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Show WILL HE SUCCEED INGALLSt "" ketch and Fortrsil ot Col. W. E. Hntch. Uou, of Ktnui. Col. W. E. Hutchison, of Wichita, who has been prominently mentioned as a can&date for United States senator to : succeed the iridescent John J. Ingalls, is of rather commanding appearance, and carries himself with a semi-military air due to his training in the regular army. He Is six feet in height, and weighs over 200 pounds. His face is a little on the florid order, round and fall. His eyes are dark blue gray, and his hair and mustache are brown, with a flaxen tinge. He is a very fluent talker, and seems to have dipped into almost every subject in his reading. He has been his own schoolmaster almost entirely, having acquired ac-quired but little more than the bare elements ele-ments of a school education; but is well informed on the fundamental principles of the various sciences. Col. Hutchison was born in Pittsylvania Pitt-sylvania county, Va., April 24, 1847. His parents were not rich, and at 17 years of age be enlisted in the regular army. lie was sent under Gen. Crook's, command into Oregon and Idaho, where he became conspicuous among his fellows fel-lows as an Indian fighter. He soon rose through the grades of private, cor- poral, sergeant and duty sergeant ser-geant to the rank of first sergeant, and was mustered muster-ed out of the service ser-vice in Company D, Twenty-third United States infantry, in-fantry, in 1808, as first sergeant. He then went into railroad work and became A snb-coritractor in building the ""V. E. HUTCniSON. Santa Fe road through Kansas. Later he esterod the United States signal service, serv-ice, and received a schooling in Washington, Wash-ington, D. G, in the meteorological department. de-partment. From 1870 to 1883 Mr. Hutchison was in the United States customs cus-toms service under ex-Governor E. M. Peaso as deputy collector and inspector at Galveston and Houston. In 1884, on account of ill health of himself and family, Mr. Hutchison came to Wichita and engaged in business, busi-ness, and has lived here ever since. He was qui) successful in land speculation daring-iY' boom and before. In 1886 he was appointed on the staff of Governor Martin, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and assisted in organizing the national guards. Col. Hutchison's poli- - tics, until some eighteen months ago, were Republican, and he took an active part in politics. Since then his political views lave been modified considerably, especially on the tariff. He favors service pensions and free silver coinage. He identified himself with the people's party a-ly in the recent campaign, did some r'gorons writing and made a number of speeches in support of its measures. |