Show SCNATOn MENEHV stet Cliixrn III It present l iuliUn In I Hi Ippor HnatK HxOeitrnor Samuel 1 Douglas McKn cry who was elected Senator from loulna nt Ihn refill meeting of tho 1 K Isl store of that state Is the bes Ksown sown man In that state and by Ion g oWs tho most prominent In politic life Mr Met ncr1 li I Just flfiyntn yr of age Ills election to tho Beiml having occurred by a happy colnc 1 dense on his birthday Tho family II I of Irish nxtractlon Senator McKncr tot born at Monroe was educated a t the Annapolis Naval Academy at Ih it Inlurslty of Virginia Spring HI 11 College Alabama and tho Now Yom ut Unto Lair Hchool at Ioullhk o low lo-w York Ho served as a lleulenan la the Confederate army Tho elect cf his brother John McHnery as Gov erne In 1872 threw him Into politics Nominated as Meutennn Governor In 1879 ho succeeded to Ih 1 e Governorship In 1881 by tbo death of Governor Wllti In 1881 he was elect tI to succeed himself by n large majority In 1802 ho woo again nominated tor th o Ooveinorthlp but was defeated b y i Murphy J Poster tho candidate of Ire t ntlottery Democrats Mr McKner was appointed to tho Supremo lien In 1888 Ho has still four years III pence and will not resign the judge hip until ho unties his seat as Sonata In March UD7 Judge McKnery wa not a candidate for tho Senate nnd rn hermit tho field only tho night before ha I was elected when It became evlden that It required the strongest Domocni In tm state to beat Mr Denegre t he Independent candidate |