Evening star., 1936-07-19

was overwhelmingly defeated. Even
tually Hamilton. as counsel for the
Kansas State Medical Society, got
Brinkley ousted from practice In
Kansas
Hamilton has long been considered
one of Kansas leading lawyers. He
has a hot temper, but has learned to
control it perfectly. Although OF a
highly nervous disposition, he has a
lightning brain and in combat Is
usually a flash ahead of his quickest
opponent.
AS a public speaker he is persuasive,
argumentative. eloquent, Staccato, log
ical. whitening. as the occasion de-
mands. He will be one of the cam
paign's chief assets in platform work.
Last Fall, before Hamilton leftTOpeka
for Washington TO take up his heac
quarters job for the national COM
mittee, he happened to be in the court
house when some one asked him about
the New Deal Hamilton then and
there launched into a discussion OF
Roosevelt and his policies. In moment
80 lawyers. court workers and Others
had gathered about to hear him tear
the New Deal to pieces.
Persuasive Powers.
An employe of one of Shawnee
County's three Democratic Offices drift
ed into range and listened.
That guy" he told Topeka re-
porter, could almost make a believer
out of me-"
Hamilton Is medium in height and
spare in build. and is regarded as one
Of the handsomest men in Topeka.
Court house employees nominated him
one of the best looking lawyers in
Topeka. He is always spic and span 10
appearance. Writers call him red
haired and chestnut-haired. but his
wife AYERS it is sandy and that his eyes
are hazel. His recreations are golf, OF
which he plays a mediocre game, and
bridge. of which he is fond.
1t is work that obseSses Hamilton
the most. however. He often gets UP
in the middle of the night to work on
some pending proposition, and when
preparing important cases for trial he
used to labor often until four in the
morning.
He has the reputation in Kansas. as
one of his associates puts it. "of being
hard fighter and bad enemy. but an
above-the-belt scrapper." He is an
aviation enthusiast and in this cam
paign he expects to cover every State
by air and to confer personally with all
the 5000 county chairmen.
Reviving RepubIicanism.
The battle he will put up will be one
that. win or lose, the country will long
remember. His indomitable purpose in
reviving Republicanism was shown at
the Grass Roots session; in the un-
selfish championing of Gov. Landon,
his erstwhile political opponent within
the party, and in the magnificent
nominating speech at the Cleveland
convention.
Hamilton is in the prime of life,
politically experienced, a vigorous but
clean fighter and one who has the
contagion of victory about him. He is
whirlwind Of action, keen strate-
gist and the perfect complement of
Landon. He has the Western progress
sive spirit, yet is conservatively liberal
He knows how to keep his eye on the
ball without being distracted by the
mutterings or razzings> of his oppo-
nents. His management of the Cleve-
land convention-for that is what it
virtually amounted to-was a MASTER
piece and may be counted a forerunner
of this campaign.
One of the youngest chairmen the
Republican party has had in several
decades, he also is one of the ablest.
He takes orders well, but he knows
how to stage a smashing drive in a
crisis without waiting for orders. In
stead of fighting defensive battle, he
will be carrying the battle to the
enemy's quarters, and without quarter,
every minute until election eve.