Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-05

senator from Maryland from 1871 Il
1899 and is now serving term filn
1908 to 1909. I.
John Sharp Williams. who has shows
his capacity az minority leader during
the last congress, is conspicuous man
wherever he may be found. He u =
native Of Memphis. Tenn, born July
80, 1854. He Is a noted scholar, having
studied at the universities Of the South.
Virginia and Heidelberg. He is laws
yer. He removed to Yazoo City in
1878 and went into the cotton raising
business Mr.. Williams was dele
gate to the Democratic national con-
lvention Of 1892. He has been a member
of congress from the Fifth Mississippi
district since 1898.
David Bennett Hill was prominent
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton in the Democratic convention Of
1892, and he will be an influential man
at St Louis. Mr.. Hill is q native Of the
Empire State, born at Havana, Aug.
%, lS43. He has been lawyer for
forty years. member Of the assembly
once. Chairman Of state conventions
twice, alderman and mayor Of Elm1ra,
lieutenant governor and governor Of
his state and United States senator ~
six years.
Nelson Appleton Miles. lteutenant
general (retired) Of the United Stated
army, has been mentioned In connec.'
ton with the presidential nominations.
He is sixty-five years OF age. General
Miles entered the army as volunteer
in 1861. At the age Of twenty hs
was in command Of an army corps
After the civil war he entered the reg
ular service and won much reputation
as an Indian fighter. He was In com-
mand OF the army in the war with
Snain and in 1900 was mace lieutenant
general. Three years later he was 70.
tired.
Edward c. Wall Of wisconsin had
been Endorsed for first place by the
convention of his state. He was for
over ten years chairman OF the sta.e
committee and served several years ~
WISCONSIN member Of the national CONS
mittee He Is native OF MliWaukss
and is fifty-nv years OF age.
Francis Marion Cockrell and Joseph
wingate Folk are two noted Missou-
rians. The former has been United
States senator from his native state ior
nearly thirty years. He was porn N
Johnson county OCS. !, Aoo.. -
ceived his education in Missouri IN
stitutions and began the practice OF
law at warrensburg. During the civh
war Senator Cockrell served az hriga-
dier general in the Confederate army.
No has been chairman OF many impor-
tant committees in the senate. Mr.
EoIk was born at Brownsville, Tenn.
oct. %. 1859. He Ii graduate OF
Vanderbilt university Nashville. ana
was admitted to the bar In 1890. He
removed to ST. Louis and later was
made circuit attorney. He has acnisv-
al ,nuch distinction from the success-
FIJI prosecution Of bribery cases ana
this wear in the primaries won the
eubernatorial nomination.
The young mayor OF New York.
c.orge Rrinton Mcclellan. is also .
man who may have honors thrust on
him. The fact that he was born IN
Dresden. Germany. will not make linz |
noss,ble his acceptance Of the greatest
honor which, the convention might be
inclined to bestow on him, for he has
navar been anything but an American
citizen. He was born while,Ais parents
were on a visit to Saxony. He was
graduated from Princeton in 1855 ana
went into Journalism. He was admit
ted 10 the bar In 1892. in 1895 was
elected to congress and last year re-
signed to become mayor OF New York i
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