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 -SPARTAN BAND. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 OF 
 
 ■^ WILLIAM MANNING LOWE, — THOMPSON H. MUECH, 
 
 '►ALBERT P. FORSYTH, —NICHOLAS FORD, 
 
 •ADLAI E. .STEVENSON, —DANIEL L. RUSSELL, 
 ^GILBERT DE LA MATYR, >. WILLIAM D. KELLEY, 
 
 •'EDWARD H. GILLETTE, HENDRICK B. %\TIIGHT, 
 
 JAMES B. WEAVER, SETH H. YOCUM, 
 
 *- GEORGE W. LADD, ^ GEORGE W. JONES, 
 
 BRADLEY BARLOW, 
 
 » ^ 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS 
 
 OP THE 
 
 NATIONAL GREENBACK PARTY. 
 
 BY 
 
 AUTHOR OF THE "LIFE OF BENJAMIN F. BUTLER," ETC. 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C: 
 
 RcFus H. Darby, Publisher. 
 
 1879. 
 
Xji:fe o^ 
 
 BENJAMIN F. BUTLER 
 
 BY T. A. BLAND, M. D. •" 
 
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 "Among tbp represpntatives of this 
 new ]):irtj-. Gen. Benjimiin ¥. Uutler 
 stands out as the great leader — the 
 man who, of all men in this country, 
 combines ihe qualiii)-s of a leader such 
 as is demanded by the exigencies of the 
 times : a large brain, untiring energy, 
 unswerving integrity, indomitable will, 
 danntless courage, indepi'ndence of 
 character: a man of intellectual pow- 
 er and executive force: a man who has 
 convictions ami dares maintain them ; 
 a man who can be held to the support 
 of a part3' only so long as it represents 
 the principles which won hi.s alle- 
 giance : a man who prefers defeat in 
 the right to success in the wrong; a 
 man whose i)ersonal. political, and 
 military record invites criticism and 
 defies slander, and whose personal 
 ))opularily is such as to make hi« name 
 a tower of strength among the honest 
 masses." ^ 
 
 OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
 
 We know R. V. Untler much better for the 
 reading of this book, and he has our ninch 
 
 larger respect for tile knowledge Shaker 
 
 Manifesto. ' . 
 
 Tilis book is interesting and entertaining, 
 and cannot fail to remove ])rejudices against ' 
 and raise gratitude for him wljo rendered 
 such eflective sPi'vice in saving thenation'.s ' 
 life. — Episcopal Re.ionltr. \ 
 
 A CLEARl.v written, comprehensive and 
 enthusiastic review of a remarkable man. — . 
 Jfewark Press. 
 
 The story of this life is told in good style, 
 6hari> and crisji in form, and with a good 
 e^-e for striking \)'uU\Ti^i<.— Cincinnati Times. 
 
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 "Banner of I.,ight.' Inland.- "Life of But- 
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 Bland's "Liff of Gen. Butler," which is 
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 of movement, lie has tf'eativi his subject 
 finely, exhibiting judgment, research anil 
 marke<l di'scriptivi- power. The book i> hand- 
 somely ]u-inted, and has an e.\c<'llent steel 
 portrait (if the General —Tiinrs. Ch/il,, .V. T. 
 
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 ful book, and cannot be read except with 
 eagerness by anybody who opens the covers. 
 — jfoira State Leader. 
 
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 in thi' writer of this book. Dr. Bland was 
 for many years editor and i tiblisher of the 
 "Northwestern Farnter,"' predecessor of the 
 "Indiana Farmer,'' They need not be as- 
 sured therefore that his""IJfe of Butler" 
 is tin able and interesting book.— /n'/i(J7ia 
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 I)K. Bi.AND'.s "Life of Gen. Butler" has 
 gone throngh three editions in as m.any 
 months. It is written in admirable spirit, 
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 TiiK "Chronicle" congratnlatcs Dr. Bland 
 on the meritorious manner in wV.ich he has 
 done his work. The millions of Gen. But- 
 ler's friends among the toiling masses will 
 llnd in this book ;i read\' lefi-reiue by which 
 to defend their INIoses and the doctrines of 
 the new party, — Cliaite's Citron icle. 
 
 Dlt. Bi. AND has dealt judiciously with his 
 theme. He is never prosy or prolix, but 
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THE 
 
 SPARTAN BAND. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
 
 OF 
 
 WILLIAM MANNING LOWE, THOMPSON H. MURCH, 
 
 ALBERT P. FORSYTH, NICHOLAS FORD, 
 
 ADLAI E. STEVENSON, DANIEL L. RUSSELL, 
 
 GILBERT DE LA MATYR, WILLIAM D. KELLEY, 
 
 EDWARD H. GILLETTE, HENDRICK B. WRIGHT, 
 
 JAMES B. WEAVER, SETH H. YOCUM, 
 
 GEORGE W. LADD, GEORGE W. JONES, 
 
 BRADLEY BARLOW, 
 
 ^ . REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS 
 
 ^ OP THE 
 
 NATIONAL GREENBACK PARTY. 
 
 . ^ r / BY 
 
 T. ^: BHi^nsrr), im:. id., 
 
 AUTHOR OF THE "LIFE OF BENJAMIN F. BUTLER," ETC. 
 
 •^v. 
 
 WASHINGTON, D. C: 
 RCFCS H. Dakby, Publisher. 
 
 1879. 
 
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THE SPARTAN BAND. 
 
 WrLlilAM MANNING LOWE, OF ALABAMA. 
 
 William Mannii\^ Lowe was born in 
 Huntsville, on the IGth of January, 1842. 
 He is of pvn'e English blood on both sides, 
 • but his ancestry have lived in America for 
 two hundred years, hence he is a native 
 American. He was 
 educated at Wesley- 
 an University, grad- 
 uating in 1858. He 
 also graduated from 
 the law department 
 of Cumberland Uni- 
 versity, and was in 
 the law class of the 
 University of Vir- 
 ginia when the war 
 began, in April, 1861. 
 He opposed secession 
 until his State was 
 swept into it, and 
 then he enlisted as a 
 private, rising by tal- 
 ent and courage to 
 the rank of lieuten- 
 ant-colonel of caval- 
 ry. 
 
 Colonel Lowe be- 
 \ longs to a Democratic 
 family. His father 
 was an elector -at- 
 large for Alabama in 
 the interest of Presi- 
 dent .Jackson. After 
 the war the Colonel was honored by the 
 Legislature with an election to the respon- 
 sible office of solicitor for his judicial dis- 
 trict, of wliicli position he was deprived by 
 the reconstruction acts of Congress. He 
 was a member of the State Legislatm'e in 
 1870, and of tlie constitutional'convention 
 in 1875. He is the author of the clause in 
 the bill of rights in the constitution of Ala- 
 bama, which declares that no educational 
 or property qualification for suffrage or of- 
 fice shall ever be required. 
 
