustained and held up the hands of every Republican administration since he fjofs come into prominence, and to efface his wise, prudent and patriotic measures from the pages of recent national legislation would destroy many of the most useful and beneficent laws of our nation. "His sagacity and courage in the prosecution and settlement of the Spanish War were signal and will ever live in the hearts of his grateful countrymen. "He is the strongest man in public speech before the people today, and every utterance carries the courage oft his conviction. "His voice is always raised in defense of the lowly, and the poor man has always found in him an unfailing friend. "No man is too high in position to receive his just rebuke and no man too poor or neglected to come under the shelter of his defense. We have had a striking example of this in the United States Senate recently, and we affirm our sympathy and approval in the position he has' taken. "By nature, training and conservative experience, he is eminently fitted for the great office of President of this great country, and we re- aflirm our fealty to him as Highland County's choice to reach that great goal, and this is the greatest homage Highland County can pay to her most distinguished son." Senator Foraker made his debut in Ohio politics in June, 1883, when he was nominated for Governor by the Republicans in convention assembled in the city of Columbus. That con­ vention was held at the old Metropolitan Opera House, and John Sherman was permanent chairman. When nominations for Governor were called for Hon. Ben Eggleston of Cincin­ nati* a member of the Hamilton county delegation, rose in his place, and after reciting some pf the incidents in the life of the candidate, especially his experience as a soldier and his brilliant record upon the bench in (Cincinnati, concluded by saying: "In the name of his neighbors, of Avhich I am one, in the name of the representatives of Hamilton county, in the name of all the old soldiers who have returned from war, in the name of all the Republicans—and Democrats, loo—I present Judge Joseph B. Foraker." "Private" Dalzell, who was one of the delegates from Noble county, tried to stem the tide that was setting in Foraker-ward by naming John Sherman for Governor, but that old commander declined, saying he could best serve his party 96 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. and country in the United States senate. Judge Forakei was nominated by acclamation, when upon the announcement of the result by Secretary George A. Grout, of Cleveland, a member of the Harrison county delegation brought out a tremendous demonstration by yelling at the top of his voice: "Who in the h—1 is Foraker?" That question has been often answered since the day the brilliant Ohio statesman and leader made his debut in State politics. Twice elected jGovernor of Ohio and twice chosen a United States Senator, on both occasions without an opponent for the great honor and without a caucus, Joseph Benson For­ aker to-day holds a proud position in the annals of his party in the State and the Nation at large. He stands among the unchal­ lenged leaders of Republican thought and action, and has taken his place high among the men who have made history the past quarter of a century. The campaign of 1883, when Judge Foraker stood as the candidate of his party, was one of the few disastrous ones in the history of the Republicans of Ohio. It followed closely upon the agitation engendered by the action of the Sixty-fifth General Assembly in enacting what was known as the Scott law to further provide for the evils resulting in the traffic in intoxicating liquors. In many of the larger cities of the State former Republicans took issue with the party on the liquor proposition, and the re­ sult was the defeat of Judge Foraker by Judge (jleorge Hoadly, also of Cincinnati, by a pluralitj- of 12,529 votes. Judge Hoadly had represented the liquor interests of the State in the litigation before the Supreme Court that resulted favorably to them, for the law was declared unconstitutional, and when a candidate was sought Judge Hoadly was turned to, and he accepted the honor. Two years later Judge Foraker and Governor Hoadly were again the party leaders, and this time Foraker won by the plurality of 17,451 votes. In 1887 Governor Foraker was nom­ inated for a second term by the convention that met in Toledo, on the 27th of July, and he defeated Hon. Thomas E. Powell, then of Delaware County, by 23,329 votes. In 1889 Governor Foraker, against his own best judgment, but bowing to the de­ mands of some of his enthusiastic friends, was a candidate for a third term before the convention that niiet in Columbus, on the REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 97

25th of June. His name was not formally presented with that of Hon. E. L. Laml)son, of Ashtabula; Hon. John B. Neil, of Franklin; Hon. Wilson "Vance of Hancock; General R. P. Ken­ nedy, of Logan; (j^neral A. W. Jones, of Mahoning (whose candidacy was preslented by Major M,cKinley); Hon. J. W. O'Neal, of Warren, and General R. R. Dawes, of Washington, but on the first ballot Governor Foraker received 254 votes, no other candidate/ receiving as many as 200, and before the result was officially declared enough delegates had changed to Foraker to give him the nomination. It is a part of the history of Senator Foraker's political life that he did not want that nomination. He believed he had been sufficiently honored by the party in the State, and thought some other leader ought to be given a chance. Besides he was a poor man and' was convinced that he should turn his atten­ tion to his profession of the law that promised better financial returns. But his friends were inexorable and in an interview held in the executive chamber it was determined that Governor Foraker should face the^ sentiment strong in the State and the Nation against a third term, although the position was reached only after the (jOvemor had vehemently protested against again maldng him'the candidate. The Democrats held their conven­ tion at Dayton August 28th and 29th, and Hon. James E. Campbell, of Butler, was nominated for Governor, defeating Hon. Lawrence T. Neal, of Ross, and 'Virgil P. Kline, of Cuya­ hoga, for the honor. The campaign was a strenuous one and Campbell was elected by a plurality of 10,872 votes. The bal­ ance of the Republican State ticket, however, was elected, but the Democratic majority in the Senate unseated Hon. E. L. Lampson, who had a majority of 222 votes on the face of the returns, and gave the Lieutenant (jovernorship to Hon. W. V. Marquis, of Logan. The two administrations of Governor Foraker were viisi, economical and approved by the people. Many judicious laws were enacted by the General Assembly, the State debt was largely reduced and the universal verdict was that the executive had been faithful to the people and alive to their best interests. In all the campaigns in which Governor Foraker was a candi-

Seventy-second General Assembly, chosen at the same time, was Republican in both branches—Senate, thirty-five Republicans, six Democrats and one PopuHst; House, eighty-seven Republi­ cans, and twenty-five Democrats. When Senator Foraker entered the United State Senate on the 4th of March, 1897, beginning his service co-incident with the assumption of the great Presidential office by the late President McKinley, he could boast of no experience as a mem­ ber of a deliberative and legislative body, and there were those who feared he would shine with a diminished light in the blaze of great men representing the various states of the union. How effectually he disproved that is shown in the fact that almost with the taking of the office he moved rapidly up in the line of leadership. Always a good lawyer and advocate, but with no especial experience in the various questions involving a discus­ sion of the Constitution, he soon became recognized as one of the trenchant interpreters of the organic law among men who had for years been accustomed to debating it, and before the close of his first term he was the acknowledged peer of his as­ sociates in the Senate on constitutional diagnosis, especially af­ fecting the questions growing out of the Spanish-American war and the acquisitipn of the Philippine Islands. He set a new pace in the Senate when constitutional questions were dis­ cussed. He put aside the prosy, intricate methods of debate, and clothed his argument with a wealth of illustration and explana­ tion that left no possible misunderstanding-as to his position on the questions involved. He did not employ a scimitar to divide the hair separating different views on the proposition involving a construction of the constitution, but for the wilderness of dry and turgid debate, he substituted an intelligence that set out the points at issue in a manner that was not only appealing but unanswerable. His comprehensive knowledge of constitutional and international law amazed the senate. On the floor of the senate he has stood for almost twelve years one of the most distinguished and powerful debaters of which that body can boast. He was a staunch supporter of President McKinley dur­ ing the Spanish-American war, and the events leading up to that event, and with the close of that struggle, when Congress had to enact important legislation dealing with the internal af- 1(X) REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. fairs and management of Cuba, Porto Rico and the PhiUppines, Senator Foraker took a leading part. As chairman of the Sen­ ate Committee having Porto Rico under consideration he in­ augurated a policy that brought order out of cha'os and pros­ perity out of want and distress on the island. He was the right hand of McKinley in all of the strenuous hours of the conflict that ended in one hundred days, and came in for hearty appre­ ciation on the part of the chief executive. At a banquet given at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Cincinnati, soon after the close of the war, Senor Barbosa, a Porto Rican statesman, declared this eulogy: "We love Senator Foraker. He is the father of liberty in Porto iRico, the father, I might say, of our new country. This great statesman, this citizen of Cincinnati, this man whom you all kfaow and love so well, is not as well known personally in .Porto Rico as he is here, but he is just as well known by reputation and he is just as well loved. He framed and introduced a bill esUblishing civil govern­ ment on the island. We had been under military government for four hundred years. The judiciary system was the system of favoritism. The Spanish governor was absolute. What he desired the courts did. There was no liberty of press or pulpit, no liberty of person or of property. The people were merely the unwilling children of a very cruel and thoughtless parent. Senator Foraker restored civil government. Ah, my friends, you who have never known what it is to live under a military government, do not and cannot appreciate the joy that was ours when the Foraker bill was passed and civil government restored. In that bill the great Ohio Senator met the ideas and the requirements of the people of the island in most essential particulars. Previously, the Re­ publican party of Porto Rico was organized, and the first platform adopted in March, 1899, called for the very things that were afterward granted in the Foraker bill. Is it any wonder that we love your Sen­ ator? Is it any wonder that we hope some day to be allowed to vote, and then be allowed to vote for him for President of the United States?"

With the brilliant record made by Senator Foraker in the United States Senate, there was no thought of opposition to his return for a second term. The convention that nominated Governor Nash, in June, 1901, adopted a resolution endorsing his candidacy, and when the election declared the success of a Republican majority in both branches of the seventy-fifth General Assembly, only the name of Senator Foraker was on,the lips of every Ohio Republican. As Senator Warren G. Harding, of Marion, said in his eloquent address presenting the name of REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIQ. 101

Senat(^r Foraker to the senators: "I am aware, Mr. President, that it violates accepted usage to name one's candidate in the ^ery first sentence uttered, but sirs, I could no more withhold flis name than a glad courier, coursing homeward with the tid­ ings of victory, could muffle his notes of glory." On the 14th of January, 1902, Senator Foraker was placed jn nomination in the Senate and he received the vote of every Republican member of that body, twenty-one in number. Hon. Charles W. Baker, of Cincinnati, had been honored with the nomination of his party, and he received twelve, the Democratic strength. In the Hotise, Hon. F. B. Willis, of Hardin County, nominated Senator Foraker for the Senate, and he received the solid Republican strength—sixty-eight votes, to forty-two cast for Baker. At a joint session of the Senate and House held in the hall of the House, Senator Foraker appeared, and after an introduction at the hands of (Jovemor Nash delivered an able and eloquent address, thanking the Republicans for the high honor they had conferred upon him. His second term began March 4, 1903, and will end March 3, 1909. The Ohio General Assembly to be chosen in the fall of igo8, will haive the election of his successor. Senator Foraker has always been recognized as a man with views of his own and while he has never attempted to force them upon anybody else, he maintains that he has a right to defend them. The country has had occasion to witness several samples of what might be termed the Foraker independence on matters of national import, when he has insisted upon his right to think for himself. It is an unusual thing for a United States Senator of the high character and commanding position of Senator Foraker to disagree with a President of his own political household, but that he did so is a tribute to his unflinching devotion to what' he believed to be right. Senator Foraker stood almost alone in his vote against the railroad rate bill, but in his address to the Senate he declared there would be a very respectable minority against the bill if Senators voted their real sentiments and Wpre not swayed by sentiment and other pressure. On that measure Senator Foraker delivered a strong argument against the con­ stitutionality of the bill, and that matter is yet to be adjudicated 102 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

by the court of last resort, the Supreme Court of the United States. In the Brownsville contention Senator Foraker stood alone on the propositon that in this country every man should be given a "square deal," and this could not be done if soldiers who had taken the oath were dismissed from service without a hearing or an opportunity to defend themselves: that even a President of the 'United States could not deprive them of that inherent right as old as man himself. One of the most dramatic and interesting features in the public life of Senator Foraker is the part he took, concerning the dismissal of Companies B, C, and D, of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, colored, by President Roosevelt, for alleged participation- in the "shooting up" of Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August 13, 1906, that was the subject of inquiry on the part of the Senate Com­ mittee on Military Affairs. In that matter Senator Foraker sharply criticized Presi­ dent Roosevelt for what he termed his unwarranted and hasty action in the case, without giving the accused men the right to be heard in their own defense. The record shows that after -the affair twelve men were selected as the ones most likely to have committed the crime. Their cases were brought before the grand jury at Brownsville, and for three weeks their supposed connection with the trouble was investigated. They were finally dismissed as there was no ground whatever on which they could be convicted. Afterward, by order of the President, and without being accorded the constitutional right of a trial by the proper au­ thorities the entire three companies of the Twenty-fifth Regi­ ment were dismissed from the service "without honor." The opening gun of the discussion that has since become ndtional in its intense interest was fired in the United States Senate, on Monday, Dec. 2, 1906, when Senator Penrose (Pa.) offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, full information bearing upon the recent order dismissing from the mili­ tary service of the United States three companies of the Twenty-fifth Regiment Infantry, United States troops, colored. Senator Foraker offered the following substitute: REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 103

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby directed to furnish the Senate copies of all ofiicial letters, telegrams, reports, orders, etc., filed in the War Department in connection with the recent dis­ charge of the enlisted men of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry; together with the complete list of the men discharged, show­ ing the record of each, the amount of retained pay (under section 1281 and the following sections of the revised statutes), if any, to the credit of each man at the time of his discharge; the ruling of the War De­ partment, if any has jbeen made in this or any other similar case,, as to the effect upon hlT right to such retained pay, and alsi> the ruling of the War Department, if any has been made in this or any other simi­ lar case, as to the effect of such discharge upon the right of an enlisted man to retire on three-fourths pay with an allowance for subsistence and clothing (under section 1260 and following sections of the revised statutes,) and his rig]^|o enter the National Soldiers' Home (under section 4821 and the nPowing sections of the revised statutes), his right to be buried in a national cemetery (under section 4878 and follow­ ing sections of the revised statutes.) and his right to receive transpor­ tation and subsistence from place of discharge to his home, '(as pro­ vided for in section 1290 and the following sections of the revised statutes); also, a complete official record of the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry from the time of its muster in to the date of the discharge of Companies B, C and D.

To the Penrose resolution the following amendment was added: The Secretary of War is also directed to send to the Senate a oopy of the order issued to Major C. W. Penrose, Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, directing him not to deliver to the civil authorities of Texas certain men of his command, charged with assault and murder at Brownsville, Texas, August 18, 1906, and referred to by Major Pen­ rose in his letter of May 24, 1906, to Captain W. J. McDonald, of the Texas Rangers.

Both resolutions were adopted by the United States Senate. Afterward the Senate adopted the following resolution offered by Senator Foraker: Resolved, That if the Conimittee on Military Affairs deem it/neces­ sary, in connection with the consideration of the message of th^ Presi­ dent in respohse to resolutions Nos. 180 and 181, to take further testimony to establish a^ facts connected with the discharge of the m/mbers of Companies B, C, and D, Twenty-fifth United States Infantry,/that it be, and herel^y is, authorized to send for persons and papers ana administer oaths, and report thereon by bill or otherwise. 104 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

It was on the 7th day of December, 1906, that Senator For­ aker made his never-to-be-forgotten speech on the last resolution. The Senator spoke with great power and convincing argument on the subject of the mistreatment of the blacks. He discussed the constitutional power of the President, and declared that h* had no power as commander-in-chief except only that which is. by the constitution conferred on him. There is no arbitrary, dictatorial, unrestrained and unrestricted power in even the commander-in-chief of the army of the United States. He showed that these men, if they committed the crime charged against them, were amenable to the law. There was a law created by which they should be tried, by which, accord­ ing to the obligation they assumed when they enlisted they had a right to be tried, and a right, as the Supreme Court has said, that no power on earth eould take away from them. He quoted' the army regulations showing "that the soldier will in every case be given an honest hearing before the board of officers," and that "discharge without honor on account of service not honest and faithful will only be given on the approved finding of this board of officers." The Senator charged that there had been no pretense anywhere of following this plain mandate of the law. On the 20th of December, 1906, Senator Foraker delivered another set speech on the Brownsville affair, in which he de­ clared that no testimony had been adduced proving that any of the men dismissed by President Roosevelt were guilty of the crime. He also claimed that Major Augustus Blocksom, who charged the "shooting up" on the colored troops, was not qual­ ified for the work, for he (Blocksom) was the son of a Val- landigham Democrat in Zanesville, Ohio, and surcharged with antipathy to the negro. He declared that the President had exceeded his authority in summarily dismissing the three com­ panies and that they were entitled to a trial before a board of officers, who should hear all of the testimony and find accord­ ingly. In April, 1908, Senator Foraker delivered one of the strongest speeches ever heard in the United States Senate on the Brownsville affair, conclusively proving, as he claimed, that the colored soldier had been unfairly treated. It may be said as ample justification of the course taken by Senator Foraker REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 105 in the matter, that President Roosevelt had recently indicated his desire to reinstate the colored troopers dismissed without trial, and make amends for what is considered a gross injustice to these men. Joseph Benson Foraker was bora and reared in Ohio. He first saw the light nea» Rainsboro, Highland county, July 6, 1846. His father was one of the early pioneers of that section of the State, and at the time of the- birth of the future United States Senator and public leader, was engaged in running a small grist mill with a whip-saw attachment for getting out lumber. The father of Senator Foraker died a few years ago, living long enough to see his distinguished son mount high on the ladder of fame, and become among the best known of our public men. Young Foraker was brought up amid the hills of High­ land County, and his early education was of the most limited character. He divided the hard work of the farrh with a little schooling and knew much of the toil and privation that be­ longed to the youth of the farmer boys of the time. He was engaged with his father in common labor until the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when he shouldered his musket and marched off to the contest. Although but sixteen years of age, he enlisted in the Eighty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private soldier, but within a year was promoted to the position of Sergeant, then to First Lieutenant, and finally to Captain of his company, for distinguished services on the field of bat­ tle. He took part in all of the battles in which his regiment was engaged during his term of service, and marched with Sherman to the sea, after the terrific fighting around Atlanta, carrying to a waiting nation the glad tidings of the fall of Savannah at the hands of the irresistible army that swept through the South and split wide open the Southern Confed­ eracy. For a time before the close of the war he was on the staff of William Henry Sloctihi* and by his daring ride as the messenger of that commander he saved the Union left and made possible the capture of (jeneral Joseph Johnson, one of the intrepid commanders of the Lost Cause. 'Young Foraker was mustered out at the close of the war, at the age of 19 years, one of the youngest soldiers who ever carried a musket in the defense of his country. 106 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Returning from the army to the paths of peace, young Foraker felt the need of more education, and he entered Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, from which institution he graduated with honor in 1869. He studied law and was ad­ mitted to the bar, taking up his residence in Cincinnati, at the hands of whose people he received his first official commission— that of Superior Judge—elected in 1879 *nd serving for three years. His health giving way about that time he refused further service and was engaged in the practice of his profession when nominated for Governor by the Republicans of Ohip in 1883. Even at that time he was one of the party leaders in Hamilton (bounty, and the Republicans of that part of the State turned as one man to tender him the flag to carry in that momentous campaign. The career of Senator Foraker, distinguished and glprious in every department, shows what brains and energy can accom­ plish in this country. He had none of the advantages that wealth, birth or friends can bring to ap aspirant for political preferment, and like other famous Ohioans who have carved high their names in the temple of fame, had only his own in­ dividual talents to recommend him to the people. In his early career he was impetuous and fiery, impatient with opposition and ready to do battle with, an enemy four-fold as well equipped as he, and regardless of consequences. But time has mellowed the chivalrous spirit of Senator Foraker and he has brought to his aid the suggestions of experience and a well-poised and dili­ gent mind. He is now in the very zenith of his powers. He stands in the van of the great men of the State and Nation. In his career in the Senate he has divided honors with the gladiators in that arena and his wise statesmanship is reflected in much National legislation. He was exceptionally efficient in executing the policies of Presidents McKinley and Roose­ velt on the question of our insular possessions, and one of the really great speeches in the 1902 session of Congress was his eloquent defense of the American soldiers in the Philip­ pines. During the life of the martyred President he was one of the close friends of the chief executive. When Foraker was nominated the first time for Governor, McKinley was a member of the committee on resolutions from the Eighteenth district; in the second convention McKinley repre- REPRESENTATIVE HEN OF OHIO. 107 sented the Twentieth district on that committee; in the third and fourth McKinley again represented the Eighteenth district on that committee. McKinley succeeded Foraker in the guber­ natorial chair, with but a single interim, and together they be­ gan service at the National Capital, one as President, the ot|ier as a member of the United States Senate. There never was a time from the first inauguration of President McKinley until that great heart was hushed at Buffalo by an assassin that Mc­ Kinley and Foraker were not good friends. When Major McKinley was first nominated for Governor by the State convention that met in Columbus in June, 1891, Governor Foraker presented his name in a characteristic speech. In the National conventions of 1896 and 1900 he presented his name for President. In 1892 they were both members of Ohio's "Big Four," and in the National convention that met in Min­ neapolis that year, Govemor Foraker insisted upon McKinley's nomination for the Presidency to succeed Benjamin Harrison. This in brief is the story of the political career of Senator Foraker. It can fairly be said that he has maintained himself with admirable spirit wherever placed, and that his record as Govemor and Senator has been of a character to commend him to the people of Ohio. At Delaware, where young Foraker was a student, he met Miss Julia Bundy, of Jackson, Ohio, who is now his wife. Her father, the late Hon. H. S. Bundy, was one of the prominent men of southern Ohio. He had been in Congress, had large business interests and was widely khown as the "Iron King." He had great faith in the ambitious young lawyer who wished to become his son-in-law, but he advised Foraker to seek an easier field than Cincinnati, for his start in life. "Ben," he said, "don't begin practicing there; you'll starve to death—they'll eat you up. Stay here in Jackson county, and in a few years you may be a judge." Nevertheless, Foraker would not swerve from the plans he had made for himself. Admitted to the bar and established in Cincinnati, he was not long in carrying out his resolution to set himself in the front rank of his profession. In a year he felt him­ self able to marry, and on the 4th of October, 1870, he was wedded to Miss Julia Bundy. In nine years he had stepped 108 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

prominently into public life and was Judge of the Superior Court. In thirteen years he was the Republican candidate for Governor. The married life of Senator Foraker has been ideal, and in all of his struggles and triumphs his wife has been a gracious and helpful factor. Five children have been born of the union: Joseph B. Foraker, Jr., of Cincinnati, now connected with the large traction interests of that city; Florence M., Julia, Clara Louise, and Arthur St. Clair Foraker, named for Ohio's first territorial Governor.

HON. CHARLES DICK. HON. CHARLES DIOL

O WIN a political contest in Ohio in a single campaign is a great honor. To lead the victorious hosts in a half- T dozen battles is seldom vouchsafed to one man. To stand in the forefront of battle in ten campaigns is not only an honor, but it is the record for service in Ohio in such a re­ sponsible position. This is the mead of pal-ty praise that can fairly be laid at the feet of Hon. Charles Dick, United States Senator from Ohio, ex-Representative in Congress from the historic Nineteenth district, and from 1892 to 1907, except in the campaigns from 1895 to 1898, in command of the Repub­ lican forces in Ohio. In all that brilliant record there-were but two partial defeats, m his first and last campaigns. In 1892, when Benjami^ Harrison was a candidate for President, the Dem­ ocrats of Ohio won the presidential elector in one district, the Fifteenth, but Hon. S. M.^aylor, the ncMninee for Secretary of State, won by a small majority. In 1905, Hon. John M. Pat­ tison, the Democratic candidate for Govemor, was elected, but the balance of the Republican ticket was successful. In both of these contests the result was brought about by causes that no chairman could have turned aside and in no way reflected upon the management of the head of the State Committee. On the other hand, in several of these ten campaigns, some of the most signal victories ever achieved in the history of a party have been recorded. With his entry into State politics in 1892, Senator Dick has been a dominant force in Ohio politics. He was closely associated with the late Senator Hanna in securing the nom­ ination of the martyred President, William McKinley, in 1896, and in that National campaign officiated as secretary of the Re­ publican National headquarters, subsequently being made sec­ retary of the Republican National Committee, and serving until June, 1900, when he resigned to assume charge of the Ohio campaign. In 1897-1898 he was prominently identified both 109 110 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. with the work of the State Committee and the canvas of Sen­ ator Hanna for election to the United States Senate. He was chosen to represent his district at the Republican National Con­ vention of 1892 and 1896, and in 1900 was one of the four delegates-at-large from Ohio to the Philadelphia Convention that unanimously re-nominated William McKinley. In 1904 he held the same post in the convention that nominated Theodore Roosevelt for the highest office within the gift of the American people. The career of Senator Dick in the lower house of Con­ gress began with the death of Hon. Stephen A. Northway, who represented the Nineteenth district, the political bailiwick that had given Joshua Giddings, President Garfield and other leaders to the country. Congressman Northway died the day that Gen­ eral Dick returned from Cuba, in 1898, where he had been serving the nation in the prosecution of the Spanish-American War. He was nominated and elected the following November as Northwa/s successor for the short and long term. In 1890 he was re-elected, and in 1902 chosen for another term by a large majority. Early in his career he took an important part in National legislation, being prominently identified with spe­ cial work, notably the investigation of the Couer d'Alene mining riot and the hazing practice at West Point Military Academy. During his terms of service in the House, he served on a number of important committees, his work as a member of the military committee being especially praiseworthy. When Senator Hanna died in 1904, the Ohio legislature was in session, and by the unanimous vote of the Republican majority of that body, Charles Dick was elected to fill the vacancy. The selection was one eminently satisfactory to the party in Ohio, for General Dick had earned the promotion by hard and conscientious work on behalf of the Republican party of the State. As a member of the Senate, Senator Dick has maintained the high prestige always enjoyed by the United States Sen­ ators from Ohio, and with Senator Foraker as his colleague Ohio is worthily represented in the upper hall of Congress. Senator Dick is a member of several important committees, and is distinguished for his attenion to the performance of his varied responsibilities as they arise. He is alert and conscientious in REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. Ill the discharge of his duties, and at all times careful to sustain the dignity of his great office as Senator from Ohio. He is in full accord with his distinguished colleague, Senator Foraker, in all things necessary for the interests of Ohio and the Na­ tional welfare. Charles Dick springs from German stock. His parents were Gottlieb and Mary Dick, and he was bom in Summit County, Ohio, November 3. 1858. His parents were poor in this world's goods, and it wis necessary for young Dick to early make his own way. His only education was received in the public schools of his native cit}', his first employment in the store of Chipman & Boones, hatters and furriers. Two years later he accepted a position as book-keeper of the Citizens Savings and Loan Association. After six years spent there he resigned to accept a similar position with the Empire Reaper and Mower Company. With this firm he remained two years, and in 1881 he associated himself with L. C. Miles in the pro­ duce and grain commission business, the firm afterward be­ coming Dick & Peterson. In 1886 Mr. Dick was elected Auditor of Summit County, and three years later chosen for a second term by an increased majority. In 1894 he was ad­ mitted to the bar, and in 1897 to practice before the United States Supreme Court, being at present an active member of the law firm of Dick, Doyle & Bryan, of Akron, Ohio. They have a large clientage. Senator Dick can also boast of a fine military record, and today is- Major General commanding the National Guard of Ohio, a body of citizen soldiery numbering more than 6,000 well trained soldiers. Starting as a private in the Eighth reg­ iment O. N. G., he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and in this capacity went with his regiment, known as "The Pres­ ident's Own," to Cuba for service in the Spanish-American war. He witnessed the Spanish surrender to General Shafter at Santiago and afterward went to Washington to report tha condition of the American army in Cuba personally to President McKinley. After the return of the command from Cuba he was made Colonel and subsequently Brigadier-General, and finally promoted to the post of supreme command in the Ohio National Guard. The service he rendered the National Guard, not only of 112 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Ohio, but in every State of the Union, is most conspicuous, and what is now known as the "Dick law" is in full operation, a statute that assists the civic military arm of the government in a most substantial way. This measure became a law on the 2ist of January, 1903, when Senator Dick was a member of Congress from the Nine­ teenth district. Under its provisions the various branches of the National Guard were given five years to comply with the new order of things in a military way, and the body made sub­ ject to ihe call of the President. It was made the second line of defense in the country, being preceded only by the regular army establishment, and must conform in every way with the standing army in organization, equipment and discipline. The appropriation for the support of the National Guard was in­ creased from $400,000 to $2,boo,ooo. In relation to the Ohio National Guard the amount re­ ceived from the general government under the operaticms of the Dick law is $93,000, about one-fourth of the total expense of maintaining the organization. This enables the Guard to take part in the joint maneuvers of the United States army, of which the government takes charge and pays the expense. On June 30, 1881, Senator Dick and Miss Carrie M., daughter of Dr. J. H. Peterson, of Akron, Ohio, were married and they have a beautiful home and charming family of five children in that city. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Pythias.

HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT. HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT.

N this year of our Lord, 1908, and tbe fifty-third year in the history of the Republican party, Ohio offers to the na­ I tion a favorite and brilliant son as a candidate for the highest office within the gift of the American people. A great jurist, a broad-minded statesman, and endowed with the choicest social qualities, this popular son of the Buckeye State is recog­ nized as one of the gp-eatest living statesmen. The National Republican Convention held in Chicago, in June, 1908, nominated Mr. Taft as its candidate for the presi­ dency, and should he be elected he will be the seventh native- born Ohioan to occupy the chair of Washington and Lincoln, his predecessors in order being William Henry Harrison, U. S. Grant, R. B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley. William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sep­ tember 15, 1857, a son of the late Alphonso Taft, who was judge of the superior court, Cincinnati, 1865 to 1871; secretary of war, 1875-1876; attorney-general 1876-1877; United States minister to Russia, 1885-1887. The first ancestor of Secretary Taft in America was Robert Taft, a housewright, who went from the then province of Brain- tree, and sealed at Mendon, Mass., in 1669. He had five sons^ one of whom, Joseph, married Elizabeth Emerson, the grand' daughter of the first minister of Mendon. Joseph's second son, was Captain Peter Taft, bom in;i7i5. Captain Peter's third son was Aaron, bom in 1743. He was fitted for Princeton, but had to leave college before he had finished, although he had already- established a reputation as a scholar. He settled at Uxbridge, Mass., but removed to Townshend, Vt., where he died in 1808. He married Rhoda Rawson, the great-great-granddaughter of Edward Rawson, secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1650 to 1680. Peter Rawson, the third son of Aaron, bom in 1785, married Sylvia Howard in 1810. He taught school 8 lis 114 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. and was admitted to the bar. He became Judge of the Com­ mon Pleas, Judge of the Probate Court, Judge of the County Court of Wyndham county, was one of the county commissioners and for many years a member of the legislature. He removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1841, where he died in 1867, leaving one son, Alphonso, the father of the Secretary of War. Alphonso Taft was bom in 1810 in Tbwnshend, Vt., and was graduated from Yale in 1833. He taught for two years in an academy and then became a tutor at Yale. He was ad­ mitted to the bar in 1838 and went fb Cincinnati the next year. In 1857 he argued before the tJnited States Supreme Court the claim of the city for the bequest of Charles McMicken, which secured the nucleus of the endowment fund for the University of Cincinnati. Judge Taft's first wife, Fanny Phelps, was a daughter of Judge Charles Phelps, of Towns­ hend, Vt, and died in 1851. Five children were born to the couple, three of whom died in infancy. Charles Phelps Taft, the eldest son, is proprietor of the Cincinnati Times-Star. The second son, Peter Rawson, died in 1888. Judge Taft mar­ ried Louisa Marie Torrey in 1853. Her first son, Samuel Davenport Taft, died in infancy. Seqretary Taft was the sec­ ond son. Henry Waters Taft, of New York, the third; Horace Dutton Taft the fourth, and the fifth child is Fanny Louise, wife of Dr. William A. Edwards, of Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Taft was descended from William Torrey, who went from Somerset, England, to Weymouth, Mass., in 1640. He was for many years a member of the House of Deputies, and was al­ ways chosen clerk. He was a Magistrate and Captain of Mi­ litia, dying in 1690. Mrs. Taft, mother of the Secretary of War and? Republican candidate for the Presidency, died at her home in Millbury, Mass., on December 7, 1907, at the advanced age of 80 years. The early education of William Howard Taft was secured in the public schools of Cincinnati, graduating from the Wood­ ward High School in 1874. Then in Yale University for four years, graduating in June, 1878, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts; second, or salutatorian in a class of one hundred and twenty-one students. He was also elected class orator. Emerg­ ing from college he entered the law school of Cincinnati Col- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 115

lege in 1878, graduating in 1880 with the degree of B. L., and (dividing the first prize. In May, 1880, William Howard Taft was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. For about a year he served as law reporter of the Cincinnati Times, and subsequently the Cincinnati Commercial. He was appointed assistant prosecut­ ing attorney in January, 1881. Resigned in March, 1882, to be­ come collector of intemal revenue, first district of Ohio, under President Arthur. Resigned the collectorship in March, 1883, to enter the practice of the law. Continued his law practice until March, 1887, holding, in the meantime, from January, 1885, the office of assistant county solicitor of Hamilton county. Ap­ pointed in March, 1887, judge of the superior court of Cincin­ nati, to fill a resignation vacancy. Elected in April, 1888, to succeed himself for five years. Resigned in February, 1890, to become solicitor general of the United States under Presi­ dent Harrison. This office Mr. Taft relinquished in March, 1902, to become United States circuit judge for the sixth ju­ dicial district and ex-qfficio member of the circuit court of ap­ peals of that district. In June, 1893, Yale University honored him with the degree of LL. D. In 1896, he became also pro­ fessor and dean of the law department of the University of Cincinnati. Secretary Taft stepped into the lime-light of national prominence in March, 1900, when, at the urgent personal re­ quest of the late President McKinley, he accepted the position of President and organizer of the United States-Philippine com­ mission. The Spanish-American war had closed and the United States found themselves in possession of the Philippine Islands, as one of the fortunes of that war. To have deserted them at this great juncture would mean their return to the des­ potic power of Spain, under which they had straggled and suf­ fered for hundreds of years. The crisis was a great one, and in his extremity President McKinley turned to William Howard Taft as the man to bring order out of chaos on the islands and set on foot a wide program of education that would ultimately fit the Fillipinos for annexation or American citizenship. It is one of the unwritten episodes of that tender made to Mr. Taft, that hej did not want the appointment. His inclination and his ambition lay in another direction, but at the urgent solicitation of the 116 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

President, who made it appear that he (Taft) could not afford to refuse to accept, he put aside his hopes that lay along the lines of judicial preferment, and assumed the task. How well he suc­ ceeded the history of the islands eloquently testifies, for no sooner had he landed than he placed in operation the machinery of gov­ ernment, and the Fillipinos began to respect American authority. On July 4, 1901, by appointment of President McKinley, Mr. Taft became the first civil govemor of the Philippine Islands, and in November of that year was forced by illness to tum over the office of govemor to Vice-Governor Luke Wright. In December, 1901, by order of the Secretary of War, Mr. Taft went to Washingfton to testify before the Senate Committee on the Philippines and the Hiouse Committee on insular affairs. His testimony before those twp committees lasted six weeks, and was most favorably received by the committee, the press and the country. It is today the authority on Philippine matters, In Febraary, 1902, the University of Pennsylvania honored itself and Mr. 'Taft by conferring upon him the degree of LL.D. Both Harvard and Miami universities did likewise in 1905. On May 17, 1902, by order of President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, Mr. Taft sailed from the United States to Rome on a most delicate mission—to confer with Pope Leo XIII., concerning the purchase by the United States of the agricul­ tural lands belonging to the religious orders in the Philippines. He held conferences with the committee of cardinals over two months—^June and July—and reached a general basis of agree­ ment. The importance of this successful and completed ne­ gotiation is obvious; providing for our holding and adminis­ tering those valuable and necessary possessions. The diplomatic manner in which he handled this most important and far-reach­ ing ^proposition was'one of the greatest triumphs of his public life. Returning to the Philippines in August, 1902, Mr. Taft took up the work temporarily laid down and resumed office as civil govemor until December 23, 1903, when he sailed for the United States to become Secretary of War, which important position he still holds. With the work of Secretary Taft since his retqm home the American nation and the world are familiar. His visit to Panama in November and December, 1904; his tour of inspec- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 117 tion of the Philippine Islands in the summer of 1905, with a party of Senators and Representatives; his crisis mission to Cuba in the fall of 1907, under the direction of President Roose­ velt, by means of which the revolution was nipped in the bud; his temporary service as provisional govemor of that island; his visjt to Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico in March, 1907, fixing certain difficulties which had arisen; his second trip to Panama in 1908, for the second time to determine differences that required adjustment; his long journey through Europe, visit­ ing Germany, Russia and Japan on important diplomatic mat­ ters, are all events within the recent memory of the people. William H. Taft was married June 10, 1886, to Miss Helen Herron, of Cincinnati. They have three children, Robert Al­ phonso, bom September 8, 1889; Helen Herron, bora August I, 1891; and Charles Phelps, second, bora September 20, 1897. Mr. Taft's church relations are with the Unitarian Church. His wife and daughters are Episcopalians. He is the National Presi­ dent of the Red Cross Society, and is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Geographic Society. GOVERNOR ANDREW L. HARRIS.

HE term farmer-statesman is frequently applied to^ men in public life who come from the farm, but seldom T is there found a public official of that type who is so well equipped with real statesman-like qualities as is Goveraor Harris. Admittedly a first-class farmer before he became identified with public life, he has by the most sagacious treatment of all questions of statecraft which have been submitted to him, proven, to the people of Ohio that he is also a wise, thoroughly honest and conservative statesman. Governor Harris has really remarkable aptitude for the onerous and exacting duties which devolve upon Ohio's chief executive, and it is truly said of him that he always finds time to listen to those who call upon him,,even to the humblest person. This is one of the things which endears Govemor Harris to the general public, and there is no doubt that he is one of the most popular executives ever called to serve the people of Ohio. The very delicate position he pccupies-^having succeeded to the executive chair through the death of his predecessor— coupled with his natural simple modesty, has no doubt kept him from exercising the executive prerogative in some instances where his partisan friends might have wished him to act, but there is no question about the sturdy republicanism of Goveraor Harris. Throughout his long career of service to the State and Nation as a soldier, member of the House of Representa­ tives, State Senator, Probate Judge of his home County, Lieut- Goveraor for three terms, member of the National Industrial Commission—appointed by President McKinley—^and now as Goveraor of his native State, Andrew.Lintner Harris has ever been known as a strong Republican, and his nomination by ac­ clamation to succeed himself by the State Republican Conven­ tion of 1908 shows the great confidence the Republicans of "Ohio have in him. Goveraor Harris was bora in Milford Town- US GOVERNOR ANDREW L. HARRIS.

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ship, Butler County, Ohio, about four miles from the village of Oxford, November 17, 1835. His grandfather, Joseph Harris, was a native of Ireland and in 1797 crossed the Atlantic to America, taking up his abode in Cincinnati. Soon after the close of the War of 1812 he moved to Butler County, Ohia His son, Benjamin Harris, the father of our subject, was bom in Cincinnati, March 3, 1803, and was married April 3, 1829, to Miss Nancy Lintner, of Butler County. He was an intel­ ligent, progressive farmer, the^ fathe^ of seven children, of whom Governor Harris is the only survivor. The father passed away in 1872 ahd the mother's death occurred in 1891. At an early age the subject of this sketch entered the dis­ trict school in Preble County, whence his father had removed from Butler County. Young Harris was much impressed with some of the young men who taught in this school. They brought interesting ac­ counts of the great world beyond this rural district. In the long winter evenings he listened attentively while the school­ master, a guest at his home, told of wonderful scientific discov­ eries, rehearsed stirring legends of history, and related per­ sonal experiences at private schools and colleges. In the winter of 1851-2 John W. Crampton was teacher. He was a student at Miami University and had much to say about his work there. His influence aroused what seemed to young Harris to be a vain hope that he might, some, time attend this institution. The fol­ lowing winter Crampton was succeeded by Frank M. Demotte, still living, and for many years the superintendent of the schools of Lewisburg, Preble County. He was frequently at the Harris home. He was but litttle older than his pupil, and between the two sprang up a close friendship that still remains unbroken. Young Harrjs wished to attend college, but a serious dif­ ficulty was in the way. A portion of the mortgage on his father's farm was still unpaid, and he felt that he should not leave home until the debt was discharged. At last a way seemed to open for the realization of his hopes. The mortgage was finally lifted. A private school had opened at West Florence, Preble County, under the direction of Professor Warren C. Emerson, a scholarly instractor from Massachusetts, who, at the outbreak of the Civil War, became paymaster in the United States service, with rank of major. 120 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Under his instruction young Harris prepared to enter Miami University. In this institution he enrolled in January, 1858. A cousin, Joseph Harris, whose father lived a few miles from Oxford, joined him here and they were most congenial companions and roommates during the entire college course. The Harris boys soon felt very much at home in the University, with classmates, who, like themselves, were work­ ing cheerfully and faithfully to acquire a liberal education. Both boys joined the Eccritean Literary Society and Andrew became a zealous participant in all the exercises except music. He found his chief interest in debate and was ever ready to take part in the discussion of the momentous questions tbat were agitating the entire country and preparing the way for the cataclysm of civil war. The air was surcharged with political electricity. The students came from the North and the South, and in the war of words they stood right loyally by the faith of their fathers, as they did later on the battlefield, where issues were submitted to the arbitrament of arms; where brothers met in deadly strife and wrote in letters of blood the testimonials of their courage and devotion. The exciting scenes in the Na­ tional capital were re-enacted on miniature arena, but with equal fervor, in the literary societies in the Miami University. The place and the time were educative. Truly has one of the par­ ticipants declared, "No professor was so valuable to many a student as his literary society; no classroom was so attractive as his literary hall; no wit or humor more talked of than that which flashed in the attritions of society debates." In these forensic contests young Harris, doubtless acquired much of the skill that afterward brought h^m recognition as a master parlia­ mentarian. The political orator was the hero of the hour. Harris was captivated by a fellow-sttident from Cincinnati, John Webb, whom in after years he declared to be "one of the most adroit and eloquent speakers" tliat he ever heard. All too soon the days glided by at old^Miami. The locust trees on the campus unfolded their pendant clusters of fragrant white flowers. It was June, i860. Commencement day was at hand. In the graduating class were the Harris boys who re­ ceived the degree of Bachelor of Science. They had worked their way through the University—^they were satisfied; they REPRF.SENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 121 separated, each going to his father's farm where he would have chosen to remain, had not duty and patriotism called to other fields. In the winter oi 1860-61 Andrew found leisure in the long evenings and at the suggestion of his uncle, Joel W. Harris, then an attorney in Eaton, Ohio, took a courjse of reading which was recommended as worthy the perusal of "any intelli­ gent citizen interested in public affairs." It consisted of lectures in Walker's ^'Introduction to American Law,'" with corresponding chapters in Kent's "Commentary," and Black- stone's "Commentaries." These were read with much interest, but the young student at that time had little thought of pre­ paring for the legal profession. The spring of 1861 brought the opening events of the Civil War. Fort Sumter fell. President Lincoln called for troops to put down the rebellion. The North responded with alacrity and the land resounded with the marshalling of arms. This brought surprise to many, but the boys from Miami an­ ticipated the conflict. Mr. Harris deemed it the duty of able- bodied young men without dependent families to respond to the call. He belonged to that class and at the first opportunity he enlisted as a private. In April, 1861, ,he became a member of the Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three months' service. Before going to the front he was made second lieu­ tenant of Company C, and the following August was mustered out with the rank of captain. In October of the same year he recruited Company C, of the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned its captain November 9, 1861. At the battle of McDowell, West Virginia, which was one of the bloodiest of the war for the number of troops engaged, he was severely wounded. Later he led his company in the en­ gagement at Cedar Mountain and the second battle of Bull Run. The colors of the regiment were hit ninety times, and brave men fell under them, but they were borne aloft at the front through the hottest of the fray. On January 12, 1863, Captain Harris was made major and on the death of his colpnel in the disastrous battle of Chancellorsville, he was promoted to the command of the regiment, May 3, 1863. His command was actively engaged throughout the epoch- making battle of Gettysburg. The division to which it was as- 122 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

signed was hotly pressed by Ewell's corps. Colonel Harris was sent with thirteen officers and 169 men to hold back the enemy at the point of the bayonet while the Union forces took up a stronger position in the rear. In a short time four of the officers were killed and seven wounded. The losses in the ranks were proportionately large. Having accomplished the work for which his command had been detailed he slowly withdrew the shattered remnant through the town of Gettysburg and joined the main force on the heights beyond. His superior of­ ficers had fallen and Colonel Harris was assigned to^tl^e com­ mand of the brigade. On the second day of the battle the new position was furiously attacked by Early's division, led by Hays' brigade, composed of the famous Louisiana Tigers. Colonel Harris' brigade held the position, but he was again badly wounded. Through three days his command was under fire and it was the first to enter the town after the battle. On the i8th of August his brigade commenced operations on Morris Island against Fort Wagner, opposite Fort Sumter, The advance was slow and tedious. Sandbags were kept in position to protect from bullets the men -working in the trenches, but there was no protection on this barren sandbar from the rays' of the hot August sun. The work steadily pro­ gressed and the sappers were at last nearing the fort. On the night of September 6th nine hundred selected rHen, under the command of Colonel Harris, were detailed to make the assault on the sea front, with instructions to march against the works at daybreak, but the enemy observing the prepara­ tion withdrew and Colonel Harris, at the head of his men, took possession of the fort. Early in 1864 his regiment was sent to Jacksonville, Florida, where it was mounted for cavalry service. In May of the same year he went to the headwaters of the St. John and Kissinee rivers and destroyed a large amount of cotfbn and other Confederate stores, and captured five thousand beef cattle, all without the loss of a man. On the 14th of August he was sent by General Hatch on an expedition to thie rear of the enemy with only two hundred men. He obeyed orders and took a few prisoners, but was met by a large force and was compelled to ride night and day to keep out of the hands of the enemy. On the moming of the 17th he halted at Gaines- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 123 ville to rest, supposing himself to be teinporarily secure, but was soon attacked by 1,400 men. As retreat was out of the question, he either had to cut his way out or surrender. The odds were seven to one, but desperate as was" the attempt, he succeeded in getting away with one-half of his little band. He was mustered out of service a§ colonel of the Seventy- fifth Ohio, January 15, 1865, and on the 13th day of March was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant conduct on the field of battle. Governor Harris retains his interest in military affairs through his connection with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. No man more thoroughly enjoys association with his comrades of other days. Owing to the wound in his right arm, he cannot attend func­ tions or receptions where there is much handshaking without suffering fbr days afterward, but, notwithstanding this dis­ ability his favorite occasions are the campfires aild the reunions. It has been stated by many of the survivors of the Civil War that General Harris would probably be the last of their com­ rades who would be Goveraor of Ohio and they appreciate his recognition of them in every way that is consistent with his sense of duty and of the best interests of the State. At the close of the war General Harris returned to his father's farm, but as his wounds incapacitated him for arduous manual labor, he continued the study of law and was admitted to the bar by the district court in 1865. He continued in active and successful prsflgtice of his profession until 1875. The field of politics originally had little attraction for him. He was urged to become a candidate for State Senator in 1863,^ but preferred to remain with his command in the army. The suggestion of his candidacy was revived by his friends in 1865, and he was elected to represent, in the State Senate, the district composed of Preble and Montgomery Cotihties. The first legislature that he saw in session was the one in the upper branch of which he sat as a member. At the close of his term of office. Senator Harris continued his law practice in partnership with Robert Miller, until January, 1876, when he withdrew from the firm to enter upon the duties of probate judge, an office to which he had been elected the previous Oc­ tober and which he filled for two terms. In 1885 he was 124 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

elected State Representative and re-elected in 1887. In 1889 he was appointed by Governor Foraker trustee of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Higher honors awaited him. In 1891 a strong candidate was sought to make the race for lieutenant-governor with William McKinley. In the previous gubernatorial election the Republican party had suffered defeat, and it was the desire of the leaders to present a ticket that should appeal strongly to the voters of Ohio. General Harris first personally met William McKinley at the convention in which they were nominated to lead the ticket. They weW triumphantly elected in November of that year and re-elected by increased majori­ ties In 1893. In 1894 Lieutenant-Governor Harris was a can­ didate for Congress in his district and reduced the normal Democratic majority from over 4,000 to 202. Governor Harris has given much study to labor condi­ tions and agricultural interests. This fact was recognized by President McKinley who, in September, 1898, appointed him one of the members of the National Industrial Commission, with headquarters at Washington. He was honored with the position of chairman of the sub-commission on agriculture and agricultural labor. The commission was created to investigate industrial conditions and recommend ways and means of relief for the depression that, had been quite general throughout the country before the inauguration of President McKinley; but before the commissioners met and organized, conditions had greatly improved and an era of prosperity had commenced. After careful consideration it was decided to follow the general plan of the British Royal Commission and institute inquiries in regard to agriculture, transportation, immigration, trusts and combines, capital and labor and other topics of interest, in order that all who desired might have accurate and authentic informa­ tion on these important questions. It was thought that the re­ sults of this investigation would aid Congress in the enactment of remedial legislation. The mere names of the subjects covered in the nineteen volumes of the report indicate the wide scope of the woric of the commissior!. They are: "Trasts and Industrial Combinations," "Prison Labor," "Transportation," "Labor Leg­ islation," "Distribution and Marketing of Farm Products," "Capital and Labor," "Agriculture," "Immigration and Educa- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 126 tion," "Foreign Labor Laws," "Labor Organizations," "Indus­ trial Combinations in Europe." In conducting the inquiries and summarizing the testimony, Commissioner Harris did his full share of work. He was associated with United States Senators and Representatives, and eminent specialists in the fields covered by the investigation. The results are found on the pages of the voluminous and valuable report of the commission. It is a standard reference work on industrial conditions in the United States. The future historian will hot pass it by when he records the social and economic progress of our country. General Harris was especially qualified to conduct the investigations relating to agriculture and agiricultural labor. At heart he has been all his life a farmer. As a correspondent tersely puts it, "He has practiced law but has always preferred the farm to the life of the lawyer. He owns about five hundred acres of good land in Preble County, Ohio. He is a farmer, not for political purposes, but'because he likes the life and makes money out of it." His farm property includes the old homestead in which his early years were spent. He takes a sentimental pride in keeping it in repair, just as it used to be. The house has not changed much in appearance since in the forties he breasted the winter snows to make his daily journey to the school house about a mile distant. His farms are well kept, and he enjoys most thoroughly his frequent tours of in­ spection. In 1905 General Harris was nominated a third time for Heutenant-govemor; and although in the elect'ion following the head of the Republican ticket was defeated by a plurality by 42,647, General Harris had 29,179 more votes than his Dem­ ocratic opponent. By virtue of his office, he presided over a Senate in which his party was in the minority. Forty years earlier he began his legislative experience as- a member of that body. Opposing parties and rivaj interests were so equally divided that unusual tact was required in the presiding officer. From the opening day of the session Goveraor Pattison was confined to his home by serious illness. While General Harris had long been recognized as a skillful parliamentarian, never before did he so conspicuously exhibit the qualities of the model presiding officer as in the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. While some of the sessions were exciting and the clash of rival 126 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

interests aroused temporary bitteraess, he reached the day of adjourament with the respect and esteem, not only of the mem­ bers of that body, but of the people of the State, who had fol­ lowed attentively the legislative proceedings. As President of the Senate he has had few equals and no superior in the Buckeye State. The afteraoon of June i8, 1906, brought the sad news of the death of Goveraor Pattison. At the time Lieutenant-Gov­ ernor Harris was on his farm and did not receive the news until he returaed to his home in Eaton. The oath of office was ad­ ministered at the residence of his friend and neighbor, Judge Elam Fisher, of Eaton, Ohio. After the funeral of Governor Pattison he assumed the duties of his new position with the modesty that has characterized the man throughout his entire career. He has been regularly at the post of duty and has so carefully administered his trust that he has won the confidence, respect and good will of the people. There is a general feeling that with the reins in his hands a wise administration of the affairs of the Buckeye commonwealth is assured. Governor Harris was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Conger, of West Florence, Ohio, October 17, 1865. They have one son, Walter C, who was gjraduated from Miami University, and also took an electrical course in the Ohio State University. He is now an artist on the New York World. Governor Harris has alway.i been a Reput:^can in politics. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is a partisan in the usual acception of that term, but he has wisely avoided factional contests. For very many years he was chairman and a member of the Republican committee of Preble County. Although an active partisan in the campaign organiza­ tion, he always had the confidence of his neighbors of opposite politics. An important element that has contributed to his suc­ cess is the good will and loyal support of the voters of his own county, who, almost to a man, are personally acquainted with him and, regardless of politics, esteem hirn^ highly. Enlisting as a private soldier he passed through all the in­ termediate ranks until he commanded a brjgade in the battle of Gettysburg. He passed through similar gradations in civil life. This experience, together with his energy and ability, eminently fit him for executive duties. After service in both

