The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-28
SENATOR JAMES PASSES AWAY AT
 BAL LTIMORE TODAY
One of Most Picturesque and Forceful Figures in
 Congress Expires.

Washington, Aug. 2S = Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, died at 6:So o'clock this morning in a hospital in Baltimore where he had been sick for some time.
 Death was caused by an acute af- lection of the kidneys. Mrs. James and the Senator's brother, E. H. James, were with shim when the end came.
 Senator James had been a patient in the hospital for about three months. Physicians at first believed he had a good chance to regain his health and an operation was per fvrmed. Later his condition became more serious and transfusion of blood was made on several occasions. The Senator rallied recently when inform ed of his renomination to the Senate and for a time he held his own, but later his conditioR again became grave and he steadily became weaker.
 Ollie M. James was one of the most picturesque and forceful figures in Congress as well as popular idol among Kentucky Democrats. He ranked high in leadership in both houses during his successive service in the House and Senate, and his towering physique and powerful voice always commanded attention in | legislative and convention halls. He was nominated to succeed himself in the Senate in the recent Kentucky Democratic primaries by an over whelming vote.
 After the United States entered the | war in 1917 Senator James became l one of the most aggressive Senate | spokesmen of the administration and champion of the army and navy pre- parations. His last appearance at the l Capitol was on Feb. 14 last to deliver | a fiery speech in answer to an attack | upon the War Department by Senator 1 Chamberlain, chairman of the mili- | tary committees. He appealed to all i Americans not to heckle badger or handicap the President, and declared i've are going to make the Kaiser | hand over his sWord.'
 Three dayse later he was taken i'll ] Il he insisted on returning to the Sem ate, but was too weak to take any part and soon went to Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. He was oper- ated on in an effort to stay the rav- ages of a, chronic case of Bright's | disease.
 Mrs. James, and a brother, Edgar James. United States Marshal for the Western district of Kentucky, were with the Senator at the hospital dur ing his long fight for life. Many mem- bers of both houses of Congress went over to Baltimore frequently to pay cheering visits.
 Other relatives of the Senator are his sisters, Miss Lizzie James, who lives with her father at the James homestead at Marion, Ky, and Mrs
 J. F. Gordon, of Madisonville, and his father, Judge s. H. James, of Marion
 Mrs. James was formerly Ruth Thomas, of Marion, Ky. She was married to Senator James in 1903. Senator James was a prophet of Democratic success in every political
 contest and an outspoken partisan on
 all occasions. In 1912 he was perma-
 nent chairman of the National Demo
 cratic convention at Baltimore which
 nominated Wilson. He made the key note speech on Democratic achieve
 ments at the St. Louis Democratic National convention in 1916 and drew
 from that gathering of 10000 persons
 cries of Give it to us. again Ollie,' when epitomizing President Wilson's
 policies. He made the speech notify
 ing President Wilson of his election
 to the Presidency in September, 1916 Senator James was AZ years old He began public life as a page in the
 Kentucky legislature. He seconded Bryan's nomination for President ir 1908. headed the Kentucky delegation to Democratic National convention! in 1904 and 1908, served in the House
 in the 5Sth to 62nd Congresses ant has been in the Senate since 1913
 when he succeeded Thomas H. Payn