 He became a Greenback man some years 
 ago, through a careful study of stan- 
 dard works on finance and political econ- 
 omy, and was confirmed in the new doc- 
 trine by the speeches of General Butler 
 and other great statesmen. He supported 
 
 Greeley in 1872, and in 187G he voted for 
 Tilden under protest. Li 1878 he refused 
 to go into tlie Democratic congressional 
 convention, announcing himself an inde- 
 pendent candidate for Congress on the Na- 
 tional platform. He was triumphantly 
 elected over Mr. Garth, the regular Demo- 
 cratic nominee, at the 
 close of one of the 
 most active and vig- 
 orous campaigns ever 
 kno^\^l in this coun- 
 try. Colonel Lowe 
 canvassed his native 
 district tlioroughly, 
 defending his posi- 
 tion and tlie doctrines 
 of tbe ISTational party 
 in speeches of gi-eat a- 
 bility and eloquence. 
 He was opposed not 
 only by Mr. Garth, 
 the regular Demo- 
 cratic nominee, but 
 by ail the country 
 politicians, the lead- 
 ing members of the 
 bar, the majority of 
 the clergy, and six- 
 teen of the seventeen 
 newspapers of the 
 district ; and so deter- 
 mined weie the Bour- 
 bon leaders to defeat 
 the yoiuig cliampion 
 of honest money, that Governor Houston, 
 Senator Morgan. General Walker, ex-secre- 
 tary of war of the Southern Confederacy, 
 Lieutenant Genei-al Wheeler, and other dis- 
 tinguished orators, made speeclies against 
 liini. His election was tlierefore a victory 
 of marked significance. It proves that 
 Colonel Lowe is a man of great ability, not 
 only, but that when the doctrines of the 
 National party are presented to the people 
 of the South in a clear and forcible manner 
 they accept them in such good faith that 
 old party ties, stronger in the South than 
 in any other section, are powerless to hold 
 them. 
 
 Colonel Lowe is a man of fine physique, 
 good personal presence, excellent social 
 qualities, polished manners, and pleasing; 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND, 
 
 address. He has a brain of almost Websterian 
 proportions, which is adniirably balanced 
 and well stored with information upon all 
 useful subjects. He is a loji^ical, cultured, 
 and eloquent speaker, humorous at times 
 and ready at repartee always. He is one 
 of the al>lest men in the present Cono:ress, 
 and destined to rise to eminence, and leave 
 his impn-ss upon the legislation of the na- 
 tion. It will periiaps interest our lady 
 readers to know that he is a bachelor. 
 
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 AUBERT P. FORSYTH, OF FLLINOIS, 
 
 is descended from hioli blooded, Scottish 
 ancestry. His family, however, have been 
 
 in this country for four generations. He 
 was born at New Kichmond, Oiiio, May 24, 
 1830. His father, who was a farmer, emi- 
 grated to Greene county, Indiana, in 1S36, 
 and opened a f;irm. Albert was educated 
 to habits of industry and <'conomy on this 
 farm, and got the jirimary lessons in litera- 
 ture in the rude school house near by. 
 
 He subscijuently attended a-T)^iblic school 
 in Terre Haute, and also got two sessions 
 at Asbury liiivi'isity. 
 
 In 1802 he enlisted a company for the 
 97th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was 
 chosen first lieutenant ; in which position 
 he served to tlic close of the war, passing 
 through many iiard-fougiit l)attles. He 
 could have had itr^)ni<ition l)y having his 
 own company; bur dc^clined so to do. 
 
 In 18G.5 he emigrated to Illinois, and 
 located on the farm he still owns and occu- 
 
 pies — in the northwestern corner of Edgar 
 county. 
 
 He has devoted himself solely to farming, 
 and is a successfid and substantial repre- 
 sentative of his honorable profession. 
 
 His father was a Whig, and he graduated 
 from that party into the Republican. He 
 was a Thad. Stevens sort of Greenbacker 
 in 18G2. and has not faltered in his faith in 
 the legitimacy of that greatest product of 
 the Republican party — the '"Rag Baby" — 
 which saved the Union with one hand 
 tied down. 
 
 He joined the Patrons of Husbandry in 
 
 1873, being made master of his Grange at 
 
 once. In 1875 he was elected master of the 
 
 State Grange of Illinois; which position 
 
 tion he still holds. 
 
 He took an active part in what was 
 knowni as the farmers' movement of 
 1872. organized chiefly to oppose the 
 monopoly of the railroad rings. 
 
 He began the public agitation of the 
 financial question m 1874. by delivering 
 a Greenback speech m Carlinville, 111.; 
 and in 187G he supported Peter Cooper 
 for President. Cooper got six votes in 
 the Forsyth precinct, three of which 
 were cast by Mr. F. and his family. 
 
 He has never sought office, nor as- 
 pired to public position ; but in 1878 the 
 National Greenback Congressional Con- 
 vention of his district (tiie fifteenth) 
 nominated him by acclamation. He ac- 
 cepted, and at once entered upon a most 
 vigorous canvass. The district is com- 
 ])osed of nine counties, all heretofore 
 Democratic — the usual aggregate major- 
 ity exceeding ."i.OOO. .Tudge Decius, an 
 old Democratic war-horse, was put for- 
 ward by the Democratic convention, 
 with every prospect of an easy and over- 
 whelmiaig victorv. But Mr. Forsyth was 
 not the sort of man tiiat iseasily defeat- 
 ed. He represented principles which are 
 founded in justice, and only needed to be 
 properlj- presented to the people to win their 
 allegiance. He therefore made a thorough 
 canvass of the district, speaking not only 
 in each county, but in almost every school 
 house; and when the jiolls were elose<l and 
 the votes counted, it was found, to the dis- 
 m.ay of the Democratic leaders, that they 
 had met their Wellington in Forsyth tlie 
 farmer, and tlieir Waterloo in November, 
 1878, Tiirir Napoleon (.Judge Decius) was 
 banisht>d to the little inland village of 
 I'rairie City, where, in the shades of private 
 life, he is mourning over the sad fate of his 
 once dominant but now defeated and 
 broken down old party, while Mr. For- 
 syth is crowned with congressional hon- 
 ors at Wasliington, and honestly and 
 ably representing the true interests of 
 his constituents and of the whole country. 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND, 
 
 Mr. Forsyth is a man of great character. 
 He is a %n2;orous thinker, and logical and 
 forcible speaker; and his opinions carry- 
 weight, because honestly held and earnestly 
 presented. He is a stalwart National, of 
 whom his party may well be proud, and in 
 whom the people may trust their interests 
 with safety. 
 