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* REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 127 branches of the Legislature, he was the presiding officer of the Ohio Senate for three terms, making a dozen years of par­ ticipation in the legislative department. He was always a student of state affairs even when not in office and was then a member of campaign committees, delegate to conventions and the like. He toured the state with McKinley, Govemor Herrick and others. Previously he had in every district and county associates in legislative work so that he knows repre­ sentative men in all parts of Ohio with whom he can confer in any emergency. Professionally,'^ mentally, physically and otherwise, age improved rather than impaired him. His work on the farm, study at home and good habits seem to have strengthened him physically as well as otherwise. Few men ever assumed the office of Governor under more strenuous con­ ditions and few have withstood its exactions as well as he. With his simple and abstemious habits, in spite of his wounds. Governor Harris enjoys excellent health. At the age of seventy-two years he is younger than most men at fifty. It is not too much to expect that he will add to the achieve­ ments of the past, many years of service, to round out his varied, eventftd and eminently honorable career. In the year 1908 Governor Harris is the only Union vet­ eran of the American Civil War who is serving as Goveraor of any State in the Union. HON. SAMUEL J. FUCKINGER. The post of Secretary to the Govemor of Ohio is generally recognized as a place of high responsibility, and recent chief executives of the State have been favored with men of good judgment and discretion. It is a position that calls for the ex­ ercise of rare diplomacy, for it is the duty of a secretary to stand between his chief and the people, and the man Virho satisfactorily performs the task is to be congratulated. No one has proven more popular in this position than "Flick," as he is popularly known. His courtesy is unfailing; his obliging disposition has made him the friend of every one hstving business witji Gover­ nor Harris. Samuel Jacob Flickinger was bora on a farm near Millville, Butler county, Ohio, in 1848. His parents were Rev. D. K. Flickinger and Mary Lintner. His father has been in the min-. istry for many years and is now retired at the age of 84 years. He was secretary of thVMissionary Board of the United Breth­ ren Church, for many years, and its foreign bishop. The mother of Mr. Flickinger died when he was less than four years of age, and he was reared on the farm of his grandparents. He graduated from Otterbein University, at Westerville, and afterwards took a post-graduate course at Cornell Univer­ sity, New York. He has devoted his life to the newspaper busi­ ness, starting with the Dayton Journal in 1876. In 1878 he came to Columbus as a reporter on the Ohio State Journal, and was in tum afterwards correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer­ cial Tribune and the Cincinnati Enquirer. From 1884 to 1893 he was managing editor of the Ohio State Journal, and for eleven years subsequently manager of the Associated Press at Cincinnati. He was managing editor of the Dayton Jouraal two years previous to coming to Columbus as Secretary to Gov­ ernor Harris. He never held any political position until ap­ pointed Secretary to Governor Harris in July, 1906. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta frateraity and Junia Lodge of Odd Fellows of Columbus. Secretaries to the Goveraor of Ohio have come and gone in 128 HON. SAMUEL J. FLICKINGER. EXECUTIVE STAFF—GOVERNOR HARRIS.

OPHA MOOKE. RANUOI.I-H WALTON. HF.NKV W. FKIM-MAN. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 129 the story of the State, but none of the holders of that responsible place stand higher than "Flick," in all of the attributes that go to make up a successful official. Private secretaries are bora, not made, and "Flick" fills most admirably all of the requisites.

RANDOLPH W. WALTON. In the ranks of Buckeye Republicans, among those who have steadily forged their way to the front, the name of Ran­ dolph W. Walton, executive clerk in the office of Governor Harris stands conspicuous. He has risen to high regard in the councils of his party, and in every campaign his talents as an orator are utilized with good results. Randolph W. Walton is the son of Dr. Wm. Walton, and was born in Woodsfield, Monroe county, Ohio, October 15, 1870. In 1877 the family removed to Clarington, and Walton spent his boyhood there, until the summer of 1893, when his mother and two brothers (the father having died in 1890) re­ moved to Columbus. His education was obtained in the public school of Clarington. After coming to Columbus, he took a po­ sition in a drug store, attending night school where he acquired a thorough knowledge of short-hand, and worked several years for the firm of W. A. Gill & Co. He read law and was ad­ mitted to the bar in December. 1901. The first ticket he ever voted in 1891 had his name on as a candidate for town clerk. In 1892, he was a candidate for recorder of Monroe county, but defeated, as the county was strongly Democratic. In 1893, he was one of the Monroe county delegates to the convention that nominated Govemor McKinley for a second term. In the fall of 1898, Mr. Walton entered the speaking field, and in 1900 made a tour of Illinois and West Virginia in behalf of McKinley and Roosevelt. He was a supporter of Judge Nash before the convention that nominated him for Govemor, and one of the organizers of the ^'Young Men's Nash Qub," at the organization of which he sounded the keynote to the Judge's canvass for Govemor. As 9 130 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. a reward* for his services in the campaign of 1899, Govemor Nash appointed him correspondence clerk in his office, in which position he gave perfect satisfaction until the resignation of Charles C. Lemert, as Executive Clerk, in November, 1902, when Mr. Walton was given that place. During the adminis­ tration of Govemor Herrick, Mr. Walton was corresponding clerk, and when Governor Harris succeeded the late Govemor Pattison, in June, 1906, Mr. Walton was given the position of Commission Clerk, which he held until December, 1907, when he was appointed Executive Clerk. At the Republican State Convention of 1908, Mr. Walton made a brilliant speech, plac­ ing in nomination Charles Cameron Green, for Treasurer of State. He frequently represents Governor Harris at functions the chief executive is not able to attend. Mr. Walton is an ac­ tive worker in the Buckeye Republican Club, and served a term as Exalted Ruler of Columbus Lodge of Elks. On June 20, 1901, he was married to Miss Sidney M. Myers, of Steu- benville, Ohio, and they live happily in the East End of Co­ lumbus.

OPHA MOORE. A never failing courtesy, and a strict attention to the mat­ ters that demand his attention have marked the public and private career of Opha Moore. He is one of the bright young Republicans of the State who have been faithful in the dis­ charge of every public duty. His popularity is universal, and in the years of his service to the state has constantly advanced in the good opinion of the people. Opha Moore was born near Parkersburg, West Virginia, August 18, 1867. In 1871 his parents removed to Marietta, Ohio, where he lived several years. During the years 1884-5, he attended school at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, and upon leaving that institution he accepted employment in the office of the Columbus Buggy Company. In 1889, he was ap­ pointed official stenographer in the office of Governor Foraker, which position he held for one year, and then resigned to enter REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 131

the newspaper business. During the Presidential campaign of 1892, Mr. Moore was private secretary to Hon. William M. Hahn, chairman of the national Republican speakers' bureau, with headquarters in New York City. When Governor McKin­ ley entered upon the duties of his office he reappointed Mr. Moore to his old position, which he held until he was promoted to be commission clerk, which post he held during the admin­ istration of Goveraor Bushnell. He also acted as secretary of the Building Commission, charged with the duty of erecting the annex to the State House, the coraer stone of which was laid by Goveraor Bushnell in 1899. After retiring from official life, Mr. Moore was engaged again in journalism, and upon the assumption of Governor Har­ ris to chief executive, in 1906, he appointed Mr. Moore as cor­ respondence clerk, which place he now occupies. Mr. Moore was married June 16, 1892, to Miss Roberta L. Klotts, of Columbus, and they have a son and daughter.

HENRY W. FRILLMAN. A genial friend, popular citizen, a singer of wide reputation, a man whose circle of well-wishers is only bound by the host who enjoy his kindly regard—such is Henry W. Frillman, com- mj'ssion clerk in the executive office of Governor Harris. "Frill," as he is affectionately called by many, has filled a large place in the public eye for years. Henry W. Frillman is of German descent, and was born in New York state, October 15, 1843. After receiving his ed­ ucation from the high schools of Cincinnati, he assumed the duties of an accountant, and for a long time held that position with the famous old house of John L. Gill, Columbus, engaged in car manufacturing. Previous to that he enlisted as a soldier in the Sixth Regfiment, Ohio Volunteers, and served with credit during the'American war of the rebellion. But it is as a singer that Mr. Frillman is best known. He has for years been recognized as one of the best bassos in the country, and for a number of seasons sang with many of the 132 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. first-class opera companies, interspersing this service with years of service in the high-class minstrel companies en tour over the country. As a vocalist he secured and has ever held an en­ viable position. Always a strong Republican, Mr. Frillman was the founder of the famous Republican Glee Club of Columbus, and he twice served as President of that superb organization. In every cam­ paign almost since the organization of that club he has con­ tributed his voice and labor. His talent as a singer has also been utilized in the church choirs of Columbus, and he has been a con­ stant member of the best organizations. Mr. Frillman was appointed assistant corporation clerk in the office of Secretary of State Laylin, 1901, where he served six years with exceptionjd credit, and was re-appointed by Sec­ retary of State Thompson, under whom he acted until Decem­ ber, 1907, when he was selected as commission clerk under Gov­ eraor Harris. On the 5th of March, 1867, he was married to Miss Sarah W. Eldridge, of Columbus, and they have two sons and one daughter. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Elks, serving one term as Exalted Ruler of Columbus Lodge.

HON. CARMI A. THOMPSON. BY the operation of recent laws enacted by the Ohio Legis­ lature, the office of Secretary of State is but a short distance re­ moved in importance from that of Govemor. He is not only the chief supervisor of elections, but the head of the great cor­ poration department of the commonwealth, and has the handling of over a million dollars annually received from the operation of the Willis and the general corporation fee laws. The Sec­ retary of State is no longer a mere clerk, but his duties are ex­ acting and of the most important character. In the present incumbent of the office, Hon. Carmi A. Thompson, the people have made a happy choice, if personal integrity,' popularity and ability to fill acceptably such an ex­ alted post be considered. His nomination and election was a notable triumph of the common people for Carmi A. Thompson HON. CARMI A. THOMPSON.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 133 was born of poor parents and fought his way upward under circumstances that would have appalled a less courageous soul. His triumph indicates what can be accomplished in this country by the application of manly principles to every-day conduct. Today, in an office only second to that Of chief magistrate he can look back with a sense of gratification to the fact that he never faltered although the way to triumph was stony and forbid­ ding, and circumstances conspired to bar his way to a high post of citizenship. Hon. Carmi A. Thompson is a native of Wayne county, West Va., where he was born of Scotch-Irish ancestry, Septem­ ber 4, 1870. Since he was three years of age he has resided in Ironton, Ohio. He attended the public schools there and after­ ward graduated from Ohio State University in 1892, being com­ pelled to make many sacrifices to complete his education. In 1893 he taught school in Bement, 111., returaing to his alma mater where he graduated from the law department in 1895, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He then entered the practice of his profession in Ironton, and continued it until his election as Secretary of State in 1.906. He served as City Solici­ tor of Ironton by appointment, but was elected to the office three times in succession. He then became a candidate for the House of Representatives, and was elected to the Seventy-sixth Gen­ eral Assembly, where he ^served acceptably. Returaed for a second term to the Seventy-Seventh General Assembly he was chosen Speaker of that body where he made a splendid record by the fairness of his rulirigs and general popularity. While Speaker he was nominated by the Republican State Convention at Dayton in June, 1906, and in the following November was elected by a handsome majority. Secretary Thompson was re­ nominated by acclamation for a second term in 1908. During the second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly a partisan investigating committee of that body made a complete examination of the office of Secretary of State and found the methods in use in the department perfect, and there was no criticism to make of any character whatever. Secretary Thompson was for years identified with the Ohio National Guard, beginning his service in 1890 as a private. He reached the post of Captain of Co. I, Seventh Regiment, O. N. 134 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

G., serving in the Spanish-American war, and afterward rose to the supreme command of that regiment. Col. Thompson married Miss Leila Ellars, of Bement, 111., and they have one child, a daughter, Miss Gladys.

HON. TOM D. HINCKLEY. THE present Assistant Secretary of State, is a native son of Perry county, and the Binckley family are among the best known in that section of Ohio. Hon. Tom D. Binckley has been a leading spirit among the activities of his time, and been an honor to the community from whence he sprang. As second in command to the Secretary of State, he is in a position where his talents and experience are given full play, for during the past decade the office of Secretary of State is surpassed by no other departri(ient in the State House for the transaction of most important business relating to corporations^ elections; etc. Tom D. Binckley was born on a farm- four and one-half miles west of Somerset, Perry county, April s^ 1869. His father was James K. Binckley, a German>'American, who died in Perry county in 1871. His mother, nee Sedora J. Whitter, was of English descent, a native of Ohio, and still lives in Perry county. Like all the boys in that section his early life was spent on the farm, working in summer and attending the raral schools in the winter. He began teaching the country schools when 18 years old, and followed that profession five years, clerked in a hardware store in Somerset for two years and then entered the law department of Ohio Normal University at Ada, O., intend­ ing to enter the legal profession. He graduated from that insti­ tution in -1896 and was immediately admitted to practice. He became a member of the legal firm of Grossman & Binckley the same year. He was elected city solicitor of New Lexington for three consecutive terms, and chosen a member of the House from Perry county, serving in the Seventy-fifth and Seventy- sixth assemblies with credit to himself and the satisfaction of his constituents. He served on a number of committees, and in­ troduced the bill for the erection of a monument to General P. HON. TOM. D. BINCKLEY. CAPT. JOHN P. MAYNARD. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 136

H. Sheridan, at Somerset, the early home of the great xavahy leader, and served as chairman of the commission charged with the duty of executing the work. Mr. Binckley was for years connected in a prominent way with'the Ohio National, Guard, and in March, 1898, was elected and commissioned captain of Company A, 7th Ohio. National Guard, and reorganized that company for volunteer service in the war with Spain, commanding the same during that service. Mr. Binckley is very popular socially, and connected with the organization of the Elks. In 1898 he married Miss Nellie M. Jackson, of Somerset, Ohio, and they have three children, Dora, James Roosevelt and William W. Binckley.

CAPT. JOHN P. MAYNARD. AT the opening of the session of the Seventy-fourth General Assembly there entered public life, in the role of assistant to the chief clerk of the House, a young man who for the succeeding seven years made a prominent place for himself in the good will and esteem of the members. 6f that and succeeding legislative bodies. The official in question was John P. Maynard, of Fay­ ette, who not only fulfilled the exacting duties of assistant clerk, but did it with such cleverness that his friendships were only limited by the circle of his acquaintances. When he retired there was universal regret that the House was to lose the services of one so well equipped for the place, jind who stood so high in the opinions of the members he had served so faithfully and well. John Phillips Maynard is a son of Fayette county, Ohio, born in Washington C. H., Febraary 11, 1861. His father, Judge Horatio B. Maynard, was a native of Massachusetts, and came to Ohio, settling in the capital of Fayette county in 1854. Judge Maynard was a lawyer and school teacher, and finally be­ came a common pleas judge in his judicial subdivision, serving with ability and success. Judge Maynard w^s one of the able attoraeys of the Ohio baf and a distinguished jurist. He died September 12, 1907, full of years and honors. The mother of 136 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

John P. Maynard, nee Miss Blakemore, was a native of Fayette county, Ohio. His paternal and maternal ancestors were of English extraction. Mr. Maynard was educated in the common and high schools of his native place, supplemented by a course at Ohio State Uni­ versity, where he qualified as civil engineer, a profession he fol­ lowed for some years with excellent results. In 1900 he was- appointed assistant chief clerk of the Ohio House of Representa­ tives, which position he; filled with eminent satisfaction until 1907, when he accepted the appointment as clerk in charge of printing papers and stationery in the office of Secretary of State Thompson, a place he now holds to the satisfaction of all con­ cerned. In the management of that very important department, Mr. Maynard has instituted reforms that have added much to the business-like administration of his chief, and marked him as the right man in the right place. There is no man in the State House who has quite as many friends as John P. Maynard, or as he is universally known, "Captain" Maynard.

HON. WALTER D. GUILBERT. ONE of the features of the second session of the Seventy- seyenth General Assembly, was the appointm^t by the Senate, of a Democratic partisan committee, to investigate the conduct of affairs in the office of the Auditor of State. The probe was exhaustive and searching, both as to books and methods, and the result was such as to not reflect upon the honor and integ­ rity of Mr. Guilbert, in the conduct of the great office. This was a notable triumph of^the Auditor of State, for under the complex machinery of the Ohio laws the post is one of the most important in the whole list of departments. Millions of dollars are disbursed every year, and the duties are varied and respon­ sible. The tax laws that came into existence during the admin­ istration of Goveraor Nash have added much to the burdens of the office. The auditor is the chief accounting officer of., the State, and no money is paid out except upon his warrant. He holds a membership in no less than twenty-four boards, all hav- HON. WALTER D. GUILBERT.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 137 ing to do with the business of the state, and he is dbsely in touch with the public business. Under the old constitution of Ohio the term of office of the ^h(Utor of State was three years, but it is now four. In all that timeNOhio has had many efficient auditors, but it is only fair to say tlutt the present incumbent, Hon. W. D. Guilbert, has had much gnsater responsibility than any of his predecessors. He is the absolute master of the position and its many duties, and in all his career there has been no fair word of criticism from any source. Auditor Guilbert entered the office in 1888, as chief clerk to Auditor E. W. Poe, and in 1895 was nominated and elected Auditor of State. He was unanimously renominated in 1899 and re-elected, and in 1903 was for the third time nominated and elected. He began his last term in 1904, and by the opera­ tion of the biennial election law will hold until the second Mon­ day in January, 1909. His successor will be chosen in Novem­ ber, 1908. Mr. Guilbert was twice elected Auditor of Noble county, Ohio, before entering the service of the State. Walter D. Guilbert is a son of Guernsey county, Ohio, where he was born Febniary 11, 1844, of French-Irish ancestors, aW was reared on a farm. His father came to this country from France, and when a youth settled in that county; He was educated in the public schools and at Wenona Academy, Illinois. In a business way. Auditor Guilbert is connected with a num­ ber of commercial enterprises. One of the largest is the Capi­ tol Trust Company, Columbus, of which he is president, a cor­ poration that erected the sixteen-story sky-scraper on East Broad street. He has always been an active Republican, served as a mem­ ber of the Republican State Executive Committee in several cam­ paigns, and was a delegate to the National Republican Conven­ tions in 1888 and 1^4. Mr. Guilbert was married in 1868 to Miss Mary L. Jordan, of Noble county, Ohio, and they have a family.of three chil­ dren, ^two sons and a daughter. He is connected with a num­ ber of fraternal and social organizations and stands high in the good opinion of everybody. He is a model officer and citizen. 138 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

EDWARD M. FULLINGTON. At the Republican State Convention, held at Columbus, in March, 1908, among the nominations made was that of Edward M. FuUington, of Union county, for Auditor of State. The peculiar fitness of the candidate was so well recognized that a large majority of the delegates honored him with their votes, and his nomination was secured before the roll-call was com­ pleted on the first ballot. Mr. FuUington has been tried in the public service. His triumphant nomination was a tribute to his popularity and his record as an official of his native county and the State, and a mark of appreciation of high duties well per­ formed. Edward McMullan FuUington wfis born on his father's farm in Union township. Union county, Ohio, August 25, 1864. He is the son of James and Eliza Henry McMullan FuUington. The father sprang froni sturdy New England stock, the grand­ father, George FuUington, settling in Union county shortly after the admission of Ohio to^ Union. The mother's parents re­ moved to Ohio and seftffed in Worthington with the Col. Kil­ bourne cglony. The subject of this sketch received his education in the public schools and at Kenyon College. He worked on the farm until 1888 when he removed to Marysville, and was employed in the Bank of Marysville, and in general business until chosen auditor of Union county in 1895. In 1898 he was nominated for a second term by the Republican county convention, and en­ dorsed by the Democrats, being re-elected without opposition. After serving as auditor, Mr. Fullingtofi was in 1902 appointed chief deputy in the bureau of inspection and supervision of public offices, assisting in the work of organizing that department, where he continued until January, 1904, when he was appointed chilf clerk to the Auditor of State. In April, 1904, the legis­ lature provided for a deputy auditor of state, to which position Mr. FuUington was promoted. During the Spanish-American War, Mr. FuUington served as Second Lieutenant in the 14th Regiment O. V. I., and shortly after being mustered into the service was transferred to the staff of Major General Wilson, as aide-de-camp, and saw service in EDWARD M. FULLINGTON. IIO.V. WILLIAM S. MCKINNON. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 139 that position throughout the campaign in Porto Rico, having been officially recommended to the Secretary of War for pro­ motion "in recognition of distinguished, gallant and meritorious conduct throughout the campaign." After the close of the war he continued for two years in the Ohio National Guard as a Major and Quartermaster in the second Brigade. On the 25 th of November, 1891, Mr. FuUington was wedded to Miss Ida Irvin Matthews, of Dayton, Ohio, and two sons have been born to them, James Fitch Fullingfton and Benjamin Warder FuUington. Mr. FuUington is a member of Mt. Vernon Commandery, Knights Templar, a Thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a Knight of Pythias. He is also a member of Spanish Wai^ Veterans, Buckeye Republican Club of Columbus, associate mem­ ber Republican Glee Club, Columbus Board of Trade and of the Alpha Delta Phi.

HON. WILLIAM S. McKINNON IN March, 1908, the Ohio Senate appointed a Democratic partisan committee to investigate the affairs and business of the State Treasurer of Ohio. Experts were summoned and put to work on the books, and the investigation was most thorough, especially that feature of the. work in the office that had to do with the provisions of the State Depository law. At the con­ clusion of the committee's work, a report was made showing that every cent charged against the Treasurer was in the vaults of the office or accounted for in the various active and inactive depositories scattered throughout the state. The only criticism made by the majority of the committee was that a separate set of books had not been kept showing the transactions between the State Treasurer and banks of deposit. This, however, could not be done, because the law authorizing the loaning of the money of the state had not provided for such bookkeeping. The con­ clusions of the committee were a splendid tribute to the honor and integrity of State Treasurer McKinnon, who is now serving his last term and wUl retire on the second Monday, of January, 1909. 140 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Hon. W. S. McKinnon is a Canadian by birth, being bora at Owen's Sound, Ontario, December 19, „i852. At an early age he removed with his parents to the United States, and set- tied in Cleveland, Ohio, where he learaed his trade, that of a machinist. In 1868 young McKinnon went to Ashtabula, where he opened a machine shop, that has since grown to be one of the leading industries of the town. He is also largely interested in the-banldng and street railway business of the town, and before becoming prominent in state politics served his people as a mem­ ber of the Board of Education and of the city council, with sev­ eral terms as mayor of Ashtabula. Mr. McKinnon's first legislative service was as a member of the House in the Seventy-third General Assembly, and he broke all records in his county by serving three terms, being Speaker of the House of the Seventy-fifth Assembly, and served as such during the regular and extraordinary sessions. During his sec­ ond term' he was chairman of the Finance Committee of the House. He was also President of the Ohio Board of Commis­ sioners to the Buffalo Exposition 1900-01. As presiding officer of the House he possessed parliamentary skill and knowledge far above the ordinary, and made friends in both parties by his uniformly fair and impartial rulings. As a member his advice and views were sought on all matters of public party policy. Mr. McKinnon was elected Treasurer of State in 1903 and again in 1905, his second term being extended one year by the operations of the biennial election law. In 1878 Mr. McKinnon married Miss Jane Porter, of Brompton, Ontario, and they have five children living, four sons and one daughter. Mr. McKinnon first attracted public notice by his sturdy honesty and manliness. In April, 1908, Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon went abroad for an extended stay on account of his impaired health, he being a great sufferer from asthma.

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CHARLES CAMERON GREEN. Both from a political and business point of view the above named gentleman has attained a most enviable reputation in the capital city of Columbus, and throughout the State of Ohio. Bora amid the most humble surroundings in Columbiana County, Ohio, Mr. Green first saw the light of day April 6th, 1873. His father was accidentally killed while in the discharge of his duties as a raUroad employe, September ist, 1877, leav­ ing his widow destitute with three small children. The mother was of heroic mold and she at once removed to East Liverpool, Ohio, where she obtained employment in a pottery in order that she might thereby keep her little family together, and by the most self-sacrificing efforts she managed to do so, and gave to each of them an education in the public schools. At the age of twelve years, a mere slip of a boy, Charles entered the employ of the pottery firm of The Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Co., first as messenger and office boy, then being gradually promoted through the various positions in the office of that company until in September, 1893, at the age of nineteen, he resigned for the purpose of taking a course in a business college. The next position accepted by Mr. Green was as chief clerk for the Boyce Foundry and Machine Works at East Liver- po(d, where he remained until he accepted the appointment of cashier under County Treasurer I. B. Cameron of Columbiana County. Here he remained for more than five years, serving throughout the two terms of Mr. Gimeron, faithful to his em­ ployer and to the entire satisfaction of the tax payers of the county. When Hon. I. B. Cameron was chosen Treasurer of State, unsolicited, he tendered the responsible position of cashier in the Treasury Department to Mr. Green, who ac­ cepted the place, and it is not too much to say that never in the history of the office of Treasurer of the State of Ohio has there been a more popular, capable, or obliging cashier than Charles Cameron Green. When Hon. W. S. McKinnon suc­ ceeded Mr. Cameron as Treasurer of State he was pleased to continue Mr. Green in the same position as cashier, to the gratification of all. Mr. Green is possessed of a genial per- 142 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. sonaUty, kindly in manner and uniformly courteous. By rea­ son of these attributes he has won his way into the hearts of the people to such an extent that his friends are coextensive with his acquaintance, and his acquaintance extends from the river to the lakes, and embraces every coun^ in the State. At the Republican State Convention of 1908 he was nomi­ nated for the position of Treasurer of state; an office for which, by training and naiural business endowments he is particularly well qualified to fiU. Mr. Green is a mpiber of the Columbus Board of Trade, the Buckeye Republican Qub, and is largely identified with the best business interests of Columbus. He owns the controlling interest in, and is the guiding hand of the West Manufacturing Company, which under Mr. Green's man­ agement has developed into a large and important business. In the year 1900 Mr. Green was married to Miss Florence Josephine Rose, of Canton, Ohio. They have resided for sev­ eral years past at their comfortable home on West Seventh' Avenue. They have two sons, aged six and two years, respec­ tively Mr. Green is a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Mystic Shrine; also a member of Concordia Lodge No. 98, I. O. O. F. of Lisbon, and Salem Lodge No. 305, B. P. O. E.

HON. WADE H. ELLIS. A comparatively new light on the horizon of the Repub­ lican party and a man who is rapidly acquiring fame in the po­ litical history of tiie country, Hon. Wade H. EUis at the Repub­ lican National Convention held at Chicago in June, 1908, added greatiy to his reputation when the Convention adopted the party platform as prepared by him. A close friend of President Roosevelt and the Republican candidate for the Presidency, Hon. WiUiam H. Taft, Mr. Ellis seems assured of a briUiant future. Wade H. Ellis is a Kentuckian by birth but has lived most of his life in Ohio. He was educated in the Hughes High School and Chickering Institute at Cincinnati, and gradpated from Washington & Lee University in Virginia, where he studied law and received the 'debater's medal, the law scholar- HON. WADE H. ELUS.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 143 ship and the honors of his class. Although coming of Demo­ cratic lineage he early became an ardent Ohio Republican, hav­ ing been a member of the Blaine Club since 1894, and both as a speaker and editor of a Republican newspaper was a staunch supporter of William McKinley in 1896, and has taken an active part in every national campaign since then. Mr. Ellis entered upon the practice of law in Cincinnati in the early nineties, and in 1893 he was made managing editor of the Cincmnati Tribune, an independent Republican newspaper. In 1896 the Tribune was consolidated with the Commercial Ga­ zette, and Mr. Ellis was made managing editor of the Commer­ cial Tribune. In 1897 he was appointed as a Republican first' assistant corporation counsel of the city of Cincinnati, and re­ mained in this office until Jantiary ist, 1903, when he resigned to go into private practice. His experience in this office and the number of cases of great public interest in which he was engaged, attracted such state-wide attention that when, in the summer of 1902, an extraordinary session of the general assem­ bly was called by Goveraor Nash to enact a uniform mtmicipal code, Mr. Ellis was invited by the Goveraor to assist in the prep­ aration of this work. He drew the bill which was the basis for the code as finally adopted. This work still further increased his acquaintances among the members of his party and particu­ larly drew the attention of the late Senator Hanna, who made him his candidate for Attorney General. He was nominated for Attorney General in June, 1903, elected in November of that year and re-elected in November, 1905, ranning with the leaders on the ticket, and being chosen by a majority of more than 44,- 000, although the head of the Republican ticket was defeated by about 43,000. In the office of Attoraey General, Mr. Ellis has made his chief reputation throughout the state and the country. For the first time the anti-trast laws have been given real vitality and force. In cases brought by Mr. Ellis these laws were defended against an attack on constitutional grounds and upheld by the courts. Being still further amended, at the instance of the At­ toraey General, a great number of successful prosecutions have been made under them — unquestionably a greater number than in any other state in the Union. In Ohio the Wholesale Gro­ cers' combination has been destroyed, the Plumbers' Trast put 144 ~EPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. out of business, t^e conspiracy among the bridge companies, which periiaps li^ the most notorious and flagrant violation of the public poVxy and anti-trust statutes ever discovered in any of the states( was completely destroyed and the charters of fif­ teen or twenty companies that had been violating the laws were forfeited tovtiie state, while several miUions of dollars were saved to the tlucpayers of the various counties. For the first time the Standard Oil Company was convicted by a jury and a vigorous prosecutkm is now in progress against all the sub­ sidiary companies of the Standard, which are operating in Ohio, to separate them from the parent trast. In the enforcement of the tax laws Attoraey General EUis bas been especially active and vigilant. Already his adminis­ tration of the office has resulted in realizing annually on enough old deUnquent claims to pay all the expenses, not only of the Attoraey General's office but of the Secretary of State's office as weU. Recentiy his office discovered that corporations with an aggregate capital stock of some two hundred and twenty mil­ lions of dollars, whose property had been leased to operating companies, were pajnng no taxes at all under either the so-called WiUis law or the Cole law. Promptly suit was .brought against these companies and if the Attoraey General's contention is sus­ tained by the courts there wiU be collected in one sum several millions of dollars and there wiU be added to the annual re­ ceipts of the state more than a quarter of a miUion more. During the year 1907 Mr. EUis acted, upon the appointment of the govemor, as Chairman of the Tax Commission, an hon­ orary body designed to investigate the tax laws of the state and to recommend improvements in them. The report of the Tax Commission, which was prepared by Mr. Ellis, received the highest praise throughout the state. Upon its recommendations were based a number of tax reforms, the chief of which is a proposed amendment to the constitution, which is to be voted on at the November election 1908, and, which, if adopted, will abolish the old uniform rule and give greater latitude to the gen­ eral assembly so as to secure a juster retura from the owners of those forms of intangible property which have not heretofore borae their full share of the burdens of taxation. Mr. Ellis is the author of EUis' Annotated Edition of the Ohio Municipal Code. He received the degree of Doctor of

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Laws from Miami University in 1905. He served for several years as a lecturer on the law of private corporations at the Ohio State University, and is the author of numerous addresses, papers and articles on taxation, corporations and other public questions. At the last meeting of the National Civic Federation in Chicago, he delivered an address on interstate mcmopolies which attracted wide attention throughout the country. •"At the Republican National Convention at Chicago, held June i6th, 1908, Mr. EUis was the Ohio member of the Com­ mittee on Resolutions and prepared and submitted the draft of the National Platform of the party, which had previously re­ ceived the approval of President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft and which was ultimately adopted by the convention. This work has brought him into national prominence. Mr. Ellis was iparried on October 3rd, 1894, to Miss Des- sie Corwin Chase, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Chase, of Cincinnati. During his incumbency of the office of Attorney General Mr. and Mrs. EUis have lived at the Hartman hotel at Columbus. Mr. EUis is a member pf the Sigma Nu fraternity and well known among its members throughout the country.

HON. ULYSSES GRANT DENMAN. The Ohio Republican State Convention of 190^ nominated for the highly responsible office of Attoraey General a briUiant and aggressive young lawyer who has earned his fame in the courts of Lucas County and as a representative in the Ohio Legis­ lature. Ulysses Grant Denman was bora at Wiltshire, Van Wert County, Ohio, Nov. 24th, 1866. His father, John Denman, was also a native of Ohio, and he was of English and Scotch ancestry. The mother of Ulysses was bora in Athens County, Ohio, in 1835. Her maiden name was'Eliza Jane Dailey and she is of Irish and German extraction. She resides at Willshire, O. Young Denman attended the pubUc schools of Van Wert County and worked on a 10 146 REPBESBNTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. iarm meanwhile until in 1885 when he graduated from High «chool at WiUshire. He went to tiie National Normal University •t Lebanon, O., also to the Normal University at Valparaiso, bidiana, during 1887-8, and taught school in the winter months kk order to make his way. He was superintendent of schools at WiUshire, O., for three years beginning in 1889. Mr. Denman then took the law course at the University of Michigan, graduat­ ing in 1894. He was admitted to the bar at Columbus, O., in June, 1894* He has practiced his profession ever since with marked suc­ cess at Toledo, and he was special counsel to the city solicitor, Toledo, in 1900-1. Mr. Denman rapidly grew into prominence as a lawyer and in 1901 he was nominated and elected on the Republican ticket to represent Lucas County in the 75th General Assembly of Ohio. He served as chairman of the House committee on fees and salaries, also as a member of the Judiciary and Municipal Affairs committees. Mr. Denman worked during the regular session for the passage of a general code for municipalities and succeeded in getting a report for such a code. In company with Hon. Wade Ellis and Hon. Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati, Mr. Denman acted in an advisory capacity with Gov. Geo. K. Nash in advance of the special session which was called for the enactment of such a law, and the code which finally became a law was practically 4he same as recommended by Mr. Denman and his associates. In 1902 Mr. Denman resigned as a member of the Legisla­ ture to accept the nomination for City Solicitor of Toledo to which office he was elected by the Republicans of Toledo for the years I903-4-5- His professional reputation has g^own rapidly and Mr. Den­ man is today considered to be one of the most brilliant and suc­ cessful attoraeys in Ohio. On December 26, 1889, be was united in marriage to Miss Frances May Neptune of Adams County, Indiana. They have a daughter, Agnes, bora June 20th, 1903- Mr. Denman is a member of the Woodmen of the World and the National Union fraternal societies.

HON. EDMUND A, JONES. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 147

HON. EDMUND A, JONES. It is a source of pride on the part of intelligent Ohioans that the state's educational facilities are in the van of other states of the union; that the state has kept pace with the march of prog­ ress, and in the high standard of its methods of teaching, there is but little to be desired. This splendid state of affairs has not been reached without hard and constant work on the part of the rep­ resentatives of its best thought, and among the men who have contributed a lifetime of effort, having for their object a stiU further advance in the cause of higher education, the name of Hon. Edmund A. Jones, of MassiUon, Stark county, is to be mentioned as a leader. Edmund A. Jones was bora Feb. ii, 1842, at Rockville, Mass., the son of Elisha Adams and Rhoda EUis Jones. His great grandfather was iSimpson Jones, of Medway, Mass., a farmer of that community. Elisha Adams Jones, his grandfather, was weU educated and taught school for many years, dying in i860. He was captain in the Massachusetts mUitia. The father of Com­ missioner Jones, who died in 1899, was a teacher and farmer. Rhoda EUis, his mother, the daughter of Moses EUis, died in 1873, was a lady of refinement and education. Mr. Jones was educated in the common schools and' fitted for college a^ Mt. HoUis Academy, Mass., entering Amherst Col­ lege in i860 where he remained two years. He served from the fall of 1862 to July, 1863, as a member of Co. B, Forty-second Massachusetts Regiment in the American CivU War, and was discharged on account of wounds received in a battle at Bayou La Fourche, La. Mustered out of the service he resumed his studies at Amherst College, graduating therefrom in 1865, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He has received the following additional degrees: A. M., 1868; Ph. D., Ohio Universi^ty, 1903. On December i^, 1873, Mr. Jones married Flora Richards, of MassiUon, Ohio, and the following children were bora to the couple: Flora Ellis, 1879, died in infancy; Walter Elisha, 1883, graduated from Amherst College, 1904. Mr. Jones is a Presby­ terian and a Republican. He has been teacher, 1865-1867, associate principal, 1867- 1868, principal, 1868-1869, >» Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, 148 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

lUinois; superintendent of-schools, MassiUon, Ohio, 1869-1873,*; superintendent of schools. Marietta, Ohio, 1873-1875; superin­ tendent of schools, MassiUon, Ohio, i875-i904;.state commissioner of common schools, two terms, 1904-1909; secretary of the Mas­ siUon board of trade for 14 years; treasurer of the McClymonds public library, 1898-1904; secretary of the trustees of Charity Rotch School for 20 years; trustee of Wooster University for 6 years; member of the Ohio state board of school examiners for 8 years; member of the board of control of the Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle, 1883 to present time; Past Comdr. Hart Post, G. A. R.; president Stark county Soldiers' Relief Commission for 16 years; vice-president Amer. Hist. Club; member of Ohio Acad­ emy of "Sciences; member of the National Educational Associa­ tion; president of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, 1903;. author Ohio Supplement Morton's Geography.

JOSEPH H. SNYDER. THE public school system of Ohio has never wanted for- worthy representatives — men who have spent their lives in dis­ seminating the principles of education — whose highest ambition was to instriict the rising generation in the principles that go to make first-class citizens and contribute to the happiness and in­ telligence of mankind. Since the organization of the system that dates back to the very foundation of the State, there have been many splendid pioneers in the work of education, and the standard of that high calling has been continually advancing until today there is no state in the Union where the interests of the children are more carefully guarded than in Ohio. Among the men who have had a hand in this grand work is Joseph H. Snyder,.who is recognized as one of the leaders in the educa­ tional field. Joseph Hugh Snyder was bom in the viUage of West Mas­ siUon, Ind., December 16, 1852. His father, Joseph. Snyder, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Wooster, Ohio, when a boy, married there and went to Indiana, where he practiced' medi­ cine for many years, afterward returaing to Ohio and dying in' JOSEPH H. SNYDER. HON. WILLIAM KIRTLEY, JR. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 149 this State in 1858. He was of German descent. The mother, nee Eliza Smith, was a native of Ohio and died at Sulphur Springs, O., in 1903. She was of English descent. By the death of his father, Mr. Snyder was thrown early upon his own resources. He secured a college education by acting as a mes­ senger, post boy,^ janitor, sexton, laborer on the farm and in quarries, and teaching school. He is a graduate of Ohio Cen­ tral College and of Heidelberg University. Completing his school work he was chosen principal of the high school at Crest­ line, after accepting the superintendency of the public schools at Mt! Gilead; thence, to Tiffin as superintendent. This was fol­ lowed by a term of service as superintendent at Martin's Ferry, a position |ie resigned to accept the post of deputy in the office of State School Commissioner Jones, where he has rendered ex­ cellent service. Mr. Snyder stands high in educatipnal circles, having been a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association for 27 years; and of the National Educational Association for 17 years. In the State association he has served as secretary and rnember of the executive committee for three years, and been a participant in its program and work. In 1876 Mr. Snyder married Miss Mary M. Fate, of Crest­ line, O,, who died in 1902. There is one child, a daughter, Mrs. George C. Kalbfleisch, of Tiffin, Ohio. He is prominent in Ma­ sonic circles, having received the 32CI degree in Cincinnati, in 1898, and identified with Toledo Consistory and Tiffin Com­ mandery.

HON. WILLIAM KIRTLEY, JR. The public works of Ohio represent an investment of mil­ lions of dollars, and their preservation is a proposition to which both parties have been committed for years. Their economical maintenance is in the hands of the Board of Public Works, and the records of that body, with the tangible evidence of what has been accomplished, speak strongly for the b'usiness-like methods that have characterized their management. In the list of men who have done much' to bring that about is WUliam Kirtley, Jr., 160 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. of Defiance, now in his second term, and a candidate for a third election. William Kirtiey, Jr., was born at Warsaw, Kosciusko county, Ind., Nov. I, 1858. His father was one of the best known hotel men in his section of the State. After taking a commercial course at Fort Wayne, Ind., young Kirtley commenced his life work in the office of his father's hotel, removing to Defiance, Ohio, in 1881, when he went to work in the Croslqr Hotel, which he now owns and operates through his eldest son, Guy Kirtley. His father was an old-time Whig, and afterward a Repub­ lican. Young Kirtley did not enter poUtics until 1902 when he was nominated ahd elected a member of the board of pubUc works; renominated and re-elected in 1905, and re-nominated in March, 1908. He was an alternate to the Republican National Convention in 1900 at Philadelphia, and in 1904 a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago. Mr. Kirtley was married to Miss Amy Bell Moore at Pera, Ind., in 1879, three children resulting from the union—Guy, now tiie manager of the Crosby Hotel at Defiance; Fred H., an at­ torney at law and Mrs. George S. May, who resides at Napoleon,. Ohio. .Having been a resident of one of the strong canal counties for ,a quarter of a century, he is thoroughly advised of the needs of the State's waterways, and during his terms of office has ap­ plied the same business methods that have made him successful in his own private affairs. He is a staunch friend of the canals and through his personal.efforts secured financial aid for the public works of Ohio by his plain, straight-forward method of presenting their claims to the legislature. He is a pubUc servant whose record wUl bear the closest inspection.

