C O NTENTS

PA GE

HE NRY WA TT ERS O N
FE LIX A G NU S
MI L TON E A I LE s .

JOH M A TH R TON
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JOSEPH W B AILEY .

JOH H BAN KH AD
N . E

E DW A D W BARR TT
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JOHN BARR E TT

PE R Y B E M O N T
R L

ALBE RT J B E ERID E . V G

JOH C B A CK
N . L

JOE C S B LA C K URN
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S C OT C B O NE
T .

WIL LIAM O B ADLEY . R

WIL LIAM J B RY N . A

T HE OD RE E B UR O N
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CA T IN C C C ALH O
P A . .

JOSEPH G C A N ON . N

AND EW C ARNE G IE
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THOM S H C AR T ER
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JOHN B EC KINRID G E C AS TLEM AN

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HE NR Y D . C LAY T O N
JUDSON C . C LE M ENT S
GEOR G E B . C OR T ELY O U
ALBER T B . C UMMIN S
GLENN H C . U RTI ss

JOH DAL E L L
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C HA UNCE Y M D EPEW .

GE OR G E D EWE Y
C HA LES D IC K
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S TEP HEN B E L KINS .

CH RLE S W FAIRB ANK S

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WILL AM W FINLEY
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JOSEPH W FOL K .

J O SEP H B F ORAK E R .

D AVID R FR AN CIS .

H ENR Y C FRIC K .

C HARL ES FR OHMAN
E LBER T H G A Y . R

WI LLI AM J G AY NOR .

T HOMA S P R YOR G ORE

C HAR LES H G AS TY . R

S IMON GU G G ENH EI M
BR UC E H ALDE MAN
W LLIAM B URC H HAL DEMAN
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JOHN M ARS H LL H ARL AN A

JUDS ON HARM ON
E DWI N H AWLE Y
J M ES T HOM A S H E LI
A F N

HIL ARY A H ERBER T .

WILLIAM B HIBBS .

JAM ES J HI LL .

F R AN K H HIT CHC OC K .

RIC HM ON D P E AR S ON HOBS ON
C LAR K E H OWE LL .

STILS O N H U T C HINS
M EL V LLE E I N GALL S
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ko JAM ES
LLI E

B E N JOHN S ON
JO S E PH F JO HN STON .

JULIUS KAHN
JOH KE ANN

WILLI AM PITT KE LLOGG

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J O H N W K ERN .

PHI L ANDE R C KN O X .

R OB E RT M L AF O LLE TT E .

JOHN E L AMB .

H E N R Y C AB OT L OD G E
N IC H O L A S L O N G W OR TH
WILLI AM A MCA D OO .

JAM ES MC CREA
JAM E S B M C C RE ARY.
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P A GB

JOHN R . MC L E AN
MA TIN B M ADDEN
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GEOR G E L MEYER
VO N E N GE RK E

GEN N ELS ON A MILES

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H E N AND O D M O EY
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J. H AM P O N M O RE T O

J PIE PON T
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PA UL M OR T ON
FR AN K A MUNSEY .

WIL AM R N ELSO N
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FR NC S G N EWLANDS
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FR AN K B N OYES .

R OBER T L O EN . W

A LT ON B P R K ER . A

R OBER T E P E ARY .

SA M UEL H PILES .

GI ORD PINC HOT

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JOSEPH P ULI T ER Z

I SID OR R A YN O R
W H T EL A W R ID
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H ERM A N R DDER I

E DDIE G RI GGS .

E DW ARD P RIPLEY .

JOH D R OC KE ELLER
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$ T H OD ORE R OOSE VEL T

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E IH U R OO T
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T H O M A S F R Y AN .

WIN IELD S C OTT SC HLEY

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SW A G S H RLEY
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T H ODORE P S HON T S
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HO K E S MI TH
M ARCUS A SM TH . I

JAM ES S MI TH J ,
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WAT S O N C S Q UIRE .

A U G US T US O WSLEY S T ANL EY
GE OR G E W S TE VENS .

MELVILLE E S TO NE
WIL LIAM J STONE .

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WI LL AM S U L E R
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CLA UDE A S W AN S ON .

WI LLIAM H T T ”
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T HOMA S TAGGART
JO SEP H FREDE RIC K C TALB OTT .

C HARL ES H TAY L OR .

E D M UND H T AY LO R J .
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A U G US T US T HOMA S
R OBER T J TRA CEWELL
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O SC AR W U ND ERW OO D
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FR AN K A VA NDER LI P
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D R HARVE Y W WILEY
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JAMES WILS ON
WOODR OW WILS ON
F YOA K U M .
 H ENRY W ATT ERSO N

ENRY WATTERS O N was born at Washi ng

t on D C February 1 6 1 8 40 Was mainly
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educa t ed by priva t e t u t ors ; was s t a f f O fli c er ’

during t he Civil War and chie f O f scouts in ,

General Johns t on s army ; report er and edi ’

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a wri t er W a sh i ng ton S ta te s 1
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edi t or Democr ati c Revi ew 1 8 60 6 1 ; Cha tta

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nooga Reb el , 1 86 2 —6 Repu bl ic a n Ba nner ,

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Nash ville 1 8 6 5 —6 8 Removed t o Lo uis ville 1 868 t o assume
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managemen t Of t he J ou r nal w hich wi t h W N Haldeman he , ,

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consolida t ed wi t h t he C ou rie r and t he Democra t 1 8 6 8 under , ,

t he name of C ou r ier J ou rnal since w h ich he has been editor

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He repre se n t ed t he Fift h Ken t ucky dis t rict in C o n gress fill ,

ing ou t an unexpired t erm from Augus t 1 8 7 6 t o March 1 8 7 7 , , , ,

and dec lined r e elec t ion He w as delega t e t o Na t ional Demo

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c ra t ic Conven t ion 1 8 7 6 O f w hich he w as temporary chairman ;

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1 88 4 1 8 8 8 he served as Chairman O f t he Com m ittee O f
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Re solu t ions and exercised a do mina t ing infl uence in f orm u

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la t ing t he na t ional pla t fo rms .

He has been honored wi t h t he degree Of D C L by t he . . .

U niversi t y Of t he Sou t h 1 8 9 1 and LL D by Bro w n Uni

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versi t y 1 90 6 He is t he author of His t o ry O f the Spanish

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American War 1 8 99 ,
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The Compromises Of L ife L ec —

tures and Addresses 1 0 2 ; edi tor

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Life and Charac t er 1 8 8 2
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There has always be en a profusion Of talent in the American

press ; t alent more alert and versati l e than is to be fo und in
the press of an y Europe an country In t he roll O f the great .

American journalists wh o se S hining lights and po werful in

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fl u ence on the polic y and devel o pment of their country ; in

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that c o mpany of rare spirits and well in the fro nt ran k appe ars
the name o f Henry Watterson The edit o r li k e the p oe t is
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bo rn no t made Henry Watters o n is a b orn j o urna list and

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generally ackno w ledged to b e the most gifted perso na li ty in

the journa li sm of the U nited S tates ; this great p e rs o nali t y
emerges fro m the unendin g fil e O f its n o tab le s o ns and stands ,

apa rt wi th a pecu liar and e x trao rd i nary impressi veness He .

has the mental fe rti lity and grasp the eager and enterprisin g ,

temper the hi gh aspiration and public spirit ; he combi nes

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extrao rdinary a le rtness Of inte lli gence and pro mptitude i n de

cision with an artistic temperament whi ch rece iv es impressions

in Vi vid flash es a ll o f whi ch are ind i spensable to the su c cess O f

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a great newspaper His keen wit hi s dia l ectical p o wers his

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large and varied st o res of knowled ge the read y c o mm and Of his ,

m ate ria l s the Vi g or with wh i c h he a l way s carries the war int o

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the enemy s camp the unfei gned de light wi th wh i ch he app li es

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what may b e c a l led a swashb u cklin g sty l e of ar gu ment the ,

u nru fifle d temper and unfai li n g g oo d hum o r with w h i ch he

re c ei ves Ro l ands for his O livers and the chee ry audac i t y wi th

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whi ch he d o es battle for causes in wh i ch he i s i nterested re ,

g ar dl e ss for the m o ment whether he h a s the b est o f the e nc ou n

ter a ll qualities whi ch e minent ly fi t him f o r t h e voc at io n O f
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a s kill fu l a c t ive and in fl uent i al j o urna li st His p l ace i n the

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n e wspaper wo rld and the success that h as attended his career

may b e attributed in a great de gree t o a hi gh ind ivi dua lit y
and stren gth O f c hara c ter H e has i mpressed the stamp O f
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hi s own i nd ivi dua li t y upo n hi s paper ; i t is so markedl y hi msel f

that the peo p l e spe a k of it n o t as the Cou ri er J ou rnal say s b u t
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as Watters o n say s Take him all in al l as a j o urna list an d

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fe w i f an y essentials wil l b e fo und wantin g Ce rtain ly n o

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man in his generati o n has wi elded the t h unders O f the jour

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ma li st m o re e fi ective l y and c an S h o w l arge r res u lts from ,

th o ro u gh traini ng indefati gab le in d ustry and sp l end i d ab i lities

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His k een sce nt and alertness i n k nowin g what the b etter pub li c
i s as king or wi shi ng fo r and to provi d e i t i n ab undan ce as a
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capable business man is a t once conceded We should look
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to no one phase O f his w ork in j ourna l ism but ra t her on t he ,

t o t ali ty Of h is many sided and marvelously flexible genius ;

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and no ma tt er ho w ever deba t able t he substance Of his con

t rove r sia l edi t orials or the ardor of his charac t er may cause
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him to advoca t e unpopular vie w s wi t h exaggerated fervor ,

hi s courage and s t urdy independence in defending what he

beli eves t o be right win for hi m t he respec t even of his
Opponen t s .

Among t he dangers t ha t be set Democratic communities ,

none are grea t er t han t he eff ort s Of w eal t h t o con t rol not ,

only elec t ors and le gisla t ors bu t also the organs Of public
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opinion and the disposition Of s t atesmen and j ournalis t s to

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defer t o and fla tt er the maj ori t y adop t ing t he sen t iment do mi
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nant a t t he momen t and t elling t he people t ha t i t s voice is the

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voice Of G od Mr Wa tt erson h as no t only been inaccessible

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t o t he lures O f w eal t h bu t j us t as li tt le accessible t o the f ear

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of popular displeasure Wi t h hi m t here has been neither

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t ru ce nor compromise with t hose who sought s pecial pri vileges

a t t he expe nse Of t he pub lic He has been nei t her dismayed
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at the rapaci ty o f greed n o r appalled at t he audacity of t rusts

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All his li fe he has been a true disciple of Thomas Je f ferson ;

and he never t ires O f bat t ling f or the rights O f the masses and ,

exposing t he snares Of monopo ly and defying the mercenary

cohort s of preda t ory w eal t h
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In his capaci t y of j ournalist he has set an example O f

a serious and lofty conception Of an edi tor s du t ies ; he has ’

brought to hi s work a sense of moral responsibility and zeal

for t he welfare of hi s fellow citizens In fact he has bec o me
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a nati o nal possessi o n ; his name e vokes an interest and hi s

in t ell ectual emi nence a tribute which he richl y deserv es and
appreciates He h as brought especial and peculiar credit and
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hon o r to the S t ate Of Kentucky The profession Of editor .

has e vol ved a new t ype Of intelle ctual and supplied a new
t heater for the display O f peculiar and except i onal gifts The .

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m o st i nterestin g form O f t hi s type is found in the editor wh o i s
h i mself an ab l e writer and wh o imparts hi s own i ndi vidua lity
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t o the journal he directs T O t h i s type of editorial pro fessi o n

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Mr Watterson bel o n gs He is one O f the m o st remarkab le

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examples O f it that hav e appeared in our time .

Mr Watters o n is a l way s a sty list o f the first ord e r ; a l way s

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using the ine vitab l e and elect ri ca l word His sty le is cl ear .

cut and tre nchant it rarely sink s below a hi gh leve l O f fo rm

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and spee c h E very wo rd has its u se and e very sentence tel l s

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He has a gi ft f or terse vi vacious para graphs The t o uch is

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e qu all y li ght and firm If the manner is bris k the matter is

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solid ; the reader admires the keenness O f the insi ght and
the weight O f the judgment just as much as the brightness of ,

the style His sty le is n o table fo r its wealth o f illustration

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its pre gnant apho ri sm its forcefu l l ogic and its abundant
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S i militudes of which he uses many The power t o create

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si militudes is the mark Of an ori ginal and ample mind and ,

Mr Watters o n possesses it in an unusual degree His rhet o ric

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is graphic his th o u ght is direct and incisi ve hi s Virile and

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masterl y presentati o n O f men and events is a t ri umph O f

characteri zati o n He is Opulent in the u se Of adjecti ves is
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varied in the art Of bri n gi ng ou t O f his treasury incisive nouns ,

i s trenchant in hi s u se O f adverb s picturesque in all his sen ,

f ences and h o me thrusting in his satire

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In truth he has a Vi go r and stren gth O f styl e the ab i lity

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t o express truth i n ele gance Of phrase wi th o ut detract i ng

from the fo rc e Of th ou ght that has seldom b een attained ,

in jo urnalisti c writing There is a fert ili ty as we ll as fresh

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ness in hi s applicati o n Of princip l es to current q uestions

and i n the illustrati o ns b y which he enfo rces hi s arguments .

It is Often remarked that the gro wth Of journa lism fo rcing ,

men t o write hasti ly and pro fuse ly tends t o injure literature ,

bo th in matter and manner Mr Watters o n has no t seemed . .

t o su ff er th o u gh a proli fi c editoria l writ er ; whi le he ex hib its

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a gift fo r rap i d and p ic t u resque comp o si tion wi th n o apparent ,

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li mi t to the subj ec t s w hich he can mas t er at Sigh t yet h e is ,

exac t clear and t horough his style re taining its force and
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point He clo t hes hi s jud gmen t s in t he b rillian t the Oft en

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f ascina ting lan guage t hat makes his wn tings no less li terature '

t han poli t ical his t ory Wi t h the inquisi t ive mi nd o f the

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j ournalis t ic type i t is nei t her narro wly analytical nor loosely

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syn t he t ical bu t h as t ha t rare t rue construc t ive pow er in which

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analyti ca l and syn t he t ic genius are c o mbined producing an ,

ad mirable and brilli an t achievement in high c la ss j ournali sm -

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His s t yle is free f rom w eakening d ifl u se ness from pe rplex ,

ing evolu t ions f rom crabbe d and mutilated se ntences Com

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m onl y i t is f ul l some t imes Copious but never pro l ix or ta w d ry ;

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i t has a li t erary dis t inc t ion w hi ch en t i t les it qui t e aside f rom t he

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po li t ical pro minence t o a high regard He wri t es wi t h much

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s peed and his capaci t y f or ra pidly thr o wing his subject

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in t o f orm is remarkable I t is not unco mmon t o reach much

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spee d and faci li t y in wri t ing bu t i t is very unc o mmon to c om

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bine t hese quali t ies wi t h li t erary excellence Of composi t ion and

wi t h pe rmanen t and careful kno w led ge .

If w hen j udged by t he s t ric t canons O f t he se verest taste

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hi s w ork is no w and t hen some w ha t marred by an excessive

lu xuri ance i t is due largely t o t he p ressure O f an overflowing
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voca bulary There may be archaic f orms O f spe ech and pro
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vi nc ia l colloquia lism bu t i t mus t b e all o w ed t hat mos t O f

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t hese do reall y t hro w in t o hi gher relief the though t expressed .

Even t he occasional languors and lapse s in his editorials into

t he prosaic are bu t t he res t s or si nkings O f the eagle that ,

he may prove t he s t ren gt h Of p l ume the next m o ment by

again soan ng t o his h ighes t in the sun beams ; but these are as
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no t h ing as agains t t he t reasure O f masculini t y and good sense

tha t abounds His edi t orials are some t imes purposel y in
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t ended f or mere bril l ian t to urs def orce; almost reckless designed ,

ra t her as fireworks thrown up t o dazzle and bewilder than the

s t eady li ght Of hi s serious and resolu t e purpose Again hi s .
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editorials some t imes have a li t tle more ginger than the ordinary
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reader is a cc ust o m e d t o B ut these Viv aciti e s are e xc eptio nal
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and inci denta l ; the y are si gni ficant b rea kin g as they d o the ,

sua ve dec o rum genera lly maintaine d As a ru l e he giv es .

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an attract i ve ed i t ori al page t o which he i mpa rts hi s p e rs o nal

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charm Th e se edit ori als fo am over with c le vern e ss ; their

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eas y ferti lit y th ei r l i vely fan c y their keen insi ght i nt o men
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and me asures give proo f that they hav e come from a tre n c hant
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Vin l e and c ou rageo us pen fi g hting f o r th e ri g ht and h ig h

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idea l s and e ven th o se wh o di f fer are fo rced to re spe c t the

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chara c ter and h o n e st y O f the mo ti ves O f the writer ; that here

i s a man Of stro n g c o n vi ct io ns c lear ideas and ardent senti
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ments b ased mainl y upon com m o n sense Of e x t ra o rd i nary

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d epth and b readth .

To trace the c o urse Mr Watters o n has tak e n in p olitics

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O f the country since the Ci vil War w o u l d almost be th e out l ine

o f the hi st o ry o f the intervening years fo r there hav e bee n ,

n o great issues in the discussions O f which he has n o t bo rn e

an imp ortant part He h as b een a v ital fo rce in the history
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O f t h e c o unt ry since the Ci vi l War He has b een e ver read y

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for the fray i n p olit i ca l and al l p ublic a f fairs He h as b een .

a pe rs o na l fact o r i n many extremely imp o rtant p olitical hap

p e ni ng s ; a fighter for g reat causes la y i n the v ery st i fl nes s o f
A gain and again when c o ntra ry t o hi s f riends
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ad vi ce he h as taken s o me b o ld and decided co urse th e e v ent

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pro ved hi s judgment t o ha ve been b etter than theirs He h as .

ex hi bited man y stro n g qual i ties of a le ader A l eader must be .

bo ld and at the same time cautious ; he must be c o mb ati ve

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and coo l tak e swift de cisio ns o n hi s own responsibilit y ; he

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m u st b e s y mpathetic and able to enter i nt o the fe elings O f his

fo llo wers and S how hi mself interested in them n o t mere ly as
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part y fo ll o wers b ut as human bein gs There must b e a ce r

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tain g lo w a certain ef fulgen c e O f fee li n g which makes them

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care fo r h i m and ra l l y t o him as a pers o na lity ; i n thi s re spec t

Mr Watterso n h as be en ve ry c o nspicuous The mo st righte o us
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ca u se wi l l l an gu ish until a man is fo und t o embo d y it ; t h i s has

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been s t rikingly illus t rated in Mr Wa tt erson s star ey ed .

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Holdi ng very s t rong vie w s O f his own on t he leadi ng ques

t ions Of t he day he was nevert heless one O f t he most open
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mind ed of men and ready to admi t t hat ano t her argument

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was t he s t ronger t he momen t his intell ec t recogni zed i t He .

w as not made t o fo l lo w subservien t ly Possessing t he quali .

t ies t hat make a leader fert i l i t y of re source boldness withou t

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rashness aggressiveness wi t hou t violence alert ness wi t hout

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irri t a t ing suspicions wi t h excellent judgmen t and a firm

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de t ermi na t ion he has be en admi tt edly one of t he sa f est and

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mos t consumm a t e counselors O f his t ime .

He rendere d si gnal se rvice in t he w ork of binding up the

w ounds O f se c t ional s t ri fe pu tt ing bygones behind hi m in
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t he e f fort t o res t ore t he Sou t h in t he U nion as a f ull part ner .

He pleaded eloquen t ly f or a res t o red Union under t he Constit u

t ion A ll t hrough t he t rying period of recons t ruc t ion he was a
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grea t peacemaker He addressed himself t o t he t ask of t he

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reconcilia t ion Of t he sec t ions He t horoughly s t udied those .

lessons which t he t ermina t ion Of t he civil conflic t en f orced ,

and i t w as b y impart ing t hem t o o t hers t hese t ru t hs S O clearly ,

grasped by himsel f t ha t he was enabled to render such

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impo rt ant se rvice no t only to hi s sec t ion bu t also to hi s

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coun t ry .

Mr Wa tt erson has been a cons t ant and able advoca t e Of

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t he dis t inc t ive issue of tarifl re f orm and the gold standard ,

when t he coun t ry seemed to be on the verge of becoming blind

t o t he annals O f hi s t ory and deaf t o t he voice Of human experi
ence He has kept in close touch wi t h t he really controlling
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b ecause honest pu blic opinion O f the coun t ry His po litical

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philosophy has embraced economic questions particularl y ,

taxation and finance and all the large lines inherent in the
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principles f or which hi s party h as always stood He has seen .

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q ui t e as clearly as an y mind in the country t he en t ire d rif t ,

Of the part y away fro m its righ t course which is also i t s only ,

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h o pe fu l c o urse It h as b een a matter O f su rp rise h o w ofte n
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he has anticipated the sounder conc l usions wh il e a v oiding ,

the errors and extravagances Of others c l ai ming leadership .

He h as b een independent yet not a free lance and ne ver

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hesitated to su b ordinate al l pers o na l or se lfish i nterests t o

fundamental p ri ncip les He has a l ways a vo wed hi s belief in
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what can be accomplished by a candid and intelli gent patri

otism under one pa rt y system He be lieves in the part y sys
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tem and hi s de votion to his own part y is n o t l ess stron g and

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Sincere b ecause it is the high love that wil l not condone wan
dering fro m p rinciple He has lo ved c o ntro v ersy and dran k
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i n de light of battle with his pe ers ; he h as b een the protago nist

in man y a sti ff struggle ; he has scorned the small art s by whi ch
popularity is Often sought ; he has ne ver ab and o ned his prin
c ipl e s or wa v ered in his faith amid disappointment and defeat .

A feeling Of pessimism toward po l itica l conditions is not

habitual with him ; but yields quickl y to a settled con viction
that his part y will eventual ly march fro m the darkness to the
full light Of glorious achi evement .

Mr Watterson has been a creative and do minating influ

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ence in American politics In the accomplishment O f great

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reforms in go vernment and po licies hi s sagacity and fore ,

sight his intrepidity and persistence in the face frequentl y O f

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almost overwhelming oppositi o n and h is final success are

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unquestionable ; and his power and influence for good in our

national life great and enduring He has proved himself .

one of those rare men who early percei ve the need of reform
and then forthwith resolutely set abo ut educatin g the pub lic
and the leaders of the people with a View to securing the
needed re f orms In his long and honorable career there has
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been much valuable service to the State and the nation ; there
has been in thi s loyalty and service a s o und patriotism and
practical sense In the list Of those who have during the
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last years helped by their pens their clear vi si o n their in

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do mitable spirit and enlightened pat riotism to make the

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country s hi s t ory hi s name will find its place and receive its
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well earned meed O f honor

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In life t here is no magic charm like that O f personality .

In priva t e life Mr Wa t terson has the charm O f an unpretend

ing geniali t y His k
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indliness and unassu ming simplici t y of

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charac t er give him an unusual hold on those w ho come to

k no w him we l l Indeed fe w men have inspired so much re gard
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and a ff ection in so large a circle O f f riends Nei t her recluse .

nor pedan t he moves f reely among all classes lea ving the
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impress of an interesting s t imula t ing gracious sincere in , , ,

divid u ality He is a shrewd and genial man Of the w orld a

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penetrating and discrimi na t ing O bserver a keen dissector Of ,

Character a hater O f sham and despiser o f pretensi o ns

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He is a man O f genuinely chari t able f ee l ing broad tolera ,

tion w arm and ac t ive sympa t hi es He kno w s how to be dig

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ni fie d wi t h o u t assumption firm without vehemence prudent , ,

W i thout timidi t y j udicious wi t hout coldness ,

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O ne O f Mr Wa tt erson s most remarkab le characteristics

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is an abounding vi vaci t y w hi ch makes him a joyous person in,

any company He has a pleasure l o ving dispo sition tact and

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bonh o mie He has a serene and unclouded bri ghtness an

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inspiring cheerfulness and animation ; an imm ense po wer O f en

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j o y m e nt which
, S O O ften belongs to an active and v i v acious in

t e llige nc e This wo nderful buoyancy of spirit and sustained

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freshness of mind h as prolonged a yout hf ul enthusiasm .

He has the broad brow Of intellect wi t h a massive he ad , ,

which gives him dis t inction I t is a f ace steadfast proud and .

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sel f reliant S h o wing energy and decision ; yet with a sunny

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tempe red kindness whi ch warms all around him and makes
him the li ght O f any c o mpany Of which he forms a part The .

public is apt to c o nsider t hat it has a so rt of vested righ t t o

know as much as it choo ses of the life Of any one who is prom
inent l y before it and despite that its fascination should be
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kept sealed demands that the inner sanctuary o f pe rs o na l

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and family life be opened up .

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There are many men wh o are j oyo us and ente rtai n i n g
over who m a strange c han ge c o mes whe n t h ey c ro ss the ir o wn
t h res h ol d B ut Mr Watte rs o n is ne v er m o re c h armin g an d
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d eligh tful t h an when surro und e d by hi s family Nowhere .

is h e s een t o a gre ater ad vanta ge than i n hi s h o me Wi th the .

c hil dre n h e is t e nde r a fi ec tionate and reju venated i nt o a c o m

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p a n i on shi p that i s as rare as it is a b eaut i fu l o ther side H is .

re l ati o ns wi th hi s wi fe are pe cu li arly co nfidentia l and a fi ection

ate TO th o s e wh o ha v e seen them t ogeth e r it i s difli cu l t t o
.

t hi n k o f o ne apart fro m th e o th e r so perfec t i s the co mmu ni t y

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o f tho u ght and i nterest Hi s wi fe h as b e e n his bu s i ness n o

.

le ss t h an hi s ho use ho ld co mpa ni on co ns ult e d i n everyt hi ng and

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the ad o red O f his hea rt The d e vo t e d comrad e sh i p O f hi s wife

.

h as be e n an unfa ilin g b a ckgr ou nd o f lov e and s ym pat h y for

a li fe at t i mes po l i tica lly st ormy an d e ventfu l M o re the .
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n obl e d evo ted wi fe so sensib le so tac tful so ad mirab l e i n a ll

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t h e p ri mary human q ua li t ie s o f a str o n g s y mpatheti c and , ,

d elic ate w o man li ness has co nt ri bu ted m u ch by h e r wis e co un

,

se l h e r good che e r an d h er co mpa nio nship t o t h e success O f

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h er h u sb an d . It is at Mans fi e ld the i r be aut i fu l h o me in the

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co unt ry that their c harm O f manner and grace o f h o sp i ta li t y

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mak e t h e m u niversa lly belove d Th e re i s n o mo re graci o us

.

h o stess an d h o st t o b e fo un d a ny wh e re It i s an attract ive .

socia l cent e r an d bo th are s i n gul arly fi tt e d fo r s oc ia l f u n c tions

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.

Here the great ed i t o r e nj oy s fre e d o m fro m hi s strenu o us

lab o rs and th e Open air p leasure whi ch i s SO refreshin g after
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the stress O f th e day i n a newspaper den presentin g a d o mestic ,

fi gu re wh olly attrac t ive When th e fut u re h i sto ri an o f Ken

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tu cky wri tes O f the peri o d embracin g the life O f Mr Watt e rs o n .

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he will find i n the anna l s O f the State n o m ore st rikin g fi gure

than that O f the gre at ed i t o r and great c i ti ze n O f wh o m t h i s ,

s ke t ch h as give n a s i n ce re b ut ve ry impe rfect appre c iati o n .

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m o re S tar SO that hi s plant n o w under his dire c t io n turns
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out from six t o ten editi o ns e very twenty four hours -

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Born in Lyo ns France in 1 8 39 and educated in Pa ri s

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Fe l ix Agnus entered on a career Of acti vity fro m his bo yh oo d .

A Zouav e of the Thi rd Re gi ment he was at the b attle of M on ,

t eb e ll o and in the same year joined Ga ribaldi s famous corps

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“
Of Hunters of the Alps ”
The next year he came t o N ew
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York where f or a time he was with Ti f fany s as a sculptor

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and chaser The outbreak Of the Ci vi l War re vived his spirit

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Of ad venture and he entered the Uni o n Army as a private

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in Duryea s Fifth New York Z o ua ves His first co mmissi o n

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he won at Big Bethel where he sa ved the life Of G enera l

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Kilpatrick Then hi s dash and gallantry won him pro mo ti o n

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after pro moti o n until he received hi s bre vet as B rigadier

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General being at the t i me onl y twent y six y ears Old and th e

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yo ungest Of hi s rank in the army O n Au gust 2 2 1 86 5 he .

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resi gned his c o mmissi o n and returned to pri vate life bearin g ,

the scars O f m o re than a sc o re O f wo unds .

It is t o one of these wo unds that G enera l A gnus asc ribed

his entrance to the pro fess io n Of journa lism Wh en Char les .

C and Eddingt o n Fult o n Of the B al timo re A meri can wh o

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had defied p opular sentiment in B altimo re by Vi go ro us ly

ad voc at i n g the Un io n cause went d o wn t o the wharf o ne ,

day in Jul y 1 8 6 2 to meet a t ransp o rt that had b ro u ght in a

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lo t O f wounded so l d iers the y fo und L ieutenant A gnus lyin g

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pro strate in the cabin Of the shi p su ff erin g fro m a sh o t that ,

had shattered hi s right S hou l der He had rec e i ved the wo und .

at the head Of his compan y in the fina l charge o f the Fifth

C o rps on the Confederate p o siti o n at G aines Mills Th ey ’
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to ok hi m home and nursed him unti l the w o und was hea l ed ,

and when the war was o ver the patient now General A gnus , ,

hastened back t o Baltimore W here he married his gent le ,

nurse Miss Annie D Fult o n the dau ghter O f Charles C

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Fulton S o on after hi s retirement from the A rmy G enera l

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A gnus entered the b usiness departme nt O f The A meri can .

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His re m arkable execu t ive abili t y and his splendid business

capaci t y soon accomplished resul t s and on July 4 1 8 6 9 he , , ,

w as placed in comple t e charge Of t he business managemen t O f

Th e A m er ic a n and h as remained in absolu t e control of
,

its a fl a ir s ever since Short ly before Mr Ful t on s dea t h

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t he vene rable p rop rie t or Of Th e A mer ica n recognizing General ,

Agnus fi t ness f or t he posi t ion and t he gra t i f ying success t ha t

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had resul t ed f rom his managemen t execu t ed a deed O f t rust , ,

making hi m S ole manager Of t he pape r Since t hen t he .

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direc t ion o f the Bal t imore A me r i ca n and la t er O f t he Bal , , ,

t im ore S ta r have wholly occupied General Agnus time and

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endeavo r
General Agnus has al w ays t aken an in t elligent ac t ive ,

in t ere st in na t ional po li t ic s He h as received a number of

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honorary ap poin t men t s f rom various Presiden t s and has ,

serv ed f requen t ly a s a mem b e r Of the Board of Visi t ors t o

Wes t Poin t and An na po li s His rela t ions wi t h Presiden t s
.

Ha rri son M c Ki nl e y Roosevel t and Taf t have al ways been

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cordial and in t ima t e and Secre t a ry Blaine w as moved t o say

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of hi m :
“
He is a grea t Frenchm an and a gr eat Am erican .

He came t o t hi s coun t ry W i t h t he same ze al t ha t made La F ay

e t t e s co ming an honor t o t he land In S t ate and muni cipal
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a fl a irs h e has t aken t he ac t ive part t ha t is t he duty of every

good ci t izen He was a member Of t he Commi ssion t ha t built

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Bal t imore s magnificen t ne w Cou r t House and he w as fore

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man O f a Grand Jury w hich s t a r t ed a sensa t ion by probing

deeply in t o t he managemen t Of the local re f orma t ories He .

has been delega t e t o nearly every Presiden t ial Conven t ion

in t he pas t quart er cen t ury and has t aken part in every impor
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tan t na t ional movement Named repeatedly in conn ec t ion

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wi t h Cabine t positions or diploma t ic appointments he has ,

consis t en t ly avoided political Office T O Secretary Blaine .

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wh o asked hi m once W hat he wan t ed he rep li ed : Your ,

respect w hi le I live and the flag at hal f mast when I die

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W hen t he Republicans O f Maryl and c o ntrolled the L e gis

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l atu re , h e twi ce dec lined to ente r the U nited S tates S enate .

O ne p o si t i on h owever he did a ccept President R oo se velt

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app oi nted hi m C hai rman O f the Chesapeake and De l aware

Co mmi ss io n an d his work on that Board was emb o d i e d i n a
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repo rt which is regarded as a m o de l He h as received man y .

honors from his fell o w citizens in thi s c o untry and he is a

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Kni ght Co mmande r Of the French Co l onia l O rder Of N ich an

c l Anouar w hi ch is o ne Of the divisions Of the L egion Of H o n o r
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General Agnus has also found time f or literature and the

drama War memories have been hi s pa rt i cular f o rte and
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he has w ritten a number O f picturesque stories usual l y based ,

on some thril l ing i ncident in hi s own career

“
A drama A .
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Woman Of War written by hi m in collab o ration wit h Miss

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L ouise Malloy was produced with success a few y ears ago

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Farming is General Agnus de l ight and hi s one recreati o n

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His beautiful country place N acirem a in the fam o us Green

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Sp rin g Valle y is one O f the S how places Of Maryl and The

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memorab le dinner that he gav e there t o the l ate President

Fran k Thomson of the Pennsy lv ania Rai lr o ad was attended
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b y Secretaries B l aine and Rus k and fifteen hundred other ,

g uests including
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men most pr o minent i n p o l it i cs l iterature , ,

finance and commerce

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A s a journa list G enera l Agnus is a l way s in c o mm and and

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he iS surrounded b y a sta ff intense l y l o ya l to his i nterests .

Man y O f his employés have been with hi m from twent y to

forty y ears and his whole organizat io n i s a pecu liar ly faith
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ful and enthusiastic famil y in every one Of wh o m he tak es a

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persona l interest In this respect Th e A meri can and Th e

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S ta r are uni que among the newspapers O f the country and t h is ,

fact is one Of the potent causes O f their p o we r and progress .

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 MILTO N E AI L ES

ICE PRESIDENT O f t he Riggs Na t iona l

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Bank Wa s hi ngton D G Mr Ailes became

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a financier more from th e changing curren t O f

even t s t han o t her wi se He w as bo rn in t he .

S t a t e O f O hi o a t abou t t he t ime when t he

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coun t ry wa s in t he t hroe s o f in t ernal s t ri f e

inciden t t o t he re con st ru c t ion O f t he a ff airs
Of t he Sou t h follo wing t he close Of t he ,

Civil War G ood f o rt une h as s miled upon Mr A iles I t

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knocked a t hi s door and he w as t here t o le t i t in W hen

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he was tw en t y yea rs o f age he was ap poin t ed t o a minor

posi t ion in t he Trea s ury Depart men t a t Washi ngt on dur , ,

ing t he firs t adminis t ra t ion Of Pre siden t Cleveland His firs t .

mon t h s sa la ry was
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He w ould have been pleased
had i t be en larger t hough he en t ered no complain t He had
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asked f or a po s i t ion in t he Gove m m e nt service and recei ving ,

i t he willingly accep t ed t he sa lary t ha t w en t wi t h i t He was

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eager to learn and he w an t ed some t hi ng t o do He made

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t he be s t o f hi s O p port uni t ies He quickly reali zed that t he

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Treasury Depart men t i s t he grea t banking ins t i t u t ion Of

t he Governmen t He was not impa t ient be lie ving hi s t ime
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w ould come and tha t t he only t hi ng to do was to fill his

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small posi t ions f ai t h f ully and bide his t ime Ten years aft er
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he en t ered t he Treasu ry he w as advanced to t he posi t ion O f

secre t ary t o t he Secre t ary of t he Treasury w ho at t ha t t ime ,

w as L yman J Gage Four years af t er becoming secre t ary

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to t he Secre t ary Mr Ailes w as appoin t ed o ne O f t he Assistan t

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Secre t aries Of t he Treasury Mr Ailes long before his advance

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men t t o t hi s high sta t ion had made himself fami l iar wi t h

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the long list of names of those wh o had gone from the Treas
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u ry Department to fill positions of hon o r and trust in the
co mmercial wo rld Mr Ailes struggled hard for the pro
. .

m o tions he received whi le in the service Of the Government .