 ADLAI E. STEVENSON, OF ILLINOIS, 
 
 was born in Christian county, Kentucky, 
 October 23, 1835, and educated at the Wes- 
 leyan University, Illinois, and Centre Col- 
 lege, Kentucky. He located in Blooming- 
 ton, Illinois, in 1852, and adopted the 
 profession of law. He has now an honored 
 place at the bar of his county and State, 
 
 of specie payments, also dictated by the 
 public and private creditors of the country 
 in their special interests. He therefore de- 
 clared himself in favor of the policy of the 
 National party, and made the race for 
 Congress in 1878 as a National against 
 Hon. J. F. Tipton, Republican — the Demo- 
 crats chiefly supporting Stevenson. He 
 was elected by a handsome majority; 
 and, on taking his seat, united with the 
 other National Congressmen in the forma- 
 tion of a congressional committee, and 
 the nomination of a candidate for Speaker. 
 He has made a good record so far, and his 
 constituents, and the Nationals throughout 
 the country, look upon him as one of their- 
 most able standard-bearers. 
 
 and has established an enviable reputation 
 for integritv and other manly qualities. In 
 1861 he was elected to the office of master 
 of chancery, which position he filled with 
 ability for a term of four years. He served 
 as State's attorney from 1865 to 1868. In 
 1876, he was elected to Congress as a Demo- 
 crat, and made an honorable record. The 
 President selected him as one of the visitors 
 to West Point Military Academy in 1877. 
 Mr. Stevenson has given special attention 
 to the subject of finance for some years ; 
 and as a cf)nsequence he saw clearly that 
 the panic of 1873, and the hard times which 
 have paralyzed the industrial energies of 
 the country, were legitimate fruits of the 
 ruinous monopoly schemes of the old 
 parties, adopted at the dictation of money- 
 lenders ; and the contraction of the cur- 
 renpy, necessary to reach the resumption 
 
 GILBERT DE LA MATYR, OF INDIANA, 
 
 is a native American of French and Eng- 
 lish extraction. He was born in Chenango 
 county. New York, July 8, 1825. lie re- 
 ceived an academic education, and has ever 
 been a good student. He was put to the 
 trade of his father, that of a carpenter, 
 taut entered the resrnlar ministry m the 
 Methodist Episcopal Clnnxh, at the age of 
 24, and made preaching his profession un- 
 til his nomination for Congress in the sum- 
 mer of 1878, at which time he was pastor 
 of Roberts Park church, in the city of In- 
 dianapolis. He has long been recognized 
 by the laity and clergy of his denomina- 
 tion as one of the ablest and most success- 
 ful preachers they have. Wilamett Uni- 
 versity, some years ago, in recognition of 
 his ability and scholarsiiip, conferred upon 
 him the degree of Doctor of Diifinity, 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND 
 
 Dr. Do La MatjT was a Eepublicau f mm 
 the organization of that party, and took 
 an active part in politico. He was reco;?- 
 nized as an able political speaker, and in 
 both of the Lincoln campaigns he ren- 
 dered eflBcient service to the party as an 
 orator. lie was an ardent and active 
 Union man dnring the war. with some 
 assistance raising and organizing two regi- 
 ments and a battery, for whioii he re- 
 ceived the tiianks of tiie War Department. 
 
 He entered tiie service as chaplain of the 
 8th New York hea\y artillery in 18G2. and 
 served till tlie close of tlie war, when he 
 returned to the regular work of the minis- 
 try. In 1867 he was the Republican can- 
 didate for State prison inspector of New 
 York, but was defeated, though he rau 
 ahead of the party ticket. 
 
 In his ministerial work he has been hon- 
 ored by his bishop with appointments to 
 the leading churches in various cities — 
 Brooklyn, Omaha, Kansas Cit}', Indian- 
 apolis, &c., and wherever he went he drew 
 large congregations, and brought prosper- 
 ity to the churches. His sermons were 
 practical, and showed him in sympathy 
 with the people. They were progressive, 
 up witli the times, full of live thought, lie 
 was one of the few preachers who studied 
 s up the cause of the bard times that be- 
 gan in 1873 and continued to grow worse 
 to this daj-. He saw that contraction of 
 the currency was bankrupting the business 
 classes and starving the wage peojjle. He 
 became a Greenback man. He preached 
 "^ seiTnons on the riglits of labor, and tiie 
 duties of capital, and the sin of usury. 
 These .attracted attention, calling fortii 
 criticism from the bankers and nionoi)ol3' 
 press, and commendation from the people. 
 The result of it all was that in 1878 the 
 National party of the Indianaitolis district 
 nominated him for a seat in Congress. This 
 district was decideiily Republican, hence 
 the Democracy had no hope of success with 
 one of tiieir own men, whether hard or 
 soft, so on assemljling in convention thej' 
 indorsed tlie noniiuation of Dr. De La 
 Matyr, witli the liope, doubtless, that he 
 would go into tlie Democratic caucus and 
 vote with tiie party in Congress out of 
 gratitude for tlieir "support. Tliey were 
 mistaken in their man. Instead of being 
 an olliee-seeking demagogue. Dr. De La 
 Matyr is a statesiiiau of i)rin<iiile, of con- 
 viction and couseience. 
 
 Dr. De La Matyr made a most thorougli 
 canvass of liis district ui)on tlie issues di- 
 viding the National and Reinibliean pur- 
 ties, and allliough his coinjx'titor, lion. 
 Joim llauuali. wasou the fence between the 
 two jiolieii's, with Icaiiiugs toward the Na- 
 tional side, yet the hoetor vamiuisjied him 
 ou the stimip and defeated him at the polls. 
 
 The Doctor has already made a record 
 in Congress, which does him honor and re- 
 flects credit upon his constituents and his 
 party. 
 
 He is a close student, an industrious 
 worker, a bold and vigilant defender of his 
 faith, and a forcible and eloquent congres- 
 sional debatei", hence he is feared and re- 
 spected by his opponents, and regarded 
 with confidence and pride by his political 
 friends. 
 