HON. GEORGE H. WATKINS. A NARRATIVE of One of the commercial and political activi­ ties in the Scioto valley is furnished in the .story of the life of George H. Watkins, at present a member of the State Board of Public Works, and one of tiie best known men in Ohio in his HON. GEORGE H. WATKINS.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 161 section of the State. He began in a small way, but made his way upward, increasing his friendships and sphere of influence, until he has reached a place upon one of the most important boards in the management of the State's affairs, and has served the people of Ohio intelligently and well. George Henderson Watkins was bora at Piketon, Pike county, October 19, 1858. His father, John H. Watkins, of Irish descent, was a native of Ohio, and died a. soldier in the civil war. His mother was a Pennsylvania German. Mr. Wat­ kins was edt)cated in the common schools of his native village and worked as a boy in a coutitry store at Bear Creek, Scioto county, Ohio, for Senator G. F. Lauman, a brother-in-law, and at the age of twenty years opened a store and managed the same for Senator Lauman at Clifford, Scioto county. He was also station agent for the Norfolk and Western Railway, and post­ master at the same' time. In 1886 Mr. Watkins and Senator Lauman bought a flourishing business at Wakefield, and oper­ ated it under the firm name of Lauman and Watkins, and later Watkins became sole owner of the store. Mr. Watkins has been a consistent Republican party worker ever since reaching his majority, arid in 1903 he was elected a member of the State Board of Public Works for the short and long term, to succeed Charles A. Goddard, of Scioto county, deceased; re-elected in 1906, the four-year term beginning in 1907. During his membership on'the board there has been a great deal of work accomplished toward rehabilitating the water ways of the State, and Mr. Watkins has been a-constant and consistent advocate of the proposition that the way to preserve the canal system of the State is for the assembly to make liberal appropriations. He is very popular in the canal counties where his efforts and work are recogni^d and understood. In 1880 Mr. Watkins married Miss Lillie P. Glaze, of Scioto County, and they have been blessed with three children, two sons and one daughter, all living. He stands deservedly high in the Masonic ranks of the State. Ifig REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

HON. BERNARD W. BALDWIN. IN the first session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly a high standard was set by the chairman of the Hbuse Finance Committee along the lines of fair treatment for the great inter­ ests of the state and at the same time guarding the interests of the taxpayers. The man who made that record was Hon. B. W. Baldwin, of^ Ashtabula county, who had^been fortified for the important post by a previous session of the assembly, and im­ pressed the legislation of his term witlr his sincerity and intel­ ligence. From the lower house he was promoted to the higher field of the public works of Ohio, by Governor Harris, and is a candidate to succeed himself for another term. Beraard Wilner Baldwin was born on a farm near New Lyme, Ashtabula county, Ohio, May 31, 1854. Hiis father, was J. H. Baldwin, a hotel keeper, also a native of Ashtabula county. His paternal and maternal ancestors were of Puritan stock, that came to the Western Reserve in Ohio, and purchased land of the "Connecticut Land Co." which owned the entire Western Re­ serve. Young Baldwin attended the public schools until he was about 15 years of age, working on the farm more or less untU now, and owning the land at this time. He was elected sheriff of Ashtabula county in 1882, and re-elected in 1884, and since then has been engaged in the mercantile business at Jefferson, the county seat of Ashtabula county. Mr. Baldwin was elected a representative in the legislature to the Seventy-sixth Assem­ bly, in 1903, and re-elected to the Seventy-seventh, being chosen chairman of the Finance Committee in the first session of the last named body. He resigned November 15, 1906, to accept .the appointment by Goveraor Harris, of member of the Board of Public Works, to succeed Richard Crawford, of Stark, and nominated on March 3, 1908, to succeed himself. He was mar­ ried July I, 1880, to Miss Kate A. French, of Jefferson, Ashta­ bula county, and two sons, aged respectively 25 and 26 years, were the fruit of the matrimonial union. As a member of the board of public works, Mr. Baldwin has brought to' the posi­ tion the ripe experience and judgment that served him so well in handling the purse strings of the State while a member of the ? ii " e^

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House, and his record has been beyond reproach or criticism. As a public servant his services have been of real value to the State.

HON. CHARLES E. PERKINS. Sixteen years of uninterrapted service as chief engineer at the head of the great system of the public works of Ohio, is a record of which any man might be proud. And this is supple­ mented by the acknowledged verdict that during all those years the interests of the state have been weU served and that during his term in connection therewith the administration of the water­ ways of Ohio, the canal properties and franchises have been proven to be of inestimable value to the people, and a distinct and valuable asset to the state. Through the influence of the department during the incumbency of Mr. Perkins the General Assembly of Ohio has been induced to appropriate lar^e sums of money for the rehabilitation of the canal system, which work is now in progress. Chas. E. Perkins is .a native of Akron, Ohio, where he was bom on May 7, 1850. His grandfather, Simon Perkins, came to Ohio from Connecticut in 1800 and settled at Warren, Trum­ bull County, as the representative of the Western Reserve Land Company. ,0n his maternal side his grandfather was Judge Tod, father of Govemor David Tod, a name that stood high among Ohio jurists a half century ago. His mother was nee Grace Ingersoll Tod, a sister of Govemor David Tod. Young Perkins was educated in the public schools at Akron, Ohio, and the Westera Reserve Academy. He also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y., three years, and the Columbia School of Mines in New York City one year. He has alwiays been a staunch Republican and a party leader in his section- of the state. Mr. Perkins is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers of New York, and also a member of the Interaational Association of Navigation, with headquarters at Brussels, Bel­ gium. He also holds membership in a number of local engineer­ ing societies. 164 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

In the line of his profession he was assistant and city engi-^ neer of Akron for seven years, and Summit County surveyor and engineer for nine years, besides being engaged in general practice. In every instance he has given splendid satisfaction, and his record as Chief Engineer of the public works of Ohio—am office in which he has been retained since his first appointment by Goveraor McKinley in 1892—vindicates the thoroughness of his work in his present position, and his practical education along the lines of expert engineering. Mr. Perkins is a zealous believer in inland water ways as a public necessity and an advocate of the building, across the Ohio portage, of a modera barge canal connectiiiig Lake Erie with the southera rivers.. He was married in 1880 to Miss May Adams, daughter of Frank Adams, a prominent manufacturer of Akron.

HON. RENICK WILLIAM DUNLAP.

RENICK W. DUNLAP, Dairy and Food Commissioner of Ohio, belongs to a class of progressive farmers who have ac­ complished much for agriculture within the past decade. Active, energetic, and enthusiastic in the work of securing the best re­ sults from cultivation, he is a component part of that great army of husbandmen who have made the Buckeye State stand for aU that is best in agriculture. He belongs to that class who leav­ ing the methods of the fathers have reached out for better things and secured them. Not only tlut but he has for years been interested in the dairy arid fodd proposition as it is applied to everyday life, and his elevation to the honouflble position of State Commissioner was paying a debt to om who, although young, has put forth his best efforts for the betterment not only of the tillers of the soU, but is in harmony with the policy of in> creased purity of the food products. Commissioner Dunlap has only been in office since Feb­ raary, 1907, but in that time he has aroused the greatest interest in the conduct of this very important department. There is no official so close with the living of the people, and it is his duty HON. RENICK W. DUNLAP.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 166- to Stand guard upon the food supply and see to it that the laws are enforced. Reared on a farm, no man is better equipped for his onerous and delicate duties. Commissioner Dunlap is a native of Pickaway county, bom near Kingston, October 25, 1872. His father, Nelson Dunlap, is one of the prosperous farmers of that section, where he still resides. Young Dunlap attended the ordinary country school until he was 15 years of age, when he became a student of the public school at Kingston. He afterward entered Ohio State University and in 1895 graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Agriculture. He then took a post grad­ uate course. While a student at the University he was a mem­ ber of the "senate" of the school and president of the Townsend literary society. With his graduation from school he began his active career as an agriculturist, and soon became one of the leading farmers in his neighborhood. He was for three years secretary and president of the farmers' institute in his county, and state lec­ turer under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture for six years. In 1901 he made his debut in Republican politics and was a candidate for Representative from Pickaway county, but was defeated although he reduced the Democratic majority. In the fall of 1903 he was elected a member of the State Senate from the Tenth district, and served one term with credit to himself and his constituents. In 1906 he was nominated for Dairy and Food Commissioner, and elected by a large majority. He was renominated for a second term in 1908. Under his intelligent and excellent management the office is becoming a power along the lines for which it was created — to guard the purity of the food supply of the people. Married Miss Marie E. Cummins, of Columbus, June 9th, 1897, 3"<^ h^^ °^^ ^°"- He is ^ Knight Templar, Patron of Husbandry and a member of the Kappa Sigma Frateraity. 166 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

WILLIAM MARTIN.

WiLUAM MARTIN, assistant dairy and food commissioner under Commissioner R. W. Dunlap, is a sturdy son of the West- em Reserve, and is equipped with all of the sterUng qualities that mark the people of that section of Ohio. Honored by his neighbors with positions of trust, he has fulfilled every obliga­ tion and enjoys the good wiU of everybody. William Martin was born on a farm in Munson township, Geauga county, Ohio, Sept. i8, 1847. His father, Anthony W. Martin, was a native of New York state, and came to Ohio in 1836, settiing on the farm where William first saw the Hght, there being seven children in the family, five daughters and two sons. The mother was born in Oneida county, N. Y., and the paternal ancestor of William Martin sprang from Revolu­ tionary stock. A sample of the patriotic blood in the veins of the Martins is shown by the fact that the grandfather in his youth was offered a home and property in Canada, by his father, but he declared that he preferred to remain under the stars and stripes, and hew his way to independence in the United States that he ha<| fought to make free. William Martin worked on a farm all of his early life,, and was educated in the township schools. He was elected sheriff of Geauga county in 1884, and re-elected in 1886, serving two terms; he was also township trustee for many years, and served as assessor. He was appointed an inspector in the dairy and food department by Dr. McNeil, in 1896, and held that place during his administration. Under Commissioner Blackbura he was promoted to the responsible post of assistant commissioner, and he still holds the place, his services being of the most satis­ factory character. He has been all his life an active Republican, and his advice is often sought in matters of party work and organization. He is a worthy and influential member of the Masonic order. In 1869 Mr. Martin was married to Miss Julia A. Moore, who died in 1895, leaving a daughter. In 1897 Mr. Martin was -married to Miss Angelina Pease, a maiden lady of Chardon. WILLIAM M.\RTIN. WILLIAM H. WESTMAN. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 167

WILLIAM H.'WESTMAN. SIX years of loyal and inteUigent service as liquor tax deputy, is the splendid record made by WiUiam H. Westman, now in employment under Dairy and Food Commissioner Dun­ lap, extending since 1902 when he entered the woric under Com­ missioner Blackburn. Since that time he has displayed efficiency and zeal in the performance of his duties, and when Commis­ sioner Ankeney retired in 1907, he gave Mr. Westman a strong letter testifying to his worth in the public service. William Henry Westman was born in Toronto, Canada,. July 3, 1859. His father, John Westman, a native of New York, was a contracting builder, and WiUiam was bora in the Canadian city while the family, were temporarily sojouraing there, and the father was completing a contract. The. father died in New York in 1863, from injuries received in faUing from a building. He was of English descent. The mother, nee Jen­ nie Thomas, was of Welsh blood, and is still living in Newark, Ohio, aged 68 years. There were three sons and two daugh­ ters in the family, William received no early education, and what he has ac­ quired was largely secured from his wife since their marriage. As a boy he labored at anything his busy hands found to do, and was glad to be able to receive one dollar a day. At the age of 21 years he became a contracting painter and decorator, and carried on a large and lucrative business. In 1878 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Solar, of Toledo, Ohio. They have one son, Leroy Albert, bora December 23,. 1879. The boy was educated in the public schools of Cleveland, and is now a practical machinist, conducting a business of his own in that city. He was married January 31, 1900, to Miss Rhoda Rentz, of Cleveland. Mr. Westman in 1898 was appointed City Hay Weigher by Mayor McKisson, of Cleveland, without any solicitation on his part, and remained with the administration one year, retiring from the post on his own volition. He became connected with the Dairy and Food Department in 1902 under Hpn. J. C. Blackbura, as Liquor Tax Deputy, and has remained in that place ever since. Here he has performed excellent service, and 168 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. his thorough familiarity with the work iias made him a valued employe of the State. Mr. Westman is weU known in Knights of Pythias circles, having been actively aUied with the order in Cleveland, and he is Past Chancellor of Forest City Lodge, No. 78. THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD.

HE National Guard of Ohio dates a new beginning with the passage by Congress of the act commonly known T as the "Dick Law," for promoting the efficiency of the organized militia. This law provides that the national guard of the states shall be organized, equipped and disciplined the same as the regular army, and when passed on January 21, 1903, provided that after five years from that date the national guard must comply in tjiese three things, if it were to partici­ pate in the federal appropriations provided for the benefit of the organized miHtia, amounting to $2,000,000 per year. The Adjutant General's Department of Ohio at once began the work of reorganizing and re-equipping the national g^rd and took such measures as were necessary to better discipline the troops. This work has so far progressed that when the five- year period had expired, the War Department pronounced the National Guard of Ohio as fully complying with the terms of the law. As a result of this federal supervision the work in the Adjutant General's Department has been increased three-fold and requires a much larger force than formerly, but the bene­ fits derived are so far in excess of the additional expense and labor that the wisdom of the federal supervision is recognized by all. The National Guard of Ohio is no longer a police force, but a great school in which nearly 7,000 young men are training every year in the essential elements of mUitary educa­ tion, viz., discipline, personal hygiene, camp sanitation, skill in shooting and proficiency in drill. The argument is that if the young men of the country can be taught something about how to care for themselves in the field, when the emergency arises requiring troops, there will not be so great a loss of life due to camp disease, brought on through ignorance of the laws of field service. If, too, young men are taught how to shoot and hit the mark, they will be more effective soldiers in case of war. 169 160 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHKX

The idea that the national guard is maintained for the purpose of breaking strikes and opposmg the straggles of labor against capital is entirely erroneous and unpatriotic. The na­ tional guard is maintained primarily as a military training school and armed force for the suppresson of rebellion, insurrection and invasion, and under the new conditions is as much subject to the call of the President when the emergency arises as to the call of the Goveraor for interior state troublej. The fact that the United States Government is paying nearly one-half of the cost of maintenance of the national guard gives it at least a one-half claim on the organization, and in that claim the federal goverament insists on the training of the troops for the emer­ gency of war.

GENERAL AMMON B. CRITCHFIELD.

WITH the passage of what is known as the Dick militia bill,, the Ohio National Gtiard has grown into increased importance, and is now a real military establishment. Under its provisions the goverament is a large contributor to the maintenance of the guard, and the increased efficiency and strength of the Ohio soldiery has added much to the standing of the organization. With the bringing about of this condition of affairs, no man in Ohio has had more to do than General A. B. Critchfield, Ad­ jutant General of Ohio. General Critchfield was born on a farm in Ripley town­ ship. Holmes cotmty, Ohio, August 23, 1863. He enlisted in the Ohio National Guard in the spring of 1884, and has served in all of the grades from private to his present high post at the head of the Guard in Ohio. He served as Captain of Company H, 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the war with Spain, took part in the campaign around Santiago, Cuba, and was present at the surrender and the evacuation of that city by the army of General Toral. An orthodox Republican in politics, he has filled the posi­ tions of clerk in the Adjutant General's Department under the administration of Govemor McKinley; for one year Inspector GEN. A.MMON W. CRITCIH-IEU).

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 161 in the Food and Dairy Department; Deputy Collector of Inter­ nal Revenue; chief clerk, Department of Inspection Workshops and Factories, and upon the election of Goveraor Myron T. Herrick in 1903, was appomted Adjutant General. With the election of the late Governor Pattison he was appointed Adju­ tant General of the Division on the Staff of General Dick, but when Hon. Andrew L. Harris became acting Goveraor in June, 1906, General Critchfield was reappointed to his old position at the head of the Ohio Guard, where he stiU remains. His great-grandfather, John Critchfield, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, served under Generals Washington, Morgan and Greene, and was in the memorable winter camp at Valley Forge. He took part in the battles of Brandywine, Ger- mantown, storming of Stony Point, The Cowpens, etc. He was wounded at Cowpens, for which he received a pension dur­ ing the later years of his Ufe. His grandfatiier was Lorenzo D. Critchfield, one of the pioneer settlers of Holmes (now a part of Wayne) county, Ohio. He was an active Democrat in politics untU 1856, when he became a Republican on the slavery question. He enlisted in the army during the Mexican War, but his company never got beyond the confines of the United States. His father, Wil­ liam P. Critchfield, died in Hobnes county in 1907. He taught school for many years, but retired some time ago. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and had been a pa­ tient but intense sufferer as a result of his service ever since. He was a Republican^ in politics, a strong and influential citi­ zen in that community, enjoying the confidence and esteem of all. In 1895 General Critchfield married Miss Lavina Cammara, who died January, 1897, of consumption. In July, 1902, he was married to Miss Frances Bucher, of Shreve, Wayne county, and they reside in a pleasant home in the East End of Co­ lumbus. 162 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

COL. WORTHINGTON KAUTZMAN.

FROM out the city of Strasburg, province of Alsace, at that time subject to France, came Bamey Kautzman, a lad who was too poor to pay his passage to America but with pluck enough to bind himself to the ship's owners, who apprenticed him to a baker upon arrival at Philadelphia until he eamed suffi­ cient money to pay his passage. This was about the year 1769. In this same ship and under the same conditions also came a young girl, who a few years later became the wife of young Kautzman. These two persons, with that sturdy determination and fragality characteristic of the German people, toiled until they had earned sufficient money to purchase a farm near .Read­ ing, Berks county, Pennsylvania. Here on the iSth day of May, 1780, was born their only child, John Kautzman. Sub­ sequently the family moved to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where, in about the year 1802, John Kautzman and Mary Cook were married. From Lancaster county they moved to Franklin county, settling near Chambersburg, where they remained but a short time, moving thence into the Shenandoah Valley, near Staunton, in Augusta county, Virginia. Here father and son acquired several hundred acres of fertile land, also engaged in the milling business, hauling flour over the mountains to Rich­ mond. To John and Mary Kautzman were bora five sons and three daughters, Baraey, the youngest, being the father of the subject of this sketch. He was bom on the 15th day of June, 1829. In the meantime the elder Kautzman died, his wife having died before'the family's removal to Virginia. John Kautzman, finding, as he thought, it necessary to provide homes for his large family, exchanged his Virginia farms for a large tract of land in what is now Rushcreek township, Logan county, Ohio, and with his entire family, some of whom had already married, and had families of their own, moved to their new possessions, arriving in December, 1845, when they took up their homes in the then almost unbroken forest. Here on September 10, 1854, Barney Kautzman was united in marriage with Sarepta J. Prater. Her father was a North Carolinian by birth. He was bora January i, 1800, and emi- COI.. WORTIlI.VCION K.\l'TZ.MAN.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 163 grated with his parents to Ohio while he was yet quite young, settling in the Mad River Valley near the Indian village of Wapatomica (now Zanesfield), Logan county, Ohio. He was married about the year 1821 to Mary Pope, settling in the wil­ derness some three miles south of what is now Rushylvania, near Rushcreek Lake, they being among the early pioneers of Logan county. His wife, Mary Pope, was a descendant of the Worthingtons, being a niece of Governor Thomas Wbrthington, who figured in the early political history of Ohio. He served twice in the United States Senate, being one of the first two senators from this State. Twice he was elected Governor, serv­ ing from December 8, 1814, to January, 1819. He also served for a time as Adjutant General. On the 24th day of May, 1855, the subject of this sketch was born on a farm in Logan county. He is the eldest of six children bora to the union of Baraey and Sarepta J. Kautzman, aU of whom are living. His father died June 5, 1872. He is indebted to the common schools of Logan county for the edu­ cational privilege's which he enjoyed, aside from thjos^ of the school of experience. When twenty years of age "ihe left the home farm and began clerking in the dry goods store of Lewis & Stewart, of Rushsylvania. In 1881 he removed to Beliefon- taine, Ohio, where he engaged in seUing dry goods until De­ cember, 1892. From that time until April 25, 1898, he was en­ gaged in various pursuits, principally fire insurance. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, — April 25, 1898,— he joined his regiment, the Second Infantry, Ohio National Guard, of which he was a major, and with it went to Camp BushneU, Columbus, where on the loth day of May following, the entire command was mustered into the volunteer service of the United States, as the Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served with his regiment until its muster-out at Macon, Georgia, Febraary 10, 1899.. Returaing to his home he again engaged in the insurance business until September 12, 1899, when he was offered by President McKinley a captain's com­ mission in the United States Volunteers, then being recruited for service in the PhUippines. Upon the acceptance of his com­ mission, he was ordered to proceed to Fort Niagara, New York, and join the 42nd United States Volunteer Infantry, then ren­ dezvousing at that -historic spot. OOL October 30th tiie regiment 164 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

shipped for San Francisco, arriving November 7th, where it remained until .Thanksgiving Day, — the 29th, — embarking on that day for Manila and arriving on the 31st day of December following. During the early part of the year the 42nd Infantry saw considerable active service in the District of Morong and the provinces of LeGuna and Batangus. On the 28th day of Feb­ ruary, 1900, Captain Kautzman was ordered, with his com­ pany,— Company "G", — to take station at Tanay, District of Morong, where he remained until April 14, 1901, when orders came directing the regiment to return to the United States for muster-out. The command assembled on the famous Lunnetta, at Manila, sailing for home May 28th, arriving in San Francisco June 19th, and was mustered out June 27, 1901. Upon his return home he again engaged in the insurance business until he assumed the duties of Assistant Adjutant Gen­ eral of Ohio, January 11, 1904, receiving his appointment at the hands of Goveraor Myron T. Herrick, which position he still holds. A brief statement of his military service is as follows: "In Ohio National Guard — Private, Co. E, 2nd Regt., Inf., May 4, 1884; Sergeant, June 5, 1885; company trans­ ferred to 3rd Regt., Inf., as Co. H, G. O. No. 5, May 11, 1887; Captain, Co. H, 3rd Regt., Inf., April 30, 1888; company trans­ ferred to 2nd Regt., Inf., as Co. F, G. O. No, i, Jan. 22, 1891; Major, July 29, 1891; recQmmissioned AtJg.*3, 1896; placed on retired list June 12, 1899; Colonel and Assistant Adjutant Gen­ eral, Jan. II, 1904; retired Jan. 8, 1906; restored to the active list and assigned to duty as Assistant Adjutant General, per Par. 2, G. O. No. i, A. G. O., Jan. 8, 1906; reappointed Assist­ ant Adjutant General June 28, 1906." "In Armies U. S. War with Spain —Major 2nd O. V. I., May 10, 1898; mustered out, Febraary 10, 1899." "PhUippine Service — Captain, 42nd Inf., U. S. V., Au­ gust 17, 1899; mustered out, June 27, 1908." On January 25, 1877, Worthington Kautzman and Maria Frank Myers, daughter of George F. and Missouri C (Adams) Myers, were married. To this union three children were born: George B., dying in infancy; Ola F., now the wife of Mr. Wil­ liam R. Work, instructor in electrical engineering, Caraegie

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Technical Schools, Pittsburg, Pa.; and Roy W., a student of the Ohio State University. Colonel Kautztnan has been active in Republican politics since 1,872, although he never held any office except one con­ nected Vrith the military, other than an unexpired term as city clerk, to A^hich he was appointed, and one term as a member of the councU of the city of Bellefontaine, Ohio.

OOL. EDWARD T. MILLER.

COLONEL EDWARD THOMSON MILLER was born at Dunkirk, Ohio, November 4, 1870. His father was Rev. John C. Miller, a Methodist Episcopal minister of the Central Ohio Conference, who was a Pennsylvania German by birth. Colonel MiUer's mother was the daughter of Ira Brown, a prosperous farmer of Defiance county, Ohio. Colonel MiUer graduated from the Huntsville, Logan county. High School, in 1888, and in the faU 'of the following year entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, from which he was graduated in June, 1895, with the degree of B. S. He began his service in the Ohio National Guard May 17, 1892, enlisting as a private in Company "K," 14th Infantry, at Delaware, Ohio. Feb. 7,1893, he was elected Second Lieutenant of the same company^and July 3, 1895, was elected First Lieuten­ ant, after which he w^ transferred to the staff as First Lieutenant and signal officer of the regiment, April 28, 1896. He was serving in that capacity at the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri­ can War. On June 14, 1898, he was commissioned First Lieu­ tenant in the U. S. Volunteer Signal Corps, and served as a personal aid to Major-General J. Warren Kiefer until Decem­ ber 1st, when he was mustered out of the service. In 1899 he was mustered out as signal officer of the 14th Regiment, but was commissioned Captain in'the Signal Corps on July 11, 1902, and assigned to the staff of Brigadier-General John C. Speaks, com­ manding the Second Brigade. On May i, 1903, he was appointed Assistant Adjutant Gen­ eral by Goveraor Nash, and on January 11, 1904, was appointed 166 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Assistant Quartermaster General by Goveraor Herrick, which position he holds at present. From June', 1895, until September, 1902, he was on the editorial staff of the "Ohio State Jo;umal," being managing edi­ tor of that paper when he resigned. At present he is the editor and publisher of "The Ohio National Guard Magazine,' the official jouraal of the National Guard Association of the United States. Colonel Miller was married to Miss Bess Watson, of Dela­ ware, Ohio, on June 3, 1903. They have one chUd, a son.

GENERAL JOHN C SPEAKS.

GENERAL SPEAKS is a Franklin cotmty product, and during an active career extending over many years has proven himself a worthy citizen in every respect. For nearly thirty years he has been connected with the Ohio National Guard, and in that capacity he has rendered signal service to the State and the people. In 1908 he holds the rank of Brigadier General in com­ mand of the Second Brigade, made up of the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Regiments, with the Signal Corps. In aU of the years of his activity in connection with the Ohio arm of the military service. General Speaks has taken part in every movement of the citizen soldiery — the mining trou­ bles, the riots at Cincinnati, Washington C. H., etc., and on every occasion he has proven himself a true soldier. His record opened March 2, 1878, when he began at the lowest round of the military ladder, enlisting as a private in the ranks. On March 5, 1880, he was promoted to lieutenant, and on March 26, 1883, to captain. On the 8th of November, 1889, he was made major, on the 31st of July, 1899, colonel, and on Decem­ ber 5, 1899, brigadier general, a position he still holds to the credit of the State and himself. During the Spanish-American war General Speaks served as major of the 4th O. V. I., and saw service in the expedition to Porto Rico. But it is not only as a soldier that General Speaks has proven his worth. In the spring of 1907 he was appointed GEN. JOHN C. SPEAKS.

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Chief Warden of the Fish and Game Commission, and'his strict enforcement of the law relating to the protection of fish, game and the song birds of Ohio, has brought a department that was lacking in some fespects to the highest point of efficiency. In the performance of his duties General Speaks knows no favor­ ites, but is watchful of the interests that he has undertaken to subserve. He has made a splendid official in a post that is often open to criticism. General Speaks was reared in Franklin county, Ohio, his family being among the early settlers in Madison township. He was bora at Canal Winchester, Febraary ii, 1859. He secured his education in the schools of his native place, afterward em­ barking in various business enterprises. He got his taste for the military during the two administrations of Goveraor Mc­ Kinley, serving as chief clerk in the office of Adjutant General Howe, where he made a good record. General Speaks is an ideal soldier and a clean, popular official. On the i8th of April, 1889, General Speaks was married to Miss Edna Lawyer, a young lady of Canal Winchester, and three sons, Charles, Stanford and John, have blessed the union. HON. CHARLES C LEMERT. THE position of Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio is a post of high responsibUity. The department during the ad­ ministration of Hon. Arthur I. Vorys, reached a high standard of exceUence in the opinion of those versed in insurance affairs in the country, and the appointment by Goveraor Harris of Hon. Charles C. Lemert, of Hardin county, was made with a view to not only preserving but advaricing the high plane the depart­ ment has held unchallenged for some years. Judge Lemert has a fine judicial mind, is a student of the insurance laws, and a rising lawyer. Charles Clay Lemert was bom in Perryton, Licking county, Ohio, October 19, 1865. His father was George L. Lemert, a farmer and a soldier who served as a member of Company A, 76th Ohio Volunteers, during the American civU war. Lemert Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Newark, Ohio, is named for an uncle of Judge Lemert. As a boy young Lemert worked on the farm of his father, and attended the public schools. When he had reached the age of eighteen years.he went to Ada University, which institution he attended three years, afterward reading law with R. F. Black, and was admitted to practice the profession at the January term, 1887, oA the Supreme Court of Ohio, at Columbus. He was elected City Solicitor of Ada within a month after his admission to the bar, and removed to Kenton, Ohio, in November, 1887, entering into partnership with Judge L. M. Strong, that con­ tinued for one year. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Hardin county in the fall of 1893, and served three years. In 190a he was appointed Executive Clerk by Goveraor Nash, and in Noveriber, 1902, named by the Governor as common pleas judge foi the first sub-division of the tenth judicial district to fill a vac; ^ caused by the death of Judge C. M. Melhorn. In January/1904, Judge-Lfemert was appointed Executive Qerk by Goveraor Herrick, serving throughout the term of that admin­ istration. In July, 1906, Govemor Harris appointed him Execu­ tive Clerk, and in December, 1907, selected him to fill the place 168 -Ffc

HON. CHARLES C. LEMERT. JOHN T. BRASEE. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 169' of Superintendent of Insurance to succeed Hon. A. I. Vorys, who resigned to take charge of Secretary Taft's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Judge Lemert was married to Miss Nettie M. Riley, of Van Wert, Ohio, February 15, 1888, and three children, one son and two daughters, have been bora to them. He is a Knight of Pythias and also a Royal and Select Master Mason.

JOHN T. BRASEE.

WITHIN the last decade the growth of the Insurance De­ partment of the State of Ohio has been rapid and gratifying. Its ramifications are not only,extensive, but the passage of the laws by the General Assembly in 1908, codifying and amending all of the statutes, relating to Ufe insurance companies, have placed Ohio in the van of the states of the Union, in this most important particular. In the Ohio Department one of the men who have contributed much to the strengthening of the insur­ ance laws, and has been a power in their enforcement, is John T. BraSee, deputy superintendent of insurance under Superin­ tendent Lemert. John T. Brasee was born in Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, September i, i860, and after receiving an education in the Lancastw public schools and Kenyon CoUege, was admitted to the bar in 1885, where he practiced law with his father, John S. Brasee, before the Fairfield county courts. His grandfather, John T. Brasee, was one of the pioneers of Fairfield county, and served with distinction as a member of the Ohio Senate in 1856, during the administration of Salmon P. Chase. His father, John S. Brasee, served as a member of the Codifying Commis­ sion by appointment of Goveraor Hayes, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Luther Day, who was named as a member of the Supreme Court Commission by the same au­ thority. Mr. Brasee was engaged in the practice of his profession in the city of his birth, when his fellow-townsman, Arthur I Vorys, was appointed Superintendent of Insurance by Goveraor Nash 170 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. in 1900, and he was tendered the position of examiner in the office. He accepted the place, and was discharging its duties, when Thomas E. Drake, deputy superintendent of insurance, re­ signed to take the position of Superintendent of Insurance for the District of Columbia. Mr. Brasee was named to fill the vacancy, and he is stUl fulfilling the duties of the onerous and important post in the department. He has brought to the place a ripened experience in insur­ ance nbtters, and an unfailing courtesy that has made him a most popular and general favorite with those having business with the office. Under his administration the manifold workings of the insurance laws have been well and judiciously applied. Without friction or delay, he is the master of the situation, and his record is one of the highest standard. Mr. Brasee is un­ married.

HON. JOHN H. MORGAN. THE second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assem­ bly was marked by much important legislation on the subject of the better protection of life in school and other public buildings and taking advanced ground on the ever-pressing issue of child labor. The fearful loss of life in the burning of the school buUding at CoUinwood, Ohio, was the potential cause for new laws on the first subject; the second was in lirie with the ad­ vanced positidn Ohio has taken on the question of the employ­ ment of minors in the manufacturing establishments of the state. In the enactment of these laws one of the dominant factors was the work of Hon. John H. Morgan, Inspector of Workshops and Factories, who labored incessantly until the bills providing for these reforms were crystalized into law. Under the fire pro­ tection bills the department is authorized to appoint additional inspectors to see that school houses and all other public, build­ ings are erected with due regard to the regulations formulated by Mr. Morgan, with the assistance of an architect whose duty it is to.vise and approve all plans for such stractures, and in ad­ dition the Inspector is authorized to name eight women inspect tors and ten additional male inspectors charged with the duty of HON. JOHN H. MORGAN.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 171 making an investigation into the working conditions in evidence in the manufacturing institutions of the state. The child labor law, that Mr. Morgan backed and contributed much to its fmal passage by the assembly, provided for age and school certificates for all minors between the ages of 14 and 16; and further that boys under 16 and girls under 18 years of age should be em­ ployed but 8 hours a day, or 48 hours a week; and that no girl under 16 should be employed at any time in any tobacco in­ dustry. This law was a long step in the progress of higher thought on the subject of the employment of minors in Ohio, and has placed the state in the van of sister commonwealths in a work that will add to the happiness, health and inteUigence of her future mothers and citizens. In the work of placing these laws on the statute books much credit is due Mr. Morgan, who was constant in his efforts to secure their passage, and whose department will become one of the most important by reason of its enhanced responsibUities. Hon. John H. Morgan is a Welshman by birth, being born in Wales February 14th, 1862, and he came to America in 1867. The Morgan family first Uved in Newark, Ohio, where the elder Morgan was employed as a puddler in a rolling mill, and from there they removed to Cleveland. The son who has since hewn his way to prominence in the slate of his adoption did his first work as a laborer in a glass house when he was 14 years old. He then entered a roUing miU in Cleveland, continuing there for a number of years. He now resides' in Cambridge, Guern­ sey county, Ohio. Being prominent in labor circles he served as arbiter in many disputes between employer and employe, always with suc­ cess. He was national trustee of the' Amalgamated Association when selected by Goveraor Nash for his present position, and served as vice president of the organization. His personal popu­ larity made hijii a political factor in his section, and in 1895 he was elected a member of the Ohio Senate from the Eighteenth- Nineteenth district, usually Democratic by a large majority. Here he rendered excellent service to his constituents and to the state. His appointment as Inspector of Workshops and Factories was made in obedience to the request of the united labor interests that he had so loyally served, and his record shows that confi- 172 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. dence was not misplaced. He is one of the most painstaking and successful heads of a department in the State House, and his ad­ ministration has been on a high plane of exceUence, caring for the varied interests demanding his official attention and per­ forming his duties without unnecessary friction with the interests involved. On the 6tii of October, 1890, Mr. Morgan was married to Miss Emma WUson, of Bridgeport, Belmont county, Ohio, and they have had four children, ^three girls androne boy, the latter dying at the age of five and one-half years. Mr. Morgan is a Shrin^r, Knight Templar and Elk, and is popular in fraternal and other circles. In May, 1898, the General Assembly, as a mark of appreciation of his services, voluntarily increased his cdmpensation from $2,000 to $2,500 a year.

COL. EDWARD S. BRYANT. A popular member of the Ohio National Guard, and a man with a first-class record through a series of years of faithful serv­ ice is Col. Edward S. Bryant, of the Second Regiment. He entered the service as Captain of Company H of the Second Regi­ ment, April 17, 1886; re-commissioned April 17, 1891; Lieuten­ ant-Colonel, April 14,1893; re-commissioned April 7,1898; mus­ tered out Aprif 14, 1899. He was made Captain, Company H, unattached, of Bloomdale, June 3,1899; Lieutenant-Colonel, Sec­ ond Infantry, November 21, 1899; Lieutehant-Colonel, Sixth In­ fantry, May 21,1900; Colonel of Second Infantry, June 12,1903, to the present date. During his terms of service he has taken part in the opera­ tions at Wheeling Crpek, 13 days, 1894; Tiffin riot, October 27 to November 3, 1895; HoytriUe, Wood County, in aid of the sheriff, March 22, 1899. In the war with Spain he was Lieutenant- Colonel, Second O. V. I., May 10,1898; in command of the regir meiit, September 31, to October i; October 14 to November 20; December 21 to December 25; and from January 3 to Janiiary 22, 1899, mustered out Febraary 10, 1899. Col. Edward S. Bryant was bora on a farm in Lorain County, eOL. E. S. BRYANT. COL. W. L. CURRY. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 173

Ohio. - ij, 1853. His father, John Warren Bryant, was a native .11icliana and lived and died in that state. His mother, nee R; ;. Harmon, was a native of Ohio, and she also died in Indianii ^ ul. Bryant was educated in the country schools of his sectior in i worked on a farm until he was 12 years of age. At the age u[ 15 he became an errand boy in a mercantile establish­ ment ai ' I'jveland, Ohio, and learned telegraphy at Oberlin Tele­ graph C.'llcge. H^oUowed that profession for seven years, being employed in various railroad offices. He then embarked in the lumber business at Bloomdale, Ohio, which he followed for twenty- five years, when he was appointed by Hon. John H. Mo^rgan, a deputy in the office of Chief Inspector of Workshops and Fac­ tories. In 1906 Mr. Bryant was appointed inspector of high ex­ plosives, and in 1908 re-appointed for another term. Under the operations of'several laws passed at the second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, the work of caring for ex­ plosives is extended, with a view to the safety of the people re­ siding near where they are stored, or compelled to handle them, and the position is one of the greatest importance. Col. Bryant has made a most efficient officer, as is shown by his continual service under Chief Inspector Morgan. On the 2Sth of November, 1877, Col. Bryant was married to Miss Effie M. Wyneland, of Bloomdale ,and they have two children, a daughter, Mrs. Detie, and a son, Clyde C. Bryant, assistant passenger agent of B. & O. Railway at Columbus. Col. Bryant is a Mason, Knight of Pythias, and a member of the As­ sociation of Spanish War Veterans.

COL. WILLIAM L. CURRY. IN all of the Ohio Departments devoted to< the service of the people in various capacities, there are few that appeal to so many as that of Commissioner of Soldiers' Claims that has been presided over ever since the establishment of the bureau in 1900 by Col. W. L. Curry. He has been an active and efnthusiastic force ever since that time in the interests of the old soldiers. 174 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

coUecting their claims and looking out for their interiests in a way that challenges comparison. Col. W. 'L. Curry is a son of the American revolution, his grandfather. Col, James Curry, being an officer in the Conti­ nental army, and was granted as part payment of his services one thousand, acres of land in Union county, where the family settled in 1811. Two of his brothers served in the Union army during the war. Col. Curry was bom m Union county, O., June 25, 1839, and after receiving a meager education such as the country afforded at the time he entered Otterbein College at Westerville in the faU of i860, expecting to complete a scientific course, and then begin the study of the law. In i short time Fort Sumter was fired upon and young Curry changed his educational plans, enlisting in the three months' service, but the quota of Ohio was filled before the ccxnpany was ready for muster. But this did not dampen the patriotic ardor of young Curry, for in the first caU for three year troops he enlisted as a private in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served with that command to the end of the war, when it was mustered out of service, at Camp Chase. At the organization of his company he was appointed Orderly Sergeant and promoted successively to Second Lieu­ tenant, First Lieutenaint and to the captaincy of his company. He also served for some months as regimental quartermaster. After the close of the war. Col. Curry returaed to his home in Union county, where he actively engaged in politics, being elected in 1875 as a Republican as auditor of Union county. He was re-elected twice, thus serving three -successive terms. Dur­ ing the two administrations of McKinley as Governor he was Assistant Adjutant General, and for five years was Lieutenant- Colonel of the 14th Regiment O. N. G. Col. Curry is one of the most enthusiastic workers in be­ half of the old soldier to be found in Ohio, and he has been a large contributor to the history of the Ohio veterans. He pub- Ushed a history of "Union County in the War," and a "History of the First Ohio Cavalry," that are among the best publications of their kind. He is a certain attendant at every reunion of the veterans, and his addresses dealing with events of the war are mo.st interesting. On April 12th, 1908, Goveraor Harris reappointed Col.

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Curry as Commissioner of Pensions for a term of two years, and the legislature increased his salary to two thousand five hun­ dred dollars a year.

HON JOSEPH BISHOP. To BE the dominant factor in the State Board of Arbitra­ tion, a body charged with the duty of arbitrating and conciliat­ ing the differences arising between capital and labor, is a very high honor. It is a position calling for the exercise of discretion and patience, and the record of more than fifteen years enjoyed in such a position by Hon. Joseph Bishop, is a tribute at once to his faithfulness and peculiar fitness for the very trying post. He has been a member of the board since its organization. May 29, 1893, the first appointments being made by Goveraor McKinley, the first body consisting of Hon. John Little, Hon. S. N. Owen and Mr. Bishop, the latter serving under Goveraors McKinley, Bushnell, Nash, Hierrick, Pattison and Harris. Joseph Bishop was bora in South Wales, June 9, 1839. He came to America with his parents in 1840, and located In Pitts­ burg, where young Bishop learaed the trade of puddler, and worked at it thirty years. His father, Joseph Bishop, was an iron worker all of his life. During the war he served in the 13th Pennsylvania Volunteers for three years, and at the close of his service enlisted in the I02d Pennsylvania Volunteers, and acted as First Lieutenant of Company B, his brother being Cap­ tain of Company E of tiie same command. At the annual convention of the United Sons of Vulcan, in Philadelphia, in 1874, Mr. Bishop was elected National Presi­ dent, and he served two years, during which he prepared and established the first annual scale of wages for the Iron Workers of America. He also successfully agitated the plan of consoli­ dating the various iron workers' unions into one compact organi­ zation. The result of this effort was the birth of the Amalga­ mate^ Association of Iron and Steel Workers of the United States; instituted August 4, 1876. Mr. Bishop served as its president until 1881, when he retired and went to work in a rolling mill, remaining there untU 1885, wlien he accepted a po* 176 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

sition as traveling salesman. Here he remained until 1891, re­ moving in the meantime to Columbus, Ohio. In 1861 Mr. Bishop was married to Mary A. Wilson, of Pittsburg, and four chUdren were bora of the union, three sons and one daughter. Mrs. Bishop died suddenly while visiting in Cleveland, Ol^io, September 21, 1901. She was a most estimable lady, being President of the Mother Garfield Association, and actively engaged in the relief work of the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr. Bishop is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United Work­ men and Improved Order of Red Men.

HON. WILLIAM H. PHIPPS. Ohio is always proud of her stalwart sons, in whatever place they may be found, and the Republican party in this State is to be cong;ratulated upon the many able and promising young men within its ranks in this year of 1908. A big man intellectually as well as physically, the present Secretary of the Republican State Executive Committee, William H. Phipps, of Paulding county, impresses aU with the fact that he is possessed of the qual­ ities that constitute a really representative man and a competent RepubUcan leader. William Hall Phipps sprang from English-Scotch descent, and was bora in Caldwell, Ohio, in August, 1864. His father, Samuel Hall Phipps, was a native of Pennsylvania, and stiU re­ sides in Morgan tounty, Ohio. His mother was nee Mary Mil­ ler, a native of Ohio, who died in 1903. She was of Scotch-Irish extraction. Young Phipps was raised on a farm near the viUage of Reinersville, Morgan county, and his education was secured in the common schools of his section, supplemented by a course at Northera Ohio University at Ada. After his graduation from this institution he read law with Hon. David S. Spriggs, of Cald­ well, and was admitted to the bar by the Ohio Supreme Cotlrt at Columbus, in 1889. With the. opening of his professional ca- HON. WILLIAM H, PHIPPS; HON. HY D. DAVIS. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 177 reer he removed to Paulding, Ohio, where he has ever since re­ mained, and occupies a high position in his cht>sen profession. Mr. Phipps early took an interest in Republican politics in his section, and served for many years as chairman of the com­ mittee in Paulding county, and for ten years as a member of the Republican State Executive Committee. In the spring of 1908 he was chosen Secretary of the committee, and is charged with the responsibiUty of taking a large and important part in the Presidential year. Up to the time of his appointment as State Oil Inspector by Goveraor Harris, in 'May, 1908, Mr. Phipps had never held a political position with an emolument attached. On the 14th of June, 1890, Mr. Phipps was married to Miss Nora K. Cooper, of BatesviUe, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Helen, sixteen years of age. He is a Thirty-second degree Mason, having a membership in the Dayton Shrine, tiie Cleve­ land Consistory and Defiance Commandery. He is also a mem­ ber of the Elks.

HON. HY D. DAVIS. During the administration of Goveraor Herrick, Hy. D. Davis was state fire marshal and his record as a public official shows that he managed that important department in the inter­ ests of the people. It is maintained by the fire insurance com­ panies doing business in Ohio, and the prime object is to reduce the fire waste by the arrest and conviction of arsonists. The department requires a high order of executive talent and this Mr. Davis displayed on all occasions. Hy. D. Davis was bora October 11, 1862, at Youngsville, Adams county, Ohio, and moved with his parents to Highland county when but five years of age. He lived on a farm and at­ tended the country and public schools in Hillsboro until he was twenty-two years of age. He afterward engaged in teaching during the winter season, and in the summer read law with the firm of Sloane, Newby & Morrow. Soon after being admitted to practice at the bar Mr. Davis was elected Mayor of Hillsboro, and served three terms as the chief executive officer of that dty. 19 178 REPRESENTATIVE M^N OF OHIO.

He was married in 1893 to Miss Lida A. Ambrose, daughter of Louis Ambrose, of Hillsboro. After his retirement from the mayoralty of Hillsboro, Mr. Davis removed to Qeveland, and entered actively into the prac­ tice of his profession, serving three years as prosecutor in the police court of that city. Here he made an excellent record as a fearless public official, and was the terror of evU doers. In poUtics Mr. Davis is an uncompromising Republican, and in the campaign of 1904-5 served as chairman of the Cuyahoga county Republican ejpecutive committee. Mr. Davis in 1906 held the high post of Grand Wortiiy President of the Frateraal Order of Eagles, and in the following year was President of the board of trustees of that order. At the conclusion of his service as head of the order he was presented with a beautiful diamond testimonial of regard by the members of the organization. He is also aUied with the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Maccabees and Sons of Veterans. In aU of the relatioris of life, Hy. D.. Davis has won and held the good opinion of his friends^ and fulfilled every duty to the per­ formance of which he has been called.

THOMAS L. CALVERT. TtiE possibiUties of a poor farmer boy under conditions ex­ isting in Ohio are amply shown in the career of Thomas L. Calvert, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. He had no bank account but his desire and ability to woric, and his only capital Was a valuable asset in the way of honesty and integrity that have served him well since he came to Ohio alone from Maryland, and went to work for his board on a farm in Clark county, Ohio, thait he now owns. The lesson taught is that singleness of purpose, and a constant endeavor to carry out a hig^ resolve, wiU accompUsh wonders. Thomas Lawrence Calvert is a Maryland man, bora near Georgetown, that state, December 20, 1858. His father, Thomas L. Calvert, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch descent, and died at Bryn Mawr, Pa., in 1896. His mother, who was Miss THOMAS L. CALVERT. DR. GEORGE STOCKTON. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 179

Elizabeth Paist,, was also a native of the same state and died in 1898. She was of EngUsh parentage. Young Calvert was educated in the district schools of Ohio, having come West' to the Buckeye State in 1869. His begin­ nings were of the most menial sort, doing odd jobs about a farm in Clark county, where he had concluded to make his be­ ginning in life. He is now the possessor of the farm, where he had labored as a chore boy. In the way of public office, Mr. Calvert was first elected trustee of Madison township, Clark county, and this place he filled for nine years, or untU he was chosen secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. He was also a member of the county board of agriculture in Clark county for about ten years. He was elected Secretaty of the State Board of Agriculture May ist, 1906, having been a mem­ ber of the board for seven previous years, and treasurer of the board for four preceding years. He married Miss Elta War­ ner, of Selma, Clark county, Ohio, June 14, 1888, and three children have been the result of the union—two sons, Leland and Donald, and one daughter, Heleni Mr. Calvert is a mem­ ber of the orders of the Knights of Pythias and Patrons of Husbandry. He was one of the active forces behind the Rose law enacted by the assembly at its last session, reorganizing the State- Board of Agriculture and placing it on a legal basis, in a word making it a department of the state, a condition it has not hitherto enjoyed, and adding to its dignity and effectiveness.

DR. GEORGE STOCKTON.

AMONG the alienists of the State who have made a reputa­ tion in Ohio not bound by state Unes, and who stand pre-emi­ nent in their profession. Dr. George Stockton, Superintendent of the Columbus State Hospital, is worthy of being mentioned with pride and a proper appreciation of his abilities. For six years he has been at the head of this great institution, and his admin­ istration has marked a high standard in the care and treatment of the unfortunates placed under his ministration. Dr. George Stockton was bora in Bainbridge, Ross county. 180 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF' OHIO.

