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day to this he has steadily sought to ne.
store and keep the white metal on the
pedestal Of its former glory. he has
been so persistent in his speechmaking
and bill drafting in the interests of free
silver that his name has become almost
household word, and he has gained not
only national but an international
fame as champion Of silver. During
the II terms which he has served he
has never let up for an instant and is
now looked upon as the most reliable
wheel horse in the free silver team.
Mr.. Bland is not one Of those men
who have "made politics pay" He finds
very little time to give to his law busi-
ness, and it is largely owing to the en-
ergy Of his wife that his 400 acre farm
near Lebanon Is not complete failure.
He has large family and lives in very
modest style. Mr.. Bland himself is
thoroughly democratic. When at home,
it is his custom to ride into townon
or twice a week astride an ancient pony,
Mollie by name.
He spends most Of his time when at
home in a small, plainly furnished
study in one corner Of the house. There
he writes exhaustive speeches about
finance and "the crime Of '7S" and re-
ceives his visitors with easy grace and
home1y hospitality.
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political position was as member OF the
state senate, to which he was elected in
1878. He was reelected to the same
body the next year and in 1875. In
1877 he was elected president Of the
senate and served in that capacity one
session.
He was elected to the Forty-seventh
congress and was reelected to the For.
ty-eighth and Forty.ninth congresses.
Thereafter he was elected to the United
States senate to succeed James D. Wal
ker and took his seat in 1885. He was
reelected in 1890, and his term Of office
will not expire until March 8, 1897.
Senator Jones is poor man. he has
always been a poor, plodding country
lawyer, satisfied with limited prac-
tice and small fees. He went modestly
into the senate without any footing OF
trumpets. He seldom appeared in de-
bate, but made himself felt in the com.
mittee room, and was soon recognized
as man Of exceptional ability, to whom
weighty matters were referred with en-
tire confidence in his capability In the
management of them.
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JAMES X. JONES.
Tho Self Made Man From Arkansas Who's
Work Does Him Credit.