 EDWARD HOOKER GILLETTE, OF IOWA, 
 
 is a native of Connecticut, having first seen 
 the light in Bloomfield, in that State, Octo- 
 ber 1, 1840. He is a son of Hon. Francis 
 
 Gillette, the renowned anti-slavery cham- 
 pion, wlio became famous in tlu' pro-slavery 
 days b^ leading his party to defeat year 
 after year, yet always coining oil' victorious; 
 for true vielory is in the courage tliat fights 
 majorities in the cause of rigiit. The old 
 hero was elected to the L^uited States Sen- 
 ate from Connecticut in 1854, as a Free- 
 Soil candidate. He is now a staunch and 
 intelligent leader of the National jiarty in 
 his State. Edward was educated in the 
 public schools, ami eonipleted his course in 
 the Agricultural College of New York in 
 18()'2. He emigrated to Des Moines. Iowa, 
 in 18(53. where he has since lived, following 
 the triple trade of farmer, builder, and 
 manufacturer. 
 
 He was a delegate to the first convention 
 of the National party, whieli met at In- 
 dianapolis in 187l!, and nominated I'eler 
 Cooper for President. In 1878 he was nom- 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND. 
 
 inated for a seat in the Forty-sixth Con- 
 gress by the National party of liis district, 
 the 7th Iowa, the Democratic convention 
 subsequently indorsing his nomination, 
 and was elected over the Repiildican can- 
 didate by a liandsome majority, after a vig- 
 orous canvass of the district, 
 
 Mr. Gillette is a man of decided ability, 
 a close thinker, clear reasoner, and eloquent 
 speaker. He has already made a good rec- 
 ord in Congress by his speeches and his 
 votes. He has won the confidence of the 
 Nationals, the respect of the opposition 
 parties, and the distinguished honor of being 
 most violently denounced by the subsidized, 
 hard-money press. 
 
 JAMES B. WEAVER, OF IOWA, 
 
 was born in Dayton, Ohio, June 12, 1833. 
 His fatiier emigi-ated to Iowa in 1842. He 
 received a good common school education, 
 and adopted the law as a profession, grad- 
 uating in the Cincinnati Law School in 
 ISoG. He opened an office in Bloomfield, 
 Iowa, at once, and soon took rank as a 
 leading attorney and counselor. He was 
 an original and active Republican, and when 
 the war came he was among the first to en- 
 list in the Union army. He was elected 
 and commissioned 1st lieutenant of Com- 
 pany G, 2d Iowa Infantry, in April, 1861, 
 he having enlisted as a private. 
 
 He was commissioned as major of tlie 
 regiment on tlie 3d of October, 18G2, and 
 promoted to the colonelcy by the unani- 
 mous vote of the oflicers on the 12th of 
 the same month, the colonel and lieutenant 
 colonel having been kiUed at the battle of 
 
 Corinth ; he was breveted brigadier-general 
 of volunteers for gallant services on the 
 field of battle, March 13, 1864, and served 
 to the close of his term. In 1866 he was 
 elected district attorney of the second judi- 
 cial district of Iowa. He was appointed 
 United States assessor of internal revenue 
 for the first district of Iowa, January, 
 1867, which office he held for six years, and 
 until it was abolished by law. 
 
 General Weaver was a Greenback man . 
 for years before he broke with tlie Repub- 
 lican party. But becoming convinced that 
 a new party was a necessity, indeed the 
 only hope of the country, he, in 1877, de- 
 clared himself a National, and took the 
 stump for Hon. D. P. Stubbs, National 
 candidate for governor of Iowa. This pro- 
 duced such consternation in the Republi- 
 can camp that a council was held, and ex- 
 Attorney-General Cutts was put forward 
 as the champion of the Republican doc- 
 trines on finance, with orders to discuss the 
 question with General Weaver. They met 
 in joint debate at Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, and 
 Des Moines, the i-esult being an over- 
 whelming victory for General Weaver an* 
 thousands of converts to the Greenback 
 doctrine. 
 
 General Weaver was nominated for Con- 
 gress by the National convention of the 
 sixth Iowa district, in May, 1878, and at 
 the close of a thorough joint canvass with 
 his opponent, Hon. E. S. Sampson, the 
 former member, he was triumphantly 
 elected to the Forty-sixth Congi-ess by the 
 handsome majority of 2,156 votes, over- 
 coming a Republican majority of 4,000. 
 
 In Congress, General Weaver has made 
 a noble record, which is before the coun- 
 try, and of which liis friends and the Na- 
 tional party may well be proud. 
 
 He is a man of first-class abUiity, and his 
 powers of eloquence are of so higli an or- 
 der that when he speaks, the House and 
 the galleries listen. He is one of the very 
 few that can hold the undivided and re- 
 spectful attention of the House of Con- 
 gress, and one of the very few who never 
 fails to come ofl" victor in a running debate, 
 which he never fails to do. General Wea- 
 ver is a gentleman of the highest social 
 qualities, as well as intellectual powers. 
 Hence his popularity is very great wherever 
 he is known. 
 
 GEORGE W. LADD, OP MAINE, 
 
 was born in Augusta, in that State, Sep- 
 tember 28, 1818, and received an academic 
 education, but was prevented from tak- 
 ing a college course by the poverty of his 
 faniilv and the responsibility wiiich rested 
 upon "him by the death of his father. He 
 gave up his own ambitious plans and hopes 
 
8 
 
 T-H E 8 P'A RTAN BAND 
 
 which have culminated in the formation 
 of the National Greenback party. He 
 acted with the Democratic party up to 
 and including the Presidential contest of 
 187C. Early in the year 1877 he identified 
 himself with the National Greenback part}', 
 was nominated by them as their candidate 
 for Congress ; was subsequently nominated 
 to the same position by the Democratic 
 party, and was elected to the Forty-sixth 
 Congress, receiving 12.921 votes, against 
 10,095 for L. Powers, Republican, 
 
 He is a member of the Congressional 
 Committee of the National party. 
 
 and became an apprentice to an apothecary, 
 serving six years, and thoroughly master- 
 ing that important profession. At the age 
 of twenty he located in the city of Bangor 
 and opened an apothecary establishment, 
 but subsetiuently retired from that business 
 on account of fll health. He afterward 
 engaged in the lumber trade, and has pur- 
 sued that and tlie wholesale grocery and 
 commission business ever since. 
 
