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Show mos I'Mii: tom uon. A llAMtuonr dlipahh aiya lhal Henator Oorman la about lo retire from active work aa a aity leader, owing to want of Icltuie and to declining health. He Is at ireient chairman of thu National Dsrooi ratio Committee, anl In that capacity wna ono ot tbo flrtt to re-organlie the Democrallo arty of Utah. Thla cilice It It raid ho Is about to ntlgn. He hat be en frequently frequent-ly mentlonoj at tho jioralble i real-dcnllaUandldate real-dcnllaUandldate of hla jjirty In the pending camtatgu. On being quit- Honed on tho point by a Hew Yoik re-jiotter re-jiotter heaildl "1 hai eieven moreycara to serve In the Untied Wales li mite ami, (toil willing, I expect ti serve thcut out, I am In uo sense an aspliant fur the l'resldeucy." This Is i ialntd ly the fact that his term as Henator expires with thla session of Congtets, aud at liuhas bteu re-lecled lo tuccted hltnielf, Ida Hrimtc life extenda to tho close of 1601). Henator lloriuan's career la some-what some-what remarkable. He Wat bom at Wondilock, Md , In Mercli.lS.W. In lbV.' he waa aplnleil a 4gu In the Houte of ItcpiraenUllvrs at Waihlng-ton. Waihlng-ton. The young lal soon attracted tbeatteutlonof Htcpheu A. Doughs, tho little giant ol Illinois, who waa then IntheHeuate. Hy lilt Influence Gorman a transferred from the low er to the upj er house. Tills It huw he became a pagu In thu chamler where ho la now one of Ihu tuott honored and ditttogulthcd membett. Young Gorman's next promotion waa as r!vato secretary to Henator Oouglat, then aulttant oitmaatir of the U. H.beuilr, which place ho held at the opening of the war. It hat I sen friquently slated that he ticeme a stcesalonttt, whtit thu absolute fact Is that he actually commanded com-manded nc mpanyln Washington at tho time that General Katly content. I lated attacking the cat, Hal, It la true Gormatt waa not a man of war; his lanes Inclined to pacific athletics, and In hla young days waa known aa a distinguished dis-tinguished ball layer. His father, l'eler Gorman, waa n Union man. He went lo Itlchiuond atthoojenliigof tho rebellion, domu say tt was to Join thu rebels, but thu truth Is in went to csl led bills front seetdlng Houtlitrnera for whom hu ptrfoimed contracts. He did not tuo-leed tuo-leed In collecting his bills, but wna iir-resttd, iir-resttd, and was glad to forego collecting collect-ing and get Ieavo to return home, whlcli he did, coutlnulug a Union man to the close of his llfu, Ol ouug(loriUBU it ia said that at onu time lio contemplated imlgiatlng to thu Far West and lousulted hla iutron, Henator Douglas, about thu rroject, Douglas counseled au nban-doument nban-doument of the Idea, but advliud that ho go homu to lila native Htatu of Maryland nud In time conin back to Washington at senator. In 1801 hedld go home, aud uttered local politics, llesucciedid In attaining thu most romlneiit .oiltlona, nu 1 In lbSQ went tu Waahlugtou aa United Htatea Henator. The full namu Is Arthur I'uuGor-ratt. I'uuGor-ratt. Hla trleuda facetloutl) dub him "Itsr." lecnuioof his closely shaven faieand gtneral cli rlcal aspect. He Is sotnetinus charactirUed as a Jisult, but not becausu he Is mvked for any traits mually atlrlbuted to that order, but tltuply because nf hit wonderful telf command in matters of ttrlfeanl controversy where terar Is liable to thow Itself. It Is lioldly aueited that Henator Gorman was never known to display temper ot any kind, and If hu has one It Is kept completely In control. It has been frequently slated that I Henator Gorman It a Itonian Catholic, andlhallilslhances fiMbe preaUelf c) wste thereby Imperilled. The fact l. Itu he nn J hit wlfears l'rrsbyler-tatit, l'rrsbyler-tatit, ami though strict adherents to II elrfaltltaie tolerant nud llleral In rellgloua views, Them are live daughtciSBUtniioionln tho family,, The son la bel.ig educate I at au I Is-iiuillnslltullon, Is-iiuillnslltullon, three of the dsugh- , ters went edunateJ at n Quaker school, I andtlietwo younger glrla nre al present pre-sent attending a Catholic consent school, Henntor Ginnan la onuof thoo nro mruofallilrs who duet an Immense ann uut of business without being lu a hurry, who is alwas courteous, who npi eara to devote himself to one's business busi-ness n though It was the nidtl ltuit-aut ltuit-aut In thu world aud who Is yet cautious cau-tious unougli not to commit himself to any p. 1k) or tuhject when It would be unwise to 1 1 1 rs's lilmrtll emphatic-all). emphatic-all). He Is a thorough Democrat, devoted de-voted to his trt), and wields a strong Influence therein at well as In hit own Hlate, where he Is leganled with the utmost respect aud allectlou. |
