| Show H O II ACE F HARTI N E Jolllo or Nllmil lllinlllll sail i M tiobr of Congress Tho subject ot this sketch lion Horace T Uartlne was born In New York March Jlst ISIS 110 moved wit his parent to New Jersey when ten years of age and attended public schools Irregularly until fifteen year or ago When fifteen years and tour months old ho enlisted as a private soldier In the Inlon army and nerved tho last to pears 01 Ibo war llo par tlclpated many engagements IncludIng Includ-Ing the situ of Tetcrsburg nnd was severely wounded at Ibo bottle of thin wlldernest At the close of tho war ho I returned to New Jersey where ho lvill for several years In 1863 he moved West and located In tho state of Nevada Ne-vada where for n number of years he worked la quartz mills In tho Unite States mint at CartoOn Cll and at va rloua other pursuits studying nights to Improve hits education and Invest rating the political condition In 187 ho became noted a > a political speaker for the lUimbllcan party and < the nox year ho began tho study of law dovo Ing his nights and spare time to It lan I n somewhat dMiiltory manner In 1 ISbO ho was admitted the bar and In I Notomber of that year he was elected district attorney of Ormiby count In I 18SS he was elected to congress and < reelected re-elected la 18W MfTlng two terms lie I < JJ l wa a member ollh imltteeoncoln see weight antI measures during tin hole four y elra being in Intltnnto friend and associate of lion IT I Iiland luring the first widon of UM Fifty > ftral congress he made t speech In fa vor of free colnige of surer that at traded eonddenible ltenllon In tho and MMlon ho wrote the minority report ot the coinage committee In fa vor of the senate free coinage bill The r blllty displayed this report and the thorough manner In which the subject ens handled had been highly praised end widely complimented Ills speech 1 or March 21 1S9Z In furor of the Iiland bill Is considered by I stile critic to be I the best ever delivered In the Issues ot epresentatlte on the silver question Al the expiration of the second term Mr Uartlne was not n candidate for relation re-lation but returned the practice of aw occasionally writing In the Interest t 01 t free silver Among the ablest of his writings Is his review ot Carlisle rusude Against Silver published Inline In-line tool When tho Illmetalllo union was established with Its headquarter In Chicago In September of last year f 01 T R 1 IIONII T IIAHTINi Mr llirtlno was placed In chargo ot the editorial and literary department of the bureau and since then has been Iho editor ot Iho National Illmolalllst a paper devoted entirely to the restoration restora-tion of silver In Iho United States In this last position Mr Ilartlno has had n better opportunity to how tilt distinguished dis-tinguished ability than In any other calling that ho has been engaged In Ho It I n clear forcible and elegant writer thoroughly conversant with the monetary question of today nnd has established tor tho paper which ho so ably edit nn International reputation U Is I rerognliod oa authority both In the tnltrd State and In Kurope some of hit Kuropean friends going so far AI to proclaim him the ablest writer upon the silver question In the world < And tho result Is thin National DlmcUI list has n l > rss lrculatlonbolh rN l uglaltdnhd I rr 3fr13th1 a polished and lucid speaker upon the platform and his earnestness and In pate honesty of purpose never fall to win for blot the closest attention and tho respect ot his hearers even though they may fall to agree with him Mr Ilartlno Is a married man till family consisting of a wife and three daughters |
