Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1899 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

M. Georges Clemenceau is again a deciding factor in French politics. No cabinet can remain in power, it is said, so

long as he isagainst it. Few men have had so romantic a history. He is a doctor of medicine, one of the most influential journalists in France, a statesman who might have had almost any office in the gift of the republic,, at one time an ex-

ile, ami now again (he maker and shaker of French cabinets. . He was born in 1841. He fought a Humber of duels, was denounced as an atheist, and was finally arrested and confined in jail at the instance of the Emperor for preaching the doctrine of Republicanism. Then he came to America and taught French in New York and at a school in Greenwich, Conn., where he met the American girl wbo afterwards became his wife. In 1869* M. Clemenceau and his family went back to France and settled at Montmartre. He got home just in time to see the outbreak of the Fraiico-Prussian war, and immediately developed into an administrator of the first order. During the siege of Paris he was at once Mayor, judge, doctor and governor of the inhabitants of Montmartre. In 1871 he was elected to the House of Deputies. He has since served as president of the municipal council of Paris. Col. Albert D. Shaw, the new com-mander-in-chief of the Grand Army, elected at the recent encampment at Philadelphia, has been prominently connected with that organization since 1886. Mr. Shaw has given his country efficient dip-

lomatic as well as martial service, having been consul at Toronto, Canada, and Manchester, England. He enlisted at the time the civil war broke out and served until the end of hostilities. He graduated fromVSjt. Lawrence university in 1867, and was elected to the New York Legislature the same year. In recent years he has been interested in the development of electric power at Niagara Falls. He lives in Watertown, X. Y.

William L. Wilson, former Postmaster General and nt present the head of the University of Virginia, is suffering from

a recurrence of his lung troubles. One lung is said to he practically gone, and his recovery is doubtful. In addition, his sight is affected, and he is almost totally blind, being able to work only with the assistance of a sec- ' rotary. He cannot read, and has for several w-eeks been unable to write

much. Wilson baa never been of robust health, and during the preparation of his famous tariff schedule, while he was in Congress, he M-as obliged to take a trip to Mexico to gain strength for the tight upon M-hich he was about to enter. This is the man appointed toy Chief Collerau of Chicago to protect President

McKinley from cranks and designing people. Murphy is the “living image” of the President, and during the latter’s stay there he was put forward occasionally in order to give Mr., McKinley a rest. Last year when the President

was in Chicago, it is said Murphy was put conspicuously forward, and many cheered him as the chief executive of the nation. Among the stanchest admirers of Rear Admiral Schley is Miss Edna McClellan, of Washington. Some time ago she

started an endless chain to raise money for the purchase of a loving cup for the rear admiral, but the fund is growing so rapidly and premises to reach, such proportions that the committee in charge of the fund expect to

be able to purchase fer hhn a handsome Washington residence.

M. CLEMENCEAU.

COL. ALBERT D. SHAW.

W. L. WILSON.

WM. MURPHY.

MISS M’CLELLAN.