 Politically, he invariably acted with 
 the Whig party ; was for eight years one 
 of the executive committee of the State 
 for tliat party. After the breaking up 
 of the Whig party, he was one of the 
 foremost in Maine in forming the Con- 
 stitutional or Bell and Everett party. 
 This party, be it remembered, exercised 
 its large influence in attempting to pre- 
 vent the groat contest that commenced 
 in 18G1, but failed. He was a strong 
 Union man, anil a staunch supporter 
 of the war for the Union. He first voted 
 with the Democrats in tlie Geo. B. Mc- 
 Cl-llan campaign in ISHl. He continued 
 to act witli thf Denioi-racy, and was 
 elected unanimously a delegate to the 
 National Union convention, held at 
 Philadelphia, August 14, ISUG. 
 
 lie was a candidate for Congress in 
 18iiS on what was t lien called the Ohio 
 or Pendleton platform, which the Diin- 
 ocrat.s of tiie fouith illstrict of Maine 
 were generally in favor of. He was 
 defeated, but continued through the 
 succeeding years of bankers' rule to 
 adhere to those fundamental doctrines 
 
 THOMPSON H. MUKCH, OF MAINE, 
 
 is a native of Hampden, Penobscot county, 
 in that State, and was born March 29, 
 1838. His education was limited to the 
 common school course. He spent some of 
 his early years on the sea, but abandoned 
 the life of a sailor for that of a stone-cut- 
 ter. He has followed his trade for 18 years 
 in various capacities, as apprentice, iour- 
 neyman, foreman and contractor, dis- 
 charging his duty faithfully in each station. 
 
 Iiri877 Mr. Murch organized the Granite 
 Cutters' International Institute, and was 
 unanimously chosen chief executive offi- 
 cer of it and editor of the official organ, 
 the Granite Cutters'' International Journal, 
 a trade paper of 42 columns, which he con- 
 tinued to conduct with marked ability un- 
 til January, 1879. 
 
 Mr. Murch became a Greenback man in 
 1876, and in Julj% 1878, he was nominated 
 for Congress by the National Greenback 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND, 
 
 Labor party, and made the race against 
 Hon. Eugene Hale, Kepublican, antl Hon. 
 J. H. Martin, Democrat, defeating them 
 both by a plurality of 1,442 votes, a victory 
 of great signiticance when all the facts are 
 considered, Mr. Hale is one of the strong- 
 est men in the Republican party, who had 
 carried the district two years beitore by a 
 majority of abont 3,000, and in this con- 
 test he had abundant intellectual and finan- 
 cial aid from his party, while Mr. Murch 
 had no help from outside, save that Colonel 
 E. Daniels, of Washington, came volun- 
 tarily into his district, and without pay de- 
 livered some half-dozen speeches at differ- 
 ent points, with powerful force and effect. 
 
 Mr. Murch has been for many years an 
 able and earnest labor reformer, and he is 
 justly regarded as the most pronounced 
 and earnest representative of the wage 
 classes among the public men of this coun- 
 try, and they are justly proud of his record 
 and his ability. He has a large head, hence 
 superior talents, pleasant manners, good 
 social qualities, and fine abilities as a con- 
 versationalist and public speaker, though 
 exceptionally quiet and modest in charac- 
 ter and habit. 
 
 On taking his seat in Congress he united 
 with the other National Congressmen in 
 the formation of a congressional committee 
 of the National party, and was unani- 
 mously chosen chairman of that honorable 
 body, which position he has filled with en- 
 tire satisfaction to his associates and credit 
 to himself. As a member of Congress he 
 is quiet, firm, vigilant, and industrious. 
 
 NICHOLAS FORD, OF MISSOURI, 
 
 was born in county Wicklow, Ireland, 
 July 23, 1830. He belongs to a good fam- 
 ily, and was liberally educated. He is a 
 true Irish gentleman, but not an aristocrat ; 
 on the contrary, he is a thorough demo- 
 crat, not in a partisan but in the true 
 sense. He worships at the altar of Lib- 
 erty, and hates tyrannj^ with his whole 
 being. Like all true Irishmen, he is proud 
 of the past heroic history of his country, 
 and Indignant at the wrongs she has suf- 
 fered and the oppressions and indignities 
 imposed upon her still by the selfish and 
 arrogant Briton and his Tory allies, who 
 disgrace the soil which gave them birth. 
 
 Though but a boy, Mr. Ford was an en- 
 tliusiastic participant on the i)atriot side 
 in the agitation, for it was not a i-evolu- 
 tion, nor even a rebellion in tlic full sense, 
 of 1848. Like Mitchell and Meagher, and 
 other brave spirits, he advocated revolu- 
 tion as the only remedy open to the Irish 
 people, the only hope they could have of 
 emancipation from tyrant rule and class 
 oppression ; and when this hope died he 
 
 sorrowfully bade adieu to the green isle of 
 Erin, and sought an asylum in the far 
 away but free land of Columbia. 
 
 He came to this country a youth of 18 
 summers, locating in the State of Missouri. 
 
 ^-Ir. Ford has traveled extensively over 
 the mountains and plains of the great 
 West, but he has for the past 20 years re- 
 garded Missouri as his home. He resides 
 in Rochester, but is and has been for some 
 years engaged in merchandising in St. 
 Joseph. 
 
 In politics Mr. Ford has always been an 
 independent man. He is a great student 
 of history, hence he is too broad-minded 
 to make a good partisan of the narrow 
 type. He believes in equal rights and 
 universal suffrage, and can only be held in 
 allegiance to a party while it represents 
 and advocates these great cardinal doc- 
 trines. In 185G he supported John C. Fre- 
 ment for President, and in 1860 Abraham 
 Lincoln was liis standard-bearer. 
 
 On the opening of the civil war of 1S61- 
 'G5, he proved his loyalty to the Union and 
 the principles of freedom by enlisting as 
 a private soldier in the Federal army, and 
 fighting the battles of the Republic which 
 had adopted liini as a citizen and extended 
 to him equal riglits with her native-born 
 sons. He entered the army from motives 
 of patnotism and principle, hence he 
 sought no official ''onors, but did his duty 
 faithfuliy. as a member of that noble, 
 heroic guild composed of the common sol- 
 diery. Nor has he ever sought civil oflSce. 
 
 Mr. Ford was disgusted with the action 
 of the old parties in demonetizing silver in 
 
10 
 
 THE SPARTAN BAND 
 
 1873, and from tliat 
 date he lost all confi- 
 dence in their loyalty 
 to the best interests 
 of the people. He sup- 
 ported Pfter Cooper 
 for Presiiji'iit in lS7(j. 
 From tiiat time for- 
 ward he has labored 
 earnestl.v and hope- 
 fully for the National 
 party. 
 
 In 1878 he was elec- 
 ted to Congress, on 
 the National Green- 
 back ticket, over Mr. 
 Ray, the Democratic 
 nominee, wiiu had 
 been elected to the 
 Forty-tifth Conj^ress 
 by over 4,000 major- 
 ity. 
 