At first he toted ice for the large water c o olers and coals
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f or the fires . He was accust o med to work when in hi s smal l

O hi o town therefore he was not ashamed to perform honest
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labor in the Go vernment s great banking house From hi s

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per month he saved a bit Of money whi ch he invested ,

in tuition at a night law school When he was not handling

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ice and coals in the Treasury he was readin g Blac kstone ,

during his leisure hours Of the day .

He had an abiding faith in the value Of time He regarded .

time as money He was not the one t o procrastinate He

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was always doin g something Mr Ailes is free to confess that . .

he is indebted to others for much Of the success he has achieved ,

but it would be foo l ish t o imagine that he was wi t hout

meri t to receive such reward When Frank A Vanderlip . .

w as one O f the Assistant Secretaries Of the Treasury he was ,

quick to recognize that Mr Ailes w as capable Of fillin g higher

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posi t ions than the one he was then o ccupying It w as Mr . .

Vanderlip who advanced Mr Ailes to t he position Of secretary .

to Secretary Gage It was likewise Mr Vanderlip who was

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largely instrumental in making Mr Ai les one O f the Assistant .

Secretaries O f the Treasury It is not presumed Mr Van . .

d erli p would ha ve done all Of thi s and more had not Mr , ,

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Ail es come up to the standard Mr Vanderlip is a good . .

judge Of men it would seem W h en he retired from the

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Treasury hi mself to take service with one O f the large New

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York Banks he had o t her h o nors in store for Mr Ailes

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Through Mr Vand erl ip s influence as an O fli cial in the

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National City Bank of New York the Riggs National Of ,

Washington was made one of a group of banks ha ving an

alliance with the New Y o rk estab l ishm ent Thi s meant some .

new o ffi cials for the Riggs National The eagle eye O f Mr . .

Vander lip was again on Mr Ailes whi ch resulted in his be in g.

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t aken from t he Treasury to be come Vice President O f one O f -

t he O ldes t and on of t he leadi ng b anking houses a t t he Capital

e .

From hi long e perience in t he Treasury Mr Ailes fi t ted

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in t o t he requiremen t s O f t he ne w condi tions Of t he Riggs .

In t his posi t ion he has acqui tt ed himse l f accep t ably to all

in t eres t s w hi ch is a hi gh t es t imoni al to hi w ort h I f any
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s .

Governm en t Offi cial ever did hones t fai t hf ul service i t has , ,

b en Mr Ailes The idea t ha t a publi c Offi ce is a privat e

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snap is no part f Mr Aile s makeup According to his o .

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belie f A public o ffi ce is a public t r st

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Mr Ailes is small in s t a t ure probably n t more t han five

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fee t six inche s in heigh t He i s f s t ocky build w ears heavy . o ,

gold i mmed s pec t acles w hi ch make him app ar O lder t han

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he is He i s n t wi t hou t a smi le o n Of t he kind t ha t

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doesn t come fl ye t i t is n t f t he Ta ft pa tt ern

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o o .

Mr Aile s w ears hi honors wi t h due dig ni t y bu t not wi t h

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haugh t iness He does not O bj e t i f his in t ima t es call hi m

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Mil t w hi ch ever l of t hem d

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s Mr Ailes ou t side of his
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ba nk
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ing in t eres t i s a handy man t o have around I f t here

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are any priva t e public s ubsc ip t ions t be t aken up Mr

or r o ,
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Ai les is usually selec t ed as t he Treasurer This w ould indi .

ca t e t ha t t he publi c is not a f raid t o place t heir belongi ngs in

his possession He does no t claim t kno w all abou t t he o

bank
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i ng business bu t w ha t he does kno w he kno w s w ell

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S ince he was made an Assis t an t Secre t a y Of t he Treasury r ,

he has been a f ai t h f ul s t uden t Of business and of finance

in general Personall y Mr Ailes is a m a n of many agreeable
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trai t s The germ O f vani t y has not got in t o his sys t em The
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chances are i t never will He is good na t ured and a good .

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t alker His f ace is clean Shaven He kno w s he is not built

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on t he lines of an Apollo bu t t hi s doe s not dis t urb hi m He ,

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has wri tt en some ma tt er f or magazines whi ch has received

hi gh co mm endation He is a home f o l ks man He looks
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upon f ashionable socie t y as one O f the ins t i t u t ions of t he

coun t ry bu t he cares l i tt le f or i t
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Mr Ai l es has a h obby Th e re is no t h i n g stran ge abou t
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t h at A l th o u gh a ban k er he is at the s ame t i me an agri

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cu l tu ri st It i s n o t i ntended to create the impress ion that

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he is a gent le man farmer

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It is t h i s class wh o ma k e en o u gh
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m o ney i n t h e c ity t o pay the e xpenses O f the fa rm Mr Ai l es . .

o wns a smal l farm in th e S tate O f West Virgi nia and he mak es ,

it pay It is hi s p l easure to w o rk on hi s farm just the same

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as if he were M rs Ai l es hi red man

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Farmer Ai l es is
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quite a di f ferent loo kin g man in pers o na l att i re from that

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Of Ban k er Ai les He is as much at home feeding hi s

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chic kens o r dri ving the h orses t o the m o wing mach ine o r th e -

plow as he is when discounting a piece of gilt edged secu ri t y -

in the bank He h as an ambi tion to b e c ome some day a larg e

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l and o wner when he may q uit b an king and transfo rm hi m

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se l f int o a real farmer wh o wi ll conduct hi s farm not on s ei en

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t ifi c princip l es o n l y b ut fro m a comm o n sense p o int Of Vi ew

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Whe n in the c o untry Mr A i les reads the mark et reports on ,

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eggs chic k ens h ogs cattle S heep po tatoes hay c o rn and

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wheat When i n th e city ab out the o n ly t h i n g i n the mark e t

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line that interests him are stoc k and b ond qu o tat io ns Thus .

it can be seen how a desirable c i tizen li k e Mr Ailes can li ve .

a dua l life He h as a fondness f or the simpler and plaine r

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thi ngs O f life He wil l a l ways be conserv ative and ne ver d o

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an y thi n g foolish Up o n the same principle as a b anker he

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wil l ne ver lend money where he be li e v es he wi ll not get it bac k .

In his indi vidual capacit y he is sentimenta l A S a business .

man he is the reverse It is not likel y he wil l e ver become a .

hi gh li ver not that he dislikes spending mone y but hi s

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inc linations run the other way He is an earl y riser s o me .

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times a fe w laps ahead of the fami ly r oo ster When the hands .

o n the b i g clock in the Riggs Bank point t o ten minutes past

ten Mr Ailes is at hi s desk He be l ieves in promptness He
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wil l n o t ke ep others waitin g and dis li kes b eing kept wai tin g ,

by o thers .

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L ike the late venerable Justin S M orril l Senator Aldrich .
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is a business man but he could never b ri ng t o the discussion

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O f an ec o n o mi c question the literary finish the historical illus ,

t tion the happy allusion the biting sarcasm the O l d V er

ra , , ,

monter summ oned every time he went to debate with such

giants as B eck and Vest and Vance Morrill was a cross .

ro ads storekeeper ; but he was also a student of books Perhaps .

he had read Adam Smith without grasping the drift Of that

powerfu l intellect Doubtless he had read Bentham in dis
.

cu ssion with Smi t h digested his energy fallac y and assimi

, , ,

lated its every Vi rus A l drich cared for none of these

. .

Aldrich does not convince nor does he persuade h e —

,

dominates When those big black bril l iant eyes from a

.
, , ,

great big dome O f thought give a glance at another Senator , ,

they read h im through and through and he discovers in a ,

twinkling whether it is wor t h whi le for Nelson W Aldrich .

to waste an y time on that fellow There is the secret the .

,

whole secret O f the man s s t rength He has a p o werfu l and

,
’
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,

sometimes an imperious will and precious little important

, ,

legislation has been enacted by the American C o ngress for

twent y y ears that he did n o t approve and n o ne that he did ,

not assent to His cardinal principle is that man kind is com

.

posed O f tw o parts the rulers and the ruled He i s no

—
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demago gue ; no hypocrite What the S outh Visits on the .

negro in a political way he would mete ou t to the mudsills O f

the North if he could discern a safe and pract i ca l way to
acc o mplish it .

Ambrose E Burnside a stout so l dier and an incapable

.
,

captain was repeatedly chosen G overnor of Rh o de Island

,

after ou r b ig war Then he was e l e vated t o the Senate

.
,

succeeding William Sprague who go t the h o n o r fo r hi s mil ,

lions and who was n o inconsiderable man notwithstanding

, ,

his v ast wealth In the Senate B urnside was a part y man

.
,

and said yea or nay as party politics dictate d H i s

“ “ ”
.

last appearance in that body w as th e special sessi o n o f th e

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S enate convened by Garfield soon af t er hi inaugura tion It s .

is a ra t her formidable volume in bulk t hat records the pro

c ee di ng O f t hat session and in i t s pages Benj amin H Hill
s ,
.

s t ands out in bold reli e f as t he mos t po w erf ul debater since

Douglas He firs t skinned Mahone and t hen he grappled
wi t h Conk
.
,

ling Hoar and several o t her big men and made

, , ,

monkeys Of t hem a ll O f all o public men Ben Hill w as

. ur ,

t he grea t est w hen me asured by t he leng t h Of hi service i n s

t he na tional councils two yea rs in t he House and five in t he

—

Sena t e He me t ll comers including Blaine Garfield

. a , , ,

Carpe n t er Conkli ng Hoar L ogan and o t hers during t hose

, , , , ,

seven years less f our mon t hs and t he blood of ll Of them

, ,
a

s t ained hi beak and t he flesh f all of t hem was n his t alons

s o o .

Burnside died early in t he autumn Of 88 abou t t he 1 1 ,

t ime Ga field expired and Rhod e Island sen t Nelson W

r ,
.

Aldrich t o supply t he vacancy He had been t rained in an .

academy ; he had been in t he t o w n council ; he had served in

t he S t a t e L gisla t ure and been Speaker Of the House His
e .

w as pe rhaps t he firs t name on t he alphabe t ical roll o f t he

, ,

House Of t he F o t y six t h Congress a body t hat contained as

r -
,

many able men as ever sa t in de l ibe ra t ion on Capitol Hill .

Get i t s ros t er and read t he names of t he members from Ken

tucky and O hi o Texas and Indiana Georgia and Virginia
, , ,

if you w ould take sa t isfac t ion in t he t hought There w ere :

“

gian t s in th o se days In that Congress t o all appearances

.
”
, ,

Aldrich was a cipher He w as no ora t or and Of all great .

,

masters O f the Am e ri can Congress he was and is the least , ,

loquacious and yet he can ta l k and make a strong speech

, , ,

w hen occasion imperatively demands i t .

When Aldrich entered the Senate the Republican side ,

had just lost its thr ee ablest men— C arpenter was dead ,

Bl ai ne had left the Senate for t he Cabinet and w as in ,

retirement writing Twen t y Years in Congress

“
,
C o nk .

ling like many another great man of genius a ft er resigni n g

, ,

in indignation at injustice and in disgust a t ingratitude , ,

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allo we d h i mself t o be persuaded by hi s too zea lo us a n d i ndis
c ree t fri e n ds an d agai nst hi s b etter jud gment and contrary
,

—
t o fi rm resolut i on C o n klin g a llo wed hi mse l f to be dragged
i nt o a c o ntest for re e lec t io n and was hu mi li ate d by the
-
,

resu l ts .

B ut there were le ft O f the Repu bli cans S herman wh o , ,

t ook the sh oe s O hi o had taken fro m Thu rman and given to

G arfi e ld after G arfi e ld had approp ri ated the S ho es O hi o had
,

sent him t o the nat i ona l i n quest t o pro cure fo r Sherman .

There was H o ar w h o m t i me and expe ri en c e had not y et

,

fash io ned i nt o the b ro ad pat ri otic cath o l icity Of the H o ar o f

,

l ater y ears The re was Edmunds matc hl ess in the s ki l l with

.
,

which he emp loy ed tech ni que at the b ar and i n th e S enate .

T h ere was In ga l ls bri l li ant el oq uent v en o m o us a pe rfect

, , , ,

m aster Of p h ras e and c reated fo r facti o n

,
.

O n the D e m oc ratic side was Be c k po nde ro us i n argu ,

ment indefatigab le i n i ndustry po we rfu l in disputation

, , .

Vest supp orted hi m — the rapier O f B uss y d A mb Oi se thrust ’ '

i ng wi th the ma ce o f Athe lstan e S i de by s i de L amar was .

an o ther the finest i ma gi nat i on that has sat in S ax o n counc il

,

since Burk e O f Ben H ill I ha v e spo ke n Ha rri s was there

. .
,

and Garland M o rgan t oo was just disc lo s i n g to hi s fe llo w

.
, ,

c i t izens that he was i n the fro nt ran k of Ame ric an specula

t ive statesme n Pu gh hi s coll ea gue was scarce ly sec ond t o
.
, ,

hi m as a thi nker and perhaps was his supe ri o r as a l awy er

,
.

B ay ard was y et in the Senate a pure typ e O f man and a hi gh ,

ty pe O f stat e sman There was Dan Voo rhees on e of the

.
,

fo rem o st o rat o rs and m o st generous men Of his generation .

Ben Harris o n was his c o l leagu e and w orthy e ven Of Ben Hil l s ,
’

stee l
. Vance was there fro m North Caro li na a wonderfu l ,

—
co mbi nati o n S old i er o rat o r statesman and as ready i n
, , ,

deb ate as any man wh o e ver bro ke si lence in the S enat e .

The new me m be rs were Haw le y Harri s o n Hale F ry e , , , ,

Gonnan C o n ger wh o m J oe Bl ackburn swo re t o be e ven

“
, ,

rneaner than h e looke d and that s i mpo ssib le ; Van Wy c k

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 N EL S O N W I L M A R T H A L DR I C H

who according t o Zeb Vance had too much shag lea t her i n
, ,

hi pa n t s like t he elephan t N ow any on w ho ever looked

”
s ,
.
, e

a t O ld Van s t ousers was bo und t o t hink O f t he surplus hi de

’
r

on Jumbo s legs Perh ps t here was no man a t t he National

’
. a

Ca pi tal w ho dreamed t ha t t he day was not dis t ant w hen t he

ne w Sena t or f rom Rh od e Island w ould be t he mos t po w erf ul
indi vidual Sena t or wh ever t in t ha t b ody S far a I o sa . O s

kno w he h engaged in a deba t e hil t t o hi l t wi t h bu t t wo

,
as , ,

advers ries and t hey w ere gian t s Jo h n G Carli sle Of Ken

a ,
— .
,

t ucky in t he Fi ft y fi t Congres s on t he M Kinl y t a i ff and

,
-
rs , c e r ,

William L inds y Of Ken t ucky in t he Fi ft y t hird Congre ss

a , ,
-
,

on the Wilson t a i ff Here w ere t wo pro f ound t hi nkers n

r . e

gaged by a man wh o got hi kno w l dge s t anding by t he loom s e .

And s t range i t i s t h a t bo t h t hese j uris t s u tt erly overt h e w

,
r

t he p rac t ical man .

Aldrich a ft er making t he Dingley t ari ff to sui t Ne w Eng

,

land gave us o pres nt imp rf ec t gold s t andard w hi ch

,
ur e e ,

supplies us wi t h a cu rency above h al f a billion O f whi ch is r ,

nearly 5 p cen t fia t And s t range t say he now allo w s

0 er .
,
o ,

t he Trea ury t o m ke mon t hl y purchases O f

s a ounces Of
silver f o mi nor coin when good husbandry imperatively
r ,

demands t ha t t he subsidiary silver coin should be made O f t he

B land Al lison full legal t ender silver dollars
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.

Sena t or Ald i ch is genera l ly supposed to b out Of sym

r e

pathy wi t h t he ne w evangel fli pp nt l y call ed t he octopus a

c h ase Bu t t hat is a crusade t h at mus t n i t s course Con

. ru .

g ress passed t he Sherm a n la w t h t requires the railroads to a

compe t e and t o emphasiz t he t hi ng ki lled t he pooling b ill

,
e .

The roads w ent ahead compe ting f o that is all t h at reba t e ,

r

is— ompe t i t ion

c T i l lustra t e : T w o merchan t s are rivals
. O

a t t he crossroads The y have cases of boots the y bought

.
,

pe rhaps from t he same jobbe r at the same price The goods

,
.

are marked say a pair and so ld at that fi gure to their

, , ,

regular customers respectively ; but a grasping fellow c o mes

,

along and these s t orekeepers get to competing f or hi s trade .

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He will get the b oo ts at perhaps less a pair That i s
,
.

rebate Here was the meat trust the steel trust the Oi l trust
.
, ,

— all grasping fello w s— and they made the railroads compete

for their b usiness and thus got rebate

,

But along comes Senator Elkins with a law that mak es

it crimina l to compete for that is all the anti rebate law is
,
-
.

What is the poor octopus to do $ The Sherman law commands

it to compete ; the Elkins law forbids it to c o mpete The octopus .

is thus in the fix De Bracey was in the novel of I vanhoe

C oeur de L ion with battle ax in hand is i n its fro nt and burn
,
-
, ,

ing T or q u il st ane is in its rear .

O ne of these day s somebody will come forward with wis

d om enough to compose the d ifli c u l ty The first e f fect ive
.

m o ve will be the destruction O f competition The next wi ll .

b e to serve the pub lic at so low a cost that competition wil l

stay dead That is the onl y possible so l ution ; b ut the So l on
.

who would propose it now would soon find himself o ut of a jo b .

Aldrich s opinion of that wonderfu l oration Beve ridge s

’ — ’

dé b ut in the Senate— the marv e l ous speech on the Ph i lippines ,

w o u l d interest yo u if y ou could induce hi m t o give i t yo u .

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 JOH N M . ATH ERTO N

EN w hose virt ues and t alen t s have influenced

t he course Of public even t s na t urally engage
t he a tt en t ion and a waken t he zeal O f t he
publi c While manki nd deligh t s in t hose
.

scene s o f amb i t ious li f e w hi ch abound in

grea t and su rp rising occurrences t hey equally ,

value t he more refin ed sa t is fac t ion O f recog

nizing t ho s e in st ances Of supe rior vi rt ue and

t alen t s w hi ch wi t hou t ex t ended celeb ri t y in large public

,

a ff airs have illumina t ed and em b el li s hed t heir own pe culiar

,

sphere Of an ac t ive u se f ul and admi rable li fe ; a life f ull of

, ,

wi s e coun se ls and st imula t ing examples ; a li fe such a s t eaches

valuable le s sons of p riva t e conduc t .

In t hi s cla s s t he name Of John \ I A t hert on is en t i t led t o . .

be e nrolled .

Jo h n M A t he rt on was bo rn April 1 1 8 4 1 in t he coun t y

.
, ,

O f L arue Ky He w as educa t ed in t he local coun t y schools

,
.
,

and George t o wn College George t o w n Ky In t ending to , ,

.

be come a la wy er he a tt ended t he L a w Depar t men t Of t he

,

Uni versi t y Of L ouisvill e Ky f or one session bu t his heal t h

,
.
, ,

failing he w as com pe lled to abandon hi s purpose and returned

, ,

to his coun t ry home w here he engaged in f arm w ork un t il

,

1 86 7
,
w hen he en t ered in t o t he dis t illing business In 1 8 69 .
,

he w as elec t ed to represen t L arue Coun t y in t he lo w er House

O f t he Ken t ucky L egisla t ure as a Democra t He removed ,
.

t o t he ci t y of L ouisvi ll e in 1 8 7 3 w here he con t inued t he

, ,

dis t illi ng business in t he firm name of J M A t hert on CO . . .

There has never bee n a co m mercial house in t he his t ory o f

t he ci t y O f higher s t anding and more no t ed f or business f ore
sight , sagaci t y progressive and en l igh t ened policy and Vigi
,

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l ant integrity He retired fro m b usiness in 8 99 and in 9
. 1 ,
1 00

mo v ed t o the c o untry t o enjo y the ample reward he had

,

rea lized fro m man y y ears of unwearied industry and a hi gh

o rder of b usi ness sagacit y .

C o mm o n sense and good jud gment are stro n g mental

c haracteristics Of Mr Atherton No t c o mmo n sense in the
. .

p o pular acceptation w hi ch suff ers fro m a vulgar n o ti o n that

,

it is t o tall y separate and dist i nct from high virtues The .

most weighty c o ncerns of life are n o t s o fre q uently at the

disposa l Of genius and i ma gination as Of the ma xi ms O f c o m
mon sense ; it sees the immediate O b stacle whi ch is t o b e ov er
c o me and it uses c o mm o n wo rds in d o ing so C o m mon
,
.

sense is that p o wer Of mi nd by whi ch i deas are recei v ed and

c o mpared and capab l e Of perce ivin g the truth when presented
, ,

t o it by s i mp l e intuiti o n In pr op orti o n as the mind can

,
.

bri ng at o nce under its re vi ew a larger numbe r of i deas and ,

determine on their accordan c e or disagreement is the stren g th ,

O f this facult y Its appearance and operation in the case Of

.

Mr Atherton are improved b y cu l ture and b y a uni o n in the

.

same mind of m o re exalted ta l ents Indeed he illustrates .

,

what Coleridge held that the only co mm o n sense wo rth

,

ha vin g is based on metaphysics .

”

The other faculty jud gment may b e said t o exercise a

, ,

hi gh d o mi nion over the extens iv e and un bo und e d ran g e Of

e veryday aff airs .

Mr Athe rton p o ssesses t o a marke d degree t hi s master

.
, ,

facult y Of the human mi nd ; that quic k tact which enab les a

man when surro unded by a maze O f con flic ting pro babilities
, ,

to seize up o n that wh i ch appro aches the nearest t o truth ; a

s ob er goo d jud gm e nt is the p ri ncipa l ingredient i n what we
call force O f chara c t e r and c o nfers that ferti li t y o f resource
,

and firmn e ss Of res ol ve which m o re than an y o the r qualities

fit a man for an acti ve and usefu l l i f e .

With o ut ha ving been placed in man y great s i tuations ,

or enjoyin g great o pportu nities for the disp l ay of his p o wer

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ay
s r . He i s swift an d read y i n reparte e a nd p l ayfu l ness of
satire ; and t h i s ten d enc y while it ma kes hi s society m o re
,

stimulating does n o t make it l ess a greeab l e ; and hi s mann e r

, ,

th o u gh positive has abo ut it n o t h ing ac rid or conceited

, .

E very S tate must prosper in proport i on as its memb ers

are de vo ted t o the pu bli c interest The more one s socia l .
’

a f fections are cherished and the more one is withdrawn from

the pursuit O f selfish gratification the more inclination and ,

l eisure one will have to listen to the wants of the communit y .

Public spirit is a settled principle O f go o d —will toward one s ’

fellow—citi zens exertin g itself in genero us e ff orts for thei r

,

s o cial and political wel f are exerting itself in a sympathetic

,

and habitual concern for one s friends neighbors and the ’

, ,

c om munity of which he is a member Pub l ic spirit ani .

,

mated b y moti ves Of conscience hi gh ci vi c duty and an , ,

infle xible determination to serv e it ; publi c spirit as a c on

Sistent uniform disinterested p rinciple has b een with Mr
, , ,
.

Atherton not so much a feeling as a habit not s o much a ,

passion as a principle Of duty .

E very public spirited movement requiring the sacrifice

-

Of a limited to a more extensive interest demanding some ,

thin g more than what strict hones t y and the mere letter Of
public duty enjoined is assured in advance O f his sympathy
, , ,

and heart y c o operation He furnishes a no t able example Of

-
.

the fact that a busy commercial career can be exercised for

the public good without the spirit O f paternal condescension
too Often characteristic Of success f ul men .

At pub l ic meetings w here matters Of supreme interest

,

to the country at large the S t ate or the comm unity are to be

, ,

co nsidered and to be submi t ted to the electors he is ever ,

read y to bring to bear on the subject sustained lo gic an d

masterl y marshaled arguments .

He is called upon from time to time for advice and impulse

, , ,

when important issues are involved and never fails to give ,

c onv mc m g proof Of the vi e w s he advocates Indeed he could .

,

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 J O HN M ATHERT ON .

not , if he would refrain f rom hi s abili t y and w ill ingness t o

,

serve t he b es t in t eres t s of t he publi c .

Priva t e li f e is in t ru t h t he nurse ry O f t he Comm on w eal t h ;

, ,

t here is an int ima t e connec tion be tween pri va t e and publi c

vi rt ues I t w as a wise hea t hen wh o main t ained t ha t t he
.

virt ues and resources o f individuals are t he riches O f t he

S t ate Mr A t hert on s pe rsonali t y has done much t o secure
. .
’

his wi de influence .

Turni ng t o th e m ore pe rsonal s ide o f his charac t er perhaps ,

t he first t hing t o s t ri ke any o ne w h o h as even a s ligh t acquaint

ance wi t h hi s p riva t e li fe i s t he con t ra st be tw een t he aus t ere
a tt i t ude some times ap pe aring in public and t he gracious
, , ,

kindly na t ure revealed to t ho se w ho kno w t he real man

a na t ure re t ai ni ng t he charm o f sinceri t y and gen t leness .

Un j u st ly he pa s se s wi t h so me f or b e ing harsh and cold but

, , ,

t hose w h o kno w him in t ima t ely find t ha t under t his reserve

t here lies no t only a capaci t y f o r a f fec t ion bu t t ha t no man ,

could b e more t enacious o f h is f riend shi ps He may not gi ve .

o ne t he imp ression Of e ff u s ion ; bu t he a f fec t s no aus t eri t ies O f

discipline no singu ari t y in m nners r ap pe arance t he usual

,
l a o —

error of w eak minds or t he art ifice o f designi ng men t o capti

va t e t he imagi na tion O f t he vu lgar .

He is ca l mJ y not coldly undemons t ra t ive F or under an

, ,
.

apparen t im passiveness he is not a chill y man He has a ,

.

so ft and w arm side There is abou t him an even t empered

.
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,

genial radia ti on w hi ch is soon fel t by t hose w ho come wi t hi n

t he range O f his personal li fe I n fac t he has to a remark .
, ,

able degree t ha t ind efina b l e charm O ft en called personal

,
“

magne t ism f or w an t Of a more accurate description

”
,
.

I t is t rue t ha t h e is not mercu rial or fi t f u l and capricious

in hi s t rea t ment Of o t hers Bu t wi t hout doing or sayin g .
,

much he soon makes one feel at h o me in hi s presence His

,
.

reserve is O f t ha t character whi ch reassures because by its , ,

disdain Of formali t ies and gushi ng c o nventiona lism i t is seen ,

to be an a tt ribu t e of sincerity .

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In pri vate life and in private relationshi ps he is genial , ,

g enerous s y mpathetic
,
and full Of the spirit of
,
good fello w s h ip .

His publi c life teems with instances Of his u nsel fish ne ss for ,

g i ve ness humanit
,
y tolerance and b,
r o ad m ind e dness in
,
ever y -

sense Of the word .

Many acts of substantia l genero sit y stand to the credit

of Mr Atherton of w hi ch he gives n o publicity or even speaks
.
,

in private NO deserving pers o n in distress or worthy Obj ec t

.
,

Of charit y ever appeals to hi m in v ain ; but in a lrns he follo w s

,

the Bibli cal inj unction : L et not th y left hand know wha t
“

t hy right hand doeth ”

.

After his retirement f rom active business Mr Atherton ,

.

moved to the country a short distance from the ci t y w here

, ,

he has a beau t iful h o me Campobello equipped wi t h every , ,

modern comfort and convenience At Campobello if possible .

, ,

he is m o re enterprising in his hospi t ali t y than he was in b usi

ness Scarcely a day passes w i t hout visits from friends wh o
.
,

are cordially welcomed and graciously entertained O ne .

of the most enjoyable f ea t ures of Campobello hospitality is

the frequent elaborate dinners w hen choice friends are enter ,

t a ine d with a profusion Of the very best t he market a ff ords ,

and served w ith the skill and perfec t ion O f a master chef ;
until every o e like L ucre t ius well fi ll e d guest is ready to
n ,
“ — ’
,

withdraw and wi t h con t ented mind take a repose that is

, , ,

”
removed from every care .

It is di fficult to imagine a keener pleasure than the host

a ff ords at these gatherings ; he is cheerf ul vivacious humor , ,

ou s kindly familiar and above all t hings ingenious and f ull

, , , ,

O f v ariet y which lights up every sub j ect which is discussed

,
.

Recently in a much a gitated municipal matter Mr

, ,
.

Atherton in apologizing f or his active participation for fear

, ,

that his motives mi ght be misinterpreted after frankly dis ,

avowing any personal in t erest in the enterprise contemplated ,

begged that his action be charged t o a li felong habit of

“

”
bothering himself about public questions If he feels that .

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 J O HN M ATHERT O N
.

he, at an y time has engaged himself in trouble from whi c h

,

he might have been o t herwi se exemp t ed as he s t ates by

, ,
“

follo wing a general bu t ques tionable course he cert ainly

”
,

has the high consola t ion and re w ard of kno wing t ha t his
exertions have been ac t ua t ed by a phi lan t hropical spiri t He.

can at leas t en j oy t he en viable sa tis f ac t ion of ha ving served

, ,

his comm uni t y as a ci ti zen and ha vi ng f ulfill ed his du t ies

,

as a man solely on w ha t his conscience and best j ud gmen t

have dic t a t ed to hi m .

Am ong t he re s ponsible posi t ions held by Mr A t hert on

.

ma y be men tioned t ha t Of di rec t or Of t he O ld gas company f or

many yea rs ; direc t or f or many years and now firs t vice presi -

den t O f t he Na t ional Banko f Ken t ucky t he O ldes t and t he

,

, ,

recognized hea d Of Ken tu cky banks ; and p residen t O f t he

L incoln Savings Bank a you ng but s trong and mos t promising
,

financial in st i t u t ion
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 J OS EP H W . BA ILEY

IS MIND works like a Corl iss engine is the

characterization Elihu Root made of Joseph
W Bailey after the Texan had concluded
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,

one Of his masterly arguments on what was

known as the rate bill then pending in the ,

Senate of the Uni ted States O n another .

occasion after Bailey had debated with pro

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found lo gic a great c o ns t itutional problem ,

Eugene Hale a Senator from Maine and one among the

, ,

ablest men who have appeared in the National Councils for a

generation announced that he was con vinced though he had
, ,

al w ays before held to a c o ntrary opinion That was a t ri bute .

nor Webster nor Calhoun nor other American Statesmen

, ,

e v er received Numberless men have been persuaded against

.

their will and to con vince a man against his w ill is in t he

nature Of the mi raculous Bailey did it and the man he con
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vinc e d was of the first rank O f a diametrically antagonistic

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school and the subject matter was a fundamental principle

,

O f American polity .

Endowed with a gigantic intellect a sound physical con ,

st i t u t ion,
unusual physical strength and robust physical ,

health Bailey was also blessed with a passion for mental

,

labor Had he been indolent intellectually as s o man y great

.
,

geniuses unfortunately are he would ne ver have risen above

,

the dead level of hopeless and helpless mediocrit y He w o uld .

have been s wi f t Of foot on rare occasions but he would not ,

have soared aloft and gazed on the sun with the eagle It .

is a truism without exception that th ere is n o excellence

wi t hout labor T O get t he kernel t he nut must first b e cracked
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,
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Another secret O f Bailey s tremendous force lies in t he f act

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 J O SEPH W B AI L EY .

that his mind is concen t ra t ed on tw o poin t s only law and —

s ta t esmanshi p He has be en in publi c li f e a t Was h ington

.

s ince 1 8 9 1 and has de l ivered s pe eches and wri tt en reports

,

t ha t w ould make volumes and t he prod uc t ions of S t ephen A

, .

Douglas or Jo h n G Carli sle are not more naked of ornamen t

.

not less redolen t o f imagery no t more indica t ive O f rugged

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s t rengt h and simple dic t ion I f Bailey had sca tt ered hi s

.

men t al f orces and be en an omnivorous reader and universal

t hinker li ke Burke he w ould not have convi nced Hale nor
, ,

overcome S pooner .

Bailey firs t ap pe ared in Wa hi n gt on in t he Fi ft y second

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Congress t ha t had t he large st Democ ra t ic ma j o ri t y t ha t

,

part y o r any o t her pa rt y ever had in any Con gress of ou r

en t ire hi st ory and he w as i t s younges t membe r I t was also
,
.

t he firs t Congres s o f W illi am J B ryan w ho is far more of a

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,

b rilli an t ora t or t han he is a p ro f ound t hinker Ano t her secre t .

of Bailey s t e rrific force i s a pronounced individuali t y of

’

charac t er bu tt res s ed b v a men t al aggression and personal

,

audaci t y t ha t en t huse s hi s follo wers and appalls his ad ve r

sa rie s . T w en t y years a go Bailey like all men wh o s t udy in
,

t he close t and have s t rong con vic t ions was na rro w and it , ,

t ook severa l years f or him t o broaden In t hose days he .

weigh t ed do wn t he spiri t wi t h t he le tt er and he even wen t so ,

far as t o propose to dock t he pay of membe rs w hen absent

“ ”

from t heir legisla t ive du t ies He was looked on as a crank

.
,

and was so classed u n t il he made t wo or t hree po w e rf ul speeches

t ha t as t oni shed t he Hou se and ex t ort ed admira t ion from hi s
enemies in bot h pa rt ies And t hus Congress came t o c on
.

e lude t ha t i f t he young man w as a crank he w as t he ables t , ,

bra wn ies t hardies t mos t zealous of t he guild Congr ess had

, ,

ever seen And t hen he be gan t o gro w more rapidly t han

.

ever and i t would be hazardous t o ven t ure tha t he has ye t

,

reached his ul t ima t e zeni t h as a t hi nker and deba t er .

Charles F C ri sp w as t he leader of t he minori t y of t he Fifty

.

fo u rt h Congress ; bu t he died be f ore t he Congress expired ,

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a nd there was a struggle for the succession Bent o n M c M il li n .

wa s the L o gical candidate for he wa s in thorough acc o rd

“ ”
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with the maj o rity of hi s party on the tari f f questi o n a disciple ,

of the school of M o rris o n and Car lisle to whi ch President ,

Cleveland adhered Bailey was an insurgent o n that

.
“ ”

feature and while he did n o t go the wh o le ho g there w as a

, ,

rather strong tincture of Rand a l li sm in his comp o sition B ut .

M c M il l in more than any other member of the Fifty second

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Congress was responsible for the defeat of Mills for Speaker

,

by Crisp and thus Bailey was made Democratic leader ; but

,

C aesar could not have led that demoralized squad now torn ,

by faction and reeking with bitterness The silver question .

had supplanted the tari f f question and the Dem o cratic party ,

in C o ngress was not on spea king terms with the Democratic

part y in the Whi te House B ut B ailey fou ght like a li o n
.

as lon g as he was leader until he abdicated in disgus t and

, ,

was succeeded by James D Richardson whose temperament .

,

was the exact Opposite of the Texam s ’

.

Thomas B Reed the Speaker was the maj o rity leader

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and he found in the young Texan a foeman w o rthy hi s steel

and that of his c hi ef of staff on the floor Mr Dingley ; and
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that recalls that w hen Thomas B Reed first appeared in the .

F or ty fi f t h Con gress he was a much older man than Bailey

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was when the Fifty second Con gress first con vened ; and
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what is more T o m Reed in 1 8 7 7 w as a much more narro w

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man than Bailey was in 1 8 9 1 At no time of his career has.

Bailey ever de l ivered himself of such bi goted repulsive vindic , ,

tive f anaticism as came from Reed in the debate of t he bill

a ppropriating a small su m to reimburse William and Mary

College f or the vandalism visited on it by Federal soldiers

during the war .

The f orce f ulness of B ailey mental and moral is S hown , ,

in the fact that he practically des t royed M il l sism in Texas .

The tari f f idea of Mills was f ree raw materials and tari f f for
re v enue only on finished products It triumphed in 1 8 90 .

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question .His weakness lies i n thi s : A maj o ri t y O f hi s par tv
reject hi s preachments on the great econ o mic i ssue of the
tariff w hi ch is certain to be paramount in 1 9 1 2
,
.

