Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-08
GILLETTE, AFTER g YEARS
IN HOUSE, GOES TO SENATE
AS SPOKESMAN" OF PARTY

born in Rhode Island in 1860 and re-
manned there, comes as new sena'
tor from the plantations state.
Frederick NJ. Sackett, who was
born in Providence in 1868, went
west" IS q young man and now
comes to Washington as Republic
an senator from the Blue Grass COM
monwealth of Old kentucky.
Mr.. Metcalf is a wooden manufac-
turer and financier and it is safe to
say that Schedule H. will find a
friend in him. After private toutor-
ing Mr.. Metcalf attended Yorkshire
college. England. He has long been
prominent in the business world OF
Providence and once served in the
state house of representatives. He
is an enthusiastic sportsman, being
particularly keen about yachting and
golf.
Mr.. Sacllett, dignified high bred
Yankee from Rhode Island, trans
planted to kentucky; Harvard man
in a Centre college atmosphere; a
stalWart Republican in state usual
ly counted upon as Democratic, has
the distinction of having defeated
one of kentucky's faVorite sons and
favorite orators, Augustus OWsley
Stanley.
Migrating to Kentucky after leav-
ing college, Mr.. Sackett began by
practicing law and soon developing
into a coal baron. He married Miss
Olive Speed, daughter of Joshua
Speed, millionaire mine owner and
descendant of Lincoln's attorney gen.
eral.
II ~,
taking his place in the social and
public life of the south. During the
war he was food administrator. He
has never been known as much of a
politician, but an engaging personal
ity made him very popular in the
circles into which he moved. He
will have to leave many business in
terests behind when he takes lis
place in the senate.
From Tennessee comes Brigadier
General Lawrence D. Tyson to serve
under Brigadier General Charles G.
Dawes as presiding officer of the
senate. General Tyson, however,
will not be Dawes political side.
He is a Democrat and he defeated
Senator Shields after a hot fight
in the primaries. General Tyson is
a native of North Carolina, a gradu-
ate of West Point of the class Of
1888. He served in the regular army,
in the Spanish-American war and
again in the Word war, commanding
the seth brigade of the Thirtieth divi-
sion. While not in the army, Gen
eral Tyson has practised law and en-
gagged in the manufacturing bust
ness. He is now also the owner of
the Knoxville Sentinel and thinks
he is going to like the newspaper
business.
BIease From Carolina
Cole Blease, of South Carolina,
whose named is pronounced Cooley"
by his friends, comes to the senate
with the idea in his heart that may
be he will prove as picturesque as
'sPitchfork" Ben Tillman. Blease
certainly has a colorful personality
and his "come back in politics has
been one of the features of the cam
paign just closed.
While governor of South Carolina
for two years, Cooley" always was
in hot water or getting some hot for
the other fellow. He paroled about
1850 murderers, burglars and other
violators of the law, and one day
issued a proclamation saying he had
pardoned 1000 of the paroled men
in one batch.
In 1915 he got into controversy
with Washington over the status of
the South Carolina national guard.
During the "hostilities" he called
Secretary of War Garrison a pug
nosed little Yankee" and referred to
Secretary of the Navy Daniels as
VERY small man"
1t had been claimed by the enemies
of Blease that he disregarded the
state constitution at will, that he
took the attitude of what is the
constitution between friends?"