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Elected to congress and re-elected- nominated and confirmed United States district judge for the western district of Ar- kansas - extensive jurisdiction of the court - summary of his character and abilities as a judge. 446 Anecdotes originating in mistaken identity 446, 447 HON. JAMES H. BERRY:
Birth and limited education - joins the Confederate army - loses a leg in battle - teaches school - marries an accom- plished woman, and is denied recognition. 447
The noble fires of ambition kindle in the altars of the wife's soul and light the way onward and upward from the log- cabin school to and through offices higher and higher until the U. S. senate is attained. 448
Roster of offices held. 449
Personal qualities 449
HON. JNO. B. JONES. 449
GENERAL JAMES C. TAPPAN:
Birth, lineage, education - elected to the State legislature receiver of the land office .. 450, 451
Espouses the cause of the south and enters her armies - army history. 451
JUDGE W. W. WILSHIRE:
Birth, lineage, education - hard struggles in youth. 452
Goes to California in quest of gold - admitted to the bar - in the Federal army during the war of the rebellion - resigns and locates in Arkansas - solicitor-general -chief justice -- career in congress - great service to the State 453
Efficient labor in thwarting the Brooks-Clayton rebellion against the State government 454
Vigorous protest to the president 454 to 456
Proclamation of the president. 456, 457
Joint resolution of thanks to Judge Wilshire. 457
Effort of Clayton and his henchmen to overthrow the Garland government. 458, 459
Weakness, folly and inconsistent attitude of the president in recommending the overthrow of the Garland government considered .. 460, 461
Refusal of congress to heed the president - Judge Wilshire's efficient agency in protecting the rights of the people .. . . WILLIAM G. WHIPPLE:
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Honorable descent from Pilgrim and revolutionary stock .. ... 462
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Education - United States district attorney- the non-partisan mayor of Little Rock. 463
HON. E. P. WATSON:
Descended from William Penn - from revolutionary ancestors - elected to the legislature from two counties - elected to the senate 463
L. C. HALL:
Birth - a native of Sweden - liberal education by private tutors - a farmer - a good lawyer - universally esteemed, 464 JUDGE W. W. SMITH:
Birth, lineage, fine education -vigorous cross of Celt and Saxon considered. 464, 465 Professor of languages in a classical school - moves to Arkan-
sas to become a cotton planter-the war - his honorable record in the army. 465, 466 Moral courage - sublime heroism of the southern soldiers in facing adversity after the war. 467 Attachment between him and Governor Hughes honorable to both - elected one of the justices of the supreme court .... 468 HON. WILLIAM M. FISHBACK:
Birth - classically educated at the University of Virginia - teaches school - reads law - in the secession convention of 1861 - supported the war policy of that body. .... . 468, 469 A Unionist after the convention -elected during the recon- struction period to the United States senate - not admitted - United States treasury agent, armed with great power - conservatively used 469
Elected to the legislature many times-left in 1880 for governor - conspicuous as the author of the " Fishback Amendment " - drives Garland from the field on this question - sum- mary. 470
HON. POINDEXTER DUNN:
Birth, education - a farmer boy - the southern planter's mis- take in rearing his sons prior to the war considered. . 471 . . Collegiate foundations - read law and abandoned it - losses caused by war drove him back to his first love - in the legislature - elected in 1872 471 472 Elected to congress.
ROBERT J. LEA 473
HENRY GASTON BONN:
A planter's son - divides his time between school and labor on the farm 473, 474
Educational facilities and acquirements - honorable record in the war. 475
Admission to the bar- in the constitutional convention of 1874 - in the senate. 476
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Birth, lineage, education - a soldier in the Union army - army record - a liberal-minded conservative republican - commands the respect of all - colonel on Gov. Baxter's staff 476, 477
HON. CHAS. BEATTY MOORE:
Birth, pedigree, education - a soldier in the Confederate army - army record - attorney-general for the State - pleasing and polished manners. 477 to 479 J. B. ERB 479
HON. WM. F. HICKS:
Birth, pedigree - Saxon and Celtic fusions - ancestors in both lines pioneers in the Indian wars - a soldier in the Mexican war - a typo - a member of the constitutional convention of 1868 - twice elected to the senate - now (1887) a member of the lower house. 479 to 481
HON. HENRY C. CALDWELL:
Birth, lineage - early admission to the bar- service in the war of the rebellion -- taken from the saddle and placed on the Federal bench - fears as to the result -the flood of war legislation to be construed and enforced by a soldier .. 481 to 483 The statu quo considered - technical harshness of the com- mon law broken and modified by the young jurist - lawyers open their eyes 483
The late Judge Watkins in court with a bag full of common- law obstruction 484
Improvements in our jurisprudence introduced -his career marked with much-needed infusion of common sense. . . Love of equity- railroad litigation - permits, by general order, receivers to be sued - now embodied in Federal legisla- tion. 485