Bailey s further stren gth lies in thi s : He i s an unti ri n g

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worker N0 more laborious student ever appeared in our pub

.

lic life ; and blessed as he is with perfect heal t h and herculean

,

strength he can undergo mental and physica l tasks that w o uld

,

strike down an ordinary man .

He has gone far and he is y et under fifty ; his mind is not

,

y et at the meridian and if he shall remain in the Senate as

,

long as did John Sherman or John T M o rgan he wil l make a

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,

fame as an i ntel l ectual giant equal t o We b ste r .

 J O H N H B A N KH EA D .

DSU M M E R was a s t irring epoch in

,
1 86 1 ,

o ur coun t ry s hi s t ory Revolu t ion was ablaze

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.

and war bu t a f e w days in t he fu t ure F o . r

f our ea s a ft er t he coun t ry was deluged wi t h

y r

blood and every home w as a house of

,

mou ning A you t h of nine t een w as toili ng

r .

in a field in Marion Coun t y Alabama w hen , ,

t he t ocsin sounded and he le ft t he plo w t o ,

seize t he mu s ke t as a mem b er o f t he Six t een t h Regimen t of

Alabama Volun t eer In fan t ry From priva t e he a tt ained t .
,
o

t he rank o f cap t ain t hrough a s ries f deserved and earned e o

promo t ions He w in t he ho ne t ne st
. as t Shiloh He “
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”
a .

was in Buckne s magnificen t charge a t Chickamauga in

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which he fell i l wounded and he did n t recover f rom

se r o u s v ,
o

t he eff ec t s of t his i nj ury un t il Sherm an was pounding a t t he

ga t es f A t lan t a Then t hi s you t h ful s oldier re j oined his
o .

comm and and f ough t in t hose t remendous ba tt les waged by

t he t wo ve t eran and heroic comm anders around and f o t hat ,
r,

devo t ed ci t and here he got tw o ra t her severe w ounds ; bu t

y ,

he remained wi t h t he regi men t un t il t he final su render r .

And t ha t was John H Bankhead in t he sapling A ft er . .

recons t ruc t ion Alabama had ci il service f t his man to di

,
v or s

charge He w as repea t edly a member f t he S t a t e le gi la t ure

. o s .

In 8 8 6 he w elec t ed t o t he Fi ft ie t h Congress and it is a

1 as ,

remarkable circums t ance t ha t of all his associa t es in tha t

body bu t t wo remain members f t he House of Representa
,
o

ti
ve s of t he Six t y fi t Congress Joseph G Cannon and
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rs
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Jo h n Dalzell I t is only cumula t ive proof of t he rage of

.

t he Am erican people for novel t y They love change and .

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upon t he sligh t es t p rovoca t ion o in exercise of t he paltries t ,

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whim the y rebuke a publi c ser vant and give him discharge
, .

It takes ab o ut twenty y ears t o change the entire Congress ,

whereas it would requir e m o re than half a century entirely

to re volutionize the membership of the B ritish House of
Commons .

After twent y years in the House of Representatives Mr ,

.

Bankhead took his seat in the Senate the successor of John ,

T Morgan doubtless the greatest man Alabama ever sent to

.
,

act and speak for her in the National Councils Thus since .
,

March 4 1 88 7 John H Bankhead has held a seat in one or

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the o ther House O f the Nati o nal L e gislature He was long a .

member of two imp ortant committees Rivers and Harbors and ,

Publi c Buildings and Grounds of w hich latter he was chair ,

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man in the Fifty second and Fi f ty t hi rd Congresses These

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weighty organs of the House of Representatives have intrusted

to them two heavy purses of the Federal treasury for each ,

prepares and reports bills appropriating enormous sums ;

and it is only truth to say that during his long service on them
B ankhead was an able and trusted member weighi ng e very ,

proposition with the judicia l temper o f a capable judge on

the bench .

Had he seized the opportu ni t y as many a man d o es when ,

a candidate for political preferment it is quite likel y that ,

Mr B ankhead w ould hav e been ch o sen leader of the minority

.

of the Fifty sixth Congress When William L Wilson was

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defeated f or re elec t ion in 1 8 94 the minority leadershi p fe ll to

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Charles F Crisp who held it till his death b efore the expira
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tion of the Fifty fourth Con gress Then th e re was a struggle

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for the honor between the veteran Bent o n M c M il lin and the
y outhfu l Joseph W Bailey and Victory inc li ned t o the l atter
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Mr Baile y held the position until the assemblin g o f the

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Fifty sixth Con gress when he dec lined re e l ection Then it

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was that hi s man y friends b es o ught Mr Bankhead t o accept .

the place Reluctantly he consented to be a recepti ve

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candidate ; but James D Richardson an active candidate .

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was su c cessful and nobody w as more delighted wi t h t he

,

resul t t han Mr Bankh ead Subsequen t ly Richardson re t ired

. .
, ,

and w as succeed ed by John Sharp Williams wh o resigned the ,

place upon his elec t ion to t he Sena t e w hen Champ Clark ,

was selec t ed .

Sena t or Bankhead is of ex t remely modest temperamen t .

He shuns t he li meligh t and shrinks f om public e ploi t ; bu t

,
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he is an excellen t public speaker w hen t he occasion impera

ti
ve l y demands i t no t wi t hs t anding his charming di ff dence
,
i .

Bu t of t he man w h g t t hose severe w ounds in as many

o o

des p ra t e ba tt les i t may b sa id t ha t his shyness is due t o

e ,
e

mod es t y and in no s n e b e ause of conscious in f eriori t y

e s c

Mr Bank
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,

. head is a man f imposing presence t all sym o , ,

me t rical muscular and digni fied in manner He dresses

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.

wi t h nea t ness nd good t as t e and his pe r onal presence w ould

a ,
s

a tt rac t a tt en t ion in any as emblag e He is devo t ed to his s .

wi f e a leader in Congres iona l s ocial life at t he Na t ion l

,
s a

Capi t al She is a w oman of s t rong men t al endo wment and

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,

has b en an invaluable helpmeet to h dis t ing ished hus

e er u

band her counse l having

, b een Of incalculable advantage to
him in his publi c career .

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 E DWAR D W . BARRETT

R O PR I E T O R A g e-H era l d ,
Birmi ngham Ala ,

bama Mr Barrett is a native of Georgia. .

,

born and reared at Augusta His earliest .

recollection of men who had participated in

the a f fairs of the nation was Gen Robert .

Toombs Toombs and Barrett lived in the .

same town The latter was a slip of a boy .

,

however when the Southern leader died and , ,

in his you t hful imagina t ion he regarded hi s distinguished

to w nsman as the greatest man in hi story L ater Thomas .
,

E Watson the champion of Populistic ideas when a Repre

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,

se nt a t i ve in Congress rose to distinction in Augusta and

,

thr oughout the country but did not prove to be a man to Mr

Barre t t s li k
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ing When the latter was the correspondent at
.

Washington Of the Atlanta C onstitu ti on he became some ,

what famous for expressing his views regarding Representa

tive Watson w hi ch w ere a bit severe ; so much so in fact that
, , ,

the telegraph companies were at one time inclined to take up

the question of covering their wires wi th asbestos to prevent
the heat of Barrett s despatches from b urning ou t the switch
’

boards Mr Barrett s ancestors came from Ireland and rose

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to a place in t he industrial af f airs of Augusta From 1 8 8 8 to .

1 897 Mr Barrett represented the Atlanta C onsti tu ti on at

.

Washington gaining f or hi mself a reputation as a newspaper

,

wri t er whi ch is O f much valu e to him as the head of hi s own

paper in Birmi ngham .

In stature Mr Barrett is short He is of dark complex

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ion with a smiling f ace which makes one t hink of a cherub

, ,
.

He has never been kno w n t o appear in any color of dress

other than black O f t entimes friends have suggested that he
.

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 E D W A RD W B A RR E T T
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change t he color of his clo t hes bu t he has proved adaman t ,

a gains t ad vice on t hese lines He is a posi t ive character .

,

not easily influenced He has opinions of his own bu t is not

.
,

al ways inc l ined t o express t hem He is su fli c ie nt l y secre t ive .

t o be classed among t he sa f e and sane He is kno w n t o .

exhibi t a fiery passion of an t agonism w hen t hi ngs d o not go

hi s w ay In brie f in cases Of t h is ki nd he has been likened
.
, ,

un t o a cyclone L ike t he lis t ing of t he wind he soon calms

.
,

d o wn and is t he mos t placid and agreeable person in his

,

communi t y He is f ond o f plea su re s He ha s t he money

. .

making ins t inc t w ell develo pe d He ha s made Th e A g e .

H eral d a money making en t e rpri s e He t ook i t a t a t ime

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w hen busine s s wa s a t a low e b b and progres s in Birming h am

a t a s t ands t ill He got pos se ss ion of t he paper a t t he psy
.

c h o l ogic a l pe riod W i t hi n s ix mon t h s a ft er he assumed

.

charge of t he pro pe rt y Birmingham b egan advancing in

weal t h and popula t ion a s much a s i f not more t han any , , ,

o t her like municipali t y in t he Sou t h These gro wing f orces .

,

na t urally depo s i t ed t heir propo rt iona t e share o f good t imes a t

,

t he door of Mr Barre tt s ne w spa pe r He has recen t ly buil t

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a w ell equippe d ne wspa per building making i t a monumen t

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t o hi s en t erprise and t he pride of t he f riends of t he paper .

Mr Barre tt is a Democ ra t His ideal s t a t esman during

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,

t he t ime he was l oca t ed in Was h ing t on was David Benne tt ,

Hill In 1 8 9 2 w hen Go vernor Hill was a candida t e f or the

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,

Presidency Mr Barre tt w as t he mos t you t hful delega t e in

,
.

t he na t ional conven t ion He was an en t husias t ic advoca t e .

O f t he nomina t ion of t he daun t less Governor He s t rongly .

O pposed t he nomina t ion of Mr Cleveland f or t he second t ime . .

T h is no doub t w as brough t abou t by his connec t ion wi t h

, ,

t he A t lan t a C onsti tu ti on as t ha t paper was hos t ile to t he ,

ascendency of Mr Cleveland to t he Presidency again Dur . .

ing t he w ar be tw een Japan and C hi na Mr Barre tt w ent t o ,

.

t he O rient as a correspondent He was present at t he ba tt le .

of We i Hai Wei one of the most decisive engagements of the

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S h o rt war b etween the tw o nati o ns The humo ro us part o f .

the whole a f fair howe ver was that after seeing the battle fro m
, ,

its b e ginnin g to its conc l usi o n and ha ving in hi s possession

,

al l the news i ncident thereto neither o f the m ilitary forces

,

w o uld permit hi m t o cable a w o rd of it to his paper Upon .

his return from the scene of hostilities he wrote a graphic ,

descrip t ion of the engagement Another O f hi s journalis t ic .

feats w as his pursuit and capture of the notorious outlaw and

bandit Rube B urroughs w ho for y ears had been a menac e
, ,

to the mountaineers li ving in Ge o rgia Tennessee and Ala , ,

bama Mr Barrett again participated as an enterprising

. .

ne w s correspondent in wri t ing the story of a duel b etween the

,

scions of two illustrious South Carolina and Ge o rgia fami lies .

The proposed mee t ing of the belligerents was kept as secret

as possible from the press and public b ut Mr Barrett s ne w s ,
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instinct w as up and doing N ot to be outdone by hi s hated

.

rivals he engaged at his own expense a special engine and

, , , ,

with all possible speed hastened to w here he believed t h e

encounter would take place His j udgment was unerring . .

He arrived in the nick of time thereby securing a page story ,

for his paper on the follo w ing morning .

Mr Barrett is companionable a good entertainer always

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hospitable about his home He is a lover of good horses.

,

and likes d ri ving them at hi gh speed L ike the maj ority of .

enterprising men he has taken up automobiling and is the

, ,

owner of two or three Of the finest machi nes that hav e ever
been seen in the South If he has any po li t ical ambi t ion
.

t hat is ambi t ion for holding ofli ce h e has never made i t

,
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known in anything like a public way .

 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I VE MEN
the pu rpose of getting hi m as far away from the country as
possible b ut because he belie ved the y oung man from O regon
,

wo uld fit into condit i ons in Siam better t han an y one he had

seen L ater de ve l opments demonstrated the fact that Presi
.

dent Cleveland made n o mistake He was not long in Siam .

until he had made hi mself one of the most popular ministers

the United States had sent there and that is saying a good ,

deal He settled by arbitration a diplomatic matter invo l ving

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, ,

three million dollars which in the nego t iations conducted by

, ,

him redounded to the benefit of his country When Presi

,
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dent M c Ki nl ey assumed the reins of O f fice Mr B arr ett re ,

.

turned home He was soon appointed special commissioner

.

to investigate commercial condi t ions in Japan Korea Siberia , , ,

and India Following t hi s he bobbed up as a war corre

.
,

spond e nt in the Philippine Islands He was later appointed.

minis t er to Argen t i na Panama and Colombia He filled

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these posi t ions wi t h the same degree of credit and digni t y that
had characterized his administra t ion as minister to Siam .

His career as mi nister to the South American and Central

American states fitted him especially for the position of
Director of the International B ureau of American Republics .

He made a study of commercial conditions in those countries

such as none other had made among those who w ere his pred
ecessor s in his present Off i ce He has done probably more
.
, ,

than an y other man in the United States in brin gi ng about

closer commercial relati o ns between this c o unt ry and all of
the states of Central and South America He has written .

scores of hi gh class magazine art i c l es upon these subjects

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whi ch have attracted w ide atten t ion in t he three countries .

He has made the Directors h ip of t he Bureau one of importance .

It cannot truthfully be said of him that he is a fi gu re head -

.

He is cons t antly doing some t hing and is a man O f influence

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.

He has probably been given greater latitude than any of his

predecessors but this he demanded before taking the o ffi ce
, ,

well knowing that the o nly way to b e a g ood Director is to

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direc t and not be dependen t upo n t he w hi ms of s o me superior
Governmen t Offi cial w ho k
,

no w s no t hi ng of t he ma tt ers Mr . .

Barre tt is a f requen t speaker a t many import an t in t ernational

and na t ional ga t he ri ngs He possesses ora t orical po w ers w hich
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, ,

no doub t came t o him na t u rally

,
t e n in O regon he w as .
,

a youngs t er wh o w as ever ready and wi lli ng t o make a poli t ical

speech w hen t here wa s anybo dy around t o li s t en t o him .

He spoke w ell even in t hose days : t here f o re he was never

,

wi t hou t a good si zed and apprecia t ive audience He was

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.

equal t o all emergencies He could figu ra t ively speaking .

, ,

clip t he grass and k nock O ff t he t op s o f t he t rees wi t h t he

ea se grace and di s pa t ch Of his ora torv I n some circles he
, ,
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w as kno wn a s th e young man eloquen t “

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Mr Barre tt is a whole s ouled man He c arries w i t h

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h im a t all t ime s t he d i gni t y t ha t i s becoming t o his ofli c ia l po

sit ion bu t in manner he is poli t e cou rt eous and democra t ic
, , , .

He is f ond o f soci e t y and socie t y pe ople like him He is a t

, .

home w herever his ha t is off In t ellec t ually he is able t o .

,

hold his own a ny pl a ce He i s smoo t h shaven wears eye .

,

glas se s and has li tt le i f any h a ir on t he t op of his head He

, , , .

has never sa id t his is t he resul t of ea rly pie t y t hough o t hers ,

may t hink i t is He h a s a di ff eren t sui t of clo t hes f or a lmos t

.

eve ry day in t he w eek He is a f ami liar fi gure abou t t he .

Capi t al He is unmarried and no doub t i t is his f aul t t ha t

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, , ,

he is He is never too busy t o t alk wi t h acquain t ances He

. .

is good na t ured and ge ne r ous He has an enormous capaci t y

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f or w ork bu t has t ime f or su ff i cien t recrea t ion

,
He believes .

i t necessa ry to ge t a w ay f rom his desk a t cert ain in t ervals

every day and have a f e w hours of relie f f rom dic t a ting le tt ers
and o t her voluminous papers He likes gi ving dinners t o .

hi s friends He makes a good presiding o f ficer a t a dinner

. .

He is wi tt y in conversa t ion I f he has any part icular fancy in .

dress i t is t o possess a large number of vari Col or ed shirts

, .

He is a well dressed man -

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politician mil l ionaire Mr ,
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Belmont is a fine representati ve O f one of

the influential families of an earlier period
in the City of New Y o rk and in the country ,
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His grandfather Comm o dore O liver Hazard

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Perry was the naval O f ficer who fought the

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Battle of L ake Erie against the Bri t ish dur ,

I ng the War of 1 81 2 It was o ne of the .

decisive battles and one which fi gures largely in the impor

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tant resul t s O f that brie fly waged contest Mr Belmont s . .

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fa t her August Belm ont was in his day one of the leaders in
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the financial world of New York The elder Belmont was .

a native of Continental Europe who came to t hi s coun t ry ,

w hen a young man as the representative of the great Ro t hs

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chi ld s banking interests He was a handsome pol ished

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gen t leman of the O l d school He became one of the prime

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factors in the advancement of pub l ic a f fairs He was one .

o f the most prominent Democrats of his time a leader in the ,

Democratic party and in 1 8 68 when Horatio Seymour w as

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the Democratic candidate for President chairman of t he ,

Democratic National Committee He took a livel y in t erest .

in poli t ics and i t was but natural that his son S ho uld show
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an inclination to foll o w in the father s footsteps The other ’

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sons August Belmont and the late O li ver Hazard Perry

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Belmont were inclined to engage in political a f fairs some

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what t he former being one of the prime movers in naming

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Alton B Parker as the Democratic candidate for President

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in 1 90 4 The t hi rd brother served one term in Congress

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Perry Belmont entered Congress in the early eighties when ,

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 PERRY B E L M O N T
comparatively a young man During t he time he was in .

public li f e he was prominent as a leader in his party He

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served as Chairman of t he Commi tt ee on Foreign Afl airs ’

in t he House of Representatives Mr Belmont w as appoin t ed . .

by President Cleveland Mi ni s t er t o Spain Since that t ime .

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he has not held o ffi ce but has retained hi s posi t ion in t he

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councils O f his party He w as no mina t ed f or Congress since

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but w as not elec t ed He w as in no w ay responsible f or his

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defeat and would no doub t have been t he vic t or had it not

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been f or disa ff ection in t he part y crea t ed and f os t ered by

Tamm any .

Mr Belmon t is a Democra t of t he old school of Democracy

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He has never vie w ed wi t h f avor many of t he isms t ha t have

crep t in t o the organiza t ion He has preferred standing upon
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t he reco rds of t he Democra t ic part y of t he Fathers and at ,

no time has he j oined w i t h t hose wh o have

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chased rain
bo w s as some term i t He has devoted several years
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since re t iring f rom pub lic li f e in his e ff or t s t o upbu ild all

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of t he poli t ical par t ies in the hope t hat t he expenditure O f

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vast sums of money may be elimina t ed f rom poli t ical cam

p ga i ns .He t akes t he position tha t it is one of the most c or

ru t in
p g agencies associated w i t h t he American f orm of gov

e rnm e nt He championed a bill w hi ch he dra f ted and w hich

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w as introduced in Congress at hi s reques t and through hi s

indi vidual e f forts pro viding f or the enactment of a statute
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compelling all political parties to make kno w n the amount of

contribu t ions to campaign funds and by w hom these amounts ,

are subscribed before election day He is a keen observer of

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political a ff airs He is a Democrat from pri nciple and noth

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ing could s w erve hi m from strict adherence to w hat was

taught hi m by his distinguished father and the men of his
day He has never been a man to thrust hi mself f orward as
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a party leader or ad viser but prefers ex hi b i ting a modes t y

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t hat is pleasing to hi s associates He is strong in his convi e .

t ions but willing to concede to his opponents t he same right

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and privilege in expressing t heir vie w s that he claims and de
mands for himself .

It is not Mr Belmon t s fault that he is classed amo ng t h e

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rich men of the country He no doubt vie w s himself as .

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comparati vel y a po o r man when he sees about hi m men of ,

many classes countin g their milli o ns up into ten and more .

Mr Belmont inherited most of his fo rtune though b y wise

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investments he has made it has been increased and not dimi n ,

ish e d His wealth is su f ficiently large to permit hi s indulging

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in fo reign trav el and living the life of a gentleman of leisure ,

if he so desires B eing t he son O f a man y times millionaire

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i t was not ou t o f the way that he should contract habits

O f life that might seem extra v agant t o o thers If there is .

an y man in the United States who does not appear to b e

rich it is Mr Belm o nt
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.He is unassumi ng in manner polite .
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and af fable to every one He is a much traveled man and a .

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man of polish He was educated at the b est colleges of

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America and Eur ope It was the desire of his father tha t .

P erry sh o uld be the po litician of the famil y and August t h e

b anking member of it This o ri gi nal idea has been well fo l .

lowed th o u gh each of the sons und o ubtedly inherited som e

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o f their father s i nclination t o engage in managing and shapin g

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po l itical destinies Mr Belmont and h is wife b elong to what

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may be best known as the Four Hundred in fashionabl e
New Y o rk society Their names are upon the visiting list .

of almost every family in the Uni t ed States that figures at

all c o nspicuously in t he a f fairs of fashi onable society He .

has recentl y built a v ery handsome residence in the cit y of

Washington In stature Mr Belmont is not large ; he h as
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a boyish appearing face He dresses in t he best of taste and

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usually in the latest fashion He apparently has a system .

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for e v ery thing he does He is methodical and painstaking . .

When once in t erested in a matter he pursues it with vigor He ,

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is usually busy and has always been a worker

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 A LB ERT J . BEV ERI DGE

BE VERIDG E i s a dis t inc t fig

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ure in public li fe When he w as under .

fort y years o f age he wa s probabl y t he bes t

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no wn young man in t he Uni t ed S t a t es .

Many servan t s o f t he na t ion in t he legisla

t ive execu t ive and j udicial branches of t he
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Gove rnmen t are a s well or b e tt er equipped ;

some of t hem approach Beveridge in hi s
mas t ery of t he s poken w ord ; bu t less t han any of t hem Bever
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id ge li ke good wine need s no bush

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appe ar o n a bill b oard in a Nevada t o w n announcing t ha t

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Beveridge was to s peak t here fe w would not kno w t he na t iv

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i t y t he publi c O fli c e and t he repu t a t ion o f t he Sena t or f rom

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Indiana Cummins grea t t hough he is even t he Ciceronian

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Dolliver bo t h o f w hom are leaders in t he progressive move

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men t wi t h w hich Beve ridge i s allied w ould need an in t ro ,

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duc t ion t o mos t audiences ; Beveridge will need none .

T wo reasons may b e assigned f or t his conspicuousness of

t he brillian t Indiana sta t esman :
Firs t he bris t les wi t h t hat mys t erious and compelling
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curren t called persona l i ty .

Second Beveridge has employed bo t h t he wri tt en and t he

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spoken w ord .

I t mus t be remembered t ha t t he name o f Albert J Bever .

idge is as f amiliar a superscrip t ion on magazine art icles as t ha t

Of L inc o ln J Ste ff ens or O Henry Beveridge is a thinker
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and he fe els deeply up o n public moral and reli gious ques t ions
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He po ssesses also a pleasant literary s t yle ; his career and

hi s achi eveme nts hav e b een pyrotec h ni c and his Views are ,

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i nterestin g t o pe o p le whether they range thems elves o n the
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ri ght or on the left of the Indiana Senator .

Many profess t o b e weary of Beveridge and t o se t down ,

as excessive ego his diction hi s manner of spea king and

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w1i ting hi s carriage and his personality The fact remains

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that there is no more interesting Senator to —day than Be ver

idge whether q uiet or in action whether in hi s commi ttee
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roo m or on the fl o or He so typifies vigor and his character

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is so unble mished that to a nation surfeited with pursy e yni

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cal money grabbing p o liticians Be veridge is a perennial

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well sprin g of kindly and appro ving interests T o subtrac t

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Be verid ge from pub lic life would remove aside from political ,

considerations a combination of brains and gin ger Of Vigor

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and performance th at is useful in the aff airs of the G o vern

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S o me patronizing newspapers which ha ve gi ven Be veridge ,

the title of The Grand Yo ung Man ha ve su c ceeded pos

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sib l y in presenting the Indiana man as a thi n and a f fected

pers o n mincing wo rds and lan guage B ut if there is any
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where in publi c life a more muscu l ar athletic blunt and , , ,

manly fi gu re Of a human being than Albert J Beveridge he .

h as not disco v ered himself to the writer F or Be v eridge .

was born and reared on a farm in Hi ghland Count y O hi o and , ,

as hi s earl y childh o od was spent during a war whi ch had

claimed hi s father and all hi s elder brothers he k nows the uses ,

of ad v ersit y He did the farm work and later in his y outh

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he saw service as a l umb er jack

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Dispense with al l ideas -
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of soft b eds s o ft words soft wa g es soft h o urs and soft heads

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when you t hi nk of lumber jacks But the fact that Beveridge -

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was a good one is tradition and its heritage is the g rip o f his ,

muscular hands to day -

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In Go vernment Beveridge has been al lied with the causes

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of the people as they are termed since he was elected a Sen

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ator in 1 8 99 To keep in step with the s win g of the State

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o f Indiana is testimony enough that a statesman is a pub l ic

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 JOH N c . BL AC K

RESIDENT of the Civil Service Commi ssion

of the Uni t ed S t ates Government General .

Black is a picturesque looking man af fect -

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ing the mili t ary in dress t o a li mited degree .

He is in fact mi l itary in hi s bearing ; there

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fore it is well the t w o should go together

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G eneral Black has been much before the

co untry in vari o us capacities and in all t h e ,

p o s i tions he has held he can truthfully gi ve a good account

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of himself He rose to the distinction of a general during t h e

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Ci vil War as the commander of forces of the Federal Gov

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e rnm e nt He was born in Mississippi but when a y oun g

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man wi t h his family moved to Illinois His ancestors and

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his imm ediate family were brought up in the school of South

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ern politics They did not take the ultra side in seeking to
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perpetuate the institution of slavery but looked upon i t from ,

a rati o nal po int of view General Black passed through

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severa l exciting campaigns in the w ar and was at the head ,

of his command in some ho t ly contested battles He received .

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by far more than his share of Confederate bullets w h ich

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for a great many y ears gave him intense pain so much so ,

that his life was despaired of That he was a brave man .

n o one h as e ver doubted or questioned The services he .

rendered his count ry form an honorable part of the hi story of

the Ci vil War He was c o mparative l y a y oung man when he
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d o nned the uniform of a Union soldier He was a follower in .

the footsteps of Abraham L inc ol n in the pro secution of the war .

He did his duty and did it well In the course of time he

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did in a measure regain his health When thi s pe rmitted he

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en gaged in the practice of law and took a li vel y interest in ,

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poli tics Presiden t Cleveland on t he occasion of hi s firs t

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elec t ion selec t ed General Black f or t he posi t ion o f Pension

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Commis sioner I t wa s w ell t ha t a man wi t h t he record of

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an hono rable soldier should be placed in charge o f t he bureau

having under i t s j urisdic t ion t he dis t ribu t ion of money t o
t hose wh o had heroically serv ed in t he same capaci t y His .

record a s Commi ss ioner of Pensions i s unblemished .

His nex t publ ic Offi ce was t ha t of a Represen t a t ive in Con

gre s s a t la rge f rom t he S t a t e o f Illinoi s He proved in t his
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capaci t y to be a man o f excep t ional abili t y He is a fine .

s pe aker a s well a s a con vi ncing o ne He has t aken advanced

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p o si t ions in nearl y eve ryt hing w hich h as t ran s pired in t he

coun t ry in t he pas t qua rt er of a cen t ury calcula t ed to bring

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a b ou t a be tt er condi t ion f or t he peo ple in general A ft er .

re t iring f rom Congre ss Presiden t Roose vel t honored him with

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t he ap po in t men t as Pre s iden t of t he Civil Se rvice Commis

sion I t mu st be remem b e red t ha t when civil service re f orm
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wa s brough t a b o u t in t he Uni t ed S t a t e s in t he early eighties

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i t f ound li tt le favor wi t h t ho se wh o we re t he part y he wers of

woo d and dra we rs o f w a t er They be lieved t hen and some
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believe now t ha t t ho s e wh o win poli t ical ba tt le s should have

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p re fermen t in t he ma tt er of holding public offi ce General .

Black may not have bee n unlike a large ma j ori t y o f bo t h part ies .

He w as ap poin t ed Comm issioner of Pensions part ly because ,

he was a w orker in t he ranks of t he Democra t ic part y t hough ,

hi s fi t ne ss f or t he Office had been properly measured by Presi

den t Cleveland Civil service re f orm has become permanen t
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in t he Uni t ed S t a t es Those wh o may have been Opposed t o i t

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in it s in f ancy now recognize and apprecia t e t he wisdom dis

played by t hose wh o placed it upon t he s t a t u t e books New .

condi t ions have ari sen General Black t here f ore is in favor
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of c it i l service and is making a fine Civil Service Commis

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sione r . I t is not an offi ce in w hich the labors are arduous ,

bu t one t ha t requires strict a tt ention t o du t y While a Demo.

e rat in poli t ics he knows no poli t ics in his O fli c ia l life

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G enera l B lack is a tall straight fine lookin g man He , ,
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wa lk s w i th a S li ght li mp the result of a wound in o ne O f his

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le gs His right arm hangs rather passi vel y at his side the
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result of other w o unds He likes chatting with hi s friends

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and is usually a read y listener to an interesting and proper

anecdote s o metimes relating one himself He seldom is
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seen in t he street except in passing from his home to hi s ofli ce

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in the morning and returning in the af t ernoon He lives

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a quiet dignified life devotin g much f his leisure time to

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reading He pro b ably has a greater fondness for the stud y

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of hi story than an y other recreation There are few epochs in .

the history of the w o rld with which he is not more o less r

familiar He is an excellent host in his home possessing the

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happ y faculty Of makin g e v en a stranger feel at ease a s thou g h ,

he w ere in hi s own home It cannot be said that General .

Black has a particularly large number of really intimate

friends But those he has are of his own choosin g and
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m o st usually men n o t unlike himself in free easy way s of ,

companionshi p Whi le he has lived a w ay from Illinois f o r

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some years he keeps in close touch w ith every thin g of impor

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tance going on there He and Uncle Joe Cannon at one
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time lived in the same Congressional district General .

Black was frequently mentioned as the Democratic candidate

for C o ngress w hi ch w as never pleasin g to Uncle Joe wh o
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feared possibly that G eneral Black would be too f ormidable

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an antagonist in the political arena although the district w as ,

usually largely Repub l ican in complexion General Black .

belon gs to that coterie of men who made history from 1 8 6 1

t o 1 86 5 the majorit y of whom are rapidly passing away
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 JO E c s . BLA C K BURN

O RMER Sena t or from t he S t ate of Ken

t ucky There are fe w people in t he United
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S t a t es w h o during t he las t twen t y fi e years

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have not heard Of and read abo u t more o less , r

in t he dail press Joe Blackbu n From t he

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t ime he was a young man do wn to t he pres ,

en t he ha s b e n a co m manding charac t er in
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eve y pha e Of li f e of w hich he w as a part

r s .

The grea t er port ion of hi li fe ha s b een s pen t in t he poli t ical

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arena He was elec t ed t Con gre s f t he firs t t ime i n t he

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early s ven t ie s He was a young man in t hose days He

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e ved wi t h di st inc t ion in t he lo w er Hou

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honored by hi s people wi t h a sea t in t he Uni t ed S t a t es Sena t e .

He was elec t ed t o t his body t hree t imes Those wh o hav . e

had t he p i vilege of kno wi ng Sena t or Blackburn personally

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t es t i fy t o his many excellen t quali t ies As a public spe aker .

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he has been able to hold his own agains t any and all o t hers
wh o may b hi con t es t an t s Sena t or Blackburn s firs t call ’
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t o na t ional promi nence w as w hen he w as a member of t he

House of Represen t a t ives Being a member of t he Commi t

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t ee on Expendi t ures in t he War Depart men t he wi t h o t hers , , ,

made inves t iga t ions concerning t he conduc t of cert ain aff airs
in t he War Departmen t w hi ch resul t ed in one of t he largest
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scandals t ha t had been exposed during t he eigh t years of

t he Presidency o f General Gran t Upon t his occasion Sen .
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a t or Blackburn sho w ed t o t he coun t ry t ha t as a public Offi cial

he s t ood as t he pro t ec t or of t he Government and t he people ,

as agains t personal f riendship The a ff air involved the good

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name of a Cabine t minis t er wh o in t he kindness of his na t ure

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became ingulfed in the meshes of unfortuna t e procedures .

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Impeachment pro ceedings were instigated b ut the pro mpt ,

resignation of the Cabinet mini ster terminated the same .

S enator Blackburn was amo ng the most useful members of

the lower branch of Congress f or several term s He st o od .

a s one of the giants O f the Democratic party Few men in .

public life have been more force f ul in debate than he He .

belongs to the Old schoo l of oratory There have b een few .

men in Congress during the past third O f a century who were

more gifted with accomplishments for debate than this gentle
man from Kentucky He hails from a State f amous for its
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great orators .

During his term in the Senate he met in the arena the

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best intellects in that body His noted and now hi st o ric

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debate wi t h the late Senator Ingalls of Kansas gave him the

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hallmark of having unusual comm and of the Engli sh lan

guage His defense of the reputation of Gen George B
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M c Cl el l an which had b een attacked by the Kansas critic

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was one of the real e vents in that high legislative body Up o n .

this occasi o n he has been credited with having said m o re in

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fewer words than almost any o ther Senator who had either
preceded or followed him He has a fine melodious v oice
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that never fails to c o mmand attention He is tall probably .

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a bit over six feet high ; erect and of superb appearance After .

hi s retirement from the Senate he w as appointed by President

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Roosevelt Ci vil Governor of the Canal Z o ne in the Repub

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lic o f Panama This po sition he also held f or a year or more

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under the administration of President Taft He voluntarily .

resigned to return to hi s O l d h ome in Versailles Kentuck y , ,

where he is now li vi ng in leisurel y retirement surrounded ,

by hosts of friends man y of whom were his boyhood c o m

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panions Senator Blackburn quit po l itical life with clean

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hands There is hard l y a d o ubt that he had innumerable

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oppo rtunities f or the acquirement of wealth in way s which

might have reflected upon his manhood He preferred bein g .

po or and thereb y fai t hf ul to his constituents He never

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apparentl y cared much for mone y His only desire for it

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was to meet the needs o f an unostentati o us life Kentuc kians .

are pro ud of Senator Blackburn as they we l l may b e He , .

has held a loft the b anner of t hat c o mmon w ealth with cre dit
t o hi mse l f and ho n or t o those w ho honored him .

T0 View S enat o r Blackburn in hi s personal relati o ns with

hi s fellow men w o uld necessi t ate much greater space than is
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here permi t ted During hi s long residence in Washi ngton

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as a representa t ive and as a sena t or he w as one of t he mos t ,

conspicuous figures of a co t erie of men recognized f or t heir

b rilliant conversa t ional po wers In t he palmy days of John .

Chamberlin s f amous hos t elry Senator Blackburn was usually

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t he cen t er Of a tt rac t ion w hen inside t he walls of that hi storic

mee t ing place of noted men As a s t ory t eller Senat o r Black
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burn is in a class qui t e by h imself His good na t ure is beyond .

limit I t is no t be l ieved that any one ever asked a favor of

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Senator Blackburn whi ch he did not grant if in his power ,

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His generosi t y has al w ays been far in excess of the size of his
purse He can count hi s f riends by the thousands It can
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be said of hi m and truthf ully t ha t he never t urned agains t

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t hose wh o stood by him He has al ways possessed the cour

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age t o speak ou t in meeting If things in his own party did .

not exac t ly sui t him he would say so ,

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when there came a division in the Democra t ic party ,

Senator B lackburn follo wed the fac t ion that nomina t ed

Mr Bry an He at that t ime made some political enemies
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in his o wn part y bu t he would not permit these di f ferences

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to transgress upon personal relati o ns Senator Blackburn .

has never been seen in publi c appareled in other than the

prevailing custom of the day He is n o t extravagant on .

t hese l ines b ut he is al ways consistent Not hi ng seems to

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delight him more than association wi t h hi s old time friends -

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F or al m ost a t hi rd of a cen t ury he has performed many pub

lic acts all for the go o d of the people and al l of them he has
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per f ormed wel l .

