| Show S Q ENA TOR OLliE M M. O JAMES JAMES' ES' ES of Kentucky who died today after a lingering illness 7 f fI fI I I I fI I t tI I s' s I I I 1 I I Noted Noted Figure I Jn In Politics of of I p v j r 1 r N Nation a 1 D O ad d I d' d t i T r By Associated Press 1 WASHINGTON Aug 28 Senator I Ollie Oilie M. M t J James e of Kentucky dl died d at o'clock this morning at a ho hospital hog hos I pital in Baltimore where he had bad been ill ill for some some time Ollie OUie M. M James one of the le leaders ders of at the Democratic party and l long ng a dominant figure in Kentucky politics I served five consecutIve consecutive t terms as a a. aI aj I j member of congress from the First Kentucky district was elected i States senator by the general assembly assembly assem assem- bly in 1912 and was for that office by a large vote at the statewide primary on August 3 last Big Ollie Ohlie as James was familiarly known to thousands attended five Democratic lc national conventions as a delegate from Kentucky y subsequent to the Chicago convention a a- served as p permanent chairman of ot cne ie conventions conventions con con- I of ot 1912 and 1916 which nomInated nominated nom nom- mated President Wilson BOYHOOD AMBITION t James James' boyhood ambition to serve in congress was ws V s realized in 1902 when at the age of or 31 he began the first I of his five consecutive terms from the First Kentucky district Shortly I I after alter his lila election tp the United States senate by the general assembly the I constitutional am amendment providing I Ifor I for tor election of ot senators by popular I vote a measure which James had hadI labored to 0 get th through ough congress became became became be be- came a law I His Ills Uon at the statewide primary on August 3 after his oPI opponent opponent op oP- op- op I had virtually eliminated himself himself him him- self by asking his friends to re- re nomInate nominate James came while he was wasIll wasill ill at Johns Hopkins at Baltimore j J where he had be been n confined almost continuously since February 1 t tIn In the dramatic events that led up I to and followed the assassination of Governor William WilHam Goebel Big Ollie played 3 a conspicuous part and won the praise of the people of his own wn state He was wa a leading figure In Inthe Inthe inthe the convention which nominated Goebel Goebel Goe Goe- I bel bet after a deadlock of ot more than a n. aa a week and supported t tile the c latter hatter In the subsequent campaign When hen Goebel I decided to institute a contest after arteria I Ia a of election had been I given W. W S. S he le asked James I Ito J to serve a aff as' his hiR attorney before the tho general assembly HE BECOMES ILL The cont contest st was decided in Goebels Goebel's then he was killed In the storm period that followed James occupied a conspicuous place Senator James was married December December Decem- Decem ber 2 2 1903 to Miss Ruth Thomas daughter of ot R. R Y T. Thomas of or Marion Marlon Ky who survives him There were no children It was am m n his return from Patterson patters N N J. J where he att attended the funeral I of Senator William Hughes that j Senator James became ill ear early y In February Ho was bedridden with for two w weeks eks but spent his time preparing an address upholding the administrations administration's conduct of or the war which he delivered February 14 4 against advice advice of of physicians Three days later he was forced to his bed ed by acute Inflammation of the kidneys but he was up and attending I to his lis again three weeks later Finally his condition became T Tsuch such that he was sent to Johns Hopkins Hopkins Hop Hop- kins kina where he underwent several minor operations Later Latee blood transfusion transfusion trans trans- J tl bu btttle le to 0 fusion was wa attempted In tb the save h his hs s l Ua d' d 4 |
