. The Southern States. was forty eight to fifty-two hours. Ithas been reduced under Mr. Hender-sons guidance to thirty-six hours. Mr. Henderson is purely a businessman. The postoffice appropriation billis drawn up by him upon businessprinciples. He makes no set speechadvocating it in the House ; he simplyexplains its provisions in a business-likeway and the House accepts it. Mr. Henderson was born at his presenthome in Salisbury, January 6, graduated at the Lhiiversity of NorthCarolina and served throughout the w^aras a private in the Confederate the war he studied law and h
. The Southern States. was forty eight to fifty-two hours. Ithas been reduced under Mr. Hender-sons guidance to thirty-six hours. Mr. Henderson is purely a businessman. The postoffice appropriation billis drawn up by him upon businessprinciples. He makes no set speechadvocating it in the House ; he simplyexplains its provisions in a business-likeway and the House accepts it. Mr. Henderson was born at his presenthome in Salisbury, January 6, graduated at the Lhiiversity of NorthCarolina and served throughout the w^aras a private in the Confederate the war he studied law and hassince practiced. He served in the StateHouse of Representatives and in theSenate. He is now serving his fifthterm in Congress. Alexander B. Montgomery, represen-tative of the fourth district of Kentucky,is one of the silent leaders of theHouse, seldom speaking on the floor,never allowing an interview, modest,unostentatious, yet impressing his per-sonality on every bit of legislationcoming before Congress. He has many. JOHN S. HENDERSON, NORTH CAROLINA. 520 SOUTHERN LEADERS IN CONGRESS. of the characteristics of Gorman, withthe intrepidity of the Speaker, one ofwhose closest friends he is. It was when Mr. Crisp was making
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