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great name and good deeds did not weigli against the prejudices ofthe time and he failed
of a re-election.

He stands to-day in his unofficial position foremost among his countrymen :us the
national exponent and defender of the prohibitive principle, as applied to the sale of in¬
toxicating drinks.   His career seems just begun.

IN.—GEORGE W.  (iLICK.

The ninth Governor of theState of Kansas, Hon (Jeorge W. Glick, uf Atchison, was in¬
augurated on the Sth of January, 1sk3, the il8tb anniversary (.1 the battle of Nuw '()rlcans.
Gov. Glick was the first Democratic (iovernor ever eleeted in Kansas. He was born at (i recn-
castle, Fairfield (Jounty, Ohio, July 4, 1827. ()n the paternal side, he is of (icrmau descent.
Henry (Hick, his great-grandfather, was one of five brothers who left tbeir beautiful Rhine
in the ante-revolutionary war period, and settled in Penn.sylvania, all of thera being soldiers
in the war of the Revolution, (ieorge ( Hick, the grandfather of the Governor, was a soldier
in the war of 1812, aud was severely wouude<l in tho battle of Fort Meigs. Isaac Glick, (Jov.
Click's father, resides at Fremont,Sandusky County, Ohio; he has been a prominent farmer
and stock raiser, aud for three consecutive terms held the office of Treasurer of Sandusky
County, having tbe reputation of a man of excellent busiuess qualifications, and of tbe high¬
est integrity. George Sanders, his grandfather on the maternal side, was uf Sci.tcb origin.
He was a Captain in the war of 1812, and bore the marks of his bravery in boilily w c.unds of
a serious nature. Mary (Sanders) Glick, hia mother, is a lady of high culture, and iu her
Christian charities anobserverof the commaud ofthe Oreat Teacher, " Let uot thy left baud
know what thy right hand doeth."

George W. Glick was a studious boy; acquiring a good English education. His scholastic
attainments embraced a good knowledge of the higher mathematics, and of the languages,
which substantial superstructure has enabled him to become a "man of alfairs," and lo suc¬
eeed in his general undertakings.

The family removed to Lower Sandusky {now Fremont), wheu (ieorge was five years
of age, aud after completing his school educati(.n, lie entered tbe law office of the firm of
Buckland (Ralph P.) and Hayes (Rutherford B.), studying there two years. He was ad¬
mitted to the bar by the Supreme (Jourt at Cincinnati, Ohio, having passed a thurough ex¬
amination in connection with the C'iucinnati Law School students.

He commenced the practice of law at Fremont, and soon acquired the fame of a con¬
scientious, painstaking, industrious lawyer, which secured him a large practice al Fremont,
and later at Sandusky City, where his residence was prior to coming to Kansas. The Con-
gresaioual Conventiou of the I >emocratic party of his district placed him in nomination for
Congress in 1858^ but he declined the honor in presence of the Convention, but later, accept¬
ed the uomination for State Senator, his preceptor^ Mr. Buckland, being his opponent.
Though defeated, he rau nearly 2,IH)0 votes ahead of his party ticket. He was elected Judge
Advocate General of the Second Regiment of the Seventeenth Division ofthe Ohio Militia,
with the rank of Colonel, and commissioned by Gov. Salmon P. Chase,

Hecame to Kansas late in 1858, located in Atchison, and entered upon the practice of
law, associating himself with Hon. Alfred G. Otis, who was a man well versed in human ju¬
risprudence, and who, as Judge ofthe Second Judicial Dislrict from January, l.s77 to January,
1881, won golden opinions as an administrator of justice. The firm of Otis & (iliek lasted for
lifteen years, Mr. Glick abandoning his lucrative practice iu ls74, iu consequence of a throat
aifection. The firm settled up their affairs annually, never a dispute occurring, their last
settlement having been effected within an hour.