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 S C OTT C . B O NE

DI T O R o f the Washin gt on
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Bone is a splendid representative of c o n

ser va tive j o urna l ism He has been ide nti .

fi ed wi th newspaper life in Was h i ngton for

a numb er of y ears Hi s first association .

with the pub lic press at the National Capita l

w as as news editor of the Washington P ost ,

late r managi ng edit o r whi ch position he ,

o ccupied for nearl y fifteen y ears Upon retirin g fro m Th e .

P ost he with others estab li shed the Washingt o n H eral d

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which he has guided upon reasonab le l ines makin g it a pu b ,

lication reflectin g c redit up o n u p to date journalism Mr - -

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B one i s a nat ive of Indiana He was born in S hel b y C o unt y

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whic h was a ls o the birt hplace of Th o mas A Hendric k s .

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elected Vice President in 1 88 4 and who f or m ore than a

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quarter Of a c entu ry was one of the l eadin g Demo crats of the

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nati o n Mr B one b e gan hi s j o urnalistic career i n th e town

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of hi s nati vi t y under the tut o rship of the l ate Sc o tt Ra y wh o

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in his way was u ni qu e in j ournali st i c circ l es L ater Mr

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B one ad vanced twent y five miles farther to the West I n

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d ianapolis k n o wn at the t i me of his arriva l there as the

,

Cit y of C o ncentric C i r cl es ”
He first t o o k se rvi ce on th e
.

Indianapo lis S enti nel as a c o nscientious and i ndustrio u s

,

rep o rter The manner i n wh i ch he c ou l d and did chas e

.
, ,

the festi v e i tem fro m the C o urt H o use aro und the Uni o n
“ ”

Dep o t t o th e Capito l b uildin g was one o f the marv els of

Indianapol i s j o urna li sm of that period As he b roadened .

his experience his services t o newspaper propriet ors b ecame

,

more va l uable He had n o t b een lo n g at the cap i ta l of hi s

.

S tate e re h is abi lity as a rep o rter attrac t e d the attent io n

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the proo fs wi th hi s eagle e y e T h i s S h o ws co nser vatism great.
,

i ndust ry and s ou nd judgment He would n o d o u b t rather

,
.
, ,

that hi s paper shou l d be b eaten o n a n e ws e ve nt than

“ ”

p ri nt it W i th o ut first bein g ab l e t o e stabli s h c o nfirm at ion .

During his re s i dence in Washi n gt o n Mr Bo ne has f o rm ed , .

many stro n g ties of friendshi p with th e leadin g men of the

cit y He has beco me i dentified wi t h s o me O f the financia l
.

inst i tuti o ns as stockh ol der and direct o r He has f or some .

,

y ears b e e n a memb er of the Gri diron C lu b and at the pres e nt

, ,

time is its president He is probabl y fi v e feet ten inches in

.

hei ght weigh ing in the nei ghborh oo d of one hundred and
,

ninety p o unds His hair is dark s li ghtl y sp rin kl ed with gray

.
,
.

He is round faced and would pass f or a goo d lookin g man

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,
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where ver seen He wears a sh o rt mustache In c o n versa

. .

tion he is quiet He has comparati vel y l itt l e t o say H e is a

. .

good listener and not over quick t o make up hi s mi nd He

,
.

is inc lined to t hi nk a thing o ver before he acts In an execu .

tive capacity he maintains st rict observ ance of eve ry rule for

,

the better g o vernment Of hi s establi shment H e demands .

faithf ul service and has little use fo r th o se who are not wil l
,

in g to render to him a good acc o unt of their stewards hi p .

Bein g m o dest and unassuming he may at times seem a bit , , ,

distant b ut it is hardly intenti o nal

,
It is o ne of th o se .

thi ngs he cannot o verc o me Mr B o ne is usua lly seen in . .

business c lothes It would n o t appear that he gi ves an y

.

particular attention to the matter of dress He is a friend of .

m o dest co l ors and e ven when substituting the O ld garment

,

f or a new one the e f f ect is so quiet that often the change is

,

not ob serv able He is a lover of and loy a l to home i nstitu

.
, ,

tions He b elieves in spending his m o ney where he ma k es it

. .

His c l ose confinement to business has prevented hi s b ecoming

anythin g of a traveler Mr B o ne s h o me life is ideal He
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married when living in Indianap o l i s his wife b eing the ,

daughter of the late Col W R Meyers wh o served f o r severa l

. . .
,

te rms i n C o ngress and was l ater Secretary o f State o f Indiana

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.

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 W ILLI A M O . BR A D LEY

S L IFE w ears on and men gr o w ol d many ,

idols are sha tt ered and many ideals seem

vain The ins t ance o f a man wh o h as real
.

i ze d hi s every ambi t ion in li f e is so rare

t ha t fe w of us can kno w s uch men They .

S hould b e generous gr a t e ful and merry and , , ,

i f Uni t ed S t a t es Sena t o r William O Bradley .

of Ken t ucky i s a f air in st ance t hen so t hey are

, , .

F o r Br a dley has reali ze d w ha t as a b oy he used t o dream

, , .

And w hen he lay ou t o n t he h ill sides in Ga rr ard Coun t y ,

be fore t he Civil War i t was a rosea t e dream indeed t ha t

,

could pic t ure a Ken t ucky Repub lican be ing elec t ed Governor ,

or Sena t or of t he Uni t e d S t a t es Ear lier Bradley had re solved

.
,

t o b e Presiden t bu t i t was not long a ft er recons t ru c t ion days

,

t ha t t he you t h unde rst ood t hat not in his li f e t ime perhaps , ,

w ould t here b e a Presiden t from t he land sou t h of the O hi o .

He gave t ha t dream back to t he fairi es and said t ha t he would ,

be Governor and Sena t or anyh ow ,

.

N ow during t he w ar Bradley aged t h irt een had t hrice

, , ,

ru n a w ay from home t o j oin t he Union army and t hr ice hi s ,

fa t her had spanked him and t aken h im back Some t hing .

of t hi s s t ead f as t ness of purpo se lived t hr ough t he spankings ,

t hough f or t he b oy gr o wing up in Eas t ern Ken t ucky during

, ,

t he late six t ies held to hi s dreams His f a t her was a famous

,
.

la wy er of t ha t day and he schooled hi s j ovi a l son in t ha t

,

pro f ession And early in his manhood t he f u t ure Governo r

.

sho w ed an abili t y to make f ri ends and a quali t y to keep t hem

, ,

that amazed t he mos t popular public men Small fights .

passed wi t h varying resul t s because the State was Demo

,

cra t ic and Bradley s Repub l icanism was a small sn o wball

,
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in that t i m e Bu t by and by it b e gan t o gro w and 1 8 7 0 fo und
.
,

Brad l e y cou nt y att o rn ey o f G arrard .

T wo y ears l at e r he wo n the Repu blic an n omi nat io n for

Congress in the old Ei ghth District— the bai liwick Of Mc c reary
—
and Hardin and he was defeated In 1 8 7 6 he was defeated ,
.

f or Con gress a gain But all t hi s wh i le hi s stumpin g and hi s

.

enthusiasm hi s pers o na l ity and hi s b rain were ha ving their

, ,

e f fect on the people of Kentucky and gi vin g Brad l ey a national

,

reputat io n for tenacity and abi lity Six elections as de l egate .

at large t o Repub lican nati o na l c o nve nti o ns and a great ,

seconding speech f or G rant in 1 88 0 put hi m further into

, ,

the pub lic understandin g Thus when the nati o na l c o n

.
,

ve ntion of 1 888 ga v e hi m 1 0 5 vo tes f o r V ice President people -

,

did not ask : Wh o is Bradley of Kentuck y $

“ ”
The y knew
,

that a dogged able y o ung Repu blican by that name was cut
,

tin g down Democratic majorities in Kentuck y and they were ,

willin g to watch hi m His race for Govern o r Of his S tate

.
,

in 1 8 8 7 was a b eautifu l one and when the returns showed

, ,

a Dem o cratic majorit y of c o mpared with the

pre vi o us Dem oc ratic maj o rity of the Repub licans
of nati o nal pr o mi nence underst oo d that a lion hea rted man -

was making the kind o f fight fo r p ri nci ples that might win
in the end .

When i n 1 88 9 wi tho ut any s olicitati o n o n the part of

, ,

Brad l ey a Democratic Senator from Kentuck y B eck

,
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indorsed hi m for Minister to Korea and a Repub lican Presi ,

dent appointed hi m every one who had been watching the

,

pi o neer Kentuc ky Republican was glad that a goo d place a t ,

a y ear was hi s B ut Brad l ey sa w opp o rtunities

,
.

in Kentucky for hi m that onl y a pra c t ic a l i dea li st c o uld ha ve

seen and he remained at h o me
,
.

Sure e n o ugh in 1 8 9 5 Brad le y was e lect ed Gov ern o r of

,

Kentucky b y nearl y It was ast o undin g The papers .

were ful l O f the h ist o ry and the persona lit y of the fi rst Repub
lican G overnor of the O l d B luegrass S tate and the Kentucky ,

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delegation to t he 1 89 6 conven tion t ha t nomi na t ed M c Ki nl ey , ,

indorsed Bradley f or Presiden t To him i t was only a f or .

ma ] cou rt es y f or he de t ermi ned to cli ng to hi s ideals and look

,

for ward only t o t he S e na t e f or whi ch he had been de f ea t ed,

several t imes He se rved his S t a t e w e l l in i t s capi t al and

.
,

i t was B radley w ho preached order and obedience t o la w

du ring t he Goe be l t roubl es t ha t discredi t ed Ken t ucky Repub
,

li c a ns and Ken t ucky Democra t s a l ike f or several years .

Then ou t of ofli c e follo wi ng his b en t as a la wyer $and

, ,

Bradley is a dis t ingui s hed o ne ) t he former Gove m or removed ,

t o L ouis vi lle hoping s t ill t ha t he w ould accomplish hi s final

,

aim and si t in t he sea t O f Cla y and Carli sle and Beck I n

,
.

1 90 8 a ft er a long deadlock and a hea rt breaki ng s t ruggle

.
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he w as elec t ed t o t he Sena t e by a Democra t ic legisla t ure and ,

he is t here no w .

I t is every bi t romance t his li fe and career of William

, , ,

O Bradley Had he t aken hi s principles less seriously and

. .

his personali t y less humorously he mi gh t never have been ,

any t hi ng bu t a man wh o could not arri ve Bu t he w as e n .

do w ed wi t h a Ra b elaisian wi t t he di vine gi ft o f seeing him ,

se l f as o t he rs sa w hi m and a capaci t y f or public speaki ng

, ,

f or handli ng men o f all so rt s t ha t mus t be t he a tt ribu t es of ,

eve ry public man wh o h as conquered t he od ds w hich Bradley

faced in his you t h Then his end owment included too a
.

, ,

rigorous sen se of honor an unconquerable hones t y and a , ,

fine equipment of blun t ness t ha t dre w t he admira t ion of all

men .

Bradley si t s now in t he Sena t e w h ich he used to ph ot o

graph fo r himself a gains t the f ores t ed sky line o f Ga rrard -

Coun t y He is a short t hi ck man wi t h a fine head and a

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, ,

pair of luminous bro wn eyes t ha t tell hi s li f e s t ory They are .

t he eyes o f a dreamer bu t a prac t ical one and the Senator

, ,

is still dreaming dreams at six t y five He will not be a can -

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dida t o f or re elec t i o n to t he Sena t e and so he plans n o w to

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de l iver a lec t ure as his last co ntribution to the forum It is .

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to be termed : The Inspired Documents of the W o rld The —

Bible the Magna Charta and the Declarati o n o f I nd epe n

, ,

dence and it wil l b e a goo d lecture too

, ,
.

As he S its in the Senate hi s eyes twinkle with the rills of

,

fun and happiness that run always t h rough hi s heart Ke n

tu c k
.

ians of all faiths and o f all parties are proud o f S enator

Bradley and the best tribute they pay hi m is
,

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He is faithful to his friends.
 W ILLI A M J
. BRY A N

Y WAY of illus t ra t ing t he spiri t in w hich

wha t follo ws i s w ri tt en imagine t ha t a large
,

fund i s placed in t rus t to be disposed of

fi ft y years hence The f und is t o go t o t he
.

heir of t he one wh o a t t he presen t t ime

, ,

mos t accura t ely and b riefly port rays t he

charac t er and public services of William
Jen nings Bryan ; t he decision t o be given
fif t y years from now .

I t is no t w ha t pre j udiced cri t ics or over ze alous f riends -

are saying of hi m t o day bu t w ha t hi s t ory will say of t he

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,

Democra t ic leader fi ft y years f rom no w t ha t mos t concerns ,

Colonel B ryan Tho se wh o are con t en t t o fli t t heir brief

.

m o men t in a su pe rfi cial sa t isfac t ion be fore p assing in t o O bscur

i t y probably t hi nk t h is selfi shness upo n t he part of t he grea t
Comm oner There are t hose w ho w ould say i t w as se l fish
.

t o wi sh f or heaven Such persons only demand a leader w ho

.

wi l l aid t hem in a ma t erial w ay and no doub t hones t ly

, , ,

believe t ha t only momen t ary success in li f e coun t s I f con .

sid er e d a t all ho w will t hese ci t i ze ns look under t he micro

,

scope of fif t y years f rom now $

Broad t hinkers w ho disagree wi t h Colonel Bryan politi
,

cally say t ha t he is t oo far ahead of hi s t ime As his to ry

,
.

sho w s t ha t all grea t re f orms require years O f agi t a t ion before

being enac t ed in t o la w might no t history vindica t e t he Colonel
,

f or having t aken t ime by t he fo relock $ Surely in hi s ,

compara t ively short li fetime he has been l iberall y rewarded

f or his display o f f oresigh t “ ”
Policies advocated by C0 1
.

one l B ryan ,
early in his po l i t ical career w hich were pro ,

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nou nc e d as anarc hi stic by p o litical opponents were adopted , ,

years afterward b y the political enemy and are now o n the

, ,

statute books .

A S a political v ehicle upon which t o ride into power n o ,

doubt Colonel Bry an will be classed as unsuccessful He is .

n o t always a go o d judge O f human nature for he fails t o com ,

prehend the selfishness of men He is apt to p lace t oo h igh .

an estimate on poor weak human nature and therefore

, , ,

at times may seem intolerant to those who do not fully under

,

stand him Too Often he insists on j udging others b y hi s own

.

hi gh standard When he discovers his mistake he is likely

.
, ,

f or a brief mo ment to be inclined to peevishness However

,
.
,

the Christian spirit e ver do minant in Bryan never permits

, ,

hi s slightest anger to take form in words unless for the sake ,

of the pub li c g o od and then e ven no personal resentment is

, , ,

in the least manifested .

So far as a place in history can be assured the Democratic ,

leader stands on v elvet an abundance of vel vet at that

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.

Beli e ving that he can read hi s title clear how funny the ,

persons who continue industriously y ear after year trying , ,

t o wr ite him into obli vion must appear to Colonel Bry an .

They can keep him o ut of the Presidency but not out of ,

hi story.

In fifty years Bry an will far o utrank William E G ladst o ne .

,

as a Christian statesman and as a laborer in the L ord s vine

,
’

yard he will appear more than the equal of Spurgeon wh o —

was Bry an s f ather s ideal man

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A safe measure to take of the Nebraskan is to c onsider

the love and a f f ection that the people of Canada ho ld for hi m .

Here are a friendly people along ou r own border entirely ,

free from poli t ical prej udices They d o not rec o gnize hi m
.

—
as a politician o nly as a Christian statesman of world wide -

sympathy .

The c hi e f j ustice O f O ntario after listenin g to an address

,

by Colonel B ry an on the Po wer of L o ve remarked : He

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The part of the speech which m o ved Bryan to t hi s remark was
where Mr Th o mas compared t he courage of the N eb rask
. an

to the Spartan boy w ho permi tted his bowels to be eaten ou t by

a fox .

Bryan used frequently to tell in hi s speeches about Speaker

Cannon and other leaders o f the Republican party calling hi m
a dreamer As an ans w er he gave in an inimitable way the
.
,

story of Joseph and the corn His recital clearly indicated .

that w henever Bry an is in great doubt as to a course t o pur

sue he invariably goes to the Bible for his guidance
,
.

Accordin g to the di f ference in population between n o w and

then Washingt o n and Je f ferson each had as many critics
,

as Bry an But t here was a great di f f erence in the charac t er

.

of them The cri t ics of Was h ington and Je f ferson were

.

generall y controlled b y their passions aroused by the excite ,

ment Of the t i me A very large prop o rtion o f the pens

‘

emplo y ed to assail Colonel B ry an are wielded b y persons

who respect h im and what they do in attempting to blacken
,

his name is f or pay furni shed by predat o ry wealth Th is .

is a more refined b ut m o re cold b lo oded way ; that s al l -

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N o matter how the number of these critics and b ack

biters may multiply the y will in no way s o ur the C ol onel s
,
’

naturally s w eet disposition Indeed he has frequentl y been .

,

known to attempt t o find excuse f or s o me of them E ven .

occasionally if one of them d o es rile him his fine sense of

, ,

humor comes to his relief .

A man $gold Democrat) wh o i s n o w fre quently spoken of

as a Demo cratic candidate for President was suggested to ,

the Nebraska statesman for a running mate in 1 90 8 ,

.

“
H o w does he strike you $ the Colonel was asked
”
.

”
He strikes me every chance he gets was his reply ,
.

The conversation quickly changed to other channels .

A Democrat who had b een almost brutal in hi s attacks on

B ryan and who finally became a Republican offi ce holder
, , ,
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was quoted to the Colonel one day by a friendly political

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simpleton Tha t man has been so un fair and persisten t
.

t ha t I was once nearly provoked in t o saying something abou t

hi m personally
”
said Bryan,
“
Bu t he t augh t me a good
.

lesson I f I could go wi t hou t speaking evil of hi m I was not

.
,

likely ever t o be t emp t ed t o speak evil of any one else ”

.

If a ne w spaper a tt ack upon Mr B ryan contain some .

thing clever he apparen t ly enj oys i t O nce w hen he took

,
.
,

f or the sub j ec t of his address Thou shal t not s t eal t he , ,

Ne w York ne w spapers seemed t o be part icularly bi tt er on

him Even f or Ne w York papers t he a tt acks w ere so fierce
.
,

t ha t t hose about Colonel Bryan hoped he w ould not read

t hem As he said no t hing and seemed t o be in his bes t humor
.
,

f ollo w ing t he publica t ion i t w as hoped t ha t he was una ware

,

of t hem Tha t he had care f ully read t hem w as made kno w n

.

t he nex t nigh t f or he referred t o t hem in a poli t ical speech

,
.

“
I made an address in Ne w York las t nigh t announced”
, ,

t he Nebraskan “
My subj ec t w as : Thou shal t not steal
.
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’

This morning I f ound upon reading t he ne w spapers t hat all

, ,

t he edi t ors f el t t ha t I had personally insul t ed t hem ”

.

The edi t or of a grea t w eekly paper a f e w years ago , ,

“ ”
made a really clever speech grilling Bryan The Colonel ,
.

remarked : Tha t is a s t rong speech f rom a conserva t ive

“

s t andpoin t ; bu t f ort unately f or me t he speech concludes with

, ,

eulogies of Rocke f eller and Morgan .

Wha t has been said of his ambi t ion t o be Presiden t is ,

probably grea t ly exaggera t ed N O doub t each t ime t hat

,
.
,

he w as de f ea t ed he f el t t he pangs of disappoin t ment Bryan s

, .
’

desire t o reach t he White House is certainly not purely per

sonal In 1 90 6 a friend w as f or the firs t t ime standing on
.
, , ,

t he broad veranda of Fairview Colonel Bryan s beau t i ful ,

’

Nebraska home examining t he grand scenery The Visi t or

,
.

mus t have shown grea t enj oyment over w ha t met his gaze ,

f or the Colonel remarked : You seem t o l ike i t

“ ”
.

“
I d rather be he re t han at the Whi t e House repli ed the
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visitor .

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Exactl y the way I feel said B ry an I do not want to
,
.

be President except the positi o n would enable me t o do a

,

great deal of go o d for the people ”

.

Colonel B ry an s capacity f or work is equaled o nl y by the

’

capacity t hat he possesses f or enjoying life His energy .

is as remarkable as any of his other powers He is by .

instinct and trainin g very industrious In some ways he .

has made ou t of himself a mac hi ne He can g o to sleep .

under any and all circumstances as soon as he lays his head ,

down He seldom sleeps longer than the tim e h e intended

.
. .

In every day li f e Mr B ry an is like the Scotch Irishman

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so fami liar to the S o u t h in General Jackson s time and very

’
,

familiar in Canada to—day He is prudent methodical and .

, ,

al w ays reli gious Maybe a little too strict re garding per

.

sonal conduct from the Viewpoint of the gi lded y outh of

,

t o day
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Where individuals are concerned Bryan is the most f or ,

giving of men He is bro ad in all his thoughts but a stern

.
,

disciplinarian .

The writer has seen B ry an face death witho ut a quiver .

It w as in a runa w ay w here every minute it l oo ked as if hi s

,

brains would be dashed out He has seen Bry an by less than .

,

half a minute miss a train wh ich w as to take him to an impor

,

tant engagement and he not e ven frowned With all the

, .

courage of a lion he possesses the gentleness of a wo man

,
.

In refusing an in vitation t o shoot deer recently Mr , ,

.

B ry an said : It takes a deer too long to die after being shot

“
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”
Unless for food I will never shoot another
,
.

The personal good that the Nebraska statesman a ecom

l i h e s by his lectures is incalculable After each lecture he
p s .
,

receives scores of letters mostly from young men as king f or

—
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ad vice Many of the letters contain hard luck stories

.
“ ”
.

Much Of this correspondence Mr Bry an answers with hi s .

o wn hand w hile trave ling on a railroad train O ften he

,
.

work s thi s way when tired and in need Of s leep B ut h e

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regards it as a par t of his li f e s mission and in consequence
’
, , ,

many a life is made happier and be tt er .

A generous propor t ion Of Mr Bryan s income goes to

.
’

s t rivin g educational ins t i t utes ; to maintain scholarships and ,

t o pay f or missionary w ork .

In conclusion f or t he nex t few years the splendid heal t h

,

of Mr . Bry an t he po wer he derives f rom religi on and hi s

, ,

ever—increasing acquain t ance and prosperi t y should be given

careful considera t ion In such a condi t ion a man has not
.

at t ained his full height B ry an is fif t y He wo uld not be

. .

o ld a t seventy barring acciden t s

,
.

Parties may come and part ies may go ; but B ry an will

con t inue follo wing t he Golden Rule and his example will
,

be fel t t he w hole w orld over.

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 TH EO D O RE E . BURTO N

O BE an un questioned authority in one s own ’

l ifet i me must b ring j oy and a feeling of much

responsibili ty And that Sena t or Theodore
.

E Burton of O hio is happy cannot be

.
, , ,

d o ubted ; nor can there be any ques t ion that

the Senat o r understands his responsibility
to the nation F or Burton before he w as
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,

fifty years Old was the las t word on matters

,

concernin g the i mprovement of rivers and harb o rs and that ,

finality of information and j udgment he has held to t h is day .

When Burton was appointed chairman of the Rivers and

Harbors Co mmi ttee of the House wherein he served for ,

many years he to o k rank at onc e as a dispassionate and

, , ,

alt ogether just student of those problems During hi s ser .

vice ou the commi ttee in a rank other than chairman Burton ,

had been a sy stematic and careful worker Earl ier training .

as a college professor in the great Universit y of the Western

,

Reserve had discip lined him in pro found research and also
, ,

in the art of presenting facts properl y As chairman of the .

committee Burton pursued his labors with the avidit y w hich

,

must have characterized the famous de lving of ol d Sch l iemann

among the ruins of ancient Troy He became an authority .

on these questions and having mastered them having learned

, , ,

everything that could b e found ou t ab out the water ways of

t he nation and how properly to develop them Burton turned
, ,

his attention to the legislative side of the matter .

The bills were gloriously then wha t all public spirited

,
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statesmen are trying to prevent them from being t o —day

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pork barrels A pork barrel is a free for all a pass it
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around sort of measure which will pro vide

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to develop
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 THE O DO R E E B URT O N .

Goose Creek al t hough t he only past present and possible

, , ,

trafli c f or Goose Creek consis t s of dead leaves Burt on set .

ou t to limi t appropria t ions t o pro j ects whi ch would carry

t he traffi c of the na t ion He wan t ed to develop system .

at ic a ll y in a y ear after year manner t he endless Mississippi

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t he broad O hi o the mud barred Missouri After these were

,
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comple t ed all the appropria t ions sho uld be t urned to smaller

, ,

ye t wort hy streams argued Burton ; but un t il t he big rivers

,

were properly channeled he wanted the bulk of the legis ,

la t i o n t o go to t hem .

Un t il 1 90 9 Burton who is a wonderfully capacious worker

, , ,

labored wi t h his rivers and harbors He t raveled on them and .

,

up them and do wn t hem and through t hem He studied t he .

water ways of countries oversea He made his speeches on t he .

subj ect classics No Congressman presumed to question any

.

inf ormation or statis t ics if Burt on stood sponsor f or them ,

.

Then Burton in 1 90 9 though in line i t is believed for

, , , ,

the next Speakers hi p O f t he House w as called t o the Senate ,

by O hio t o succeed tha t brainy and bril l ian t man Joseph B

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.

Foraker A mo n t h be f ore the le gisla t ure convened t here

.
,

was not t he sligh t est a t tempt possibili t y even of de feating , ,

Burton .

In the Sena t e he had to begin all over again with his

rivers and harbors No t t ha t he did not kno w t hem as w ell
.

from the Senate standpoint ; but the ne w Senator must be

conten t with low rank on commit t ees The f amous pork “
.

”
barrel of 1 9 1 0 which remembered nearly 30 0 districts out of
,

39 2 and spent
, t o s w eep so far w as not passed ,

un t il Burton had pruned it of several squandered millions ,

and had indica t ed to t he Presiden t that if he Burt o n were , ,

President he w ould veto the measure

,
.

But Burton s work will go marc h ing on Some of hi s

’
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books on rivers and harbors will be read by the engineers of

t he year 2 0 0 0 He has beco me an au t hori t y in his own time
.
,

which means t hat Burton has done some t hing for hi s c oun t ry
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during his lifetime has done a distinct somet hi ng ; that hi s
,

contributi o n to le gislative a ff airs cann o t be measured by glit

t ering phrases or by vague praises .

O ther t ngs have occupied the Senator the financial

hi —

problem for instance He has wri tten a book on this too

,
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,
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In O hi o Burton is considered a man who is against the

,

boss in politics as a system of go vernment His home city .

of Cleveland has several times elected him on that under

standing O nce he ran for mayor Of Cleveland against the

.
,

famous T o m L J o hnson . .

He had hardly found time t o rub his wounds after thi s

defeat when he was elec t ed to the Senate During the 1 9 1 0 .

O hio State Convention Burton became emb ro iled in a con

,

t rover sy with George B Cox the Repub li can b o ss of Cin

.
,

c inna ti
. Cox charged that Burt o n had entered into a deal
with him t o give the nomination for governor to a Cox man .

Burton denied the existence of any such deal He set him .

self he announced to disp o se o f C o x and all bosses as a force

,

in p o litics O hi o believed in his side of the question and

.
,

went with him A s a man is re garded at h o me he frequently is

A tall hea vy man much st ooped but p o werful loo k
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ing ; ,
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keen eyes long features a thin gray mustache ; end o wed with
, , ,

li ttle hair and considerable baldness ; courteous in demeanor ,

but able t o be stern on o ccasion Burton is as Senatorial appear ,

-

ing a man as sits in the chamber of the upper house He is .

scrupulous about his appearance and tho ugh he is a bachelor , , ,

Burt o n has never in Washington been seen with a spot on

, ,

his c o at or a thread on hi s sh o u l d e r SO li mitless are the .

in genuities of man $

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was at t he State University of Kentu c ky He was twenty .

two years of age when t h is happened He knew as little .

about war and military tactics as any yo ung man in the State .

His superi o rs readily o bserv ed that y o ung Calhoun was an

orga ni zer His first military command was that O f a c o m
.

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pany of the smaller boys of the university the SO called -

incorrigibles of the student body The university a u t h ori .

ties found in young Calh o un a handy kind of a man as it ,

were When they wanted t hi s outlaw element so to speak

.
, ,

brought under military discipline he was the one they called ,

on to do it They belie ved young Calhoun c ould do it and

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,

he did At first the company was regarded as somewhat

.
,

of a joke but long before he had it so wh ipped into

,

shape that it was regarded as one of the best discip l ined

compani es in the University Afterward he helped to .
,

organi ze and was elected captain of a State guard orga

niza tion which did valiant serv ice for the comm onwealth
,

on several occasions incident to the assassination of Gov

,

e m or Goebel and other uprisings in the mountain sections

, ,

where feuds have existed between fami lies and factions f or

many years .

Captain Calhoun had so endeared hi mself t o the State

authori t ies that when emergencies aro se calling for quel l ing
disturbances he was usually selected as the one t o insist that
peace should prevail though it had to b e brought ab out by
,

the force of arms There have been several times when

.

the ci vil authorities in Kentucky have been unable to cope

with the leaders of warring factions to such an extent that
the mili tary has been called into service Conditions si mi lar .

to these have arisen in nearly e very other State in t he Uni on ;

therefore Kentucky is no exception As above sta t ed Cap
,
.
,

tain Calhoun is a handy man t o hav e around when there is

somet h in g doin g His rec o rd as military commander in the
.

mountain districts o f Kentuc k y is too well kn o wn t o require

extended n o tice at this time He has on se veral o ccasions
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 C AP T A IN C C C A LH O UN . .

brought the warri ng fac t ions under con t rol f orcing them to ,

recognize t he maj es t y of t he la w and be good When the , .

City of Frankf ort t he capi t al of Kentucky w as in the throes

, ,

of t he great exci t ement following the assassina t ion of Gov

ernor Goebel Captain Calhoun w as a f ac t or t ha t had to be
,

reckoned wi t h by the insurgent element He had been pu t .

in a responsible posi t ion by Governor Beckham w ho af t er ,

ward was given t he offi ce of Governor by decision of the

Supreme Court of t he Uni t ed States declaring him the righ t ,

ful occupant of the o ffi ce Those were t roublesome days at.

Frankfort Cap t ain Calh oun was young cool and courageous
.
, , .

For one of hi s age it migh t be supposed t hat he would not

,

“ ”
be able to keep his head There is no record of hi s not.

showing at a ll times a mature j udgment seldom equaled

, , ,

by men of twi ce hi s years If t here were a hazardous com .

mission to execu t e Captain Calh oun was t he man selected f or

,

t he j ob It is re gistered of him t ha t he was never found

.
,

wanting in any assignmen t given hi m .

It is not ho w ever as a mili t ary man t hat Captain Cal

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houn commands a t tention He is ever a lover of peace if .

,

peace has to be brought about by a fight He became c on .

nec t ed wi t h the mili t ary more from necessity than o therwise

, ,

as there w ere grea t ques t ions t o be se tt led and for a time it , ,

seemed t hat the only w ay t hey could be adj usted w as by

bloodshed or at least an e f fort t o shed i t if occasion required
, ,
.

Fo l lowing hi s re t irement from a mi l i t ary co nnection he se t ,

t l ed down t o the prac t ice of law wi t h the determina t ion to ,

make a suc cess of it He had not had time to acquire much

.

money but was nevertheless set in hi s ambition althou gh

, , , ,

hi s military career had brough t hi m under the observa t ion

of the Governor w ho commissioned hi m to perform a service
,

for the comm onweal t h w hich probably changed the current

,

of his legal practice .

A f ter Governor Beckham had beco me installed in o f fice ,

and had familiarized hi msel f with the State s af fairs he dis ’

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c overed that Kentuck y had claims against the United S tates
fo r m o ney s growing ou t of the Spanish American War G ov -
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ernor Beckham wanted a man to go to Washingt o n to

present the matter to the proper authorities He knew what .

Captain Calhoun had done in assisting the settlement of

l o cal disturbances and be lieved him to be j ust the man to
,

represent the S tate in a legal capacit y at Washington Gov .

e r nor Beckham called him on the telephone between his ,

O ffi ce in the State House at Frankfo rt and Captain Calhoun s , ,

’

O f fices in L exington asking the latter to c o me to see him the

, ,

fo ll o win g day which he did The Go vernor made known

,
.

his desires At first Captain Calhoun was inclined to refuse

.

the position insisting that he knew n o thing whatever about

,

conducting such a f fairs at Washi ngt o n and that were he t o , ,

accept the place he would probably be unab le to accomplish

,

any thing The Go vern o r howe ver insisted and the result
.
, , ,

wa s the yo un g attorne y went to Washin g ton to prosecute t he

,

State s clai ms It is n o t necessary to go into details of how

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.

the t hi ng was done b ut en o u gh to state that i t was done and

, ,

well and quick l y d one His i nstructions were t o c o llect i f pos

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,

sible the c l aim f or ab o ut

,
gro wing ou t of the Spanish
American War It was whi l e pro secuting this c l aim that
.

Captain Ca l houn discovered the Go vernment o wed the State

of Kentucky ab out growin g ou t of the Spanish
American War and an interest claim which had o riginated
,

during the Civi l War The latter claim amounted to almost .

Thi s claim had been disallowed some eight or

ten years b efore b ut as Calhoun t oo k i t up and presented
,

it he made the authorities at Washi ngton see it in a di ff erent

,

light There was a lot of cutting of red tape after which

.
,

he went to work and in a few m o nths was able to bring to

,

the attention of the proper authorities the fact that the

United States Go vernment was indebted to the State o f
Kentucky on t hi s claim alone for interest in the sum of
35 This was the. largest claim o f the kind that
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had up to t ha t t ime been collected by any S t ate Captain
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Calhoun s f ee in t hi s case w as up w ard of

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Thi s w as no easy t ask I t required the services not only

.

of Cap t ain Calhoun but t hose of a f e w assistants

,
in collect ,

ing and proving t he necessary da t a T o d o t hi s it required .

,

minu t e search of t housands of f olios of paper and dus t y

records in t he basement of t he ol d Capi t ol building at Frank
f or t He worked nigh t and day on t his O ft en t imes on com
. .
,

ing above t he surf ace f rom t he basemen t t he Captain resembled ,

a coal miner in personal appearance so soiled w as hi s clo t h

, ,

ing in consequence of hand l ing t he dirt y records and papers .

The basement w as not li gh t ed by elec t rici t y or gas and t he only ,

ill umina t ion he had w as furnished by lan t erns This labor .

testified to a de t ermina t ion t ha t no t hing shor t of success

would sa t is fy him He dug and dug and dug He returned
. .

t o Was h ing t on wi t h a comple t e transcript of every ne ce s

sary record Many of t he Uni t ed S t ates Government offi
.

c ia l s w ere skep t ical and not un t il t he w hole matter w as

,

re vie wed and re revie w ed was t he claim allo w ed The Treas

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,
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ury offi cials cert ified t o t he j us t ice of t he claim t o Congress ,

and as soon as ac t ion could be t aken t he necessary appropri ,

ation w as made au t horizing t he paymen t Cap t ain Calhoun

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took wi t h him f rom Washington to Frank f or t t wo checks t he , ,

Civil War check f or t he Spanish American -

War check f or making a total of He

received as his t o t al f ee f or these claims This ,

was all accomp l ished in less t han t h ree years There were .

times w hen he w as much discouraged in t he buf f e t ing he

received f rom those wh o did not w ant t o see t he Uni t ed S t ates
Government separated fro m any of i t s cash He grit t ed hi s .

tee t h and stuck t o hi s work It w as a great day in Ken

.

tucky when Cap t ain Calhoun returned t o Frank f ort with the
two checks There was great rej oicing at t he Capi t al Cap
. .

tain Calhoun w as given a w elcome such as he might have

received had he re t urned a t the head of a vic t orious army .

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He had done s o methi ng no o ne else had e ver done Ken .

tucky needed a new capit ol building It was practically .

erected out of the money Captain Calhoun c o llected cost ,

ing j us t about the amo unt embraced in t he two checks .

