The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS TIE NEW THORN TIL FLESH OF REPUBLICAN PARTY AT WSHGT

he lives until july 30 next John sharp Williams
OF Mississippi. the Democratic leader in the house
Of representative. viii be So He is Of slender
figure and triae above the medium in height
4e has whole lot OK Woody hair and a striking dis
From boyhood Mr. Williams has been a hard stu
dent and All his lie industrious reader OF
high class literature Although never a decidedly
robust constitution he has not at any time been re-
garded invalid. AT present he appears be in
good condition physically for the arduous duties
Gently imposed upon him with unanimity by his party
Mr. williams received a thorough educational train
ing. He studied at the Kentucky Military institute
and later the University of the South. at Sewanee
went abroad ana attended Heidelbere university
While at Heidelberg he mastered German sufficient
Is 10 fuenLly in it, He also studied French
in his youth and since leaving the universities he has
kept up his researches both in German and French
Since his selection minority leadership though
Mr. Williams has been somewhat amused to read that
he is able to read and speak at least half dozen
languages
He was born at Memphis, Tenn. His mother died
colonel of tennessee volunteers in tine Confederate
army, killed at Shiloh. His home is at Yazoo
planting cotton Ie and his brother are Joint owners
Of about 5000 acres Of land in the Yazoo country.
This property has not been divided in many genera
Mr.. williams never held any public Office prior to
his election to congress in 1892 President Cleveland
having called the Fftythrd congress in extra session
for the repeal Of the purchasing clause Of the Sherman
silver act it Aug 1898. and continued
lantu late in October The new member from Missis-
sppi among many to introduce at that session
bin TO impose an income tax
In that congress the late Speaker Crisp assigned
M Williams 20 the committees agriculture and
education. The late Colonel Hatch Missouri was
chairman of the house committee agriculture.
was successful farmer. Indeed, made up at that
time the COMMITTEES fun of farmers.
IL included Farmer Joe Sibey of Pennsylvania
then ia complete afation with Democratic party
but now out and out Republican; Cyclone Jim
Marshall Of the sOuthw western district Of Virginia;
Farmer Jerry Simpson of Medicine Lodge Kan; Far
mer r. II. Funston, who captured Aguinaldo IN the
Philippines; Farmer WadswOrtb Of the Genesee valley
OF New York was also on it.
every Democrat in the house who land and at
tempts fits cultivation seems to a place on this
committee. Said he:
Jim Wadsworth and I appear have made that
committee worth having a place When I entered
congress hardly anyone cared to be assigned there
but IL has become such important that members
generally now want to on it
In the Fifty-ffth congress Mr. Williams continued
to serve the agricultural committee and was also
assigned to that foreign affairs. In the
Fifty-seveuth congress he asked be dropped
from the committee foreign affairs and
signed to that insular affairs. The request
cheerfuly granted by Speaker Hender-
and probably the abest speech delivered the
house by Mr.. Williams during his whole ten years
service the Philippine question.
81 call the gentleman to ordert" the first formal
ntterance by John Sharp Williams in the house de-
bates
Tt was on Oct 10. 1898 The Chinese exclusion bin
Eas under consideration and was proposed to amend
N arffr he law