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Cassius M. Clay, Jr., doesn't brag niteh on himself as an orator, but it should not therefore be rashly inferred that he can't speak and speak well. Or tery comers as natural to a Clay as craps to a darky, and though the present candi date for Governor is only remotely con nected with the great Henry, still his branch of the imanily knows how to talk and to talk effectively. Crssius M. Clay, Jr., is a son of the late Brutus J. Clay, who was a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress, and a prominent and wealhly farmer and stock raiser of Bourbon county. Brutus J. Clay was the son of Gen. Green Clay, of Madison, far mer, soldier and statesman, one of the noted pioneers of the State, who trans mitted to all his descendants that intrep id spirit and mental and physical power which he himself had received from his ancestors, a Welsh baronet, through one of the adventurous members of Sir Wal ter Raleigh's colonial expedition, Cas sius M. Clay, Jr. is a nephew of Cassius M. Clay, Sr., the old lion of White Hall, Madison county, who looks out from his ancestral lair and occasionally growls his displeasure with the times, whose great est sensations tame by comparison with the stirring events of his own career. His nephew has the same vigorous spirit and the same intellectual strength. Crasine M. Qisy, Jr., has never been afflicted with much ambition. He has preferred the life of a Kentucky country gentleman upon his splendid estates in Bourbon. But his mettle has been tried and he stood the test. He is a man absolutely without fear, having always the courage of his convictions prompt, decisive, mas terful and with the qualities which go to make up the clear-headed leader and the successful organizer. Tie is a king-bee in a convention. There is not a lazy bone in his body. He has a head to plan, a vitality that keeps him hustling, and a will to execute. When fortune smiles he is not flattered into indiscretion, and when the fickle dame frowns he never gets panicky. Opposition develops in him resources and daring. Tall and erect, with strong features, a clear, penetrating glance, and an air of poise and of indomi table courage, he is a man who rises to his best in an emergency. In the State Senate three years, he led the memorable fight against the railroad lobby, and was the only member of the committee to in that, and to his hustling, he owes his at Convention, position in which the Se = : vA has given increasing satisfaction, Gis aay as tn ya As intimated above Mr. Clay can make 4 good speech. But Mr. Brown can make a better. Mr. Brown ahso knows how to organize. But at that game Clay could probably give him half and beat him out. Clay is too good a general to risk his fight to the sump, but he is too smal
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Richmond Climax
Richmond, Kentucky, US
Wed, Dec 10, 1890
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