Tho Self Made Man From Arkansas Whose
Work Docs Him Credit.
Senator James Ki1nbrough Jones Of
Arkansas went into public life by the
sheer force Of his native ability. He Is
one of the self made men, and no
great fault could be found with his
handiwork. His successes have been Of
the steadily growing, cumulative kind
that come to those who deserve them.
He is at all times prominent figure in
the Democratic party, and just now, as
one of the leaders Of the Democracy Of
the south, his position Is distinctly COM
manding.
MIR. Jones is native Of the state Of
Mississippi and was born Sept. 30.
1889, in Marshall county. His parents,
however, were residents Of Tennessee.
In 1S4S the family moved to Arkansas
and settled in Dallas county. They were
in comfortable circumstances, living on
q good plantation and owning negroes.
He served through the war as Con-
federate soldier and afterward settled
down to the practice Of law. His first
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islature in 1871 and 1878. In 1874 he
was chosen a member Of congress as a
Democrat and served by reelection un-
til 1885. In that year he was elected
United States senator to succeed John
S. Williams, took his seat March 4,
1885, and was reelected in 1890. He
has served on the most important senate
committees and is an eloquent debater,
although inclined to become long
winded" when talking on some subject
in which he is particularly interested.
There is nothing artificial about Sen
ator Blackburn, and his quiet country
life when at home is in keeping with
the simplicity and wholesomeness OF his
character. He lives in pleasant old
country house on Rose Hill, the princl-
pal residence thoroughfare in Versailles,
without any attempt at ostentatlon
or even style. Every member OF his
family idolizes him, and even the serv-
ants have a worshipful regard for him.
His habits Of dress are also unconven-
tional, and anybody would know him
for Kentuckian at sight.
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ted to the bar, and she Is In more senses
than wives usually are helpmeet to
her husband. They have delightful
little home and several bright children.
MI. Bryan is smooth faced, clean
cut, handsome man, fine speaker and
ready debater. He Is an ardent tariff
reformer. Since his retirement from
congress he has been active upon occa-
sions in spreading the free silver propa-
ganda all over the great west and down
into New Mexico he never fails to Be-
cure converts. he began his congress
sional career by carrying an overwhelm-
ingly Republican district by 1000 ma
jority. Although his views ON finance
are at variance with those Of some OF
the great Democratic statesmen, recent
developments have shown that he is In
advance rather than In the rear OF
Democratic progress As long ago as
May, 1895, in a speech in Missouri, Me-
Bryan said he believed the Democratic
party would take it's position at the
next national convention and declare In
it's platform for the free coinage OF sdl.
yer at 18 to /.
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thing. In this respect he resembles Eng
lands "Grand Old Man," Gladstone.
He also resembles him much in the grace
with which he carries his age, for he is
70 years old, but is as vigorous mentally
and physically as most men at 30. He
was born in the little town Of Athens,
Tenn, June 20, 1924.
Although his early education was
meager, having left school at the age OF
8 years, his retentive memory is today
the wonder and the admiration Of the
United States senate. He never stepped
his foot upon college campus until one
day during the war, when he had occa-
sion to take his regiment behind the
brick walls of William and Mary col
lege to find protection from the mimic
balls and rife bullets that were flying
in their direction. At an early age he
made up his mind that the Democratic
party was the party Of the constitution,
and 80 he espoused its cause. His first
entrance into public life was as presi-
Dental elector for Breckenridge and
Lane. Returning home after the war, he
found the savings of his lifetime swept
away, and he had to begin life over
again. In 1875 he was made an elector
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college and at Dr.. Gessner Harrison's
University school He served in the Con-
federate Army Of Northern Virginia
throughout the war and became adjutant
general ON General Early's staff. he
studied law in the University Of Vir-
ginia, was admitted to the bar in 1855
and has practioed ever since. He has
served in both branches Of the Virginia
legislature. In 1881 he was run for
governor and defeated by W. E. Gam
eron, Readjuster. His friends next put
him forward for higher honors, and he
was elected to the Forty ninth congress.
On March 4, 1887, he took his seat in
the United States senate, succeeding
William Malone, and was reelected by
unanimous vote in 1891. His term Of
Office will not expire until March 8,
1899.
In feature Senator Daniel Is consid-
cred to resemble the late Edwin Booth,
and there is, indeed, suggestion Of the
theatrical in his methods, as there was
in the half purpose he once had Of retir-
ing from public life and going into the
field as a preacher Of the gospel How
ever, his oratory in the senate Of the
United States has been notably fine and
has won for him a national reputation.
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ents were actors, and so was young
Crisp for awhile, and mighty poor one,
it is said. He served in the Confederate
army and afterward studied law and
practiced for six years he was made
solicitor general and afterward a judge
Of the superior court, but gave up his
judicial Office to accept an election In
the Georgia legislature.
In 1888 he was elected to congress
and was hardworking member OF
that body for several years. While
speaker Of the house he declined the ap-
pointment as senator to succeed Colqultt
because he thought he could be of more
use to his party where he was. He was
considered fair and impartial speaker,
and the conservative Democrats were
we'll pleased with him, although he per-
sonally leans toward the radical ele-
ment on the silver question and some
other issues. He believes this nation is
big enough and rich enough to take care
Of itself. He fancies also that it is wise
enough to devise some equable monetary
system that would put US Oh sound as
we'll as satisfactory basis; that there 1s
not gold enough to give us the currency
that we absolutely need. Mr.. Crisp is a
dignifed and impressive speaker. His
voice is clear and ringing, and during
all the controversies when he was lead
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er and speaker Of the house he never for
q moment lost his temper or his head.
He married Clara Bell Burton, and
Mrs. Crisp herself says she has never
regretted one-sixteen-hundredth part
of O second that she married him, al
though her parents strongly opposed it
Mr.. and Mrs. Crisp have had seven chill
dren, Of whom four are living. Con-.
gresham Amos Cummings has said
that Mr.. Crisp is absolutely the only
Democrat whom Speaker Reed never
succeeded in disconcerting in the house.
He will take an active part in the COM
ing campaign.
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be some question as to the realization OF
his efforts he has certainly succeeded
in building up an extremely influential
and profitable newspaper. Then he fell
a victim to the wiles Of Cupid and mar
ried Miss Mary T. Beale, daughter OF
General Edward F. Beale Of Washing
ton. The bride was about % years old
at that time and the groom ten years
her senior. He has one Of the swellest
Of the swell houses in Washington, en-
tertains handsomely and has among his
guests the biggest men Of both the Re-
publican and Democratic parties. Two
or three years ago he said he would not
accept any political position, but pre-
ferred the life Of a private citizen.
His name, however, has been promi-
nently mentioned as factor at the Obi.
cago convention, and his pluck and en-
terprise would give decided picturesque
ness to the political contest he is an
ayowed adherent to the free silver theory,
and his paper, The Enquirer, is
stanch supporter Of the cause. bis ex-
perience with the New York Journal
not long since was not entirely as he
could have wished, but he forsook the
enterprise manfully and without q
shadow upon his business and profess
isonal capacity. Mr.. Mclean is very
wealthy. Some people estimate that he
is worth $40, 900. He is large
holder Of real estate in. Cincinnati,
heavy owner Of street railway stock in
Washington and the chief stockholder
in the principal gas plant Of that city.
he is about 45 years Of age, handsome,
practical and farseeing in q business
sense
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CLAUDE MATTHEWS.
Tho Farmer Governor Of Indiana and His
Very Interesting Career.

