St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-12
physical condition and looks like a man

physical condition and looks like man
Of fifty years.
Just as you cannot help seeing that
the governors face is healthful. so you
cannot fail to notice that it is honest
and benevolent. He wears turn-down
collar, with plain black crayat loosely
tied. Take these away, and put a
Roman collar around his neck and you
would think him bishop who
had given his years to prayer and deeds
of good will to his fellow-men. Even
without the Roman collar you get an
impression of the kindlineSs of his nat
ure. Newsboys on a New York street
would bet their last nickel that they
could sell papers to man with such
face, for sure. His eyes emphasize his
look of goodness of heart. They are
blue. rather deep-Set, and often twinkle
like those OF 4 buOyant girl during the
time of her first love. If there he cause
for it they will look like wells of SYM
pathy. When he talks to a jury these
eyes are sentences in themselves;
when he speaks to an audience
of voters they CLEAN with a fire
that emphasizes the earnestness of his
utterance. They bring out in another
way, too. the honesty and whole-souled
nature of the man. They look direct
into yours. No matter what the ques-
ton, the mans blue eyes Will not be
turned from your view. They are
there before you, and in them you may
almost discover the processes of his
mind in arriving at the answer his lips
are about to pronounce.
His nose is not Roman nor so pro-
nounced as his chin or lips. But it is
large and significant. Most mems
noses are not perfectly straight. Prob
ably delicate measurements would show
that Gov. Boles' nose has some crook in
it, but man who doesn't carry meas
uring instruments in his pocket and
judges simply with his eyes, would say
that Gov. Boies' nose is straight as we'll
as quite prominent.
1t is safe to wager, though, that the
BoieS hat must be at least II. Maybe
if he were to buy derby or real
statesmanlike beaver he would have 10
take ~ size.
Meet him in his private Office at the
capitol in Des Moines and you get the
impression that he must be somewhat of
an orator. He has powerful orotund
voice. He speaks tluently, to the point,
with choice of words and fine regard
for logic. Put some question to him
that requires q long answer and he
grows emphatic in delivering his SEN
tenceS. There is sweep to his inftec-
tionS, sudden weight thrown upon
some important word and gesture to
mark the ictus of his thought. A lis
tener sits intent.
Affidavit Boies" is name that the
Hawkeye peaple have learned to call
him. A Republican lawyer is response
BILE for the creation of this title. This
Republican lawyer is Judge Hubbard.
He is counsel in Iowa for the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad. A case con-
cernIng the railroad was to be tried be-
fore jury. and Hubbard was to speak
for the company. He found that Boies
some of the railroad officers Judge Hub
bard made the following remark some
days before the trial:
You don't want to feel sure" he
said, "that we are going to win this
case, for that man Boies is on the other
side, and when he gets before a jury
and looks at them it is almost enough to
win him the case. His face is SO honest
that it's like an affidavit, and an affi-
davit Of facts that you can't dispute"
This strength of personality availed
him greatly in political campaigning.
He drew and held and convinced larger
numbers than any other speaker in the
most fercely fought contest that Iowa
ever had. Farmers travelled days
journey in lumber wagons to hear him,
slept over night In the open air and re-
turned to their homes next morning. In
one little town of 439 inhabitants III the
western part of Iowa he had an open-air
audience one afternoon of between
5000 and 5000 people. Most of them
were farmers within radius OF forty
miles. Demonstrations as remarkable
as this were reported in other parts of
the state.