Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1904 — IN THE PUBLIC EYE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Judge Edgar M. Cullen, the nominee on the Republican ticket for Chief Judge of the New York Court of Ap-

peals, tae position recently vacated by Judge A. B. Parker, is a native of Brooklyn. Governor Tlldcn made him a member of his staff in 1876, as engineer in chief, with the rank of brigadier general. In 1880 Mr. Cullen was nominated and was elected judge

of the Second Judicial District of the Supreme Court. On Dec. 16, 1899, Governor Roosevelt wrote a fetter to Judge Cullen designating him to the Court of Appeals. On Dec. 18 he rehis acceptance, and bn Jan. 1900, he wore for the first time the gown of that court. Judge Cullen is a bachelor. Senator Benjamin Ryan Tillman, of South Carolina, who, In a speech, told Chicagoans that the race question Is

the great Issue of the presidential campaign, is one of the most widely known members of the upper house of Con- \ gress. By nature/ he is aggressive" and a fighter, and his attacks on men and measurps at various

times have caused him to be a central figure In the arena of publicity. Senator Tillman was bom fifty-seven years ago on his father’s plantation at Cheated, Edgefield County, S. C. In 1890 the farmers nominated him for Governor. In 1895 he was elected to the United States Senate and at once became famous by his threats about “pitchforking” President Cleveland. George Meredith, the well-known English author, has aroused a storm of protest in Europe and America by ad-

vocatlng, through the columns of a London paper, a limited period of marriage. The contract, be pleads, should be for a definite period of time —“forty years, forty hours or forty minutes”—or whatever period may be agreed upon by the couple seeking mar-

riage. Mr. Meredith is now in his 73d year. He published his first volume of poems Just half a century ago. He has written several novels, the last appearing in 1895. In late years he has again turned his attention to poetry, but his last volume attracted little attention In the literary world.

Governor Aaron T. Bliss, of Michigan, one of the richest of lumbermen, is an example of what a poor boy may

accompllsh througli his own efforts. As a boy he worked on a farm In Madison County, New York. On the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted as a private In the Tenth New York Cavalry and took part in some of the greatest battles of the war—Bull Run.

Fredericksburg, the Wilderness and South Mountain. In the latter part of the war he was made prisoner, but escaped and after day's and nights of privation made his way through swamp and forest to Sherman's lines. When the war ended he went 4o Saginaw and engaged in the 1 urn leer business. He prospered exceedingly and to-day is one of the richest of Michigan lumbermen. Alva Adams,' who has been nominated for Governor by the Colorado Democrats, Ims been a party

leader Colorado, for years ajjd Is aspirant for United States senatorahlp. He lias been Governor two terms and in 1807-o—and lie also was a member of the first Colorado Legislature. Mr. Adams was born in lowa County. Wisconsin, May

14, ISSO. When a very young men he went to Colorado and started In the hardware business. Ills home is at Pueblo,

The last session of Congress provided new medals of honor and according to a recent order of Secretary of War Taft those holding those heretofore issued must turn them in. They will receive new ones in exchange. The first bronae tablet, and the first memorial of any kind to John Paul Jones, haa been erected at Boston. Thompson-Set on la seeking a larger acquaintance of wild anlnala among the recesses of Canada.

JUDGE E.M. CULLEN

SENATOR TILLMAN.

GEORGE MEREDITH.

GOVERNOR BLISS.

ALVA ADAMS.