Mr. Glick was the Democratic candidate for Judge of the Second Judicial District at
the first election held under the Wyandotte Constitution, December 6, 1859. His vote was
larger than that of any candidate on his ticket. He was elected a member of the Kansas
House of Representatives from tho (.'iiy of Atchison in 1862, '63, '64, '65, 'i;7, '75 and 1><80.
In the Legislative sessions of 1863, '64, '65, '66, '68 and 1881, he was a member of the Judiciary
Committee, and was made the chairman of the same iu 1865, 1866 and 1868, by the Republi¬
can Speakers ofthe House, Hon. Jacob Stotler, Hon. Jobn T. Burris and Hon. Preston B. Plumb.
He was on the Ways and Means Commiltee in the session of 1804; on the State Library Com¬
mittee in 1868; on theCoraraittees on Assessment and Taxation, and on Federal Relations,
and Chairman of tbe Railroad Committee iu the session of 1876, and on Banks and Banking
in the session of 1881. In the session of 1876, Mv. (ilick was Speaker p7-o tem. of the House.
In May, 1874, Mr. Glick served as a member of the State Senate, having been elected to fill a
vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Joseph C. Wilson.
 

liel'Committee, November 12, ls74; Gov. Thomas A. Osborn commissioned bim a ('entennial
Manager, March 3, 1876, and he was elected Treasurer of the Board of jNlauagers, and he was
present at the first meeting of tbe Board at Philadelphia, at their office in the Kansas Build¬
ing, June 4. 1876, when the arranging of the display was completed. July 29, 1868, he was
made, by acclamation, the Democratic candidate for (iovernor, and at the election received
some support outside of his political party.
 

He hiis been oue of the Couuty ( onimissiuners oi Atcbia-.n ( ounty, aud, upou his ac-
c.ssion to the office of (io\ ernor, wa^ holding the posi(i<.u ..f .Vudit..r of his cuunty. Ol the
vuics.ast fftr (iuvcrnor of Kaiis.is, in ivsj, i.cor-'- W. Glick n-....i\cd 8-,2 m, Oov. .lohn P.St.
.lohn, 75,15.s; Ex-Cov. Ch.irles Luhinsou, 2n,',i.:;j; scattering, Ou Mr. Link i.'ccived about
46 per eont uf the vote ca.st. Tbr bi^lu-st \ote ever before cast for a Demo.ratic candulat.-
for oltice in Kansas was polled for Hon. Ldmund G. Uuss, for 'ioscriiur, in I^sti. At tbal
election Oov. St, John's \ ote was 115.21(4; Mr. Ross", 63,557; H. 1'. Vn'onian's, 19,1,7; scatter¬
ing 7U2. The per cent of the vote received by Mr. Ross was nearly .;2; (.uv. >t Jobn'sin
issO, about 5.S per cent; in issi>, aiiout U. The Democratic candidate for Secretary (.t ."stale,
in l.s^2, received a little over :::; per cent of the \ote cast: James Muith, Republican, lor the
third lime elected, had 53'.^ percent. Gov. Glick, a man ol temperate habits uf life, does uot
entertain the idea that " I'rohibitiun " is asovereign remedy lor tbe e\ ds arising fn.m the
use uf and traffic iu inb.xicating drinks. February 22 ls76, wbib- a member ul the lluuse,
.i u ring the pendenev uf Ihepruposed amendineut to tbe dram shop act iu tin* .ciieral Statutes
of l.st;?, he asked to have the following protest lo it spread upon the House journal, whieb
appears on pages 9;!:; and 9 14 ttt' the journal ot l.s76.   It reads as follows:

"Mr. M-rvKEB'. I enter iuv i.rotest against the passage of House Bill No. 216, an act to
amend Section 1 of Chapter :r. uf the (ieiier.il "Statutes i.f ls6s, rel.iting tu dram-sllo^.^, for tbe
foUowiug reason.s:

" 1. A pn.bibitory liquor law, wherever tried, has been a failure, and has not aecuui-
plished ils purposes. This proposition is conceded by all thosi' who have given tbe subject a
careful consideration, and were not controlled by fanaticism.

