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“James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
the Man and Senator as he Really is”
As Pictured in New York World
Alleync Ireland in the New York
World of last Sunday write* very in
terestingly of Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis, of Illinois, the man and
senator as he really is. Inasmuch as
Mr. Lewis is one of the most distin
guished, us well as the most pictures
que, figures in the United States sen
ate, and in American public life, the
article by Mr. Ireland will be of much
interest In Augusta. However, there
is additional reason why the article is
of peculiar Interest In Augusta and it
is because Senator Lewis spent his
boyhood here and right now his father
is living in Augusta on Harper street
near the Wilhenford hospital.
Mr. Ireland suys that Mr. Lewis
studied law after going to the then
territory of Washington, leaving the
Inference that he did not study It until
after he left Georgia. As a matter of
fact young I-ewls studied In the law
office of a prominent Augusta attor
ney and afterwards went to Savan
nah where he went Into the law of
fices of prominent attorneys of that
elty. It was while In Savannah that
he heard the "call of the wild" and
left for the great Northwest country
because It offered greater opportuni
ties
Mr. Ireland’s article, which The
Herald reproducea In full, follows:
(By Alleyns Ireland.)
"It Is not a high type of Intelligence
which mistakes civility for servility.”
Thus, Senator James Hamilton Lew
is of Illinois, bored and perhaps made
a little indignant by what appears to
him In his less cheerful moments to
V>c a persistent habit on the part of
undlscernlng persons to sum up his
extremely useful and varied career In
n few parrot-llko comments upon his
dress and his appearance.
"My beard," said the senator, "if you
will pardon my referenee to an Inti
mate personal matter, has been de
scribed ns a remarkable work of na
ture, aa a hirsute forest bristling with
sparks of fire, and as an ambrosial
chest protector. I have been cnlled
the Aurora Borealis of Illinois, the
I*l nk Whiskered Prodigy, the Man
Who Made Whiskers a rollttfnl As
set, tho Dink-Fringed Political Kx
pert. Many a horns has been built,
many a family thrives upon the stendy
nnd apparently rising market value of
Jests about my clothe* end my man
ners.
Some Superficial Peculiarities.
"Now, my dear fellow," concluded
the senator. "I am glad to contribute
to the prosperity of the country by
having tny superficial peculiarities
furnish material for the struggling ef
forts of the budding geniuses of Jour
nalism; but I hnve done my share, ami
it Is time that our experitnenlal lit
erary citizens should turn I heir atten
tion to the gentleman who, so the
neivspnpers tell us, has dlseovered a
Method of breeding bine pigs, or to
the Inventor of the noiseless hammer.
"Pray forgive me If I show some
slight signs of Impatience, but tho
fact Is that there are moments when
it is borne in upon me with some force
that Jests about a gentleman's whisk
ers and waistcoats ..fall considerably
short of blograpliHial completeness,
ami dll little credit fd the discernment
of certain writers, and. show less re
spect for sensible readers."
The senator. 1 venture to think, does
himself les than Justice I r nr tny
oivn part. 1 may say that all I Imd
read about tho senator had served to
fix ill my mini! the idea that so far
from his having achieved fume through
the possession of pink
his engaging personality and his un
questioned abilities which had gone far
to redeem pink whiskers from the un
merited dlsesteem Into which they
have fallen since the American wom
an’s decadent taste compelled the male
Inhabitants of this great Republic to
banish from their chins the patent In
signia of manhood.
Whiskered Men Past end Present.
Who will have the hardihood to east
aside the shield of anonymity nnd to
go on record under his own name as
n deerler of whiskers? How will such
a man or woman. If such there he, ex
plain away tho whiskered splendor of
Plato. Socrates, Theocritus, Demos
thenes, Buskin. Dnrwln. Rrownlng.