Tho Farmer Governor Of Indiana and His
Very Interesting Career.
Claude Matthews, the farmer govern.
or Of Indiana, is one Of the striking
figures in western politics. He is no
election day agriculturist, but an actual
farmer, and, like Cincinnatus, he vir-
tually left the plow to take hand in
the political affairs Of the common
wealth. He is strong. resolute man,
In the prime of life, and his personal
integrity and statesmanlike capacity
have made him the most popular as
we'll as the most respected Democrat in
the Hoosier State. This fact has been
evidenced by the wonderful manner in
which he has repeatedly reduced Re-
publican majorities.
Governor Matthews is a Kentuckian
and son Of the soil Of the Ozark and
Bloody Ground. Bethel, Bath county,
was the scene Of his birth and Dec. "a,
1S45, the date of the interesting event.
He attended Center college and at the
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an education. Supporting himself by
doing chores for lawyer, he attended
the academy at Springville, N. Y, and
applied himself diligently to the study
of law.
In 1862 young Boies was admitted to
the bar, took q wife and settled in the
town of Hamburg, near Buffalo. At that
time he was an active Republican and
was rewarded by being sent to the state
legislature. He had become one of the
most prominent lawyers in the western
part Of the state and removed to Buff
falo, where he met Grover Cleveland,
then district attorney.
In 1857 Mr.. Boies removed to Water
loo, Ia, the home Of his wife's parents.
BE bought large tract Of land and ac-
quired considerable political prestige.
Up to 1882 he had been an ardent Re.
publican, but in that year he came out
for Mr.. Cleveland, stumping Iowa in
the interests of the latter and tariff re-
form. This made something Of sensa-
tion, and when in 1889 the Iowa Demo-
Gratis nominated him for governor he
was elected, it being the first time the
party had won a state election in Iowa
for 40 years. In 1891 Mr.. Boies was re-
nominated, but was defeated. Since that
time he has lived quietly at Waterloo,
where he carries on an extensive law
practice and manages a farm Of 2,500
acres in extent.
Mr.. Boies is q very popular man In
his party. He is what politicians call q
mixer" meeting all men on the same
plane ard extending cordial sympathy
or a CHEEKY greeting to high and low
alike.
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age Of % married Miss Martha R.
Whitcomb, the only child of Governor
James Whitcomb, who governed Indi-
ana from 1S43 to 1846.
In 1859 he removed to Vermilion
county, Ind, and devoted himself to
agricultural pursuits three miles from
Clinton. He was an enthusiastic and
successful tiller Of the soil and became
particularly conspicuous in his locality
as a stock breeder. He is member Of
the Farmers Mutual Benefit association
and lived on his farm until he was
elected governor. In 1875 he became
the first Democratic representative from
Vermilion county.
In 1890 he was chosen by Demo
cratic convention as secretary Of state
and carried Indiana by plurality Of
nearly 30, 1000. In April, 1892, he was
nominated for governor Of Indiana on
the first ballot. He was elected by q
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fairs. And yet he has found time to
spend good many hours in the enjoy
ment of home and social pleasures.
His career, though laden with Incl
dent and successful undertaking, may
be epitomized in paragraph or two.
he was born on farm in Christian
county, KY, Oct. .2S, 1885. and removed
with his fathers family to Blooming
ton, Ills, in 1852. His father was John
Turner Stevenson, a native Of North
Carolina.
A year after his removal to Illinois
Adlai Stevenson entered Center college.
Danville, KY, and worked his way
through the course, graduating in 1856.
During vacations he taught school
In term time he added to his support
by doing odd jobs outside of recitation
hours
Hewas admitted to the bar in Illinois
in 1858, became district attorney in
1864, and in 1874 was elected to con-
gress. In 1885 he was appointed first
assistant postmaster general.
After the expiration Of his term OF
Office he resumed to the practice of his
profession until he was returned to pub
lic life in 1884,. Mr.. Stevenson has
most interesting family, consisting Of a
wife and four children.
The person Of Mr.. Stevenson is built
on generous plan. His height is 6 feet
2 in his stockings, and he weighs more
than 300 pounds he stands as straight
as a Norwegian pine in his polished
boots, and his big blond head is fastened
to his broad shoulders by strong, firm
neck. His arms and legs are long. His
chest is broad and full, and his shoulders
are well thrown back. His complexion
is clear, and he looks like man whose
blood is pure and who knows not that
he has stomach.
The popularity Of Mr.. Stevenson
among old time Kentuckians is bound
less, and his ready fund of quip and an
ecdote furnishes them endless themes
for admiring "reminiscences Of his occa.
sional visits among them.
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JOHN w. DANIEL.