Ohio, April 17, 1854, attending the country schools until he was twelve years of age, when his parents removed to Columbus. In 1872 he graduated from the Central High School of that city. Being inclined to the study of medicine he became a student of Dr. R. M. Denig, of Columbus, and after completing two courses of study at Starling Medical College entered Bellevue Hospital, New York, from which he graduated in 1875, not then quite twenty-one years old. His diploma was withheld for several months on account of his age. In 1877 ^^ began the practice of his profession at ChiUi- cothe, remaining there untU the spring of 1880, when he was appointed.on the staff of the Columbus State Hospital. His previous years of study and work had been along the line of cure of mental and nervous diseases, and here he found full play for his faculties. The result has been that today he stands in the front rank of specialists in that class of disease. In 1890 he retired from the Columbus State Hospital to resume his pri­ vate practice, and opened an office in Columbus, but men of the character and standing of Dr. Stockton are few in Ohio, and in 1892, Superintendent I^ichardSon induced him,to return and give the hospital the benefit of his experience, practice and orig­ inal research. In 1902, upon the death of Dr. Carpenter, Dr. Stockton was promoted to the superintendency of the institution, where he is still at work in his chosen profession and doing what he can to improve the condition of the mentally clouded unfortunates placed under his charge. Here he has the widest range for his investigation into the various forms of brain troub­ les, and he has added to the scope of the work by instituting a course of out-door treatment for tuberculosis that has been at­ tended by excellent results. Dr. Stockton is a member of the American Medical Asso­ ciation, of the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Association and the Alpha Mu Pi Omega Medical fra­ teraity. The doctor is a Republican in poUtics. He is un­ married.

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DR. CHARLES H. CLARK. In the front rank of men who have aided in making Ohio known the length and breadth of the country is Dr. Charles H. Clark, superintendent of the Cleveland State hospital, an alienist of renown, a widely quoted contributor to the foremost medical jouraals, writing upon mental diseases and medical subjects, and for many years connected in an executive capacity with hospitals in many portions of the United States. Dr. Clark was born at Mechanicsburg, Champaign county, O., in 1866, of Ohio parents, his father being Dr. Chambers K. Gark, also widely known as a medical man of high standing. Heredity played a part in the mental growth of Dr. Qark and, interested in scientific investigation from early youth, he achieved reputation even before beginning the practice of his chosen pro­ fession. Educated in the common schools of Mechanicsburg, he easily essayed the courses at Ada, O., and spent only a year at that college. Throughout his days of assimilating knowlege he lifted himself to the front rank through his interest and desire to achieve the highest rank possible iri the profession. He was honor graduate from the Starling Medical college of Columbus in 1893 and by competitive examination was chosen from that class for the position of house surgeon at St. Francis hospital in the same city. After a year's work in the hospital he was ap­ pointed first assistant physician in the Gallipolis hospital for epileptics and was one of the foremost in organizing and open­ ing that institution. Four years Dr. Clark remained at Gallipolis and resigned to accept a second assistantship in the Columbus State hospital under Dr. A; B. Richardson, who shortly after became superin­ tendent of the MassiUon state hospital and refused to allow Dr. Qark to leave him. Afterward Dr. Clark became acting super­ intendent at Miassillon. Later he was senior assistant physician in the goverament hospital at Washington and in 1906 was made clinical director of the institution, having supervision over 12 assistants. In October, 1901, Dr. Clark married Miss Cora E. Tag- gart of MassUlon, Ohio, and one daughter has been bora to them. 182 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Besides being superintendent of the Clevland hospital. Dr. Clark is a member of tiie Cleveland Academy of Medicine, the District of Columbia Medical Society and the American Psy­ chological association. He is also a Master Mason.

DR. E. J. EMERICK. Being a physician of large general practice at the time of his appointment as superintendent of the Iri'stitution for Feeble- Minded, Dr. Emerick made a distinct sacrifice by accepting the position, but he was actuated by a sense of public duty. The patients under his care are incapable of perfect cure but their condition can be improved, and toward this has been the whole trend of administrative methods since Dr. Emerick as­ sumed charge of the institution. He has established a music hall which has been a great benefit to the children, by interest­ ing and amusing them, and thereby aiding in their beneficial treat­ ment. He also has added a manual training school, in which the children show gfreat interest. Edson James Emerick was born at Fayette, Fulton county, O., October 28, 1863, his father being of German and his mother of English descent. His father, James P. Emerick, was a native of New York, whence he came to Ohio in 1834 and settled in Fulton county (soldier record). His mother, Mary A. Hum­ phrey, also was a native of New York. The son, Edson James, was educated at the village school of Fayette and at Fayette normal school. He attended the University of Michigan and was graduated from Long Island Medical college in 1887 with the degree of M. D. After practicing four year! in Fayette he removed to Columbus where he has been engaged in the prac­ tice of his profession ever since. Dr. Emerick has been a life-long Republican, having, as he admits, been born in that political faith. Until be became super­ intendent of the Institution for Feeble-Minded, however, he never held any public office by appointment. He was selected for his present position by the board of trastees of the institution May DR. E. J. EMERICK. HON. ORRIN B. GOULD. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 183

15, 1907, early in the administration of Goveraor Harris, the appointment being regarded as one of fitness and capabUity. Always actively identified with movements for the higher culture in his profession. Dr. Emerick is an earaest member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine, of the Ohio State Medical society and of the American Medical association. He is a Knight Templar, Scottish Rite, and a Shriner, and also a K. of P. Dr. Emerick was married September i6, 1891, to Miss Alice Carey DiU, a native of FrankUn county, O.

HON. ORRIN B. GOULD. For the first time in history the Ohio penitentiary, in 1907, was self-supporting, whereas always heretofore it has been a greater or less burden upon the finances of the state. This change from an expensive to a self-supporting institution is due to the policy of the board of managers, carried out by the wise adminis­ tration and splendid executive ability of the present warden, Orrin Barron Gould. Not only is Warden Gould an admirable manager, but he is a successful disciplinarian, humane but firm, and always fair in his treatment of the prisoners under his care. Since he came into office the Ohio penitentiaty has come to be known to penologists as one of the best conducted in this country. Mr. Gould was bora on a farm near Portsmouth, Scioto county, January 30, 1863. His parents were New Englanders of English ancestry. His father (Orrin Barron Gould), who was a native of New Hampshire, came with his parents to Scioto county when 6 years old, and his mother, Lavina Seeley, a native of Connecticut, also came with her parents to Ohio at any early age. The son, Orrin Barron, was educated at the Portsmouth high school, from which he was graduated in 1881. While he was getting his education he continued to work on a farm during the summer months. In 1882 Mr. Gould went to Wellston, Jackson county, where he engaged in a clerical capacity with his father and brother in an iron f uraace. Ten years later he became connected, as a stockholder and otherwise, with the Superior Coal company. Mr. Gould was for many years a member of the city coundt 184 REPRESENTA-nVE MEN OF OHIO. of WeUston, and always was an active partidpant in RepubUcan poUtics. He was chairman of the Jackson county Republican committee for many years, was a member of the state central committee for the first time in 1890, again in 1901, and became its chairman in 1904. He has been a strong force in State poUtics for many years. He was appointed by Goveraor Nash, in 1900, to be a member of the board of trastees of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics at GaUipolis. In September, 1904, he was appointed warden of the Ohio penitentiaty by Goveraor Herrick, succeeding Edward L. Hershey, who died in office. Goveraor Harris reap­ pointed Mr. Gould in 1908. Mr. Gould was married to Miss Frances M. McGhee of Jackson, O., April 26, 1888. They have no children. Mr. Gould is a Mason and an Elk.

HON. FRANCIS W. TREADWAY. The Republican State convention of 1908 nominated for Lieutenant-Goveraor one of the strong young Republicans of northern Ohio, and his public record and private worth will add strength to the ticket, and enlist the enthusiastic support of all good Republicans of the state. Mr. Treaiiway was among the potent forces tiiat brought about the enactment of the Thomas banking law at the second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly of Ohio. He was constant in his care of, the measure, attending many sessions of the House and Senate Banking Committees, and as the Rep­ resentative of the State Board of Commerce, moulded into popu­ lar form a piece of legislation that has been demanded by the various interests of the State for a number of years. It was a notable work well done. Francis Willcox Treadway was bora in New Haven, C

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America about 1700. Young Treadway was educated in the public schools of Cleveland, g^duating from the high school in 1886. He attended the Polytechnic Institute at Worcester, Mass., graduating therefrom in i89Q;./graduating from Yale Law School in 1892, and admitted to the bar at Columbus, by the Ohio Su­ preme Court in the same year. Mr. Treadway has practiced his profession at Qeveland, ever since the firm name being Treadway &-^Marlatt. He was ap­ pointed United States Commissioner for the Northera District of Ohio by Judge Wing in 1902, and served untU chosen Rep­ resentative in the Seventy-sixth Assembly of Ohio, from Cuya­ hoga County. He was Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Banking, and a member 6f the Committee on Cities and Schools. While a member of the House, he introduced a biU to re-organize the school districts of the state, the Supreme Court having decided existing laws unconstitutional. On January 5, 1897, Mr. Treadway was married to Miss Esther ^S. Frisbie, otlCleveland, a native of Connecticut, and two children have been bora to the couple—Frauds Sessions, bom March i, 1898, and Augustin Russell, born July 29, 1901. Mr. Tr«tdway is a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Com­ merce, President of the Tippecanoe Qub for two years, and an officer of the Sons of the American Revolution for about ten years. He is a trastee of the Pilgrim Congregational Church at Qeveland, and treasurer of the Cuyahoga county bar association^ THE HONQRARLE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO,

CCORDING to the provisions of tiie Constitution of i8o2, the Judges of the Supreme Court were to be not less than A three in number, and might, at the discretion of the Legis­ lature, be four. The Judges were chosen by the joint ballot of both houses of the General Assembly, and were to hold office for the term of seven years, or "so long as they were well-behaved." There were but three Judges untU 1807, when the Legislature chose a fourth, but in 1810 the fourth was omitted. A few years later the number of Judges (four) was resumed and so remained until the adoption of the new Constitution of 1851. Under this Constitution the number of Judges was increased to five and they were elected by popular' vote, one each year to serve for a term of five ytars. The General Assembly was given power to add to the number which was done in 1892, when another was added making the number six. The members of the court are not designated as chief and associate judges as is the case with many other state courts. Up to the present time one judge was elected each year to serve for six years, and the law provided that the judge who was serving the last year of his term should, during that year, act->as the Chief Justice. This arrangement permits each judge in tura to act as Chief. In 1904 the legislature proposed an amendment to the constitution by which all munidpal elections in the state would be held in November of the odd numbered years and the election for all county and all state officers in November of the even numbered years. This amendment was adopted by a popular vote at the state election in 1905. The succeeding leg­ islature i77th) changed the terms of the state officers to con­ form to the new constitutional amendment. This necessitated the election of two judges of the Supreme Court every two years instead of one each year as heretofore. The first election of the judges under this new method occurs in November, 1908,. 186 H tc W X o

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REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 187 when two supreme judges will be chosen. By another pro­ posed law goveming the new conditions, where the terms of two judges simultaneously expire and their terms of service have been equal, "the senior in years shaU be the chief justice" dur­ ing the odd numbered year and the junior in years the chief justice for the even numbered" year. By a law enacted many years ago the court may be organized into two divisions, that is two separate courts with three judges each. The unanimous decisions of either division are entered as the judgment of the court. Where the judges comprising either division ^divide as to a decision in a case before it "such case shaU be reserved for decison by the full court." If the membei-s of the whole court divide evenly on a question in a matter of original jurisdiction, the determination of the members with whom the chief justice votes shall be the judgment of the court. For many years previous to 1900 the salary of the judges was $4,000 per annum. In the year just named the salaty was increased to $5,000; in the year 1902 it was made $6,000 and in the year 1905, $6,500. As the law at the time of its passage could not affect the existing salaries of the judges the curious anomaly follows that at the present time (1908) one judge is receiving $5,000, three judges $6,000 and two judges $6,500. The Supreme Court of Ohio has ever held an exalted posi­ tion adisng the judicial tribunals of our country, and has had a long line of iUustrious names, beginning with Rufus Putnam (territorial judge, 1790), and with such men as Return Jonathan Meigs, 1803; John McLean, 1816; Peter Hitchcock, 1819-1852, chief justice for twenty-one years of that time; Charles R. Sherman, 1823, father of Senator John Sherman; Gustavus Swan, 1830; Rufus P. Ranney, 1851; Allen G. Thurman, 1851; Joseph R. Swan, 1854; Jacob Brinkerhoff, 1855; John Welch, 1865; George W. Mcllvain^, 1870, and John W. Okey, 1877, the record is probably as great for judicial learaing and opin­ ions rendered as that of any other state court in the United States. The character and judicial standing of the court as at pres­ ent constituted is fully equal to that of any period -of the past, and the people of the state, regardless of party opinions, have the fullest confidence in and respect for its decisions. 188 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO,

WILLIAM THOMAS SPEAR, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was born in Warren, Trambull County, Ohio, June 3, 1834. His general education was received at the public schools of his native place, and at the Latin school of Mr. Junius Dana, an institution of much local celebrity, which flourished during the late forties and early fifties at Warren. Leaving this school, young? Spear learaed the art of printing, which he pursued for a time and then entered upon the study of the law, having early set his heart upon a professional life. Jacob Dolson Cox, then a practicing lawyer at Warren, afterward a State Senator, General in the Union Army, and Governor of Ohio, was his tutor in the law. De­ siring still further legal education, the student took a course at Harvard Law School, graduating there in the year 1859. Soon thereafter, having been admitted to the bar, Mr. Spear entered upon the practice at Warren, as the junior member of the firm of Cox, Ratliff & Spear. His experience for a number of years was the usual one incident to the life of the struggling barrister, but in time, by industry and pluck, and devotion to the interests of his cUents, he reached an enviable position at the Bar as an accurate and painstaking practitioner, and attained an equally enviable standing in the community as a man of high purposes and exemplary life. In the year 1864, Mr. Spear was married to Miss Frances Eliza York, of Lima, New York. The union has proved in all respects a fortunate and happy one. Besides the father and mother the family consists of four .sons. The oldest is a me­ chanical engineer; the second is a farmer; the third (a graduate of the AnnapoUs Naval Academy, and for over ten years a Naval Constractor) is manager of the construction of submarine tor­ pedo boats for the Electric Boat Company, Quincy, Mass., and the youngest is an assistant surgeon in the United States Navy. Judge Spear has enjoyed, more fully than has been the for­ tune of many, the confidence of his fellow-citizens. He was early chosen Solicitor of his native city, serving two terms in that office; then elected prosecuting Attorney of his county, serving in that capacity two terms; then (in the year 1878) elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and at the ex- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 189 piration of his first term re-elected. While serving as Judge of the Common Pleas Court he was elected to the bench of the Supreme Court, and has been elected four times since, the last election being in' November, 1904, when his pluraUty reached over 230,000. These continued elections certify more fully than words can flie satisfactory work he has done on the bench. His opinions are found iri the Ohio State Reports from volume forty- four to volume seventy-seven, inclusive, and it is not too much to say that they evince a thorough knowledge of the law, a clear comprehension of legal principles, and a trained judgment in their application to facts; nor is it too much to say that they rank among the best rendered by the Court during his period of service. Affable in manner, courteous to everybody, and possessing the confidence of all who are brought into contact with him. Judge Spear is widely popular. His friends are legion. His political affiliations are with the Republican Party.

JOHN ALLEN SHAUCK, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was born on a fami in Morrow County, Ohio, on the 26th of March, 1841. He is of German extraction, his maternal ancestors having emigrated from Bavaria and his pateraal ancestors from Switzerland to the Uflited States. Judge Shauck's parents were natives of Pennsylvania, his father, Elah Shauck, a farmer, being born in York County, and his mother Barbara Halderman Shauck, in Lancaster County, that State. His early edtication was qt>- tained in the public and private schools of his home county, after which he attended Otterbdn University, Westerville, Ohio, tak­ ing a classical course. After his graduation from that well known seat of learaing, Judge Shauck took up the study of law at the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, g^duating from there in 1867. Being admitted to the bar, he came to Dayton, where he immediately opened an office and became engaged in the general.practice of law, continuing in practice until he took his seat OQ the bench of the Second Circuit Court of Ohio, in Feb- 190 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

raary, 1885, to which office he had been elected in the fall of the year previous. At the close of his first term of office, hav­ ing served with distinction, he was re-elected to a second term by an increased majority. In 1894 Judge Shauck was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, which position he has hon­ orably and ably filled up to the present writing. Judge Shauck is a staunch follower of Republican principles and doctrines and has rendered his party many valuable services. He is a man of distinguished appearance, engaging manners, decided ability, sound common sense arid a polished speaker. While he lives in Columbus, he still claims Dayton, the "Gem City," as his home, and goes there every election to vote. On the ist of June, 1876, Judge Shauck married Miss Ada May PhiUips, of CentraUa, 111. One daughter, Htelen Camille Shauck, is the surviving issue of their union.

WILLIAM Z. DA'VIS, Is a native of the Buckeye State, and was bora in the village of LoydsviUe, Belmont County, on the loth of June, 1839. ke is a descendant of the Revolutionary stock in th)e bid Do­ minion. His father, Dr. Biishrod Washington Davis, was a na­ tive of Loudon County, Va. The late Dr. John Davis, an emi­ nent physician and surgeon of Dayton, was his uncle. His mother, a former Miss H

JAMES L. PRICE, Of lima, Ohio, Justice of the Supreme Coiat of tiie Buck­ eye State, is a native of Ohio. He was bora on a farm near New Hagerstown, CarroU County, on the 27tfi of March, 1840, and recdved a common school and acadeiriic education. After teaching two terms of common school, he entered upon the study of law wTth Eckley & Shober, of Carrollton, Ohio, and was ad- 192 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

mitted to practice at bar at Cadiz, O., in September, 1861. He immediately opened an office at Carrollton, where he served as justice of tiie peace and Mayor, until elected Prosecuting Attor­ ney, in October, 1862. After one term of service Judge Price removed to Van Wert, Ohio, in April, 1865, where he served three terms as Prosecuting Attorney, and gained a lucrative gen­ eral practice. In 1883, he removed to the rapidly growing dty of Luna, and there entered'upon an extended practice in the State and-Federal. Courts, which he enjoyed until elected to the Circuit Court of the third Circuit, being the first and only Re­ publican ever elected to the office in that Circuit prior to the year 1904, having a plurality of almost four thousand in a very strongly Democratic Circuit. He was a candidate for and elected to the Supreme Court of the State in 1901 by a large majority, leadirig the State ticket by about five hundred votes. Judge Price entered upon the duties of the office on the 9th of Feb­ raary, 1902.

AUGUSTUS N. SUMMERS, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, is a native Ohioan, bred, bora and educated in the Buckeye State. He was bora on the 13th of June, 1856, in Shelby, Richland County, Ohio.. His father. Rev. Daniel Summers, came from Pennsylvania stock, and removed to Ohio in 1847, .where he attended Wit­ tenberg College, Springfield, making his home in tiie State. Judge Summers received the advantage of the thorough educa­ tion of his father, who trained the son in early youth most care­ fully. After attending the pubUc schools. Judge Summers matriculated at Wittenberg College, graduating from there in 1879, and began the reading of law under the splendid instruc­ tions of Hon. S. A* Bowman, of Springfield. He was admitted to the Bar in 1881, and was at once taken into partnership by his preceptor. In 1885 Judge Summers first came before the people as a candidate for public office, and was elected City Solicitor, which position he successfully filled for six years'. Re­ tiring from his incumbency in 1891, he resumed the general prac­ tice of law, forming a partnership with George A. Beard, a well- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 193 known attoraey, which firm continued until 1894, when Judge Summers was elected one of the Judges of the Second Circuit of Ohio, succeeding Judge Gilbert H. Stewart, of Columbus. After serving on the bench for one term to the entire satisfac­ tion of the people, he was re-elected by an increased majority. At the Republican State Convention, held in the city of Colum­ bus, in June, 1903, Judge Summers was nominated for the Su­ preme Bench, the highest judidal position in the gift of the people of his State, and his election followed in the faU of the same year. He is a man of great intellectual power, command­ ing appearance, engaging manners, decided abUity, and a cjear thinker. In 1887 he married Miss NeUie Thomas, daughter of John H. Thomas, of Springfield, Ohio.

WILLIAM B. CREW, Whose present term of office as Assodate Justice of the Su­ preme Court of Ohio will expire in February, 1909, is one of the most distinguished jurists of the Buckeye State. He is a native Ohioan, bora on the ist of April, 1852, at Chester Hill, Morgan Cotinty. His parents, Fleming and Sarah Patterson Crew, were also natives of Ohio. A careful education was given to Judge Crew in the public schools of his home district, and "Westtown," a school under the auspices of the Society of "Friends," located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, about twenty miles from Philadelphia. Later, he attended the Ohio State and Union Law College, Cleveland, Ohio, graduating with the degp'ee of LL.B., after having been admitted to practice be­ fore the Supreme Court of Ohio the year previous. Judge Crew began his public career at the age of 24, when he was elected Prosecuting Attoraey of Morgan County, which position he filled one term. In 1889 he was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature, attending the sessions of the 69th General Assembly. While still a member of that distinguished body, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the first subdivision of tiie Eighth Judidal District of Ohio, in tiie faU of 1891, fiU- 18 194 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. ing that position with such marked ability and success that he was re-dected to a second term, in ,1896, and to a third term, in 1901. When he had served less than one year of his third term, on the 19th of July, 1902, he was appointed by Gov­ eraor Nash to fiU the vacancy created by the death of Judge Williams, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Previous to this appointment, in May, of 1902, Judge Crew had received the nomination to the same office by the RepubUcan State Con­ vention, held in the city of Cleveland, and, in the fall of the same year, he was elected to fiUou t the short term, caused by the death of his predecessor, and also for the fuU term of six years, commencing on the 9th of February, 1903. Judge Crew was married on the 9th of May, 1876, to Elizabeth P. Worrall. His children are Mrs. Henry Ross Gall, of Qeveland, Ohio, and Fleming H. Crew, now a practicing attoraey of Cleveland, Ohio. Judge Crew resides at McConnellsville, Ohio.

EMILIUS OVIATT RANDALL, Reporter of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was bora in Rich­ field, Summit County, Ohio, on the 28th of October, 1850. He is the son of Rev. David Austin RandaU, D. D., and Harriet Oviatt Randall. His father was a distinguished clergyman of the Baptist Denomination, who for a long time was editor of the "Jouraal and Messenger," the State organ of the denomina­ tion. He was a famous pulpit orator and lecturer, an extensive traveler, and an author of books. Three great great-grand­ fathers of E. O. Randall fought in the American Revolutionary War; John RandaU, who enUsted from New London, Connec­ ticut, on the 13th of July, 1775, served through the entire Revo­ lutionary War; Patrick Grant Pemberton, who enlisted in the Connecticut mUitia, in General Andrew Ward's command, and Benjamin Oviatt, who enUsted as a "Minute Man," and served in tiie Connecticut tro<^s. Another lineal ancestor was Eben- ezer Pemberton, one of the founders and for many years pastor of the famous "Old Soutii Church," Boston, Mass. From this family "Pemberton's Square," Boston, was named. E. O. Ran- HON. EMILllS (). K.\NI).\I.I..

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dall was fitted for college in the Columbus (Ohio) High School and PhiUips Academy, Andover, Mass.,. 1869-1870, and grad­ uated from Cornell University with the degree of Ph. B., in 1874; from the College of Law of the Ohio State University, with \he degrees of LL.B. and LL.M., in 1892. He was ad­ mitted to the Bar by the Ohio Supreme Court in 1890, and has occupied the position of Reporter of the Ohio Supreme Court since 1895. He has edited and published twenty-five volumes of Ohio's Supreme Court decisions. He has been professfjjr of law of the Ohio State University since 1893; editor of "Negotia­ ble BiUs Act of Ohio," and other legal text books; secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society since 1894; he has edited sixteen volumes of the historical publications of that society; is a member of the American Bar Association, American Library Association, Soqety of American Authors, Sons of the American Revolution; was a member of the Co­ lumbus Board of Education in 1887-1889; President of the Co­ lumbus Board of Trade, 1889; Trustee of the Columbus Public Library since 1887, and mainly instrumental in securing from Andrew Caraegie the sum of two hundred thousand dollars for the Columbus Public Library Building; Author "Separatist So­ ciety of Zoar" (1889); "The Serpent Mound," 1905; "Ohio Mound Builders," 1908; he is the author of articles in the "En­ cyclopedia Americana," "Cyclopedia of American and English Law," and other standard publications; associate editor, "Bench and Bar of Ohio," two volumes (Chicago, 1897); Mr. Randall is a life member of the "Ohio State Archaeological and His­ torical Society," and was appointed Trastee of that society by Governors McKinley, BushneU, Nash, Herrick arid Harris. As a political speaker and platform lecturer Mr. Randall has spoken in nearly every city in the State. He was delegate-at-large from the Ohio Society S. A. R. to the National Convention of that body held at St. Louis on the 15th and i6th of June, 1904, a delegate from the Twelfth Ohio District to the National Re­ publican Convention, June, 1904, at Chicago, 111. Mr. E. O. Randall was marrieS on the 28th of October, 1874, at Ithaca, New York, to Mary A. Coy, who had three great-g^ndfathers who participated in the Ameridin Revolution. One was a "Minute Man" and Lieutenant of a company at Lexington and Concord, another was an officer in one of the companies that 196 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. l^r. and Mrs. Randall have three children: a daughter, Rita, and two sons, David A. and Sherman B. Randall.

ELUOTT HOWARD GBLKEY. THE position of Law Librarian and Marshal of the Su­ preme Court of Ohio is one of high responsibility and honor, and the present incumbent during his term of service has proven equal to the demands of the important office. He is well-in­ formed and courteous, and a most successful and popular«official. Elliott Howard Gilkey was bora in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, February 8, 1857. He is the son of Sheldon El­ liott Gilkey, and Emma (Roberts) Gilkey, both natives of the Western Reserve. On tbe father's side, Mr. Gilkey is descended from the Gilkeys of Salem, Mass. His grandfather, Nathan Smith Gil­ key, was bora in or near Windsor, Vermont, and was named after Nathan Smith of Yale CoUege, who must have been a relative of his mother, Hannah Smith, who married William Gilkey of Chester, Windsor county, Vermont, in 1781. Nathan Gilkey came to Ohio early in the Ifist century, married Lucinda King, and was the father of seven children, five sons and two daughters, of whom one son (E. H. Gilkey, of Ashtabula), and the two daughters (Mrs. "Sophia McCurdy, of Kinsman, and Mrs. Phoebe Brockway, of Hartford), survive. Two sons died in the service of the Union Ariny; Walter, a surgeon in the ii6th O. V. I., and Sheldon, a private in Co, B, 57th Penn. V. I. The death of the latter left young Gilkey a soldier's orphan at the age of seven years. On the mother's side Mr. Gilkey is de­ scended from Connecticut stock, his materaal grandfather being John Roberts, who came to Ohio from Hartford about 1815, and settled in or near Kinsman, where he met and married Emma Hotchkiss, a daughter of Caleb Hotchkiss, of New Haven, who had come to Ohio with her married sister Mrs. Bidwell, one of the pioneer residents of Kinsman. John Roberts was a gun­ smith ; Sheldon Gilkey was a shoemaker, under the puritanical ELLIOTT HOWARD GILKEY.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 197 custom of teaching every man a trade. On both sides of the family the ancestral stock is English and Scotch. From the common schools of TrumbuU county, a short resi­ dence in Cleveland, and th^ schools of the Ohio Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Xenia, Mr. Gilkey received aU the educational instraction he was privileged to enjoy. After reaching the age of seventeen his educational advantages were only such as were incident to his business pursuits, augmented by private study, although he has never ceased to be a student of the higher branches of education. From the Soldiers' Orphans' Home at the age of 15 young Gilkey was detailed as a page in the Ohio Senate, and served so efficiently that on leaving the Home two years later, the Sen. ate dected him to the position of BUI Clerk, and at the next session, although the political complexion of the Senate had been reversed, elected him its Journal Clerk at the age of 19 years, for the first time electing a non-voter to that position. From 1877 to 1885 he was engaged in the hardware business, rising from clerk to manager for a firm which then voluntarily closed out its affairs; in 1885 he was unanimously elected finan­ cial officer of the Home at Xenia, and from there in • 1887-8 he was appointed to be the bookkeeper of fund accounts for the Auditor of State. In 1896 he retired from the auditor's office with Mr. Poe, the outgoing auditor of state, and engaged in bus­ iness until 1900 when he was elected to be the Assistant Clerk of the Senate. During his term of service with the Senate, he compiled and published ^ Manual of Legislative Practice which was printed by authority of the General Assembly, compiled and published the centennial edition of the Ohio Hundred Year Book (1803-1902), edited the Senate Jouraal, and supenriscd the publication of the Journal of the House of Representatives, and in 1901 also published the Jouraal of the State Board of Decennial Appraisement, of which body he was the clerk. On the recommendation of the Law Librarian, Mr. Frank Ncllis Beebe, Mr. Gilkey was elected by the Supreme Court as first assistant librarian when the library moved into the new quar­ ters in the summer of 1901. Mr. Beebe died in September, 1903, after having been con­ nected with the supreme court and law library for thirty-seven years. Mr. Gilkey was promoted to succeed him for the re- 198 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. mainder of his term, and in July, 1904, was regularly elected to his present position, in which he has since been continued by the unanimous vote of the members of the Supreme Court. On the 24th day of January, 1884, Mr. Gilkey was married to Miss Florence Virginia Reed, the daughter of John Reed and Clara Derrickson Reed, of Springfield, Ohio. Miss Reed was bora in Springfield, losing her father in infancy. Mr. Reed enlisted as a private in Co. K, 31st O. V. I., re-enlisted as a veteran - January ist, 1864, and died at Raleigh, N. C, as the result of a gunshot wound, on Sherman's March to the Sea, March 27, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Gilkey have two daughters and one son, all living with the parents at the family residence on East Lane avenue, in Columbus. Mr. Gilkey gave many years of his time to the organiza­ tion of the Sons of Veterans, of which order he is the First Past Commander in Ohio, and to the interests of the graduates of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, and of its under-graduate pupils. He has been an active worker in church and Sunday school, and in this field has found an opportunity to do some little good unselfishly.

OHIO STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION. CHARLES B. GALBREATH. THE office of State Librarian of Ohio has grown to be one of great responsibUity. Since the present incumbent was ap­ pointed in 1896, many changes have been made in the manage­ ment of the Library. Every dtizen of the State can now have access to all of the privileges of the institution, and Mr. Gal­ breath is universally conceded to be a most efficient as well as a most courteous public offidal. Charles Burleigh Galbreath was bora in Fairfield township, Columbiana county, February 25,1858. His early life was spent on the farm. At the age of seventeen he began teaching in the raral schools. In June of 1879 he completed a course in the Lisbon High School and in September, of the same year entered Mt. Union College, from which he was graduated in 1883. Four years later this institution conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He was superintendent of the Wilmot, Ohio, schools, 1883-1885, when he resigned to accept the superintendency of the East Palestine, Ohio, schools, where he remained eight years. Although unanimously re-elected for two years more, he resigned to accept a position in Mt. Hope College, and was later promoted to tlie presidency of that institution. WhUe in East Palestine he was for two years editor of The Reveille, now The RevfiiUe Echo. While teaching he frequently did institute work. He was school examiner of Columbiana county, 1885- 1893. He holds a Ufe certificate from the.State Board of Ex­ aminers. In 1896 he was dected State Librarian by the library com­ mission created by the Seventy-second General Assembly. Since entering upon the duties of his present position, a number of changes have been inaugurated in the management of the State Library. It is now open on equal terms to aU citizens of the State. A system of traveling libraries has been organized and these collections of books have been sent to patronizing com­ munities in evety county of Ohio. Among all the states of the Union, Ohio leads in the number of traveling libraries issued. 199 200 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Within the period of his administratk)n the number of volumes in the State Library has more than doubled. He is a member of the Ohio Library Association, the American Library Assoda- tion and the National Association of State Librarians. Of the last named organization he was president in 1900. Under the direction of Col. Ethan Allen, of New York, Mr. Galbreath, in 1897, organized the Columbus Branch of the Cuban League of America, pf which he was secretary. This League, which was organized for the purpose of aiding the Cubans, had two thousand members in Columbus and was active in the advocacy of armed intervention just before the Spanish- American War. Mr. Galbreath is author of the following books and mono­ graphs: "Sketches of Ohio Libraries;" "First Newspaper in Ohk);" "Daniel Decatur Emmett, author of Dixie.^' "Samuel Lewis, Ohio's MUitant Educator and Reformer;" "Alexander Coffman Ross, author of Tippecanoe and Tyler too/' "Benja­ min Russel Hanby, author of Darling Nelly Gray,"" "Mongolian Immigration and the British Colonies;" "Shall the State Kill?" "The Rdigion of John G. Whittier." He has written other sketches and has contributed to libraty and educational jouraals.

CHARLES ORR.

MR. CHARLES ORR was bora at CedarvUle, Ohio, January 8, 1858. His parents, John and Henrietta Orr, later moved to Xenia, where he attended the city schools and was graduated from the high school in 1875. Later he engaged in the book and stationety business, in connection with which he qierated a book bindery and built up an extensive trade From Xenia he went to New York City, where he was for a time employed in the famous Brentano book store. He then went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, from which city he was soon called to the Case Libraty, of Qeveland, Ohio, of which he had charge over twelve years. In April, 1903, he was elected a member of the Qeveland Board of Education. Two years later the Board elected him REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 201 director of schools, in which responsible position he is now serv­ ing his second term. In the spring of 1899 he was appointed oa the state board of library commissioners to succeed Capt. Charles A. Reynolds, who resigned to assume command of his company in the Philippiries. Mr. Orr has spent the greater part of his Ufe in contact with books. He has been active in the Ohio Library Assodation which he has served as secretaty and president.

JOHN McSWEENEY. This gentleman has been a member of the Board of State Library Trastees since his first appointment by Goveraor Nash in 1902, followed in 1906 by a re-app(Hntment at the hands of Goveraor Harris, for a pubUc duty well performed. Mr. Mc- Sweeney has taken a great deal of interest in the affairs of the Libraty, and is one of the most valued members of the board having charge of that department.. John McSweeney is a native of Wooster, Ohio, where he now resides, and a son of that eloquent and learaed attoraey at the bar, John McSweeney, who held unchallenged the high post of being one of the best trial lawyers in Ohio in his Ufe-time. The son was bom August i, 1854, and received his early education in the schools of the vicinity, beginning with Wooster High Schod, and graduating from .Wooster University, when but 22 years of age. He afterward took a course at tiie Boston Law School, and after a thorough preparation in the office of his father, was admitted to the bar in 1879. He was elected City Solicitor of Wooster in that year, and re-elected in 1883, when he stepped into the prosecuting attorneyship of Wayne County, and was chosen for a second term in 1889. He is one of the best known lawyers in his section of the State. In 1884 he mar­ ried Miss Ada MuUins, and they have an interesting family. 2Q2 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

JOHN F. McGREW.

John Franklin McGrew, of Clark County, Ohio, is the senior member of the Board of State Library Trastees, having been first appointed in 1896 by Govemor Bushnell, and reappointed at the dose of his four-year term ever since. He is a most valuable member, devoting much time and attention to the business of the Board, and exerting every energy to the betterment of the State Libraty. Mr. McGrew was bom in SteubenviUe, Ohio, April 3, 1854, and when but twelve years' of age, removed with his family to Springfield, where he has eVer since remained. He graduated from Wittenberg College in 1873, 'and was admitted to the bar, after a thorough course of preparation, in 1887. Since that time he has practiced his profession in Springfield, with much success, with the exception of two years spent as mahager of the Repub­ lic Printing- Co., Springfield, publishers-of the Spfingfield Repub- hc. On December 9, 1880, he was marripd to Miss Fanny Lud­ low Bushnell, a daughter of Governor' Bushnell. Mr. McGrew has had considerable legislative experience, hav­ ing represented Cl^rk County in the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth General AssembUes, where he did a great deal of important work in the interest of the people. His efforts in'behalf of the State Libraty have been continu­ ous and'of much practical good.

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HON. EDWARD L. TAYLOR, JR. Few, if any, members of the Ohio delegation in Congfress have accompUshed more for their constituents than Hon. Ed­ ward L. Taylor, Jr., who is now serving his second term as a member of that body, and lias been nominated for a third term. The appropriation of $500,000 for the reconstraction of 'the government building in Columbus, and the liberal allowance for much needed improvements at the United States Barracks were all secured through the inteUigent efforts of the Congressman from the Twelfth district. Couple with this his industrious serv­ ice for the people at large, and the combination is an ideal -mem- ber of Congress. Edward Livingston Taylor, Jr., was' born in Columbus, August 10, 1869, the son of Edward L. Taylor, Sr., also bora in Franklin county, Ohio, on a farm in Traro-township, he .still owning the old homestead. The grandfather of the present m'em- ber of Congress,' David Taylor, was of Scotch ancestry, a na­ tive of Nova Scotia, who came to Ohio in 1807, and located in Truro township. The mother, nee Katharine Myers, was a .native of Ohio, and lived in Columbus all of her life She was reared in the family of Col. John Noble, her grandfather, her parents dying when she was a child. Mr. Taylor was educated in the pubUc schools of Columbus, Ohio, graduating from the High school with honor, and he im­ mediately began the study of law in the office of his father, being admitted to practice in Columbus, in 1891. He at once attracted attention by his success at the bar, aiid in 1899 was elected prosecuting attoraey of Frariklin county, and re-elected in 1902 by an increased majority, his official record being of the highest character. In 1904, he was electee) to the Fifty- ninth Congress from the Twelfth district, and two years later vyas re-nominated and re-elected to the Sixtieth 'Congress. So satisfactoty was his legislative rCcord in the national congress, that in the spring of 1908, he was tendered and accepted a third nomination, ah unusual honor in the district. He has already brdcen all records in being twice elected as a Republican in the Columbus district, and bids fair to hang up a new one in a third election. In the present Congress he occupies a place on the 204 REPRESENTATIVE MEN QF OHIO.

Committees of Foreign Affairs and the District of Columbia, two of the most important places in the gift pf Speaker Cannon. On Jan. 4th, 1894, Mr. Taylor married Miss Marie Fire­ stone, of Columbus, and they have'a pleasant home on East Broad street. He is a Mason and an Elk, and a member of the Republican Glee Qub and the Buckeye Republican Qub.

HON. RALPH D. COLE. THE Jiepublicans of the Eighth Congressional district* of Ohio broke aU precedent when they renominated, for a third term, Hon. Ralph D. Cole, of Findlay, whose record as a mem­ ber of the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, argued strongly and successfuUy for an abrogation of the rule that had previously attained in the district. After an interesting but strenuous con­ test Mr. (Cole was nominated for the Sixty-first Congress at tne convention held at Marysville. Hon. Ralph D. Cole was born in Big Lick township, Han­ cock county, Ohio, in 1874. He is of Scotch-Irish parentage, his grandfather coming west from Delaware to Ashland county, Ohio, early in the last century. His father removed to Han­ cock county a few years before the civil war, and his mother came from Scotland, Mr. Cole is the thirteenth member of a family of sixteen children, all living. His grandmother was a Webster, and boasted of being a cousin of Daniel Webster, the Sage of Marshfield, Mass. Young Cole attended country school until he was 17 years of age, and graduated from Findlay College at the age of 22. He attended the Ada Law School in 1897. In that year he was appointed deputy clerk of the courts of Hancock county, and two years later was elected to the Seventy-fourth General Assehibly, being re-elected for a second term in 19^1. His majority in his first campaign was 199 votes; in'his second 681 votes. He stumped Hancock county for McKinley in 1896, and the Eighth Congressional district in 1900. At the dedication of the Ohio monuments on the Shiloh battiefield, Mr. Cole represented the state as one of the orators, and he made a deep impression. As HO^. RALPH D. COLE. HON. BEMAN G. DAWES. RfiPRESENTATIVE MEN OF omO. 206 a speaker he is popularly known, and on account of his oratorical ability is sometimes called the "McKinley of the Eighth district." In the Seventy-fifth General Assembly he was chairman of the Committee -on Taxation, and it was his duty to look after a^ of the taxation biUs. He drafted what is now known as the Cole law, that levies an annual tax of one per Cent, on the,gross earnings of the public service corporations of the Siate, an enact­ ment that has brought hundreds of thousands of ^oUars to the treasury. The bill was one of the series of taxation measures fathered by the Nash administration, and Mr. Cole has the honor of being the author of one of the most important in the Ust. In 1905, Mr. Cole was nominated and elected to the Fifty- ninth Congress from the Ei|4ith district, and renominated and re-elected,in 1907 to the Sixtieth, serving in the last named as a member of the Committees" on Agricuhure, Irrigation of Arid Lands and Territories. In the fall of 1907 he was married to Miss Blanche Davis, a popular young lady of Findlay, Ohio. Mr.'Cole is engaged in tHe practice of the law at Findlay under the firm name of Cole, Cole & Cole,' his partners being his brothers, J. J. and R. C. Cole.

HON. BEMAN G. DA'WES. Within the last decade the Ohio delegation in Congress has been composed, in a large degree, of young men, and ,in the coterie of distinguished sons, the name of Hon. Beman G. Dawes, of Marietta, who served the people of the Fifteenth district dur­ ing the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, stands high up in the Ust of those who have cared for the interests of the State in national councils. Hon. Beman Gates Dawes was bora in Marietta, Ohio, in 1869. His father was General Rufus R. Dawes, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, who had a distinguished record in the army of the Union, and was for years one of the prominent Re­ publicans in his section of the State. In several conventions General Dawes was a candidate for the gubernatorial nomina­ tion, and in 1889, when Senator Foraker was named for a third 206 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. term, (jfeneral Dawes would have been nominated but for the in­ sistence of the friends of the former, who demanded that he again submit his claims to tl^e people of Ohio. The mother of Hon. B. G. Dawes was a daughter of Beman Gates, who estab­ lished and edited the Marietta InteUigencer long before the American CivU War. The early education of Mr. Dawes was secured in Marietta College and Ohio State University, and after his graduation he was engaged in eligineering operatioos in the United St;^tes and Mexico. He later embarked in business in Lincoln, Neb. He has been interested in a ntJfflber of electric light and water en­ terprises, building a bridge across the Ohio River, that connected Marietta, Ohio, and Williamstown, Ky. He Is now connected with the Newark electric light plant, and a similar business at EvansviUe, Ind., being President of the "Newark concern. Mr. Dawes is also the head of the Dawes Lumber Co., of Marietta. He-lives on a beautiful farm 6n the Muskingum river, four miles from Marietta, where he enjoys the reputation oif being among the leading stock raisers of the vicinity, and largely engaged in artificial igardening and the fancy chicken industry, his fowls capturing many of the premiums at the fancy stock shows in various parts of the state and the country. In 1904, Mr. Dawes was nominated and elected a Repre­ sentative in the Fifty-ninth Congress, and in 1906 re-elected to the Sixtieth Congress,, serving as a member of the Committees on MUitary Affairs, Pacific Railways and Railways and Canals. Here he did excellent service, and will retire from official life on the 3d of March, 1909, with the good wishes of his constituents without regard to party lines. Congressman Dawes was married to Miss Burr, of Lincoln, Neb., and they are the parents of five children. He is a promi­ nent member of the Elks.

HON. JAMES I. ALLREAD. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 207

HON. JAMES L ALLREAD.

WITH the record of one term as Common Pleas Judge in the Second subdivision of the Second judidal district of Ohio, and a part of one term as Circuit Judge of the Second district, serving the people with rare ability and integrity in bothi^posts of honor. Judge James I. Allread, of Darke county, was prac­ tically the unanimous choice of the circuit judicial convention held June 25,1908. He was named as Circuit Judge of the district by Govemor McKinley, to fill the vacancy caused by the pro­ motion of Judge Schauck, of Dayton, to the supreme bench; elected Common Pleas Judge in 1902, and is now about to close that term of service. His judidal subdivision in the latter ca­ pacity Consists of the counties of Darke, Miami, Champaign, Clark and Preble. Endowed with a judicial temperament, and fortified with a pleasing address, and capadty to secure and hold friends, Judge AUread is one of the most popular court offidals in the State. Not only that, but he has cared for the interests of the people in a manner that is beyond criticism. The ancestors of Judge AUread were pioneers and early settlers in'westera Ohio. They came to that section of the State when it was fiut little less than a wUderaess and with their own labors succeeded in reclaiming the forests for the abode of man. He was bora on a farm near Arcanum, Darke county, Sep­ tember 29, 1858, and early knew what it was to toU. He at­ tended the common schools at GreenvUle and the high school, xwas admitted to the bar and began the practice of the profession in that place. He was in the high tide of his career, when named for the Circuit Court by Goveraor McKinley, serving from Febraary 8 to November 16, 1895, and in that tim^ became known as one of the best judges of that circuit. At the Re-^ publican National Convention of 1892 ^t MinneapoUs, and 1896, at St. Louis, Judge Allread represented the Fourth gressional district. In January, 1901, he was appointed clerk under Secretary of State Laylin, a place he filled ^ost creditably, until the 24th of April, 1902, when he was nomi­ nated for Common Pleas Judge by the Republican Judicial con­ vention that met at Troy, and he was eleded by a largeraftjority. His term began May 15, 1903, wUl expire Decemb«f 3*, 1908, 208 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

and he has been nominated for a second term. He stands de­ servedly high among his colleagues on the bench. Judges Mid-

HON. EDWARD N. HUGGINS. Edward N. Huggins ranks among the prominent lawyers of Ohio. He takes a keen interest in his profession, has given to it close attention and study, and, as a reward, enjoys one of the largest and best clientages in Central Ohio. His practice is general, but the interests he represents are, in most part, manufacturing concerns in whose gVowth and advancement Mr. Huggins take^ a constant delight. While. recognized "by his professional brethren as a hard fighter, he is equally recognized, as a«stranger to so-called sharp practice; his theory of the law being that it should be used as an agency to advance the right and not as a cloak for trickery, whereby wrong should triumph. Mr. Huggins is a native of Brown County, Ohio, having been bora at Mt. Oreb November 6th, i860. He has resided for many years at Columbus. His education consisted of what he could get in the common schools and at the Cincinnati School of Law, from which institution he was graduated in 1884. In his parents he was pecuUarly blessed, both being of unusual mental equipment and of sjterling Christian character. From them he recdved that broa^ education and encouragement to which he attributes, in great degree, the success he has attained. PoUtically Mr. Huggins has always been a stalwart Repub­ lican, .and has given freely of time and money to advance his HON. EDWARD N. HUriCIX.S. HON. SAMUEL H. HOLDING. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 209 party's interests. Upon two occasions he was prevailed upon to accept the nomination of his party for Congress in a district heayily Democratic, and, while defeated each time, had the sat­ isfaction of running ahead of his ticket. In 1908 he was, with­ out solicitation, placed at the head of the state ticket in Ohio as presidential elector at large. Mr. Huggins has? known many of the great men of his party and has enjoyed their confidence and respect. He is noted for his independence in politics-and in business, his idea being that in no other way can a man fully discharge his duties as a citizen. Mr. Huggins is married, his wife being a daughter of the late Dr. W. W. Ellsberry of Georgetown, O.