Thi s experience led the Captain into l ike endeavo rs for

other States Massachusetts had a similar claim against the
.

United States The Go vern o r of that State had heard of

.

Captain Calhoun s triumph with t he result that he was made

’
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assistant to the Attorney General and hi s services were ,

engaged to represent the ol d Bay S t ate in that capacity which ,

he did and in w hich he was also success f ul He undertook

,
.

a like service for the Sta t e of Missouri in which he was again ,

successful meeting the hi ghest approval of both former Go v

e r nor Folk
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and the present G o vernor Hadley the first engag , ,

ing hi s serv ices the latter gi ving high commendation for the
,

fruitful results As an untirin g wo rker Captain Calh oun

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,

is not believed to have any superi o rs He not only works .

hard but w ith a purpose He does not lose time from the
,
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,

simple fact t hat he pursues a business system He h as been .

employ ed to prosecute claims against the Go vernm ent in ,

addition to Kentucky Missouri and Massachusetts f or Ala , , ,

bama Ar kansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa

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Kansas L ouisiana Mon t ana Nebraska S outh Carolina

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Tennessee and West Virginia In the Kentucky case Cap

,
.
,

tain Calhoun was successful in establishing precedents for

the ad j udication of this charac t er of claims ; consequently it ,

would seem that in the future his labors will be compara

t ive l y easy He did not find it necessary to employ any
.

lobbyists or anything of t he kind With him it was a ma tt er .

,

of clean business methods and a ques t ion of law If the ,

.

law did not make the payment of the claims possible of ,

course they were not presented ; but where there was legal
standing all claims were presented upon t his basis It can
,
.

readily be seen that Captain Calhoun has acquired b y hi s ,

industry and incessan t labors probably a tid y fortune b ut , ,

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t here is no one to dispu t e t he fac t t hat he had hones t ly

earned it .

Cap t ain Calhoun is modest and unassuming His suc .

cess did not enlarge his dome of t hought When he likes a .

person he li kes him ; and if he doesn t l ike hi m he doesn t

,
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He is geni al but not e f f usive In hi s f riendships he is loyal

,
. .

He has not had opport uni t ies to indulge hi msel f in many

t hi ngs excep t business He is al w ays well dressed some
,
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,

wha t incli ned t o be precise in t hi s as in every t hing else He

,
.

has no desire f or the flashy in dress preferring at all t imes , , ,

the use of quiet and modest colors He is in t he neighbor .

hoo d of six fee t in heigh t ra t her slender w eighing probably

, ,

one hundred and six t y five pounds He resembles in char

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a c t e rist ic s
,
and possibly in appearance w hat might have ,

been one of hi s ances t ral Scotch Covenanters He is proud .

of his ances t ry as he w ell may be t he Calhoun family being

, ,

among t he mos t eminen t in t he United Sta t es .

 J O S EP H G . CANN O N

TEA L y our humor ou t of Rabe l ais ; your

personal traits take f rom some fox hunting -

squire of the ol d Virginia days ; construct

y our stature from a Napoleonic cavalry
captain ; yo ur language fi l ch from some states
man oi the times of Andrew Jackson and ,

the lay figu re which you wil l assemble will

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,

in many ways resemble that remarkable man

, ,

the Speaker of the National House of Representati v es J o seph ,

Gurney Cannon But you must add the picturesqueness O f a

.

Maine headland and a th o usand and one components of the

,

compelli ng thing we c all personality to have an y idea of the ,

type of man that is Joseph Gurne y Cann o n .

For y ears Cannon has been the favorite play thi n g of the
st orm and of the battle As a young l awy er in Illinois his
.
,

blunt tongue made hi m enemies and threw r o c k s in hi s ,

progress but they were rocks that protected hi m from any

,

descent once he had surmounted them As a yo ung C o n

,
.

gressman he met the criticism of those to who m hi s bold

,

diction and methods were amazing As floor l eader of the .

House Republicans he l ed the toughest of battles and there

, ,

was never a better floor leader that an y one n o w in the part y

remembers As Speaker he has b orne the brunt of all the
.
,

evils laid to the Republican party and he has come out o f ,

it all one of the most unusual human b eings that this nati o n
has evolved .

F o r Cannon is a great man He will live in history and

.
,

for many di f ferent reasons The last three y ears of his Speaker
.

ship have produced the most significant movement in t he his

tory O f his party But it was not because Cannon was Speaker
.

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 J OS EP H G CANN O N .

TEA L your humor out of Rabelais ; your

personal traits take from some fox hun t ing -

squire Of the old Virginia days ; construct

yo ur stature from a Napole o nic cavalry
captain ; your language fi l ch from some states
man O f the times of Andrew Jackson and ,

the lay figu re w hich you will assemble will

-
,

in many w ays resemble that remarkable man

, ,

the Speaker of the National House of Representatives Joseph ,

Gurney Cannon But you must add the picturesqueness of a

.

Maine headland and a t housand and one components of the

,

compelling t hing we c all personality to have any idea o f the ,

type of man that is Joseph Gurney Cannon .

F or y ears Cannon has been the favorite plaything of t he

storm and of the battle As a young lawyer in Il l inois his
.
,

blunt tongue made hi m enemies and threw rocks in his ,

progress but they were rocks that protected hi m from any

,

descent once he had surmounted them As a y oung Con

,
.

gressman he met the criticism of t hose to whom his bold

,

diction and methods w ere amazing As floor leader of the .

House Repub li cans he led t he toughest of battles and there

, ,

was never a better floor leader that any one now in t he party
remembers As Speaker he has borne the brunt of all the
.
,

evils laid to the Republican party and he has come ou t of ,

it all one o f the most unusual human beings that t hi s nation

has evolved .

For Cannon is a great man He will live in history and

.
,

for many di f ferent reasons The las t t hree years of his Speaker
.

shi p have produced the most significant movement in t he his

tory of his party But it w as not because Cannon was Speaker
.

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 J O SEPH G CANN O N
.

that it came nor because his last thr ee years were in any
, ,

measure f eatured by a change in his presidency over t he

,

House The movement came because t he grea t West f ound

.
’

itsel f because the na t ion had tari ff grievances because new

, ,

ideas as to the cloaking of the Speakershi p were receiving

favor in cer t ain por t ions of t he country and because t here ,

were personal animosities to be aired .

Squarely t he Speaker met thi s movement His Con

, .

g r e ssion a l experience had been passed under Randall and

Crisp and Reed and Carli sle and Henderson all wielders of
po w ers w hich in t he case of Cannon w ere called c zarl ik
,

e .

He did not believe in t he t riumph as he expressed it O f 5 , ,

per cent in t he part y over t he 9 5 and he attempted to crush ,

the movemen t variously termed insurgency and progressive

,

ism He saw t he combina t ions of the members o f t his move

.

men t w i t h the minority in t he House recognized that together , , ,

they co nstituted a maj ority of t heir own and he never f ailed ,

t o call atten t ion to t h is phase In his vie w t hi s was wrong

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,
.

It w as not a Republican maj ori t y which w as e f fecting t he

wishes Of the 5 per cent and the Speaker advised and worked
,

against it He never compromised he spared no language

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,
.

He be l ieved sincerely that the movement w ould grow so

drunken wi t h po w er as to cast down t he en t ire Republican
par t y As Cannon is frankly a partisan he Opposed this
.
,

tendency .

“
L e t us figh t ou t ou r f ac t ional di f ferences in the caucus ,

w as hi s cry and not j oin wi t h the enemy t o de f eat ourselves

,
.

He found his posi t ion apparently unpopular but he ,

believed that exposition would win t he Republican vo t ers

t o his side So ou t in the t errific summer of 1 9 1 0 wen t t his
.

man aged seventy f our who bore himsel f like a b oy and

,
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, ,

spoke with the ring and the ardor of t hi r t y fi ve As t his -

.

book goes to press t he resul t s of hi s labors are not kno wn

, , ,

but t his prediction can sa f ely be made :

When Joseph G Cannon passes f rom public li f e t here
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will go a man w hose public integrity whose private practices , ,

whose straightforward expressions w hose blunt and u nc om ,

promisin g enmity to what he believed wrong will so appeal

to the soberer judgment of the second thought that there will
be sincere regrets for the good red blood which flowed ou t
with Joseph G Cannon . .

As w e have said Cannon w as seven t y —f our years ol d dur

,

ing the winter session of the Six t y fir st Congress Yet of all -

.

that body he was the one man w hose speech could fill and
,

en t ertain a gallery whose appearance on the flo o r for the

,

purpose of addressing the House w as su fli cient to bring

every lagging member into the chamber His beautifully .

cons t ructed sentences hi s agile feats of de l ivery his winning

, ,

gestures and his fine understanding of all t he t ricks O f a really

great and e f fective orator made hi s rare speeches both on the ,

floor and ex ca th edra bright patches in a session rather dull

,

drab as to oratory .

And how he could make cop y f or the newspapers ; what

good copy too $ The newspaper man in Washington who
,

had li tt le t o wri t e about welcomed a chance meeting wi t h

the Speaker .

“
What about the insurgents Mr Speaker $ he wo uld ask
”
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.

Cannon as I heard one ask one day at t he Whi t e House

,
.

In t his instance Cannon w as as usual faultlessly dressed

, , ,
.

Here is an e vidence o f why he provides copy His f ace was .

pink with heal t h and with the cold ; he wore a carna t ion in
h is bu t tonhole ; an astrakan coat long and s w agger flared , ,

back from a gray suit of the finest fi t and texture O n his .

white hair w as poised what seemed to be an ol d slouch hat .

But it was in fact a new and well kept hat careless only in
, ,
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its tone an important point about t he en t ire character of

,

Cannon O f course there was the cigar

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,
.

Thi s w as in the time when Cannon w as known from coast

“
to coast as Uncle Joe ”
When he w as asked about the
.

insurgents Uncle Joe be it t hen paused looked whi m si

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 J O S E PH G CANN ON .

c a lly a t th e newspaper man s wung his cigar o n a tro lley o f

,

sm ok e i nt o a remote corner of hi s l ips and began to wave ,

his hands He has beau t iful hands taper and whi te He

.
, .

descri bed little el l ipses in t he air as he spoke standing up ,

close to hi audi t or giving s light t urns to his body as he rose

s ,

on his toes and sank t o hi soles again s .

“ ”
My test of a party and an individual said Cannon is , ,
”
regularity .

And he spoke f or a fe w m inu t es bu t i t made a column in ,

t he papers Another would have gru f fly declined to ans wer ;

.

a t hird w ould have made a vacuous reply ; a f ourth would

have begged t he boys not to say t hey had asked him
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A reason f or t he populari t y of Cannon is that most Ameri

cans have a sense of and apprecia t e a sense of humor It is
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impossible to consider an ogre t he man w ho e nj o ys a j oke

on himse l f as in t ensely as he does one on you Muck rake a .
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publi c character h ow you will if he have the wit of Reed and,

the humor of Cannon he wi l l own t housands of followers

, .

O ne day t he newspaper delega t ion a t t he Whi t e House

hailed the Speaker as he w as leaving He complained to them .

in his whimsical way that he had to o much correspondence

ever t o answer It w as about t he time that Colonel Roose
.

velt ann o unced thr ough t he Ass o ciated Press that he cou l d
, ,

not answer all hi s correspondents and some one sug gested ,

to the Speaker that he do likewise .

And then cut down some trees and pitch hay added a
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satirist of the Rooseveltian forms o f recreation .

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If I had four times my present ability as has Theodore , ,

said Cannon and one fou rth hi s abi l ity to strike the keys
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of all the world I should say with a certain Senator ou t West :

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God rested when He made me and was glad ,

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You mean Beveridge $ shouted some one ; but the
Speaker co nsidered that they w ho did not guess correctly ,

need n o t
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To be what Cannon is to have filled his columns o f space

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and t o have used up as he has s o ma ny ph o tographic plates
, , ,

to go fo r a vulgarian amo n g many pe ople a blaspheme r ,

among o thers a statesma n among m ore would indicate a type

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of stature and appearance far di ff erent fr o m the real At .

se venty four the Speaker is dapper a strange word it seems

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t o those who hav e o n ly read of Uncle Joe He is sho rt and

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s light and we l l gro o med His face is hi gh and an gular with

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the eyes of a real hum o rist twinklin g and usually seen only
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ami d wrinkled pools of flesh He wears n o mustache but

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a sh ort a ll aro und b eard co vers hi s jaws and c hin

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 AN D REW CA RNEGIE

called t he Steel King of t he

O M ET I M E S
World Thi s may be a f anci f ul appella t ion
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,

whi ch is no doub t pleasing to Mr Carnegie . .

He is ho w ever willing t o concede that Herr

, ,

Kr upp t he grea t German s t eel and gun,

maker w as during hi s li f etime a man w ho

, , ,

kne w some t h ing abou t t he s t eel business ,

and t he one wh o manufac t ured more per ,

haps than any o t her one person in Europe Mr Carnegie

,
. .

was born in Sco t land and is as Scotch in hi s manner and cus

,

t oms to day as i f he had lived in North Britain all his li fe

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He spends ho w ever abou t half hi s time in England and

, ,

Sco t land and w hen in t he la tt er is domi ciled at hi s f amous

, , ,

Skibo Cas t le I t is here t he s t eel baron Andre w lives

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according to t he cus t oms whi ch prevailed in feudal t imes .

When in America Mr Carnegie sui t s himself to condi t ions

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exis t ing on t he w es t ern S ide of t he A t lantic When on his .

na t ive hea t h he t rans f orms hi msel f as to customs in t o al t o

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gether a di ff erent man The great s t eel —maker can look .

from any windo w in the turrets of hi s cas t le no ma tt er in ,

whi ch direc t ion and see t housands of acres of hea t her all
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his own The moors about Skibo Cas t le are in a hi gh s t a t e

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of cul t iva t ion The great Andrew is roused from slumber

.

every morni ng by a bugler dressed in t he full regal ia of a ,

Sco t ch Highlander He discourses s weet music f or the

.

refined ears of the L aird hearing w hich i t would be hard ,

t o believe t hat he had ever been accustomed to the vulgar

noises in and about Pi tt sburg That Mr Carnegie is a man . .

of s t riking charac t eris t ics the general people are w illing to ,

concede That he is a giant intellec t ually has long since

.

been established in publi c opini on Mr Carnegie was not . .

exactly lucky in his beginning bu t in many respec t s he sho wed ,

that he had more and better wisdom than many o t hers Begin .

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ning life at the lower rung of the ladder he climbed by eas y ,

stages ; but there were numerous times w hen he came near

f alling O ccasionally it was to progress three rounds S lip
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back t w o He was able however to overcome all Obstacles

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and reach a much hi gher point as a man of wealth than he , ,

had ever anticipated His wisdom taught hi m to take a d van

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tage of t he iron and steel conditions at the most opportune

time The marv elous growth O f the country turned a stream
.

of gold into the lap of the little Scotchman .

Mr Carnegie s first employment was as a messenger bo y

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to a telegraph company L ocal hi story about Pittsburg is .

silent as to whether he was or was not a quick messenger , ,

boy The chances are he w as no t When he should have

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been outside de l ivering messages he was upstairs in the ,

opera t ing room learning the intricacies of telegraphing He

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was not long in becoming an effi cient operator Then he .

put aside hi s blue uniform and took on the airs of a real ,

sure —enough man engaged in one of t he great indus t ries of

the country As a telegraph opera t or he soon became c on
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nec t e d wi t h the telegraph service of the Pennsylvania rail 2

road Here w as t he turning—poin t in young Carnegie s li f e

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In those days most of the di vision superintenden t s w ere t aken

from the staff of telegraph operators Thomas A Scott . .
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t hen president of the Pennsylvania railroad O bserved Car ,

ne gie his industry and his bright mi nd

,
Mr Scott w as ever . .

on the lookout f or good material and he found in Carnegie a ,

young man qui t e to hi s li king The lat t er became a good .

division superintendent and whi le in this position came in

,

close contact with a large number of progressive iron men of

Pi tt sburg Mr Carnegie did not take kindly to earning a
. .

mere salary when it w as possible to go into business on hi s

,

own account and hazard chances on the future His hi story .

in t he iron and steel w orld is too well kno wn throughout

the United States to call for more than a mere passing ob se r
vation Many people claim that Mr Carnegie in the acquire
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 TH O MA S H . CARTER

EN A T O Rin C o n gress fro m the S tate of

M o ntana Nob o d y is more aware of t hi s
.

fac t than are the peop l e o f that State Sen .

ator Cart e r has a pecu l iar and happy adapt .

abili t y o f l etting pe ople ab ou t n hi m k now .

what is going on y et he i s su ffi ci ent ly secre

,

t iv e at least for al l p olit ic al pu rposes tho

, u gh ,

he is m o st usual ly out i n th e open with e very

thi n g he does Th o u gh M o ntana has b een goo d t o S enator
.

Carter n o o n e q u e st i ons that he has lo n g s i nc e pai d hi s d eb t

,

wi th int e rest There has ne ver been any ne e ded l e gi s l ation

.

fo r the citizens o f the S tate that S enat o r C arter has n o t

attempt e d to place up o n the statute books S enat o r C arter .

was bo rn in O hi o He is ce rtain ly n o t asham e d of i t y et

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,

he n ev er s ee ms t o S we ll wi th any part i cular p ri de wh e n j o ur

neyi ng a c ro ss that c o mm o nwea l th He b e li e ves there i s n o
.

State i n t h e Uni o n like M o ntana Wh en he turn e d hi s face

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t o ward the fast fadin g trai l o f the Ind i an he had n o i mten

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ti o n o f goi n g as far west as M o ntana H e th o ught I llinois

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and I o wa w o u l d abo ut meet his then yo ut h fu l ambi tio ns .

The wanderl ust h o we ve r was stron g He trudged a lo ng

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u ntil he c ame t o H e lena Just why he shou ld have put d o wn

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hi s carpet b a g i n t hi s pa rti c u l ar lo ne ly sp o t o n the great hi gh

way b etween th e two oc eans h as ne ver b ee n k nown and ,

pro b ab ly ne ve r will u nless i t be that he was i n se ar ch o f q u i et

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Wh en th e future S enat o r dec lare d h imsel f a ci t izen o f

M o ntana and had c o me t o stay he was the p io nee r o f a new
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ente rpri se that o f s e l li n g boo ks ; y et i t wo u l d appear th at the

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pe op le o f M o ntana h ad less u se fo r book s th an a l m o st any

t h i n g el se At any rat e he mad e the book t rade flou ri sh
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 TH O MAS H CARTER .

If there was a man or w o man in the Territo ry — it had n o t at ,

tha t time been admit t ed int o t he sisterh ood of States who

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could read and there w ere lots O f t hem Mr Carter was there
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wi t h the goods so to spe ak t o sh ow them the light in the

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latest novel t y in l i t era t ure His w as in truth a campaign o f

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educa t ion It was while pe ddling books that he took on

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habits peculiar to a poli t ician In the art of hand shaking .

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it c o uld be said of him t hat he was born to it The meces .

sary ad j unct to the career of a successful man in po l itics ,

that of kissing t he babies was acquired by Mr Carter with

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despa t ch if not al w ays wi t h nea t ness Mr Cart er as the

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advance agen t of literature became as w e l l kno wn through ,

ou t the Terri t ory as was t he man w ho was then filling the

O ffi ce of G o vernor Mr Carter s personali t y proved his f or ’

tune As a talk
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. er ei t her in priva t e or public he was able to

, ,

hold hi s own with any man in the Wes t Wh en he could talk .

five dollars ou t of a bra w ny miner w earing a red flannel shirt ,

f or t he la t est book on the market wh o much preferred spend ,

ing hi s cash for w hisky i t w as an achi evement that few men

,

could hope to at t ain Thi s demonstrated Mr Ca rter s per

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suasive po wers In tal king books and selli ng bo oks Mr

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Carter be gan building up a reputa t ion throughout the Terri

tory He also began making money When the book trad e
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b ecame dull he turned his attention t o the po litical field

, .

Present ly the boo k business passed into the contro l of others ,

leavi ng Mr Carter a full fl ed ged aspirant f or pub li c Offi ce

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He began b y bein g e l ected a Dele gate t o C o ngress .

After tw o y ears Of li fe in the Nati o na l L egislature Mr , .

Carter saw there were o ther political w o rlds to c o nquer He .

was pa rticularl y fort unate in havi n g for hi s b est friend Ben

jamin Harri s o n e l ected President i n 1 888 It was at the time
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Mr Ca rter was sent as a Delegate t o C on gress President

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Harri so n t ook a li ki ng t o hi m appo inting him later Com , , ,

mi ssi o ner o f th e G en e ra l L and O fli ce There were stil l hi gher .

h o n o rs for him Presi dent Harri son select ed hi m as Chair

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man o f the Nati o nal Committee in the campai gn o f 1 8 9 2 .

Defeated but not crushed he re t urned t o M o ntana Th i s

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pro ved to be a halcy on period for Mr Carter The Te rri . .

t ory was taking o n Stateh o od importance and in good time the ,

once progressive premi er I n the advancement of literature

in the Roc k ies came to Washington clothed with the dignity
of a United States Senator He was defeated for r e election
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but that apparently made no di ff erence to him Four years

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later he came again be f ore the legislature with his usual cheer
ing smile s t roking hi s chi n whi skers asking to be returned
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t o Washi ngton There was not a party voice against it ; his

.

persuasive po w ers as a talker were ever with him as a Senator ,

as the y had been in t he busy marts of glorified literature .

Senator Cart er may in a sense be styled an O ld f ashioned

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po l i t ician Nothing seems to please him more than to go

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among the people o f t he count ry side and hear them talk of

pub li c aff airs and public men especially himself He can
,
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take his share of poli tical pu ni shment but there are times ,

when he is inclined to hoist the red flag of rebelli on partic ,

u l a r l y w hen opposition edi to rs make personal warfare on hi m .

When Senator Carter is a friend it is onl y s o me unusually

,

indiscreet act wh ich may cause him to change He has his .

share of patience ; he is loyal to hi s friends and expects loyalt y ,

in return Senator Carter began showing the s t rands Of

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silver in hi s hair w hen a young man Personally he does .

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not look unlike t he prevailing representation Of Uncle Sam

in the com i c papers The only beard on his face which is per
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m itt ed t o c o ver his chi n is gray and a bit long w hich he

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strokes gentl y wi th hi s left hand wi t h that degree of a ff ec

t ion which history relates is characteristic O f the patriarchs .

Few men w o uld think of asking Senator Cart er who makes

his clothes He is given to having his waistcoats cut a bit
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lo w —lo w er than the rules of f ashion usually prescribe whi ch

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g ives a broad expansive

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S how of shirt front It may not .

be quite et h ica l to state it but it is a fact S enat o r Ca rter

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 J O H N BR EC K I N RI DGE C ASTL E MA N

M O NG i nt repi d you ng men wh o made

th e

p o ssible th e f our years re s i sta nc e by the ’

Sou th to the su perior numb ers and equ ip

m en t of Ge n e ra l Gran t consi der Joh n ,

Breckinri d ge C ast le man o f Loui svill e T o ,

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be sure h e is n o t n o w a you ng man His

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h a ir hi s silke n m u sta c h e and i mperi a l a ll

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are whi t e ; his h i gh colore d fa ce i s li n ed wi th -

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wri nk l es ; his gr a c efu l sh o u l ders are st oop i ng e v e ry thi n g
abo ut hi m b ut hi s h eart is ol d B ut i n 8 6 Ge nera l Cas
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tl em an h e was p l ain J o h n B C ast le m a n then — .was a you t h
of tw e nty and h a vi n g be en bo rn in Faye tt e C o unt y Ken t ucky
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where live d th e cel ebrat e d G en era l Joh n M organ it was ,

nat u ra l that Brec k Ca st le ma n sh oul d al ly himsel f wi th

“ ”

th e gre at cav alry l ead e r .

Hi s i ntrepi d i ty sh o wed we ll d ur i ng th e opening years of

th e war and Cast le man ro s e t o comman d M organ s ol d
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’

re gi me nt H e was th en pu t i n charge o f an expedi t io n t o

.

li be rate all th e C o nfederate p ri s oners i n I ll i n ois and In di an a .

So d esp erat e was the undertaki ng an d so no t ed for valor were ,

th e men wh o en gaged i n i t th at wh en Maj o r Castl e man was

,

c aptu red h e was p lace d fo r ni n e mo nths in soli t ary co n

,

finem ent . In 865 he was paroled on condi tion th at h e

1

remain out o f the U ni ted S t ates forever .

Wh at lo t cou l d have s eeme d m ore severe th an th a t o f

the gall ant you ng Ke nt ucky s ol dier $ He went to Pari s for a
whi le st u dyi n g there lo n gi n g a l ways for th e h ome l and and
, ,

for his nat ive S tate and i ts cust o ms At length h e was pardoned .

by President J ohnso n and he ret urned t o live ou t hi s li fe in

,

Kentu cky .

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 J O HN BRECK I NR I D G E CASTL EMAN
As a c iti zen Of Louis vill e and of Kentuc k y , Genera l Cas
tl eman has bee n v ari o usly ce l ebrated , but his mi litary con
nec tions aft er th e C ivil War have prob ably lent hi m much
o f hi s fame He was adjutant genera l of Ke ntucky when
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Proc t or Kno tt was go vernor ; he co mmanded th e stat e sol

die ry du ri n g th e tro u bl ous times abo ut the Goebel ass ssi a

natio n ; h e led th e First Kentucky Vol untee rs t o the S panish

Am e ri ca n War ; and President M cKi nl ey nominate d hi m
f or bri g adi er genera l of v oluntee rs
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A S an e x amp l e of h ow .

entire ly th e nation s need in 8 98 c lo sed over the gul f Of the

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C ivil War take t hi s il l us t rat io n of Genera l Cast leman : th e

,

dashin g C onf ederate o f 864 e xiled fro m hi s co untry b ecause

1 ,

of h is att e mpts to free So uthern p ris o n e rs o ff ered a generalcy ,

in the army of the united nati o n of 8 98 by a Republican 1

Presid e nt Cast l eman l aid down hi s arms after the G oebe l

.

trials n or h as he again resumed them ; but were t h ere e v er a

,

c risis in Lo uis vi lle t hat demanded an e xperienced mi litary

hand and a presen c e at o nce the hands o mest and the stern
e st i n th e S tate th e cry w o u l d be for
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Castleman .

It i s the opinion that G enera l Cast l eman i s the m ost com

p l e t e g e nt l eman i n K e ntuc ky Thi s designat i on requires .

a ma n of inches t o uph o ld But perhaps some day ob .

, ,

se rv e rs may have the pleasu re Of seeing th e G ene ra l enter

hi s O fli ce at Fourth and Main Streets and then they wil l ,

understand General Cast l eman is a composi te physical

.

t ype of Bay ard S ir Ph i l ip Sidne y Prince Rupert and

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D A r tagnan Mi litarism i s his e ssence In manner he

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suggests for eas e Grandison ; for c ourtliness Edward VII

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He stands over six feet and hi s frame is lithe and we ll mo del ed

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In hi s uni form h e was a l way s the gre atest j oy of his men

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TO see th e Ge nera l ridi n g b efo re them made t h em b ett e r

and m ore en th usiast ic s ol di ers H e was th e i d ol as wel l as .

the phy sical i dea l of hi s fo llo wers int o Ind i ana a nd I lli n ois ,

in th e dash i n g day s of the C o nfederacy Were a painter .

t o seek—in a ll the hi gh c o l oring in the patrician cast o f e very ,

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 1 30 P EN PICTURES OF L I VE MEN
feature and the s o ldier ly turn of e very line— an ap o theosi s
,

of the C o nf ederate Officer o ut o f a mu l t i t u d e h e w ould c ho o se

,

J ohn B Cast leman . .

Genera l Cast leman s promine nce in Lo u i s ville and hi s

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stirrin g e xpe riences in the Kentuck y mi l itia ha ve made hi m ,

an imp o rtant referen c e boo k as it were on many occasi o ns

, ,
.

Frequentl y a newspaper man “

stuc k wit h some u ncom
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p l e t e d re view at two o clock in the m o rning finds that he

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must either waken General Castleman or drop the story .

He usually ch oo ses what the General would have hi m choose ,

and the charming O l d gentleman is aroused from his s l umb ers

by the ni ght bel l -
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Men who are an ge l s up to midni ght say s a n O l d time
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newspaper man wo u l d snar l and snap at the rep o rter and

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wou l d refuse to answer his questions B ut n o t the G eneral . .

NO sir ; h e in vi tes you i n as if it were abo ut time fo r the d e mi

,

tasse excuses h i mself for a m o ment tro ts o ut cigars an d

somethin g t o drin k sits d o wn l oo k s at a fe llo w k
, ,

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indly and ,

say s : N o w sir what c a n I do for you

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I t s an i nt i mat e p i cture and a true o n e Maybe th ere

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h ave been a l t ogethe r m o re usefu l m o re v a liant m ore han d

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so m e m ore lov abl e g ent l emen since this wor l d b e g an to r oll ;

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b ut yo u cann o t carry t hat assert ion with those who are f or

t u nat e enou g h to know John B Castleman . .
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s t imul ated his ambi t ion H e ne ve r fa l t e red bu t m oved righ t
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on in the path h e h ad blazed And so C h amp Cl ark gradu

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at ed wi th di st i n guish ed h o n ors from B et h any College th at ,

h ad f or p re siden t th e most wonderfu l man wh o ever p reac h ed

th e go spel in th e We st ern h e m i sp h ere Alex an d e r Ca mp bell , ,

th e f ound e r o f a sec t t h a t i s gro wn t o be o n e o f t h e gre atest

c h urch es o f th e Pro t e stant fai th Jere mi ah S Black and . .

Ja mes A G arfield we re me mbers a n d C hamp Clark is as

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much o f a C amp bell i t e a s h e i s a D emocrat i f t h at b e p o ss ible , ,

which is do u b tfu l By and by Clark afte r tea chi ng t o ge t

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m oney on wh ich t o live an d h e was th e you n gest college

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presid e nt our co unt ry e ver sa w — was ad mi tt ed t o th e b ar

and b ega n th e pra c ti ce o f the m o st exact i n g pro fe ssio n of
a l l I n order t o live a n d supp ort hi mse lf and wi fe he
.
,

edite d a n e wspaper a t hi s h o me i n Pike County M o and , .

,

there was n ever th e sl igh test d ou b t as t o th e p oli t ics o f it

Dem ocratic s izz li n g h ot O ff th e sh ovel He was s ucc essful
,
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at th e b ar a nd p l unge d i nt o po li t ic s In 1 8 90 he was e lec ted

,
.

t o Co n gre ss a n d f or twe nt y ye ars h e h as b een a conspicu

,

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ou s nat ional figure s t a t e sman ora t or s cholar pu bli ci st
, , , .

His i s th e m ost suggest ive mi nd His m e m ory is po werfu l

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,

a ccu rate an d re t e nt ive e sp e cially fo r fa c ts an d i t is perhaps

, , , , ,

t rue t h at h e h as st ore d in his c apacio u s mi n d m ore o f t h at

p oli t i ca l hi st ory we call c u rio us t h an is p o sse ssed b y any
other p ublic man no w l ivi ng In thi s re spe ct h e was unsur
.

passed by th e lat e D avi d Tu rpie even Given a fac t t h a t , . .

stri ke s his fi n e an d co mpre h e nsive i magi nat io n and Ch amp ,

C l ark grapp les wi th i t s e izes i t de vours i t digests i t assi m

, , , ,

fl ates i t a n d i t beco m e s a part o f th e man forever

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C l ark is a ma n o f ce ase less i nd ust ry and hi s magnificen t ,

ph y sique a n d sp le ndid h ea l th e nable him to do an eno r

m o us d e a l o f labo r esp eci a lly m e nt ally He h as l ong pro m
,
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i sed a hi st ory o f M i sso u ri that wo u l d be one o f th e most re ad

ab le books in Ame ri can le tt ers That o the r u nt iri n g wo r ker
.
,

W C P B reckinri d ge th e man be st fi tt e d t o wri te th e his

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 CHAMP C L ARK
t ory of Kentu cky lon g c o ntemplated it b ut never fo und th e
, ,

time Clark is n o w i n his zenith menta ll y and has scarce

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emerged fro m his p rime ph y si call y and he owes it t o Mis

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so uri and M i ss o urians t o tell the st o ry O f that Imperial

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Comm o nwealth ”
Nor is t hat all He has l ong contem
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plated writing a life of Th o mas H Bent o n but po litics and

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,

the lecture platfo rm have pre ve nt e d He is a remarkab ly .

versatile man and a charmin g pub li c speaker But Champ .

Clark shines be st in a mel ee o n a field day in the H o use Of

Representati ves Tha t is his theater There he is grand
. .

where quarter is ne ver s o ught and w ould n o t be gi ven if aske d

, .

In action C l ark is supe rb none of the flowers o f rhet oric for

,
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hi m He never gets on his feet unless he knows hi s sid e of

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the ques t ion St alwart c omm anding Aj ax l ike hi s partisans

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press around hi m The other side of t he H ouse is all atten

.

t ion and oppo nents brace t hemselves in their seats and prepare
,

f or t he shock It is a ra t her a w k w ard at t i t ude and his words

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,

are home l y b ut strong very s t rong When he makes a more

,
— .

t han usuall y empha t ic statement — and everythi ng he says

is emphatic pronouncedly so— h e bends over his desk and
,

shakes hi s head fro m side to side l ike a terrier shaking a rat

,
.

That is Champ Clark w hen answering the foremo st debaters

on the Repu b l ican side Of the House Thi s man will go far
. .

He aspires to the h ighest honors and would fill an y station

,

with credit to himse l f and profit to t he pe ople His inte g .

rit y is as stern as his so cia l side is geni al and the c ountry i s ,

li kely to hear a great deal m ore of Champ Clark the next

d ecade t han it has heard in the past d o u b le decade and that ,

is not li ttle .
 H ENRY D C LAYTO N
.

E PRE SEN TA T I VE in C o ngress from the

T hi rd Distric t of Alabama This man would .

be prominent in any company po li t ical or ,

social of whi ch he were a member He is

,
.

not o nl y gif t ed with intellect but he has a ,

fo rce of character that will not be denied .

B alzac says that one must prope l himse l f

through thi s life like a cannon ball or glide -
,

through it like a pestilence Henry D Clayt o n is the cannon

. .

b all The son of as gallant a soldier as ever led hi s di vision

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—
to the charge in the great war of 1 8 6 1 6 5 and of a woman
who mi ght have been wi f e to Hercules as one wi ll dis
“
,

c o ver who reads her charming book descriptive O f master or, ,

rather mistress and slave during that trying period entitled

, ,

“
White and Black under the O ld Regime Mr Clayton is .

a Southerner of Southerners and re m inds one of the fig and

,

the vine He is a man on the threshold Of the prime of life

.
,

and he is one of the leaders of his part y i n Congress O f whi ch ,

he h as been a distin guished member seven terms He is of .

a lawy er as we l l as a soldier race His father was as able

.

at the bar as he was intrepid in the field and he is a nephew ,

Of that grand ol d ju ri st James L Pugh who was so long a

,
.
,

leading legal luminary of the United States Senate second ,

even to none in that body as a constitutional l awy er Henry .

Clayton is a handsome and comm anding man as well as a ,

forceful personality He is a leader too because of a marked

.
, ,

individuality a strong will a clear conception and a power

, ,

ful conviction of right That would force in t e grity upon hi m

.

if he were not so richly endo wed with that attribute by nature

as well as by environment Indeed hi s honesty is so blun t
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 J U D S O N c C L E MENTS .

EMBER o f the Int e rstate Comm erce C o m

mi ssi o n O f the United S tates Gov e rnment .

Mr C lements is a representative o f tha t

.

c o ns e rvati v e y et pro gressi ve e l ement that

, ,

serve d their section O f the c o unt ry i n C o n

gress after tho se Of a m o re radica l turn o f
,

mi nd had disappeared fro m the s c enes of

ac ti o n foll o wing the rehab i litat io n of the
,

So uth s o me ten o r fifteen y ears after the close o f the Civi l

,

War M r Clements is a nat ive of G e o rgi a He was b ut

. . .

si x t ee n y ears O l d when the gun that made a n oi se aro und the

worl d was fired at Charl eston on the 1 4 th of April 1 8 6 1
, , .

