The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-03-27

WHO'S WHO IN THE new
WILSON CABINET

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William jennings Bryah's selection for
the office of secretary Of state in the Will
son cabinet was due in no small measure.
II has been said. TO the part he played In
the fight for progi essive doctrines at the
Democratic convention at Baltimore
Mr.. Bryan's public career. in the course
of which he was thrice nominated by the
Democratic party for the presidency. be-
gan in the period from 1881 10 l"a5, when
he was elected to the Fifty second ttn1
Fifty-third congresses from the First Ne
braska district. He received the Demo
cratic vote for United States senator In
the Nebraska legislature in 1893 and was
nominated for the same Office in The DEM
ocratic convention in 1894, but was de-
feated by John M Thurston, He declined
denomination as congressman in that year
and became editor of the Omaha World
Herald
1t was In 1895 that he Sprang into ma
tlonai prominence as the leader of the
Democratic party. At the national Demo-
cratic convention of that year he wrote
the silver plank into the platform and
made his celebrated Grown of Thorns"
speech. which carried the convention by
storm and obtained for him the nomina-
ton on the fourth ballot with 500 votes,
Mr. Bryan followed up his nomination
by tireless campaign, during which he
covered $1,000 miles and spoke at almost
every stopping place He was decislvely
defeated however, receiving but l76 cleo
toral votes against III for Mckinley.
In the Democratic national convention
Of 1900 Mr.. Bryan was again nominated
Tor the PRESIDENCY anna scene Oh .ne
| by the, Populst and silver Republican
| conventiops Again Mr. Rrvan made a
| remarl,ahla camnaipn but Mckinley de-
| feated him. receiving a9s electoral votes to
| Xxx for Rrvan
In 1eos Mr. Brvap made a tour of the
| world and was evervwhere received with
! great cons,deration' His return TO New
Work. was the signal for tremendous
| Recommendation. and II was freely said at
| tbo+ ,in,o that be would AGAIN ba nomi
| mated This nrove5 tn he the case as he
| do,ninotod tho pot,ona, convention at
| Denver in 1903 and was named 10 oppose
will,ar Howard Taft tbe Republean
nominne He was defeated for the third
| time Mr. Taft obtaining 3a1 electoral
votes ard Mr. BRYAN ,fo
Mr. Ervan was horn in Salem. Ill. on
Morcb 1s ,seo and WIS Graduated at the
| IIIiro,. oo,,o,s I.cksopvi,,e m in 1891
| a,,a racs,,.nd the dacreo of A NJ In 1SS4.
Ne rncciycd m IL ID from the Union
Col,ege of law in 1ss. and was admitted
- tha IIlinois bor tha same vear He
nra otic.d law a. Jarkson,iIlc from 1852 "a
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i wbaro ba now baa bis boma On Oct /
1854 NJ prv.n morr;cd Mary Eliza betl,
Paira ~ Perry III
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| William Gibbs McAdoo first became a
prominent figure in politics as acting
| chairman of the Democratic national COM
mittee last fall He was assistant chair
man and because of the illness of William
F. McCombs. the chairman. was called
upon TO take charge of the campaign.
It is as the builder of the Hudson tun-
nels perhaps that Mr.. McAdoo Is best
known. for he accomplished in six years
what was considered one Of the greatest
engineering feats In history.
Mr.. McAdoo was born near Marietta,
Ga. on Oct. 81, 1853. The civil war cos'
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Lindlsy N. Garrison.
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1oohed upon oy inc president erect as
man Or unusual Iorce ana aoin's, am
I the Two men formed ciose lrlenuShii
Wniie MI Nlison was governor OF ne"
Jersey. MI. garrison mas peen vice chah
ceuor\ OF New Jersey since i"i anu occu
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IN the caoihet
Mr. GARRISON was porn at Saii'ueh' ~. d.
on NOV. q. tooi' t,ie son oi the f'eV. 20
seph r. HARRISON tie was GRADUATED
, from the Exeter preparatory scnooi iflt
spent year al Harvard studying law