Tennyson, Lowell. Longfellow, Greeley,
Marcus Aurelius. Brahma, Garibaldi,
Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcome, Dick
ens, Tol»|py. Itndln. Alfred Russel
■Wallace, Sir Oliver Lodge, ],ord Sal
isbury. Oeorse llernnid Klmw. Oounod,
Nnlnt-Saent, I'<l*llo, Joachim ami the
|>re*ent minority loader of the hnuae
of representatives?
If foolish prejudice or a profound
Ignorance of what whiskered men have
done for the pro tree*, culture and en
tertainment of the world haa Indeed
mr.de the poaaeaainn of whiskers it'
handicap In life’* struggle on thla von
tlnent. It la to the greater credit of
the eenntor that there la not on* un
is hlakered man In a hundred thouaand
of hi* conteirporarle* who haa a rec
ord of honorable achievement which
can compare with that of Jamea Ham
ilton Lewi*.
Another point la to h* noted. The
senators nama la often abbreviated,
inelegantly but affeetlonately, to plain
■'Jim Ham," and 1 have even heard-an
entirely friendly and cirmpllmentary
reference to him wherein he waa dla-
Kuleed aa Jim the Whlak. Here the
record of hlatory should reconcile the
senator to the world-old custom of
assigning to prominent persons nick
names baaed upon their personal pe
culiarities. In the company of Wil
liam Rufus. Richard of the Lion Heart,
IVpin the Short. Robert Curthoae, the
I.lttla Corporal. Sorklesa Simpson of
Kansas, and the late John Flake, who
w«a know n aa the F ndlatrlhutcd' Mid
dle, Senator James Hamilton
may rest content thnt even behind so
rode an Idiom as Fink Fringed Jim
there lies neither malice nor contempt,
hut rather a spirit of familiar appro
bation.
Tha Manner of a Gentleman.
Rut leat there should lie a few dull
and uninformed souls who believe that
providence haa set an Impassable
barrier between whiskers snd wisdom
end who know nothin* of the sena
tor'# Interesting and distinguished ca
reer, I herewith lay hare my own Im
pression of the senator, and r *cord. all
too briefly, somethin* of hla adven
ture* and aehlexementa.
Nature has dune well by James
H imllton Lewis. He has breadth of
n Ind. a quirk tnlelll*enee, unusual
alfta of observation and memory, and
the** qualities are made effective by
a more than ordinary measure of en
ergy and vitality Envy alone could
*l\# birth to any unfavorable descrip
tion of the senator's appearance. A
»h*ht but well proportioned frame is
• urmounted by a bead which bears the
unmistakable atims of Intellectual
Power A hl*h and broad forehead,
prominent and overhan*ln* brow*
clear blue eye* set well apart, and an
habitual expression of alertness com
bine to create an Impression of a char
acter at once genial and forceful.
The senator's manners have perhaps
attracted more attention than his (to
be quite truthful reddish gray beard.
It Is a manner seldom met with In this
country, but one which would pass un
remarked In the higher ranks of Eu
ropean society. The voice Is carefully
modulated, the speech Is chosen with
a nice regard to the courteous phrase,
the conversation Is Infused with a
pleasant urbanity relieved by a habit
of suave gesture. It is the manner of
a gentleman as that phrase Is inter
preted in every capital from Vienna
to London.
As In regard to his manners, so in
regard to ids clothes the senator’s
late ban followed the European model.
Clothe* which would pass without re
mark on a May morning in St, James's
street attract a good deal of attention
In a country of which It has been
said that all its men dress as if they
went to the same tailor. Washington
was inexcusably astonished last sum
mer when Henator Lewis appeared at
the capitol in a cream-colored suit,
white shoes, white socks, a white
waistcoat, a lavender silk shirt, a
white silk tie, a black silk eyeglass
cord, a lavender tinted handkerchief
and white silk gloves.
Early Triumphs in the Far West.
I pass now to the senator’s career.