"2. This bill, if passed into a law, will reaultin the iucreascil use of intoxicating liquors,
as no one will attempt tu enforce such a law.

"3. The regulation and control over tbe traffic in intoxicating licjuors in cities is an
absolute necessity for the preservation uf the peace and good order ut society, and that con¬
trol over it is taken awa> by this bill

"4. Tbe revenue derived Iroui the sale uf intoxicating luiuors aids iu paying the bur¬
densome expenses follow ing in the wake of sneb sales, bul by this law the burden.s "ui the
public are increased, while the ability ofthe public, and more especially the cities, to pre¬
vent them is decicased.

'■ 5. The li(^uor traffic will, by this bill, if it becomes a law, greatly inerea.se the uumber
of places wherein liquor is sold, and as a necessary result the evils of the traffic will be
greatly increased, the ex]ieuses of ].ru|ecting life and property and preserving tbe peace of
the pidjlic in cities greatly increased, wilh nu resulting benefit from this bill il it becomes a
law.

" G. The evils resulting from abolishing the license system will result in turning the
polities of cities over to those who will secure the electiou ot utbcers who will nut iirusecnte
or aid in enforcing the law, by which the moral character of all cities will sutler and crime
will be gieally increased with inadequate power to prevent it.

" L am satisfied that my constituents do not desire any change in the present liquor law.
I believe they are satisfied with its provisions, and under its operation they ha\e beeu able
lo control its traffic, prevent the evils and abuses incident thereto, and preserve tbe peace
and quietude ofthe city, and prevent increased immorality and law-breaking without being
compelled to submit to increased taxation that would be needed if this bill oecomos a law.

"0. W. Glick."

Gov. Glick has been prominently connected with the early Kansas railroads, especially
those running into and out of Atchison. He was one of the first directors uf the t entral
Branch uf the Union Pacitic, running west from Atchison, now extended nearly through to
the Colora<bj line, and a part of tbe Missouri Pacific system ; he was a director ot the Atclii¬
son, Topeka & Santa Fe the important railroad ofthe State and of the country west of the
Mississippi; he was President of the Atchison A Nebraska Railroad from its organization
until its completion, having spent tour years of earnest Iab(.r iu sacnlieing cfibrta to accom¬
plish its construction from Atchison to the capital city of Nebraska. lla\ ing orgauizei the
Atchisonfias Company, he secured the building of the gas works. He liascie<ted many
business and several dwelling houses in .\.tchison. He has a fine farm of about 6no acres in
Shannon Tow nship, about six miles \\ est from the city uf Atchison. .Vbout 20(i acres are
under cultivation, the remainder in j>.isture and woodland, there being sume of the finest
blue grass range here that can be found in tbe State. Nine miles of osage <.range hedges
mark the sub-divisions of tho farm. As a tiller of the soil an<l a patron of husbandry, be
has much to show for his labor of hand and brain, lie conducts his business upon a scien¬
tific basis, and makes a registration of matters relating lo stock and crops, knowing ;is a
matter of debt and credit how every interest of his stands He was the tirst master of the
Shannon Hill Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, He has been a 1'reemasun for over
thirty years, and aided in organizing tbe Roval Arch Chaptor and Coinmandery of .\tcbison.

Thewifeof (iov. Glick was Mi.ss Flizabcth Kyder, daughter ol f>r. A. Ryder, of Ire-
mont, Ohio. They were married at Massillun, Ohio, September 17, is''7. I'rederiek, 1 In-jr
only sou, just attaining his majority, is the Private Secretary <.f the (iovernor. Jennie, t ben-
only daugnter, is eighteen years of age.
 

THE   ERA   OF   PEACE.
 

