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Show J IN THE PUBLIC EYE j m FIGURED IN OIL DISCLOSURES . .Joseph C. Sibley, the Pennsylvania congress- I .IK n,nn wl0a" name figured In tho iccent Standard ( WM ' jfb, 0,1 closures of W. K. Hearst, will not be ho j ft vOf directly nrfcclcd by tho unpleasant revelations j It 3 an the Ohio statesman, for the Keystone man fcSJSlS volunlnrlly retired from congress it couple of wc7 VSj years ago anil has not nought political prefer- . r- fij mvnt since. While he wus In the house ho oc- s caslonally shot up Into the limelight for a moll mo-ll wf?" f mettt, but upon tho whole was considered a j 7" )k faithful If not a brilliant representative of his " Jm?$(f y Jfev dlstilct. At ono tlmo ho made an attack upon CTPfV. ' (fjfiv "10 president from the lloor of the house which '! MSfflWH BsSJQmWw "'traded considerable attention, and at the time il mm J JiiliAVlWM ,,r "l0 I'ostolllco scandnls some unpleasant atten-l atten-l Hwffiltlifi5tUM Hon was attracted to Sibley by the discovery I that a company In which he was heavily Inter-M Inter-M cslod had an Important contract for furnishing supplies to the postofllce do-i do-i liartmont. Slbloy was born 57 years uro In New York, and nftcr teaching school, farming, merchandising and veiling goods on tho road he struck a paying load as an oil producer and amassed considerable wealth through tho medium , of a signal oil. 1 IIo went into-politics while still comparatively young, and was elected i mayor of Franklin, I'a at the age of 2!. Ho was a Democrat In thoso days, nnd It was that party which sent him to congress In 1892. He was ono of tho original free silver boomers, but his convictions underwent a pronounced change later on, for in 1I00, while still In congress, ho reversed himself and liocame a Republican. A little Incident like that did not, howevor, appear to affect his grasp upon his constltuercy, for he continued to ho elected to con-gross con-gross by his new partisans. Ho hos been nctlvo In various cattle breeding, agricultural and dairymen's i organizations, nnd It nppciirs from the recent rovelatlons that he also took i Roinnthlng more than a mere passing Interest In the nffalrs of the Standard j Oil Company. I MAY GET SENATE TOGA I i i i j I I Ollle M. James, congressman from the First Kentucky district, will undoubtedly succeed ! f Sennlor Thomas H. Payntor If a Democratic legislature is elected lu that state Hero Is the 4Wii?w!f Interesting pen plcturo n prominent Demo-llrl Demo-llrl cratlc paper paints of him: ' I s$T$sB """ H,am'H B,x lpot four Inchea In a pair of 1 AY-5 vWjy 11 shoes that are filled completely by a pair fajT jVjv of old-faEhloiied feet, Bhnpod In tho rows of the V-' fiisbn corn-field to tread tho paths that lead to future gnainrss. yftvSW """ 'lns s'zo w'",01,t symmetry, sort of fififlL. M'MiW t,lrow" together carelessly ns If nature In a WyWwA, good-humored, convulsive mood hnd d.ino a big iwifMffi thing and did not have time to carvo It into txiMyWw1 the shapeliness of nn Apollo Helvltloro. A party of Lllipiitlaus could dnuce a minuet on his broad hack. No Kentucky thoroughbred Is wider through the heart than he. "Ills eyes have caught and held a littlo blue of the sky with a little gray of tho autumn fields. Theie is au expression of frankness and guile that at onco assures an acquaintance that there Is nothing to fear. His nose Is only fairly good, not big enough, but Intruslvo enough for his broad facial background. Kindliness and good humor break In concentric circles about the mouth, whose dominant quality Is gentleness, even weakness. One looks lu vain for tho nweep of Jaw like n scimitar In full swing, bidding defiance to nil coiners. His chin should bo a challenge distend of a compromise. Hero Is the keynote to Mr. Juntos' wholo charactar: a lack of masterfulness that may affect his career seriously If ho does not overcomo It. I "James Is not tho ordinary southern orator, smothering his nudlences lu I llowers of rhetoric and blowing bubbles of wit and fancy Just to amuse the I crowd. His speeches are models of clear-cut. vigorous