Excerpt from The Chanticleer, Vol. 4: 1915 He was born in Jones County, North Carolina, on January 20, is54. He entered Trinity College in 1870, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in is73. He received his license to, practice law in I875, and located in New Bern. He was elected a member of the Fiftieth Congress in I887 as a repre sentative from the Second District of North Carolina. He was Chairman of the Democratic Executive committee in 1892, I898, I900, i9oz, and 1906. In 1893 he was appointed by President Cleveland Collector of Internal Revenue for the Eastern District. He was elected United States Senator in I90I, was re-elected in -907, *and again in I9I3. He is now Chairman of the Finance Committee of'the Senate and an influential mem ber of many of the most important committees. In I90I Trinity College conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.