 The fact that Mr. 
 Ford defeated Mr. 
 Ray by the substan- 
 tial majority of 1,300 
 votes proves not only that he is personally 
 very popular, but tluit the principles of tin 
 National party 
 have already se- 
 cured a domin- 
 ant hold upon 
 the voters of his 
 district. 
 
 the II 
 sixth 
 
 ouse 
 Con 
 
 DANIEL LIND- 
 SAY KUSSELL, 
 
 of North Caro- 
 lina, was born in 
 Brunswick co., 
 of that State, on 
 the 7th of Au- 
 gust, 1S4.5, and 
 educated at the 
 Bingham school, 
 in Orange coun- 
 ty, and also at 
 the University of 
 North Carolina. 
 
 On reaching 
 manhood lie ad- 
 opted the law as 
 ap.-ofession,and 
 was admit teil to 
 the bar hy the 
 supreme cmut of 
 the. Slate ill ISfjC. 
 
 He was a mem- 
 ber of the State 
 Legislature for 
 the two sessions 
 1S(;4 and isc;.",, 
 and in 1808 he 
 was elected to 
 
 ili>- lioiiorable posi- 
 tion of judge of the 
 superior court for 
 the 4th judicial cir- 
 cuit. He tilled this 
 office for six years 
 with di^tintruished a- 
 bility. In 1871 he was 
 a member of the State 
 Constitutional Con- 
 vention, and in 1876 
 he was again return- 
 ed to the Legislature 
 from the county of 
 Brunswick. He was 
 elected to the present 
 Congress as a Nation- 
 al, over Hon. A. M. 
 Waddell. the Demo- 
 cratic nominee, bj" a 
 handsome majority. 
 
 Judge Russell is a 
 man of marked abil- 
 ity, and a sound finan- 
 cial reformer ; and in 
 the organization of 
 of Representatives of the Korty- 
 gress he allied himself with the 
 National party, 
 and became a 
 member of the 
 National Con- 
 gressional Com- 
 mittee, and also 
 supported the 
 nominee of that 
 partv, Mr. Hen- 
 drick B. Wright, 
 for Speaker of 
 the House, and 
 of Colonel I>ee 
 Crandall for the 
 Clerk. 
 
 WILLIAM D . 
 KELLEY, 
 
 of Pennsylvania 
 was born in the 
 city (if Pliiladel- 
 jiliia. April 12, 
 IsM, and receiv- 
 ed a godil Eng- 
 lisli education. 
 He served as a 
 juoof-reader in 
 a ]niutiiiir clhce 
 fora while, wlien 
 a young man, 
 ami then learned 
 the jewelry busi- 
 ness. He spent 
 five year.> in Bos- 
 ton as a jour- 
 neyman jeweler, 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND, 
 
 11 
 
 when he returned to his native city, and 
 took up t\\o study of the law. He acfjuired 
 a good legal education, and also gave con- 
 siderable attention to literature, both while 
 a student and after he had entered upon 
 the ])ractlce of his profession. 
 
 ITe aeliieviMl both fame and success as an 
 attorney, and was twice elected prosecut- 
 ing attorney for the city and county of 
 Piiiladelphia, and he served ten years on 
 the ])ench as judge of the Court of Com- 
 mon Plea-i of Philadelphia. A prominent 
 gentleman formerly of that city said to the 
 author: "Judge 
 Kelley's lec- 
 tm-es to pris- 
 oners (to which 
 I have often 
 listened) were 
 among the best 
 sermons I have 
 ever heard ! " 
 
 He was a 
 delegate to the 
 National Re- 
 publican Con- 
 vention which 
 nominated Mr. 
 Lincoln in 18G0 
 and was one of 
 his most able 
 and active sup- 
 porters in the 
 State of Penn- 
 sylvania. He 
 was elected to 
 the Thirty-Sev- 
 enth Congress 
 in the fall of 
 18G0, and has 
 been returned 
 as his own suc- 
 cessor at each 
 biennial elec- 
 tion which has 
 occurred since ; 
 hence he has 
 been elected 
 ten times, and 
 is in his nine- 
 teenth year of 
 
 continuous service in the House of Rep- 
 resentatives — being the ranking member 
 of that body; and he is one of the ablest, 
 most industrious and conscientious. 
 
 Judge Kelley is one of the ])ioneers in the 
 Greenback movement, and one of the 
 most able, clear-headed and suecessful 
 educators of public opinion on this great 
 question of tinance; and although lie re- 
 mained in tlie Republican party until the 
 date of the opening of the present Con- 
 gress, yet few men have done more toward 
 creating that popular demand for a cliange 
 of financial policy which has ultimated in 
 
 the organization of the National party; 
 with which he is now fully identified, and 
 of which he is one of the ablest, staunchest 
 and most honorable leaders. 
 
 Judge Kelley is so widely and well 
 known that no elaborate biography of him 
 is required here. 
 
 HENDRICK B, WRIGHT, OF PENNSY1> 
 VANIA, 
 
 was born in 1808, at Plymouth, Luzerne 
 county, Pennsylvania, He was educated 
 
 at Wilkes Barre 
 until fitted for 
 college, and he 
 graduated at 
 Dickenson Col- 
 lege in 1829. 
 
 Selecting the 
 law as his pro- 
 fession, he pre- 
 pared himself 
 for practice by 
 a rigid course 
 of study, and 
 was admitted 
 to the bar in 
 the year 1831, 
 
 Three years 
 later he was 
 appointed dis- 
 trict attorney 
 for Luzerne co. 
 by George M, 
 Dallas, then at- 
 torney-general 
 and afterward 
 VicePresident, 
 Mr. Wright was 
 elected a mem- 
 ber of the house 
 of representa- 
 tives of the 
 State Legisla- 
 ture for three 
 years insucces- 
 sion-1841,18-42 
 and 1843 — and 
 was speaker of 
 the house dur- 
 ing his last term. He was sent as a dele- 
 gate at large to the National Democratic 
 Convention at Baltimore, in 1844, which 
 nominated Polk and Dallas, and was hon- 
 ored with the position of chairman of the 
 convention. 
 
 He has attended as a delegate each na- 
 tional convention of the Democratic party 
 since ; hence he has had an important part 
 in the making of Presidents and in shaping 
 the i)latfornis of his party. 
 
