Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-25

senator from Maryland t,o..
1893 and Is now serving ,a i''l 10
1903 to 1909. Term from
John Sharp Williams. who ho.
his capacity as minority lsados' SHOWN
me last congress, Is a consnic,,,..u uFlhg
Wherever he may be found NJ man
native OF Memphis Tenn. bora
90 1895 lie is a noted scholar guy
studied at the universities of A., u.a'lng
virginia and Heidelberg Ho ,s "VVuu'h
yer lie removed TO ya,oo -, "a 'aw-
1913 ana went into the cotton roi. N
business. Mr. Williams WAS 'l''ns
gate to the Democratic nationa, Nele'
yention Of 1892. He has been a Nv, ~ ,on'
OF congress from the Fifth Mlss,aI,et
district since 1898. ''Ippl
David Bennett Hin was a nro..,.
candidate for the presidential nnn ,,Ie'V
ton IN the Democratic convo,, Y''.'''a.
1872 and he win be an influential 10, VI
at ST. Louis. Mr. Hin is a native 80 '' ,tn
Empire State, born at Havana .e
49, 1913. He has been a lav,y.. lug
forty years, member of the aeso,,t yl
| once, chairman OF state conyo,,,i'y
twice alderman and mayor Of El,,,lU'
Lieutenant governor and eovornor
his state and United States senator W. W.
six years. 'ot
Nelson Appleton Miles, llep,o,,,,
general (retlred) OF the United ST.
army, has been mentioned IN co 1,a's'
ton with the presidential nomina,Ioa
He Is sixty-five years OF age. Geparai
Miles entered tho army as a yolpn,oo.
In 1851 At the age Of twenty. gvo ~.
was in command Of an army co,nN
After the civil war he entered the res"
ular service and won much reput,,ieo
as an Indian fighter. lie was In COM
mand Of the army In the war Win
| Spain and In 1900 was made lleutonsn,
general. Three years later he was ro'
| tired.
Edward G, Wall Of Wisconsin h,.
been Endorsed for FIRST place by tbs
convention Of his state. lie was "a,
over ten years chairman OF the stata
committee and served several Years as
Wisconsin member Of the national com.
mittee, He Is native of Milwaukee
and is iifty-fiye years of age.
Francis Marion Cockrell and .Iosenh
Wlngate Folk are two noted Nilsson.
riaus. The former has been United
States senator from his native state for
nearly thirty years, He was born m
/ Johnson county oct. T. 1894. He re-.
ceved his education In Missouri In.
stitutlons and began the practice Of
law at Warrensburg. During the clyll
war Senator Cockroll served as briga.
der general In the Confederate army,
lie has been chairman of many mpor.
tant committees IN the senate, Mr..
Folk was born at Brownsville, Tenn.
oct. rs, 1869, He is a graduate Of
Vanderbilt university Nashville, and
was admitted TO the bar In 1890. He
removed to st. Louis and later was
made circuit attorney He has achley-
ed much distinction from the success.
full prosecution Of bribery cases and
this year In the primaries won tho
gubernatorial nomination.
The young mayor Of New York,
George Brinton Mcclellan is also
man who may have honors thrust on
him. The fact that he was born in
Dresden, Germany will not make i'm
possible his acceptance Of the greatest
honor which the convention might be
inclined to bestoW on him, for he has
never been anything but an American
citizen. He was born while his parents
were on visit TO Saxony He was
graduated from Princeton in 1856 and
went into journalism. lie was admit
ted to the bar in 1892, In 1895 was
elected to congress and last year re.
signed to become mayor Of New York
CLAIMING A. BARLOW