HON. SAMUEL H. HOLDING. IN 1896 many distinguished Democrats in Ohio refused to support William Jennings Bryan for President on account of the declaration of the Chicago platform for free silver and its condemnation of the courts. A conspicuous and effective leader in this movement was Samuel H. Holding, of Cleveland. Mr. Holding has been for many years a leading member of the bar in Ohio, and his firm, Goulder, Holding and Masten, is one of the most prominent and successful in Cleveland. Mr. Holding is a welMmown club man, and during the life-time of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, they were gfreat friends and fre­ quent companions at whist in the rooms of the Union Club, at Cleveland. Samuel Howard Holding was bora in Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania, January 27th, 1858. His pateraal ancestry were Eng­ lish, the first of whom in this countty settled in Kent county, Maryland, in 1763. His,father's birthplace was Smyrna, Dela­ ware. There he resided from 1825 to 1854, when he removed to Philadelphia. He died in February, 1865. His materaal an­ cestors were Scotch on one side and French on the other. The 14 210 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. former were among the early settlers of Baltimore and Queen Anne county, Maryland, and the latter were Huguenots who settled in Virginia, in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Mr. Holding received his education through private tutors, in the public schools and at Worrall's Academy, West Chester, Penn. In 1877 he commenced the study of law in the office of Robert Emmet Monaghan in Chester county, Penn., a man of unusually high character and very eminent in that Common­ wealth at the time. Subsequentiy he pursued his studies in the office of Daniel Dougherty in Philadelphia, a man of rare wit and eloquence and sometimes called the "silver-tongued orator," and whose nomination speech of General Hancock in the Demo­ cratic convention held at Cincinnati in 1880, is thought by many to have resulted in the nomination of "the Superb" soldier for the Presidency. Mr. Holding was admitted to the bar March 11, 1880, and shortly thereafter went to Cleveland and entered the legal de- partihent of The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway Company, and engaged largely in the trial of cases for it in twenty-two counties in Ohio and six in Indiana. He re­ signed October ist, 1886, and went into general practice in Cin­ cinnati with C. B. Matthews and Charles Greve, the firm being Matthews, Holding & Greve. On January i, 1888, he became Assistant General Attoraey of the same railway and removed to Cleveland and remained with the company for several years after it was merged with what was known as the "Big Four Railway," under the name of The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Compan;^. On December i, 1892, he was removed to Cincinnati, but resigned January i, 1893, and en­ tered into partnership with Harvey D. Goulder at Cleveland, the firm being Goulder & Holding, acting as Special Attorney for the railway company m the trial of cases in the counties through^ which it ran in Ohio, except Hamilton. On January ist, 1895, Francis J. Wing entered the firm, which became Goulder, Wing & Holding. In Febraary, 1895, Mr. Holding was offered the position of Assistant General Counsel of The Cleveland, Cin­ cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, but declined to again enter the railway service and devote his whole time to that com­ pany. He continued to act as special attoraey in Ohio and local attorney in Qeveland until 1899, when he severed his connection REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 211 with that company. January ist, 1896, the firm became Goulder & Holding and remained such untU 1898, when F. S. Masten became a member, and the firm became Goulder, Holding & Masten, and so remains. Mr. Holding has a wife and son. Mr. Holding's ancestors on both sides were Democrats and he cast his first vote for the ticket of that party in PhUadelphia in 1879. ^c continued to take a dtizen's interest in politics, but was never a candidate for or aspired to office. In 1895, upon his retura from Europe, he was eleded chairman of the Democratic Committee in Cu3rahoga county without his knowl­ edge, by the anti-Johnson wing of the party. He accepted and made the campaign of that year. He was an earaest advocate of the gold standard and in 1896 the advocates of silver were defeated in the county primaries and Mr. Holding was elected delegate to the National Convention, receiving three votes more in the County Convention that Tom L. Johnson, who was elected the other delegate. He was also selected Chairman of the Cuy­ ahoga delegation to the State Convention, and was able to carry out a plan for breaking the slate of the silver men in that con­ vention for delegates-at-large. He refused to vote for John R. McLean, whom Ohio presented as a candidate for President in the National Convention, and upon suggestion of W. C. Whit­ ney and Smith Weed, of New York, was able, with three other "gold Democrats," who were in the Ohio delegation, to defeat the silver delegate slated for Committee upon Credentials, which resulted in defeating the plan of the silver delegates to unseat the delegates-at-large from Michigan. He walked out of the Convention jijst as Ohio was about to change her vote to W. J. Bryan, and, therefore, believes he was the first man in the country to bolt that nomination. He returaed to Cleveland and resigned the Chairmanship of the County Committee. He was one of the forty-five who met at Chicago July 23, 1896, to form an organization to oppose the ticket nominated at the Chicago Convention, and was one of the sub-committee ap­ pointed to prepare the address made to the Democrats of the Union in opposition to Mr. Bryan and the platform adopted. Subsequentiy, he was Chairman of the County Convention of the National Democratic party. Chairman of the delegation elected to the State Convention, and Chairman of the State del­ egation to the National Convention held at Indianapolis. He 212 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. was thereafter made Chairman of the State Committee. Since 1896, he has voted for the candidates of the Democratic party when he thought they did not hold opinions tainted by socialism or anarchism, but has refrained from association with those' in control of the party machinety in the county because unwilling to mix Democratic principles with political fads and fancies, the creation of minds he deems uninformed or disordered, or to be pah of a ring which he thinks is boss-ridden and corrupt.

HON. WALTER B. RICHIE.

AMONG the men of northwestera Ohio, who in the mar­ velous growth of that section have accomplished much in the work of transfqrming it into a busy and prosperous portion of the state, but few have done more than Hon. Walter B. Richie. He.has been one of the pioneers that by means of development alotig all lines of commercial activity, have added to the im­ portance of a part of the commonwealth that a few years ago was far in the rear of other sections, but now teems with all of the marvels 'of the progress of the century. The development of the northwest has been one expanding miracle all the way, and among the men who have wrought and accomplished much the name of Walter B. Richie will ever rank high on the roll of honor. Whiles power in the growth of his favorite neighborhood, and a chieftain iii Democratic poUtics in Ohio, Mr. Richie has never hettl office, although often impoi;tuned to do so. He was one of the closest personal friends of the late Senator Calvin S. Brice, his political manager, and trusted implicitly by that leader of the Ohio .Democracy, whqse untimely death left no more sin­ cere mourner than Mr. Richie. At his home in Lima, WaUer JRichie is a most respected dtizen, his acts of benevolence and charity being almost unlimited, the extent of which is only known to the redpients, for his right hand never knows what his left hand doeth. Walter Buckingham Richie was born on a farm in Van Wert county, Ohio, January 24, 1851. His father, Mirabeau HON. WALTER B. RICHIE.

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Richie, was a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, and Grand­ father Richie was a native of Maryland, moving to Columbiana county about 1800. He was a blacksmith by trade and his grandson, Walter B. Richie, has a broad-axe made by him. The father, Mirabeau Richie, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, hewed the timber from the forests on farjns in Crawford and Van Wert counties, and died in the latter county in 1892, aged 85 years. The mother, nee Sarah Eaton, of EngUsh arid Welsh extraction, was a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, and died in 1900, aged 97 years. Walter B. Richie received some of his education in the pub­ lic schools, but his father and mother, both high school teachers, were the largest factors in his scholastic course, his older brothers and sisters, also all teachers, assisting in the work. He read law with the firm of BaUard & Richie, of Lima, Ohio, and was admitted to practice in 1875 at Lima, and has practiced the profession ever since. On February 20, 1877, Mr. Richie married Miss Catherme Eaton, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and the couple are blessed with one daughter, Nellie Richie Galvin, the wife of a newspaper man in Lima, and one granddaughter, Catherine Richie Galvin. Mr. Richie was Grand Chancellor'of the Knights of Pythias of Ohio 1883-84, arid Supreme Chancellor of the order in the United States, 1894-96. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, an Elk, Odd Fellow, and is identified with the Independent Order, of Red Men. Mr. Richie is vice president of the First National Bank of Lima, and president of the Business Men's club, of Lima, a social and commercial organization. In an active career of nearly a half century, Mr. Richie has always been active for the improvement of his home town, and every enterprise estab­ lished in Lima has had the endorsement and backing of the organization of which Mr. Richie is the honored head. In the services commemorating the birth of the late Presi­ dent McKinley, Hon. Walter B. Richie was one of the orators at the joint meeting of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, hdd in tiie hall of tiie House, on the 29th of January, 1908, and his address on that occasion was one of the most beautiful ever heard on a similar occasion. As he mounted the dais the speaker bowed to Governor Harris, (who had taken a seat in the audi- 214 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

ence after finishing his own eulogy of the martyred President,) and said: "William McKinley held the sweetest and grandest place in the hearts of the people of this country. (Governor Harris, you have told the stoty of his life like a sweet dream. Do you know why you told it so well ? It is because you are the daily echo in your daily life of that sweet dream."

HON. JAMES M 'WILUAMS,

PRESIDENT of the Ohio Senate, was bora in Plainfield, Coshocton county, Ohio, July 22, 1850. His father, Heslip Williams, a leading physician of Coshocton county, was a native of Ohio and a member of the House of Representatives of this State in 1845 and 1846, and of the Senate in 1854 and 1855. His grandfather, Levi Williams, was a native of'Staunton, Va. He came to this State as a Captain in General Wayne's army at the time of the establishment of the Greenville treaty line. His great-grand­ father, David Williams, and his great-great-grandfather, Richard Williams, were both in the Colonial army during the War of the Revolution, and were in General Washington's army at the sur­ render of Yorktown. His ancestors on the paternal side came originally from England, settiing in Virginia. His - mother, whose maiden name was Charlotte Miskimen, was also a native of Ohio. Her father, James Miskimen, came to Ohio in 1803 from Washington county, Maryland. Mr. Williams' education was obtained in the common schools of his native county, at the Newcomerstown, Ohio, High school uid at Allegheny CoUege, Meadville, Pa., where he graduated in the class of 1873^ He studied law in the office of Judge J, C. Pomerene, of Coshocton, and was admitted to the bar in September, 1875. He practiced law at Coshocton until. 1888, when he removed to Cleveland. He enlisted as a private soldier in Company C, Third United States Cavalry, during the late Civil War, when he was only 13 years old, and served in cam­ paigns in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. In 1883 Mr. WiUiams edited the Revised Statutes of Ohio, in three volumes,. HON. JAMES M. WILLIAMS.

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which was afterwards adopted by the General Assembly and furnished to the judiciary and all the other State and county officers. In 1885 he was elected a member of the House of Rep­ resentatives of this State. While in the Legislature he was a member of the Committee on Judiciary, Revision of the Laws and PubUc Works, and was Chairman of the special committee which prepared a code of parliamentary law for the Ohio House of Representatives. He drafted the statute passed in 1885 providing for the organization and jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts of the State, and the con­ stitutional amendment adopted in the same year changing the time of holding the State elections from October to November; also, the proposed constitutional amendments submitted in 1889, providing for biennial elections and for single legislative dis­ tricts. He is the author of the laws, passed in 1887, defining the rights and liabilities of husband and wife; how a married person may sue and be sued in courts of record; and exempting every honorably discharged soldier from the two days' labor then required on the publid highways. Mr. Williams is well known as a practitioner before the Supreme Court of Ohio. He has appeared frequentiy before the court in causes involving important constitutional questions. His arguments have always been characterized by clear ^nd forcible statement, searching analysis, and great argumentative power. In the notable case of Cope vs. Foraker, Govemor, the issue was the adoption or rejection of the biennial elections amendment to the constitution; and the plaintiff applied for a writ of mandamus to compel the Goveraor to declare by proc­ lamation the amendment adopted, because it received a majority of the votes cast directly on the question, though not a majority of all the votes cast at the election. The utmost interest was felt in the decision, and few abler and more ingenious arguments were ever made before the Supreme Court than that of Mr. Wil­ liams in behalf of the adoptipn of the amendment. Equal praise was elicited by his argument before the court in the application for a mandamus in State vs. Sawyer, Sheriff of Cuyahoga county. The points made by Mr. Williams in a masterly argu­ ment were sustained, and the unanimous decision of the court was that proclamation must issue, and four Common Pleas Judges 216 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

be elected for Cuyahoga county, with the other county officials, in November, 1889, instead of 1890. In 1905 he was elected one of the Senators from the Cleve­ land district, and on the organization of the General Assembly, he was unanimously chosen President of the Senate pro tempore, and on the death of Goveraor John M. Pattison and the suc­ cession of Lieutenant-Goveraor Harris to the goveraorship, he became Lieutenant-Goveraor and President of the Senate. Mr. Williams is admittedly one of the ablest constitutional lawyers in the State, and is considered to be one of the most thoroughly equipped and skillful parliamentarians that ever pre­ sided over the Senate. His brief address at the close of the session showed the high ideals he had attempted to follow as presiding officer and was a model of manly candor and a most touching fareweU to the Senate. Mr. Williams was married in 1881 to Miss Mary S. Brock- way, of Chautauqua County, New York. Mrs. WUliams died in 1897, leaving one ^hild, Lois Brockway Williams. Himself and daughter constitute his family. His home is at No. 2127 East looth St., Cleveland.

HON. ULYSSES S. BRANDT. THE Ohio Senate of the 77th General Assembly was dis­ tinguished for the number of able and conscientious men con­ tained therein who were devoted to the interests of. the people, and among them was the Senator from Franklin county, Hon. Ulysses Sherman Brandt, who in part represented the Tenth Senatorial district. Young, vigorous and always alert, Senator Brandt took an active part in the business of the body, and his voice and his Vote were always conscientious on every public question. Two of the most important bill^f the session were those relating to county salaries and the regulation of the banks of Ohio, and both measures show the impress of the Senator from Franklin. Senator Brandt was born on a farm in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 3, 1869. His father, Jesse H. Brandt, served his countty faithfully as Captain of Company A, 46th O. V. I., HON. ULYSSES S. BRANDT. HON. RICHARD A. BEATTY. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 217 during the late Civil War. His ancestors on both sides immi­ grated to America about 1740, being a part of that great influx from Europe who sought freedom in America. Both his pateraal and materaal grandfathers participated in the Revolu- tionaty War, and made a record of which their descendants may well feel proud. As a boy Senator Brandt worked on a farm, attending the district school, completing a course of study in the high school, and rounding out his scholastic career by graduating from Ohio State University in 1895, where he took high honors in debat­ ing and oratory. He attended law school at Ohio State Uni­ versity and Michigan University at Ann Arbor, being admitted to practice his profession of law in Ohio in 1901. He was su­ perintendent of the public schools at Canal Winchester, Ohio, for three years, and taught in Columbus East High school seven years. He began his political career in 1905 when he was nom­ inated and elected as a Republican to the State Senate, where he served with honor as Chairman of the Committee on Col­ leges and Universities, and member of the Judiciary Committee. In July, 1902, he was married to Miss Josephine Chapev, of Canal Winchester, who, with their infant child, died" in April, 1904. Senator Brandt is a member of the Masonic order, and a leading worker in the ranks of the Knights of Pythias.

HON. RICHARD A. BEATTY, THE Senator from Wood county, who has the honor of rep­ resenting in part the Thirty-third district, came to the Sen­ ate without any previous legislative experience, but in his first term impressed aU with a high regard for his worth as a mem­ ber of that body and a citizen. His record is above reproach, and during his service he stood sponsor to much excellent leg­ islation. Hon, Richard Alexander Beatty was born at White Oak Springs, Butler county. Pa., Feb. 23, 1859. His father was Wil- 218 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

liam Beatty, born in Scotiand, who when but a few weeks old was taken to Belfast, Ireland, where he lived until he came to America in 1845, and settled in Butler county. Pa. His mother, Mary Jan,e Coulter, was a native of Dublin, Ireland, came to this country in 1844, and settled iri Pittsburg, Pa. Senator Beatty lived the life of a farmer's b)^ until he reached the age of 16 years, then going to the country and high schools and graduated at HarrisvUle, Pa. Hie afrefward took a course in pharmacy at Buffalo, N. Y., and went into the drag business at Bradford, Pa. Soon after the oil business engaged his attention, and he began operations in that branch of in­ dustry, having been engaged in it ever since, a period of about thirty-two years. He is one of the most prominent oil operators in his section of the State, and has large interests in other parts of the country in the oil traffic. He has been actively connected with the Democratic party aU of his life, but was never elected to an office until chosen Senator at the election in 1905. In 1878 he married Miss Minerva Cassiday, of Berkeyville, Pa., and one daughter was the result of that union. She is happily married and lives at Bowl­ ing Green, Ohio. Mrs. Beatty died in 1896, and in 1904 Senator Beatty married Miss Rose McClurkin, of Princeton, Ind. Senator Beatty was chairman of the Committee of Banks and Savings Societies, and member of the Enrollment, Fees and Salaries. Insurance, Labor, Mines and Mining and Railroad and Telegraph, Municipal Corporations and Public Works Commit­ tees, as well as serving as one of the members of the Senate Committee charged with investigating the charges preferred by Senator Meek in relation to the Ohio public schools. At the first session of the Assembly he introduced the biU repealing the inheritance tax law, and had it enacted into a law. In the second session he introduced the income tax bill. The law providing for the purchase of the rifle range for the Ohio National Guard at Port Clinton was the creation of Senator Beatty, and he also offered a bill providing for the filing of chattel mortgages in the office of the county recorder.

CINCINNATI INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.

1) HON. B. F. GAYMAN. 4) HON. JOSHU.V E. RUSSELL. 2) HON. THOMAS M. BERRY. 5) HON. EDWIN L. LVBARGER. 3) HON. GEORGE B. NYE. (J) HON. FK.WK W. VAN DUSEN. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 21^

HON. THOMAS M. BERRY. FOR strict attention to duty, constant attendance and a prac­ tical knowledge of legislation affecting the interests of the people, Hon. Thomas M. Berry, of Allen county, stands in the front rank of Ohio legislators of recent years. The impress of his work is found upon the statutes enacted into laws since he entered the Senate as a member ^of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly in 1904, and he has been a factor in the legislation of his time. Honest and conscientious, with a rare grasp of affairs, Senator Berry was considered one of the ablest members of the two deliberative bodies in which he served. Hon. Thomas M. Berry was born on a farm in Jennings township. Van Wert county, Ohio, July 29, 1859. His father, Joseph Berry, was a native of Champaign county, Ohio, and died in 1892. His mother, nee Mary Jane Fitzpatrick, was a native of New York, and came to Ohio with her parents and settied in Auglaize county. She was of Irish descent. The Sen­ ator's pateraal ancestors were of German descent. Both of his parents were educated at the Institution for the Deaf at Columbus. The Senator was educated in the common schools of the district where he was bora, and worked on the farm until 1897, when he assumed the duties of Auditor of Van Wert county, having been elected the previous faU. He was re-elected and served six years. He served as a member of the board of educa­ tion, constable and township clerk in the township of his birth, and still owns the home farm, which includes the building where he first attended school. He was nominated and elected on the Democratic ticket to the Ohio Senate from the Thirty-steond district in 1903, and re­ elected in 1905, without opposition in both campaigns. He was particularly active and interested in the county salary bill that became a law in 1906, and served as chairman of the Committee on Fees and Salaries, and member of Finance, Roads and High­ ways, Agriculture, County Affairs, Drainage and Irrigation and Taxation committees. Senator Berry was also a member of the Insurance Commission that codified the laws relating to life insurance companies, that became laws during the second session of the Seventy-seventh assembly. 220 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

On October i6, 1880, Senator Berry married Miss Minnie Louise Woolford, of Spencerville, Allen county, and thirteen children have been bora of the union, twelve of whom are stiU living, two sons and ten daughters—Ada, Beatrice, Grace, Norma, JoHm, Anna, Eunice, NelUe, Hazel, Lester Beraice and Jessie—and Malachi, aged 18, who is dead. Senator Berty is identified with the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fdlows, and he is also a member of other fraternal societies. Senator Berry is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

HON. DANIEL W. CRIST. BY reason of his activity in the movements for a new State Libraty building, a Governor's mansion, and larger quarters for the various departments of the state service. Senator Crist has become one of the best known members of the upper branch of the Legislature. He also came into prominence by introducing and having enacted into law the bill creating a bureau of forestty, which already is doing valuable work for the preservation of existing forests and the promotion of the forestry movement. He also is the author of the pure food and drug bill, one of the important measures of the session, and in all ways has been helpful and industrious in the interests of good legislation. Daniel Webster Crist was born in New Chambersburg, Co­ lumbiana county, Ohio, November 28, 1857. His ancestry on both sides was German, but his father was a native of Maryland, coming to Stark county, Ohio,, in 1827. His paternal grand­ father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His mother, Mary Ruff, was a granddaughter of Rudolf^ Bair, the first rep­ resentative of Columbiana county in the State Legislature, in the year 1803. She was a great-granddaughter of Michael Zehner, who was a member of General Washington's staff in the straggle for the independence of the colonies, and who, having a fleet horse, carried the news of independence from Philadelphia to western Pennsylvania. This great-grandfather settied in Columbiana county in 1804, bringing with him eleven children. HON. DANIEL W. CRIST. HON. MARSHALL N. DUVAL. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 221

Senator Crist was educated in the country schools of Co­ lumbiana county and attended the Northwestern Ohio University at Ada, where he was graduated in 1882 with the degree of B. S. He taught school for fourteen years, when his health failing, he became a professor of music, soon developing a talent for composing piano and church music He probably is the most proUfic author of music in Ohio, having published fifteen song books for schools, churches and Sunday schools, and twelve different volumes of piano mtisic. Mr. Crist was elected a Representative from Columbiana county in the 75th and 76th General Assemblies, and a Senator from the 20th-22d district in the 77th. The district having but one Senator in the 78th, he retired in favor of his colleague, Senator DuVal, whose nomination he seconded. He was mar­ ried to Miss Maty A., Reed, of Columbiana county, September 10, 1882. They have one daughter, Myrtie M., and two S

HON. MARSHALL N. DUVAL. THE sessions of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly were marked by the delivety of two speeches that wiU be re­ membered as the most forceful and cogent of any delivered in the Ohio Senate during the two winters. Reference is had to the arguments of Hon. MarshaU N. DuVal, of Jefferson, against the proposed repeal of the direct inheritance law; and the powerful appeal of the same gentleman for the passage of the Rose county local option bill. They both commanded the attention of a listening Senate, and placed the speaker in the van of the able debaters of the upper house. MarshaU Ney DuVal was bora at Wellsburg, W. Va., March 10, 1873. His father, WiUiam G. DuVal, was a native of West Virgitvla and came to Ohio when the boy was about eight years old, settiing at BriUiant, Jefferson county, Ohio. He was a de­ scendant of French revolutionaty stock. The mother, Henrietta Stewart, was a native of Ohio, but married in West Virginia. 222 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

She died when Marshall was an infant. His paternal grand­ mother was a niece of John MarshaU, the great Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and his grand-unde, Gabriel DuVal, of Maryland, served as associate justice on the Supreme bench with Chief Justice Marshall. Senator DuVal received his given name from his grandmother. He was educated in the country and village schools, the WeUsburg high school, teaching school subsequently, when he supplemented his education with a course at Mt. Union and Sdo Colleges, and Ohio Northera University, taking a law course at Ohio State University, and was admitted to the bar in 1904, at Columbus, after serving two terms as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was nominated and elected as a Republican to the Sev­ enty-fourth General Assembly of Ohio, and re-elected to the Seventy-fifth, serving as chairman of the Committee on Cor­ porations, and member of the Railroads and Telegraphs and Fi­ nance Commitees. In 1905 he was nominated and elected Senator from the Twentieth-Twenty-second district and renom­ inated for a second term in 1908, serving as a member of the Judiciary and Common School Committees. During the term of his legislative service he introduced and passed the teachers' minimum salary law, and the measure providing for non-parti­ sanship in the selection of members of school boards, which is considered a long step along the line of removing the schools from the field of politics. He was chosen a delegate to the Na­ tional Republican Convention of 1908. Senator DuVal is a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Knights of Pythias and Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Phi organiza­ tions, allying himself with these two latter organizations during his college life. Senator DuVal is an eligible bachelor.

HON. BENJAMIN F. GAYMAN.

MODEST and unassuming but positive and determined, hav­ ing the courage of his convictions, Benjamin Franklin Gayman was, in point of influence and standing, one of the leading mem- HON. BEN F. GAYMAN.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 223 bers of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. Throughout his pubUc life, in fact, his successes have been due as much to the impression of trustworthiness and confidence he inspires as they have to his persistent, intelligent, conscientious effort. In all the Unes of his life's activities Mr. Gayman invariably is to be found on the side of right-doing, of good morals and of good government. That is the basis upon which his career was found­ ed and it is the path upon which he always travels toward the goal of betterment of his country and of his fellow-men. Benjamin Franklin Gayman was' bora at Canal Winchester, Ohio, March 6, 1858. His paternal ancestors were Quakers and among the earUest settlers of Pennsylvania, while his mother's ancestors were pioneers of Maryland. The Ga3mian family, com­ prised at that time of the mother, seven sons and one daughter, came to Ohio in 1843 ^^^ settled at Canal Winchester, where many descendants stiU reside. Benjamin was educated in the public schools of the village, after which he continued his studies for three years under a private instructor, dui;ing which time he also served a three years' apprenticeship at the printer's trade in the office of the Winchester Times, of which paper he after­ ward became the owner. He continued in the newspaper bus­ iness for 32 years, until, in January, 1907, he disposed of his publishing interests entirely. Mr. Grayman served as a member'of the village council and was four times elected mayor of Canal Winchester without op­ position. In 1891 he was elected to represent Franklin county in the Seventieth General Assembly; was renominated for the same office in 1893, but defeated in the general landslide of that year; was renominated and re-elected in 1895 and 1897, in,the latter year receiving a majority of 1,900. In 1905, while he was making a tour of the West, the Senatorial convention nominated him by acclamation to represent the Tenth district (Franklin and Pickaway counties) in the State Senate, and he was elected, being the only Democrat in the delegation of six members to which the county and district are entitied in the present General Assembly. He has served his party at various times on political committees. In 1881 Mr. Gayman was married to Miss Sallie C. Miller, daughter of a Canal Winchester business man. Three sons were 224 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

bora to them, but all died in infancy. Mr. Gayman is a.Masoh and K. of P., and has represented both orders in the Grand Lodges.

HON. EDWARD A. HAFNER. IN dealing with the finances of Ohio, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance is the real watch-dog of the treas- uty, for it is his committee that has finally to vise the miUions that are spent annually for the support of the various depart­ ments and penal and benevolent institutions. It is not too much to say that Hon. Edward A. Hafner, Democrat, of Hamilton county, who held this post of honor and responsibiUty during the two sessions of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, per­ formed his important duties in a way that marked him especially weU fitted for the task. He neglected no interest that was en­ titled to the care of the state. He cut off much needless expend­ iture. His record in that regard is above reproach, and he set a high mark for his successors. Hon. Edward August Hafner was bom in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 9, 1872. His father was John A. Hafner, a wholesale grocer, who, in 1874, went to Kansas to engage in ranching, and lived there until his death in 1895. The Hafner family went to Kansas in 1891, and Edward went with them, living there until 1897, when he returned to the city of his birth. His pateraal grandfather, John A. Hafner, was bora in Wurtemburg, Germany, and came to Cincinnati in about 1840. The mother of Senator Hafner was a native of Ohio, but her father was bora and reared in Alsace-Lorraine. Senator Hafner secured his education in the common schools of Qncinnati, high schools of Kansas, Central CoUege at Enterprise, Kan.. Wichita University, Kansas State Normal School, and the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1892 in law, with the degree of LL. B. He was first admitted to practice law in Kansas, and afterward in Ohio. Previous to his election to the State Senate in the fall of 1905, Senator Hafner had never held a pubUc office. As a member of the Senate, in addition to being chairman of HON. EDWARD A. HAFNER. HON". JOHN W. HARPER. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 225

the Committee on Finance, he is a member of the Committees on Banks and Savings Assodations, Claims, Enrollment, Fish Culture and Game, Judiciaty, and Railroads and Telegraph. S^ator Hafner is a bachelor, never having married. He is a member of the Masonic frateraity, a Shriner, and h^ is identi­ fied with other frateraal organizations.

HON. JOHN W. HARPER. A KINDLY, sympathetic gentieman of the old school, with broad, humanitarian views, a wide popularity that has endeared him to an ever-widening circle of friends, and a record that is without spot or blemish, such is the story of the life of Senator John, W. Harper. His Ufe has been an open bbok, which -all may read and profit by, fuU of good deeds, with no animosity for any man, but with a wide .and catholic view of Ufe, and mem­ ories of three-quarters of a century well and profitably spent. John Wesley Harper was bora in Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. II, 1830. His father, Henry Harper, a native of Maryland, came to Chillicothe, Ohio, iti| 1808, and later moved to Indiana and lived and died there. Grandfather WiUiam Harper was a native of Maryland, and a soldier in the War of the Revolution, serving with Washington at Valley Forge, and engaging in the battles at Brandywine and Trenton. He is buried at IndianapoUs, Ind. The mother, Mary Osborae, was of Virginia birth, and her ancestry dates back to the first settiement of the Old Domin­ ion. His paternal ancestors were of English descent. Senator Harper was educated in private schools, and was a schoolmate and boyhood friend of General Lew Wallace, con­ tinuing in that happy rdation until the death of the General at Crawfordsville, Ind. Young Harper attended a seminary school at IndianapoUs, then worked in various occupations as a boy, when he removed to Cincinnati in 1852, engaging as a salesman in a wholesale clothing house, afterward a partner in the bus­ iness, retiring fi^m its activities in 1886. Senator Harper served as Colonel on the militaty staff of 16 226 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Goveraor Hoadly, and did excellent service in queUing the famous Court House riots in Cincinnati in 1884, receiving special commendation from the Goveraor for his work. In 1862 he was a member of the "Pearl Street Rifles" of Cindnnati, and this was the first company to report to General Lew Wallace for service against Kirby Smith, in defense of Cincinnati, when the Queen City was threatened by the_ rebel forces. He has been President of the Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution, and active in promoting the dramatic interests of Cindnnati. Febraaty 7, i860,' Senator Harper married Miss .Jennie ElUs, of Tippecanoe county, Ind., and three children sprang from the union, one son and two daughters, aU living. The happy couple have nine grandchildren living. Senator Harper is a Mason, the first charter member of Avon Lodge, Avondale, Cincinnati, and a member of the Unitarian Church, Cindnnati, for half a century. He is the author of the bill for the locatiotl and erection of a Home for Crippled and De­ formed Children of Ohio. In 1886 Senator Harper was appointed trustee of the Co­ lumbus State Hospital by Goveraor Foraker, and reappointed by Governor. Campbell in 1890. He held the same post under Governor McKinley, when he resigned. He has also served as a member of the State Board of Equalization from Hamilton county and was elected on the Democratic ticket to the Ohio Sen­ ate of Seventy-third General Assembly and also chosen as a Democrat to tiie 77th General Assembly, receiving in this last election the largest vote cast for Senator in Hamilton comity. Senator Harper was chairman of the Committee on Benevolent Institutions, a work in which he has been actively interested all of his life, and a member of the Insurance and Public Works Committees. He has been for many years a trastee of the Ohio Historical and Archaeological Sodety.

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HON. SYLVESTER LAMB. IN the strenuous politics of our time, to hold the responsible post of arbiter between the two leading parties of Ohio, in the highest legislative body in the commonwealth, is an honor that comes to but few men. To exerdse the duties of that distin­ guished post to the credit of the State, and to the satisfaction of his colleagues, is a stiU higher meed of praise, and this can in all fairaess be said of Sylvester Lamb, the Independent Dem­ ocrat, who represented the Thirty-fourth (Toledo) district4n the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. With rare go6d judg-v ment an.d equal poise he has held the scales of deUberation be­ tween the opposing parties, and to his judidal mind and sense of fairness can be laid the fact that some of the most important measures of the session were enacted. Senator Lamb comes from a strain of distinguished blood in the history of Ohio. His grandfather, Major Jacob Lamb> was a soldier in the Indian wars, and emigrated from Rockingham county, Virgrinia, to Fairfield county, Ohio, about 1801. His mother's name was Mary Trimble, bom in Fairfiefd county; and she lived and died there. Her father, William Trimble, was a relative of Governor AUeft Trimble, who came to Fair- field county, Ohio, from near Carlisle, Pa. (Cumberland county), in 1802, and died there. He assisted in establishing the first Presbyterian church in Lancaster. Grandfather Trimble was one of the sturdy pioneers of Ohio, and a member of the Ohio Senate, 1810-17, when sessions were held in Chillicothe and Columbus.. The Lambs were of EngUsh extraction; the Trimbles were Scotch. Senator Lamb was born in Rushville, Fairfield county, Ohio, August 21, 1853. His father was Peter Lamb, also a native of Fairfield county, a well-known farmer, who spent his Ufe in that county, and is buried there. Before emigrating to Ohio the Lamb family was among the leaders in thought and action in the Shenandoah Valley, Va. Senator Lamb when a boy worked OA the home farm, going to school in the winter, until he was 21 years old. He after­ ward atiended Fairfield Union Academy, taught school for two years, and graduated from Cincinnati Law school in the class of 1879. He was admitted to practice in Qndnnati, the same REPftESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

year, going to Tolejdo where he at once established himself in the practice of his profession. Soon afterward he entered the employ of different railways working to secure right-of-way. The public ser/ice of Senator Lamb began in 1892 when he was elected City Clerk of Toledo, a position he held for two years. In 1905 he Mras nominated and elected as an Independent Democrat to the Sate Senate, receiving almost as many Re­ publican as Democratic votes. As a member of the Senate he Was assigned to many important committee positions, being chair­ man of the Commit :ee on Railroads and Telegraphs; and mem­ ber of the Committees on Finance, of Judiciaty, and Insurance, Banks and Savings Societies, and Municipal Affairs. Senator Lamb has never ma-ried. He is a staunch member of the Presbyterian Church, and has for many years beetii affiliated with the ColUngwood Avenue Presbyterian Church^ Toledo, and he assisted very materially in its organization.

HON.I GORDON F. LAUMAN. IN the make-up bf a deliberative assembly, the quiet man has an important and Iccmspicuous place, and in the last analysis the member who is constant in his attention to his public duties, and takes intelligent interest in what is going on around him, wUl have contributed as much to the orderly and ifiteUigent dis­ patch of the public business as one who often Ufts his voice in speech. Hon. Gordon F. Lauman, who has served two terms in the Ohio Senate from the Seventh District, is such a man- not urging his personality upon those about him, and taking but littie part in debate, but standing as a wall for proper legisla- tion and the interests of %\l concerned. As such a potent, but quiet force, he will be rer iiiembered. Gordon Frank Laur was bora in Fleming county, Ky., Nov. 17, 1840. His fathei^ was George M. Lauman, bora in York, Pa., in 1805. He was a tanner, and taken to Chillicothe, Ohio, by his father, Baraet Latunan, at the age of fiv^ years. His great-grandfather was Christopher Lauman, a soldier of the Revolution. George M. Lauman was reared in Chillicothe, and learaed HON. GORDON F. LAUMAN.

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the tanner's trade there. He afterward married Anna Shanklin, in Fleming county, Ky. There were dght children from this marriage, three sons and five daughters, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third child. The family left Kentucky in 1845, and went to Aberdeen, Ohio, where Mr. Lauman worked at his trade. In 1846 he went to ChiUicothe, and in 1849 removed to Waverly, and carried on a tannery for G. and "G. L. Armstrong, where he remained until his death. Gordon F. Lauman went to school in ChiUicothe and Wav­ erly, and in 1850 went to woric at Emmitt's MiUs, tending gate at $5 a month. He afterward became a cob-picker and head- sheller, then going into Emmitt's store where he worked for ten years. He enlisted April 17, in Co. G., Ohio Volunters, for three months, and June 17, of that year was wounded at the battie of Vienna, Va., near Alexandria, a solid shot striking his gun and completely shattering his hand. His injuries were so severe that he was^. discharged from the service at the expira­ tion of his term. Upon his return from the army he re-entered James Em­ mitt's employ and remained there until 1864, when he became Provost Marshal. He then went to Jasper, and clerked for Peter B. Hayes, until 1872^ Thence he went to Portsmouth, and from there to Bear Creek, Scioto county, where he invested in a general store there and carried it on until 1900. Here he en­ gaged in buying and seUing railroad ties and accumulated a competency and he served as township treasurer and postmaster. Senator Lauman was first married October 6, 1864, to Mary Lucretia Watkins, daughter of John Watkins, and she died Oc­ tober 22, 1892. On November 28, 1895, he was married to Mary E. Dever, daughter of Jo.seph and Rebecca Dever of Scioto county. Senator Lauman has always been a Republican, and is affiliated with the orders of the Masons and Elks. He is a lib­ eral min|ded, pubUc-spirited citizen, and always ready to aid in any. good cause. It has always been a matter of regret to him that his hon- opible wounds received in the service of his country during the war, incapacitated him from further service in the field. No man has a higher regard for his comrades of that great struggle. 280 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

HON. CHARLES LAWYER. ONE of the most eloquent and potent addresses made in the Ohio Senate during the second session of the 77th General As­ sembly was by Senator Lawyer in advocacy of the Initiative and Referendum, and he was listened to with rapt attention by aU. Senator Lawyer has lived about all of his life on the his­ toric Western Reserve, up in famous old Ashtabula county, Ohio, but he was bora at Pennline, Crawford county, Pa., De­ cember 7, 1857. His father, Charles Lawyer, a native of Mer­ cer county. Pa., came to Ohio and settled at Andover, Ashtabula county, in 1865. He was one of the Republican pioneers in that section of the state. His mother, Caroline Brown, was a native of New York State, but his paternal ancestors were from Germany, and his materaal of Welsh extraction. Mr. Lawyer was educated in the common schools and at­ tended the high school at Jefferson., Ashtabula county, going af­ terward to Michigan University, at Ann Arbor, where he took a law course, graduating in 1883, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Out of college he at once took up the study of his profession, and he read law with Hon. W. P. Howland, one of the most distinguished attorneys of the Western Reserve, whose record is blazed imperishably on the history of that part of Ohio. In 1883, before the Supreme Court of Ohio, Senator Lawyer was admitted to practice. He has been in the legal harness ever since, at Jefferson. His political career began in 1884. when he was chosen City Solicitor of Jefferson, serving two terms. He was then elected Prosecuting Attoraey of Ashtabula county, a position he filled with credit for two terms also. In 1905 he was nominated and elected one of the Republican Senators ircm the Twenty-fourth-Twenty-sixth district, and began his service in Januaty, 1906. He is chairrnan of the Committee on Labor, and a member of the Judiciary, Fees and Salaries and Agricul­ tural committees. As a worker in committees he was industrious and no Senator stood higher for studious and constant service. In addition to his advocacy of the initiative and referendum, Senator Lawyer endeared himself to the old soldiers of the State by introducing a bill allowing county commissioners t'o aid HON. CHARLES LAWYER. HON. WILLIAM H. MECK. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 231

Grand Army Posts in a financial way for the proper celebra­ tion of Memorial Day. The married life of Senator Lawyer is most happy. In 1886 he married Miss Flora A. Lindsley, of Jefferscm, Ohio, and they have one daughter. Miss Leah Lawyer, who was bora De­ cember 26, 1893. Senator Lawyer has been renominated for a second term, and his record the first years of his service argues that he will be of stiU further usefulness in the Ohio Senate.

HON. WILLIAM H. MECK. ONE of the most conscientious and faithful members of the Senate in the 77th General Assembly, was William H. Meek, who represented the 3d district composed of Montgomery and Preble counties. He is a forceful speaker, keen of analysis and fearless when he believes himself to be in the right. It is in­ dicative of the character of the man to say that he enjoyed the respect and esteem even of those members from whom he dif­ fered upon questions of politics and public policy. His sincerity and devotion to what he regarded as matters of prindple com­ pelled these sentiments from his colleagues. William Henry Meek was bora on a farm near Broken* sword, Crawford county, Ohio, June 19, 1865, his parents be­ ing of German descent. He continued on the farm until he was 16 years old, attending the district school. In the fall of 1881 he entered the Ohio Northera University at Ada. teaching in the raral schools in the winter and attending the university in the summer. In 1891 he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and was graduated in 1894 with high honors given on the basis of scholarship. During the summers of 1902, 1903 and 1904 he attended the law school at Ann Arbor, Mich., com­ pleting two years' work, and was admitted to the bar in 1904. Mr. Meek is widely and favorably known as an able edu­ cator. He has been principal of high schools at Wapakoneta, Kent and Sidney, and for the past thirteen years he has been connected with the Steele high school at Dayton. In 1898, in recognition of his high standing in educational 23S REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

circles, Mr. Meek was appointed a member of the state board of school examiners for the term of five years, and at its ex­ piration he was reappointed to another full term. He was elected a member of the State Senate from Montgomety and Preble counties in 1905. Mr. Meek was happily married to Miss Florence A. Borg- hardt, a handsome and popular young lady of Dayton, Novem­ ber 30, 1905, and they have one child, Florence Eleanor, bora December 18, 1906. Besides being a member of various teachers' assodations, Mr. Meek is a member of the official board of Grace M. E Church, Dayton, belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Ben Hur Tribe, and is a 32d degree Mason.

HON. JOSHUA E. RUSSELL. THE family of Senator Joshua Edward Russell was among the pioneers of Shelby -county, Ohio, where his father, WiUiam A. RusseU, a stockdealer, and his mother, Laura A> Beck, both were bora. His pateraal ancestors emigrated from Ireland to Virginia, while his materaal ancestors were of German descent, settiing in Pennsylvania when they came to America. The son, Joshua Edward, was bora on a farm in Turtle Creek township, Shelby county, August 9, 1866. He was edudited in the, country schools and was graduated from the Sidney high school at the age of 18. He taught school for two years and then entered the law office of Congressman Geo. A. Marshall of Sidney. He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and has been engaged in the practice of his profession since that time. It is a high tribute to the personal abiUty and integrity of Senator Russell, and to the esteem and respect in which his col­ leagues hold him, that he was the one Republican Senator se­ lected to be a member of the important committee to inves­ tigate the affairs of Cincinnati and Hanulton county. His first public office was as a member of the Sidney board of educa­ tion, in which position he served several years. He was city solicitor of Sidney for two terms. A striking iUustration of his HON. JOSHUA E. RUSSELL. HON. MILTON E. RATHBURN. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 233 popularity in his own community is shown by the fact that as the Rq>ubUcan candidate for state senator in the 12th district, in the year 1905, he was elected by a majority of 50 votes, al­ though Goveraor Pattison, Democrat, carried the district by 2,325 votes. Since becoming a member of the state senate, Mr. RusseU has done efficient and industrious service as a member of the standing committees on taxation, common schools, banks and banking and fees and salaries. He is the author of one of the most important biUs of the legislative session, that providing regulation for building and loan assodations, organizations which come doser to the common people than do even banks themsjelves. Senator RusseU was married to Miss Jennie C. Laughlin of Sidney, May 10, 1894. They have one daughter, Carrie L., bora Febritaty 27, 1897. The senator is Past Chancellor of the K. qf P., and is a member of the Elks and is a Scottish Rite Mason.

HON. MILTON E. RATHBURN. THE first session of the Seventy-seventh Assembly saw the enactment of what is known as the "Two Cent Fare BUI," that became a law in response to a general public demand, and had a wide influence on the railways of Ohio. The author of the first bUl providmg for two cent fare in phiowasHon.M.E. Rath- bum of Meigs county. The measure passed the Senate, and afterward a similar measure fathered by Representative Freiner, was approved by the House. In tiie interest of cheaper rail­ road fares. Senator Rathbura waived his own bill and supported the Freiner bill> which was practically the same as his own. Senator Rathburii was generally complimented for his unsdfish- ness in the matter. Milton Edgar Rathbura was bora at Rutland, Meigs county, Ohio, Dec. i, i860. His father, Joseph Newton Rath- bum, also a native of Ohio, died at Middleport, in 1896. His paternal ancestors were EngUsh. Maty E. Austin his mother, is a native of Ohio, stiU living in Meigs county. Her ancestty 234 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

was also EngUsh. Senator Rathburn was educated in the com­ mon schools at Rutland, and worked in bis father's general store while going to school. He has been engaged in merchan­ dising ever since, operating stores at Middleport, as well as at Rutland. Senator Rathbura has ever been active to the inter­ ests of the Republican party in his county and district, but never held any political office until he was appointed trastee of the Athens State Hospital by Governor Herrick, which position he resided when elected Senator from the Eighth district in 1905. He lias been renominated for a second term. While a member of the Senate, Senator Rathbura served as Chairman of the Committee on Medical CoUeges, and was a niember of the Finance, Taxation, Roads and Highways, Pris­ ons and Prison Reform Committees, as well as enjoying other minor committee assignments. Senator Rathbura was one of the hard-working members of the Senate, and enjoyed the con- 'fidence and esteem of his colleagues. In politics, he is an un­ compromising Republican. On the 30th of October, 1892, Senator Rathburn was mar­ ried to Miss Bertha E. Bean of Meigs county. They have no children. He is a member of the Masonic order and a Knight of Pythias.

HON. JOSEPH S. SITES.

AMONG the Members of the Ohio Senate of the Seventy- seventh General Assembly, naie stood higher in candor, intelli­ gence, and attention to his public duties than Senator Joseph S. Sites, of the Ninth-Fourteenth district. He was a constant at­ tendant upon the daily meetings of the Senate, a hard-working member of a number of important committees/ and left his im­ press upon the legislation of the day. There was nothing sen­ sational or pyrotechnic in his devotion to the interests of his con­ stituents, but he could always be counted on for the careful consideration otf every subject that came before the Senate, and to give his best thought and most matured judgment in all cases. Ehiring his terin. Senator Sites performed exceptional serv- HON. JOSEPH S. SITES.

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ice as chairman of the committee having the investigation of the charges made by Senator Meek, involving the management of the common schools of the State. During the first session of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly, Senator Sites made an en­ viable record for his championship of the rights of the Ohio University, and he stood so powerful in its defense that the institution was recognized as one annuaUy entitled to the ap­ propriations of the state. Hon. Joseph S. Sites was bora near Lancaster,* Fairfield- county, Ohio, January i6, 1847, of pioneer Republican stodc His parents were of German descent, his father coming from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1833. His mother was a daughter of Abraham Beety, and was bora in Fairfield county, Ohio. Mr. Sites' early boyhood was spent on his father's farm,, where he attended the common schools of his neighborhood. Early in his teens he attended school at the Pleasant Township Seminaty, later completed a course at the Fairfield Union Acad­ emy, after which he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio graduating therefrom in 1872. He spent sev­ eral years as Superintendent of Public Schools and afterwards took up the practice of law, being admitted to the bar in 1875. Hie was a member of the city council of Lancaster for eight consecutive years, part of the time being president of that body; a member of the board of education for six years and business manager of the Lancaster Assembly and Camp Meeting As­ sociation for five years and for fifteen years he has been, and is now, a member of the board of trastees of that Association. Mr. Sites has always been an active, loyal RepubUcan, having- frequently taken the stump in behalf of his party. He was married to Miss Aima Pence in the fall of 1874. Five children were bora to them, David EL, now residing in Columbus, Ohio and Chief Qerk to the Ohio Codifying Com­ mission ; Miss Jessie L., formerly a student at Monnette HaU. Delaware, Ohio, now at home with her parents; Robert, now engaged as storekeeper for the National Supply Company at Utica, Ohio; Frederick, with the Dean Electrical Company at Elyria, Ohio, and Miss Margaret A., now in the Lancaster High School. Mr. Sites is a member in good standing in his homf. Ma­ sonic Lodge, Chapter, Council and Commandery. He is also a 236 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Noble of the Mystic Shrine and a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason. He has been a member of the First M. E. Church of Lancaster for 37 years, and is now a member of the official board of said church. Senator Sites was secretary to the buUding conimittee which has just finished one of the finest church edi­ fices in Ohio.

HON. THOMAS P. SCHMIDT. THE abolition of capital punishment, that has been dis­ cussed in a number of states of the Union, and made a part of the organic law in several, first appeared in Ohio legislation when a bill was introduced in the first session of the Seventy- seventh General Assembly by Senator Thomas P. Schmidt, a member of the Cuyahoga county delegation, and one of the able and influential members of that body. In his position as a legislator, charged with the duty of making laws for the people, he is in the forefront of that class pf citizens who are con­ tinually striving for the reign of the best to be found in our citizenship. Thomas PhUip Schmidt is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, where he was bora October 25, 1874. He is of German descent. His grandfather, Carl W. Schmidt, was one of the leaders and prime movers in the revolutionary movement in Germany, in 1848, that sent that famous German, Carl Schurz, into exUe in this country. The father, Gustave Schmidt, was Mayor of West Cleveland before it was annexed to the present northern Ohio metropolis, and he served with distinction throughout ^e war of the rebellion as sergeant in the Seventh O. V. I., being one of the youngest soldiers going from Ohio. Hon Jacob Mueller, an uncle of Senator Schmidt, was once Lieutenant- Goveraor of Ohio, and presided over the deliberations of the Senate, of which his nephew is now a member. The pateraal grandparents came from Germany and settled on a fann which is now a part of the dty of Qeveland. Hon. Thomas P. Schmidt was educated in the public schools of Qeveland, going through the High School, and afterward attending the University of Michigan, graduating therefrom in HON. THOMAS P. SCHMIDT.