 Mr. Wright has given the subject of 
 labor reform great attention for some 
 years ; and like all men who look into the 
 
12 
 
 THE SPARTAN BAND 
 
 qiif'stion, he saw that society was rapidly 
 dividing into two irrcat classes, and that 
 these classes are drifting constantly f urtlier 
 and furtlitT apart — the rich growing richer 
 and more arrogant and oppressive, and the 
 poor still poorer and more dependent and 
 humble. He espoused tiie cause of the in- 
 dustrial classes years ago, and he has stood 
 by them firmly ever since. "A Treatise 
 on the Labor Pn^blem." written by him in 
 1871, is a very able and clear exposition of 
 the subject, and worthy tlie careful study 
 of l('g'-l:itors. as well as tlie people. 
 
 Mr. Wrigiit was elected to the Forty- 
 Fiftli Congress as a Democrat, and acted 
 with that part}', save when its policy con- 
 flicted witii the interests of labor. lie was 
 returned to tlie Forty-Sixth Congress as a 
 Xational Greenbaelcer and Labor Keformer, 
 receiving the support of the Greenback 
 Democrats. On entering tlie present Con- 
 gress he joined witii tlie otiier Xational 
 Congressmen in tiie formation of a con- 
 gressional committee of the new party, 
 and stood as tlie National candidate for 
 Speaker of the House. 
 
 SETH HARTMAN YOCUII, OF PENNSYL- 
 VANIA, 
 
 was born August 2, 1834, on a farm in the 
 the romantic region of tiie Catawissa. He 
 is of sturdy Pennsylvania stock. His 
 grandfatlier (Captain Joiin Yocum) re- 
 cruited and commanded a company of 
 Pennsylvania troops during the War of 
 Independence. 
 The famil}' have been farmers from time 
 
 out of mind, and Seth was raised to that 
 profession ; but he being ambitious for a 
 better education than was obtainable at 
 the country schools, and of more intellec- 
 tual associations than the \ncinity of his 
 native mountain town afiorded. he'went to 
 Xew Berlin, at the age of 15, and appren- 
 ticed himself to the printing business in a 
 newspaper oflice. He subsequently paid 
 his own way througli Dickinson College 
 with money earned at the case as a jour- 
 neyman printer, graduating in ISGO. On 
 leaving college, Mr. Yocum established the 
 Ashland Mountaineer, a campaism journal 
 in the interest of the Republican party, 
 wliich did yeoman service for I>incoln dur- 
 ing that ever remarkable campaiirn of 1860. 
 His paper was so successful that he con- 
 tinued it until July, ISGl, when he threw 
 down the pen and took up the sword, 
 abandoned the tripod and mounted a 
 horse. He entered tiie army as a private 
 in the otii Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was 
 promoted to a second lieutenancy in Feb- 
 ruaiy, 1862, and rose to the rank of first 
 lieutenant a few months later. He par- 
 ticipated in all the battles of the Armv of 
 the Potomac up to September, 1804; wiien. 
 Ills healtli liaving failed, he resigned and 
 returned home. 
 
 He had begun the study of the law be- 
 fore going into tiie armj% and on his 
 return he finished his course, and was 
 admitted to the bar in 1865. 
 
 He remained in tlie Reiiublican party 
 mitil 1877, thougii for some years he had 
 been out of sympathy with 'its financial 
 policy. His public aiUocacy of the prin- 
 ciples of the Xational party dates from 
 1877, wlien lie declared in favor of the 
 Toledo platform. 
 
 He was nominated for a seat in the 
 Forty-sixth Congress by tlie Xational 
 Congressional Convention in 1878, and 
 at tlie close of a most able and thorough 
 canvass he was elected over ex-Governor 
 Curtin, the Democratic nominee. Tliis 
 was a great victory, for the district 
 was, iij) to two ywirs before, over- 
 wiielmingly Deiiioeratic. his immediate 
 predeces.-or liaving been elected, in 
 1876, by a majority of over 5.000. 
 
 Mr. Yocuiirs election was an extra- 
 onlinaiy triumph for the Xational 
 party, for tlie reason that he not only 
 (lefeate(| the great war governor-^ 
 overcoming an immense niajority to 
 do it— but also for the reason that his 
 competitor claimeil to be a sound Green- 
 back man. It was not a conte-t be- 
 tween the hard-money jioliey of the old 
 tactions and ilie new iinancial doetrines 
 of the new Xational party, but between 
 the old Democratic party— which is all 
 things to all sections, tfiat it may win 
 
THE SPARTAN BAND 
 
 13' 
 
 votes — and the young Xational party — 
 which is founded upon the principles of 
 justice, and advocates the same views in 
 all sections of the country — North, Soutli, 
 East and West. 
 
 Mr. Yocum had very little assistance in 
 his canvass — a few speeches by Colonel 
 Hughes and Hon. F. P. Dewees, of Potts- 
 ville, and Mr. Randall, of Illinois, being 
 all the aid he received. 
 
 Mr. Yocum is a man of decided ability 
 and undoubted integrity, a clear thinker 
 and good speaker, fine social qualities and 
 pleasing address. He is a modest and quiet, 
 but a substantial and industrious, public 
 servant, and a reliable one. 
 
 GEORGE W. JONES, OF TEXAS, 
 
 is of Welch blood. He was born in Marion 
 county, Alabama, September 5, 1828, and 
 was chiefly raised in Tipton countj', Ten- 
 nessee, from whence he removed to Bas- 
 trop, Texas, his present home, at the age 
 of 20, in 1848. 
 
 His school education was limited to the 
 very common schools of Tennessee, with a 
 brief session at Bastrop Academy. He 
 studied law at an early age, and has been 
 very successful in that profession, though 
 he took no college course even in that. In- 
 deed, he is an excellent example of what 
 we are wont to term self-made men, hav- 
 ing got a good education in both literature 
 and law without the aid of college pro- 
 fessors. 
 
 In 1856 he was elected disti'ict attorney, 
 and filled the office with marked ability. 
 
 He was an original Union man, support- 
 ing Douglas in 1860, and resisting seces- 
 sion with all the might of his influence 
 and force of argument, maintaining that 
 it was contrary to the genius of our insti- 
 tutional government, and acquiesced in it 
 as a revolutionary measure when over- 
 whelmed by the action of his State. He 
 enlisted as a private in tlie 17th regiment 
 of Texas Infantry, and was elected lieuten- 
 ant-colonel on the organization of the 
 regiment, and on the resignation of tlie 
 colonel he was promoted to that office, and 
 commandetl tlie regiment until the close of 
 the war, participatiuir in the battles of 
 Mansfield, Pleasant Ilill. :\Iilligan's Bend, 
 and other bloody engagements. At the 
 close of the war he returned to Bastrop 
 and resumed the practice of his profession, 
 and also engaged in farming, as before. 
 
