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Show IOWA'S AGED LAWMAKER Anions tho uew members of the Stxty-thlrd congress none Is likely to attract more Interest titan Sant Klrk-patrlck Klrk-patrlck of Oltumwn, who will represent repre-sent the Sixth Iown district In the new house. Ete Is a Democrat and will succeed suc-ceed to the scat now held by H. B. Kendall, Republican. lie is nearly Boveuty-ono years of age and since 1880 has been an internal revenue oill-cer, oill-cer, working among tho moonshiners and counterfeiters of the sooth. The Hon. Sant has faced death n many occasions and bears many scars- of battle, bat-tle, but save for the partial loss 9t eyesight eye-sight bo Is still halo and hearty. His career as internal revenue agent has been one of the most remarkable in the history of the service, bojh from tho point of accomplishment and nar-row nar-row escapes from death. The Horn Sant has destroyed more Illicit distilleries distil-leries and placed more men in the-penitentiary the-penitentiary than any other man in the United States. In his body he carries car-ries over a hundred pieces of lead, mementos of his clashes with the moonshiners during his various raids. He has soveral times raided the notorious no-torious SIdna Allen gang, which shot up tho court of Carroll county at Hills-vllle, Hills-vllle, Va., last spring. Congressman Elect KIrkpatrIck served, serv-ed, throughout tho civil war as first lieutenant of Company K, Second Iowa Infantry, and is the only civil war veteran representing Iowa la either frrnncli of mmrnaLJ,tBtnt ,4 |