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1898, with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was admitted to the practice of the law in Michigan in 1898, and in Ohio, in 1899. He secured a large part of his legal education by reading law with his father, and Lieutenant-Goveraor Mueller, who were law partners and enjoyed the patronage of almost the entire German population of Qeveland. Senator Schmidt is a director in the Depositors' Savings and Trast Co., Cleveland, in the Forest City Railway Co., and the Eastland Steamship Co., Cleveland, and was the first Presi­ dent of the Cleveland "Chamber of Industry." He was married to Miss Ami Mueller, of Cleveland, in October, 1906, and a year later a son was bora to the couple, whom the proud father has named for Mayor Tom L. Johnson, a close personal and political friend. Senator Schmidt is a member of many dubs, and social and civic organizations of Cleveland, being closely identified with the social life of his native dty. In politics he is known as an Independent Democrat. In the fall of 1905, Senator Schmidt was elected a member of the Senate on the Democratic ticket, and his services have been of real value to the State. He is Chairman of the Commit­ tee on Common Schools, and is a member of the Committees on Claims, CoUeges and Universities, Judidary, Fish Culture and Game, Municipal Affairs, Privileges and Elections, Public Works, and member and Secretaty of the famous investigating committee, charged with the duty of probing the affairs of Cin­ cinnati and Hamilton county. One of the most important biUs in the Senate, introduced by Senator Schmidt, in addition to the measure abolishing capital punishment, was the biU giving home rale to cities, a principle that is very dear to the Senator from Cuyahoga. In the Senate he was recognized as an ardent advo­ cate of good roads in Ohio, and against the poUution of the rivers and streams of the State. Senator Schmidt was the author of the bill which provided that grants, extensions and renewals to street car companies could be submitted to a vote of the people. This biU was passed by the second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly and is now a law. 238 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

HON. P. W. WARD. A REMARKABLE legislative record was made when Senator Ward succeeded in having enacted into law in one day a biU in­ troduced by him at the beginning of the adjouraed session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. It was a humanitarian emergency measure and enabled the temporary transfer from the state prison to a hospital of a female prisoner. This is but one of the many acts that made Senator Ward conspicuous during his service in the upper branch of the Seventy-seventh General As­ sembly. Possessed of a most engaging personality, as weU as a kindly and generous disposition, he was a very pppular member of the Senate. Peter William Ward was born in the village of Olmstead, Cuyahoga county, June 29, 1852. His father, James Ward, a railroad man, was a native of County Meath, Ireland, coming to America about 1845, and stopping first at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., whence he came to Ohio in 1848 and established the home­ stead in Olmstead. The father married Maty Martin, who had been his sweetheart in Ireland but came to this county before him. The son, Pe^r WiUiam, attended the common schools of Wellington, where ^he resided with his maternal grandmother and two uncles until about 8 years old. Then he Uved on a farm in Lorain county for several years, and when 18 went to Qeveland, where he attended business college and night school, meeting his expenses by working as a drag clerk. At the same time he had been studying law, and in 1878 he was admitted to practice. His preceptor was Lyman R. Critchfield, a prominent attoraey of Qeveland. After practidng law for three years, Mr. Ward became identified with the life insurance business, in which he stiU is engaged. In 1900 he was appointed state agent for the Ocean Acddent and Guarantee corporation, a foreign company. In 1907 he took a prominent part in the organization of the Cleve­ land Life Insurance Company, a prosperous concera, and was elected its President. His only public offices besides State Sen­ ator was that of member of the Cleveland Board of Health. In 1^4 Mr. Ward married Miss Josephine J. Bragelmann, whose father was one of the pioneer musicians of Ohio. Mrs'. Ward, HON. P. \V. WARD. HON. ALFRED P. SANDLES. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 239 who was active and prominent in religious and charitable work, died October 14, 1907. Mr. Ward is Chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee and a member of a number of other leading committees, as well as a member of the commission to revise the insurance laws. Senator Ward never has been ambitious to be rich, but has been uniformly successful in his ventures. He is a most active and earaest advocate of prison reform.

HON. ALFRED P. SANDLES. To be chosen President of the State Board of Agriculture, an organization representing the manifold farming interests of Ohio, is a high honor. And when to this is added half a score of other distinctions at the hands of his fellow citizens, it marks a citizen of importance not only in his own community but in the state at large. Such has been the record of Alfred P. Sandles, a many-sided man, who, starting in a log cabin in Putnam county, Ohio, has by dint of his own exertions and his pleasing personality forged his way steadily to the front. To-day there is no man of his years better or more favorably known in Ohio. Alfred Putnam Sandles was born in Putnam county, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1871. His ancestty on his mother's side were English and Scotch. John Maidlow, his grandfather, left England a stowaway on a ship, and finally came to Knox county, Ohio, and was one of the earliest settlers of Putnam county. He cele­ brated his golden wedding in 1884. John Sandles, grandfather on the father's side was of German descent, coming from Penn­ sylvania to Fairfield county in an early day, where David E. Sandles, the father of A. P. Sandles, was bora, and afterward removed to Licking county. David E. Sandles enlisted in the Civil War at the age of 16, and served throughout the conflict, as a mehiber of Company D, First Ohio Cavalty, Col. W. t. Curty, CcMnmissioner of Soldiers' Claims for Ohio, being his su­ perior officer. After the war David E. Sandles settled in Put- 240 REPRESENTA'nVE MEN OF OHIO.

nam county, and married Anna Maidlow, and the aged couple StiU survive, with one son and daughter. Alfred Putnam Sandles was bora in a log house near the Putnam County Infirmary, and Uved and worked on the home farm until he was 23 years of age, teaching school in the winter. His education was secured in the common and normal school, Crawfis College, Putnam county, and Otterbein University, WesterviUe. On May 27, 1894, he married Miss Lura Moffitt, and seven chUdren are bora of the union, one son, Bryan P., and six daughters. After working as a clerk in a clothing store for some time, his pubHc career began, with his appointment as deputy recorder of Putnam county. In 1895 he was ctiosen secretaty of the Putnam County^ Ag^cultural Society, and has held the position ever since. He was afterward chosen Prin­ cipal of the West School building, Ottawa, and in 1900 elected Clerk of the Courts of Putnam county, and re-elected in 1903. In 1902, he was chosen a member of the State Board of Agri­ culture, President of the iBoard in 1906, and re-elected in 1907; elected Secretary-Treasurer Democratic State Executive Com­ mittee in 1902, and Chairman of the Democratic Central and Executive Committee of Putnam county for six' years, which county gave Alton B. Parker the largest Democratic majority of any county in Ohio, and John M. Pattison in 1905 nearly 70 per cent, of its vote. In 1904 Mr. Sandles was nominated for Secretary of State on the Democratic State ticket, and he received several thousand more votes in Ohio than did Judge Parker, for President. He was a member of^the Committee on Resolutions and Platform at the Democratic State Convention in 1905, and acted as Sec­ retary of that committee. Mr. Sandles was elected Qerk of the Ohio Senate in 1906, and chosen a member of the board of review of the National Trotting Association, in New York, Feb. 12, 1905. In 1908 he was prominently mentioned as a candidate for Goveraor of Ohio. He is a Mason, Odd Fellow, Elk, and Granger Denuicrat, interested in farming, newspaper, telephone, life insurance and other business enterprises. He re­ sides at Ottawa, Ohio, where he is a member of the local Board of Education.

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HON. BERT S. BARTLOW.

HIGH ideals and faithfulness in the periormance of duty have characterized the pubUc service of Hon. Bert S. Bartiow, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms of the Seventy-seventh General As­ sembly of Ohio and formerly a member of the House of Rep­ resentatives from Butler county. As a member of the Hiouse he was painstaking and thorough, always found supporting that which he consdentiously believed to be right, and absolutdy free from the dictation of special interests of any kind. As Sergeant- at-Arms of the Senate he proved one of the most effident of­ ficials that body ever had, the position requiring both executive ability and diplomacy. Bert Surene Bartiow was bora July lo, 1869, in Spring­ field township, FrankUn county, Indiana, the son of James Thompson and Ahnira (Luse) Bartiow, also natives of that township and descendants of pioneer residents of the State. The pateraal ancestors came from Holland to America prior to the Revolutionary War, the Une ranning back to Cornelius Bartiow of New Jersey. The materaal ancestors trace back to Henri Luce, one of the first settiers of Martha's Vineyard, Mass., but the immediate branch being residents of New Jersey and prom­ inently identified with the War for Independence and in public affairs subsequently. Mr. Bartiow spent his boyhood days in Indiana and Ohio, working on a farm and attending the public schools. In 1893 he was graduated with honors from the Miami University at Oxford, having given special attention to the study of economics and collateral subjects. After his graduation Mr. Bartiow moved to Hamilton, studied law for a few months, became a newspaper correspondent, then editor of the Butler County Press, and after­ ward dty editor of the Hamilton Evening Sun. He was editor- in-chiief of the Centennial History of Butier county. After four years as clerk of the board of deputy state supervisors of dec- tions, he was elected to represent Butler county in the Legis­ lature and re-elected for a second term, serving m the Seventy- third and Seventy-fourth General AssembUes. In 1903 he was appointed member of the Butier county election board, and in January, 1906, was elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. 16 242 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Mr. Bartiow is especially active in frateraal sodety work. He is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon frateraity, Sons of the American Revolution, Odd Fellows, K. of P., Tribe of Ben Hur, Knights of Ancient Essenic Order, and the Frateraal Censer. In 1891 he was honored with the highest office in the Ancient Essenic Order,, that of Supreme Senator. Beginning with 1903 he served three years as Supreme President of the Fraternal Censer. He also is a member of the Ohio .Archaeo­ logical and Historical Society.

CLARK C DOUGHTY. One of the most popular young Democrats in Ohio is the first assistant clerk of the State Senate. Endowed with a most pleasing personaUty, and of a disposition to oblige aU with whom he comes in contact Clark C. Doughty has hosts of friends. Mr. Doughty was born at Roseville, Muskingum county, Ohio, October i6th, 1878. His father, John Wesley Doughty, also a native of Ohio, lives at i^lumbus. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The mother, nee Mary Ellen Lenhart, died at Colum­ bus in 1905, Clark C. Doughty recdved his education in the public schools at RoseviUe, Zanesville and Columbus. He commenced life as a newsboy and sold papers in the streets of ZanesvUle and Columbus for \ eight years, or until he was eighteen years old. He has acted as promoter of many amusement enterprises, and has been very active in politics. In 1907 he managed many large excursions to the Jamestown Exposition, having acquired a reputation in that Une of work at the St. Louis Exposition of 1903. In July, 1908, he managed a large exdirsion of twelve Pullman cars to the National Democratic Convention at Denver, Colorado. The first political positicm held by Mr. Doughty was as cleoc to Mayor Hinkle of Columbus in 1891-2. He was elected assistant clerk of the Ohio Senate in 1906. On April 20th, 1903, Mr. Doughty was married to Miss Mabel Richards Boyer of Qrdeville, Ohio. They have a daugh­ ter, Virginia, bora April 25th, 1908. CI.AKK C. DOICIITV. HON. FRKEMAN T. EACI.KSII.N. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 243

HON. FREEMAN T. EAGLESON. An ardent, forceful young RepubUcan leader, an admirable presiding officer, and a man who his friends predict, will secure still further recognition at the hands of his party, is Hon. Free­ man T. Eagleson, of Guerasey County, Speaker of the House at the second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly of Ohio, succeeding Hon. Carmi A. Thompson, of Lawrence, who resigned upon assuming the duties of Secretary, of State. At the first session of that body, Mr. Eagleson had been elected speaker pro tem., and his colleagues were delighted to honor him for the responsible post of Speaker and director of legislation when it was necessary under the law to elect a successor. An orator of rare power and persuasiveness, and gifted with the talent of making and holding friends, the House, at the close of the session testified its appreciation of his services by presenting the Speaker with a token of its regard in a beautiful ivoty and gold gavel and gold watch and chain, his political opponents vieing with his party friends in doing him honor. It was a tribute that was not only deserved but met with public approval. Freeman T. Eagleson was bom in Guerasey County, Ohio, October 4, 1876. In early life he attended the common schools, graduating under the provisions of the Boxwell law, and after­ ward attending Washington high school and Muskingum College. Being compelled to make his living by his own exertions, young Eagleson taught school for six years and then began the study of law with the well- known firm of Locke & Turabaugh, Cambridge, Ohio, finishing his legal course at Ohio State University. He was admitted to the bar in 1904. After the death of Mr. Locke, his former instractor, Mr. Eagleson formed a law partnership with Mr. Turabaugh, the firm being known as Turabaugh & Eagleson, and engaged in the practice of his profession through­ out Eastera Ohio. Mr. Eagleson entered politics in Guernsey County in 1903, being chosen a member of the House. Here he did excellent work on the floor and in committees, and was honored with a second term. At die beginning of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, he was chosen Speaker pro tem., which position he hdd until elevated to the Speakership. As the presiding officer 244 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. <\ of the House he was eminently fair in all of his ralings, and with a thorough knowledge of parliamenary law, made a record that will compare favorably with any of his predecessors. He was a ddegate to the General M. E. Conference at Baltimore, Md., May, 1908. Judging from the success that so far has attended the pub­ lic life of Speaker Eagleson, the horizon of the future holds g^eat promise. He has been equal to every duty, and enshrined himself in the good opinion of aU, regardless of party lines.

HON. JOSEPH W. CONROY. FEW young members of the legislature create a more favor­ able impression during their first term than has Joseph WiUiam Conroy, a representative from Hamilton county. Unobtrusive but earaest, faithful in attendance, courteous but positive in his manner, his course as a legislator has brought the respect and regard of his fellow-members, as it doubtless has won the con­ fidence of his constituents. Mr. Conroy does not weaken his forcefulness by constantly participating in debate, or by taking an aggressive stand upon every question that comes before the House, but when he does seek to accomjilish a purpose he usually succeeds. There was evidence of this when he introduced, during the first session of his term, the bill placing County Prosecutors on a salaty and succeeded in having it enacted into law. Mr. Conroy was bora in the city of Cincinnati, May 10, 1877. His father was a native of County Longford, Ireland, coming to America in 1863 and settling in Cincinnati. His mother, Catherine GuUfoil, was a native of this country, being born in the Queen City, but like his father, was of Irish descent. Their son, Joseph .WiUiam, was educated af St. Joseph's College, from which institution he was graduated in 1893, thoroughly grounded in the sciences, philosophy and with careful training in the classics. His inclinations led him to aspire to work in the wide field of legal adivity, and he entered the Cincinnati law school, from which well-known institution he was g^'aduated in 1903. The following year he entered the leading law firm of RuUson and Hdntz as an assistant, also engaging in general practice. HON. JOSEPH W. CONROY. HON. NICHOLAS DIEHL. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 245

Mr. Conroy is deeply interested in the work of CathoUe benevolent societies and is an active member of several of these helpful organizations. He is President of the Federation of Catholic Societies of Hamilton county, and Vice-President of the State Federation of Catholic Societies. He is now holding, as a member of the Legislature, his first poUtical office. In the House he is a member of the Committees on Public Works, Villages, etc.

HON. NICHOLAS DIEHL. No better example of the possibilities for advancement open to all earaest and industrious boys in this repubUc could be found among the members of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly than is the case of Nicholas Diehl, a member of the Hamilton county delegation in the House of Representatives. He is dis­ tinctly a self-made man. having risen by his own efforts and by persistent hard work, from the station of a poor boy to his present high place in the business world and in public life. Mr. Diehl is modest and unobtrusive, but painstaking and thoroughly con- sdentious in the performance of his legislative duties, always seeking to promote the best interests of his constituents and of the public at large. It is safe to say that few, if any, members of the Hamilton county delegation enjoy a larger degree of esteem and confidence of Cincinnati dtizens, especially among the Germans. Mr. Diehl is a native American of German descent. He was bora in Cincinnati, October i8, 1849, his parents being George Diehl and Anna Maria (Becker) Diehl. His education was received in the St. John's parochial schools. He was in­ dustrious by nature, and being compelled to depend upon his own efforts for advancement ih life, he saw the advantages of acquiring a skilled trade, and learned that of machine moulding, which he followed for twelve years. Then he became a com­ mission merchant, in which occi^tion he prospered, and in 1898 he retired from active business, having earaed relief from care by a lifetime of hard work. The only political position ever held by Mr. Diehl is that of 246 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Representative in the Legislature, to which he was elected on the Democratic ticket of Hamilton county in 1905. Hb is Treasurer of the Unity Banking and Savings Company, the Findlay Market No. 2 Loan and Building Company, and of the St. John's congre­ gation. For a number of years he served as Trastee of the St. Aloysius Orphan Society, one of the most prominent charitable organizations of Cincinnati, and he is a member of several other societies. Mr. Diehl was married in 1873 to Miss Josephine Butscha, who died leaving no children. In 1897 .he was married to Miss Josephine Ervent, and they have five children, three boys and two girls.

HON. ASA W. ELSON. The personal popularity of Asa WiUiam Elson is shown by the fact that when a candidate for Representative in the Seventy- seventh General Assembly he carried Tuscarawas county by 17 votes, although Roosevelt had a majority in that county of 2,200. It is the first public office Mr. Elson ever held, although he has been interested in poUtics and a consistent, earnest Democrat all his life. His course in the Legislature has shown that his con­ stituents made no mistake in sending.him to represent them in the state law-making body. Mr. Elson is distinctly a self-made man. He is of Scotch- Irish ancestry on the pateraal side and Scotch ancestry on the maternal side. His father, John R. Elson, was'bora in Pennsyl­ vania, but he and his father were practically Virginians, having lived in the Old Dominion State nearly all their Uves. His great-grandfather Elson was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Asa William Elson was born on a farm and lived the life of a farmer boy until he was 14 years old. He was educated in the common schools of Pennsylvania and at Mt. Pleasant Academy, Mt. Zion, Illinois. Afterward he read law with D. F. Patterson, of Pittsburg, and took the law course at Harvard, selling books and teaching school meanwhile to support himself and pay the expenses of his education. He was admitted to the bar in Co- HON. ASA W. ELSON. HON. JOHN R. FREINER. REPRESENT.'VTIVE MEN OF OHIO. 247

lumbus in 1894. During the year 1895 he edited the Dennison County Democrafi As a member of the House Mr. Elson was the author of a primaty election biU that was considered one of the strongest of the many similar measures proposed. He was a hard-working member of the important standing Committees on Colleges and Universities, Hospital for Epileptics, and in 1906 was a member of the Democratic steering committee, by which the poUcy of that side of the House was controlled. In 1891 Mr. Elson was married to Miss Minnie Scott, of Uhrichsville. They have one daughter, aged 15, and one son, aged 12. Taking an active interest in frateraal sodeties, Mr. Elson is a member of the Odd Fellows, of the Knights of Pythias, and is Past Exalted Ruler of the Uhrichsville Lodge of Elks, as well as a member of various minor orders.

HON. JOHN R. FREINER. Probably no member of the 77th General Assembly wiU have a more lasting claim to fame than will the author of the law making two cents a mile the maximum charge for passenger trans­ portation on the railroads of this state. "Two cent fare" biUs, as they usuaUy were called, had been before the legislature for more than a dozen years. Occasionally one got a favorable com­ mittee report, and there may have been a rare case or two when one passed one of the two branches but died in the other. It was not until John Robert Freiner, representative from Vinton county, took the matter in hand, however, that the fight for lower railroad fares terminated successfully. As a token of appreciation for his efforts in the enactment of this important legislation Mr. Freiner was elected, without his previous knowledge, an honorary member of the Traveling Men's Association of Cindnnati. Mr. Freiner's determined and persistent advocacy of the two-cent fare bill is fairly indicative of his other work as a mem­ ber of the legislature. He was the author of one of the most important biUs of the adjouraed session of the 77th General As­ sembly, that seeking to abolish all the various boards of franchise 248 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. and exdse tax valuation, and to vest in a state taxation commis­ sion, to be appomted by the goveraor and confirmed by the senate, entire contrd^ef^thj^ class of taxation. This bill, admittedly meritorious^as JTMommended for passage by the house com­ mittee, bat at flO late a date that its enactment into law before adjournment was impossible. Mr. Frdner was bora on a farm in Knox county, O., April 31, 1859. Hu father died when the son was six years old and the mother moVed to Capac, Mich., where John Robert attended. the pubUc schoolk until he was 17 years old. For the next four years he worked o^ a farm, meanwhUe learaing telegraphy, and at the age of 21 he was engaged by the Michigan Central rail­ way as station agent and telegrapher, remaining in that employ for five years. For the past 20 years he has been in the ibmber business in southera Ohio. Mr. Freiner moved to Vinton county in 1892, where he was married to Miss Elizabeth Nelson the following year. They have no children. Mr. Freiner always has been a Republican of the radical type, but never a politidan. He was elected to the Legislature by 349 majority, while Governor Pattison, Democrat, carried the county by 120.

HON. EUJAH W. HUL.

INDBPENDBNCB of partisan restraint, or of any other outside influences that may come into contradiction with what he believes to be matters of prindple and practibiUty, characterizes the course of Elijah Watson HiU in his service as a member of the Legisla­ ture. Mr. HiU is a loyal party man, but bdieves that not all questions should be settled by partisan bias, and is a man of qufek consdence and a keen perception of right and wrong. In his two terms as a member of tiie House he has demcmstrated re­ peatedly his un<ering determination to support only those things he believes to be right and expedient and for the public good. Mr. Hill is of English descent, his paternal ancestors-having come to America about 1630, or shortiy after the landing of the HON. ELIJAH W. HILL. HON. ALFRED II. JL'DV. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 24^

PUgrims. They settied in Connecticut first, going thence to Pennsylvania. His father and mother were both bora in the latter state, coming to Ohio in 1862 and settiing in Columbiana county, where the son, Elijah Watson, was bora near Saline- ville, Febraary 19, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of SalineviUe and, being a bright and earaest student, was grad­ uated when he was but 17 years old. His first work was as a clerk in a general store conducted by his brother, but at 19 he entered business for himself, which he continued until he was 21, when he went to Homestead, Penn. There he engaged in mercantile business, remaining until after the g^eat strike, when. he closed his business and returaed to Ohio, locating at East Liverpool. In 1897 Mr. Hill was elected a justice of the peace, and it is a matter of record that none of his decisions in that office ever were overruled. At this time he also studied law. Later he entered the real estate business, in which he was engaged when elected to represent Columbiana county in th^ Seventy-sixth General Assembly. He was re-elected to the Seventy-seventh General Assembly in 1905. He was a member of the Commit­ tees on Qties, Taxation, Corporations and Prison Reform, in which latter capadty he has been especially active. Mr. HiU was married to Miss Cora Ella Rogers, of Saline­ viUe, Febraary 19,1891. They have one daughter, Janet Frances, aged 15, and one son, Roger Cowan, aged 7 years. Mr. Hill is a Methodist in religion, and an Odd Fdlow, an Elk and a K. of P.

HON. ALFRED H. JUDY. THE first member of the Ohio Legislature to advocate the enactment of a law providing for the g^rantee of bank deposits was Alfred H. Judy, Darke county's representative in the House. This is indicative of Mr. Judy's progressiveness, which is char­ acteristic of aU his pubUc service. As long ago as the Se.venty- sixth General AssemUy Mr. Jtidy introduced a biU to reduce and regulate tdephone rates, a movement that finally resulted in the recommendation for appointment of a commission to investigate 260 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. telephone conditions and recommend legislation. Among other important bills introduced by Mr. Judy were those to remove screens from saloons and to prohibit gambling in those places, and to reduce the expense of printing reports of county com­ missioners. Mr. Judy is a life-long Democrat, of high standing in his party. "The respect and confidence in which he is held by his ndghbors is manifested by the fact that he was chosen for the office of local magistrate for i8 consecutive years. Mr. Judy's first legislative service was as a member of the Seventy-sixth General Assembly. His course was so satisfactoty that he was re-elected to the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. He was a member of the important standing Committee on Turn­ pikes and was one of the sub-committee that drafted the first automobile law and the first state highway law. He was a mem­ ber of the Fees and Salaty Committee that reported the county salaty law. Mr. Judy was born in Enqn, Clark county, Ohio, June 8, 1861, his father, Samuel H. Judy, and his mother, who was Miss Lydia Wilson, both being natives of this State. His pateraal ancestors were Swiss-German, and his maternal ancestors were English-Irish. Alfred, their son, «^s educated in the country schools and at the Grreenville High school. At the age of 18 he began teaching, continuing in that profession for five years. Since that time he has been engaged in farming and merchandising at Castine, Darke county. In 1884 Mr. Judy was married to Miss Jeanette E. Cbblentz, of New Madison, Ohio. Of the five children bora to them one son and two daughters are living. Mr. Judy is a Mason, K. of P. and Odd Fdlow.

HON. WILLIAM JESSUP.

WORKING quietly and unobtrasively, but always with a definite end in view. Captain William Jessup, of Hanulton county, is one of the most successful members of the Legislature in ob­ taining the passage of meritorious legislation in which he is inter- HON. WILLIAM JESSUP.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 251 ested. One of the chief reasons for his effectiveness is the fact that he enjoys the esteem and confidence of the Republican members as weU as of his Democratic colleagues. In point of priority of service he is the oldest member of the House of Rep­ resentatives, having sat in the Sixty-third General Assembly, to which he was elected on the Democratic ticket in 1877, returning to the Seventy-seventh General Assembly 28 years later as a Democrat. Captain Jessup was born on a farm in Hamilton county, 15 miles west of Cincinnati, April 22, 1841. His father, William Jessup, was bora in Duchess county. New York, and his mother near Petersburg, Va. He is of Scotch ancestry on the paternal side, his grandfather having been bora near Inverness, Scotland. His grandmother, who was a native of New York state, was of Holland Dutch stock, a descendant of the early Dutch settlers of the Empire State. His pateraal grandfather, who came to America in 1774, served in the patriot army throughout the Rev­ olutionary War. Captain Jessup was educated in the common schools of Hamilton county, at the Harrison Institute, and at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Besides being a practical farmer. Captain Jessup is a bookkeeper and is at present a deputy in the office of the Hamilton County Treasurer. Of revolutionary ancestry, it is natural that Captain Jessup should have taken an active part in the War of the Rebellion, and his gallant record in that great struggle is a monument to his patriotism. He enlisted in Company D of the Fifth Ohio Cavalry August 26, 1861, and served under the Stars and Stripes until the dose of the bloody interaecine confUct, being discharged Januaty 31, 1865. He participated in the battie of Shiloh and fought aU through the war in the army of Tennessee. In April, 1864, he was detailed an aide-de-camp on the staff of General John A. Logan, served through the Atlanta campaign and was with Sherman's march to the sea. Captain Jessup was married to Miss Helen Mar Cooper, of Qeves, Ohio, and nine children have been born to them, four boys and five girls. Seven of the children are Uving. 252 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

HON. JOSEPH P. KEALY. ONE of the most forcteful debaters in the House of Repre­ sentatives of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly-was Joseph Patrick Kealy, a member of the Hamilton county delegation. Mr. Kealy has admirable command -of language, .distinct and positive delivety, is skilled in the weapons of logic and is a persistent fighter, all of which make him an antagonist to be dreaded and a friend to be sought in the parliamentary combats of the Legis­ lature. Two conspicuous triumphs signalized Mr. Kealy's first session 'as a legislator. One was the passage of a bill introduced by him to repealthe so-called Dana law by which a candidate for public office was lorbidden to have his name appear on more than one ticket, thus preventing a candidate of one party being endorsed by another party and getting his name jn two columns of the ballot. The other was the introduction of the original resolution for an investigation of Cincinnati and Hamilton county. Mr. Kealy was born in Cincinnati, March 23, 1854. His father, Patrick Kealy, was born in Johnstown, Kilkenny, Ire­ land, and married Anna Kinsella, of County Carlbvv. They came to America on an emigrant ship in 1847. The father was a civil engineer and worked at that profession after he came to this c(iuntry. He died in Cincinnati in 1856, his wife surviving him untU 1899. Mr. Kealy was educated in the public and parochial schools of Cincinnati, afterward taking a course at the Queen City Com­ mercial College and a post-graduate course at St. Xavier College in the same city. He first engaged in work in a shoe factory, but was compelled to abandon it because of an injury to his hand. Then he learaed the trade of house painting and entered business with his brothers. Later he engaged in jouraalism, writing stories for children's papers and contributing to the columns of the Cincinnati Enquirer for 12 years. He was elected assessor of the i6th ward in Cincinnati in 1879. After doing active cam­ paign work for the Democratic ticket he was elected a Repre­ sentative in the Legislature in 1905 by 1,800 majority, a great reversal from the result of the election two years previous. Mr. Kealy was married to Miss"Cecelia Lavell, of Cin- HON. JOSEPH P. KEALY.

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cinnati, January 15, 1897. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Royal Arcanum, the Catholic Knights of America, and of the Duckworth Club, the latter a political organization.

HON. EDWIN L. LYBARGER. As a soldier and a legislator, Edwin L. Lybarger has a record of which he may well be proud. He has been faithful and true, and there is no flaw in his shield. In a career extending over the activities of a half centuty, he has gained and held the confidence of the people. Edwin Lewis Lybarger was bora on a farm in Wayne county, Ohio, September 29, 1840. His father, James T. Ly­ barger, was bora in Pennsylvania, came to Ohio when four years old with his parents, who settled at Coshocton, Ohio, in 1808. His ancestry were German and Scotch-Irish. His mother, nee Amelia.Krum, was a native of Virginia, and came to Ohio with her parents, who settled in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1820. Her ancestry were German and English. Captain Lybarger was educated in the common schools of Knox county, Ohio, where his father had removed, and he at­ tended Millwood Academy for three years. At the breaking out of the war he enlisted at the ag^e of 21, in Conipany K, Forty- third O. V. I., entering the service in the fall of 1861, and re­ mained until the close of the rebellion. He rose from private to (JIaptain, in the Array of the Tennessee, under Grant, Sherman and McPherson, and was severely wounded at Corinth, Miss., October, 1862. After the close of the war young Lybarger read law with WiUiam R. Sapp, at Mt. Veraon, but never practiced. He entered merchandising at Spring Mountain, Ohio, where he con­ tinued 27 years. He is still interested in business at Warsaw, Ohio, and also in agricultural pursuits. He is Vice-President of the Commercial National Bank of Coshocton, Ohio. He was elected as a Republican in the Sixty-second General Assembly from Coshocton' county, carrying the county against an adverse majority of about 1,000. He was chosen a member 254 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

of the State Board of PubUc Works' in 1892 and re-elected in 1895. He was elected to the Seventy-seventh Assembly by 140 majority, and appointed one of the House members to investigate affairs in Cincinnati.. He Hks been a trustee of the Giris' In­ dustrial Home and a member of the commission that constructed the annex to the State House. Captain Lybarger has been De- partinent Commander, G. A. R., of Ohio, and Grand Master of Grand Lodge F. and Aj^M. of Ohio. He married Miss Nancy Moore, of Coshocton county, in 1883, and they have one son, now a student at Kenyon College. Mr. Lybarger is a thirty- second degree Mason and member of Elks, G.' A. R., Loyal Legion and Sons of the American Revolution, his ancestors on both sides being soldiers in the War for American Independence. One, James Thompson, served seven years in the Second New Jersey Infantry, and John Crum with Col. Daniel Morgan in Virginia.

HON. A. CLARK LOWRY.

WHEN Hon. Carmi A. Thompson was dected Secretary of State in 1906, he resigned his post as Representative in the Gen­ eral Assembly, and Dr. A. Clark Lowry, of Ironton, one of the best known Republicans of that section of the State, was nom- tidn because the regular j^epublican organization would not call a primaty, and elected to the House in November, 1907, taking his seat at the opening of the second session of the Legislature in January, 1908. Here he at once took part in the business and deliberations of the Hbuse, and made a high place in the body for a new man, his intelligent grasp of public questions making him a valuable member. Hon. Andrew Qark Lowry was born on a farm in Fayette county, W. Va., March 4, 1870. His father, Lee Lowry, also a native of West Virgfinia, came to Ohio in 1873 and settled in Gallia county on a farm, later removing to Ironton, where he now resides. His ancestry were Scotch-Irish. The mother, nee Miss Mary Maxey Patterson, was also a native of West Vir­ ginia, and she died in Ironton June 28, 1902, as the result of an accident. She was riding with her daughter when a nut came off HON. A. CLARK LOWRY. HON. JOHN H. MEYKR. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 255 the axle of the buggy, throwing off the wheel, and the mother jumped from the vehicle, causing an injury to the skull that she did not survive. Her ancestty were German and Scotch-Irish. Mr. Lowty was educated in the country schools innHaUia county, Ohio, supplementing that equipment with courseWt Ohio Medical Ibiversity, Columbus, medical department of University of Louisville, Ky., and a post-graduate course at New York Polytechnic Institute, beginning the practice of his profession in Ironton in 1896, where he is still engaged in the work. H« was appointed United States pension examining surgeon in 1901, by President McKinley, a position he has held continuously since. With his election to/the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, Dr. Lowry was named as a member of the Committees on Public Works, Fees and Salaries, Girls' Industrial Home and Home for Feeble Minded Youth, and he will be a candidate for a second term. He was married to Miss NeUie Mae Marting, daughter of Col. H. A. Marting, of Ironton, February i, 1897. They have no children. Dr. Lowty is a member of the Elks, Knights of the Golden Eagle and Modern Woodmen of America.

HON. JOHN H. MEYER. No member of the Legislature was more faithful in attend­ ance at the sessions and attention to his duties than was John Henry Meyer, a Representative from Hamilton county. He is a typical German of the best type, but thoroughly Americanized in his devotion to the principles of this republic. As a legislator he always can be depended upon to vote right and according to what he believes to be the best interests of the people. Mr. Meyer was bora in Ramsedey, Kreis Ohsnabruck, King­ dom of Hanover, Germany, on the 13th of December, 1840, of which place his father and mother also were natives. He was educated in the village schools of Ramsedey, and was a farmer in his youth. His father was a cabinet maker, and inheriting an aptness for that class of skilled employment, he learaed the 256 REPRESENTA-nVE MEN OF OHIO. trade of wood-turner. Later he entered the retail grocery and liquor business, in which he continued for 37 years. Then, having accumulated a modest • competence, he retired from his more active business cares to spend the afteraoon and evening of his Ufe less burdened % responsibility. Mr. Meyer always has,been active in Democratic politics in Cincinnati, which city has been his home for many years, and being progpressive and public spirited, he has aided much in the upbuilding of the Queen City. He was elected three different terms as a member of council from the Twenty-second ward, and in 1905 he was elected one of the Hamilton county members of the House of Representatives in the Seventy-seventh General Assembly. Sis service in that body has been characterized by faithfulness and anxiety to serve his constituents not surpassed by any other member. Always active in religious work, Mr. Meyer was for eight years Treasurer of St. Henry CathoUc Church, and for ten years he was a member of the Board of Wardens of that congregation. He is a member of St. Aloysius Orphan Society, and belongs to a number of smaller organizations. He was married August 4, 1868, to Miss Mary Westbrook, and they have four sons. During his service in the legislature Mr. Meyer was a mem­ ber of the House Standing Committees on Prisons and Prison Reform and on Manqfactures and Commerce.

HON. GEORGE B. NYE.

MEMBERS of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly of Ohio who were appointed to make the investigation of Hamilton county and Cincinnati affairs, under the joint resolution adopted at the adjouraed session, engaged in a work that wiU identify them with the history of the State. For that reason the ap­ pointment is one of both honor and responsibiUty. One of the best equipped members of this committee is George Burl Nye, member of the House of Representatives from Pike county. Dr. Nye is thorough and conscientious in aU he undertakes, inipartial in his judgments, but fearless once his convictions have been

HON. GEORGE E. REED. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 257 formed, thus bringing to the Cincinnati inquiry the qualifications most important in a work of that kind. He was one of Speaker Eagleson's original appointees, and was retained on the commit­ tee because of his fitness, after the personnel was changed by compromise. Dr. Nye was born on a farm in Jadcson county, March 25, 1876. His father, Michael Lewis Nye, was a native of Ohio and died near Jackson in 1896. His paternal ancestry was German and English. His grandfather, Benjamin Nye, was one of the earliest settlers of Jackson county, and was a civil engrineer and surveyor, as well as a farmer. Dr. Nye's mother, Ella Cool, was born in Ohio, h^r parents being of Irish descent. Educated in the country schools of his native county until the age of 15, Dr. Nye taught school in the winter terms and at­ tended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. He was graduated from the Rush Medical College of Chicago in 1897, with the degree of M. D. In the fall of the same year he began the practice of his profession at Waverly, Ohio, where he still resides and continues in active and successful practice. As a legislator. Dr. Nye was a member of the important standing Committee on Taxation, to which are referred measures relating to the raising of revenue for the support of the State service. He also was a member of a number of other standing committees and of the Democratic steering committee, to the work of aU of which he gave careful and helpful attention. Dr. Nye was married to Miss Cresse Evans, of Jadcson, November 5, 1894. They have two children, Irene, bora October 21, 1895, and George Dewey, bom August 9, 1898. Dr. Nye is a member of the Modern Woodmen of Ohio and of the Inde­ pendent Order of Red Men.

HON. GEORGE E. REED. During the sessions of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly of Ohio, one who impressed all with his character, ability and fearless convictions was Hon. George E. Reed, the member in the House from Wood county. Elected on the clearly expressed 17 258 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. platfomi, that he would favor a coiuAy salary law, the abolition of the pass privilege-and the maifitenance of the local option laws, his record will show that he was trae to his trust in all of these particulars, and no one stood higher in the good opinion of his coUeagues. His record was in favor of the people at aU times, and there was nothing in any of his votes that require de­ fense or explanation. George E. Reed is a native of Shippensburg, Pa., where he was bom Feb. 4, 1872. His father, a native of that state died when young Reed was but two years old. His ancestry were of English descent. His mother, nee Mary B. Goodyear, of German birth, is stiU Uving at Altoon^, Pa. Mr. Reed had but vety little education when a boy, and worked at the blacksmith's trade from the time he was thirteen until he reached the age of seventeen years. He afterward worked in a general store at Bloomdale. Wood county, Ohio, for two years. Later on he took up the newspaper profession, showing an aptitude for this work, filling positions on the North Baltimore Beacon, Bowling Green Tribune, and Toledo Blade. In 1894 while employed on the Bowling Green Tribune, he was elected enrolling clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives. Going home after the session he purchased the Prairie Depot (Wood county) Observer, and became identified with that town, being one of its foremost and most active citizens. He took an impor­ tant part in the campaign of 18^ and two years later was ap­ pointed postmaster at Prairie Depot, and has continued as such. He has also served as justice of the peace in his township, mayor of the village, member and clerk of the board of education, and in evety position has made a good record. Mr. Reed made the race for Representative as a Republican in 1905, entering the field after two other candidates had made a large part of their campaign, and was nominated after a contest marked with his characteristic push and energy. His election fdUowed. He at once assumed a leading position in the House, serving as a member of the Committees on Common Schools, Fees and Salaries, Public Printing and Boys'Industrial School. He was active in aU temperance legislation, and introduced several bills for the improvement of the public schools, chifii of which was his measure.for compulsory fire drills by pupils, that became a law. REPRESEItTTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 259

Mr. Reed married Miss Ida Norris, of Wood county, Ohio. Her father, Hon. Q. P. Norris, was a member of the Seventy- second and Seventy-third Genefal Ass€rhblies of Ohio, and her grandfather, Hon. John Norris, was elected to the Sixty-fifth General Assembly. Mr. and Mrs. Reed haye five children, three daughters and two sons. As a member of the Knights of Pythias he has filled all of the chairs of that order.

HON. FRANK W. VAN DUSEN. ONE of the members of the 77th General Assembly of Ohio who will attract unusual attention throughout the State is Hon. Frank Walter Van Dusen, whose membership on the committee to investigate Cincinnati and Hamilton county kept him in public view after the session of the Legislature adjourned. The choice of Mr. Van Dusen for this important work was fortunate. He is ranked among the conservative Republican leaders of the Hbuse of Representatives. He is also a man of quick perception and keen, analytical mind, with the judicial impartiality that is one of the prime qlialifications for the fair and searching in­ vestigation which it is intended the Cincinnati inquiry shall be. Mr. Van Dusen's integrity is unquestioned, and the sincerity of his motives command the respect of his colleagues and ac­ quaintances. Mr. Van Dusen was born at Norwalk,, Huron county, Ohio, February 15, 1862. His father, James L. Van Dusen, a native of New York, came of an old ducal family of Holland, while his mother, Celia A. Pray, also a native of New York, was of Scotch descent. He was educated in the public schools of Norwalk and was graduated from the High school of that city, afterward re­ ceiving his literary and legal education at -Westera Reserve University, Qeveland, being graduated in 1884. He read law with Hon. Stevenson Burke at Cleveland and was admitted to practice in 1886, subsequently being admitted before the United States Court at Qeveland. Since that time he has been engaged in the practice of law at Norwalk. Mr. Van Dusen was a member of the council of his home 260 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.'

city for two years, then served as city attoraey for two terms, and then was elected mayor for two terms or four years. He was elected on the Republican ticket as a representative in the 77th General Assembly by the largest vote on the ticket, getting nearly 1000 majority, while the Democratic candidate for Governor car­ ried the county by 200. As a legislator Mr. Van Dusen was a member of the important committee on judiciary and on cities, and was chairman of the committee on the institution for- feeble minded youth. He was the author of the township depositary bill, and the bill disbarring from business violators of the saloon laws, both of which became laws, and of the bill to repeal the Longworth act, now effective. Mr. Van Dusen married Miss Kittie B. Thomas of Norwalk, in 1888; they have no children. He is a Knight Templar Mason, past high priest, served as an officer of the Grand Chapter of Ohio, Past eminent commander of Norwalk, and a member of the grand commandety of Ohio. He is equally prominent in the Elks and the K. of P., in both of which he has held important offices.

CAPTAIN IRA L MORRISON. The position of assistant clerk of the Ohio House of Rep­ resentatives is one of varied responsibilities, and the place has always been filled by men of character and ability. The incum­ bent in 1907-8 is no exception to the rule, and Capt. Morrison is a competent and popular official. Ira I. Morrison was born at West Salem, Ohio, August 23rd, 1858. His father James H. Morrison, a native of Pennsyl­ vania, came to Ohio when quite young, and is living at Akron, Ohio. His mother, nee Elisabeth Barker Emery, a native of West Salem, Ohio, is still living. The materaal ancestry was Holland Dutch and Puritan EngUsh. The pateraal side was Scotch-Irish. Capt. Morrison received his education in the pub­ lic schools at Akron, Ohio. In 1885 he joined the Ohio National Guard as a private, and was retired a Captain in 1896. He served in the Spanish- I APT. IRA r. MORRISON. GKN. C.EOKGI-: .M. ZKKILKU. REPRESENTATIVE MENHOF OHIO. 261

American War as an oflSter of the First Territorial Volunteer Infantty, and was "commissioned by President McKinley as First Lieutenant, Thirty-eighth United States Volunteer Infantty, and served as regimental commissary in the PhiUipine Islands 1899^ 1901. He was mustered out of service June 30th, 1901, at the Presidio, San FranciscQ, at the expiration of his term. Capt. Morrison was appointed assistant derk of the Ohio House of Representatives January ist, 1907. He is a 32nd de­ gree Mason, Shriner, member of the Sons of Veterans and Sons of the American Revolution, and a bachelor.

GEN. GEORGE M ZIEGLER. A SOLDIER of the Union who can make the proud boast of having served more days as an officer in the war of the .rebel­ lion than any officer from Ohio, is the record of Cieneral Zieg- ler. As visitor's atcendant in the State House his is a familiar figure in the public life about the State Capitol, and no one has filled the onerous post with more credit. George Milton Ziegler was bom in Wilmington, Clinton county, Ohio, July i, 1832. He received a common school edu­ cation, and graduated from Smith's Mercantile School at Cin­ dnnati. Being the eldest son, he chose his father's occupation, of baker and confectioner.' He entered the army as a private in Company B, of the Twelfth Ohio Regiment, April 22, 1861, and served the full en­ listment. He again enlisted as a private in the Forty-seventh regiment, June i, 1861. On June 16, 1861, he was promoted to first sergeant; August 28, 1861,. was promoted to Second Lieu­ tenancy, and December 6, iS6i, to First Lieutenant. In Jan­ uary-, 1862, he was appointed Adjutant, and in December, 1862, was made Captain of Company C, remaining with the command until he was promoted to Colonelcy of the Fifty-second Regi­ ment, colored, for valuable services in and about Vicksburg, Miss., taking command July 27, 1863. Col. Ziegler was bre­ vetted Brigadier General March 13th, 1864, and was mustered out with his command June 5, 1866. 262 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

In 1902 Colonel Ziegler was appointed a member of the Capitol police force by Govemor Nash, and promoted to visi­ tor's attendant by Goveraor Herrick in 1904, which post he held until he retired under the administration of Goveraor Pattison for five months, afterward being reinstated under the admin­ istration of Goveraor Harris. Col. Ziegler was married to Miss Alice Murphy, at Xenia, Ohio, August 4, 1854, and there were bom to them five sons and two daughters. Mrs. Ziegler died in 1876, and in 1878 he was married to Mrs. Belle Schofield, nee Mann, and to them were bom one son and one daughter. Col. Ziegler is a member of McCoy Post No. i, G. A. R., and Union Veteran Legion No. 78, Columbus, ©bio.

HON. ARTHUR L VORYS. The preliminaty campaign for the RepubUcan nomination for the Presidency in 1908, brought prominently into the public eye of the state and the nation, Artiiur I. Vorys, for seven years Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio, and from December, 1907, the active manager of the candidacy of Hon. William H. Taft, for the highest office within the gift of the ^American people. When the name of the Secretary of War was prominently men­ tioned in connection with the Presidential nomination, Mr. Vorys laid aside the duties of the Insurance Department, and was placed in charge of the Ohio bureau at work in behalf of Secretary Taft, but with the progress of the ante-nomination campaign, he as­ sumed a higher position in the councils of Secretary Taft's friends, and his operations in behalf of the Ohio aspirant became national in scope. His management of the candidacy of Secretary Taft was marked with rare discretion and success, and he at once became a national character, recaUing in a way the part played by Senator Hanna in 1896, in behalf of the lamented McKinley. Arthur I. Vorys is a native son of Fairfield County, where he was bora, at the county seat, Lancaster, November 25, 1856. His father was Isaiah Vorys, also bora and reared in Lancaster, where he still survives, and his mother was nee Miss Emily Webb, HON. ARTHUR I. VORYS.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 263 the marriage of the pair occurring in 1854. His mother was a native of Hocking County, Ohio, and connected with one of the best known families of that section. Six children were bora of the union, three of whom survive, Arthur I. Vorys, Mrs. Henry C. Drinkle, of Lancaster, and Mrs. John R. McLaughlin, of Columbus. Arthur Vorys secured his education in the Lancaster schools, from which he graduated with high honors, and this was supple­ mented by one year in the Ohio State University. His father was proprietor of a planing mill in Lancaster, and when out of school,'the boy took a position in the plant where he worked for some time. He then went to Toledo, where he was engaged in the office of an architect for a year. Returaing to Lancaster, young Vorys began the study of law under John S. Brasee, the Nestor of the Fairfidd County bar, and in 1879 was admitted to practice his profession. In 1884 he was chosen city solicitor of Lancaster, and served two terms to the satisfaction of the people of that city. His active career in sta|e affairs was begun in 1900, when the late Governor Nash caUed him from his large practice in Lancaster, to assume control of the Insurance Department of Ohio, for two years to fill the unexpired term of W. S. Matthews. Governor Nash in 1902 appointed him for a full term of three years, ending in June, 1905, when he was named for another term by Governor Herrick, ending in 1908, but on the i6th of December, 1907, Superintendent Vorys resigned to take charge of the Taft campaign, and was succeeded by Judge C. C. Lemert. The management of the Ohio Insurance Department, under Superintendent Vorys, was marked by the highest standard of progress, not only in the enforcement of the insurance laws, and the widening of the scope of the department's work, but in the care he constantly exercised in behalf of the insured. Mr. Vorys was universally recognized as one of the great insurance authori­ ties of the country, and Ohio, through his administration, was placed in the very fore front of the other states of the union, whose insurance interests were in intelligent and popular hands. Mr. Vorys was the author of the code of insurance laws passed by the second session of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, although a special committee of the Senate and House were popu­ larly supposed to have that work in charge. His fitness for the 264 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

important work was so universally recognized that it was placed entirely in his charge, and the series of bUls, nearly a score in number^ went through both branches without a word of change. In Fairfield County, before being caUed to higher duties in the service of the state, Mr. Vorys took an important part in the work of the Republican party, being frequently at the head of the state delegations at conventions and as chairman of the county committee. In 1891 he was married to Miss Jeanny M. McNeiU, of Lancaster, and they are the happy parents of four sons.

