James F. Stutesman

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JAMES F. STUTESMAN


JAMES F. STUTESMAN was born on the banks of the Wabash and has had a notable career in Indiana politics.  He has participated in every campaign since 1888 and has easily held his own on the stump with that notable galaxy of Hoosier orators who have made the Indiana hustings so remarkable.

He has a magnetic personality, a splendid, resonant voice, a graceful style, and the saving grace of humor.  His lecture on Bolivia is a recital of personal experiences while he represented the United States as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in that remote but interesting country, and is graphically illustrated by more than one hundred beautiful pictures.  His lecture called the Civic Conscience is a keen commentary on some phases of our national life, and is interspersed with humorous anecdotes and vivid illustrations, making it a brilliant and stimulating offering to the minds of thinking people.




Words of Commendation
The Hon. James F. Stutesman is an able and versatile public speaker.  It has been my privilege to hear his lecture on Bolivia, where Mr. Stutesman served the United States in the diplomatic service.  The lecture on Bolivia is illustrated with excellent stereopticon slides secured by Mr. Stutesman.  The fine illustrations with the happy description of the lecturer give a profitable hour of travel in the Republic of high altitude.

Civic Conscience is the theme of another lecture by Mr. Stutesman.  This lecture is timely, while dealing with present problems of civic life and the duties of citizenship.  Having heard the lectures on Civic Conscience and Bolivia, I would commend the lectures as being interesting and as given by one with marked ability as a public speaker.

HARRY NYCE, Minister First Presbyterian Church, Peru, Indiana.

The Hon. James F. Stutesman, ex-Minister to Bolivia, recently gave a lecture on Bolivia to the students of the Mercersburg Academy.  Mr. Stutesman is a strong speaker.  He has a complete grasp of his subject and he knows how to present it in a most attractive way to his audience.  The pictures of the people and their customs which he shows are interesting and attractive.  Bolivia, like the other South American republics, is destined to play her part in the world's history.  The subject as presented by Mr. Stutesman will be helpful and most interesting to any audience.

WILLIAM MANN IRVINE, Head Master, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pa.

Hon. James F. Stutesman is one of the most interesting speakers I have ever heard.  A man of the widest experience, he has something to say, always, that his auditors want to hear; and he says it excellently.  His delivery, to my mind, is about perfect—clear, sonorous, graceful, and unaffected.  He has a very rare combination of qualities—a scholarly mind, an active and acute observation, keen common sense, and a rich and catholic humor.  He has the great gift, too, of being able to say what he wishes to say.  He finds the right phrase—the exact concise, incisive, phrase—which only a wit can find.

I have heard him very often, but never often enough.  He is the kind of speaker (and there are very, very few of this kind) that you wish to have continue indefinitely.  Stutesman always seems to stop too soon.

BOOTH TARKINGTON, Indianapolis, Indiana.

I have known the Honorable James F. Stutesman intimately for thirty years.  In this time he has been student, lawyer, member of the Indiana Legislature, and United States Minister to Bolivia.  He is a man of exceptional ability, a clear thinker, and a fluent and interesting speaker.  I am sure he will interest and entertain any audience.  His knowledge of Bolivian affairs is wide and intimate, while his long experience in home politics eminently fits him to speak on phases of civic and national life.

G. L. MACKINTOSH, President, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Hon. James F. Stutesman, one time Minister of the United States to Bolivia, is a public speaker of exceptional ability.  He is both instructive and entertaining; a keen observer and clear thinker.  He is a thoroughly successful popular lecturer.

CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, Former Vice-President.

I consider the lecture of Hon. James F. Stutesman on Bolivia as particularly interesting and instructive, inasmuch as the subject matter is almost entirely new to North American audiences.  Mr Stutesman is an eloquent and forcible talker, and handles his subjects intelligently and in an exceedingly attractive manner.  His audiences invariably express their appreciation in the most complimentary terms.

FRANK B. CROSTHWAITE, Attorney-at-Law, Washington, D. C.

The Wabash Valley has not a more gifted speaker than James F. Stutesman.  He is a brilliant fellow, dignified and polished, and we do not know a man with a more captivating personality, a more eloquent tongue, or a higher standard of manhood.

CHARLES B. LANDIS, Former Member of Congress.



James F. Stutesman, who had been selected to deliver the welcoming address to the old soldiers, then appeared and spoke about thirty minutes.  The address was eminently pertinent, historical, inspiring, abounding in beautiful passages, and splendidly delivered.—
Peru (Indiana) Journal.