 He was a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention of 1866, where he was a leader 
 of the party which lield tliat secession is 
 revolutionary, hence dependent upon suc- 
 cess for its vindication ; and as the South 
 failed, the ordinance of secession was a 
 
 nullity and the status of the States had 
 not changed. 
 
 He was elected Lieutenant-Governor by 
 a majority of over 40,000 on the Conserva- 
 tive or Union ticket, at the tu'St election 
 under the new constitution. 
 
 In 1876 he ran for Congress as an Inde- 
 pendent, against Giddings, taking the po- 
 sition that all issues of principle between 
 the Democratic and Republican parties 
 had been settled, and that they were now 
 stumbling-blocks to statesmansliip. The 
 financial question was not an issue, but 
 during the canvass he was the guest of an 
 uitelligent Greenback man, who led him 
 into a line of investigation which resulted 
 in his complete conversion to the financial 
 doctrines of the National party. He tlien 
 told his friends tliat he should make the 
 next race for Congress on that issue. He 
 kept his word, and in 1878 defeated the 
 regular Democratic nominee, Hon. John 
 Hancock, at the close of a most able and 
 thorough canvass of the district. During 
 this campaign Governor .Jones boldly ad- 
 vocated the abolition of all systems of 
 banks of issue, and the abandonment of 
 the impracticable and ruinous plan of tying 
 the paper currency down to a coin basis, 
 holding that the Government should issue all 
 the currenc}' direct from the Treasur}-, giv- 
 ing it every property and function of money 
 by the "tiat of law." Tliat it should not 
 be redeemable in coin, but sliould itself be 
 the standard money of the country, regu- 
 lated as to volume by Congress according 
 to the laws of business and tiie exigencies 
 of the nation. 
 
14 
 
 THE SPARTAN BAND 
 
 He held that the new National party is 
 the only national party, and that tlie old 
 parties are but sectional factions, li^hthig 
 for office over issues long since dead. 
 
 On entering the present Congress, Gov- i 
 ernor Jones boldly and unequivocally uni- 
 ted with the other National Congressmen 
 in the organization of a congressional 1 
 committee of the National party, and no 
 injustice to the other 14 menibL-rs f>f that 
 committee is done, nor any depreciation of 
 their merits intended, when I say tliat for 
 vigor of thought, grasp of mind, clearness j 
 of conception, integrity of pui-pose, and 
 courage of o])inion, 
 he has few ecpials and 
 no superior among 
 them, or in the House 
 of Representatives. 
 He has alreaily made 
 a record in Congress 
 that stamps him a 
 man of great ability, 
 inflexible integrity, 
 and exceptional inde- 
 pendence. Tiiat rec- 
 ord is before the coim- 
 try, and I shall not 
 dwell upon it now. 
 
 Governor Jones is 
 a fine specimen of the 
 representative Amer- 
 ican. In personal 
 appearance and so- 
 cial characteristics he 
 bears a striking re- 
 semblance to Abra- 
 ham Lincoln. He is 
 simple-hearted, mod- 
 est and kindly, j'et 
 strong and firm. He 
 is, therefore, a pop- 
 ular and successful leader — a man eminent- 
 ly fitted for the propagation of new polit- 
 ical ideas. 
 
 BRADLEY BARLOW, OF VERMONT, 
 
 is a native of the Green "Mountain State, 
 he having been ])orn in tlie town of Fair- 
 field, May 12, 1S14. He was breil a farmer, 
 and continued in tliat Iionorabie profession 
 for many years. In 1858 he located in St. 
 Albans, where he engaged in banking and 
 other large business pursuits, whieh he has 
 followed up to the present time. He is the 
 
 president of the Vermont National Bank, 
 and is also prominently connected with im- 
 portant railroad enterprises in the State. 
 He has been elected to the State Legislature 
 six times, and to tlie senate of the State 
 twice. He has during his career served 
 as a member of two constitutional conven- 
 tions of the State, and was for a number 
 of years treasurer of his count}', all of 
 wliieii evidences his ability, integrity and 
 popularitv. 
 
 Mr. Barlow is an exceptional character, 
 he being at the same time a national banker 
 and a National Greenbacker. Surel}% no 
 otlier evidenoe is 
 needed of \n< breadth 
 of views and honest)' 
 of purpose than that 
 he should embrace 
 and promote political 
 doctrines which an- 
 tagonize his personal 
 interest in favor of 
 the masses of tiie peo- 
 ple of the country. 
 If there were many 
 more such bankers, 
 the world would be 
 the better for it. 
 
 Mr. Barlow wjis 
 formerly a Kepubli- 
 can, and so strong a 
 bold lias he upon the 
 Confidence of the Re- 
 publicans of his dis- 
 trict that in his can- 
 vass for Congi-ess in 
 ISTS he was success- 
 ful in leading the 
 great majority into 
 the National Green- 
 back party. He had 
 two competitors in the race, Mr. Grant 
 and Mr. Waterman, both Democrats. His 
 majority over both was over 3,000. 
 
 (3n taking his seat in the present Con- 
 gress Mr. Barlow joined the otlier National 
 Congressmen in the orgaiuzation of a Na- 
 tional congressional committee, and in 
 distinctly drawing the line between the 
 new National party and old sectional fac- 
 tions, styled bj' courtesy Democratic and 
 Rejiul^lican parties, by nominating and 
 supporting a National candidate for 
 Speaker. 
 
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 T. W. TALLMADGE, 
 
 (Fornu-rly of Colniubus. Ohio,) 
 
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 Practices before all the Government Departments, and before the Committees of 
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 AND ALL KINDS OF WAR CLAIMS. 
 
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 liira intimately for j-ears;) the (Tovernment Odlcers, (with whom he has 
 
 transacted bn:>mess the past seventeen years,) and 
 
 TIIOl SA>iDN OF CI.IF.KTN IX AM. I>ARTK OF THE FKITF.n STATES. 
 
 COLlMBl s, Onto, Fibruary 25, 1878. 
 Til whom it may concern: 
 
 From a long personal accpiaintanre with Capt. Then. W. Tallm.-idge, formerly of this 
 
 : city and for many years engaged in jiublic busin<>ss here, 1 am prepared to say that Ca'pt. 
 
 \ Tallmadge Is in every way a gentleman of the first re»peet«bility, honorable in his deport- 
 
 1 men' and entitled to the confidence of the business public. 1 can most cheerfully commend 
 
 hlra to all with whom he may come in contact. Very respectfully, 
 
 Mii.Tov B.*KNE.«, Secretary <if State. 
 
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