English, and his sen-I sen-I tences have, when necessary, tho cutting power of a whip of scorpions. "Whether In congress measuring merits with tho Republican leaders on great national questions, before a chancellor arguing au Intricate question of law, facing a Jiuy in whose hnnds the life or property of his client Is held or on tho hustings with thousands of Democrats anxious to hear the word pro-! pro-! . claimed, ho Is equally effective, his presence magnetic, his manner engaging and Ills resonant voice a never ending delight. Ho is 'lllg Ollle' to his Intimates Inti-mates anil 'Plain Olllo" to every ono olso. He Is easy to get acquainted with. There are no ft Ills about him, no affectation and u wholesome welcoming nt-mosphcrc nt-mosphcrc surrounds him." HONORED BY FRENCH ACADEMY I 1 I Louis Frechetto, the bard of French Cnnnda, , j'X nna l)eun ,innl0l1 ns lnureato of tho French acinic- gjr n,y- While a most unusual honor, particularly I (fj?'i since its recipient Is a resident of this contl- if?-' 3 uont' 11 n(1(,s ,10,1,I,1K ,0 tll distinction that is V'ftsft 1$Efl universally necorded Dr. Frcchotto as tho last of r"' l,mt lrllllant group of poets and novelists who sO AL''l Mnvo ,r-'u,o Fiench Canada and tho slmplo llfo , fef ,v r.sfl of tho habitant known to tho world. Of this jiSvW Krottp, Frechetto and Drumnioud wore undoubt-I undoubt-I iSL VL ' ' ell' tl'o leaders, although Claspe with his "Los 'frfwvr" St" Anclens Cnnaillens," Mannette and Routhler Kv5v3Ps have all mudo enviable names In tho world's W-tOTSR llieraturo. ?SVWS Dr l''loc,,l!tto wns l)0 I" Quebec n half i SsftBMU century ago, and was orlglnnlly Intended for tho law. Ho abandoned that dry profession, how ever, and after a live ears' resldenco In Chicago ho returned to Quebec nnd plunged into politics For u few years ho was n member of tho Dominion parliament, but politics, too, fnlkd to hold his fancy and went over to Mon-I Mon-I treal and to llti iaiure. A legislative clerkship furnished him with a modest I livelihood until the quaint charm and the charming revelations of llfo in II French Canada made him Independent. Th plnco ho occupies In tho Held of literature is peculiarly his own, and tho habitant could have no more gently sympathetic chronicler. Honors have coino to tho poet from many countries before this later tribute trib-ute of the academy. He was elected n knight of tho French Legion of Honor nearly 30 years ago. when two of his books were crowned by tho Immortals. Ho has been given many high orders nnd denotations by tho rulers of Great Hi ltnlu and other countries, and ho is accounted u member of many learned societies. Ho was latoly president of the Hoyal Society of Canada. AUTHOR IN POLITICS I I Kdward W. Townsend Is another literary l85? lnnu wno 'lns !'ro,p,, '",0 political life recently. Hi 'r3-V Ho hos been nominated for congress by tho BH f ""wSft Democrats of one of tho Now Jersoy districts. f T'10 Sovonth Now Jersey district, which will H fcV ItmI 1)0 "10 sc0" (,f ''H political offorts, has bean vVM represented In congress by a Hopubllean for the TFv 11 ln8t 15 'oar8' b,lt 't 11 cloH0 district nnd '$jS. pi) Townsend will only have a majority of a few J21bi ftf hundred votes to ovorcomo. V3 4 Hy the average render Townsend Is romom- Hl V' 'Xjx. bered chiefly as the creator of that unloio and Blanglly Interesting young gentleman, "Chliumlo !WT1(S radden," whoso self-to'd ndvontures and ox-,MMMiwMriti ox-,MMMiwMriti perlences made Interesting rending n dozon fl3mSSssSmttlilm yeais ago. He also wroto tho "Major Max" bketches, as well as several novels, sketches, plays nnd poems of varied sort. Although he was born In Cleveland, O., ho Bl lived much of his life In San Francisco, whero ho worked ns a newspaper Hfl writer and where ho first mudo a reputation as nn author of clever special articles and humorous bits that wore widely copied and quoted. For boiuq yourB piwt he has worked on tho New York newspapers, and has made hit homo in tho pretty town of Montclalr, N. J., within easy reach of tho uietrop ollii. The presont Is his first serious venture Into politics. |