An Orator OF the Old School. but Up to
Date on Politics.
John Warwick Daniel, the Virginia
senator who is one Of the props OF the
Democracy in the Old Dominion, Is
q man of unique personality and peculiar
gifts. As typical, picturesque southern
politician he has few superiors. His
eloquence is Of that stately old school
style that made Patrick Henry famous,
and yet, while slightly grandiloquent
in his method, the matter Of his talk is
strong and generally effective.
Senator Daniel is native Of Lynch
burg, Va, and was born in 1912. He
received his education at Lynchburg
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became a masters mate on the gunboats
Elk and Naiad, serving in the Missis-
sippi and Red river fotillas, and was
repeatedly under fire.
After the war he studied law and was
admitted to the bar. He was elected
prosecuting attorney in Butler county
in 1875 and reelected in 1877. Three
times he was elected to congress in a
Republican district and was looked up.
on as a political mascot by the Demo-
Gratis. His wonderful strength and his
great popularity led to his nomination
for the governorship in 1889. He made
one of his vigorous and we'll managed
campaigns and was elected governor
In 1891 he came to the front again as a
candidate, and after spirited cam
paign, that attracted the interested at
tention Of the entire country, he was
beaten by the Hon. William Mckinley.
In August, 1895, the Democracy was
determined to again place him at the
head Of the ticket He was equally de-
termined to remain out Of the fight, and
during the convention, when the nomi-
nation was being forced upon him, he
made one Of his characteristic speeches
II will tell you that have made five
campaigns in the last ten years, always
under the most unfavorable circum-
stances" he said. "These are the cir
cumstances which have depleted me
physically and financially. and I may say
that if had not been very careful they
would have depleted me morally. #
this convention is composed Of friends
of mine, I ask them not to nominate
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JOHN r. M'LEAN.

A Man Of Pluck and Business and Politi.
cal Activity.
John R. Mclean is plucky in every.
thing he undertakes. He was baseball
catcher at one time, and more deter
mined one never faced apitoher. Harry
Wright was one of the men he caught
for, and that was before the days Of
masks and stomach pads, After his base
ball enthusiasm was partially knocked
out by a foul tip. which took him to .
dark room for two months to repair an
impaired eye, his next ambition was to
print the best newspaper in Ohio.
He inherited the Cincinnati Enquirer
from his father, and while there may
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RICHARD PARKS BLAND.

