Show T fir RAPS AMERICAN HEROES james 11 II stark historian hiet orlan in his hi book abe the of and the other side of at the american revolution calmly teara tears the halos from the beads heads of 0 the ancestors ance etora of many x I 1 of 0 lassach isetts isetta first dm mee les who pride them 4 selves elves on their honorable i Lono rable lineage the book 1 Is a most moist damaging document to cause of the sons of the and other kindred kocl atle and one cue ot of the boldest statements concern 1 ing the he real lives of come some of the foremost men of or revolutionary days in a gl ch pter devoted to the abea causes of the revolution the author elates states in virginia the revola flonary movement of the poor whites or cracker era led by patrick henry wae was again the planter planter aristocracy it wag was only very slowly and very deliberately that washington identified entitled him belf with the it cause patrick henry was one of the most unreliable men living according to historian stark byron called him a forest born and jefferson wondering over his career exclaimed I 1 where be he got that torrent of language Is inconceivable I 1 have frequently closed my eyes while be he spoke and when he was done asked myself what he be had bad aid said without being able to recollect a word war d of it I 1 lie ile bad had been successively a sturt keeper a farmer and a shopkeeper but he be failed in all there sulta and became a bankrupt at 23 1 declares the author thor then he studied law a few weeks and practiced a few years finally he eN embarked barked on the stormy sea of politic politics one day he worked himself into a is alnet frenzy and in a most dramatic manner demanded liberty or death although he bad had both freely at bis his disposal john adams joined the probably became because he daw saw that it the revolution was successful there be great opportunity for advancement under the new government this proven to be the case the author by quoting from a letter which adams wrote show shown bost boston an that adams was a defaulter and did not make proper return of taxes and that his sureties had to pay about stark takes up tip with careful detail the boston mobs and the events lead ing ill ul to the revolution in telling of the boston massacre he says the rioters repeatedly challenged the soldiers to fire it they dared and the torrent of charbe u end and profane abuse poured upon the soldiers eold lers Is aaton aston labing even in its echoes across the century and would furnish material for an appropriate inscription on the attucks monument NEMESIS OF THE BEEF TRUST who is this man pierre P garven who dares to go after us inquired one of the beet beef barons recently indicted at jersey city you might get some information as to his fighting qualities and ability as an official offIc tal by in quiring of the standard oil company was the reply dy by this it is shown that the oung prosecutor ot of the county of hudson in new jersey having once locked horns with the prentest of all trusts and come out winner Is fitted for the great battle ahead of him when be he soe zoes into court to try the tl 21 packers of the beef combine for conspiracy mr garven is not a reformer in the sense in which the term is generally usel ite ile imply simply belle es the enforcement of c the laws like joseph W folk of missouri mr mir garven saya says the the laws should be obeyed by all alike but if it the laws aa they appear in the statute books are bad laws they should be repealed mr air garven garen started out in life just like thousands of other boye boys he ile was born bort 1 at bayonne and his first work was for the jersey central railway company lie ile studied law at night and after being to the bar served the ame game company in the legal department next we hear bear of him attacking ft 1 corrupt democratic ring he ile lost the first bout but tried a recondo time and was wits elected mayor of bayonne Ba thep it was that he tackled the oil t trust rust and he ile did not think the rockefeller concern was paying enough taxes if theres anything a trust hates its taxes so mr garven had a tight fight on his hands from start to finish but he lie si receded in tacking 2 on to tho the assessment against the standard he ile had bad tried to add 5 COO GOO but was satisfied the compromise I 1 GREAT SPEAKER the british house of commons the other day IN elected reelected re james W lowther speaker and fur for on I 1 binl 1 P period the right honorable gentle malt mau will III preside over the lower loer branch of thy the I 1 V mother of 1 parliaments arli amenta as does I 1 uncle joe can non at washington I 1 f 1 I but the right hon ilon jomes james W lowther follows ji a different system from that of the speaker of U 21 1 the house of representatives at the capital of the united states nobody ever calls the british I 1 0 sp speaker ealker a czar a term that has been applied 1 I j to american speakers none of the members of the house of commons ever gets into an 11 ment with the speaker there Is no fight against his rules prior to hia his election speaker lowther had been as keen keep a partisan as anybody to his tory mind a alatia ll 11 was only a polite no merest mention of home rule for ireland made him see red he ile his lis mind inside and outside t abe e house with raich much vehemence nod and he was not riot a man to wince words he lie called a right honorable spade a right honorable spade and if any man within the sound of bis his voice dian t like it he could lump jump it but wb ahn n he beal t speaker be he became politically dense derse he lie had h d not a and must not have a political opinion so tar far as an party politics poll tiCA s con cerne corned d he know anything iha emoluments of the of the british house of commons common aare are 25 a year an nu official residence 5 a year toward ita its equipment a web of broadcloth every christmas and a buck and a doe each year from the master waster of buck hounds bounds when the speaker wants to retire from office ho he gets a pension of 20 a year COL GORDONS SUCCESSOR leroy percy who recently was elected united unite states senator to fill the term terra of the late A J mclaurin ie its a lawyer and planter the eon son of col cat 4 IV percy who won bis his military title in tho can confederate federate army and also was a lawyer and said planter the family one of the oldest ia in mississippi has its home in the rich yazoo delta country senator percy lives at greenville a town of some 8 population which is in situated on the river and is the county seit set or 0 washington county the real teat test of popular opinion on the gapa question will come in mississippi ulc beit t year with me holding of the democratic prima primary ry at which the voters will determine suo cessor gercys election came after a long light in the legislature legisla tere he ile was dominated nominated on an this 1 fifty eighth elvith ballot of the caucus nomination being equivalent to election by a majority of five votes over former gov vardaman that picturesque tur esque character has announced his intention of being a candidate at tho the coming primary and be he undoubtedly undoubted ir will sill poll a large tote it is presumed that mr percy intends to make the primary a ice also for the term for which be has just been elected will exilie march larch 3 1913 born during the civil war senater r percy 1 c considered a representative of both the old and new spirit to in he ile showed blin self a good poll in the fight for the and was the only candidate to tie elov 1 strength steadily itea dlly as the contest progress progressed cd his wife is a Lou lelan creole one of til lis brothers is a prominent lawyer of memphis Hemp bl another ather is one cue of the wealthiest business men of ALL |