The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-12-08

- ENATOR ELECT j. G.. w. BECK
HAM of Frankfort. the first senator
to be elected by the people for
~ regular term from kentucky. needs
no introduction TO the people of this
state. lie has been in public life for years,
yet is Kentuckys youngest statesman "f
prominence. Throughout the state he Is
know. as a statesman, but in the capital
he is known as a splendid citizen ana
good neghbor. His modest, but attrac-
tive, residence is in South Frankfort. His
family consists of his wife who was Miss
Jean F'uqua of Owensborn, "A daughter,
Miss Eleanor. aged thirteen, and a son.
Creppa. Jr., aged nine. The entire fam
ily are social favorites. The youngsters
are popular. and the lawn at the Beckham
home is the playground for the children
i'm the neighborhood. They attend the
public schools. Mrs. Beckham is young
woman of splendid domestic attachments.
She is an ideal wife, whose thoughts and
energies are devoted to her home, chill
dren husband, family, neighbors and the
needy. She il hard worker ir the
Kings Daughters circle. which conducts
the hospital in Frankfort, and in other
charita bic and religious causes
Those who know Governor Beckham
best are well aware that his chief interest
and greatest pleasure lie in his home
There he spends practically all his leisure
hours. He is not a familiar figure at the
local club. in the lobby of the hotels or,
indeed, any other place where men are
accustomed to congregate in the evenings
He MAKES it an almost unbroken habit
to spend his evenings at home. The we'll
lighted study of the Bec!.ham residence is
on the first floor front. There the paSSer-
by NAV see Governor Beckham early or
late on almost any evening at his desk
or in his reading chair Books and writ
ing enter very largely into the life of the
senator elect. But the study scene is not
always a solitary one. Two children of
more than ordinary attractiveness and
promise bless this home. They may be
seen from time to time in the study. and
the attitude of parent and children sug
eests that lessons are being heard or that
the story hour is at hand. Governor Beck
ham, although young man, is an old
fashioned father. He counts it his privi-
l$ge and duty to personally supervise
those things that make for the Christian
character and physical well being Of his
children.
Mrs. Beckham possesses to a high de-
gree all those gifts and graces which one
flstnctively associates with successful
fumemaking. This fact is not to be for
gotten when one asks why the senator
seldom leaves home after the evening
meal.
"A NORMAL. HiOltSOinS, 1HTiSlidu
blessed by health, hope and happiness
rot untouched by sorrow, unspoiled by
wealth and dominated by the highest
iGeals-such is the home of the Junior SEN
ator.
No new member of the next senate will
take his seat better informed or better
equipped for the work ahead of the DEM
ocratic administration than this Ken
tuckian. who is first a student. with a
wide knowledge of public affairs and
closely in sympathy and in touch with
the president and his secretary of state.
For a man of his years Senator Elect
Beckham is A young man and has had a
IA ther remarkable career in the public
life of his state. Born Aug. 5, 1869. the
SON of William y. and Julia Wickliffe
Beckhsm, he comes of family that has
been prominent in affairs of the south.
His mother was the youngest daughter
of Governor Charles A. Wickliffe. who
also held the portfolio of postmaster gen.
e-al in the cabinet of President Tyler.
Her brother, Robert Wickliffe. was gov
ernor OF the state of Louisiana. She was,
therefore. the daughter. the sister and the
mother of men who held the first office
within the gift of the people of their
states. His father. lawyer and farmer,
died when the subject of this sketch was
but "a mere boy. Owing to this he got no
<fnrther than his sophomore year at old
enfral university whom called home to
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