Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1908 — JEFF DAVIS’ DEBUT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JEFF DAVIS’ DEBUT.

Arlcanaas Senator Dellvero |ffal4m ■ jifxitejhJr Breaking all traditions and precedents, United States Senator Jefferson Davis, pf Arkansas, addressed his col-

leagues on ."trust coptrdl of busl- . -ness;’’ after - nlus days’ Up ttm aft kit It was an umvritteflr law* that*"' no • genptflr should- ad-; dress, his fellows in'll set speech un- * l'esS he had Served ’ iit least ime term-.

. Senator Bevy eridge reduced the, tim c *-l\mlt torial .apprenticeship by. sneaking after, three months* wcilpiitlon'df a seat. Davis’ purpose- to cstabdl ish ‘ft new, record/had been widely advertised and there-was a large, crowd tp bear him. . In 1898 Davis was Attorney General of Arkansas and, while'in this position, secured the Democratic noriiffiatioM sos Governor.* AlHiough bitterly opposed * by practically, .every uiewspaper Jsu the TState he was elected by, one, of tlm ; largest majorities ever given in Arkansas. TlifOe times he wtltr ieICT-fed 1 Governor. He is of a restless, nervous* temperament, devoted to hisjumily, an enthusiastic lover of bookstand a studepf of men. He is of fiiie appearance,/ beliig over stX 'feet tall. Ills daughter is his constant companion and stenographer. Senator Davis . te a nephew of the illustrious Southerner whose name he bears. ‘ . -