As yo ung as he was he en listed as a private in th e C o nfederate

,

se rvi ce retirin g at the c l ose of hosti l ities as a first li eutenant

,
.

As soo n as he cou l d he b ecame a pra c ticing l awyer He

,
.

serv ed i n the Ge o r gia le gi s l ature first as a Representat ive

, ,

later as a S enator F o r ten years he was a Representative

.

in C o n gress fro m that State retirin g i n 1 8 9 1

, S hort ly after
.

th i s he was appoint e d t o a place o n th e Interstat e C o mmerce

Commi ssio n which he has fi lle d wi th si gna l su cce ss He
,
.

h as be en comm i ss io n e d to a seat up o n this t ribu na l by fo ur

Presi dents which i n i tse lf i s high com m e ndat io n of his
,

integri t y and ab i li ty Wh e n a Repres e ntat ive i n C o n gress

.

he t o ok rank from the b e gi nning as o n e o f th e rea l stro n g

, , ,

forci b le men i n that bo dy Mr Clem e nts is n o t a man wh o

. .

goes arou nd preceded by a b rass b and He kn o ws hi s duty .

,

and there h as ne ve r b een a time when h e d id no t perf orm it

we ll and t o the sat i sfa c t io n O f th o se i ntere ste d A s a mem
, .

b er o f the Interstate C omm erce C ommi ssio n h e h as gai ned the ,

d i sti n c t io n o f b e i n g prob ably th e be st -i nf ormed m e mb er

, ,

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 J UDSO N C C L EMENTS .

o f the body on the i ntricate and c omplex meth ods of operating

railways At no time has he been regarded by the railway
.

in t erests as o ther than fair and just ; y et it is c o n c eded of him

that he stands as a fai t hf u l representative of the people in
their re lati o n to t he highway s of stee l He has written some .

able papers upon t he rai l way S ituation in America f or many

of the best publications whi ch ha v e attracted u ni versa l atten
,

tion When the question of the Go vernment b eing gi ven

.

more authori ty in t he matter of c o ntro l over the roads was

brought fo rwar d whi ch was l ed by President R oosevelt Mr
, ,
.

Clements proved himse lf a worthy assis t ant i n contri b uting

valuable inf ormation which made it possible to b ring to the
,

at t ention of Con gress the needs of the pe o ple up o n these and

k indred su bjects whi ch resu l ted in the enactment Of the
,

so called Hepburn Rate Bi ll

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Mr Clements is one of the most lovable of men His

. .

mod est y and dislike of notoriety are tw o of his many strong

quali t ies He b elongs to the class of men who have never
.

so ught of fice In his case it was the O ffi ce wh o was on the

.
,

o utl o o k for the man This was particularly so when he made

.

his fir st race f or Congress When he was chosen f or his .

present po siti o n i t was not at hi s so l icita t ion He is probab ly .

, ,

more fami liar wi th the methods prevailin g in the operation

o f railways than many others wh o are not employed by rai l
way s The reader sh ould not take up the n o ti o n when men
.
,

tion is made of hi s retiring dispo s i t io n that Mr C lements i s , .

not a ggressive He i s a l way s forceful and reso urcefu l He

. .

has come in co ntact durin g the past t e n or mo re years with

, ,

s o me O f the abl est and b raini est rai lro ad men i n the Uni ted
States These gentleme n Vi ew the rai lr oad questi o n fro m
.

their o wn poi nt of View It is prob ably natura l that the y

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, ,

Sho uld se e b ut one side and that i s their Side Mr C l ements

,
. .

is suppose d t o see b oth sides and to Observ e the tw o sides in a

,

neutra l way In doing thi s he se es many thi ngs in a di ff erent

.
,

l i gh t fro m that of the rai lway mana ge rs Some o f the l atter .

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 1 30 P E N P I C T URES O F LIVE MEN
c l ass have said unkind t h ings abo ut the Interstate Com
merce Commission because some of its members decline
,

to grant certain requests made by them O n more than one .

occasion Mr Clements has replied to some of these gentlemen

,
.
,

and the manner in which he did it was in v ariabl y polite b ut

forceful He is capab le of making a splendid speech He
. .

is quick at repartee and can figurativel y speaking take the

, , ,
“
skin off when he gets started He kno w s his business as
”
.

wel l as any other man in the country He has ne ver been .

o f the impression that the railways own the Government .

So long as the Government has made laws for what it be lieves

is for a more intelligent control of the roads he insists that ,

these laws shall be observ ed The reply of Mr Clements

. .

to the attac k s made upon the Commiss io n b y a prominent

railway president in t he spring of 1 9 1 0 clearl y established the
, ,

fact in the minds of those c o nversant with it that the attack

ing part y had made a mistake when Mr Clements go t throu gh
,
.

with him .

Mr Clements is not the man to pro voke a quarre l n o r is h e

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the man to run away from one In private life he is as agree

.
,

able a gentleman as one w ould wish to meet He de li ghts in .

ha vin g hi s friends about hi m His h o me is a kind Of L i b

.

ert y Ha l l t o those with whom he is on terms of cl o se friendshi p

,
.

In c o nversati o n he is entertaining He possesses a fund of .

information that is de lightfu l He despises sham and h ypocrisy

.

as he does trickery upon the part of s o me railway managers ,

w ho spend the greater portion of their time in attempting to

hoodwin k the people i n the juggling of rail w ay stocks and
, ,

committing o ther o ff enses against the public good He is .

a stickler for the observ ance of the rights of other people ,

upon the same high plane as in his rec ognit ion of the sanctity of
“
vested rights so loudly proclaimed b y the railwa y pe ople
”
,
.

The sacredness of the individual human rights he has e m ph a

sized in many public discussions It cannot b e said of Mr .
.

C leme nts that he h as any particular hob by un l ess i t b e that ,

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 G EO RGE B C ORTE LYOU .

RE S IDENT O f the Consolidated Gas C o m

pany of the City of New York The pub li c .

c areer of Mr Cortelyou serves as a forceful .

i ll ustration of what a man may acco m plish

if gi ven the opp o rtunity In 1 8 93 Mr .
, .

Co rtelyou it is not believed had the least

, ,

th o ught that he would come so quickly into

prominence giving hi m a national repu t ation
, .

His ad v ent i nt o pub li c life was the result of an incident which ,

had n o specific meani ng at the time but it gave the man the ,

opp o rtunit y When Mr Cle v eland became President the

. .

second time he made inquiry of one of the Assistant P o st

,

masters General if he knew a young man any where in the

,

department who was a go o d reliable quic k stenographer , , .

Mr C l e veland was informed b y the gent l eman he was address

.

ing that he knew just such a man The President asked that .

he be sent to the Whi te House the followi n g day as he desired ,

his services This was Mr Cortelyo u s first entrance insid e

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of the Whi te House When Mr M c Ki nl ey became President

. .
,

Mr C o rtelyou was on duty and in due t i me was made private

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,

secretary to the President succe e d i ng J ohn Addison Po rter

, ,

who had resigned in c o nsequence of dec linin g health He .

retained the same p o sition with President Ro o se velt for about

three y ears then was made a Cabi net O ffi cer S ecretary of
, ,

C o mmerce and L ab or b eing the first t o ho ld thi s p o rtfoli o

,
.

In Mr R oo se ve l t s se c ond term he was P o stmaster G enera l

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and later S ecretary o f the Treasury It se l dom fa ll s t o th e

, , .

l ot o f an y man to fi ll m o re than two Cabinet p o sit io ns Mr . .

C ortely ou howe ver in less than four years fi lled three

, , ,
.

In earl y life Mr C ortelyou was a sch ool tea ch er i n t h e

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 G E O RG E B C O RT E LY O U .

Stat e OfNew York w here he w as born I t was as an instru c

, .

t or in th e c o un try districts t hat he first came in contac t wi t h t he

ub hc
p .

He is of a re t irin g disposi t ion almost as modest and unas ,

su mi ng as a woman He has never a tt emp t ed t o make public

.

speeches I t is doub t ful w he t her he could make one if he were

.

to try In t hi s part icular he is cert ainly not marked with any

.
,

forensic s t rengt h but when i t comes to guarding a secret it

, ,

is not be l ieved he has any superior When necessary he .

,

is a sp hi nx in all t he t erm impli es A t one t ime he became .

,

some w ha t affl ic t ed wi t h a desire to eleva t e his poli t ical light

ni ng rod wi t h t he hope t hat the elemen t s might s t rike in his
vicini t y when i t came to placing in nominat ion a Republican
candidate f or Presiden t T h is sho w s a t leas t tha t he is not
.
, ,

wi t hout honorable ambi t ion ye t hi s secretiveness seems ,

s t ronger t ha n his ambi t ion as he had bee n planning a cam ,

a i n f or t he nomina t ion f o r more t han t wo y ears before

p g
he t ook the public in t o hi s confidence Mr Corte ly ou was . .

President Roo sevel t s choice f or Chairman of the National

’

Commi t tee in 1 90 4 I t w as not unnatural that Mr Cor

. .

tel you should have had an ambi t ion to become President ,

having filled thr ee Cabinet O f fices and been Chairman of the

National Committee whi ch brough t him in con t act with the
,

most i nfluen t ia l men in the na t ion It w ould have been out .

Of the ordinary had he not sought further political honors .

His sphinx like nature again predominated in hi s see king the

-

Presidential nomina t ion He was secretly carrying on a .

dignified campaign When it came to the ears of hi s Chief

.
,

President Roosevel t he said it must stop that he had said

, ,

that William H Taf t should be the standard bearer in 1 90 8 ;

.
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whereupon Mr Cort elyou quietl y folded his tent and aban

.
,

d ou ed all furthe r political hope .

The trend of Mr Co rtely o u s mind after a ll is not so

.
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, ,

much i n the poli t ica l path as it is alon g the hi ghroad of

finance He h as a nat ura l t e nden cy t o dea l i n l arge financial
.

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 1 30 P E N P I C TURES O F L I VE MEN
underta kings During hi s career as the holder of three
.
,

Cabinet posi t ions he came much in contact with the leadin g

,

financiers O f the country O ne of these John Pierpont .

,

Morgan came to regard Mr Cortel y ou as a man of splendid

,
.

ability one to be at the head of a great corporation It w as

,
.

thr ough Mr Morgan s i n fl uence that he was placed in the

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O f fice of president of the gas company Mr Cortelyou . .

is not a man who cares much f or any par t icular diver

sion He is almost a l way s serious He seldom if ever
. .
, ,

laughs He has n o particu l ar instinct natura l or culti

.
,

va t e d for any t hing that is seemingly humorous He has

no time for jo k
.
,

ing He views the more substantia l side of li f e

.

wi t h a seriousness that is to b e ad mired crea t ing the i mpres ,

sion that he is determined to mak e not only a great success ,

in l ife but to accumulate a fortune During the t i me he was

,
.

a Cabinet of ficer neither he nor hi s family were Often seen in

,

social circles His position wou l d of course have taken hi m

.
, ,

to the front of the fashi onab l e c o ntin gent had he so desired ,

.

The b utter flies of soc i et y hav e no attraction for hi m He .

is a man who p o ssesses intense l o v e for hi s h ome and family .

To see Mr C o rte ly ou one wo u l d q uic kly associate hi m

.

with a f fairs ou t of the o rdinary in the i r scope His ideas are .

l arge and he likes t o do b i g things His ad vance from the

,
.

sten ographer s desk t o that of Secretary of the Treasury

’
,

w hich was hi s last o ffi ce was rapid b ut at n o time had either , ,

hi s friends or enemies if he had them an y reason to make , ,

complaint that he had expanded in his estimation of h i mself .

He was the same G eorge B Co rte lyou as Secretary of the .

Treasury with his fri ends that h e was as a c lerk in the P o st

, ,

O ffi ce Department W hil e a Cab inet Offi cer his mi dday

.
,

meals w ere mostl y tak en at a modest l itt l e l unch shop oppo

site the Treasury where the highest pri ce ask ed for any one
,

artic l e is fi v e cents T hi s meal usually consisted of a glass

.

of b utte rmilk a b out two Mary land biscuits and sometimes

, , , ,

a pie c e of app le pie Mr Cortel y ou has a fondness f or th e

. .

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1 1
 AL B ERT B C UMM I NS .

T HA S n o t b een so many y ears s ince men

first began t o hear Of a m ove ment in the West
c alled The I o wa Idea In the newspaper
“ ”
.

rep orts of a sy stem Of go ve rnment b eing

s o ught after by a governor O f t h at State ,

t hi s execut ive s name and s o me Of hi s achi eve

’

ments in a fight against what he c ons i dered

the encroachm e nts of rai lro ads on the pu blic
right came t o b e remembered by the pe ople Thus when .
,

A lb ert B Cu m rni ns was sworn in as a United States Senat o r

.
,

to succeed S enat o r Wil l iam B A lli son he needed li tt l e intro

.
,

duction for he was the achi e ving go vern o r of Iowa in the rai l
,

r o ad fi ghts and he was the instruct o r of The Iowa Idea

,
“ ”
.

And Cu mrni ns has tau ght the i dea how to sh oo t It is .

now the basis of what i s known as the pro gressive m ovement

in the Repu b lican part y Since Cu mrnins has b een a mem
.

b er Of the Senate he has taken p l a ce as the exp o under of th e

,

d o ctrines f or which a little band o f m e n i n the upper h o use and

a propo rt io natel y small band Of men i n the lo we r h ouse o f
C o ngress ha v e b een fight i ng .

Cu rruni ns b e g an to fi gure in a b road nati o na l s e nse du ri n g

t h e spec i a l sess io n of the S i xt y first C o n gress whi ch framed
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,

the Pay ne A l drich tari f f b i ll He represent e d the sentiment

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O f dissat i sfacti o n amon g ce rta i n Repu b licans wi th pa rticular

schedules of the Dingl ey ta ri ff and he s o u ght wi th ski l l and

,

with strength to reduce these s c hedules and to re gister the ,

opi ni o ns of the progressi ves up o n o ther s chedu les Here and .

there he was successfu l b ut he was fighting an overwhe lmi n g

,

m aj ori t y in his party .

By th e t i me the l o ng sess ion o f th at Congre ss m e t Cumrni ns ,

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 AL B E RT B . CUMMINS
was read y with Ob j ect lessons With hi m in the Senate were .

lea gued D olliver his c o l league ; B ristow of Kansas ; Clapp Of

, , ,

M innesota ; L a Foll ette of Wisconsin ; Beve ridge of Indiana

, , ,

and Borah o f Idaho In the House a score or more men were

,
.

making t he same fight I t seemed as if by s o me natural gro up

.

in g the Repub lican Senat o rs making the fight of the pr ogres

sive s each had hi s t alent wi th w hi ch to force the fighting .

Dolli ver was t he bard ; Beveridge t he cavalry ; B orah the

l o gician ; Clapp the hea vy artill ery ; Bristo w the s k
, ,

,
irmisher ; ,

L a Fo l let t e t he Danton But Cu mrnins was the general

,
.

in chi ef the Napoleon the Hanni bal of the movement He

, , .

planned t he ba tt les He in d iscussing t he sec t ion say of the

.
, , ,

railroad bill w hich t he progressives proposed to change ,

w ould lay do wn a general t heory upon w hich t he progres

sive s w ould proceed Suave skil l ful faul t less in designing
.
, , ,

in exposi t ion f aul t less ; never bi t ter never once losing c on ,

trol ; s t ocked wi t h merciless inf orma t ion that crushed all

a tt emp t s t o befog t he issues Cumrni ns worked out a pattern
,

of cons t ruc t ive s t a t esmans hi p t hat amazed the close w atchers

of governmental a ff airs in Washin gt o n They real i zed that .

here was a Sena t or w i t h t he abili ties f or leadership p o ssessed

by Aldrich hi msel f ; wi t h qualities of statesmanshi p that
Sali sbury mi ght have envied And his famili arity with the .

topics he discussed hi s ready mastery of data and his smooth

, ,

and mas t erly manners of presentati o n made Cu mrni ns probably

one of the thr ee reall y great fi gures of twentieth century Con -

g r e ssi ona l record . Many were ready to say that hi s quali

ties suggested hi m fo r the O f fice o f President but his j usti ,

fi ca ti on o f or desire f or the rea lity o f that suggestion is a

matter fo r the future t o dete rmine .

There is much in the pers o nal appearance of Cu mrni ns

to lend hi m grace as a public character He is somet hi ng .

abov e the average hei ght with ki ndli n g e y es in whi ch cour

, ,

tesy and gentility Vie with inte l ligence for d ominance His .

face is fin ely featured ; his head is shapel y and it b ears en o ug h ,

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 1 30 PEN PI CTURES O F L I VE MEN
hair to le nd it b eauty His frame is spare b ut stro ng his
.
,

beari ng easy and graceful .

He was t h ree times go vernor of Iowa and in that State he ,

l earned the b usiness of battle against public service corpora

—
tions When he was ready and he was the first one to
.
—

make pro gressi v e Republicanism a na t ional issue he opposed ,

Senator Al lison for election to the Senate B ut Al li son had .

served the people O f Iowa f or many y ears and hi s position in ,

the Senate was in the front rank h is character unassailable , ,

his nature l ovable He w as very Old and the people of Iowa

.
,

elected to give hi m his wish and permit him to serve ou t hi s

,

days in the Senate Alli son died before his term was ou t and
.
,

the only man thought of to succeed hi m was Cu mrni ns He .

took his seat with the mighty Dolliver hi s colleague and what , ,

Cu m rni ns has acc o mp l ished with the aid of the little group
,

of S enators enumerated is a compelling chapter in parli am e n

,

tary h istory .

Cu m rnins be lieves in the future of the progressives He .

c o nsiders that they will control the next and the future national
conventions of the Repu b lican party Thi s means of course .
, ,

that a reduced tari f f and regulation of rai lro ads platform

will be drafted at the next national conventi o n and a candi ,

date chosen in sy mpathy with those issues .

What wi ll come of the fight of Cu m rnins and what w ill ,

be the fate of his prophec i es are questions whi ch e v ents will

,

dete rmi ne.

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 1 30 PEN PI CTURES O F L I VE MEN
i s di ff erent fro m o t h er m en As a boy h e was just th e s a me
.
,

as o ther boy s He h ad th e u sual a tta ck every year o f spri n g

.
“

fever wh ic h i n the parl ance o f co unt ry folk s m e ans l azi ness

”
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.

He preferre d t i n ke ri n g abou t th e b arn w oo dsh ed and c ar , ,

ri age h o us e w i t h su ch c a rp e nt eri n g an d bl a ck s mi t hi n g t ool s

,

as one mi gh t expe c t t o find i n an y co untry h o m e .

M r Curt i ss wh e n abo ut tw e nt y y ears O ld was an e xpert

.
, ,

bic ycle ri d er As th e bicy c le gradua l l y disapp e are d the

.
,

m o t or cycle t ook its p l a c e Cu rtiss bec am e a pro fessio na l.

mot or cycle ri d er He was Often a co ntestant i n races

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usual ly winni n g m o st o f th e p ri zes Fro m t hi s i t i s safe .

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to b el ieve tha t h e was a re ckl ess kind of a fel lo w i n n o t

shrin ki n g fro m ta ki n g desperate c hances wi t h hi s li fe He .

b egan exp eri me nt i ng i n d irigibl e b a ll o o ns The reputat io n .

made by Sant o s Dumo nt as a b a lloonist i n France attract e d

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the attent io n of Curtiss Thi s was b efo re th e pres e nt u p

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to date flyi n g mac hi nes aer op l anes came i nt o us e After

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th e Wri gh t b r o thers had w o n t h e i r h o n o rs i n Ame ri ca and

Eur ope Mr Cu rtiss b e l i e ved hi ms el f su f fi ci ent ly e xpe ri enced
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to take a hand in aeria l navigat io n H e h as b e e n i n the l ead .

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wherever h e has appeared whether at R h e i ms France ; , ,

Brescia Italy ; L os An ge l es New Y o rk or e l sewhere He is

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the one man e ngaged i n ai r fli gh ts wh o has don e unusua l

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thi ngs a nd t o the c o mp l ete sat i sfaction o f a ll hi s fe llo w

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c o untry m e n He b e li e ves the aerop l ane wi ll find i ts u ses

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in time as a meth o d of gett i n g abo ut b ut so far he h as n o t

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expressed h i mse l f o n th e su bject as to i ts p o ss ibl e rea l co m

m erc ia l v a l u e H e t hi n k s i t may hav e i ts uses i n a way bu t
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many i mprove m e nts have y et t o b e made be fo re the pu blic wi ll

take t o i t se ri o u s ly He has b een gi ven rewards a ggre gat i n g
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pro b ably s i xt y th o usand do ll ars durin g th e past two y ears

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Mr Cu rt i ss i s e nterp ri si ng t o a de gre e H e i s o n e of the

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ki nd of men wh o are se ld o m i d le If n o t up i n th e air c utt i n g .

the wi n d h e i s d o wn on the gro und b u il din g s o m e n e w machi n

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ery o r i mprovi ng the O l d He is a ne rvou s qu ick movi n g

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man prob ably between thi rt y and t hirt y five years o f age
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Is rather tall and slim His hair is b rown and heavy He.
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wears a mustache and an impe rial the latter probab l y m ore ,

for t he purpose of hiding a scar on his c h i n the resu l t of a ,

wound he received in s o me of hi s daring expl oits .

Alexander Graham Bell t he inventor of t he te l eph o ne , ,

may in a measure be respo nsi b le fo r much kn o wl edge Mr

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Curt iss h as acquired as a wind w agoner

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Mr Be ll experi . .

m e nt ed f or some y e ars on a new kind o f flyin g machi ne at ,

his summ er h o me at Baddeck Nova Scotia , For some , .

good reas on he moved his shop fro m Baddeck to Hammonds

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po rt New York w h ich chanced t o b e t he home of Mr Cur

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tiss The ini t ial H in Mr Curtiss name stands f or

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Hammondsport Being named for the t o wn the t o wns

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people t ake local pride in regarding him as one of their lead

ing ci t izens Mr Curt iss w as an every day visitor at the shop
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of Alexander Graham Bell I t w as here he may have recei ved

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many new ideas A t any rate a ft er info rming himse l f as t o

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w hat was going on in the Bell lab o ratory Mr Cur t iss took ,
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on more pro gress in the development of the flyi ng machine .

I t is not unders t ood t hat he g o t any ideas from Mr Bell in .

other t han an hon o rable way Mr Bell found Curtiss useful . .

ab o u t hi s laboratory The t wo men aided each other i n mak

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ing experiments and improvemen t s on the machi ne ry Mr . .

Curt iss was a poor boy wi t hout mone y Mr Bell was a man
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advanced in years wi t h plenty of mone y Thus it c an be

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seen ho w the two may have worked in harmony and n o doub t ,

they did Mr Curtiss is more at ease when dressed in hi s

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flying costume He looks up o n a sweater as a mo re useful

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article of wearing apparel than a boiled s hi rt The pe op l e

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of his t o wn swear by hi m He is popular with everyb o dy . .

Mr Curtiss was fo rtunate in selecting a lo vable girl for a

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wife S he is resp o nsible for many of his achievements in

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inspirin g hi m to surpass al l c o mpetitors if possib le She has ,

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confidence in hi s jud gment .

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 J O H N D A LZ ELL

EPRE SEN T A T I VE
in Congress from the
thi rtieth district of Pennsylvania Mr Da l . .

zell h as f or the past fifteen y ears exercised

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much auth ority in directing legislation co ming

b efore the H o use of Representati ves He .

was elected to t he Fiftieth Congress in 1 886 ,

has serv ed continuou sly fro m that time t o the

present now being a candidate f or re election
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Mr Da lze ll was born in the city of New York in t he m iddle

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fo rties and about two y ears after hi s birth his parents m o ved
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to Pittsburg which has since been his h o me He has lon g

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since taken rank as one of the leading l awy ers of Western

Pennsy lvania having devoted hi mself mostl y t o the practice
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O f co rporation law He has been known whi le a member of

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Con gress as a loyal fri end to the indust rial world particularl y
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the multip lied industries Of Pittsburg and surrounding country .

Mr Dalzell is an extreme partisan ; so much so in fact that

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his principa l associates are usually members of the Repu b

lican party S o metimes he is inclined t o let po l itics interfere
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with his personal relations tho ugh there have b een some few
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Dem o crats in C o ngress with whom he has been on term s of

close persona l friendshi p He is not a man who is eff usi ve
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He is rather cold He is a student and a good thinker He

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is n o t o ne who finds much con vi viality in life He is more .

inc lined to repel goo d fellowshi p than t o encourage it Dur .

ing hi s lo n g service as a member of the C o mmi ttee o n Rules ,

he has been a fait hf ul friend and f o llower o f Speaker Cannon ;

in fact he occupied a similar p o sition in the directing Of
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legislation under S peakers Reed and Henders o n Mr Dal . .

zell is so loyal a Repub lican that he ne ver lo ses an oppor

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way He does n o t speak Often but when he d o es he says
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s o me th i ng He i s Oftent i mes more or less irritable

. He .

is n o t unfami liar with the O l d sayi ng that y ou can

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catch
mo re flies with molasses than yo u can with vinegar He .

knows the truth o f thi s as well as any one else b ut he prefers ,

using the vine gar This indicates his strong individuality

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He doesn t seem to care a rap for the opinions of others He

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does his own thinking and from hi s point of reasoning is , ,

justified in e very politica l attitude he has assumed .

Mr Dalzell it would seem is n o t onl y se lf reliant in politics

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b ut he is the same i n his re l ationshi p with the public He .

has never aspired t o achieve pers o nal popularity He does n o t .

seem to care f or i t He kn o ws he is n o t perso nally popular

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Thi s does not howe ver disturb him at all That he is and
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has b een a usefu l memb er of C o n gress i n the interests of the

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Repub lican party i s co nceded by hi s m o st formidable po l itical

foes If he shou l d remain in C o ngress much l onger and the
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Repu b li cans retain p o wer o ver the House he may possibly b e ,

co me a candidate for the Speakershi p and hi s election would be ,

by no means i mprob ab le He has few interests o utside of his.

p r o fession and p o litical p o sit io n He cares l ittle if at all for

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amusements He is seld o m seen in pu b lic unless it be at

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politica l gatherin gs He is a firm belie ver in the beneficial

eff ects of wal k
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i ng He se l dom rides except when the weather

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i s inc lement He is an inve terate reader of the best literature

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of the day There are few men i n C o n gress or ou t of it better

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informed He is prob ab l y five feet eight inches in hei ght

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and weighs somewhere near one hundred and sixty pounds .

He has a habit of carrying hi s head much to one side as though ,

he mi ght hav e s o me infirmity aff ecting the side muscles of hi s

nec k In the matter o f persona l attire Mr Dal ze ll me e ts
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every re quirement He is a fre quent patron of the draper

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and keeps in t ouch wi t h the l atest pre v ai ling fashions He has .

a fo ndness f or wearing S ilk hats He co me s up t o the full .

measure o f a useful and influentia l citizen .

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 C H AUNCEY M D EPEW .

HA UN CEY M DEPEW was once ap

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p r oa c h e d by a venerable colleague in t he
Uni ted States Senate who said : ,

“
Depew tell me please what it is that
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k eeps you so young $

Wi t ho ut a moment s hesitation Depew ’
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gave the magic formula which he says is

resp o nsible for retaining the bloom on his
cheek the sparkle in his e y e and the spring in hi s step in spite
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o f an accumulation O f nearly four score of years He said : .

“
Keeping ab reast Of the times or b etter still just a li tt le
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in ad vance maintaining a cheerful View of l ife and refusing

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to worry .

That s a philosophy of life whi ch y oun g America can well

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af fo rd to adopt It may not lead every young man along the

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paths of fame followed by Depew but if faithf ully adhered to

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it is calcu lated to gi ve hi m a chance to make his mark .

O f course there were some things other than keeping his

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ey es open and a stiff upper lip that helpe d Depew al o ng .

His cheerful view of life was not solel y responsi b le for making
him one of the most pro minent railroad men the country has
e v er seen ; an orato r with a world wide reputation ; a serious
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co nt e nder fo r the nomi nati o n of President O f the United S tates ,

and a statesman of renown There were qua lities not included

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in th e D epew formula f or maintai nin g perpetual y outh that

c o ntri b uted to put him in the gal lery o f famous Americans .

Depew disc overed the value of keeping ab reast Of t he

times and in fact just a little ahead of them at a compara
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t ive l y early age Thi s kno wledge saved him from the career
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of a diplo mat and instead made hi m first a railroad attorney

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 1 30 PEN PICTURE S O F L I VE MEN
and then a railro ad president It was in 1 8 64 A b raham . .

L incoln had appointed him U ni ted States M ini ster to Japan .

This was a big h o nor b ecause Depew was s o methin g of a

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y oungster and hi s fame was lo cal He had been a me mber

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of the New York Ass e mbly and secretary of state for New ,

York He thought well of the mission to Japan and after

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the no mination had b een co nfi rmed by the Senate he de ,

cided t o take it At that t i me an o f fer was made to hi m

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t o become the att o rney f o r the New Yor k and Har l em

Railroad C o mpany Depew debated the two openings
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Would it be the Govern ment fo rei gn ser vice with a chance ,

to make a name for hi mself as an American dipl o matist ,

o r the mo re pro saic bu t more profitable calling of rai lro ad

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c o unselor $
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I thi n k I ll stick t o my pro fession decided Depew ; and
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he refused the foreign appointment The wisd o m of hi s .

choice was made apparent when h e quickl y thereafter b ecame

general counsel f or the New York Central and built up the
great Vanderb ilt s ystem of ro ads eventually b ec o min g the ,

head of it .

Depew b y the way had a sec o nd escape fro m a dip lo

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matic career but this time the s lip u p was n o t his fault
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This incident concerned the O f fer Of the Amb assadorship t o

G reat B ritain b y President M c Ki nl ey Many persons will re .

cal l that f o rmal announcement was made that M c Ki nl ey was

to give thi s mi ssi o n to Depew The newspapers commented .

favorably about it but the app oi ntment was ne ver made

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M c Ki nl ey refused t o explain wh y he did n o t appoint Depew ,

and for a year the matter was a m y stery t o every o ne .

Finally Vice President Hobart found ou t what the tro ub l e

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was and t o ld Depew The explanati o n is here p rinted fo r

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the first t i me .

It see ms t h at aft er Depew had told President M c Ki nl ey

he w o uld ac c ept the appoint ment the New Yo rk e r made a ,

speech at a dinner where amo n g th e o ther gu ests were the

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made hi m a much s o ught after gu est i n the m o st e xcl us ive
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castles and pri vate homes in Europe .

For t hi rty y ears or m o re Depew has made it a practice t o

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spend part Of the summer in Europe He met Edward the .

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Prince of Wales and the two b ecame fast friends The heir to
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the British throne in commenting on American humo r once

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remark ed that he had b een greatly disappointed in the quality

of Mark T wain s stories but that he had b een de lighted with
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Depew s after dinner speeches

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When G ladstone was Prime Minister Depew dined al o n g ,

with hi m man y times Depew was frequently a guest at the

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c o untry h o use Of L ord Rosebery while the latter was Prime ,

Minister and at these parties he met and b ecame well acquaint

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ed with man y O f the leaders in British p o litics Being a lawy er .

of some ren o wn Depew was often a guest at the f o rmal judicial

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dinners of the British lawy ers and j udges and in t hi s way ,

extended hi s c i rcle of acquaintances amo ng these classes .

O n festi ve occasions he made speeches whi ch went well

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Depew thus explains the di f ference b etween forma l En g

lish dinners and similar funct i ons elsewhere .

“
A Lo ndon dinner he said di f fers fro m dinners e v ery
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where e lse in the wo rld It always has an Object aside fro m

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the socia l element whi ch is to entertain some one distin

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g u i sh e d in one wa y o r an o ther I ha v e ne v er attended

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dinner i n L ond o n with o ut meetin g a n o tab le statesman a ,

man o f l etters a great trav el er a general an exp l orer or a

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star of th e d ramatic or l yric stage After dining out e very .

night du rin g a four weeks seas o n in Lo ndon as I hav e f or

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thi rty y ears it i s natural that I should have accumulated

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a wealth O f re co l lecti o ns o f a kind that yo u can get n o wh ere

e l se except at the capita l of the world ”
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S enat or Depew o wes hi s rest o rati o n t o health fo l lo wi ng ,

hi s physical b rea k d o wn i n 1 90 5 t o hi s wi l lin gness t o take ,

ad vantage o f the mo st ad vanced medical treatment s i mpl y —

an o ther c ase o f ke ep i n g ab reast o f the t i mes H e was under .

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 CHAUNC E Y M D EPEW .

the care of a famo us Berlin special ist at one of the German ,

wate ri ng places The high priced specialist had d o ne little

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or no t hing f or hi s patient except to render enormous bills

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O ne day t he f amous special ist was call ed away and hi s assist ,

an t a youngster took charge of t he Depew case The sub

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st itu t e decided t ha t w ha t t he patien t needed was a shock .

He ordered an au t omobile ride and f urnished the chau f feur , .

“
It w as a frigh t ful experience said Depew a f ter w ard , .

I though t the man was crazy and ben t on killing us both , .

He dashed along those m oun t ain roads at a terri f ying pace ,

missed head ou collisions and t oppling over precipices by hair

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bread t hs and kep t me bouncing from one side of the car to

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the o t her For an hour I w as in a cold s w eat But that night

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I slept peace f u l ly f or the first time in se ven mon t hs I soon .

go t w ell ”
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Besides keeping abreast of t he t imes Depe w has an ot her ,

hobby I t is to make speeches f or the Republican party

. .

This is a fixed habi t wi t h him like taki ng a cheerful View of life

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He has canvassed Ne w York State and a good part of the

rest of the country every year since 1 8 7 2 which is a record ,

tha t fe w public men can equal .

In spi t e of his exceptionally long public career Depew lives ,

in the present and not in the past He has a phenomenal

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ability to size up in short order an y situation whether

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political financial or industrial An e xperienced Washi ngt o n

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correspondent once t o ld the Senator that of all the public ,

men he had met Depew had deve l oped t o the hi ghest point
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that faculty Of summ arizing and b rin gin g to hi s finger tips

all the essential features o f a general situati o n .

“
That s one of the finest compliments I ever received
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re t u rned Depew .

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 G EO R GE D EW EY

DM I RA L the Um ted States Na vy The

of .

fo u rth man in the hi story of the Gov ernment

t o ho l d t h is p o siti o n Ad miral Dewey is a
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nati ve of Vermont Ten years ago there

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was n o t a man in the United S tates m o re

talk e d ab o ut than he His name and fame .

were blazoned thro ugh o ut the world as the

hero of Manila B ay His rec o rd in the .

Navy i s an h o norab l e one His achievement while d eserv

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ing was prob ably m ore the result Of goo d fo rtune than other
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wise Had he not been sent as c omm ander of the Asiatic

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Squadron at the time he was he w o uld not hav e had the

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Opportunity of displaying hi s prowess as a naval fi ghter .

When war was declared b etween the United States and

Spain Commodore Dewe y whi ch was then h is rank with
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his small fleet was in Chinese waters China bein g a neutral

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power he was forced to take to sea b ut n o t unti l instru c

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tions had been sent hi m fro m Washi n gton that war had
b een declared o rdering him to find the enemy and destroy
,

him He sailed the sh o rt est route for the P hi lippine Islands

. .

What he did there is too well kn o wn t o ne c essitate repetition .

O n his return to hi s nati ve c ountry after circumna vi gatin g

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the glob e he was showered with the plaudits o f his c o untry

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men such as no Am e rican had e ver recei v ed up t o that time

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or has received since SO great was the appreciati o n o f his

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c o untry men that b y popular su b scripti o n he was presented

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with a hands o me h o me Con gress bestowed up o n him th e

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title Of Admiral f or li fe That b o d y likewise presented him

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wi t h one of the hands o mest swords m o ney could buy .

Ad miral Dewe y typifies a hero wh o h as m o dest y He .

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t o prefer the a lpine hat t o the derby It i s o n ly up o n rare
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occasions he is seen wearin g a froc k co at He prefers the

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business sac k coat He is ne ver with o ut a li ght wal king

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stick which he handles with grace s o me times snipping

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the b lades of grass with it in the parki n g as he passes alon g .