HON. HENRY A. WILLIAMS.

WITH a large experience in political affairs, endowed with tact, resourcefulness and executive ability developed to a high degree, it was fortunate that the Republicans of Ohio in 1908 vested in Henry Archer Williams the duties of chairman of the State Executive Committee, a position for which he is admirably fitted, and one requiring an able mind, after the skillful handling of affairs by Senator Charles Dick for so many years. Of a character making him an impartial and sound judge of political conditions, no better choice could have been made for a place demanding shrewdness, diplomaty and careful man­ agement. Mr. Williams was bora in Cindnnati, Hamilton county, O., December 4, 1864, of a family miUtant. His father, Rev. Charles H. WUliams, a Kentuckian, was chaplain of the 138th O. V. I., in the Civil War. His mother, Harriet Langdon Wil­ liams, was an Ohioan. On both sides his ancestors aided in throwing off the iron hand of British rale and his father's grand­ father was killed at the battle of Kingf's Mountain. At Lexing­ ton, Concord and in other engagements his maternal ancestors laid down their lives. Mr. Williams' education has been most complete, embracing high school and at Springfield and Witten­ berg college, from which he graduated in 1885 with the degrees of A. B. and A. M. He graduated from high school in 1881' At the age of 22 Mr. WiUiams entered public life as com­ mission clerk in the office of Gov. J. B. Foraker. His legal HON. HENRY A. WILLIAMS. HON. H. M. DAUGHERTY. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 266

training which has raised him to the forefront of his profession stood him in good stead and his ability led to his becoming first assistant Prosecuting Attorney of FrankUn county in March,. 1904. President McKinley appointed him census supervisor for Fairfield, Licking and Franklin counties in 1900, and in January, 1908, Mayor Bond, of Columbus, appointed him trastee of the public library. But his public Ufe has not prevented a sociat development and Mr. WUUams is a member of the following: 32 degree Scottish Rite Mason, Sons of the American Revolu­ tion, of which latter Ohio society he has been secretary, treas­ urer and vice president, and president of the Benjamin FrankUn chapter, S. A. R. He is a member of the Beta Theta Pi fra­ ternity and has been national college secretary and member of board of trustees. November 24, 1887, Mr. Williams married Miss Elizabeth L. Thomas, of Springfield, Ohio, and as a result of the union three children have been bora, Morris HolUday Williams, 12,. Langdon Thomas Williams, 9, and Gordon Early Williams, 6. Mr. Williams is a member of the Eastwood Congregational church and an earnest worker for its betterment. He lives in a comfortable home at 59 N. Ohio avenue in Columbus, and has a suite of offices in the Ruggery buUding which well show the man of profession.

HON. HARRY M DAUGHERTY. A STALWART Republican, whom the party has often de­ lighted to honor, and for whom the future doubtless holds fur­ ther political preferment, a successful attorney-at-law, and a valued friend—such are the distinguishing features of the ca­ reer of Hon. Harry M. Daugherty. As boy and man he has ever been a devoted son to his widowed mother, who was left alone when Harry was but four years of age, and such boys are always successful in life. In 1899 Mr. Daugherty was a candidate for Goveraor of Ohio, and he showed great strength in the RepubUcan Convention that year. Throughout the years j>i his manhood he has shown high qualities of leadership, and he has hosts of political and social friends throughout the State. 266 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Harry Micajah Daugherty was bora in Washington C. H., Fayette county, Ohio, January 26, 1860; His father, John H. Daugherty, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish de­ scent, and came to Ohio as a young man and settied first in ZanesviUe, and then in Washington C. H., dying there in 1864. His mother, nee Jane A. Draper, is a native of Ohio, and she still resides at Washington C. H. Mr. Daugherty was educated in the common schools of his native town, went to Ann Arbor, Mich., at 19 years of age, graduating therefrom in the law department two years later. He read law with Gregg & Creamer at Washington C. H., and Judge H. B.. Maynard, being admitted to the bar in 1881, and has practiced his profession continuously since that,time, com­ ing to Columbus in 1893. His debut in Republican politics began when he was chosen derk of Union township, Fayette county, followed by two terms in the city councU. He represented Fayette county in the Six­ ty-eighth and Sixty-ninth assemblies of Ohio, being chairman of the Committee on Corporations and member of the Judiciary Committee. He was chairman of the Republican House caucus in the'second term, and author of the joint resolution authorizing Goveraor McKinley to appoint a commission to codify the tax laws of the state and to recommend new tax provisions of the Ohio law, out of which has g^rown all of the spedal tax legisla­ tion such as the excise and corporation taxes of the state. Mr. Daugherty was chairman of the Republican State Con­ vention that nominated McKinley the second time; chairman of the State Central Committee in 1898; chairman of the State Executive Committee in 1899; and delegate to the National Re­ publican Conventions in 1904 and 1908. He is one of the strong Republican leaders of the State, and has been a dominant figure in poUtical events in Ohio for many years. In 1885 Mr. Daugherty married Miss Lucie M. Walker, of Wdlston, Jackson county, Ohio, and they have two children, a daughter, Emily Belle, and a son. Draper M. Mr. Daug^rty is a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias and EUc. As a lawyer Mr. Daugherty has been vety successful, representing the Scioto Valley Tradion Company, a number of insurance, tele­ phone and other corporations and large interests.

HON. WILLIS G. BOWLAND. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 267

HON. WILLIS G. BOWLAND. ONE of the strongest factors in the poUtical and commercial life of Columbus, a man who has hewn his way upward until he occupies an enviable position in the regard of the community, one who has filled many places of responsibUity and trast always with credit to himself, such is the record of WiUis G. Bowland. The story of his career travels aU the way from that of news­ boy to political leadership and a business man connected with some of the largest enterprises of Columbus. Devotipn to duty, and a never wavering fealty to his friends, has made him very popular. Willis Gaylord Bowland was bora in Van Wert, Ohio, May I, 1853. His father, Dr. Milton J. Bowland, was a native of Ohio and served as surgeon general of the Department of West Virginia, during the American war of the rebeUion, dying in the service. Young Bowland came to Columbus with his par­ ents when but eight years old, and his- first service, while trying to secure an education in the public schools of the city, was as a paper carrier. He showed aptitude for the work of aif account­ ant, and after his graduation made this his life work, being con- nectec^ at various times, with some of the largest business houses of Columbus. In Republican politics, Mr. Bowland has been most active and prominent. He is an excellent baritone singer, and was one of the earUest members of the Republican Glee Club, at the same time utilizing his fine voice as a member and conductor of St. Paul's Episcopal church choir. He was nominated and elected twice treasurer of Franklin county, resigning this post a year before the expiration of his last term, on account of his duties with the Beggs Co. Mr. Bowland is a member of the Buckeye Republican Club, and in the last decade has been one of the active and potential factors in the party organization in Franklin county, being at the head of the county executive com­ mittee in a number of campaigns, and always one of the leaders in his political organization. In May, 1908, he was appointed by the State Department at Washington an inspector of Amer­ ican consulates in Europe, which important mission he has un­ dertaken with a view of benefiting his health. In 1877, Mr. Bowland mariied Miss Alice Carlisle, of Co­ lumbus, and they have a daughter, who is married. 268 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

JOHN R. MALLOY.

OHIO furaished one of the conspicuous figures of the Na­ tional Republican Convention, in June, 1908, in the person of John R. Malloy, who acted as secretary of that great political gathering. His selection was not only a worthy tribute to the Republicans of Ohio, but to Mr. MaUoy's peculiar fitness for the place, his knowledge of parliamentary law, and sonorous voice making him an ideal secretary. There is no better knowi^ Re­ pubUcan in Ohio than John R. Malloy, and for twenty years he has been actively allied.with party management and legislation. John R. MaUoy was bora in New Haven, Conn., July 16, 1856. He was a son of a veteran of the war of the rebellion, and when but five years of age his mother died, after which his father enlisted in the army, serving until the end of the war. The education of young Malloy was secured in his first years in the pubUc schools of New Haven, where he resided until he was II years of age, when he removed to Ohio with his father, and in 1868 took up his residence in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers near Dayton, where his father was an in­ mate. He remained there attending school until the summer of 1869, when he was obliged to leave, the law establishing the Home not permitting children of soldiers to become inmates. He returaed to Connecticut and was apprenticed to the printer's trade in the office of the Meriden Daily RepubUcan. In 1870 he came to Ohio for a second time and entered the Soldiers' and .SaUors' Orphans' Home at Xenia, where he remained two years, being discharged in 1872, having reached the age of 16 years. His first public position was that of page in the Constitu­ tional Convention of 1873-4, at Cincinnati, Ohio, through the appointment of President Morrison R. Waite, who was after­ ward Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States! He was Recording Qerk of the Ohio House of Representatives of the 62d General Assembly, and assistant clerk during the 67th and 68th General Assemblies. He was a member and president and member of the Ohio State Board of Pardons in 1890-91, which he resigned on being elected Clerk of the House at the organization of the 70th General Assembly, which place he held during the 71st and 72d General Assemblies. He was the Re- JOHN R. MALLOY. MALCOLM A. KARSHNER. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 269 publican caucus nominee for chief clerk of the -House in the 73d General Assembly, but defeated by the coalition. He took a leading part in the nomination and election of Judge Nash to the Governorship in 1899, and on the 15th of May, 1900, was appointed Oil Inspector, a place he held for three successive terms. The experience of Mr. Malloy in the management of State campaigns has been wide and varied, and for many years he was secretary of the Republican State Executive Committee, his ex­ perience being coincident with the service of Senator Dick as chairman of that committee. His acquaintance with public men of both parties is general, and in his public career he has held the good will and confidence o'f all.

MALCOLM A. KARSHNER. A sturdy young Republican leader and party manager has recently come into prominence in Ohio state politics, with Co­ lumbus as his base of operation, and so rapid has been his ad­ vancement to the front rank of recognized efficient organizers, that many who knew him a few years ago as a round-face Ger­ man boy in the public schools of Columbus can scarcely realize that he is in 1908 a Republican leader of Franklin County. Yet this is what has been accompUshed in five or six years by Malcolm Albert Karshner. His tireless industry and dever per­ sonality have contributed to his remarkable success. Mr. Karshner was born at Lancaster, Ohio, July 12th, 1877. His father, George W. Karshner, also a native of Ohio, came to Columbus in 1868. His mother, nee Clara Bitler, was bora in Fairfield County, Ohio. Both parents are of German an­ cestry and they reside in Columbus. The materaal grandparents fled from Germany as reUgious refugees, came to America and settled in Pennsylvania. Gen. Kirshner, who served on Gen. Washington's staff during the Revolutionaty war, was a pateraal ancestor, th^ name being changed since. Malcolm was educated in the public schools of 270 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Columbus, graduating from the North High school in 1894. He then took a four-year course in Pharmacy at Ohio State Uni­ versity, graduating in 1898. In that year he joined Battery H, Ohio National Guard, and served throughout the Spanish- American War. In the faU of 1898 he was assistant secretary of the Frank­ lin County Executive Committee. In 1899 Gov. Nash appointed him deputy clerk at the Ohio Penitentiary. After the election of Mayor Jeffrey in 1902, Mr. Karshner was selected as his sec­ retary, and the same year he was elected secretaty of the Frank­ Un County Executive Committee. He was also elected a mem­ ber of the RepubUcan State Central Committee in 1902 and stUl holds that position, being chosen secretary of the committee in 1907. When the RepubLcan State Executive Committee was organized for the campaign of 1908, Chairman WiUiams ap­ pointed Mr. Karshner chairman of the organization bureau, a position of great responsibility. In June, 1908, he was elected vice president of the American Savings Bank of Columbus. On May 15th, 1898, Mr. Karshner was married to Miss Julia Pinney of Worthington, Ohio. They have no children. He is a member of the Elks and a Knight of Pythias.

HON. HENRY BOHL. BUT few men have accomplished more in a quiet, unosten­ tatious way, forging his way upward from obscurity to positions of trust and responsibility, than Hon. Henry Bohl, member of the Columbus (Ohio) Board of Review. He has made a strong impress upon the citizenship where he has been a potential agent for the upbuilding of the community and taking a leading part in whatever tended to the material development and progress of the people. Hon. Henry Bohl was bora in Bavaria, and came to Amer­ ica with his parents, Conrad and Catharine (Altvater) Bohl, when he was but ten years of age. The family settied in Wash­ ington county, Ohio, where they lived on a farm near Marietta. In 1864, at Marietta, Mr. Bohl was married to Margaret Reden- HON. HENRY BOHL.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 271 bach, and seven children were bora, of whom five daughters and one son are living. Mrs. Bohl died in 1907 after a long illness. Young Bohl was educated in the common schools of his section, and began his career in the insurance business in 1869. In 1872 he was connected with a company at Atlanta, Ga., and in 1873 elected secretary, chosen secretary of the Underwriters' Insurance Association of the South. In 1875 Mr. Bohl was elected a member of the Ohio Legislature from Washington county, re-elected in 1877, and again in 1883, his nominations each time coming to him by acclamation. During his last term he was chairman of the House Finance Committee. In 1876, Mr. Bohl was delegate-at-large to the Democratic National Convention, and in 1880 represented the Fifteenth dis­ trict at the Democratic National Convention held in Cincinnati. He was secretaty of the Ohio State Democratic executive com­ mittee during the campaign of 1884-85; chairman of both the State Central and Executive committees in 1886 and chairman of the State Central Committee in 1887. Early in the second administration of President Cleveland, Mr. Bohl was appointed United States Marshal for the southera district of Ohio, and served during the Ohio miners' strike and the Debs railway strike of 1894. In 1887 Mr. Bohl was appointed receiver of the Second National Bank of Xenia, and in 1888 appointed superintendent of agencies for Ohio of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com­ pany of Newark, N. J., fiUing the place for five years with suc­ cess. He had declined the position of receiver of the public money for Wyoming, tendered him during President Cleve­ land's first administration, as well as an Indian agency and the chief clerkship in the office of the Department of the Interior at Washington. In 1878 he was a prominent candidate for Con­ gress in the Fifteenth distrkt, and in 1880 prominentiy men­ tioned for Secretary of State, an honor that he would not ac­ cept. In 1881 he was urged to makes the race for Lieutenant- Goveraor, and also for the Senatorship in his distrid, but he de­ clined the honors. In 1884 he was a candidate for Congress and at a time when his nomination was deemed possible he with­ drew in the interest of harmony. In 1896 Mr. Bohl left the Democratic party, on account of 272 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. the Chicago platform in favor of free sUver, and has ever since been affiliated with the Republicans. During that campaign he made speeches in favor of McKinley in Ohio and Indiana, and in Chicago. April I, 1895, Mr. Bohl entered the service of the Pruden­ tial Life Insurance Company, where he remained until April i, 1902, when he became a director of agencies of the Western and Soutiiera Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, for its entire fidd of operations. In January, 1901, he was elected first vice president and director of the Columbus Savings and Trust Co., and in March following chairman of the legislative committee of the Columbus Board of Trade. It is daimed he was the first man in Ohio to recommend the adoption of the new munici­ pal code, that was adopted at the extraordinary session of the Ohio General Assembly in 1902. In 1903 Mr. Bohl was elected a member of the Columbus Board of Public Service, and after a service of the most un- portant character, resigned to become a member of the Colum­ bus Board of Review, to succeed the late Lawrence Cott. In May, 1908, he was reappointed for a full term of five years.

COLONEL JAMES KILBOURNE. No volume entitled "Representative Men of Ohio" would be complete without a story of the life of Colonel James Kil- bourae, of Columbus. His name is always prominently men­ tioned in connection with political affairs, and his high standing in the commercial world makes him a conspicuous figure in everything that enters into the prosperity and well-being of tiie State. His grandfather, Col. James Kilbourae, was one of Ohio's earliest pioneers and among the first to represent his distrid in Congress. He was of an ancient family long settled in New England, who traced their descent from tiie fourteenth centuty in Scotiand and through one of the earUest emigrants who came to tty his fortunes in New America. Col. James Kilbourae was bora in the city of Columbus, COL. JAMES KILBOURNE.

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Ohio, October 9, 1841. His father, Lincoln Kilbourae, was a leading merchant in the city of his birth, and weU known for his popularity and good citizenship. Col. Kilbourne attended Ken-- yon College, graduating therefrom in 1862, and two years later received the degree of Master of Arts. He was but fairly out of his school work when the war of the rebellion broke out, and young Kilbourne enlisted as a private in the 84th Ohio Volun­ teers, afterward being transferred to the 9Sth Ohio Volunteers. He served with honor throughout the entire war, being pro­ moted through the various grades to that of Captain, and brevetted Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of the United States Volunteers. For a.portion of his army service he was a member of the staffs of Generals Tuttie and McArthur. His war record is one of g^reat gaUantry and without a blot. At the close of the war. Col. Kilbourae resumed his studies and graduated from the law school of Harvard University in 1868. He was admitted to the bar, but his health being under­ mined by army service, he left the practice of his chosen pro­ fession, and entered into .business with his father, Lincoln Kil­ bourne. A few years later he founded the Kilbourae and Jacobs Manufacturing Co., now one of the largest establishments of the kind in the world, and of which he became President and general manager. Col. Kilbourne has always taken a great deal of interest in the various organizations having for their purpose the upbuilding of his native city. He was a director, and in 1895 President of the Columbus Board of Trade, and he has been a director of the Arlington £ountry Club. He was a director of the First National Bank and the Clin- ton-Hayden National Bank, of the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo, and the Columbus, Cincinnati and Midland railways, and of many private business and sociar organizations. For many years he was President of the Board oi Trustees of the Columbus City Libraty, President of the Kenyon College As­ sociation of Central Ohio and«President of the Oh^ Harvard Qub. He is a life member of the Ohio Archedogical Sodety, and Vice President of the Old Northwest Genealogical Sodety. He instituted the Columbus ChUdren's Hospital, of which he was President five years. He is Vice President of the Columbus 18 274 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Ndghborhood Guild Association and a member of the Board of Managers of the Assodated Charities of Columbus. Col. Kilbourae has always been a stalwart Democrat, prom­ inent in the councUs of his party and often urged to accept a nomihation. He acceded to the wishes of his friends but once, when in 1899 he was the Democratic candidate for Goveraor of Ohio. His popularity was such that he carried Franklin county, by a majority of 2,300 in round numbers, being a gain of over 4,000 from the vote of the previous two years. He was a ddegate from the 12th Ohio district to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892, 1896, and has been elected to a similar honor to the Denver convention in 1908. At the Democratic State conventicm in 1897 he received 237 votes for nomination for Governor. He was a delegate-at-large from Ohio to the Democratic National convention at Kansas City in 1900, and chairman of the Ohio delegation. He was ap­ pointed by Goveraor Campbell one of the Commissioners from CMiio to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, but declined the honor on account of his business affairs. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution,, the Union Veteran Legion and the Loyal Legion. He has also served as vice president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. He organized the Colum­ bus Cuban League, and was president thereof. When the Span­ ish-American war broke out, he tendered his services and the services of his three sons to the goverament. Col. Kilbourae is one of the largest employo-s of labor in Ohio, and his relations with his workmen have been of the most friendly character. He has never had a strike in his es­ tablishment or a suit at law. His record in this regard is one of which any man might be proud. His charities are numerous and ever well bestowed, and it is a notable fact that none of his employes when iU is allowed to suffer for the lack of friendly aid. In 1898 Col. Kilbourae was appointed a member of the Ohio Centennial Commission and made its President. He has for years been a communicant at St. Paul's ^iscopal Church and closely identified with church woric. On the 5th of October, 1869, he married Anna B. Wright, the eldefft dau^- ter of General George B. Wright, and four children were bora of the union, three sons and one daughter, one son, George

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Bancroft Kilbourae, dying in Chicago in 1907, of pneumonia. The Kilbourae home is located in East Town street, Columbus, where many distinguished people, including William Jennings Bryan, have been entertained.

CAPT. J. C DONALDSON. There is not a man in Ohio who has been interested in poli­ tics since the close of the Civil War who does not know Capt. Jacob C. Donaldson. He is an ancient land mark in the public life of th^ State, and one of the few survivors of the old school of politidans represented by the John Sherman element of Re­ publicans. Captain Donaldson was, probably, as close politically to that eminent statesman as was any other man now living, en­ joying his confidence for more than a quarter of a century. In all Captain Donaldson has been intimately associated with the olitical affairs of the State and Nation for forty years. f In April, 1869, he was appointed Statistical Clerk, and Pur­ chasing Agent of the State in the office of the Secretary of State. In 1873- he was chosen a member of thp Republican State Ex­ ecutive Committee, and as such enjoyed the close political rela­ tions with the leading Republicans of the State. In 1875 he was again chosen a member of the Republican State Executive Com­ mittee, and was elected Secretary of both the State Executive and State Central Committees for the sole purpose of putting in operation the present system of organization by townships and schoof districts, which he had formulated, and which has since been elaborated and perfected by that master of organization, Hon. Charles Dick; who, possessing in a marked degree the power to recognize and the genius to generalize poUtical forces, yet not overlooking the value of thorough ilocal organization, reduced the system to as high a degree of perfertion as it is prac­ ticable to do. As a result the Republicans of the State, recog­ nizing his ability as an organizer, entrusted him with the leader­ ship of the party for nearly twenty years. Capt. Donaldson held these Committee positions until 1895, when, on account of faUing health, he declined to serve again. 276 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

While Secretary he bore close poUtical relations with such ster­ ling Republicans as Gen. A. T. Wykoff, Gen. J. S. R.obinson, Hon. Geo. K. Nash and Hon. Jno.. F. Oglevee who served as Chairmen. In 1884 through the influence of Senator Sherman he was appointed clerk in charge of the FUes of the U. S. Sen­ ate, whidi he held until 1893, when the Senate passed to the control of the Democracy, and a Democratic Secretary was ap­ pointed; and Capt. Donaldson declined to serve under a Demo­ cratic administration, though urged to do so by Senator Sher­ man. In 1889 he suffered a vety severe attack of the Grippe which left him partially paralyzed, and in May, 1890, the year foUowing, he suffered a relapse, even worse than the first. From the effects of these he has never fully recovered. In 1891 while in Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, being treated for paralysis. Senator Sherman requested him to ascertain the feeling among the Republicans of the State as to his re-election to the Senate. Capt. Donaldson fomied a preliminary organi­ zation and conducted the campaign until after the State election. In 1896 Gen. Dick, Secretaty of the National Republican Com­ mittee, asked him to take charge of a certain class of the corre­ spondence of the Committee, which position he occupied until 1901, when Senator M. A. Hanna had him appointed Assistant Librarian of the U. S. Senate Library, which position he now holds. Jacob Coy Donaldson was born on his father's farm ad­ joining the village of Evansport, Defiance Co., Ohio, June 11, 1837. He is the son of Jolm and Margaret Johnson Donaldson, and next to the youngest of a family of six sons and four daugh­ ters. Both of his parents were of Scotch lineage with Welsh extraction. John Donaldson, his father, was bora at Perth Amboy, N. J., Aug. 26, 1785. At the age of 13 he moved to Buffalo Val­ ley, Pa., where he learned the millwright trade and subsequently enlisted in the war of 1812 and was a Captain of a Company in a Pennsylvania Regiment. He married Margaret Johnson July 12, 1824. In 1835 he moved to Ohio and bought a farm adjoin­ ing the village of Evansport, Defiance Co., Ohio. He built the Evansport miU and then gave his entire attention to his farm and had it well cleared up when he died Febraary 4, 1848. John Donaldson possessed all the characteristics of the typi- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 277 cal Scotchman. A strong reUgious character, and of deep piety, he was just to aU, as was shown by his popularity as Justice of the Peace. In his younger" days he was an active and prominent Free Mason. He was a Democrat of the Free Soil School, as was all of his sons up to the breaking out of the Civil War. He was not ambitious for pubUc office though he accepted such as his neighbors conferred on him. He sat as Associate Judge un­ der the old system and was for many years Justice of the Peace, His eldest son, David, enUsted for service in the Mexican War but after a short time in camp it was announced that the (JOV- emment declined to accept more volunteers, and his company was disbanded. His five sons Uving at the time of the breaking out of the Civil War, all enUsted in the Military Service, and all survived the war except one who died in the service. Captain Donaldson is a bachelor, and is practically self edu­ cated. He attended the village schools a few months in the winter and worked on the farm in the summer until he was i8 years old, when he apprenticed to the blacksmith trade with Mr. Isaac Corwin, of Defiance, for a term of three years. At the end of two years and eight months his health failed utterly and he was obliged to abandon his trade. During his apprentice­ ship, by private study at night, without a teacher, and in leisure hours at odd times during the day he acquired an education suf­ ficient to enable him to teach school, in which he engaged and foUowed until war was declared in 1861. In 1858 he matricu­ lated in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, in its classical course, with a view of paying his way through coUegtt by teaching, but in 1861 he abandoned his college work and en« listed in the mUitary service. He was largely instramental in recruiting Co. D, 38th Vol., in which he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, and served with his Regiment until the close of the War having been prcMnoted to ist Lieutenant and Captain. Al­ though his health had been frail for a number of years prior to the war, he never missed a march while with his Regiment and was never absent from hh Command for a single day until he was wounded Sept. i, 1864. In the spring of 1863 after the battie of Stone River, he was detailed as Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Walker, Commanding 3rd Brig. 3rd Div., 14 Army Corps. Dept. of the Cumberland, serving in that capadty and as Brigade In-* spector until after the battle of Chickamauga. He was com- 278 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. mended for meritorious conduct in the battle of Chickamauga, by the Brigade Commander in his report of the battie. After the battle of Missionary Ridge, in which as ist Lieutenant he commanded his CcMnpahy, he was detailed as Adjutant of his Regiment, and in that capacity served during the Atianta cam­ paign, being one hundred days under fire — and until after the battie of Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. i, 1864, — when he was wounded in the right shoulder. The 38th Reg't. entered that battle with only three hundred and one men. In a sharp engagement last­ ing about eleven minutes, it lost in killed and wounded one htffl- dred and fifty-one men, and seven officers, killed and wounded. Fifty men kUled on the field and four officers killed on the field or mortally wounded. Lieutenant Donaldson's wound disabled his right arm and bled profusely. Nevertheless after having it dressed he returaed to the field in time to enter the rebel's works with his Regiment. With the other wounded he was sent to the hospital at Atlanta where he remained until he waivable to avail himself of a leave of absence which had been granted him, Before starting Capt. Charles Gilbert commanding the 38th Reg't., vice Col. W. A. Choate, who had died of his wounds, called and handed him a lut of officers recommended for promo­ tion with the request an^ Instruction to carry them to Colum­ bus, Ohio, and file them with the Goveraor, and under no cir­ cumstances to entrust them to the maUs. About the middle of October Lieut. Donaldson and about one hundred and thirty convalescents, officers and men, started north on a convalescent train, following a supply train. When about six or eight miles south of Marietta, Ga., the rebels fired into the train and threw it off the track; and captured all on board except Private Hart, of Co. A, 38th Reg't., a citizen brike- man and Lieut. Donaldson. With the other prisoners Lieut. Donaldson was corralled and surrounded; but mindful of Cap­ tain Gilbert's charge, and its importance to his fellow officers, and having the papers on his person which were liable to fall into the hands of the enemy he was determined to escape if pos­ sible. Seizing an opportunity to elude the enemy by running into a nearby swale and wading through it he escaped. Emerg­ ing from the opposite side he was much disheartened by coming face to face with a stalwart man in citizen's clothes. However he proved to be a citizen brakeman who had jumped irom the REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 279 train while in motion. He was an East Tennesseean, standing full six feet or more, a powerful man, and familiar with ^e mountains. He was extremdy anxious not to fall into the hands of the rebels. He supported Lieut. Donaldson who was much exhausted and suffering from his wound, over the mountain and to the Chattahoochee River, where th^y arrived at diisk. Fol­ lowing the river to Vining's Station; they crossed the high raU­ road bridge on the ties after nightfall, arriving at the garrison at the Chattahoochee River about 9 o'clock: After having his arm dressed which was much swollen he retired. Next mora- ing he ran into Atianta, and two d^ys later started for home again. In due time he arrived in Columbus and filed the rec­ ommendations with the Goveraor, who issued commissions for the officers named, among which was a Captain's Commission for Lieut. Donaldson. After a short visit in Ohio he returaed "to Chattanooga, and entered.the convalescent camp, commanded by Col. Wm. O'Brien. Sbbn sifter orders were received to or­ ganize the convalescents of the 14th Army Corps by Companies into a Brigade. > Col. O'Brien detailed Lt. Donaldson for duty, on his staff aii^ placed him in charge of the work of organiza^f tion. The B^gade when formed was attached to Gen. Stead- man's Command, and ordered to NashvUle. With that com­ mand Lt. Donaldson was engaged in the skirmishes and engage­ ments around Nashville, and finally in the general battle, after which he'engaged in the pursuit of Gen. Hood, He rejoined his Regiment at Goldsboro, N. C, April, 1865, was at tiie Grand Review at Washington, and was mustered out with his Regiment at the close of the war at Cleveland, O., July, 1865. At the close of the war, Capt. Donaldson re-entered the Ohio Wesleyan University remaining one term whetvhe entered the law school of Cleveland, Ohio, finally completing his law course in the office of Messrs. HiU & Cowan, Defiance, Ohio. He was admitted to practice March, 1868, while as a delegate he was attending his first state conventicm, which nominated Gen. Isaac R. Sherwood for Secretary of State. Gen. Sherwood on his< instaUation established in the Secretary of State's office a bureau of statistics, and appointed Captain Donaldson to a clerk­ ship in his office, pladng him in charge of that bureau; also assigning to him the duties of stationety clerk and purchasing 280 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. agent. When Gen. A. T. Wikoff, who succeeded Gen. Sher­ wood, was installed in. 1872, he appointed Capt. Donaldson his chief clerk, continuing him as purchasing agent. In 1874 the Democrats carried the State, and Wm. Bell was elected Secre­ taty of State. In 1875 the Republicans carried the State to- getiier with the Legislature, and Capt. Donaldson was elected derk of the State Senate. The following legislature was Demo­ cratic. In 1879 the Republicans again carried the Legislature, and Capt. Donaldson was again elected clerk of the Senate and was re-elected by the next Legislature. He is a charter member of Junia Lodge, I. O. O. F., Colum­ bus, and passed the Chairs in that lodge. He was a charter member of Bishop Post No. 7, G. A. R., Defiance, Ohio, served several terms as Post Commander under the original charter. On the reorganization of the order he joined J. C. McCoy Post No. I, Columbus, Ohio, and was department mustering officer on the staff of Department Commander Clark. He was charter member of John A. Logan Camp U. V. N., Washington, D. C.,. and its first Lieutenant-Colonel, and was appointed by the Na­ tional Encampment on committee to revise the ritual of the or­ der. He is a charter member of "President's Own" Garrison No. 104, Army and Navy Union, in which he was elected Junior Vice Commander, but resigned on account of bad health. Capt. Donaldson is of a long line of soldiers. Both his great great grandfather and his great grandfather were officers in the EngUsh Army, — his great grandfather, WiUiam Donald­ son, dying in the service in the West Indies in the year 1766. His grandfather, Robert John Donaldson/ was bora January i, 1753- ^^ was only 13 years of age when his father died, and his mother Margaret Shaw Donaldson, placed him in a Presby­ terian Academy in tbe County of Antrim, Ireland. During his coUege days the "rights of man" and the American question was much agitated, which, together with a love of adventure, prompted young Robert to come to America on vacation. He landed in New York November 22, 1769, before he was 17 years. eidk Sympathizing with the Colonists in their effort to establish independence he remained in this country and entered in the pro­ fession of schoolmaster which he pursued until August, 1775, when he enUsted in the Continental Army at Trenton, N.,J., and with his Regiment was assigned to the command of General

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Schuyler in the expedition against Canada. He was in General Montgomety's famous march against Quebec and in aU his en­ gagements, at the reduction of St. John's, where the first stand of British colors were captured in the Revolution, at the capturo- of Montreal, and finally at the storming of Quebec December 3i> ^775' Subsequently he was at the battle of White Plains^ the taking of the Hessians at Trenton, the battle of Princeton, and under Gen. Wayne at Brandywine and was captured at Paoli, in the massacre of Gen. Wayne's troops Sept. 21, 1777. After he was exchanged he was under Cien. Wayne at Mon-* mouth and Stony Point. He served throughout the war as a sergeant. At the close of the war he married Miss Abigail Owen, set- tied in Perth Amboy, N. J., and resumed the profession of school, teacher which he foUowed for thirty years. He died at White Deer, Pa., September, 1824. He reared to maturity two sons and five daughters. In religion he was a Scotch Presbyterian; in politics an Anti-FederaUst and followed the fortunes of the Anti-FederaUsts. To the wars of this country subsequent to the Revolution, he gave thirty-five descendants, — two sons tp the War of i8i2, thirty grand and great grandsons to the Civil War, three of whom were in the Confederate Army; and three great great grandsons to the Spanish-American and Philippine War. Every branch of his family was represented in the war of the RebeUion except two in which there were no male mem­ bers of militaty age.

CLAUDE T. DEATRICK. To be the representative head and sole manager in Ohio of the strongest American fire insurance company doing busi­ ness in this country; to be one pf three generations of men en­ gaged in insurance business, rising from a minor post to one of the greatest importance is the record of Claude T. Deatrick,. State Agent of the Home Insurance Company of New York, with headquarters in Colunibus, Ohio. His father, John Fred­ erick Deatrick, has been actively engaged in fire insurance since 1856. At the age of 17 years, Qaude T. Deatrick entered his. 282 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

father's office at Defiance, Ohio, to leara the business, and has been at it ever since; his son, Deatrick the third, is also a hust­ ling representative in fire insurance circles. Mr. Deatrick may be said to have been bora to the insurance role, and how weU he has fulfilled every post with which he has been entrusted more than thirty years of activity is ample testimony. Qaude Taylor Deatrick was bora in Defiance, Ohio, June 2, 1858. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, who went to Defiance in 1852. He is a lawyer by profession. His ma­ ternal ancestry were from Virginia, of Scotch-Irish extraction; his pateraal forebears were of English blood. His g^ndfather, Jc^n Jacob Nicholas Deatrick, built the first woolen mill in Wayne county, Ohio. His mother, nee Nancy Taylor, was a daughter of Hon. John Taylor, an associate circuit judge and editor of the "Westera Dominion," a paper published at Urbana, Ohio, in the forties, and he was afterward elected to the Ohio Senate from the Defiance district. Claude T. Deatrick was educated in the public schools of Defiance, and. as soon as he left school entered the office of his father, who.^was then among the leading fire insurance men in Ohio. Young Deatrick was made a special agent of the Home Insurance Company of New York, in 1879, and subsequently special agent of the Phoenix, of Hartford, Conn. He acted as an independent adjuster for several years and in 1897 became Ohio adjuster for the Home Insurance Company. In 1903 he was ap^inted State agent for the same company, with en­ tire charge of the company's business in Ohio, a post that he has ever since occupied, with credit to himself and the large interests he has served. In 1904 he was sent to Batimore, Md., after the fire that devastated acres of business property in that dty; and in 1906 he went to San Francisco, Cal., following the earthquake and fire, and settled every claim of the company for one hundred cents on the dollar. In 1882, Mr. Deatrick was married to Miss Hattie E. Os- born, eldest daughter of Captain Ransom P. Osbora, of Defi­ ance, Ohio, and they haVe four children, two sons and two daughters. He is a Mason and Knight Templar, and Grand "'Custodian of the Goslings" of the Ancient and Honorable Or- -der of the "Blue Goose," an insurance society.

JOHN E. SMITH. REPRESENTA'nVE MEN OP OHIO. 283

JOHN E. SMITH. To BE the state representative of so great a corporation as The Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company, entities one to be termed a real representative man in the business world. This great company lias steadily grown in the confidence of the pub­ lic until it is recognized as the most substantial organization of its kind in Ohio. John Elton Smith, general agent and adjuster of The Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company, was bom in Thompson township, (leauga county, Ohio, October 26, 1855. His father, Robert C. Smith, was a native of Connecticut, and came to Ohio with his parents when about four years of age. He was of Irish de­ scent, and lived and died a farmer in Geauga county. The mother, nee Miss Jane Perry, was of Scotch ancestry, and bom at Perry, Lake county, Ohio. She was a relative of Commodore Perry, of the battle of Lake Erie fame. She lived and died in Geauga county, the representative of one of the pioneer famiUes of that section. Young Smith attended the country schools and worked on his father's farm until he was 15 years of age, when he went to the Chardon high school. When 16 years of age he taught school in the winter, and worked on the farm in the summer. He followed the profession of teaching until he was 21, when he took a position as clerk in a dry goods store at Painesville, Ohio, where he remained one year. When 22 years old, he began the study of law with Judge D. W. Canfidd, at Chardon, and was admitted to practice at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878, Judge Henry Ranney being chairman of the board of examiners. Mr. Smith pradiced law for a short time at Chardon, Ohio, when he en­ tered the insurance business at that place as a local agent, hav­ ing as a partner Ira. W. Canfidd, an insurance man well and favorably known throughout Ohio today. In 1880 he accepted a position as state agent for Ohio with the Amazon Fire Insurance Co., of Cincinnati, O., and remained with that company four years. He then went with the Con­ cordia Fire Insurance Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., as agent for Ohio, New York, Michigan and Indiana, remaining with that company three years. He then accepted an appointment ten- 284 REPRESENTA'nVE MEN OF OHIO.

dered by the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Co., with headquarters at Le Roy, Medina county, Ohio, and has been with this com­ pany ever since. Mr. Smith is recognized as one of the most ccxnpetent men in his line of work, and is universally popular, not only in insurance circles but with all who know him. His home is at Chardon, O. On the 28th of January, 1886, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Lillian E. Goodrich, of Chardon, and one son, Beecher Goodrich Smith, was the result of the union, born Januaty 31, 1887, now at Hiram College. Mr. Smith is a Knight Templar, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Elk and member of the An- dent and Honorable Order of the "Blue Goose," an organiza­ tion of insurance men. He has been a Democrat of the old school aU his life.

TERRENCE REYNOLDS.

THIS is the simple annals of one of the poor boys of Geauga county, who rose superior to his environment, and is today among the respected citizens of that section of the state. Up in the Westera Reserve where high standards of worth obtain, and where a man is measured for what there is in him and what he has accomplished, Terrence Reynolds stands in the very front rank of esteemed dtizens whose record has been honorable, often weighed in the balance but never found wanting. Today he is a leader in the Reserve, a representative man in Geauga county, an official who has proven his worth and inspired the confidence of the community where he has lived and wrought aU of his life, and the people of his county have just nominated him for pro­ bate judge to succeed the venerable Judge Smith, after forty years of uninterrapted service. Such is the record of a man, bora in Chardon, Geauga county. May 31, 1866, of Irish parents, was left an orphan when very young, and as a straggling man seeking for recognition and employment, saw much sorrow and experienced many of the griefs that are unalterably connected with a career along the Unes indicated. As a boy he knew but little of the pleasures of childhood; he was compeUed to work; and so industrious was TERRENCE REYNOLDS. BERNARD W. LAYTON. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 285 he, and so well did he fulfiU every duty that he was never out of a job, no matter how menial the employment. Terrence Reynolds was educated in the public schools of Chardon, when he could devote any time at all to the acquisition of an education, and in his busy life has held many positions of trast, to all of which he devoted his best efforts and endeavors. He was teller in the First National Bank of Chardon, Ohio, for ten years; chosen a member of the Chardon city council several terms; elected a member of Chardon first Board of Public Safe­ ty; and served as clerk of the court of Geauga county for three successive terms. The office of Probate Judge will follow in November by the suffrages of his fellow citizens. Mr. Reynolds has always been a consistent member of the Republican party and pi'ominent in his county and district. On June 12, 1901, Mr. Reynolds was married to Miss Cara A. Topp, and two boys have been bora of the union. In the way of secret society affiliations, Mr. Reynolds is connected with the Masonic, Odd Fellow and Knights of P}rthias orders.

BERNARD W. LAYTON.

SOCIALLY and politically the most popular young Democrat from Ohio in position at the National Capital, Beraard W. Lay- ton, has a host of friends, both at Washington and throughout Ohio, where for years he has been a power in the Democratic politics of the State. He is ever ready to do a service or con­ fer a favor of any kind within his power, for the benefit of his friends and acquaintances, and is popularly and generally known by the famiUar title of "Beraie." On account of his prominent position in the councils of his party he was a great factor in the election of the late Senator Brice to the United States Senate, and the Senator acknowl­ edged the value of his services by having him chosen Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, a place of responsibiUty and trust that he has held since March, 1893. The post is one vir­ tually for life, and the salary is a comfortable one. No more popular offidal has ever occupied the place. 286 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Bernard William Layton was born at Wapakoneta, Ohio, October 14, 1864. His grandparents were Scotch and English, his father being a native of New York, and his mother of Michi­ gan. His early education was confined to the pubUc schools of his native place, and his first business training was secured by clerking in the village store. He early took an interest in the politics of his section, and for years was one of the Democratic leaders in that part of the State, attending county and state conventions, and working his way, by dint of sheer ability and astuteness into the leadership of his county and district. In the campaign of 1899, lekding up to the election of Senator Brice, Mr. Layton was a leading fac­ tor, and he was everywhere recognized as a man of more than usual ability in poUtical matters. His first poUtical appointment was during the administra­ tion of Goveraor Hoadly, 1884-85, when he was a clerk in the office of the Adjutant General. From this he moved on rapidly until he was among the State leaders in his party, and had an ever increasing drcle of friends both in and out of party Unes. Mr. Layton was married to Mrs. Catharine Angle McFar- land. They have no chUdren. In frateraity circles, he is a member of the Elks. Although a resident of Washington. D. C, for more than fifteen years, "Beraie" Layton still maintains his residence in Ohio, and continues a party leader in the Fourth Congressional district. His genial personality is in evidence at every important State convention.

COL. C BARTON ADAMS. Among the reformatories for juvenile male offenders in this country, none surpasses the Boys' Industrial School, located six miles south of Lancaster, Ohio. It is the model of its kind in the United States, and was the first penal institution in America to make the "open system" experiment, which has been so successful that twenty-eight states have used the Lancaster School as a model. At the head of the great institution is Col. C. Barton Adams, who as superintendent has been a big factor in the con- OOC C. B. ADAMS.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 287 tinual progress of the school, and whose administration stands out among those of the highest standard. Col. Adams is a native of Madison county, Ohio, where he was bom July 4, 1863. His father was Jacob S. Adams, a native of that county, and his mother, Annie E. Adams, originally came from Pennsylvania. When young Adams was but two years of age, his parents removed to Delaware county, Ohio, where he secured his education in the common schools and Ohio Wesleyan University. After leaving school Col. Adams was engaged in railroad engineering in the northwest. His military career has been of the most creditable character and began in 1880, when he enlisted as a private in Company K, of the Fourth Regiment, O. N. G., at Delaware, filUng in order the inq)ortant posts of Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and afterward Colonel, when he was Assistant Adjutant General of Ohio under Adjutant General Gyger. He acted as Captain of the Delaware company for eight years. He served during the Spanish-American war in 1898-99, and saw service in Porto Rico and Cuba, with the Fourth Ohio, acting on the staff of General James H. Wilson, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1900 he entered the of­ fice of Adjutant General of Ohio, second in command to General Gyger, during the administration of Goveraor Nash, and is now Inspector General on the staff of Major General Charles Dick. In 1902 he resigned to accept the position of Superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School, and so successful has he been that he is considered a model manager. Col. Adams has instituted a number of new features in the management and control of in­ corrigible boys, all built on the broad foundation of mutual help and kindness, and the result is that evety year the Lancaster school turas out scores of young men whose feet have been placed on the broad highway of truth, sobriety, honor and industry through the ministrations of Col. Adams. It stands at the head of Ohio institutions in economical and successful management. In October, 1889, Col. Adams was married to Miss Winifred Sheldon, daughter of a well-known attoraey of Delaware, and they are the parents of two interesting daughters, aged 17 and 11 years respectively. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. 288 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

HARLAND H. HOLLENBECK. Among the prominent and popular young Republicans of Ohio, none stand higher in the good opinion of their friends, or have such a wide and ever increasing circle of acquaintances, as Harland H. HoUenbeck. Active in politics and for several years closely allied with the men who have accompUshed things for the Republican party, and trae to every trust imposed in him, he com­ bines in a rare degree all of the qualities of a safe counsellor and faithful friend. Harland H. Hollenbeck was bom at Garrettsville, Portage County, Ohio, March 4,1872. His education was secured in the public schools of Middlefield and Chardon, Ohio, where he gradu­ ated with high honor in 1890. He afterward took a course at Buchtel College, and in 1894 graduated frmn that institution with the degree of A. B. For some time after he quit school he was employed as financial agent of his alma mater. In 1896 he ac­ cepted his first political office, in the appointment of deputy auditor of Geauga County, Ohio, and was at the same time selected as Chairman of the RepubUcan Executive Committee of that county. Mr. Hollenbeck has been for several years a director of the First National Bank of Chardon. With the appointment of his father, 5. D. HoUenbeck, as Fire Marshal of Ohio, by Governor Nash, Harland H. Hollenbeck was named as chief assistant, a position he filled with satisfaction during that time and also that of Hy D. Davis. When the latter was succeeded in 1906 by D. S. Creamer, Mr. Hollenbeck was ten­ dered his old position, but he refused to accept it. His conduct of the second place in the department had been of such high standard, that the new Fire Marshal desired to avail himself of his ability and knowledge of affairs, in spite of the fact that he was opposed to Mr. Hollenbeck politically. In his conduct of the business of the office, Mr. HoUenbeck always had the confidence and support of the extensive insurance interests of the state. In state politics Mr. Hollenbeck has been a strong factor for a number of years, acting as niember of the Republican State and Executive Conunittees in many campaigns. During the.Ufe time of the late Senator Hanna he was one of his closest advisers, and HARLAND H. HOLLENBECK. HON. ELMER DOVER. SEPSBSENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 289 the relations between Senator Dick and Mr. HoUenbeck have al­ ways been of the most confidential character. In a number of state contests he was prominent at Republican headquarters. In 1908 he accepted the place of chief assistant to State Fire Mar­ shal Col. Rogers. Mr. Hollenbeck is a member of the Masonic, Knights of Pythias and the Phi Delta Theta fraternities. In September, 1908, he was married to Mrs. Carrie A. Burt, of Toledo, O.

