Show y t r c L n ti 1 Y a r Iw t to r r I I s I i I IN T THE LIMELIGHT i i I i I DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN CHIEF 1 a best of of It lie was waa WJ 11 Bryan u throughout the ine campaign and e ever er thereafter It U was chiefly as all a result of his loyalty to Bryan Bry Dry an that he was was honored with his present resent office Five or r six years ears ago I 1 Mack ck came out with a terrifying yearning warning to his fellow Democrats In states that were not holding fast tast to the true trub Bryan Dryan faith in their various state platforms He lie declared that unless they stuck by t tho o platform and tho the Ideals of ot the Democracy y he saw an an awful smashup rc coming just down own the road a way There would be a third party headed by Bryan DIan an George Fred Williams Willman Towne and others and they would write passe on the tho good old Democracy and nd send lt It to the he scrap p heap This awful warning was was Int intended nd d to tt drive David Be Bennett nett Hill Belmont Delmont Taggart and other Democrats of ot alleged Republican tendencies hurrying to the tho woods to avert the Th This s year Mack l was one of the early birds of the D Bryan Dian ian movement movement In tho Democracy While White his fellow tellow New Yorkers were were scoffing or uttering shrill shrieks of ot terror over the prospect of another Bryan nomination Norman wason was wason on the job with witha a W W. J. J B B. streamer mer on hi his hat As a result while tl the e erest rest of Now New York went with the an antis ls with a wild whoop Mack succeeded In saving himself solid to Bryan without losing a a. man In Buffalo Mr Mack Is IJ recognized as a power politically and otherwise He lie owns a dall dally daily n newspaper the Times and d he has other business Interests which have help helped t to make him a ve very very comfortable fortune WILL HELP T TO GATHER COIN I S JI Fred W W. Upham of Chicago has been named as assistant treasurer of pf the tho Republican national committee and given full tull power and authority to fA go out into the highways and byways as well as I Into to the he humming marts of ot trade as an official of ot- fi ficia lal beggar There here is no question but this gives Mr Upham one of the biggest begging c commissions in the books and neither is there much doubt that the G. G O. O P P. begging will be thoroughly and painstakingly done Mr Upham will pay pay attention particularly to the western portion of the country and will have his headquarters in Chicago His position will be only nominally lly second to that of or George R. R Sheldon the New York financier who woo is treasurer irca of the committee Sheldon will con con- I. I I. I fin fine his lifting coin operations to the east where his intimate relations with most of tl the e big financiers and business men will make It easy for tor to coax the needed sinews from their wallets In the west Upham will do much do-much much more effective work than could Sheldon on account of ot the rumors connecting the latter w with th one j or r two dozen trusts trusts beneficent beneficent of ot course inn course in which he is an officer Upham is a real reat business man and the h head d of ot an important lumber manu manufacturing g firm in Inthe the central centra metropolis He is also interested in the coal business business busi busl ness and in several other con concerns concerns eros of varied character h r. r Personally Upham Is what Is ii generally termed a hustler Incidentally but in n no no wise contradictory he is a good deal of ofa a a club man and belongs to toI toa toa I a l long ng string of ot social and patriotic organizations He lIe is 47 41 ye years rs old and be began an his political career in Chicago a as an alderman ten years ago He Jle pas had been hol holding some sort of ot an official position in that city ever since And has hast made an excellent record eco t excellent II PANAMAS PANAMA'S NEW PRESIDENT I 1 1 tg j Les Norman E. E Mack of Buffalo rec recently selected as chairman of the Democratic national commit committee t tee occupies a most unique position Ho lIe was practically practically- the tho only Bryan Dryan Democrat In the delegation dele dele- gation gatlon from his state to the tho Denver convention It IB la also noteworthy If one recollects that in each of the h previous two Bryan Dran campaigns for tor forthe forthe the presidency Mr Mack flocked d' d by bT himself aa a as asa 8 a Bryan Dryan man The first time It happened Mr Mack started out with the antis antl and that lined him up with such men as nit David D B B. B Hill William C C. Whitney eY Bourke Cockran tiro O late Gov Billy Billys IR Russell ssell of ot Massachusetts W. W F. F Vilas of Wisconsin and men like that Rather than not not be regular however ho lie accepted tho the dl dictum tum of his party c convention lv and nd made ad the Domingo who has succeeded Dr Atna Atna- dor as president of ot the republic of Panama was born about 64 years ago in David a town on the isthmus and and andIs is still a man of active physique and vigorous intellectual powers Sin Since e the tho creation creation cre cre- atlon of the he republic in 1903 his Ills career has been beena a n. most eventful one He lIe served as senator in inthe inthe the Colombian congress and on September 20 20 1903 1103 took over the functions of governor of Panama Two months later when the uprising occurred Senor was arrested and held helda a n. prisoner In fn the house of ot Dr Amador who afterward af at became president On the senator taking taking tak tak- ing the oath of ot allegiance to tho the new republic he was released His appointment as as as' minister lo So the United States followed I Senator led the conservative party in Panama Panama but also showed reform tendencies While minister to the United States he hew was s a tollo follower of ot President Amador and was was elect elected d vice-president vice of oC th the r republic It wag was d during Amador's r recent cent absence In Europe that while acting as president Ta system of ot graft which permeated the entire administration lI he at once introduced drastic reforms bu but they hey w were t h ah nil l I nullified on Amador's return to oP Panama And since since ne nearly a fortnight ag ago It has required the powerful influence lna ence of ot the United States government to protect him from unfair m I Senora Dona Joseta Josefa cJ tie fie wife of pt f the now new president is s a charming woman and belongs toJan an old and well known Panama family She speaks peaks French Jn n addition to her native n uv Spanish h. h but h has s not yet acquired English With her per two two sons she a c Sen Senor r to Washington and lived there until her hus husbands husband's return to Panama II L GOES ON RETIRED LIST 7 II Real Rear Admiral Richardson Clover president of the naval board of ot Inspection and survey has baa been placed in the retired list lilt on account of ago age He was born In Hagerstown Md ild just 62 years ago go and was graduated tr from m the United States Naval academy In 1867 He ne has had a 8 along along long and creditable career in all branches of the tho naval establishment Including the coast survey in southeastern Alaska From 1889 1869 to 1893 he be was hYdro Inthe Inthe in inthe the bureau of ot navigation and aneS from 1897 to 1898 he held the responsible position of chief of or the theoffice theom om office e of ot naval Intelligence In the tho early part of the Spanish war he wu war a member of at the war and strategy board until May Ia 1 I 1898 when he was placed in command of ot the United States State ship Bancroft Dancroft He afterward resumed charge chare of or the office of naval intelligence until 1900 isoo wh when n he was wu assigned to dut duty as u naval naTal at tho United States State at London where he remained for tor three years CAn lie He was wai then placed In command command com com- mand wand of or the he he battleship Wisconsin on the Asiatic station and brought that vessel home to th the United States Steles For the past put three ean he has haa been president of th the board of or Inspection and survey surrey enga engaged ed In the trial of warships constructed since that date data In May faT 1886 while holding the rank of lieutenant he ho was married to Miss Mary K Eo Miller dao daughter of th the late Senator John F F. Miller of California Ha lie Is la a member of ot the Metropolitan Country and Chevy Chase clubs of 0 Washington and of or the New York Yacht club and of or the University club of or New York |