The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-11-15
JUDGE WILLIAM LINDSAY.
A Man With The Greatest Brain in
the South

The Washington correspondent OF the
Atlanta Journal give this pen picture OF
Senator William Lindsay, of Kentucky.
"Judge William Lindsay, OF Ken
lucky, of whom ex-President Harrison
said when he offered him place on the
interstate commerce compassion, that
he had the greatest brain in the South,
is now a member of the United States
Senate, serving out Mr.. Carlisle's unex.
pired term.
"EIe is one man who, without brains,
could have smiled himself into promi-
hence and place. No one could resist
the genial influence OF his character that
is written in every line of his face. Some
one has said of Lindsay that smile COW
ers him like roses over an iron shaft
the beauty does not take away the
strength.
"What Mr.. Harrison said of Judge
Lindsay is evidently firmly believed in
Kentucky, for, in spite of the opinion of
powerful newspapers and party rings,
only those men who favor his succeed
ing himself are being elected to the Leg
islature.
Lindsay is man who has grown in
jumps. He was first elected to the
State Senate without ever having served
in the Legislature. He was again ele-
waited to the Supreme Court of his
State without holding any minor posi-
tons in the judiciary, and though one OF
the last to enter the race for Carlisle's
seat, was triumphantly elected over
men who have seen years of service in
Congress.
"Judge Lindsay was born flfty-eight
years ago in Virginia. He stands six
feet three, unshod, and his avoirdupois
is in keeping with his height. Unlike
most large bodies he does not move slow
ly. He has been likened to the new
tangled locomotive with mammoth driv-
ing wheels, as large as its ant bellum
predecessor and twice as fast.
''As the Judge saunters about the
marble Hobbies of the Senate strangers
take him to be member of the Supreme
court or perhaps Roman Catholic pre-
lato. He wears no beard or mustache
and his face is as smooth as that of the
ancient Greek after going through the
tonsorial torture of having each hair ex-
tracted by the tweezers.
"While the Kentucky Senator is large
his flesh is solid. 1t only wrinkles when
he laughs, and then it seems to have
been put on in layers. Not only do his
eyes show good nature, but even his
nose, his mouth and his ears bespeak his
funny disposition. When he laughs his
whole face is convulsed, and his eyes
seem to be lost sight of, but like twin
stars they twinkle through gray Innings
OF long sweeping lashes.
''The Judges hair is perfectly white
and not at all scant. His head is pom
derous, inside of which are the machines
OF a great brain. His voice has no treble
notes, but resembles the deep organ tone.
Senator Lindsay is one man who
doesn't have to frown to look thought
full. He is great, big-hearted, boyish
man, and might be mistaken in appear
ance for the hero of Vice Versa
"The Kentuckian is already known in
the Senate as a brilliant thinker and
speaker, with judgment so clear that it
seems to illuminate every subject he at
tempts TO handle. His friends in Ken
lucky and his colleagues in the Senate
look upon him as a leader. His person
ality will soon be felt in National poll
tics. His wholesome appearance sug-
gests Incidence, but there is not lazy
bone in his body"