Show r. r t rt nY r y p 1 RETURN mm E URl OF SPEAKER WEAKER KIEF KIEFER R F s t WAS CZAR OF THE HOUSE BOUSE WHEN ri t PRESENT SPEAKER JOE WAS MEMBER I Is Oe Oc of the Three National Speakers Who ho Have Been Returned to Con Congress ress After fter a Lon Long Laspe of Years The return of or General J. J Warren r Kiefer to Congress after an absence al' al of ot 2 22 2 years is of or more than passing interest for tor the reason that he was Speaker of ot the House which was organized organized or or- a in 1881 1831 It was a n famous Congress and Kiefer's pathway was not one ono of roses lIe Ho became involved involved ved Ted In a controversy with II n. V. V Boynton then dean of ot the thc Washington Washing Washing- ton correspondents and the bitter attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks of Boynton had much to do with I Kiefer's retirement from public i life although he was but 43 when ho he cc finished his fourth term in the House Since then he has not been Idle but has been prominent in civil and military mills mill mili s tary tart life lIe He returns to Congress as did Nathaniel P. P Banks Danks and Galusha A. A Grow They had been Speakers J tm P oo p pJ 4 J WARREN KIEFER FER AT 48 AND AT 70 many years before and their return was notable Each like Keller Kelter lived for years without prominence in politics poll poll- tics but both were older when they came camo back General Kiefer Is s now 68 but remarkably hale and hearty lIe He was always a conspicuous man and is the more so now because of Ot tots his white hair and beard which were tawny brown In the days of his lie clings to the garb of the old time statesman and Wears at atall atall atall all times an old fashioned swallow tailed coat cut much like the dress coats of to General Kiefer served ser four terms in Congress coming coming com corn ing lug to Washington first for the special session of 1877 He lIe was chosen Speaker of the Congress Dec th 1881 serving but the one term Last year he was nominated for fora a- a Congress and had no very hard time in the h honor ono T 1 dIstrict Is str ly UbI e Ie 1 can i r r. r was the largest ever len girfen any candi candi- date General Kiefer has bas a great war record As a fighter tighter and leader lender he had few equals in hi the Union army He was practicing 1 law w when the first alarm of war was sounded In 1861 and he at once volunteered as a ate Before going to the front he be was commissioned major and was promoted promoted pro pro- meted very rapidly rearing In 1865 1805 as brevet major-general major and as a brigadier brigadier briga briga- 1 dier In active service At the battle of the wilderness in 1804 he be was was was' wast t I severely wounded but would not give up He lIe stayed at It until Lee sur rendered A born soldier be he could not resist the call to arms when the war with Spain came on and was was made a major-general major of volunteers He lie commanded a brigade under Sheridan Sheridan Sher Sher- idan in the Virginia battles that led up to Appomattox At the battle of Sailors Sailor's Creek General Kiefer had bad an 1 experience out of the ordinary t Going alone at dusk to observe the lines of the enemy he be found himself suddenly surrounded by a large body of confederates They could not dis distinguish distinguish his Federal uniform in the I dark and he be was equal to the t ion Wheeling his horse about he ar cried out In tones of ot command Attention Atten tion men right about face march t t. Thinking it was one of their own officers the th confederates followed him into the Union Unton camp wl ere to their disgust they found themselves prison prison- ers era He returns to congress vigorous and eager for active participation in the councils of the nation As an ex ex- Speaker he has been given a 11 chairmanship chairmanship chairmanship chairman chairman- ship and was also allowed the privilege of choosing his old seat without going nto ate the lottery scramble Speaker was In Congress during genral gen gen- oral ral Kiefer's term as ns Speaker and hey were warm friends General defer nefer represents one of ot this the best best In Ohl Ohl- containing big manufacturing man man- n establishments He TIe has found few of his old colleagues In the House Many are dead and many more long ago retired to private life Ufe Cannon and Bingham Hitt BItt tad nd Payne also Ketcham of New York are about all who are now in ba the House who were with Kiefer In the the stirring g days of his |