Born in 1867 at Danville, Va., James
Hamilton Lewis found himself—after
a course at two colleges, one In Geor
gia, one In Virginia as a youth of 21
out In Heat tie looking for work. It
was not part of his character to loaf
around until he could find a Job that
suited him; he took what he could
get. Ills first employment was as a
timekeeper at tho docks, hut after a
short while he became a longshore
man and Joined the union His spare
time he devoted to the study of law;
and It was one year after his arrival
on the coast that he was admitted to
the bar and In one year more that he
was elected during the last days of
Washington's territorial existence as
a member of Its first state senate.
In 189# Lewis was elected Congress
man-at-large ns a Democrat, being the
only Democrat who has ever been
elected to congress from the State of
Washington from that day to this. The
outbreak of the Spanish war found
Congressman Lewis a lieutenant-col
onel of the First Washington Regi
ment and he served on the staff of
Gen. Brooke in Cuba and later on that
'of Gen. Grant In Porto Rico.
It la Interesting to recall that It wns
upon Congressman Lewis’ resolution
demanding the recognition of Cuban
Independence that tho Spanish war
broke out, following the blowing up of
the Maine.
The first sign that Lewis was mak
ing his presence felt at Washington
Was Ids appointment in 1899 ns a
member of tho Anglo-American Joint
High Commission to settle a pending
boundary dispute with England; hut
the following year lie received a high
er compliment. At the Democratic
convention held at Kuiibhs City In 1900
Ids name was presented by all the
Pacific coast states except California
ns candidate for the Vice-Presidency.
After some hnllotlng ho threw Ids
votes to Adlat Stevenson of Illinois.
Importent Success at Law.
In the full of 1902 he moved to Chi
cago and opened a law office there,
and three years later he was made
corporation counsel of the city. It
was during Ids Incumbency of this of
fice that the great fight took place to
have declared Invalid all the Chicago
street-car franchises and to secure
their municipal ownership. Against
all the talent that the money of the
corporations could secure, tho conten
tions of James Hamilton Lewis pre
vailed, nnd Chicago recovered control
of Its street ear lines, and under the
new arrangements the city gets 65 per
cent, of tho net receipts nnd retains
the powers of regulation and super
vision. This wns followed by an at
tack upon the gus companies and the
electric light nnd water corporations,
and here again Lewis scored a victory,
with the result that Chicago controls
and regulates completely nnd owns
partially Its light and water services.
Tho senator in discussing these mat
ters never falls to pay a tribute to
Gov. Dunne, who was mayor of Chi
cago during that exciting period nnd
Inaugurated these reforms and whose
policies the senator ns chief law offi
cer of tho city established In the courts
and aided in enrrvtng out.
The next fight In which James Ham
•non Lewis engaged was one for the
recovery of back taxes from large cor
porations nnd millionaire estates end
the success .which had attended his
Richness >
In a Breakfast Dish
—sweet, appetizing and easily digested—ls mip
plied abundantly in the substantial nourishment
of whole wheat and barley.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
made from the rich, nutritious parts of these
grains, come to you in the form of crisp, nutty
granules, full of health-building properties.
Grape-Nuts long baked—is thoroughly
dox trim zed and digests usually in about an hour.
Heady to eat from the packages with cream
'mid sugar—delicious!
“There’s a Reason’’ for Crape-Nuts
sold bv Grocers everywhere.
MICHII FINE FOB
WEAK KIDNEYS
Mixed With Juniper Is Old
Folks’ Recipe for Clogged
Kidneys and Backache.
Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver acid stoina'-h, sleeplessness and
all sorts of bladder disorders, dizzy
spells, spots before the eyes, frequent
desire to urinate.
To avoid above troubles you simply
must keen your kidneys active and
clean, and the moment you feel any
of the above symptoms, get a good
sized bottle of Stuart's Buchu and
Juniper Compound from any good
drug store, take a tahlespoonlul in a
glass of water after meals. Stop
eating sweets or sugar. In a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine and natural. Stuart’s Buchu and
Juniper Is harmless to flush clogged
kidneys and stimulate them to nor
mal activity. It also neutralizes the
acids in tiie urine so It no longer
hurts to pass water, thus ending blad
der disorders
Everybody should take Stuart's Bu
chu and Juniper now and then to
keep their kidneys clean. Be sure
you get Stuart’s Buchu and Juniper.
previous labors crowned his latest ef
forts. The city treasury was enrich
ed by the sum of three million dollars
and a valuable precedent was estab
lished.
