The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-27
OLLIE NJ. JAMES. Al TODAY, IS NOT AS LITTLE
 AS HE LISTENS.


 Ollie NJ James. Listening to that monaker, would you not conjure up mental picture of an undersized, dapper person, a puffect lady's man, and regular diVil with the gOils? Can't you smell the scented oil on the hair and cute little upturned mustache of male pusson by the name of Ol- nobody, less tis Ollie, knows what 1t stands for, but, knowing nothing of the owner of the monaker, would you not suspect that it was Mary? l swan I would. But, as W. Shake speare remarked, you never can tell and your mental picture of Ollie M. James is wrong in about thousand important particuars. The man who presided over the recent Democratic national convention, the party who is to do a job of United States sena tor ing from Kentucky, the person whom MT. Bryan mentioned for the Pres idency of the republic, is six feet six inches from the top of his bald head to the floor. weighs about 275 pounds and is in all respects a full-size man, totally undeserving of the label his parents wished on him.
 MT. James is celebrating his forty first birthday today, and has accom- plished lot of things since he was July 2, 1871. At sixteen he made his entrance in Kentucky politics as page in the State Legislature. A great deal of useful information about the great American indoor sport of legls- lating may be picked up by page who keeps his eyes and ears open and his mouth closed, and when Ollie quit paging to. study law under his father he had already decided to go to Con gress. Beginning the practice of law in 1891. his first fame was gained as one of the attorneys for the late Gov | n7a ~ 01 hi oct Kentucky governorship. Then years ago he landed in Washington, full f1edged M. C. through the suffrage of the male adults of the First Kentucky | district. He was not long in making | his presence felt,s and in a. little while had become a national figure. Four years ago he seconded the nomination of Bryan for the Presidency. He was always a strong supporter of the Ne braskan, but places the Democratic party above Er&n, and Is so regular 1 that he resam Mles the Injun who was so erect that he leaned backwards. He is willing to admit that some Re publicans are, personally, Of a rather 1 likeable sort, and moral and law-abid- | ing citizens, or seem to be, but Re- plblicans in the mass he looks upon as enemies of the republic. He has l a voice that has all the penetrating qualities of a fog-horn, and can out roar a lion. At shouting down the opposition MT. James has no superior. l And his name is Ollie!
 | If there is anything the Kentucky law-maker knows better than politics, l it is hosses. He knows the pedigree 1 and the record of every great hoss
 ever foa1ed in the Blue Grass State He is a recognized authority on mint juleps and other connections that have made Kentucky famous, but he never l partakes to excess.
 MT. James will doubtless play a prominent part in the campaign this year. He considers, and honestly, that all Republicans are guilty of grave crimes and misdemeanors until they l prove themselves innocent - and il takes a lot of proof to convince Ol- I1ie. On the other hand, a Democrat | is always innocent until shown to be guilty-when he automatically ceases to be a Democrat and becomes a Re- publican! The old party spirit, now
 gradually being wiped out in the United States, has had rampant re-
 vival in the husky form of Ollie James And his name is Ollie. Just fawncy