Show MEN OF THE TRE HOUR some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon thein sla i HON J W KEIFER T I I CN SPEAK cr in tho the republican caucus of the third of Dedin december berand and preliminary minar to the opening gottlic of the F forty L d r t seventh Seven tK Congress the ifft jo joseph epha W keifer was made the nominee of the re pu blicaus for the position of speaker this was the result of sixteen ballo tings ill all of which liis his name led when congress met two days later mr keif er was elected to the tile office named having nineteen votes more than ex speaker randall the democratic candidate for the position his remarks demars before taking the oath were well received by bv the house mr keifer lias has a large arge presence and robust constitution lie ile is a good speaker and it is confidently fi expected will preside with ready tact and dignity general joseph warren keifer is a native of ohio born in bethel township dark clark county january 30 1830 his parents were not wealthy and iw ilk education was that of the common supplemented edo at the proper time by attend aneo at antioch college up to being divent twenty years of age ho he worked on a farm hear bear springfield ohio when twenty one lie began to read law and was admitted dmit ted to the bar in 1858 his next step was to open an office at springfield which resulted in a practice successful from the beginning upon tho the opening ot tile war and the farst first C call all for troops mr keafor closed his office and went to the capital of his state as a volunteer twelve days lat later erbis his name appeared as major of the ad ohio gintant infantry ry upon tho the reorganization of the regiment as a three years regiment in june of the same i was again made major with his troops at rich mountain west vir virginia f inia at cheat mountain fountain and Eit yater all in that same busy year par of 1861 tile the young officer earned the notice and praise of his superiors his ills regiment was ordered to kentucky november 1861 where promotion was given major keifer in the early bartol part ol 01 i 1862 he was gazetted lieudell Li lieutenant eutell ant colonel and in that rank bore a distinguished part hi in the campaign under general mitchell about Hunt huntsville ville and along the Mem memphis and charleston railroad before the end of the year he lie bore the rank of the later years of the war lie served in west virginia and virginia as commander of brigade keifer was wounded four times during the war once seriously at the tile battle of the wilderness which compelled bi h j return home sooner than was thought advisable by his bis physicians he be rejoined 11 the e army and fought at apelu Ope quan he ile was among the first to enter winchester mr keifer was made a brevet brigadier general at cedar creek where he lie fought with distinguished courage atthe at the tho close of tho the war lie was inadi a brecq major gen eral his return to civil life was to begin I in again at springfield the tile practice of the law lawo in 1868 1863 and 1869 he be served in the senate of ohio and was commander of the grand army of the republic in ohio from 1868 to 1870 he lias has taken other conspicuous posit positions ibris during recent years among them that of Scie gatt in the convention which nominated mr hayes for the presidency this is the third of the congresses Congress ses to which he has been elected I the senate committee on appropriations yesterday yest erda briefly discussed but laid aside for farther further consideration the bill introduced by senator edmunds which prop proposes ofes an appropriation pria tion of A to defray the extraordinary tra ra liabilities and expenses incurred in consequence of tho the assassination si 81 nation of garfield gar field lt |