A strong sense of justice makes him kind to young attor- neys - amusing illustration 486
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Comprehensive grasp of the new and difficult questions grow- ing out of war legislation. 486, 487
Grasp of the great political issues of the day 487, 488
W. L. TERRY:
Birth, lineage, education - offices held by 488
DAN. W. JONES:
Birth, lineage, 'education-admission to the guild - fine record as a soldier - dangerously wounded at Corinth 489, 490 Prosecuting attorney -declines a re-election - democratic elector in 1876 and 1880 - elected attorney-general and suc- ceeds himself. 491
HON. JAMES E. GATEWOOD:
Family history - association with Indians - fond of fish sto-
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ries-a veritable Nimrod-dangerous to let him have the last say .. . 491
University education - law -- gets down to his work at last .. 492
The golden era of Arkansas contrasted with the unwise legis-
lation of the present - the ruinous mortgage system. .. .. 492,. 493 Joins the Confederate army - stern demands of war 493
Legislator - summary 494
HON. JOSEPH W. MARTIN:
Birth, lineage, scholastic education-personal history .. . 494, 495
A Confederate soldier - war record - prosecuting attorney - judge -elected judge of the capital circuit three times - distinguishing characteristics - firm hold on the popular heart - summary 495, 496
HON. JORDAN E. CRAVENS:
The abundant exuberance of youth hides the characteristics which finally distinguish the man - pedigree. 496, 497 War record - plays a lone hand for a while - settles down to the realities of war- is elected colonel, and distinguishes himself as a good soldier 498
Twice elected to the legislature - candidate for the electoral college on the miserable Horace Greeley ticket- serves three terms in congress. 498, 499
HON. JOHN M. HEWITT:
Birth and education -- war experience - family equally divided between the north and south -locates in the conquered province-an eminent illustration of the kind feeling the true southron has for gentlemen, regardless of political or war affiliations. 500, 501 Honored with many offices as rewards for his wisdom and conservatism 501
HON. A. B. WILLIAMS:'
Birth and personal history - college graduate - probate judge - State senator - elected circuit judge- appointed on the Utah commission - summary 502
HON. THOMAS C. MCRAE:
Personal history - brilliant career of the young man - legis- lator - member of the electoral college - twice elected to congress 503
GENERAL ROBERT C. NEWTON:
Birth and splendid lineage - education - honorable career as a soldier in the Confederate army - major-general in the Brooks-Baxter war. 503, 504 HON. THOMAS C. HUMPHRY:
Birth and personal history - a young soldier boy - disabled in the army - heroic and successful efforts to overcome great obstacles. 504, 505
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Physician - politician - legislator - lawyer - editor 505, 506
THOMAS J. OLIPHINT:
Birth and personal history - a soldier of the " lost cause " --- honorable record - trials and struggles after the war " success succeeds " - author of "Oliphint's Digest " - is fast approaching a front seat 506, 507
HON. GEORGE THORNBURGH:
Birth and personal history - energy - application and laud- able ambition enabled him to overcome many obstacles . . 507 Catalogue of the many offices of honor and trust filled by him, 508 HON. STIRLING R. COCKRILL:
Birth and fine lineage, embracing two hemispheres. ... 508, 509 Education interrupted by the war -- a boy-soldier with fine record in the field - resumes educational pursuits after the war, and accomplishes a classical education under his kins- man, General Robert E. Lee -- graduated in the law de- partment of Cumberland University 510
Moves to Little Rock - probation, study - marries - fame as a lawyer gradually compasses the start, and culminates in his elevation to the office of chief justice - summary ... 511, 512 HON: JOHN CARROLL:
Birth - descended from John Carroll of Carrollton - life in the Cherokee nation - his own educator - good record as a Confederate soldier 512 Elected to the legislature, and to the constitutional convention of 1874 - United States marshal. 513
COLONEL THOMAS MARCUM: Birth, ancestral history 513
Personal history of the rara avis -runs away and joins the Federal army and makes a good soldier - the governor ap- points him colonel - educated himself, and is eminently & self-made man - clerk of the court - marries and comes to Arkansas. 514
Amusing anecdotes illustrating the versatility of his genius as a criminal lawyer. 515 to 517
Is a very fine criminal lawyer. 517
HON. JOHN LOAGUE:
Synoptical outline of the life and character of this able prose- cutor of " The Bench and Bar of Arkansas," together with a schedule of the offices held by him the last quarter of a century 518, 519
Correspondence between him and the author. 519, 520
Impassioned indictment against the "Bench and Bar" and the people of Arkansas, charging the odium of repudiation on the State, which must be read to be understood. .520 to 524
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THE AUTHOR'S REPLY TO THE INDICTMENT:
The history of radical domination, misrule and plunder in Ar- kansas-the siren song of repudiation driven back to the bosom of its author - a rotten judiciary, the spawn of radicalism- the greater portion of the so-called bonded debt of Arkansas is but the evidence of larcenies attempted by the spoliator- indubitable facts and records legitimating these conclusions. 525 to 548
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