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Cole, Francis Richard

lawyer, orator, author, poet, was born prior to the great fire in Chicago, Ill. He was given thorough education in the public schools; received the degree of LL. B. from the Lake Forest university; and subsequently received the degrees of Ph. D. and LL. D. He is one of the foremost lawyers of his native city; and in 1892 was a candidate for judge of the supreme court on the labor reform ticket.

He is a lecturer on medical jurisprudence in the Dutton Medical college; is president of the Citizens' Sovereignty association; and is the author of a large amount of poetry and prose; and in 1896 wrote a work entitled Civilization, Bryan and the Times.