Show William WilHam A Calderhead When William Alexander Calder Calderhead head hond was selected by Speaker Cannon to serve as 88 a house On the tho tariff conference committee a L storm or of protest arose from who that the committee should be bc made up from the ways and means committee In lie order o of seniority This would have hac placed Huh Hill of Con and Needham of California on the committee Instead of Calder Calderhead head of and Fordney of Mich Ign But Dut Uncle Joe Joc In his charac te manner hind had his way and to lo loI In Is 16 one I of the tho 17 men whom the congress has signally honored and his I gray locks and nud logical arguments are area a In the lie committee room I Like ninny many other great groat nien Will 1 Inn was born In Ohio I lii In Ohio and sene served lila his coun I 1 k I n tr try durin during th tIu war In nn an Ohio regiment In he will pass his car ar war Mr tr Cal Calderhead went to Kana anti and engaged In lu Ia 1 S 2 Ito ho settled ou on a homestead near Newton Kas taught school ono one year in Newton and ren rend I law In 10 the office or of Hon J W V Adr Ad Tie He was waif admitted b before Hon S rt R leters In lIe He then removed to Atchison ta where he spent four our years year more mG studying law Jaw and teachIng schools during the winter r It I was not until IS that thal 11 he engaged In inthe the tho general practice of law and it was wa 10 years later before be held his first of county count attorney In 1875 he be W wu elected to the r Fifty ny fourth eo congress and with the thC fibs HOD of the has sen served con ever eyer sInce I |