There are very few people who begin political life as early as Arthur
Pue Gorman. He was born March 11, 1839, and at thirteen years of age
became a page in the United States senate. In 1866 he was appointed
revenue collector in Maryland, which office he held until 1869, when
U. S. Grant became president. From 1875 to 1879 he was state senator,
and from 1881 to 1899 he was United States senator from Maryland.
From 1869 to 1875 he was member of the Maryland House of Delegates.
In spite of his limited schooling, he managed by wide and careful
reading and practical experience to secure an education in general
and in public matters in particular, which has procured for him the
position of a notable political leader. It was largely through Mr.
Gorman’s management that Grover Cleveland was elected to the presidency
after an uninterrupted series of democratic defeats for a quarter of
a century. Calmness of temper, courage, self-reliance and honesty are
the qualities which he possesses, which, too, inspire respect and which
win him triumphs. He is an able speaker and a master of parliamentary
law. He has strikingly impressed himself upon national affairs, and
his name has often been voiced in the press as a fit candidate for the
presidency.