He has a merry greeti n g fo r all hi s friends and is not averse ,

to a few minutes chat with an a greeable acquaintan c e a lo n g

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the street He is gracefu l in mo v ement and polite t o e very

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b ody His hair is as whi te as snow and is matched b y hi s

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mustache He spends most of hi s time in Washi ngt o n

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probabl y tw o months o ut of the year at some of the more

fashi o nable ocean or mountain resorts The Offi ce Of A d .

mira l carries with it comparatively little work therefore he is ,

not emb arr assed b y an accumulation of business This .

gi ves him more time to hi mself much o f whi ch he spends

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in the library in hi s residence in K S treet He i s probab l y .

b etter info rmed upon genera l t o pics than is any o ther man
in the Na vy He is an inveterate reader of go o d literature
. .

He has b een a constant student of the growth and progress

of all the na vies in the wor l d He can tal k for h o urs up o n
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this subject and a l ways entertainingly While rese rv ed and

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modest he is to th o se wh o kno w him i nt i ma te ly an all

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arou nd goo d fe l l o w ”
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 C H ARLES D IC K

HE MI L ITARY comm ander would b e he lp

less wi t h out lieutenants to execute hi s con
c e pt ions and it is likewise true that the politi
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cal leader w ould no t gain a victory at the polls

unless w ell served The Republican party .

has produced many grea t leaders —s t atesmen

l ike L incoln Mort on Conkling Blaine Ben
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Harrison and others but in 1 8 96 the

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leader o f t he Republican part y w as a business man a ,

man of a f fairs a man o f great force of t remendous energy

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o f strong mind of combative nature wi t h a will of iron wi t h

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a j udgment as clear as crystal and millions at his comm and

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He w as a ne w man a stranger to hi s country ou t side his own

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St ate but ere t he winter solstice of 1 8 9 6 Mark Hanna was the

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firs t personali t y in American politics .

O f course Hanna had lieu t enants and it w as in 1 8 96 that

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the general pub l ic first heard of Charles Dick O hio had .

kno w n hi m for several years As a general proposition

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public men are di vi ded into t wo classes— those who say t hi ngs
and those w ho do t hi ngs Rare as the phoenix is the
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marv el w ho combines the thinker the orator and the exec , ,

utive. Senator Dick is a man Of deeds If he does not .

split the ears of the groundlings and make O lympian Jove

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who plays wi t h thunderbolts tired o f noise he wil l c o me

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prett y near tel ling you how many States hi s party will carry
each Novemb er and he can always tell yo u the condition of
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the po l itical pulse of the State of O hi o A political party .

w o uld go all to pieces wi thout such men As an organizer .

he 1 5 admirab le and when he gets t hr o u gh wi th a j ob o f that

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s o rt i t i s finished He has been co nn ec t ed with the State
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organization for many years and has conducted the party ,

t o many a Victory He was in comm and in 1 8 94 w hen O hi o

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gav e a majority that was the greatest victory the Republicans

ever gained in the State Though in some respects it was
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ex celled in 1 90 3 when Dick w as again in comm and

, .

And during hi s entire poli tical li f e Mark Hanna found ,

in Charles Dick his greatest and mos t successful aid Upon .

his return from Cuba w here he comm anded an O hi o regi

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ment in the Spanish War Dick f ound a vacancy in Congress

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caused by the death of Stephen A Nor t h w ay Representa t ive .

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from the former Nineteenth District one of the m o st famous ,

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constituencies of the American electorate the ol d VVhi ttl e sey
district the ol d Giddings district the old Garfield district the
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ol d Abner Taylor district the cream of the Western Reserve

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where Democrats do not thrive .

Dick was chosen to the succession Hanna was now a .

Senator and the acknowledged leader Of the party and he

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played the game of poli t ics wi th a dash and a verve never

before seen or heard Of in ou r land He needed Dick in .

Congress and Dick went to Congress where he was noted f or

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his strong common sense and clear insight He was a practical .

legislator and the author of the present mi l itia system O f the

,

United States Dick w as yet a s much the c h ief lieutenant Of

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Hanna as he had been in 1 8 96 when he was in charge of the ,

Western headquar t ers of his party in Chicago and carried , ,

the West overwhe lmingly for M c Ki nl ey .

When Hanna died all eyes turned to Dick for the su c

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cession He w as chosen for bo t h the unexpired term and the

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ne w one and became t he nominee O f his part y for re elec t ion

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There is faction in both parties in O hio and that too despite , , ,

the fact that O hi o has assumed the first place as a political

State Every Repub l ican President save L inco l n and Roose
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v elt was born in O hio and Hayes Garfield M c Kinl ey and

, , , ,

Taft resided in O hi o w hen elec t ed .

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 S TEP H EN B EL KI N S
.

HE L ATE Harv e y Watterso n a fine O l d ,

character full o f re mi ni scences of men

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things and e vents ; a protég é of G enera l

,

Jacks o n and a friend and c oll eague o f James

K Polk ; a Tennesseean b o rn and reared
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,

used to relate an anecd o te li k e t hi s : When

the admi ni stration of Mr Pierce was about .

six weeks old Mr Watters o n was one m om

,
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ing j ust ab o ut to enter the Whi te House when he met Andrew ,

Johnson emer gi n g fro m that mansion The future President .

was in a t o wering rag e and hi s face like a st orm c lo ud A d

,
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dressing M r Watters o n hi s v oice Vi b ratin g with passi o n

.
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he exclaimed : There are too many great men in
this country that ain t fit for n o t hi n g
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J ohn so n was ever .

more emphatic than gramm atical Perhaps some request he .

had made had been refused b y Marcy or Je f f Da vis by G ut h ri e ,

or Caleb Cushi ng .

It cannot b e said that S tephen B E lkins ai n t fit f or .

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not hi ng
,
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as Johnson put it He h as grapp l ed with the.

wo rld ; he has t hr o wn fortune .

As a practical statesman the West Vir ginia S enat or has

few equals and n o superi o r in the American Con gress The .

author is a Democrat and does not b e lieve in many of hi s

,

preac hm ents ; b ut he is wi llin g to concede that when it c o mes

to doing t hi ngs El ki ns is a match for Ald ri ch or Cannon
“ ”
, , ,

or any of the rest of them He is a man of a ff airs His

. .

mind is as practica l as it is ample B y the fo o l ish refusa l .

of Congress to enact the Poo ling bi l l rai lroad rebat e

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was ine vitab le Congress said the railro ads sh o uld c o mpete
. .

Re b ate was the v ery s o u l of competiti o n ; b ut a big ro w was

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 STEPH E N B E L K I N S .

raised o ver that and Elkins came forth wi th hi s anti —rebate

,

bill t hat pro mised to compose the quarrel for good and all
, ,

and that is what it w ould have acco mplished if the law offi
cers had enf orced i t It is not be l ieved that any man of the
.

present has a clearer c oncepti o n of the railroad problem than

Elkins and there is great faith in the railro ad measure he
,

pil o ted thr ough the first re gular sessi o n of the Sixty fir st -

Congress Whi le he can say thi ngs he is a hand and a half

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to do t hi ngs .

Stephen Bent o n E lkins is sixty one years of age and his -

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has b een a varied and an adventurous career O hio b o rn .

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the son of a farmer in his early you t h the f amily went t o

,

Missouri on a State building expedi t ion though they were

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unconscious of t ha t mission and w ere in search of a better,

home Young E l kins go t an education but his was a

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mind tha t w ould have gone far wi t hout an education He .

w as be t ter t aught in the schools t han Jackson or L incoln or , ,

Johnson bu t in fact t o succeed all Elkins required was t o

, , , ,

be able t o read and w rite and be master of the ari t hm eti c

,

up to and inclusive of the rule te ll ing h o w t o calculate the

in t eres t on a cash no t e He was a soldier and to be a soldier
.
,

in Missouri in t he war of 1 86 1 1 86 5 w as a very hazardous

,
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,

business t hough safer than to be a citizen It is narrated

,
.

that he was at one t ime the captive of men who were wont
to shoot prisoners and escaped as by fire
,
.

He w as ever Of robust health Of excellent digesti o n of , ,

equable temper of placab le disposi t ion His good humor

,
.

is perennial and hi s laughter in f ectious C hi ldren love hi m

,
. .

He succeeded in New Mexico as he would hav e succeeded

in Tibe t He gained posi t ion at the bar and was in exten
.
,

sive and lucra t ive prac t ice He was a banker and acquired
.
,

ducats and lands He was sent t o represent t he Terri t ory

.

as a Delegate in Congress and he nearly bro ught New

,

Mexico into t he Union as a sovereign State That st o ry ab out .

hi s defeat in that endeavor because he c o ngratulated Ju li u s

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C aesar Burrows for a bloody shirt speech is probably a -

romance .

Elkins w as in Congress four years a D elegate from New ,

Mexico It was in Washington t ha t he met an excellent

.

and a charmi ng w o man and married her She was the , .

daughter of another man fit for somet hi ng Henry G Davis ,

.
,

a Senator from West Virginia Senator Da vis was a magnate .

of the Baltim o re and O hio Railroad a capitalist and a pioneer , ,

in the de v elopment of the boundless natural resources Of

West Virgi nia He was a Democrat and is chiefly remem
.
,

bered as a Senat o r f or two speeches he de li vered and remark

—

ab le pro ductions they were against t he bookkeeping of the

—

Treasury Department There were folk who thought the .

people would make money by having him as Presi dent of t he

United S t ates .

After the w ar of 1 8 6 1 1 86 5 Elkins went fro m Missouri

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t o New Me xico where he was a memb er of the Territorial

,

L egislative Assembly district attorne y and attorney general

, ,

from whi ch latter p o sition he was made United States District

Attorney and in 1 8 7 2 he was returned as the Territorial
,

Delegate to t h e F ort y thi rd Congress James G Blaine was

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—
the Speaker of that body and then it was in 1 8 7 3 1 8 7 5 that
, , ,

was formed the intimac y between the man of magnetism from

Maine and the man of aff airs fro m New Mexico There is .

little doubt that the most poignant re gret o f Stephen B .

El kins life is the fact that he did not quite succeed in maki ng
’

B laine President Subsequently he did nominate and elect

.
,

to that great place Ben Harrison of Indiana Had E l ki ns ,

.

b een for Gresham or Allison or even Sherman the n o mina

, , ,

ti o n of 1 88 8 w o uld hav e go ne to hi s choice .

—
Elkins was one of President Harri son s Cabi net Secre ’

tary of War It speaks we ll f or the man that at the t i me o f

.

that unfortunate and my sterious misunderstanding b etween

the President and his Secretary o f S tate El kins retai ned the ,

fri endshi p Of Blaine and did n o t forfeit the confidence of

,

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1 8
 CH ARLE S W FA I R BAN KS .

O W A MAN of the refined sensibilities the ,

charmi n g urb anity the suave deportment , ,

the artless piety the unfeigned modesty of ,

Charles Warren Fairbanks became the first

p oli tical pers o nali ty of Indiana is a my stery .

The twenty Sixth Vice President is instinct

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ivel y a gentleman and shrinks from stri f e

, ,

and turbulence and y et he attained the first ,

p l ace i n pu blic life in a State where politics has b een war ever
since the birth Of the Republican party m ore than half a ,

century a go As a rule the stump in Indiana has been a

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theater of v ehement altercati o n fierce in vective and furi o us , ,

tumult and Fairbanks the m o st placid amiable and refined

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of men went throu g h fierce political campaigns without gi v

,

in g O f fense to or recei ving a f front fro m hi s po litical ad ve r

, ,

saries. When Morton clashed with Hendricks or Voorhees ,

with Harris o n flint and steel came in contact T u rpie was

,
.

the greatest master of classic in v ective and Ju l ian could b e ,

storm y violent and impetuous Indiana was a pivotal State

, ,
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and from time whereof the memory o f man scarce runneth to

the c o ntrary the v ote of Indiana in the Elect o ral Colle ge has
,

b een cast f or the successful ticket if as al l Demo crats claim , , ,

Tilden was really elected in 1 8 7 6 Mr Fairbanks is of strict . .

Puritan st o ck a direct linea l descendant o f one of Cromwell s

,
’

Ironsides .
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O hi o b orn he is o f Massa chusetts parentage
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and his career as yo uth and man is one Of the magni ficent
, ,

triumphs of American citizenship A de vout c o mmun i cant .

O f the Meth o dist Church he received a classica l edu c ati o n at

,

Wesle y an U ni versity Delaware O h io c h o se the law fo r a pro

, , ,

f ession and m ove d t o and o pened an Offi ce at In di anap oli s

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.

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 CHAR LE S W . F A I RB ANKS

At t hi s time he was as lean as a fence rail and nearly as long , .

Hi s heal t h was not r o bust and i t was not a very in vi t ing

,

field as it appeared to him ; but he was resolute The car .

dinal virtues industry frugali t y self denial and self reliance

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—w ere hi s and n ow he prac t iced al l of them He had no

, .

genius except the genius of ceaseless lab or and the t aking of

,

infini t e pains He was not a Blaine or an Ingersoll to capti

.

vate and t o dazzle His w as not a brilli ant intellect to depend

.

on t he inspiration of the moment rather than on pre vious

study But he w as a man of abili t y and fine mind Every
. .

day he learned a li tt le la w and he never f orgo t i t Years a ft er

,
.

t hose li tt le pieces of la w and they were legion were at his

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ins t antaneous comm and w hether he was in hi s Offi ce preparing

,

a brie f or in the court room trying a case He began at the

,
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bo tt om as a corpora t ion la wyer and got to the top He w as , .

never sa t isfied to kno w only his own side Of a case When he .

had mas t ered hi s side he set abou t a study of hi s adversary s

,
’

side and he never abandoned i t till he had mastered i t As

, .

a consequence he was never caugh t napping and in a few

, ,

years he was in the ranks of the leading la wyers of Indiana

and t he Middle Wes t He was not so great a lawyer as Ben
.

Harrison w ho w as
— — but he was a m ore successful lawyer
than Ben Harrison .

During many years he was urged to enter poli tics and

stand f or O fli c e He resolutely refused He was a party
. .

man h o wever as any son of such a father must have been

, , ,

and gave of hi s means to support his party s cause and when ’

,

e ver invited to do so he went o n the stump to aid the elec

,

tion of the Repub lican ticket Thus he became a valuable .

asset to that party in Indiana But he early determined that .

his family sh ould have a competency and hi s children an edu

cation b efore he s o u ght preferment After he had succeeded .

at the bar and was in the fro nt rank of his profession in

,

the Midd le West a c o mpe ten cy secured Fairbanks entered

, ,

upon the field of p oli tics The leaders of his party in Indiana
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 1 30 P EN PI CTURES OF L I VE M E N
were Walter Q Gresham and Benjamin Harrison The first
. .

had been a follower of Morton and a favorite of that remark

,

able man ; the other had ne ver been subj ected to the stern
discipline of the Great War Governor In 1 88 8 the Repu b .
,

lican party sought to force the nomi nation for President on

Blaine ; but when it was discovered that he did not seek the
distinction and would not have it both Harrison and Gresham
, ,

became candidates before the Chi cago convention of that year .

Fairbanks espoused the cause of Gresham and had charge of ,

hi s interests in the convention At one time it seemed as

.

though the m ovement would be crowned with triumph and ,

it is likely it would had not Gresham been ind o ctrinated wi th

some pron o unced Democratic ideas on the tari ff Be that .

a s it may ,
Harrison was n o minated and Fairbanks plunged ,

into the campaign with ardor and zeal and contri b uted v ery ,

greatly t o the election of the ticket .

There were many bonds of sympathy and concord between

Fairbanks and M c Ki nl ey They were natives of the same
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State members of the same church in absolute acc o rd in

, ,

poli t ical con viction and cast in the same mold morally
, , .

They were pious Christians perfect gentlemen and pure men

, , ,

and when M c Ki nl ey became the titular head of the part y

it was perfectly natural absolutely inevitable that the two
, ,

should gra vitate t o ward each other and the y did For the ,
.

twenty y ears between the death of Mort o n and the inaugura

tion of M c Ki nl ey Indiana was represented in the United
,

States Senate by Dem o crats except the singl e term that Ben
,

Harrison served in 1 88 1 to 1 8 8 7 But the very day that .

M c Ki nl ey became President Fairbanks became Senator and

, ,

thus hi s leadershi p Of hi s party in his State was consummated .

N O man was a more trusted counselor of the President tha n

he not even Mark Hanna and thus Fairbanks suddenl y
, ,

develope d int o o ne of the most distinguished and influentia l

statesmen in pub l ic life It is interesting to dwel l on the smal l
.

things that have momen t ous results Danie l Webster hun .

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 1 30 PEN P I CTURES O F L I VE MEN
fran k friend and compani o n than Mr Fairbanks His life . .

was o ne of comparative retirement until his close c o nne c tion

with President M c Kinl ey His home his O ffi ce and the
.
, ,

c o urt room were his ab iding places

— — His habit w as that of .

profound study His mind was communing wi th the prin

.

c ipl e s of hi s profession his aspiration was t o conserv e the

,

rights and prom o te the interests of his clients Such a man is .

ne v er gushing unless he has learned the art of the hypocrite

, ,

th e t wi n brother of the demago gue No man has a more .

s ympathetic heart f o r a tale of distress or a more o pen hand ,

f o r its re lief .

Mr Fairbanks is fortunate and happy in his fami ly His

. .

wife is a v ery superior woman wh o has shed untold b lessings

,

on her husband s married l ife

’
She is a gracious lad y and
.
,

much Of the e mi nent success Mr Fairbanks has achi eved is .

due to her strength Of character k een sagacity graceful , ,

c o urtesy and wi fely love Her high standing and i mmense

,
.

popularit y are e videnced by her election as President o f the

Society of the Daughters of the American Re v o l uti o n a ,

station sh e filled with as much grace as abilit y .

Solo mon described such a wo man as sh e Proverb s 3 1 1 2 ,

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 W ILLI A M W . FINLEY

RESIDENT of t he Sou t hern Rai l way Mr . .

Finley began at the bo t tom and has come ou t

at the t op He was born on the Gulf O f .

Mexico a t Pass Chris t ian Mississippi The

, , .

first money he earned a ft er passing through ,

college w as as a s t enographer in the O ffi ce

,

of t he Vice president of w hat w as then know n

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as t he Grea t Jackson Rou t e extending

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from New O rleans to t he mou t h of t he O hio River at Cairo ,

I II
. T h is li ne is now a part of t he Illinois Central system .

By quick s t ages Mr Finley passed from one position to

,
.

ano t her un t il he became associa t ed wi t h the freight depart

,

men t of t he road I t w as here t ha t he seemed to be in hi s

.

na t ural element He had na t ive abili t y w hich rendered him

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,

valuable to the company in securing revenue for i t The .

f reight agent of a railroad is the man who produces the coin .

Wi t hou t him railroads could not get on Mr Finley s ser

,
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vices were in demand by other roads ; thereupon as he went ,

from one t o an o ther his salary was increased It is a well

,
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kno wn fact that railro ads are always in search of men wh o

are goo d revenue producers Those qualities predominated .

in the career of Mr Finley as a railro ad man He has been

. .

in t he service of some of the best roads and has the reputati o n ,

of being one of the best e q u ippe d m ent all y of an y rai l road man , ,

in the country F or some years he was in the West being

.
,

one of t he able lieutenants of James J Hi l l in the building o f .

hi s Great Northern Railway and the de v elopment of the ,

country thro ugh whi ch it passes Mr Finle y spent some . .

years in the West No man was more tho ught of b y Mr Hi ll

. .

than was he When the late Samuel Spencer became presi

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 1 30 PEN P ICT U RES O F L I V E MEN
dent of the Southern Road under its then last re o rganizati o n , ,

he invited Mr Finley t o become one of the Vice presidents

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It is di f ficult to understand h ow Mr Spencer could have go t .

on wi t hout hi m .

L ike his chi e f he knew every foo t of the country t hrough

,

whi ch the Southern road wi t h all O f its branches passes , ,

.

He knows the people of the South He is fami liar with their .

trend of t hought as to the relations exis t ing b etween rail w ays

,

and the people He knows personally a large maj ority of

.
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t he public men of all of the Southern States w ho are in a , ,

measure responsible for the control of public opi ni on up o n

,

economic questions The directors O f t he company have

.

been complimented time and time again f or the wisdom dis

, ,

played in selec t ing Mr Finley as t he president of the company

.

following the death of President Spencer It is hardly prob .

able there is a man in the United States who could have so

perfectly fitted into t hi s o ffi ce as Mr Finley Certainly no . .
,

one was more familiar wi t h the policy of President Spencer

than he His adminis t ration since President Spencer s death
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in 1 90 6 has been w ise progressi v e and at the same time con

, , ,

ser va t ive Mr Finley is a man who as the head of a great

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rail w ay company believes in the policy of popularizing the

,

road wi t h its patrons He knows too well the tendency of .

employés when not properl y restricted to O ff end those who

, ,

give the road its revenue and thus make it possible f or the
employés to get their living Millions of dollars are lost .

to roads thr ough t he impoli teness of employés This is one .

of t he man y reforms President Finley seems determined t o

inaugurate He knows the value of public favor in b ehalf Of

.

a railway and unless this good opinion prevail on the part

,

of patrons there is going to be a decrease in earni ngs

,
Mr . .

Finley travels much over all the lines of the system He is .

almost daily coming in personal contact wi t h every feature of

the road s business and at many points He beli eves that it is
’
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part of the president s du t y to have a personal knowledge and

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 J OS E P H W FO L K .

R F O L K can be regarded as the t ype o f man

.

who is capable of doing t hi ngs on hi s own

i nitiati ve It is not necessary t o give him
.

instructions He kn o ws what t o d o and

.
,

h ow to d o it Mr F o lk came i nt o pu b lic
. .

view as among the first to prosecute and rout

the graf tsm en Early in his O ffi cial career .
,

he declared hi mself as the friend of go od

government and the avowed enemy of that class whi ch is
m o re generally known in the parlance of the day as pro
,
“
,

f essional grafters
”
. Mr Folk is a nati v e of Tennessee He
. .

is quite a y oung man and for one of his y ears has done hi s
,

share of go od deeds When a stripling of a y oun g man he

.
,

l ocated in St L ouis where he b egan the practice of law

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.

C lients did n o t come very fast and those who did seek aid ,

and instruction in the matter of l ega l pro cedure were not

rich He became somewhat acti v e in local p o litics He was
. .

not a candidate for the O ffi ce b ut in some wa y he was se l ected

,

a s the man who the leaders of the party belie v ed w o uld make
, ,

a go od prosecuting attorney That they were correct in their

.

judgment has b een long since verified ; in fact he turned ou t ,

to be a much b etter servant of the peop l e than the part y

l eaders desired he should b e He did exact ly what those .

leaders did not want him to do and in doing what they opp o sed
, ,

he b ecame a b etter representat iv e of the pe ople It wou l d .

seem that the party leaders when n o minat i ng Mr Fol k for

,
.

pro secuting attorne y were n o t acquainted wi th the man They

,
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took too much for granted They seemed to go up o n the .

theory that he would b e o b edient t o the demands of the b o sses ,

and take instructions fro m them Ab o ut the first thing he did .

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 J O SEPH W F O LK .

after being installed in ofli ce was to b e gin the prosecution ,

o f some of the graf t ers w ho had been robbing the people

of S t . L ouis f or years from t he results of whi ch some had
,

become mi llionaires .

When he began brin ging t o l ight t he illegal methods by

w hich poli t ical bosses w ere robbing t he people there were all ,

kinds o f exci t ement in S t L ouis He w as t h reatened time

. .
,

and time again t hat if he did not cease in his eff orts at e nf orc
,

ing t he la w he w ould not only be driven f rom the ci t y but

, ,

hi s li f e w ould be in danger This had no e ff ec t on young

Folk He con t inued pursuing t he even t enor of his way
.

.
,

looki ng nei t her t o t he right nor t he lef t ; bu t every f ew w eeks

he sen t ano t her emi nen t ly res pec t ed gra ft er to t he peni t en
“ ”

t ia ry He cleaned up t he ci t y as i t had never been cleaned

up before A maj ori t y of t he o ff enders s k
.

“ ”
. ipped f or f or
e ig n coun t ries ; bu t wi t h one or t wo excep t ions by t he em
, ,

ploymen t of t he necessary legal mac hi nery he brought them ,

back Mr Folk was t he pioneer prosecu t or of gra f ters in

. .

municipal a f f airs He pursued so vigorous a poli cy that it

.

imm edia t ely me t wi t h t he approval of t he public It is .

be l ieved he w as Off ered millions of do l lars if he would be

easy wi t h t he t hieves He thre w these o ff ers aside as a
.
,

child w ould a broken toy It was not long until Mr Folk . .

was a tt rac t ing a tt en t ion thr oughout the len gth and bread t h
of t he country Some said at t he time tha t he made war
.
, ,

on the graf t ers because he desired to achieve f ame It does .

not make any di f f erence w hat may have been hi s m ot ive ; the

f act is t hat he did his du t y and did it w ell The people of

, , .

his S t ate w ere pleased to give hi m hi gher honors They .

promoted hi m from the small of fice of prosecu t ing attorney to

that O f Govern or — a
long stride in so short a space of time .

He had been li ving in Missouri n o t m ore than seven years

w hen he took the oath of O fli ce as the State s Chief Magistrate ’
.

As Governor he w as as conscientious in the discharge of hi s

,

ofli c ia l du t ies as he was when opening the penitentiary doors

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 1 30 PEN PI CTURES O F L I VE MEN
t o admit the dish o nest contingent in the administration of
municipal a f fairs of St L ouis . .

Mr Folk is in the opinion of man y in l ine fo r the Presi

.
, ,

den ey of the United S tates His rec o rd has made hi m a .

national figure He i s o ne o f the leading memb ers of the

.

Democratic part y and it is not impro b able that when the

, ,

next Democratic nationa l convention is held the name of Mr , .

Folk will b e conspicu o us b efore the assemblage as a candi

date for that hi gh O f fice His friends wi l l und o u b tedly insist
.
, ,

that he be given recognition comm ensurate wi th his deeds and

hi s prominence Mr Folk is a modest man He is not the
. . .

man to thrust hi mself where he is not wanted He is pleas .

ing t o gaze upon being well proportioned with a fine i ntel

, ,

lectual face and manners that are j ust what they shou l d b e
,
.

He has never been one to sail under false colors He knows .

hi s capabilities and can be relied upon as alway s being the

,

f riend of the people He is popular wi th those who know him

.

b est and t hat is a l ways a good test of a man s character He

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is a neighborly kind of man He will go as far as an y one .

,

and perhaps farther to do a friend a favor and without any

, ,

thought of reward He is a conspicuous fi gure about the

.

streets of St L ouis which is his home though he is m o st gen

.
, ,

e ra ll y found in his law O ffi ces He has ne ver b een friendly .

t o the idea of wearing a beard He is sm o oth ly shav en and .

,

wears hea vy rimless eye glasses whi ch gi ve him a distin

,
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,

g u i sh e d appearance S ome people

. ma y sa y t hat Gov ernor Folk
is proud This is n o t the case He is howe ver particular
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He believes a man is known by the compan y he keeps He .

is alway s well dressed He possesses many of the necessary

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elements to make hi m popular in any community It is cer .

tain that grafters wil l oppose him in his future po l itical ambi
tions and that is to his credit He is not a great ta lker in
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pri vate c o n versat io n b ut is always a goo d listen er

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Ie had the Pre si dent i a l b ee buzzi n g i n hi s bo nnet It was .

well that thi s S hou l d b e the cas e If an y man deserv ed h o n o rs .

fro m hi s part y b ecause of part y l eadershi p it was G o vern o r

, ,

F oraker It has b een a lo n g t i m e s i nce th e re were n o t two o r

.

more p olit i ca l facti o ns i n th e Republi can part y in O hi o .

G ov ernor Forak er was frequentl y pitted against th e p o wer

of J ohn S herman L ater he was antagonized by the fri ends
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of Wi l liam M c Kinl ey Mr F o raker saw his own star as a

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Presidentia l p o ssib i lity descendi ng ; whi le fo rced t o witness

,

the rising o f an o ther l umi nary in the pers o n of Mr M c Kinl ey ,

. .

Mr Fora ker and Marcus A Hanna were at times pron o unced

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political antagon i sts F ollo wi ng the election of Mr M c Ki nl ey

. .

to the Presidency Mr Foraker was stro ng en ough t o c o ntrol

,
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hi s own election to the United S tates Senate .

He serv ed two terms as a Senat or and at no tim e du ri n g ,

th o se twe lv e y ears was he o ther than the forem o st memb er ,

exhi b it i n g abilit y as a le gislator and part y l eader second t o

none He was still considered a Presidentia l p o ssibi li ty
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,

b ut again came a man from his own S tate Wi lliam H Taft ,

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,

who bore away the politica l hon o rs which b y ri gh t of pa rt y , ,

loy a l ty and labor many thou ght b el o n ged to S enator Foraker

, ,

as the first member of his part y in his State Mr F o ra ker . .

is a man who has the c o urage of his c o n victions and is ne v er ,

afraid t o express them He has accepted hi s defeat wi th a .

p hi l os ophi ca l turn of mind that is commendabl e He has .

ne ver b een kn o wn t o comp l ain or utter a word agai nst his

po litica l enemies He kn o ws that in al l the b att les he has
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waged he carri ed o n a fair c o ntest ; he ne ver struck b e lo w the

,

b elt and if at any t i me hi s opponents c ommi tted this b reach

, , ,

against fair p l ay he generall y gav e them a tro uncin g the y

,

never forgo t He was the one Repu bli can i n the Senate to
.

vote against President R oo seve l t s pet measure the railroad ’

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rate bill It required courage to do t h i s because the senti

.
,

ment of the pe op l e wi th o ut kno wi n g a ll o f the pr ovi si o ns o f

,

the b ill seemed unusual ly clamo ro us for its passage S en

,
.

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 J O SEPH B F O RAK E R .

ator F o raker spoke and voted agains t i t He made no apo l ogy .

for his o f ficial ac t s That he fo l lowed the dictates of his

.

conscience all w ho kn o w him are certain New c o nditions

,
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arose in O hi o w hi ch resulted in hi s not being returned to the

,

Senate for a t hird te rm He re t ired from the po li t ical arena .

rich in honors and wi t h a consciousness of ha ving d o ne his

,

du t y N o man has ever impea ched t he in t egrity of Mr

. .

Foraker He has been a uni que character in the p o litical

.

a ff airs of t he Na t ion .

Mr Foraker is a ma n w ho c o m mands admiration His

. .

bold dashi ng vigorous ma nner w on him t housands of friends ;

, ,

ye t a t t he same t ime probably because of his aggressiveness

, , ,

he aroused t he ire of o t hers w ho beca me hi s poli t ical enemies .

Few men in t he his t ory of t he c o un t ry have exh ibited more

vigor than he in carryi ng on a campaign A man of hand .

some physique s t rong po we rful in t ellec t ual f ace wi th dark

, , , , ,

iron gray hair he makes a fine appearance in any gathering

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He is a pleasing speaker and a man of great strength as a ,

deba t er As a la wyer Mr Foraker stands at the head of his

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profession He has acquired a handsome fo rt une whi ch he

.
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ea rned as t he f rui t s O f his professional lab o rs When retiring .

from pub l ic l ife he w as as ac t ive in physical movement as he

,

w as w hen he entered i t He gre w gray in the service of his .

part y He is a man of strong at t achments Many of hi s

. .

closes t and m o s t intima t e personal friends are by no means , ,

his poli t ical chums He has borne hi mself w e l l He admires

. .

pleasin g surroundings and has t hem He is distinctly a man , .

of the pe ople He never dese rted a friend w hen a friend

.
,

needed hi s services He had the stren gth o f character to

.

oppose many of the poli cies of President Roosevelt He .

believed he was right in doing so and subsequent e v ents ,

have verified his jud gment in man y cases .

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 D AV I D R FR A NCI S .

REA L Captain of Industry of the Mississippi

Va ll ey Mr Francis first saw the light of
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day n o t far from Frankfort Ky His ,

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par ents were not rich but well to d o Wh en

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a yo ungster he had hi s eyes turned t o ward

,

the western skies He had relatives who

.

had gone from Kentucky to Missouri It .

was through their influence that young Francis

went fro m hi s Kentucky home to St L ouis It does not . .

appear that it was a great length of time until he had taken

fair measurement not only of St L ouis b ut O f the S t ate of Mis
.
,

s o uri Al l the time this was bein g done it w ould seem that
.
,

he was givin g encouragement to the further development of

the p olitical germ with w hi ch he had already become inocu
lated His first business experience in the city of hi s ad o pti on
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was as a stock broker It was here that he prospered in

.
,

time accumulating a handsome fortune or rather laying the , , ,

foundation for what has since grown to be a fortune of huge

prop o rtions The ins t inc t for money mak
. ing seemed natural
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.

Whate ver he touched turned to gold or somet h ing equally as

,

good His ideas of business are large He believes in e n

. .

gaging in big things It was the brain of Mr Francis whi ch

. .

conceived the idea of celebra t ing the centennial of the so

called Lo uisiana Purchase the Republic s first expansion
,
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which was appropriately done at St L ouis in 1 90 4 Being

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,
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the ori ginator of the enterprise he was made the president of

,

the exposition .

Mr Francis began toying with pol itics when he was com

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p ara t ive l y y oung— in fact he is y et a y oung man His first

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polit i cal contest was as a candidate for the may oralty of S t .

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sympathy with hi m p o l i tically yet the ties O f friends hi p ha v e
,

expanded his p o liti c al influence into other States hence his

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lon gi ng l ook toward the White House It has b een said o f .

Mr Francis that if he were to bec o me President he wo uld

.

b reak up the o pposing party because of his many l o yal per ,

sonal friends am o n g the Republi cans Mr Francis is fairly . .

generous i n his nature He is not howe v er of the kind that

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engages in traffi c unless he sees where the profit is coming

from In matters of dress he is a c lo se ob ser ver of the l atest
.
,

edicts promul gated by the tyrannical arbiters Of fashi on .

S ome say he has his cl o thes made in L ondon Thi s however .

, ,

he denies He is loy al to St L ouis be lie ving that city has the

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best tailors in the Uni ted S tates His loyalty for the M o und .

Cit y cann o t b e questioned .

His lau g h is infecti o us It is of the kind that wi l l put

.

e ven a hostile community in go o d humor ; not only infecti o us ,

but loud and heart y His ever dancin g blue eyes are a part
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of his fortune The Francis home in S t L ouis is the meet

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i n g p l ace of the fashionable contingent Its ho spita li t y is

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fam o us the l atch strin g e ver o n the outside During Mr . .

Francis p o liti c al campai gns he de veloped into a forceful and

i nterest i ng speaker There are few banquets gi ven i n the
.

Mississippi Valley b y th o se identified wi th the industrial in

,

t ere sts which are not graced by hi s presence

, He not only .

makes a stro ng speech but has delivered s o me v ery amusin g

,

o nes He takes special del i ght in the development of the

.

high e st b re ed o f d ogs He has spent l arge sums o f money on

.

them in c o nse quence o f hi s l ove for his canine friends He is

, .

as fond o f horses as he is o f d ogs ; therefore this sh o u l d serv e ,

as an i ndex t o hi s charact e r H e h as ne ver found in al l his

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,

tra vels a dish that so appea le d t o hi m as frie d ch icken just

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li ke they us e d to cook i t i n Ke nt ucky

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[ 1 56 ]
 H ENRY C FRIC K .

NE O F t he leading f act ors in the industrial

a ff airs of Pi tt sburg and i t s surroundings .

The name of Hen ry C Frick has appeared .

much in t he publi c press of t he past fifteen

or tw en t y years In a general way he is
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,

probably be tt er known t han mos t men w ho

have not been more identified wi t h publi c
aff airs He is qui t e di ff eren t f rom his O ld
.

time fri end and former partner Andre w Carne gie Mr ,

. .

Frick is a produc t O f Wes t ern Pennsylvani a He was t h rus t .

in t o a comm ercial career a t a very early age His first kno w l .

edge of t he business w orld w as as an employé of his uncl e ,

who w as the o wner of a fl ou ring mill Young Frick soon .

became familiar wi t h t he method of turning t he golden grain

in t o t he finished product He learned the t rade of milling
. .

