Show WILLIAM C WHITNEY llrlef blotch TT > lion > ow In III Inlllr t tr William Colons Whllne was born In North Conway Mass July B 1811 Ills lather trae Scotch his mother was Irish They were well lo do people and their son found no barriers In the way of completing the education begun In n countrj school home In hla o ten teen lit year ho t entered Ynlo College and made rapid progrca In tho department depart-ment of rlaaolc He gradunteit from that unherslty with honor In July 1SG3 The practice of law nt that limn was considered among Iho moat honorable hon-orable of professions ns well na the most lucrative and It did not take the oung graduate long to decide thai It I would Lo tho proper occupation for him lo cugngn In lie accordingly entered Ibo Harvard law school from which ho nrndiinlfil In ISC Shortly nftorwan to tutu ua cxpresnlnn common amon lnwera nuwada > i ho hung out hsa shingle In New York city Ha wn tolerably successful and won tho cool counsel of men like Bamurl J Tlden Prances Kernan nnd other In 187 ho bccatno corporation counsel of New York and served until 1S82 That wn tho only political post ho hold prevlou to bin appointment aa secretary ot oho navy In ISM Ho served until tho end of the Drat Cleveland administration Ins Ho succeeded In having Clove land rcnamlnatcd In Chicago In 183 i 3 i A r 0 7 r r o r Me WILLIAM C WHITNEY and la I himself a candidate for the proa I dcntlnl nomination next > oar 110 lies tho support of Cleveland Mr Whltne la I worth several million of dollar |