The sweet assuring smile of peace fell on Kansas for the first time in
lier existence when the war of the rebellion ended. Twelve years of tur¬
moil and bloody strife—twelve years of constant effort where danger was
ever rife, had trained the inhabitants to know no rest save in motion and
no safety save in incessant vigilance. Under such discipline the character
of the whole people had become as peculiar as the experiences through
which they had passed. A restless energy was the controlling characteris¬
tic—to take one's ease had ceased to be a thing to be desired; obsti^cles to
be overcome were the desired objects, and to overcome them the grand aim
of a typical Kansan s life. Pluck, independent of hope and defiant of
despair, was the ruling passion of the people. The war being ended,
they turned to the most vigorous pursuit of the peaceful art'^; they had
conquered the right tothe free soil they trod; henceforth their energies
should be devoted to the development ot its highest possibilities through
every means which ingenuity could devise, patience endure, or energy
execute.

What costs dearest lies closest to the heart; so the intcnsest love of
the strange people who, impelled by diverse motives, from remote points
had come to Kausas, aud suffered and endured to hold possession, became
centered in tlic commonwealth which had cost them so much, and, forget¬
ful of old divisions and feuds, the combined energies of the whole people,
trained to an intensity of action which brooked no restraint, turned with
irresistible force to the developmentof the resourcesof their beloved State.

.Alines were opened and railroads built. Husbandry and manufact¬
ures brought wealth and plenty in abundant measure to the land, and
with it came churches, schools, 'charitable institutions, happy homes and
villages and cities and all else which marks the highest ethical develop¬
ment of acivilized, free and unconquerable people. The marvelous prog¬
ress made by Kansas during the era of peace, is the natural result of her
early training aud is as anomalous in its magnificent roults as was its
earlv history.

"The history of the development and growtli of acommonwealtli under
the benign influences of \ieacv, abounds in no starthng or thrilling events
 

from which to frame a narrative. The silent forces noiselessly perform
their work—"first the blade, theu the ear, then the full corn in the ear"—
there can be no further history written of it; only marks to show the vari¬
ous stages of development and growth. Hence it is deemed impracticable
to follow in consecutive narrative or exact chronologiral sequence the de¬
velopment which has marked the peaceful era of ICaiisas history. The
various agencies and departments of labor and thought, which combined
have made Kansas the pride not only of her citizens but of the whole
Union, are treated under topical headings, as appears on the succeeding
pages.

KAILROADS.
On the 20th of March, 1860, thi' first iron rail for a railroad on Kansas
soil, was laid" at Elwood, Doniphan  County, opposite  St. .Joseph, Mo.
This rail was laid on the Elwood tt Marysville Railroad, now  the  St
Joseph & Western Division of the Union Pacific Railway.    On the'-'^ith of
thefollowing'April, the track on this road had been completeil to pjlwood, five
miles distani, and on that day the locomotive " Al'iany,'' an engine whieh had
been used from Boston to tlie Missouri, as railroads liad successively wended
their way toward the Occident, was brought over the river from St. .Joseph
on a ferry boat and placed on the new railroad track.    This was the first
iron horse that ever touched Kansas soil.    The next day several ears were
brought over, and a grand jubilation was held at Elwood over the comple¬
tion of what was claimed to be the first section of tlie (Inat I'aeific Rail¬
road.    Addresses were made bv Col. M. Jeff Thompson,  I'nsidi.nt of the
Elwood & Alarysvillc Railroad;  Williard P.  Hall. President of  the Sr
Joseph it Topeka Railroad; Robert M  Stewart. (Jom ruorof Missouri, ami
others.    April i'.l. Im.sJ. twrnty two years after the date of the first rail
road celebration  in   Kansas,  there  were :^.71n  miles of  railroad in this
State.

The early pioneers of Kansas had a i orrei t istimale of the value and
importance of railroads, both as agents in thi' -Jtimul ition of industrial en¬
terprises and the promotion of civili/Mtion. They aNo reali/.iil that the
natural means of transportation iu the gnat i xti'Ul of eountry in the then