I remember him well when be first (ane. with his sturdy figure. his shock of curly hair. his mobile face and curved lips. and his studied and effective elocution. He early took his place as an attractive speaker and easy debater and an Industrious student of the legislation of Congress. Of course the zenith of his fame was reached during the war. when he. the immigrant boy from Germany. caught up the war program against his native country which the chairman of his committee refused. and although a Republican. carried tlhrough the House as the spokesman for the Democratic administration the most hazardous iind Contested of all the war legislation. the bill which laid. equally upon all alebodied citizens service in the Army by draft. Subesequently. as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. ihe sustained the reputation lie won then and was one of the most respected and trusted leaders of the House. In the last years of his life. though weakened by chronic disease. he struggled manfully to do his work. and the great influence of his personality abundantly maide good his physical inflirmities.
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