The speech of James F. Stutesman, of Indiana, Thursday evening was an able, logical, and clear statement of the political questions of the day.  Mr. Stutesman is a pleasing speaker, interspersing his remarks with applicable anecdotes which produced roars of laughter.—
Humboldt (Kansas) Times.


Joint Representative James F. Stutesman, of Peru, was renominated by acclamation by the Republican convention held at Kokomo today.  He made a brilliant and vigorous speech in accepting the nomination.—
Indianapolis Journal.


The address by Jim Stutesman was a regular whirlwind of oratory and library of sound logic.—
Kewanna (Indiana) Leader.


Mr. Stutesman made a clever exposition of his subject.  He is an entertaining talker and preaches gospel truths that make his talks worth while.—
Wabash (Indiana) Plain Dealer.


Hon. James F. Stutesman, nominee for Joint Representative, has been secured for October 18, 20, 21.  He is an eloquent speaker and very popular in this county.—
Kokomo (Indiana) News.


The address of Mr. Stutesman was a fine effort.  He is a pleasant speaker, full of energy and wonderfully gifted with the command of language.  His style is impressive and captivating and he possesses the knack of holding an audience from start to finish.—
Peru (Indiana) Chronicle.


James F. Stutesman, of Indiana, made a rousing speech, interspersed with humorous remarks, that caught the crowd.—
Topeka (Kansas) Capital.


The speech of James F. Stutesman in nominating Hon. N. N. Antrim for Judge was a model of beauty.  The language was in the most elegant taste and the delivery inspiring.  Mr. Stutesman has a voice that rings out like the tones of a silver bell.—
Peru (Indiana) Republican.


Mr. Stutesman is no stranger to many people in Roann, having filled several engagements here, where his new-made friends pronounced him a natural orator and a rising man of great ability.  His address, clothed in the best of language, was plain and practical.  Besides furnishing wholesome food for reflection on the important subject of Citizenship, he added to his list of admirers each new-made acquaintance.—
Roann (Indiana) Clarion.


Mr. Stutesman, of Miami, makes a most solid and forcible argument and is a master of sarcasm and repartee.  He is the most eloquent speaker on either side of the House of Representatives.
Report of the Indiana Legislature, 1901.


Representative James F. Stutesman, of Peru, who was a prominent candidate for Speaker of the House, is doing yeoman service in the interest of the people of the State.  He is a man with the courage of his convictions and with the ability to forcibly express his views.  He is now dealing sledge-hammer blowsagainst all grafts and unnecessary appropriations.
Indianapolis Press.


There is not an abler or readier speaker in the State than Mr. Stutesman, and his force and ability have been much in evidence during the session.—
Indianapolis Sentinel.

The Wabash (Indiana) Tribune states that the address delivered by Hon. James F. Stutesman, at Roann, last Friday night, on Civic Conscience, was the ablest effort ever heard in that thriving town.


Mr. Stutesman is a conservative, forceful, and eloquent talker and gave a perfectly logical discussion of the issues, with a modicum of quaint humor.  The speech was one of the very best heard in Crawfordsville for several years.—
Crawfordsville (Indiana) Journal.


The lecture on the Civic Conscience, by James F. Stutesman, was one of the strongest that has been given during the term.  It was not only eloquent but filled with excellent suggestions of value to all college students.—
Bloomington (Indiana) Telephone.


At the reunion of the 124th Indiana Infantry, Mr. Stutesman spoke for a period of forty minutes, and those who heard him say it was a splendid oratorical effort, surpassing anything ever heard from his inspired Isaiah-like lips.—
Peru (Indiana) Chronicle.


Many who had often heard him before declared it the best speech he ever made.  He was logical and eloquent, however, and pathetic, holding the attention of his hearers admirably.  The applause that greeted Mr. Stutesman's many good points was generous and timely.—
Kokomo (Indiana) News.


After paying tender tribute to the dead, Mr. Stutesman made a strong plea to the living for good citizenship and good government.  It was a masterly address, in which sincere and ideal sentiments were strongly blended.—
Crawfordsville (Indiana) Argus News.

James F. Stutesman delivered the address at the Elks' Memorial Services in Kokomo Sunday.  The Tribune says: He was quite happy in his conception of the proprieties of the occasion, and his effort was one that had in it much of sound preachment, not a little of wholesome philosophy, and many beauties and elegancies of diction.

Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc., Washington.