HON. ELMER DOVER. It is said that every man is given at least one opportunity in his lifetime to show what there is in him, but many individuals are so luckless or short-sighted as to fail to take advantage of their one chance. In the case of Elmer Dover it can be traly said that he has not failed to "make good" with the fine opportunity which came to him through being secretary to the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna. Trained within sight and hearing of that master hand in national politics for several years, Mr. Dover absorbed all of the essential points for success, and Ohio Republicans are proud of him as a representative Buckeye Republican. Elmer Dover was born at McConnellsvUle, Morgan County, Ohio, April 14th, 1873. His father, John W. Dover, is a native of West Virginia and he came to Ohio and settied at McConneUs- ville about the year 1855, and he still resides there. He is of EngUsh ancestry. The mother, nee Frances Winn, is a native of Ohio, yet living, and to her many sterling qualities of heart and mind Elmer Dover owes much for his success in Ufe. Elmer was educated in the pubUc schools of McConnells­ ville, graduating from high school in June, 1889. He went to work in the office of the "McConnellsville Herald" while yet at school and he did evetything from setting type to reporting all the news of the day. In 1890 he went to Akron, Ohio, and worked for several months on the weekly "Times," then he accepted a place as reporter on the "Daily Beacon." Mr. Dover remained with the Beacon until 1892 when he 19 290 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. went to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he worked as a reporter on the "Times" until 1896. In that year he was engaged as clerk in the office of Secretaty Dick of the National Republican Committee at Chicago during the McKinley campaign ahd here he got his first real training in politics. At the close of that campaign he returaed to his work on tile Portsmouth Times, and in 1897 he was appointed private secretary to Senator Hanna, a place of great responsibiUty, and he remained in that capacity until death daimedfthe great senator. In 1903 Mr. Dover was appointed assistant to Secretary Heath of the National Republican Com­ mittee and in March, 1904, upon the resignation of Mr. Heath, Mr. Dover was chosen to succeed him. In June, 1904, Mr. Dover was elected secretary for four years, and in 1908 the National Committee re-elected him by a unanimous vote to serve until June, 1912. This was a high compliment, indeed, to the ability and in­ tegrity of the young Ohioan. However, in August, 1908, Mr. Dover resigned the position of Secretary of the National Com­ mittee to accept an appointment as secretary of the advisoty board to the National Committee, a body of men selected by the Na­ tional Chairman to provide ways and means for the presidential campaign of 1908. On Jan. 25th, 1898, Mr. Dover led to the altar in marriage. Miss Martha Peebles, a popular^itid accompUshed young lady of Portsmouth, Ohio, and they have a daughter, Mkry Elizabeth, aged nine years.

HON. CHARLES P. TAFT. HON. CHARLES P. TAFT.

HE Taft Brothers are exceptional characters in that th^ succeed in evetything while most men succeed only in T some one thing. William H. Taft is noted as a lawyer, professor, jurist, govemor-general and cabinet minister. Charles P. Taft is equally noted as a scholar, lawyer, business man, states­ man, editor and publisher. He has served his country in Con­ gress, his state in the Legislature and his home city in every capacity that called for enterprising public spirited service. While he is no doubt connected with more enterprises than any other man in Cindnnati or in Ohio, yet his distinguishing success has been that of developing tjie Times-Star into one of the greatest newspaper^ in the cpuntry. With his scholarly attainments, ex­ perience as a lawyer and legislator he was most eminently fitted for journalism, and to that profession he has devoted himself for the most part for almost thirty years. He was one of the reorgan- izers of The Associated Press in 1893 and was a director in that great organization until his many other duties compelled him to decline further re-elections. He has not only been a patron of charities but also of all the liberal and fine arts, but the ambition of his later years has been that of being the Warwick of his family, of his party and of his country. Charles Phelps Taft, president of the Cincinnati Times-Star Company of Cincinnati, was born December 21, 1843, aid is the eldest son of the late Alphonso Taft, Secretary of War and Attor­ ney-General in President Grant's cabinet. Like his distinguished brother, William H. Taft, the present Republican nominee for Presidenti he was educated in the law and was actively engaged in the practice of that profession for many years. He is a graduate of the Woodward high school, Cincinnati, of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., of Yale University and of the law department of Columbia University. In 1866 he went abroad to continue his studies and in 1868 graduated from the University of Heidelberg with the degree of J. U. D., after which he continued his studies !n 291 292 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. the College de France, of Paris, for a year. A season of travel in England, Scotiand and on the continent gave him that culture and knowledge which can be acquired in no other way. He re­ turaed to Cincinnati and formed a law partnership with General Edward F, Noyes. In 1871 the partnership was dissolved by the election of General Noyes as Governor of Ohio and of Mr. Taft as a member of the State Legislature. As a law-maker Mr. Taft advocated and secured the first codification of the school laws of the state artd largely advanced the interests of public education thereby. In 1872 he was nominated by the Republican party for Congress, but was defeated by the Greeley wave which swept over his home district. After the election he resumed the practice of law. In 1879 he entered the field of journalism by the purchase of a controUing interest in the Cincinnati Times. In 1880 a con­ solidation with the Cincinnati Star was made and the Times was aUotted a controlling interest in the capital stock of the new com­ pany. At that time, neither the Times nor the Star were of great influence in the territory in which they circulated. Under Mr. Taft's management the Times-Star soon became a power in the city of Cincinnati and throughout Ohio and adjoining states. It is today one of the most potent agencies in the promotion of Republicanism in the Middle West. But while partisan to a marked degree, it,is noted for the fairness with which it handles the issues that claim public attention. Under Mr. Taft's direc­ tion it has never catered to sensationalism though presenting the news in a bright, interesting manner which has beert appreciated by the reading public as the newspaper's large circulation testifies. Through his newspaper and through his activity in other channels, Mr. Taft has been a powerful factor in the progressive develop­ ment of his home city. No man in Cincinnati has labored more earnestly for the upbuilding of the city than he, especially along the lines tending toward mental development and a broad culture of the mind. Many interests of the city bear the impress of his strong individuality, and his support has never been withheld from any enterprise or.measure calculated to promote the general welfare. He was one of the founders of the Cincinnati Zoologi­ cal Garden, one of the finest in the country, and was a director for several years of the association of prominent men who sup­ ported it. He is a patron of music and art and has one of the REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 293

finest collections of paintings in the country in his quaint, old- fashioned home on Pike street. He was treasurer for a number of years of the May Festival Association and helped place Cindn­ nati in the forefront as a musical center. He is a director of the Cincinnati Museum Association, which controls the magnificent Art Museum and Art Academy in Eden Park. He was a member of the Union Board of High Schools for 17 years, seven years president of the University Club, and recently resigned as member of the Board of Sinking Fund Trustees to devote himself to the promotion of WiUiam H. Taft's candidacy for the Presidency. The Times-Star was not the only newspaper venture of Mr. Taft. Few many years he was one of the owners of the Cincinnati Volksblatt, a prosperous and influential daily German Republican paper, and was vice-president of the Volksblatt Company until 1890. Mr. Taft is identified with some of the largest business interests in Cincinnati. With Mrs. Tal!^ he is deeply interested in several forms of social settlement work, and presented to the Union Bethel Settlement its commodious home on Third street fvithin a square of the Taft residence. None holds a more prominent place among the many public- spirited citizens of Cincinnati. His fellow townsmen showed their appreciation of his services and drafted him for further ser­ vice in 1895 when he was elected on the Republican ticket, as a member of the 54th Congress, to represent the First Congressional District of Ohio. His poUtical record is of unimpeachable char­ acter as is his civic career. It has been marked by sincere devo­ tion to duty, fidelity to the best interests of the country and by !iis always placing his party's good above that of personal aggrandizement. He was married in 1873 to Miss Annie Sinton, daughter of David Sinton, a pioneer of Cincinnati. They have three children, Howard and Louise Taft, and Mrs. Albert Ingalls. One of Mr. Taft's marked characteristics is his fondness for his brother, William H. Taft, who, by the way, is only a half- brother. It is said that it was largdy due to C. P. Taft's persua­ sion, that Secretary Taft was induced to make the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Secretary Taft's ambition was to become a member of the United States Supreme Court, but Charies P..Taft believed that there was nothing good enough for "Brother WiU" short of the highest position in the gift of the nation. And submerging his own interests, Charles P. Taft is 294 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. making every effort to secure for W. H. Taft the coveted prize, lie has won the fight within the Republican party and expects to be equally as victorious before the people in November, 1908.

HON. WARREN G. HARDING. A distinguished son of Ohio, who during his career as a member of the Ohio Senate, and its presiding officer, left his impress upon the legislation and public thought of his time, is Hon. Wan-en G. Harding, who represented the Thirteenth dis­ trict in the Ohio State Senate during the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth General Assemblies, and as Lieutenant Governor 1904-5, guided the destinies of that body. Mr. Harding is one of the potent forces in the stoty of Ohio's last decade, and as a molder of public opinion in the editorial chair of the Marion Star, and a leader in his party as Senator and in the second place of power in the State, he made a record that en­ deared him to the people of Ohio generally. Although now out of the public eye, and content with the honor and responsibility that comes with his editorial duties, Hon. Warren G. Harding, is one of the brightest exemplars of the rising men in Ohio. Senator Harding is a native of Morrow county, born at Cor­ sica, November 2, 1865, and secured his education at the old Ohio Central College at Iberia. In 1882 he taught school and afterward began the stud^ of law, but being enamored of the newspaper business became a writer for the press, and pur­ chased the Marion Star. It was a hard straggle to place the property on its financial feet, but indomitable perseverance achieved that result. He entered public life in the summer of 1899, when he was nominated for Senator from the Thirteenth district, composed of the counties of Logan, Union, Marion and Hardin, and was elected by nearly 1,800 majority. As a member of the 74th General Assembly he took high rank as a debater and legislator, his speeches in behalf of the re-organization of the city gov­ erament of Cincinnati, and to establish a new municipal code for HON. WARREN G. HARDING. COL. EDWARD S. WILSON. REPRESENTA'nVE MEN OF OHIO. 295 the cities and villages of Ohio, bdng examples of strong debate. In 1901 Senator Hardiijig broke the one-term rale of the dis­ trict, that had been in vogue for years, and was re-elected Sen­ ator by an increased majority. With his second term he at once sprang into the leadership of the Republican majority of the Senate in the 75th assembly. He was chairman of the Commit­ tee on Insurance, and a member of the Committees on Qaims, Common Schools, Federal Relations, Finance, Militaty Affairs, Taxation, Universities and CoUeges and Banks. His eloquence brought him the honor of presenting the name of Senator J. B. Foraker for a second election to the United States Senate and adding his eulogy to the memory of the martyred McKinley, at the services held by the joint houses on the 29th of Januaty, 1902. In 1903, he was nominated and elected Lieutenant-Goveraor on the ticket with Governor Herrick, and as the presiding officer of the Senate, added to his reputation as a model official. He declined re-election when Governor Herrick was in the field in 1905. Only for this decision of Senator Harding, taking in view the course of events since, he would to-day be the acting Governor of Ohio. The gfrowth of Senator Harding in the good will of the people lias been healthy and constant. He is a superb, manly man, and with his excellent judgment and rare qualities of fel­ lowship, adds a reputation as a public speaker possessed by but few public men of his time. Senator Harding married Florence M. Kling, of Marion, Ohio. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Elk fraternities.

HON. EDWARD S. WILSON. In the list of Ohio editors who attract a wide circle of readers by the forcefulness and*felicity of expression employed in their contributions to the press, none excel Edward S. Wil­ son, whose editorials in the Ohio State Journal on domestic subjects have aroused general public interest. They are the finest specimens of prose poems to be found anywhere either in the newspaper or magazine world, the vety acme of happy ex- 296 REPRESENTA'nVE MEN OF OHIO.

pressions—on common subjects of daily food—clothed with a wealth of imagery that is all-compeUing and whets the appe­ tite of all his readers. They are sjmiphonies of language, and widely discussed in every family circle. Edward S. Wilson was born in Newark, Ohio, October 6, 1841. His ancestry were Scotch-Irish, his immediate fore­ bears being the Wilsons of Virginia, and the Brambles of early Ohio prominence. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in studying law when he entered the army of the Union, and served three years, being mustered out in July, 1865. He served mostly in Virginia, and was in the battles of Clyde Meadow, Newburn Bridge, Lynchburg and Winahes- ter, where he was wounded in battle July 20, 1864. At the cldse of the war tie bought the Ironton (Ohio) Register, and conducted it for thirty-four years, selling out in 1899. In 1900 he was appointed United States Marshal of Porto Rico, by President McKinley. and re-appointed by President Roosevelt, but resigned the year thereafter and returned to Ohio. Soon after he became connected with the Ohio State Journal as editor, which position he now holds. He was married to Miss Georgia Gibson, in 1870, who still presides over their pleasant home in Columbus. They have three daughters, who are married, one being in Pittsburg, another in Cleveland, and the other in Columbus. Mr. Wilson was county school exaniiner for twenty-four years, was a Re­ publican Presidential elector in 1882, delegate to >the National Republican Convention in 1888, and a member of the board of trustees of the State Hospital for Epileptics from 1892 to 1900, when he resigned to go to-Porto Rico. Mr. Wilson is the author of three books—"An Oriental Outing," "Keynotes of Education," and "The Political De­ velopment of Porto Rico." He is a member of the Grand Army, the Veteran Legion, the Loyal Legion and the Knights of F^ias.

COL. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 297

GOL. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR. A type of the old-time Democratic editor; a man who has been an abiding force in the jouraaUsm of Ohio for more than a half century; a respected citizen, a warm friend, one who has filled every duty laid at his door with fidelity and singleness of purpose—sUch is the record of Col. William A. Taylor, one of the best known Uteraty men of the State. In aU these years he has played many parts, and been the historian of many events, all of which he knew, and a part of which he was. William Alexander Taylor was born in Harrison town­ ship, Perry county, April 25, 1837. His ancestry were of Revolutionary stock, as well as American, on both sides. In his early years he worked on the paternal farm, securing an education in the schools of the section where he lived, and en­ gaging in teaching as soon as he became qualified. At the age of twenty-one he was admitted to the bar and practiced law, at that time beginning his work as a newspaper man that he has followed from 1865 up to the present time. His first efforts were spent on a weekly newspaper at New Lexington. In his long jouraaUstic career he has been engaged pn the Cincinnati Enquirer, Pittsburg Post, Pittsburg Telegraph, New York Sun, New York World and others. He has been in the newspaper and i;nagazine profession at and from Columbus since 1879. Always prcmiinent as a defender of Democratic policies. Col. Taylor served one term as chief clerk of the Ohio Senate, and in evety campaign his pen has been busy advocating the principles of a life-time, always with doquence and effective­ ness. In 1870 Col. Taylor was married to "Miss Jane Allen Tarrier, of Zanesville, and they were the parents of one son, who died in the full flush of manhood several years ago. Col. Taylor is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Grand Army of the Republic, and Old North­ west Genealogical and Historical Society. He is the author of a number of volumes, historical and literary, and has prac­ tically completed a Historical Review of the Nineteenth Cen­ tury of Ohio in seven volumes, that will place his name high in the list of notable Ohio authors. He is now engaged in writing 298 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. the Centennial History of Columbus in two royal octavo volumes. Col. Taylor is one of the best known characters in Ohio politics and journalism, and in a l(Hig career has accomplished much that will add to the honor and g^ory of the Buckeye State. His acquaintance is wide and his friendships sincere.

ELZEY GALLATIN BURKAM It is a high joumalistic honor to be Editor-in-Chief of a leaduig evening newspaper of Ohio, such as the Columbus Dis­ patch is conceded to be. The Dispatch was started in 1872 by a few hard-working newspaper men with very little money, the chief caiMtal being brains and energy. Its growth has been steady along 9onservative and independent lines until in 1908, guided by an ownership gifted with superior brains and enter­ prise, it is a great newspaper and a power for the public good. Elzey Gallatin Burkam, editor of the Columbus Dispatch was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., Dec. 7th, 1872. He is a son of Colonel J. H. Burkam and Kate Collins Burkam, and grand­ son of the late E. G. Burkam of New York City. He was edu­ cated in the schools of his native town, and graduated from Howe Military School, Lima, Ind., and Hopkins School, New Haven, Conn. He entered Yale University in 1891. Mr. Bur­ kam was editor of the "Critic" of New Haven (Hopkins School monthly), was on the staff of the Qncinnati Commercial Gaz­ ette, editor and joint owner of the Tacomian, Tacoma, Wash­ ington, and on staff of the Louisville Commercial, from which position he resigned to go on the staff of the Cincinnati Times- Star. He was promoted to assistant dty editor, dty editor and managing editor of the Tihies-Star. From this position he re­ signed to become president and general manager of the Wheel­ ing Intelligencer of Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1903 Mr. Burkam became editor of the Columbus Evening and Sunday Dispatch. Mr. Burkam was married in 1899 to Blanche Wood Thomp- ELZEY G. BURKAM. ERMOND EDSON COOK. REPRESENTATIVE HEN OF OHIO. 299 son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George H. ThSmpson of Cin­ cinnati. Three daughters, Anna Constance, Lucie Lloyd and Elizabeth, have blessed the union. Mr. Burkam is a Mason and has been a member of the Episcq>al Church for twenty years.

ERMOND EDSON COOK. The Scripps-McRae league of newspapers is represented at Columbus by the daUy "Citizen," an evening pubUcation which is constantly growing in circulation and business. To be Editor- in-Chief of a Scripps-McRae paper means absolute control of the editorial department, hence the responsibUity of the posi­ tion is great. Ermond Edson Cook, editor of the Columbus Citizen, is a son of William C. and Ellie Fletcher Code, and he was bora at Dalton, Wayne Cemnty, Ohio. He received a common school education and graduated from the Dalton High School in 1891. Mr. Cook was Deputy Internal Revenue Collector in the i8th Ohio District under the Harrison Administration. He moved ta Columbus in 1893 and went to work as a reporter on the Co­ lumbus Press. He was city editor of the Press for three years and in 1896 resigned to accept a similar positiem on the Colum­ bus Citizen. A few mcmths later Mr. Cook was promoted to managing editor, and when, in 1904, the Scripps-McRae League secured control of the paper he was appointed editor. On July 21 St, 1897, Mr. Cook was united in marriage to Miss Mary Elsie Ecard at Dalton, O. They have a son, Clare, born in I9cx>. 300 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

GOL. GEORGE W. C PERRY. The blood of two of America's most distinguished sons— Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle on Lake Erie in 1813, and Commodore James Perry, who in 1852, opened the d(X)rs of Japan to the civilization of the western world— courses through the veins of George W. C. Perry. Since 1892 he has held the responsible position of managing editor of the historic Scioto Gazette, the pioneer in Ohio jouraalism, dating back to the days when the gifted poet Nathaniel Parker Willis was the direding force, and extending down all these years, in aU of which the Gazette has been one of the dominant forces for the upbuilding not only of the community where it has held un­ challenged a place of honor, but a marked influence for good all over the State. Under the management of Mr. Perry the Gazette is annually moving on to newer q^d more pronounced triumphs. George W. C. Perry was born November 18, 1859, at Jack­ son, Ohio. He was a son of Robert Perry, an early settier in that part of the state, and descended from the Scotch-English Perrys of New England, who furnished the two Commodores the pride of the American navy in their day.* Young Perry was a sqhcx>l teacher in his early life, in fact, after securing his edu­ cation in the high schools of his native town, he followed the profession for eighteen years, and stoe>d high among the edu­ cators of southera Ohio. He became identified with the Scioto Gazette as managing editor in 1892, and still holds the place to the satisfaction of his ever increasing circle of readers aiid acquaintances. On the 30th of April, 1902, he was appointed by the late Goveraor Nash a member of the Board of Managers of the Ohio State Reforma- toty, resigning March i, 1904, to assume the duties of Post- paster at ChiUicothe, Ohio, where he is still in the employ of the government, and has made an efficient public servant. On January 29,1880, Mr. Perry was married to Miss Rachel Brooks, and two daughters have been the result of the union— Misses Mabel Sarah and Vivian Bertha, both of whom are at home. He is prominent in fraternity circles, being a Thirty- second degree Mason, a member of Scioto Consistoty at Colum- COL. GEORGE W. C. PERRY.

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 301 bus, Ohio, all of the Masonic bodies at his home, Tecumseh Lodge I. O. O. F., ChiUicothe Lodge B. P. O. E., and Logan Tribe I. O. R. M., aU of Chillicothe.

CLAUDE S. WATTS. It was a rare honor for one of the bright newspaper men of the country to be selected for a post of high responsibility in connection with the ante-convention campaign for the nomination of Hem. WiUiam H, Taft for the Presidency. It was a distinction well bestowed up­ on Claude S. Watts, who at the time of his engagement with the Taft cam­ paign was among the best known and most popular newspaper correspond­ ents at the National Capital. That he has fulfilled the duties of his deli­ cate position to the credit of himself, and the entire satisfaction of aU con-\ cerned, is shown by the universal high esteem in which he is held by all con­ nected with the canvass, for he has been diplomatic and discreet in the performance of a Une of duties calling for the exercise of talent of the highest order. Claude Samuel WattS' is a son pf Indiana, born at Muncie, December 6, 1877. His father was John Watts, a native of Ohio, who still lives at Rewkford, 111.; his mother, Alice Jack­ son Watts, was born in Indiana and died at Covington, Miami county, Ohio. The son secured his education in the pubfic sche)ols of Indiana, fortified by a complete course; at DePauw University, Greencastle, where he graduated with honor with the degree of Ph. B. As soon as he left college he embarked in the newspaper profession, his first service being as editor of the Newcastle (Ind.) Press, and later became political reporter for the In- elianapolis Jouraal; following this with a term as matmging edi- 302 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. tor of the DanviUe (IU.) News. In 1904-6 he acted as Wash­ ington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune; 1906-7 Washingfton correspondent of the Cleveland Leader, and latterly made a trip all over the United States (spring of 1907) reporting political conditions with respect to Republican Presi­ dential politics. In June, 1907, Mr. Watts became Secretary of the Taft organization, and leading up to the National Conven­ tion in June, 1908, was associated with Hon. A. I. Vorys, man­ ager of the Taft Presidential canvass. It was in this employment that flie energy, experience and astuteness of Mr. Watts was dis­ played in a most conspicuous manner, and he contributed much to the success of that campaign. On the 14th of March, 1900, Mr. Watts married Miss Marie Van Riper, of Anderson, Ind., and they have one daughter, AUce Watts. In frateraal society circles he is identified-with the Phi Kappa Psis.

GEORGE E. GILLILAND. One of the best known newspaper correspondents at Wash­ ington, D. C, and a man recognized by the profession and the general public as possessing all the qualities that go to make up the ideal joumaUst and good citizen, is George E. Gilliland, who was born in Gran- view, Washington cewinty, Ohio. He was the son of George Shannon GiUi- land, a nephew of Governor Wilson Shanno|i, and Aurelia Stevens GiUi- land, the father being a successful merchant, and once clerk of the court of Washington county. He died when George E. GUUland was a mere child, and the latter enjoyed only a com­ mon school education. George Edward Gilliland began life as a telegraph operator at Baraesville, Belmont county, Ohio, and in the summer of 1877 entered the employ of the Cincinnati Enquirer as assistant REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 303 telegraph editor. In 1884 he was transferred to Washington, D. C, and entered into active newspaper work as a corre­ spondent. His relations with the late Washington McLean and John R. McLean were dose and confidential. Being one of the best equipped men in Washington for the honorable and respon­ sible post of private secretary, he entered into such a relation with the late Senator Calvin S. Brice, upon the entry of the lat­ ter into the United States Senate in 1891, maintaining his place with credit to himself and satisfaction to Senator Brice, during his term. In 1901, Senator Clark, of Montana, before assum­ ing his duties, asked Senator Gorman, of Maryland, to suggest a suitable person for private secretary. Mr. Gorman at once recommended Mr. GiUiland as the best suited frexn every point of view, and he was at once engaged by Senator Clark, acting through his term, which ended March 4th, 1907. Mr. Gilliland married Miss Aileen Buskirk, of Portsmouth, Ohio. They have no children. He was a member of but one fraternal sodety, the Elks, of Cindnnati, club life never appealing to him. Mr. Gilliland has always maintained Cin­ cinnati as his legal residence and through aU of the years that he has sojouraed at Washington, he has, with but three or four exceptions, returaed to the Queen City to cast his vote. He has an extended acquaintance among the statesmen and public men of the country, andjs everywhere rece>gnized as not only a capable and high-class correspondent, but one whose friendship is valuable. Mr. Qilliland is among the best known men at the National Capital, and for more than two decades has maintained himself in the highest regard, both as a man and a jouraaUst. LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENTS.

N the story of "Representative Men of Ohio,"' the gentiemen of the press are a great moral force to be recognized. I It is trae they are never in the lime-Ught; their work is not heralded abroad as are the acts of the men they are cem- tinually presenting to the public; but that they are the dominant force Iceeping public men in the eyes of the people, forgetting their foibles and frailties, and only offering their popular quali­ ties to the reading world, is also trae. Ohio in the miracle of her gfrowth for over one hundred years, has given birth to many men who have shone resplendent in the sky of journalism, whose lives,- like a fiery comet, have left behind a trail of light and joy; who have labored faithfully for all that is best in citizenship. These have been the mountains on the plains of newspaperdom, but there are smaller hillocks whose i-ecord has accomplished much for the growth of knowl­ edge of men and events in the State, and who, although denied a niche in the hall of fame, have fulfilled their mission as they saw it, to the best of their ability. No one, unless he be actively engaged in newspaper work, knows what is accomplished for the public men of the day through the efforts of the writers for the daily press. It is a great factor in the climb to public confidence and esteem; the alpenstock that lifts those who profit "by the work over the rough places and enables them to reach the summit of their hopes. And the labor is unselfishly performed, with but littie thought for the remuneration that foUows. It is to this character of real workers in the jouraaUstic field, the men who have spent years, in many cases, in the labor of holding up the mirror to nature, that this is dedicated. In the leg^s'lative history of Ohio scores have come and gone; doing their work with an inteUigence and discretion that have set high the seal of approval on the professiem; detaUing the legislation of the various periods with the tact of true historians, 804

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 305 with no reward but the consolation of duty honestly performed. They have recognized the importance of their trust, and with malice toward none have daily gone about their tasks. In the narrative of these l^slative experiences, aU that remains is the memory that they performed their duty as they saw it, and were factors in the making of what are popularly known as "the men of the hour." The architect is forgotten, but his handiwork endures. In the second session of the Seventy-seventh General As­ sembly the newspaper corps was larger numerically than ever, its work was beyond fair criticism. A resume of the factors that contributed to the history of the time wUl be incomplete if no mentiem is made of those who wrought with an eye single to the public service, and the trathful recital of events, many of which will go down in the histoty of the commonwealth. They have stcxxi as watch-towers in behalf of the people, warning them of the re>cks just ahead; assisted in promulgating good legislation, and helping in the labor of strangling that which was not for the general gex)d more than the>se outside the charmed circle will ever know; in a word, acting as gov­ ernor in the whirr of the legislative machinery. This tribute therefore is paid to the unswerving loyalty, the industry and the high stanelard of exceUence reached by the writing corps of the state legislature. JAMES W. FAULKNER. Mr. Faulkner is a resident of Cincinnati, bom there April 6, 1864, and has been connected with the Cincinnati Enquirer for twenty-Hine years. For nearly half that time he has represented that paper as cor­ respondent in the General Assembly. Since the foundation of the Association of Legislative Correspondents he has been its chairman, an honor he appreciates far more than the two public positions he has held—Police Commissioner of Cincinnati and member of the Ohio Commission to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Mr. Faulkner is unmarried. EDWARD K. RIFE was born in Circleville, Ohio, Dec. 23, 1850. At age of 17 learned the trade of printer in the office of the Circleville Union, where he remained five years; then - to the Qrcleville Democrat and Watchman, where he was engaged in local work for ten years. Came to Columbus in 1882, and was engaged on the Columbus Times, as reporter. Entered the service of the Ohio State Journal in 1883, and remained there until 1902, in that period of nineteen years 2(cting in'turn as telegraph editor, editorial writer, amusement, sporting, feature writer, and reporter of legislative sessions. Since that time has represented the Cincinnati Com­ mercial Tribune, the Ohio Sun, and the Qeveland Leader in the General Assembly, and been engaged in various local capacities on the newspapers of Columbus. Was married August 6, 1872, to Miss Belle F. Lewis, of Circleville, and four children were the result of the union, three daughters and, one son, all married, two daughters and one son residing in Los Angeles, Cal., and one daughter in Columbus.

W. W. BOND. William W. Bond was bom on November 17, 1843, at Oxford, Ohio, and educated in the public schools at Cincinnati and Batavia, Ohio. His father was the late J. R. S. Bond, who was for many years con­ nected with the Cincinnati Gazette and was the owner and editor of the Germont Courier, Athens Messenger and Mendota, HI., Observer. When young Bond was fourteen years old his father placed him in the office to learn the printers' trade and he graduated from the Cincinnati Daily Times and Qncinnati Enquirer. He was one of^the owners and editors of the Chillicothe Gazette and Ohio State Journal. Govemor Thomas L. Young appointed him state supervisor of printing in 1877. As cor- 306 307 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. -s in the respondent he has represented several of the leading newspaP^ Evening state, having served in various capacities on tlje Columb«l* y^thens. Dispatch for 21 years. In 1869 he married Miss Frank Currier o ^^^^^ Ohio, and is the father of three sons, one a first lieutenant i" ^i' ^g^ and ahny, another is practicing law in New York, the third is a'_"?, ^gr in one married daughter. He served during the American C the 137th O. V. I.

J. H. GALBREATH, pear Co- Legislative correspondent Columbus Dispatch, was born . j^^g lumbus Sept. 8, 1859, graduated Ohio State University 18^' j„ i887 sinciB been in newspaper work in Columbus. He was '"^'^'^'Ij^en. to Bessie D. Hine of "Berlin Heights, 0. They have three cbiW

MALCOLM JENNINGS. utit belongs Malcolm Jennings, bom Oct. 17, 1863, at Cairo, Ills., ".*"• y^thens, to a pioneer Ohio family. He learned the printers' trade i^ jggj Ohio. Has been engaged in writing and editing newspapers ^' j^jding Has represented as state and political correspondent many of . ^ iggs. papers of the state and has been a legislative reporter ''«„,]caster For the past seven years has been editor and manager of the Gazette. Married Miss Ethel Dunn, of Columbus, in 1891-

ALLEN E BEACH. A has been Allen E. Beach is a graduate of Marietta College, a"" ..ted as engaged in the newspaper work for the last 15 years, having ^^^ Columbus correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-T'^ .^ I^iss political writer for the Ohio State Journal. In 1904 he nia''''' Frances Goodrich of New Albany.

HAL. D. LANDON. "Who's Who in America" says: i-joclnnati "Landon, Hal D., Washington correspondent of the , ^f pf Commercial Tribune. Bom in Columbus, O., Feb. 1, 1862. ^° schools, Chauncey P. and Clara (Slaughter) L. Educated in the P'^l'''^^^ trade. Reynoldsburg academy and Otterbein University. Learned P'*''*Laph edi- Has been in the newspaper business since 1879. Has been ''''fijgpatch, tor of the Columbus Press, editorial writer of the Columbus ^ijtical managing editor of the Fort Wayne Press and legislative '"l^inercial correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette and the ^° j,, {ggi. Tribune; in Washington since 1897. Married Edith G. Fairla"*"* 308 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

Residence 2304 Pa. Avenue N. W. Office PosUl Telegraph Building. Washington." Since then he has been editorial writer for the Ohio Sun, legislative reporter for the Columbus Press-Post, and at present is city editor of the latter paper.

JOHN Ti BOURKE John T. Bourke, political editor of the Geveland Leader, was born at Susquehanna, Fa., Aug. 6, 1858; educated at Rayen School, Youngs- town, O., and Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. He began newspaper work on the Denver, Col., Tribune, in 1884 anti went to the Gmland Leader Jn 1885 on which newspaper he was successively re­ porter, night city editor, city editor-and political writer. He married in 1893 Miss Charlotte Frances Johnson, of Geveland.

B. F.ALLEN. Benjamin F. Allen, representing the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was l{om in Alpena, Mich., 1877, the son of Abram B. and Henrietta P. Allen. He was educated at Detroit, Mich., Home and Day School, Oberlin Academy and Oberlin College. Taught school at Hannibal, Mo., and went with Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1898. He was legislative and state political correspondent 1904-1908.

BERIAH E. WILLIAMSON. Beriah E. Williamson was born November 3, 1866, on his father's farm near Greenville, Pa. He took an early interest in politics and his father, John S. Williamson, being elected Prothonetary of Mercer, county, Pa., made it necessary for him to move into town. Mr. Williamson was educated in the country schools, the schools of Mercer, Pa., and later spent three years at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. He began his newspaper work in Cleveland, on the Morning Times, removing to Canton, O., in 1890, where he was employed for several years on the News-Democrat, filling a brief interim on (he Canton Record and the Defiance Crescent Married Minnie L. Conkle, Defiance, O., December 27,1892. They have two children, Donia, aged 13, and Benjamin, aged 8. Removed to Columbus 1901. Sporting writer, city editor and political reporter Press-Post. Appointed secretary board of managers, Ohio Peni­ tentiary, under Gov. Pattison. Sporting writer, city editor and political reporter The Ohio Sun until ^jt ceased publication in May, 1908. Now on Columbus Press-Post. Legislative correspondent 75th, 76th and 77th General Assemblies. A thoroughly consistent Democrat, Mr. Williamson has spent a large portion of his newspaper life in writing politics for Republican newspapers. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 309

O. K. SHIMANSKY. Otto K. Shimansky was bom in Sandusky, Ohio, 1872, the son of Otto and Elizabeth Shimansky, entering the newspaper profession on the Sandusky Register in 1892. Subsequently he went to the Toledo Blade, where he remained, five years, as Columbus and Washington correspondent, going from there to the Cincinnati Enquirer where he remained five years as Columbus correspondent of that paper. Shimansky then entered the service of ex-Governor Herrick, where he remained one year, in the meantime organizing the United Press Association. He is also connected with the American Press Association and edits the General Assembly Record for the State Board of Commerce. Mr. Shimansky was appointed head of the press bureau of the Republican State Executive Committee for the campaign of 1908. Mr. Shimansky is a member of the Masons, Elks, Ohio Qub of Co­ lumbus, and the Toledo Yacht Club. He married Matie Robinson, of Sandusky, Ohio, and they are the parents of three children, two sons, Karl and Lee, living, and one daughter, Enid, deceased.

JOHN EDWARD SIMS. Born in Columbus in 1872, educated in public and parochial schools, son of Mary Lyons who emigrated from County Gare, Ireland, in 1850, settling in Connecticut. She married John Thomas Sims at Norwalk, Conn., and they shortly afterward moved to Portage County, Ohio, sub­ sequently to Columbus. Mr. Sims commenced newspaper work at age of 16 on the Springfield Transcript, worked in post-office at Springfield two years, then finished his education in Alabama and Tennessee. Engaged on Cincinnati Enquirer in 1905 as Columbus correspondent and has acted as senate legislative correspondent for that paper ever since. Married Miss Helen Irene Martin, of Columbus, in 1901. They have two children, a daughter and son.

W. W. ROCHE. Wm. W. Roche entered the newspaper business in 1895 on the Toledo News. He was employed as police reporter, city hall man, sporting editor, dramatic editor, political writer, editorial wrher and special correspondent, at different times and on the staffs of the Toledo News, Toledo Bee,. Sunday Courier, Toledo Times and Toledo News- Bee. He attended the sessions of the 76th and 77th general assemblies for the Scripps-McRae league and was special legislative correspondent for the league previous to the last session of the 77th and head of the legislative bureau of that league during the session. He is a Mason and unmarried. 310 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

O. C RIDDLE. Orwell C Riddle, Columbus Press-Post, was born in Ashland county, near Ashland, O., March 25, 1863. In 1885 entered newspaper, work as a reporter for the Mvisfield News, and was city editor of that' paper from April, 1888, until January, 1895, at which time he became city editor of the Mansfield .Shield. From January, 1896, until Sep­ tember, 1899, he was editor of the Mansfield Shield. Nov. 15, 1899, he located in Columbus and since has served at. various times on the reportorial and editorial staff of the Press-Post and as telegraph editor at- the Columbus branch of the American Press Association, entering upon his present service with the Press-Post as editor in May, 1907. Married Sept. 28, 1897, at Norwalk, O., to Miss Henrietta Nicholson of Mansfield, O. He is a member of Ashland lodge 131, F. and A. M., at Ashland, O.; of Mansfield Lodge No. 19, I. 0. O. F, Madison Lodge No. 26, K. of P., and-of Mansfield Lodge No. 56, B. P. O. E., at Mansfield, O.

FRANK S. RAPER. Frank Stoddard Raper, bom at Chillicothe, Ohio, August 22, 1876. Son of John Thomas and Frances Wolfe Raper. Received his education in> the public schools and high school at Chillicothe. Worked first on the Chillicoth'e Daily Gazette and ChiUicothe Daily News. From 1896 to 1898 was a jewelry salesman at Birmingham, Ala. From 1898 to 1905 worked on newspapers in Greenfield, Chillicothe and Cincinnati, and Phoenix and Prescott, Ariz. Came to Columbus in 1905. Columbus Dispatch as political writer, still occupying a position oh that paper. Married in January, 1905, to Miss'Georgia Stowe of Cincinnati. One son, aged 2 years.

W. E. PRIME. William E. Prime, correspondent of the Associated Press, has been connected with that organization since 1896. He has also been a member of the editorial staff of the Ohio State Journal, serving in various capacities, since 1887, with the exception of one year during which he was editor of the United Mine Workers' Journal, the official organ of the United Mine Workers of America.

CHAS. A. MARVIN. Charles Asahel Marvin was born in Akron, Summit county, Ohio, April 29, 1871, the son of Ulysses Leslie and Dorena R. Marvin. His father was bora in Stow township. Summit county, and his mother in Kent, Portage county. Was educated in the Akron public schools, REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 311

Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, O., and Oberlin College. Was dty editor of die Akron Evening Journal and Akron Democrat. Afterwards with the Toledo Blade and the Qeveland Press. Is now legislative cor­ respondent for the Scripps-McRea league at Columbus. Was married at Akron Oct. 26, 1898, to Keokee Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Qemmer and Melissa Price.

W. C PLATT. Warren C Piatt, sta£F correspondent of the Geveland News at the second session.of the 77th assembly, began his newspaper career in 1901 at Mansfield, Ohio. In two years he went with the Plain'Dealer at Cleveland and later went with the Cleveland Leader after its reorgani­ zation. He was bom in Delaware, O.

CHAS. W. LARSH. Charles William Larsh was bom July 14, 18'J8, in Cincinnati. He is a son of Lewis A. and' Lucinda Gault Larsh, of Hamilton, Ohio. They are of French-Huguenot and Scotch-Irish ancestry. He received his education in 'the .common schools of Indiana and Ohio and is a member of the United Presbyterian dbarck. On September 12, 1902, he was united in marriage with Berth^E. Commons, at Hamilton, Ohio. They have one child, a daughter, ^lizabeth, aged one year. During the second session of the 7Tth geneijal assembly he represented the Ohio State Journal in the senate.

CHAS. S. GONGWER. Chas. S. Gongwer was' born near Mansfield, Ohio, 34 years ago, He was employed on Mansfie)d and Geveland papers, giving long service to Plain Dealer and Press, being noted particularly for his strenuous defense, on all occasions, of Mayor Tom ^ Johnson. He is the husband of Edith Wehe and father of Burr Gongwer, aged nine. With the United Press Association during seventy-seventh general assembly.

SLOANE GORDON. Born at Foster's Crossing, Warren county, Ohio, March 1, 1871. Son of James S. and Margaret T. Gordon. In newspaper business since 1892, when he became a reporter on the Middjetown Signal. Was later employed as reporter and political correspondent on the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune and was, for some time, political editor of the Rocky Mountain News at Denver, Colo. He leased and edited the Middletown Signal for two years and was 312 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

also editor for a year of The Hamilton Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio. In 1902 he founded and edited the Hamilton Sun, which paper was sold in 1907. Mr. Gordon subsequently became identified wjth The Ohio Sun. He was marled in 1896 to Bertha Crawford of Middletown,. Ohio, and one son, Robert Sloane, was the result of this union.

DONALD DUNBAR. Donald Dunbar was bora in Cincinnati, O., Feb. 22,1879, the son of Charlemagne L, and Harriett Seymour Dunbar. Father and mother both bora in New York. He attended public schools of New York and Cin­ cinnati, Woodward High School Cincinnati, and St. John Military College, New York. He began newspaper work on the Cincinnati Tribune, and was War correspondent for Commercial Tribune. He was made special goverament agent and enlisted in the armyjn May, 1898, serving till the end of the Spanish-American War. He was sporting editor Cincinnati Post and Commercial Tribune and City Editor Commercial Tribune. Legislative correspondent Scripps-McRae League. Mr. Dunbar is a mem­ ber I. O. 0. F. and resides at Hampton Place, Cincinnati.

DENNIS A. DONOVAN was bora in Columbus, O., June •20, 1882. Attended public schools of same city and Ohio State University. Graduated from Ohio State Uni­ versity, College of Arts, 1902. Employed on reportorial staff of Ohio State Journal, 1902 to .1907. Since 1907 has been, employed on reportorial staff of The Columbus Citizen.

W.C CULKINS was born in Greenup county, Kentucky,^ May 12, 1868, the son of John and Elizabeth J. Culkins. Attended public schools in Ironton, O., and was graduated from the High School of that city in 1886. He taught school, worked for contractor in railroad construction, sold sewing ma­ chines, clerked in grocery, studied law under former congressman Henry S. Neal, and was connected with the Daily Irontonian. He removed to Cincinnati in 1891, worked on the Post, Commerdal Gazette, Tribune, Commercial Tribune, Enquirer and Times Star. Served as New York, Washington and Columbus correspondent and was assistant city editor of the Commercial Gazette and city editor of i the Post. In 1906 was appointed auditor of'the city of Cincinnati and was a candidate for the same office on the dty^ party ticket in 1907. ^r. Culkins is President of the Hyde Park Business Club, Vice-President Greater Qncinnati Annexation League, Director Roosevelt Republican Club, Member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Business Men's Qub of>' Cincinnati, As- REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO. 313

sociated Organizations of Cincinnati, American Academy of Political and Social Science, National Municipal League, Stamina Republican League, Mt. Lookout Business Club, Federated Improvement Associa­ tions, Hyde Park Athletic Qub, Knights of Pythias, I. O. 0. F., Royal Arcanum, Qty Qub, Taxpayers' Association, Honorary Membo- State Association of City Auditors, Pen and Pencil Club of Cincinnati,^onomy Club. He was married February 14,1897, to Miss Ida Nicholson. Three children, two boys and a girl. Resides at 3414 Monteith Ave., Hyde Park, Cincinnati.

WILL T.BLAKE. Will T. Blake, 30 years old, unmarried. Began his newspaper career eight y^ears ago at East Liverpool, Ohio, his home, where he served on the editorial sUffs of the Daily Crisis and Morning Tribune. He was educated in the East Liverpool an(l the Ohio State University. He has been located in the state capital for two years in the capacity of state and legislative correspondent for a list of Ohio daily news­ papers.

GEO. T. BLAKE. George T. Blake was bora March 6th, 1874, and went to East Liver­ pool, Ohio, from Trenton, N> J., with his parents nearly a quarter of a century ago, and has been a resident of the Buckeye state since. He entered the employ of an East Liverpool pottery firm and ten years later left that trade to take a position as reporter on a local paper, removing to the state capital three years later to engage 'in newspaper work on a larger scale. He was a soldier in the Spanish-American war, serving as sergeant in Company "E", Eighth Ohio Volunteers, "The President's Own", participating in the Santiago campaign and being present at the capitu­ lation of that city. Mr. Blake was united in marriage with Miss Delia M. McDqle, of East Liverpool, on November 11th, 1897, and they have three sons, Norwood R, Millen M. knd William V., aged eight, four and one years, respectively. LUCAS J. BEECHER. Born July 80, 1870, at Sandusky, O. Son of John T. and Maria S. Beecher. Attended Sandusky public schools and at the age of 15 became one of the publishers of an amateur weekly newspaper. After serving printers' apprenticeship, was for several years managing owner of a successful job printing establishment in Sandusky. Qty editor Sandusky Jouraal three years; city editor Sandusky Star one year. In 1901 became a member of the Toledo Blade staff. Since 1904 has been state 'political newswriter and legislative correspondent, reporting the 314 REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF OHIO.

sessions of the general assembly in 1904, 1906 and 1908. Married to Edith Alton Ballard, Aug. 11, 1896. Two daughters, Helen Louise, and Lucile, were born of the union.

JOHN W. STRIMPLE. John W. Strimple, Columbus correspondent of the S£ripps-McRae League of newspapers, has been a!.sociated with that chain of news­ papers for fifteen years, in which time he has had a broad and diversified experience in legislative, political and general news-se^ice work. Mr. Strimple was bora on a/farm near Batavja, county s^at of Qerniont/ county, O., June 29, 186& He was educated ita the Batavia High School; learaed the printing trade and edited a weekly paper at Batavia. In 1889 he entered daily newspaper work as a reporter on'^TiieCoiutiibus Press. Frqpa the city editorship of that paper^jier went, in 1893, to the assistant city editorship of the Cincinnati^'ost, a member of the Scripps-McRae League. He was sent to Columbus in 1898 to handle the memorable Hanna senatorial contest. A few months later, when the Spanish-American war broke out, Mr. Strimple was placed in charge of a war bureau in New York for Scripps-McRae papers. In 1889 he was assigned to Columbus as the state capital correspondent of the papers of the Scripps-McRae League and here he has since made his headquarters. Mr. Strimple was married, November 27, 1889, to Miss Ada Retta Ellis, daughter of a leading farmer near Withamsville, Germont county. They have one living child, a daughter, now eight years old. Mr. Strimple is a past representative to the Grand Lodge of Ohio, Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Modera Woodmen of America. He was initiated into the Knights of Pythias with the martyred Presi­ dent William McKinley, then Goveraor of Ohio, in June, 1893, as members of Champion Lodge, of Columbus. Having been bora on a farm Mr. Strimple never became weaned away from rural life during the years he resided in cities and, in 1904 purchased for himself a country hqme of 100 acres on the Wester­ ville division of the Columbus Railway and Light compan/ street rail­ way system, seven miles north of the State House, where h^now resides.

HARRY N. BLAIR. Harry Nathan Blair was born at West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio, June 23, 1861. His parents, Nathan B. Blair and Eliza A. Blair, are both dead, th? former dying in 1888 and the latter in 1903. The subject of this notice has been actively engaged in newspaper work in Columbus for twenty years, and is now thtf Columbus correspondent of the Pittsburg Di^atch and the political Neditor of the Columbus Press-Post. Mr. Blair served two terms as clerk of Union township. •Tf^-^^"^

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Madison county, and- was afterward elected clerk of the courts in that county on the Republican ticket. He is now a deputy internal revenue collector in the Eleventh Ohio district under David H. Moore as collec­ tor. Mr. Blair is married and has three children, Lizzie JBlair, Harry N. Blair and Carson Blair. He lives with his family at 297 South Ohio avenue, Columbus.

JACOB WALDECK. Jacob Waldeck,' /'the globe trotter," has been attached to the Scripps-McRae League of newspapers for many years. Few newspaper writers are better known than "Jake" Waldeck, as he is familiarly called. His experience has been most broad and his acquaintance stretches from ocean to ocean and from lakes to gulf. He has "covered" Washington and New York cities, written on about everything from "Cripple Creek riots" to "Cuban insurrections" in straight news lines and has had extensive experience in legislative and political lines. He is a catchy writer and a man whose judgment is excellent. Mr. Waldeck is as plain and cordial today as he was before he had scored any of liis actable newsdaper triumphs. He is a bachelor.