Sketch OF Ono OF the First and Most Ar
dent Silver Champions.
Richard Parks Bland, the apostle OF
free silver, is q Kentuckian by birth,
but most Of his 81 years he has spent
west Of the Mississippi. He went to
Missouri when he was 30, and after ten
years spent in roaming settled down at
Rollo and commenced the practice Of
law, with his brother as partner. -Four
years later he removed to Lebanon, and
his home has been there ever since, al
though he has spent most Of the time
for the last twenty odd years in Wash
ington.
Mr.. Bland was elected to congress in
1879, but his term did not begin until
March, 1873, not quite one month after
the demonstration Of silver. From that
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JAMES e. CAMPBELL.

The Ohio Mascot and His Wonderful Cam
paIens In o Republican State.
James Edwin Campbell, one of the
Democratic political giants of Ohio,
comes of good old Scotch ancestry and
traces his family tree away back to the
clan Campbell of the highlands. BE
was born in Middletown, O., on July z,
1S4S, and is consequently in his fifty
third year. In his youth he longed to
become sailor, and in 1868 his ambi-
ton was gratified. At the age Of 90 he
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CHARLES F. CRISP.

A Man Who Believes the Nation Can Take
Care Of ITSELF
Personal angles make crank; round
ness, a statesman. Charles Frederick
Crisp Of Georgia is round, not angular.
He has grown so gradually until he has
national reputation. He has calmness
and clear judgment. he is simple and
unostentatious, and he is a family
man from the crown of his bald head to
the soles of his easy fitting shoes. He
was born in England in 1845 and came
to this country when child. His par
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HORACE BOIES.
Career of Farmer, . Lawyer and States

Career of . Farmer, . Lawyer and States
man.
Horace Boies, who looms up among
the Democratic possibilities as Iowa's
favorite son, is a stanch adherent Of
free silver and tariff reform. He was
born about SO years ago in little vii
lage near Buffalo. He was brought up
on a farm and at the age Of 16 left
home to make fortune for himself In
the wide west He landed in Racine,
Wis, with just 75 cents in his pocket.
After working for farmers for awhile he
returned to New York without for
tune, but with q determination to get
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b@- France taxes bicycles at the rate
of about 1925 each per year; the tax
yields about 100000 per annum.
and "pedaleuses'' are the
terms which Parisians now employ to
designate cyclists of the two sexes.
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JOHN T. MORGAN.
A ssGrand Old MAN. and Devout Chris

A 0Grand Old Man. and Devout Chris
tian.
Senator John T. Morgan Of Alabama
was the originator of the ludicrous title
Of "cuckoos. He fixed it upon the
single gold standard Democrats during
the long drawn out debate on the silver
question when the repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause Of the Sherman act was
being considered in the senate. Senator
Morgan may not be as accurate in his
scholarship as other men in public life,
but he knows a great deal about every
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plurality Of 6,976, and his term expires
Jan. 8, 1897. In 1898, when the local
authorities and the attorney general
were defed by the Roby prizefghters,
Governor Matthews called out the mill.
tia and suppressed the Columbian Ath-
letic club.
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me-" His request was ignored. BE was
nominated, and he met defeat at the
November election.
Ex-Governor Campbell is clear,
logical speaker, an excellent lawyer
and a wonderful "hustler" in a cam.
paign.
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Career Of an Eloquent Champion Of Free
Silver.

Silver.
It has been said that William Jen.
nings Bryan Of Nebraska "won fame in
an hour" by his address on the tariff In
congress in March, 1892, but his race
for fame began 10 years prior to that
date, for he was a student Of political
economy at a very early age and was on
the stump before he was old enough to
vote. Mr.. Bryan was born in Salem,
Ills, March 10, 1860. His father was q
prominent lawyer and circuit court
judge. Young Bryan graduated at the
Illinois college and at the Union Law
college; then he married Miss Mary e.
Baird and put out his shingle as an at
torney. His total income for the first six
months was $8S; after that he had a fine
practice. His wife has also been admit