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never feel its niapuetic iufluence in their own natures, or, if they do pos- sess the power, having the inclination to suppress every evidence of the feelings which the outside influences are producing upon them. The ex- pression "a looker-on in Vienna" expresses the character of men who are thus constituted, and as far as the display of unnecessary excitement is concerned, are cold, impassible spectators only. This has been the dispo- sition of Mr. Stanley when ti)e House chamber rang with the battle cries of passionate combatants in the arena of debate. He has never allowed his prejudices to get the better of his judgment, and has been thus enabled to view all sides of a hotly-contested question, and in cool deliberation draw just deductions from the conflicting arguments advanced. And yet he is by no means a drone in the hive. He does not stand idly by while others toil and spin. He is ever on the alert for an opportunity to further the interests of the State and his constituency, and with earnestness of pur- pose and sound judgment he attends to his duties which, notwithstanding the fact that he does not take an active part in debate, are by no means light. He has introduced several excellent measures, and worked hard for their passage. He was born in Missouri in 1835. He received the rudi- ments of knowledge in the village school and afterwards attended Trenton Academy in Grundy county. After completing the academic course, he studied medicine and became a physician. He entered upon the practice of his profession in Grundy county and remained there four years. He re- moved to Nebraska in 1862, where he practiced his profession two years, when, in 1864, he journeyed to the " Golden State" and took up his resi- dence in the beautiful Sacramento Valley, and he purchased a farm there, on which he passed the time ot seven yuaia as a tiller of the soil. In 1875 Mr. Stanley came to Oregon and located in Jackson county, where he has since resided. He represented that good old Democratic county in 1880 and was re-elected a member of the present session. Altliongh he has a large and valuable farm of 320 acres, Mr. Stanley still practices his profes- sion, and he is recognized as one of the most reliable physicians in Jackson county. He was married in Missouri in 1856 to Miss Sarah Burns, who lived only four years after her marriage, and in 1863 he was married to Miss Susan Martin. Mr. Stanley is a member of the Committee on Corporations, and an active member of several special committees.

HON. J. G. BLEAKNEY Is one of the Republican Representatives from Marion, and is fifty years of age. He is one of the men who has battled for his country, and who, in the perilous discharge of his duty to the principles he held paramount to his life, has willingly sacrificed his heart's blood, and such a man is entitled, not only to the respect and esteem, but to the deepest gratitude as well, of every true patriot in the land. The man who, for a principle, risks life and limb, can hold his head high among the proudest of his fellow men. Hon. J. G. Bleakney has attained this proud distinction, he battled bravely for the preservation of this union, and now that the war is over, he can have the satisfaction of knowing that he lives in the esteem of his coun