The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

Mentally he IS both giant in strength
and gymulst IN quickness. His mind IS
thoroughly STORED VITA Information on al
most cN.tY topic under The sun. lie Is a
great reader {! is faculty Ter earnest ana
eloquent speech is rCCoS' lied % be great
a. han tina Of any other man of this
tine. The nation hus pro iuced few greater
orators. Hc j. always lnteusiy wrapped
ND in whatever lee undertakes and is capa-
be of cohE cas- iy what 10 almost any
otrer mau would require prodisious effort
His niud is ever acuNe. lie is always as
cussing 90 hims d all kinds IF problems
f.om every point OF view, and this Is what
m kcs him in measure ready for al. &C
sons
His Career.
II rs his marvellous eioquence and his inn
pressive manner of handing his BODY on
platform when have maue him impor-
tant. cut IL he had rot gained prominence
la that way his keen'y analytical mind
would have carried him 70 success IN any
event. lie Is ess ont ally lar, ana always
honest. lie does not care for othce, az
though he has served In Congress and may
very likely serve again lie Is a rich
man. and has made his money himself.
As a lawyer he is in great demand and
some Of he largest fees on record have
been paid TO MIN. He was born in the
Coun y OF Sligo. Ireland, in l'54, and was
educated lafeeTN iu France He came 20
America ia 1871 and began by teaching
French and Latin As he taught he Sud
led law and for a time after his admis-
sion 10 the bar practised his protes-
SION Ia Westchester county. lie began TO
make reputation in New York city WIKI
the first word ne uttered in arguing MS
first case. 1t was not an important one,
bul the eloquence of the advocate set the
town talking. He has been connected
with many famous cases in the courts,
among them the Jacob Sharp Doodle al
derman affair. and the defense of kemmler
the murderer who was the first man 70
be killed legally by electricity lie en-
tered politics IN 1881 and went TO Congress
in 1885. His law practice became so great
that Il was difficult for him TO attend to
his congressional duties and he wanted to
resign but was persuaded not TO After
that he decided never to accept political
Office again, but returned TO Congress in
1891 in order to prevent spit IN Tammany
Hall. of which he was then one Of the most
prominent members indeed % is SAID
that ii was largely owing to the advice
aud assistance of Cochrau that Richard
Croker achieved his power.
Rises 10 All Occasions.
1T Is the mans great ability to rise 20
whatever occasion confronts him that is
his most marked and valuable character
istic," ex-Speaker Reed said 20 me-
The two occasions which he rose 10 most
tnagnfcently were the Chicago conven-
tons ~ 1854 and 1892 A; the latter one he
opposed the nomination Of Grover C.evc-
lend IN a speech of thrilling power A.
though he did not convince the convention
that Cleveland was the wrong man to
nominate, he won a tremendous personal
triumph. In this recent argument at the
trust conference in Chicago. he achieved
another oratorical victory. He is a Demo
crat first last and all the time yet his best
friends are Republicans.
Tribute to Bryan.
l AIR Bryan has had no such opponent as