New Britain herald., 1930-11-14
LEWIS WILL FIND
 FEW CRON|ESLEFT
Senate Much Changed Since "Ham' Was Member Before

Chicago. Nov. fl dp.-When the Chesterfield Of President Wilson wartime democratic family. James Hamilton Lewis, goes back to the United States senate he will find few of that clan still wearing the toga.
 Those who served under his whip in the glamorous war years will find him grayer now. Some of the sting is gone from his tongue and some of the fire from his leadership.
 But he is the same stylish dress CT, the same courteous individual. and his voice still carries the sll- yer, honeyed tones as Of old.
 Lewis, the democrat, in dctcat- ing Ruth Hanna Mccormick. the republican. for the Illinois senate seat closed d cycle or campaigns and personages begun 12 years ago. Then he was defeated by Medlll Nc Cormick. husband or his opponent this year.
 Charles s. Denee0 eliminated Mccormick in the primary SIX years later, and last spring Mrs McCor- mick won over Donear.
 A roll call of those whom Lewis knew when he vas the democratic whip-pollticsI friends and foes - would bring but few responses.
 Woodrow Wilson - Oscar ". Jnderwood-He0rv Cabot Lodge - Warren c. Harding Boies Penrose- Robert NJ. La Folette--Char1es Gull berson-Hohe Smith, ,'-all are dead.
 James Reed has retired 10 pri- vate life. So has Harry New, and Gilbert NJ. Hitchcoch, Albert Fall and Irwin Lenroot
 There are a few of the oid-umers to greet J, Han. however - James Watson. George Norris. Key Putnam, Lee Overman, Charles Me Nary.
 Lewis. 4 NIrglnlan by birth, now IS G years old. H. grew ID in Georgia-motherle as she died at his birth, His father was a Con federate veteran.
 James Hamilton wen, about as far west as possible - Washington - to seek his fortunes. He worked as q dock laborer to study law. When he returned 10 Georgia 10 marry Mss Rose Lawton Douglas he car ried a bag Of gold coins 10 pay off creditors.
 Lewis served in the Washington legislature and went 10 congress from that state He served in the Spanish American war, emerging as q colonel. In 1903 he moved to Chi cago and nine years later Illinois sent him to the senate.
 Tom B, Car Reed was the house speaker when Lewis first went 10 Washington. He dubbed the younEster the earrulous rainbow One writer described him this way:
 Over everything. even as the sun in the sky, looms the whiskers of Jim Ham-vast. opalescent, here q shred Of pink and there q somber russet: now shimmerlng as a gold en field Of wheat, anon bristiing red and angry
 But Lewis had q comeback. He once told a correspondent "tnerc IS TO relationship between states nanship and apparel, sir
 Although LeUls devoted the ear- 1y years of his attorneyship to crim- inal cases, Of later years all his work has been as a corporation lawyer,
 Lewis dress, his diCtion, his man. nerIsms are the same whether he be addressing a Gold Coast delegation or a stockyards crowd Always the spats, the wing collar, snowy linen. cane and gloves.
 Sir, I repeat I shall lose more than any man ] know on thls floor. for if this amendment should pass women would vote ovorwhelming]y against me for any office to which l undertook 10 aspire
 The speaker was Lewis The occasion vas the senate's debate in 1918 on vomen's suffrage.
 And his last campaign was 10 some extent test Of thai, Two women. Mrs. Mccormick and Mrs Lottie Holman O'Neill. opposed him. Lewis won by approximately 7oo.- goo votes,