In view of such a record of notable
achievement it is not to he wondered
at that Lewis should have received
280,000 votes as unanimous Democratic
nominee for the senate in the prima
ries of 1912, or that the year 1913
should have found him a, Washington
lepreHcnting Illinois for the long term.
One month after his arrival in
Washington Senator Lewis was elect
ed Democratic whip of the senate, and
within six months he was elected as
sistant floor leader by unanimous vote
of the Democratic caucus. The sena
tor’s more recent record is familiar to
everybody.
A n;an who has so much good work
to his credit and who may look for
ward to many years of usefulness need
worry himself very little about the
good-natured Jests of a humor-starved
community, nor need he take too se
riously the advice which Henator Tom
Corwin of Ohio once gave to a young
man: "If you expect to ho respected
for your wisdom, never make another
humorous speech or entertain with
bright remarks another gathering, lie
a solemn ass.”
DR. BYRD TO PREACH AT
ST. JOHN’S ON SUNDAY
Dr. C. W. Byrd, a former pastor of
the St. John's Methodist Church, will
lie In the city Sunday for the purpose
of preaching the commencement ser
mon of the J’aine College. Tho sermon
for the college will he preached in the
afternoon.
Dr. Byrd will also preach at St.
John's nnd n great congregation wiil
greet him. 'Hr. Byrd yas one of the
most popular nnd acceptable pastors
the church has had. During Dr.
Byrd's pastorate, the magnificent par
sonage and tho commodious Sunday
School rooms were built, giving to St.
John’s one of tho best equipped church
plants In the state.
Dr. Byrd will prohahly he accom
panied by his wife, and they will be
entertained in the charming home of
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus H. Brown.
DEBATE ON WAR’ TONIGHT
AT THE COURT HOUSE
At the court house, half past eight
o'clock tonight a debate of special
Interest will toko place. The at
tendance will not be confined to mem
bers of the debating society, as nnv
person w.io thinks a live Intellectual
combat worth hearing Is cordially
Invited. The suhleet for this debate
will he: "Resolved, that so far the
blessings of the war have outweighed
Its curses."
HER HOME COMPANION.
"The new neighbor across the way
sent over to borrow my Home Compan
ion thla afternoon."
"Where has she ever seen me?"
"I don't think she has evey seen you.
Why?"
'lf she nas never Seen me why does
she want to borrow me?"
THE AUGUSTA AUGUSTA, GA.
The Following Quotations Explain Why
THE WISE DRY GOODS- CO.
Is the place to do your shopping
if you want the best merchandise
for the least money.
15c 40 inch white lawns
at 7 l / 2 c
20c 45-in. Indian Head, at 15c
25c white Voiles 10c
Regular 25c fancy white
goods, in checks and stripes,
sheer and fine at 10c
5c to 7 l-2c Laces at 2^c
25c Shadow Laces at 10c
50c Silk Boot Hose, some
slight imperfections in sone
of them caused from the ma
chinery, yours on this ac
count at .19c
Ladies* regular 50c Gloves,
in black, white and colors,
at 19c
THE WISE DRV GOODS CO.
Children's 15c fancy Socks
at 10c
Children’s 25c fancy Socks
at 15c
Regular 25c Windsor Ties,
at 19c
15c floral bordered Scrims
at 10c
Ladies’ SI.OO Umbrellas,
at 75c
35c Colored Ratines at... 19c
15c Turkish Towels at ...10c
Large size heavy Turkish
Towels, worth 25c at 19c
Men's 25c Silk Socks at.. 15c
FRIDAY, MAY 29.