He knew ho w to set the burrs t o get the greatest number of

pounds of flour f rom a bushel of wheat and a t t he same t ime ,

make g oo d flour His mill in g career ho wever was merely

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preli minary to a grea t er one He had in mind t he industry

.

t hat at t rac t ed him later and from w h ich he made a great

,

fortune and became a power in t he indust ri al world Thi s .

was the coke business He was likewise among the first

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on the ground in the unparalleled development of the iron and

stee l industry in and about Pittsb urg He was not many .

y ears in the coke business un t il he became identified with

kindred i nterests He proved t o b e c lear headed enterprising
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and a man of unusually fine judgment He saw every thing .

purely fro m a co mmercial point of view His one great hobby .

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if such it can be called was the determina t ion to reduce the

,

cost of production ; n o t however f or th e purpose of lowering

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th e cost of lab o r but in the invention of modern mac h i nery
,

whi ch would bring about the necessary decrease in cost Mr . .

Frick fro m the very be ginni ng Of hi s career was an upbuilder

, ,

of a ff airs He has never been pessimistic He is alway s an

. .

optimist He is not a man who wi ll permit interference wi th

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hi s plans He is an independent thinker He kno w s what he

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wants and the best way to get it

,
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In earlier days he and Mr Carnegie were bosom friends

,
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and made fo rtunes whi le partners For some unstated reason .

,

the y had a di f ference What it really was may never be .

known There have however been conj ectures It wo uld

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hardly seem probable that these giants of industry should

become jealous of each o t her At any rate the y parted com .
,

pan y for a while Mr Carne gie constructed one of the . .

highest O f fice buildings in Pittsburg In the opi nion of many .

,

t hi s w as but another monument that Mr Carne gie had built .

to himsel f It was given hi s name and being Of great d im e n

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sions the owner was taking on additional fame This it

,
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would seem rankled in the breast of Mr Frick N ot to be

,
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outdone by the little Scotchman Mr Frick purchased ground ,

.

almost ad j oining the Carnegie building Upon t hi s he erected .

a mammoth structure taller and larger in every way than the ,

one owned b y the pilgrim from Skibo Castle Mr Frick . .

announced at one time that he proposed establishing a rival

, ,

steel c o mpany to that controlled by t he S cottish laird This .

was m o re than little Andrew cared t o contend wi th He .

hoisted the flag of truce and came across

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The t wo men ,
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again became friends In 1 8 9 2 Mr Frick w as the recipient .

,
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of a bullet from the hand of a would — b e assassin who had an ,

imagi nary gri evance against the s t eel king His li f e hung .

by a slender thread for weeks Thi s was about the first time .

that Mr F ri c k was known much beyo nd the sec t ion of Western

.

Pennsy l van i a At the time he was the general manager of

.
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the Carnegi e S tee l Company The man who shot him was .

promptly tried and imprisoned For a time it was feared the .

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 C H A R LES F R O H M A N

NE of the leading theatrical pro ducers and

managers in New York and L ondon Mr . .

Fr o hman represents something in art circles

that is di ffi cu l t to understand if not t o define , .

His early surro undings were not of such

a character as would l ead one to belie v e that
any thi n g pertaining to art dramatic or o ther ,

wi se c o uld have found l odgment in Mr

,
.

Frohman s productive b rain He had few early advantages

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The place of hi s nativity Sandusky O hi o was as far remo ved

, , ,

from anyt hi n g relatin g to the upli ft of the Ame ri can stage as

could be imagined His b oy hood was of course spent at
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school ; but hi story does not say of hi m that he ex hi b it e d

any particularl y brilliant qualities as a student His first .

employment was as a messenger b oy t o Horace Greele y ,

editor of the New York Tribu ne He was given hi s position

.

through the influence of his b rothers Gustave and Danie l , ,

who had for s o me y ears b een c onnected wi th the paper bo t h ,

in b usiness and reportorial capacities Danie l the se co nd .

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brother had a l i king for writin g about the stage and stage
,

a ff airs Gusta v e and Dani el b ecame theat rica l managers ,

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and ga ve Charl es his first employ ment in connection with

theaters N o y oungster e ver eng aged i n an y pursuit wi th
.

more enthusiasm than did Charl es Frohm an F o r a time .

,

he se rved as an ad vance agent and sometimes as treasurer

,

of his br o thers compani es In thi s capac i t y he also acted

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for “
Jack ”
Haverl ey th e mi nstrel manager Haverl ey
,
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sometimes managed companies comp o sed exc l usi v e ly o f

colored pe o p le This is believed to be abo ut the first t i me
.

that col ored entertai ners had access t o th e be tter c l ass of

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 C HARL E S F R O H M AN

theaters Charles Frohman w as f or some thr ee or four

.
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years t re asurer of some of Ha ver l ey s colored companies

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This w as his ac t ive beginni ng and he has developed into ,

t he recogni zed leading producing manager of America I t .

was qui t e a s t ep from his humble be ginning to being t he

manager o f fi ft een or more of t he leading drama t ic organiza
t ions of t he Uni t ed S t a t es and also t he manager and pro ,

p ri e t or of f rom seven t o ni ne t hea t ers in Ne w York and

abou t five in L ondon t o say no thi ng of his associate in t erests
,

wi t h t he t hea t rical syndica t e .

Mr Frohm an has al ways been kno w n as a plunger in

.

hi s business a f f airs or ra t her such w as hi s reputa t ion earlier

, , ,

in hi s career ; bu t as he advances in years he is more c on ,

se rv a t ive In t he early nine t ies w hen Mr Fro hm an a n

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nou nc e d hi s in t en t ion of engaging in t he busin e ss o n a gigantic

plan a hn ost every o t her t hea t rical manager in t he Uni t ed

,

S t a t es prophesied hi s f ailure He smiled bu t said no t hi ng .

,
.

He is not a man wh o has much t o say t o any one He does

not claim t o k
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no w much excep t abou t his o wn business He

,
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has develope d more ra w s t age ma t erial in t o the finished

produc t t han any man in t his coun t ry The meaning of t his .

is t ha t he has crea t ed more s t ars in t he drama t ic firm a m e nt

,

t han any of hi s c onf ré res Some have t winkled a whi le and

.
,

disappeared w hile o t hers have re t ained their fix ed posi t ion in

,

t he constellation He is ever on the lookout f or yo ung actors

.

and ac t resses who seem to possess the requisi t e talent to be

brought to the front Mr Frohman s judgment on these. .
’

l ines is usua l ly good although it is not in f allible

,
In the .

ma tt er of producing plays he admits that he has made and , , ,

no doubt wi l l con t inue to make errors which mean the l oss

, , ,

of large e xpendi t ures He says he is satisfied if he secures

.

one successful play out of e v ery five he produces He admits .

t hat it is the public whi ch passes final judgment as to whether

a play is worth while or not thou gh he may have the hi ghest ,

Opinion of it In some respects Mr Fro hman is autocratic

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o r at l east i mperious with his fe llo w managers and a ls o
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wi th members Of hi s o rganizati o ns He reco g nizes hi mse lf .

as not the power b ehi nd the thr one b ut the thr o ne itse lf He , .

is not with o ut a go od opini o n of h imse lf .

Wh en Mr Frohman ad vanced t o a high p o sition co m

.
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manding attention from the press thr o ugh o ut the country ,

there was quite a demand from editors f or his phot ograph ,

that the y might repro duce it in their pu blications Mr F oh . . r

man s modesty re vo lted at thi s saying he did not desire hi s

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pictures printed Edit ors are resourcefu l ; therefo re if they

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,

cou l d not get a likeness of Mr Frohman they c o u l d have .

,

their o wn artists make one of hi m and t hi s they d i d Wh at , .

has b een the result $ Mr Fro hman has been represented .

i n appearance twice his real age three t i mes hi s rea l size , ,

and as un like hi s real self as possi b le Mr Frohman is

rather a good —loo k
. .

ing man He is smal l in stature round .

,

in face and head a bit chu bb y in appearance He is past

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fifty y ears of age In appearance he i s very like a boy

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, .

S o metimes a bit rollic king in hi s manner he usual l y clothes ,

himself wi th the necessary dignity coincident wi th his

o ccupation and p o siti o n Wh ile a mo ney maker he cares
.
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litt le for mo ne y although he d o es not want t o lo se money ;

,

y et he is a g o od loser Thi s is a qua lity that man y s c

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u

c essf l theatrical people sh o u l d possess

u He is extravagant .

in many thin gs He seld o m writes a letter t o go forward by

.

p o st Wh en in New York he c omm unicates with his L ondon

.
,

of fice b y cable and likewise the same sy stem pre vails in com
,

m u nic at ing wi th hi s New Y o r k O ffi ce when he is in L ondon .

Much of thi s would probab ly b rin g about the same business

, ,

results if left to the fi ve day ships passing b etween the tw o

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cities ; but it all goes b y telegraph When an idea o ccurs t o .

— and he is prolific of them whi ch he believes the O ffi ce —

hi m
force on the other side should know no matter which S ide it is , ,

he sh o ots it for w ard by cable usually prefixing i t wi th the

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w ord Rush whi ch costs the price of an extra wo rd H e

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 ELBERT H GARY .

HA I R M AN of the B o ard
Direct ors o f the of

U nited S tates Steel C o rporation The career .

of Mr Gary in the world of finance would

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,

if written read li ke a ro mance and would

, ,

re quire much space to gi v e it in detail Hav .

ing reached a few y ears b eyo nd t hr ee score ,

he is now and has been for the past fifteen

,

years one of the dominat i ng and picturesque

,

fi gures in the field of the industria l world not alone in the ,

United States but in all count ri es where stee l is m anu f ac

,

tu red in great quan t ities Mr Gary is a native of Il linois

. . .

H i s ear l y manhood was spent at Wheaton in that State wher e , ,

he ro se to some distinction as a lawy er later becoming a ,

county judge He is kno w n as Judge Gary b y al l of hi s inti

.

mates and in the newspaper articles printed ab out hi m he is

, ,

usually gi ven the distinction of t hi s prefix It was when .

presiding as a jud ge in the county c o urt of hi s nati ve State ,

and l ater when practicing in Chi cago that he be c ame im

, , ,

pressed wi th the i m mense v olume of stee l that was enterin g

into al l of the industrial crafts of th e world He b e gan study .

ing stee l from its formation in the raw materia l to the c om

p l e t i on of the finished product He knew of the g reat triumphs
.

that had been made in stee l development by such men

as Thoms o n and B essemer the Eng lishm en who o n comi ng , ,

t o America made great disco v eries incident t o the fu rther

,

de velopment of the product In brief there is n o thi n g abo ut

.
,

steel or its manufacture of whi ch Judge G ary has not i nformed

hi mself . After getting an insight into the b usiness he was ,

soon ab le t o demonstrate to capitalists and practical steel

men that he knew as much as they did He saw its future .

possibilities and the en o rmous wea l th it was destined t o

,

produce T h e co ns o lidati o n o f the variou s ste el interests

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 E LB E RT H G A RY.

into one gigantic corpora t ion was the resu l t of Judge

Gary s far sigh t edness It is e vident that h e possesses nu
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.

usual abi li t y t o be at t he head of so grea t a c orpo ration hav ,

ing been chosen f or t hi s posi t ion b y t he f oremo st stee l manu ~

f ac t u r ers of t he coun t ry .

He is a clean —cut quick t h inker sees t he important po in t

, ,

a t once grasps t he si t ua t ion in i t s fu l l scope wi t h remark

,

able clea rness He has been able to make this company

.

earn t w o do l lars w here t he previous organiza t ions were

sca rcely able t o earn one He has made s t eel —making the im
.

pe ri al indus t ry o f t he coun t ry He h as had honors thrus t .

upo n him t hat come to fe w men The town of Gary a .

,

fe w miles eas t of Chica go on t he shores of L ake Mic h igan

, ,

t he model s t eel t o wn of t he w orld has been given t his name ,

in recogni ti on of t he grea t assis t ance Judge Gary has ren

dered in making t he company of w hi ch he is t he president
the domina t ing factor in the s t eel indus t ry of t he w orld .

The t o wn w hen comple t ed will be u nli ke any other muni

, ,

c ipa l i ty in t he United S t a t es Every art isan wi ll be in the.

employ of t he steel company The ra w ma t erial wi ll be .

brough t in shi ps from t he grea t ore deposi t s of Mi nnes o ta ,

on t he bosom of the w aters of L ake Superior and L ake Michi

gan to the to wn o f Gary w here i t wi ll be converted in t o the
, ,

finished product As a la wy er Judge Gary was a fairly

.
,

successful practi t ioner As j udge he w as an ideal ad mi nis

.
,

trator of t he la w s decrees He w as one of t he kind of j udges

’
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who b e l ieved li t igants should settle their troubles o ut of court .

Wh en a prac t i t ioner he w as inclined to frown upon those

,

who came determi ned to seek satisfaction by l egal procedure ,

admo nishi ng hi s neighbors and friends at all times that wi se , ,

men adjust their di ff erences among themse l ves ; foo ls take

their troubles to court .

Persona l ly Judge Gary is a delightfu l co mpanion although

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it cannot b e said that he h as many intima t es He possesses .

the kind of brain that takes on large unde rtaki ngs His is .

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a mi nd that would lead some men to establi s h empires ,

where others would be satisfied with villages It cannot .

be said that he is in the least visionary though he may ,

impress others that he sees millions at every turn of the r o ad .

He is not a large man nor is he one who could be called hand

,

some ; y et he i s pleasin g to observ e because o f hi s strong ,

mental equipment He usua l ly dresses with becomi n g taste

.

and exquisi te neatness though he apparently t h i n k s litt l e on

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this subject His face is smooth except for a sma ll gray

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Cropped mustache His forehead is projecting indicatin g

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his powers o f keen Observation His face is smi ling and .

large Jud ge Gary is not promiscuous in his d iversions

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He is belie ved to b e at the hi ghest point of hi s socia l a cc om

li h m n t when orde ri n g a dinner It is here that he fairly
p s e s .

re vels His i magination is so intense that it is said of him

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that while o rdering a meal he experiences the p l easure o f an

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i magi nary taste of e very article Thi s may be regarded as .

t h e last word in Ep i curean science It is not h o we ver the .

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orderin g the dinner that seems to please the jud ge the most ,

b ut it is i n havi ng his friends eat it wi th him He i s capab le .

O f de liv e ri n g a classica l l ecture on th e a rt o f eatin g He i s n o t .

what may b e termed a high li ver b ut a goo d liver He i s an ,

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ob serv er of the Fletcher theory of eating wh i ch c o ns i sts chi e fly , , ,

o f tho rough mastication He eats slow ly b ut talks b riskly

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J udge Gary has his share of fo ndness for good wines ,

although n o t an excessi ve drin ker O f them He h as hi s fa vor .

ite authors b ut the man who wrote the best history of the
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m anufacture o f stee l in the world w i th all of its attendant ,

d i sc ov eri es and annexes may be regarded as his fa v orite

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Wh en he lived in Illinois his fav orite past i me Of l ate after

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n o ons was t o go b u ggy rid i n g If aut o mobiles that c o u l d

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be speeded five hundred mi les per hour were b eing made ,

J ud ge Gary wo u ld b u y two He ne ver forgets the town o f .

Wh eaton and the institut io n of learni ng there The generos i t y

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o f his pu rse is a lway s i n e vi dence f or the goo d o f Wheat o n .

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h as se e n the ri ghts o f the pe o p le su bordinated t o the p o wer
O f m o ne y b y a hnost e v e ry de vi ce k n o wn t o the mi nds o f New

Yor k tricksters Mayo r G ay n or h as eradicated fro m the

.

p oli ce fo rce t wo o f the m o st infam o us practices k n o wn t o

m o dern in genu i t y S tran ge as it may s eem t o progressi ve
.

ci vi li zat io n i t had b een the cust o m f or y ears of the New

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Yor k p oli ce fo rce when maki ng arrests to ph o t ograph the

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person arrested b efo re trial and p l ace the picture in ,

the R ogu es G a ll ery ; so listing the accused as a c ri mi nal

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a l th o u gh he may su b se quent ly be proven inn oc ent Mayor .

G ay n o r st opped t hi s practice at the very b e gi nni n g o f hi s

ad ministrati o n An o ther refo rm he inau gu rate d wi th the
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po lice f o rce was t o remo ve the so called p l ain cl othes man

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He insists that e v ery p olice of ficer n o matter what may b e hi s ,

p o sition shal l b e seen when on dut y weari ng hi s uniform

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The p l ain cl o thes man in his op ini on is a menace to

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decent government It is a deception practiced up o n the

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pub lic as he re as o ns it He has b rou ght forth man y other

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n e cessary refo rms a ll f or the b enefit of the p eop l e

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Mayo r G ay n o r has demonstrated to the me mb ers of the

p oli c e f orce that the y are the serv ants of the pe o p l e and n o t ,

th e mast e rs Thi s proved to b e quite a sh ock t o th e m ; b ut

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he has mad e them real ize that l aw and o rder are in the
ascendan cy Mayo r Gaynor is not the ki nd o f man who
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wo u l d ins i st that any thi n g sh o uld b e done contrary t o the

law ; b ut i f i t i s the l aw he wi ll demand that it be bo th upheld
,

and resp ec t e d He is an untirin g w orker and ab so l utel y

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fear l ess At t i mes he is a b it irritable and d o es n o t hav e that

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e qu i poise of temper that is so bec omi n g t o the a v erage man .

He flies i nt o tantrums and raises a tempest at t i mes ; b ut it

,

is so o n ov e r It doesn t l ast l o n g He makes t hi n gs mo ve

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a t al l t i mes H e is strong in hi s friendshi ps and i s n o t ordi

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naril y susp i c io us O f hi s fe ll ow men He b elieves the majorit y

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O f m e n are h o nest He is an unre lentin g foe of grafters

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wh ethe r th ev b e politica l o r other wi s e A cco rdin g t o hi s .

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views the cause

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the pe ople c o mes fir st If anythi n g is
of .

to be sacrificed he believes it should be money rather than

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li f e He is making a record also in admi ni stering the finan

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c ia l a ff airs of Ne w Y o rk Ci t y in a sane sensible and ec onom , ,

ical mann er He is sa ving to the tax —payers hundreds of

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t housands annuall y and in no way retarding the business

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necessi t ies of t he ci t y He has done much to rout the politica l

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hangers on wh o have en j oyed sinecures but performed no

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part icular service I t seems in t he cards tha t Mayor Gaynor

.

wi ll be t he choice of t he Democ ra t ic par t y O f New York State

f or President .

The das t ardly at t empt on Mayor Gaynor s li f e by a dis ’

,

charged employé of t he ci t y wh o w as separated from hi s ,

s t ipend because of neglec t of du t y serves t o illustrate what ,

may happen t o an hones t man w hen he ge t s into po l itics .

Fort una t ely t he Mayor s recovery has been rapid and the
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people are to have t he benefit of his con t inued usefulness .

Mayor Gaynor is a man o f unusual force He is progre s .

sive and de t e rmined No one can s werv e hi m from w ha t he

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believes to be his du t y He is as hones t as the day is long . .

The Mayor is a man of simple habi t s He was brought up .

in t he rural dis t ric t s of Central New York and has not f or ,

got t en hi s early teachings He cares practically not hi ng f or .

f ashionable dress ; yet few men are bet t er or more consistently

a tt ired t han he He is a great home fo l ks man He c ould
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i f he wished i t have an automobile to take hi m to and from

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his Offi ce at the ci t y s expense ; but he general ly wa lks

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and t he dis t ance is some t hr ee or four miles When the .

wea t her is inclement he goes by street car He is fond of ,

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h is books . He is a man of big heart and warm s ympathies .

There are fe w days in hi s life in which he is n o t pe rformi ng

s o me noble act f or those less fortuna t e than hi mself If h e .

w ere a rich man t he chances are he would dispense large sums

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of money in charity As it is he is ever wi lli ng to open his

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purse f or a deserving o utstretched hand Ne w York has n o t .

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had at its head a man in years who so stands fo r the pe op le
as d o es May o r Gayn o r He is an h o n o r t o his cit y hi s S tat e
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and hi s country and that hi s services are appreciated was

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sh o wn b y the u ni versal sympath y he received when sh o t .

Mayor Gay n o r is probabl y one of the forem o st students

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of the Bible of men conspicu o usl y bef o re the public He has

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read thro ugh and thro ugh time after time this inspired bo o k
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He can quote i t c opious ly fro m mem o ry Whi l e he remained

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in the h o sp i tal su ff e ri ng from hi s w o unds he spent m uc h of

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hi s t i m e i n re ad i n g i t s ee min gly n ev er ti ri n g
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i n the Senate ; y et he had to repea t his charges thrice b efore
the Senate understood their import .

E v er since the accident Of c hi ldhood which destroyed his

si ght Gore has refused to accept the favors to whi ch hi s bli nd
,

ness would entitle him When his father would have sent him
.

to the Mississippi Institute for the B li nd Gore elected to attend ,

the State universit y and take his chances wi th the o thers

, .

And wi th o ut fa vor he led in scholarshi p The only c o n .

cessi o n whi ch his b lindness gives hi m to day is a respectfu l -

hearing fro m th o se S enators w ho happen to be in the chamber

when he speaks But y ou wi ll observ e that nearly a l l are
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present when G ore speaks The reason is that they know .

the speech wil l b e meaty and finished and enunciatory of ,

some high pub lic purpose .

Go re grew up outside party lines and so he was found , ,

abo ut the time of Cle veland s sec o nd n o mi nati o n attacking’

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the Cleveland principles When the Populist party was at

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its height Gore was a Bry an Popu li st and one of those wh o

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secured the nominati o n of Bry an by that party in 1 8 96 ,

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By 1 8 99 he had changed h o we ver to an ardent Bry an Demo

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c ra t and the party in Texas t o whi ch S tate he had rem ov ed

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welc o med hi m as one of the most b ril liant and useful con
verts they c o uld have made S in c e that time in Texas in .
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O k l ahoma as candidate an d as S enat o r Go re has b een

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fait hf ul to the b est in h i mse lf and in his part y He has re .

membe red hi s Emerson “

A fo olish c o nsistency is the h ob
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gobli n of l ittle minds but he has distin guished this foo lish
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c o nsistency from fide lity and proper de vo t io n t o p ri nciples

and leaders .

O f cou rse G o re has a l way s t o meet the tearfu l face o f p i ty

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and to fee l that hi s successes c o me to him b e c ause he is sight

less and a fi gure of path o s B ut th o se wh o have watched hi s
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c o u rse i n pub lic aff airs wh o ha ve seen him press a measure

,

in co mmi tt e e and o n the floor wh o h av e heard him i n debate,

h o ld hi s o wn with ab le S enat ors an d Often cru sh o pp o s i t io n

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wi t h brillian t repart ee or remorseless in f orma t ion kno w t ha t ,

Gore has been success f ul because he has t he qualifications Of

success Gore is an able Senator fe w abler ; a fine ora t or
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indeed ; an honorable legisla t or ; and quixo t ic en o ugh to fail

of riches by many t housands o f dollars .

Sena t or Gore has ill usions Tha t is cyni cs and even the
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in t ensely prac t ical w ould term t hem i l lusions ; but to Gore

t hey are actual hopes T o quo t e him he hopes to see the
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dawni ng of t ha t golden day w hen court s cabinets and c on , ,

r e sse s shall have as much respect f or t he man t hat so w s the

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grain and reaps t he harves t as t hey have f or the man t hat
gambles f or t he necessa ries of li fe upo n t he boards of trade ;
when t hey wi ll have as much respect f or t he man t ha t cuts
t he t ie and lays t he rail as they have f or t he man t hat o w ns
a sys t em of railroads and t ha t domina t es t he commerce of an
,

empire ; w hen t hey wi ll have as much respec t f or t he man tha t

carries t he h od or lays t he brick as t hey have for t he man
t ha t o wns a pala t ial residence in Fi ft h Avenue and a business
block in Broad w ay w hen courts cabine t s and congresses wi ll
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have as much respe ct f or t he man t ha t digs t he coal and cuts

t he s t one as t hey have f or the man upon w hose brow flames
a circle t of gold and flashes a clus t er of imperial gems $
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Equal ri ghts t o all spe cial pri vileges t o none
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That .

is w ha t Gore is saying And t hough many may sco f f and call

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the doc t rine i mpo ssible and the t erms of i t rant the y all
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ad mi t that Go res are necessary to the b ro therhoo d of man .

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 CH ARLE S H . G RA STY

part owner and genera l man

U BL I SHE R , ,

ager o f the Ba l timore S u n newspaper Mr , . .

Grasty is entitled to be c l assed amon g the

very successful managers in the United States .

He has had a long and v aried career and has ,

met success at e very point He is a nati ve .

Of Virgi nia After reac h ing man s estate

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he went West to Missou ri He settled in

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Kansas Cit y and i t was not long unti l he was at the head of
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one of the new papers estab l ished there It was a bit uphill .

work to compete wi th older and well established pub lications ;

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b ut he edged his way in making a place for hi mself as wel l

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as f or his paper Mr Grasty ever on the l ookout f or something

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better began casting glances in the direction of the rising sun

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He looked acr o ss the broad expanse of the Mississippi Valle y ,

and b ey o nd the Alleghenies to the water s edge of Chesapeake ’

Bay His e y es lit on the City of B altimore the real c om

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m ercial metropo l is of the S o uth Atlantic S tates As he .

viewed it B altimo re was then in need of a good hi gh class

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afternoon newspaper whi ch it had ne ver possessed He

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became the directing genius of Th e E veni ng N ews whi c h , ,

under the guidance of himself and associates was developed ,

into one of the best payin g ne w spaper properties in the country

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Mr Grasty being independent in politics made a paper

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as he b elieved f or the benefit of the readers and n o t the

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organ of an y political creed o r part y As the paper pro .

gre sse d and grew in wealth and influence so did Mr Grast y ,

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His reputati o n as a newspaper manager spread pretty well

over the c o untry whi ch emphasizes the O l d saying that nothi ng
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succeeds like suc c ess ”

He made the pro pe rt y so v a l uable
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never be made t o do anythin g that will be oppo sed to the

bes t interests of the c o mmunity He took t hi s stand in his .

early day s and has hewed close to that line ever since
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It has never b een Mr Grasty s custom to appear much .

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in the limelight He has always been a bit backward ab o ut

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coming forward if by so doing he is t o proj ect hi mself per

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sonal l y His m o desty wi ll pre vent hi s doing t hi s He has

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alway s pre ferred that hi s newspapers sho uld speak for him ,

and he spea ks fo r hi s newspapers through the wi sd o m he

disp l ay s in conduct i n g them He is somewhat fond of cl ub .

life and Ba l timore is a city of fine clubs He is a great

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golf player and wo uld play in winter time with snow two feet
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deep if it were possible wi th as much e xhi laration as he does

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in May He is likewise fond of horseback riding and is one

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of the best equestrians in the Monumental City Mr Grasty . .

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howe ver is first of all a high class business man He h as

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alway s run his papers on high business principles He is .

n o t an alarmist and is rather given to seeing the pleasant

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side of life before in vesti gat i ng where the dark side may
c o me from sho uld it come at all Mr Grast y is n o t much of
, . .

a talker unless it be in d ri vi ng a bargain ; then he can con

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verse l ike a c omm ercial traveler He talks t o the point and .

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usua l l y talk s quickly He is n o t given to b eating ab out the

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b ush but comes square out and hits the b ull s eye at the first
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shot Mr Grasty is a fine appearing man He wo u l d b e

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taken any p l ace for a man O f aff airs No one has e ver seen
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him when he was n o t o ne Of the best dressed men in the -

assemblage He can aff ord t o indu lge hi s taste in the direc

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t i on of l u xu ry a l though to hi m goo d dressing is not a lu xury

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n o r a necessity but s o mething a man may d o i f he can

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aff o rd it Mr Grast y justly occupies a p lac e as o n e o f the

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real captains Of Ame rican industry .

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 S IM O N GUGGENH EIM

N W O RT HY sons rich men are frequently

of

the pro duct of American ci vili zation ; but

in the case of Simon Guggenheim senior ,

Senator at this writing from Col o rado

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the parent tree bore better fruit F or though .

Meyer Guggenheim founder of the copper

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and silver empire f or hi s f amily was a com ,

m ercial genius in his s o ns and in Simon

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Guggenheim first of all he left men able t o bear the trem en

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d o us burdens and responsibilities of hi s aff airs .

O ut in Colorado and i t is good to j udge a man s charac

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ter by the sentiment of hi s home people they laugh about

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the Alaska st o ries of the Guggenheims how they are report ed

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to ha ve pillaged and even killed to f oster their land aggression .

The Colorado people w ho elected Simon Gu ggenheim to

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speak f or them in the United States Senate say that he is ,

honest and just and good And as he has li ved among them
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since 1 8 8 8 empl oyed them and worked with them for the best
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interests of their homes and communities they ou ght to know ,

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In the Senate Mr Guggenheim is unob trusive and likable

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He is not Often heard in debate ; but in spite of hi s great f or

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tune ; he is as painstaking in his Senat o rial duties as if he

feared that neglect of them might bring upon him financial
ruin He lo o ks scrupulously a f ter the interests of hi s pe ople
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and when o n e c o nsiders how patiently thi s man of great busi

ness af fairs and metho ds had to learn the le gislator s trade ’
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t h e qua lit y of hi s success wi ll be better underst o od For .

when he was e lected to the S enate Simo n Gu ggenheim untied

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all hi s connecti o ns wi th the great enterprises of hi s family and

d e voted hi s time and e f fort entirely to the duties of hi s o f fice .

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Politica l h o n o rs came to Gu ggenheim of C olo rado m o re
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as a resu l t of his prominence and unobtrusi ve phi lanthropy

than because he s o ught them In 1 8 96 the Si lver Repub l ican
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party nominated him f o r lieutenant govern o r but he was under

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the c o nstitutiona l age h e was b orn in 1 8 6 7 and he with

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drew from the ticket which was successful Two years ago
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he was o f fered the gu b ernatorial nomination of the Republican

part y b ut he dec lined it Between 1 8 98 and 1 90 7 when he
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was elected t o the Senate Guggenheim to o k no further part

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in p o litics than to serve as Presidential elector for The o d o re

R oo se v elt in 1 90 4
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There is a prejudice in many quarters against there sittin g

i n C o ngress the heads of enterprises so powerfu l and so
connected wi th the pub l ic business as that of the Gu ggen
heims But the manner in which Simon of that name is per
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fo rmin g hi s Senatorial duties and the fact that although there

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are many spies and opposing newspapers not one publ i c act
,

O f his has e v er reflected up o n his co nd uc t O f his o ffi ce d o mu c h

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t o O f fs e t su ch a prejud i ce
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man succeeded hi m he was well prepared to steer the fa mily
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properties over a course whi ch has been extremel y success f ul .

The wo rk w hich Bruce Haldeman is doing day b y day , ,

is less c o nspicuous than that o f many of hi s empl oyés Many .

a writer of signed stories in Th e Cou ri er J ournal is b etter

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known b y reputati o n alth o ugh the retirin g nature and habits

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o f the president Of the c o mpany are in a way responsible , ,

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He d o es not ca re for the lime light ; he cares less f or it per ,

haps than any man on his newspapers In the c o nferences

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of the Ame ri can Newspaper Pub lishers Ass o ciati o n h o we ver ’

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Ha l deman s ab ilities and respo nsibi lities are full y re cogni zed
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His position as vice president an d as arbiter indicates this

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B ruce Haldeman is the veteran memb er of the associati o n s ’

standing c o mmittee to adjust di ff eren c es wi th t yp ographers ,

pressm en stereotypers and the othe r uni o n l abo r emp l oyés

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o f a ll the newspapers of importance i n the United S tates .

He has sat for five y ears on t hi s c ommittee It c o nsists of .

t h ree memb ers who with three memb ers from the Inter
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national Typo graphica l Union f or examp l e handle and , ,

adjust m o nthly al l matters of wage and w orkin g conditions

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Thi s a f fects thousands of pri nters and other newspaper artisans

in the Western he misphere Its oflfi ces durin g disagreements .
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b etween pu b lishers and printers in Den ver and S an Francisc o ,

f or instance prevented a walk out that w o u l d h a v e a ff ected

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the faci l ities of many Western newspapers It is a comme m .

tary on Bruce Haldeman s direction of Th e C ouri er J ou rnal ’ -

and Th e Ti mes that he has ne ver had a se ri o us disagreement

o f his own to adjust .

In the S outh he is the m o st imp ortant newspaper pro

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p r i e t o
.r In the nati o n he ranks in i mp ortance
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and abi lity
with Pu litzer O tis James G o rd o n Bennett Jo hn R M cLean
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and Frank Munsey .

A cle ver man says o f Bruce Haldeman

“
Few pe o ple kn o w hi m ; b ut a ll pe o p l e wo u l d l ike t o kno w
hi m be tter ”
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Thi s is an admirab le characterization Bruce Hal d ema n .

is of the reserved di gni fied c o urteous type that has much

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personal charm and lit t le inclination broadly to exert it His .

person is handsome ; hi s manner is courtly and pleasant ; his

mind works in a superior way Public appearance and acti vity
.

he leaves t o o t he rs ; t he less noticed bu t extremel y valuable

duties of seeing tha t t he newspapers come ou t at a profit to ,

their readers and to t hemselves every day he assumes .

He loves the pleasures of out of —doors life At golf he has

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made hi mself dreaded among t he gentlemen w ho dri v e the

gut t a pe rcha around L ouis ville and around his win t er home
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a t Naples L ee County Florida He is hardy and he does

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not neglec t any of t he splendid athle t ic opportuni t ies about

Naples or near hi s summer h o me in Massachuse t ts And .

w herever hi s family and hi s home is there Bruce Haldeman ,

likes best t o be .

He is a tall well proport ioned man wi t h s t eady blue e y es ;

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hair tha t is too gr ay f or his years bu t that contrasts pleasant l y

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with hi s y o u t hf ul features and complexi o n His ja w is square .

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but his other features are cleanly chiseled and artistic He .

wea rs a sh ort mustache His m o uth is kindly and firm His

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dress is al ways quiet and always immaculate .

“
A man w hom f ew know w ell but w hom all w o uld like to,

know bet t er .
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That in dicates w hat manner of man is B ruce
Haldeman and the standing of The Cou ri er J ou rnal Company
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indicates w hat his w ork has been In late y ears B ruce has .
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grown to be much like his f ather the grand ol d man who ,

founded the paper He is a c hi p off the b lo ck ; a w orthy son

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of a n oble sire .

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 WI LL I AM BU R C H H AL D EMAN

F Y O U are e ver fortunate enou gh t o b e in

L ouis ville on a sunny aftern o on you may ,

behold lea ving the C ou ri er—J ou rnal and Ti mes

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Buildin g Col o nel Wil liam B Ha l deman

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It will not be di f ficult t o rec ognize the cele

b rat ed Kentuckian wh o may as well i n , ,

this first paragraph be liberated from the ,

suspicion that his colonelcy is as fictitious as

those of many of hi s compatriots For Colonel Haldeman .

was for years c o mmander of the First Kentuck y Infantry and

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he has been seen horse b ack at the head of hi s boys with the
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eagles on his shoulders man y times In b rief his colone l cy

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i s as genuine as he is whi ch is saying about as much for that

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title as can b e said The lack o f diffi cult y in rec o gnizin g

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C o l o nel Haldeman is easily explained when it is noted that ,

he is one of the three most distin guished l ookin g men in Ken -

tucky .

If you should see a stocky ol d gen t leman elbo wi ng his way ,

through Fourth Avenue glaring fiercely ou t of hi s one good

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eye wearing the silver mustache and goa t ee of the South y ou

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would be in the presence of the first of the three : Marse

Henry Watterson If down near Main Street a tall and
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graceful old gentleman wi th w hi te mustache and imperial

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twinkling blue eyes florid c o mplexion and mi litary stride

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should s wi m into y our ken y ou would behold the second :,

General Jo hn B Castleman And near the C ou ri er J ou rnal

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and Ti mes Building y ou mi ght then be fortunate enough to

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see a third and most stri king fi gure Several inches over six
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feet as sturdy and a l ert as a y outh ; athletic of stride and car

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ri age ; ru ddy of chee k ; wearing t he familiar mustache and

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part y of Kentuc ky he has he l d severa l Offi c i al p l aces a l so ; b ut
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hi s preference has a l way s b een thr o ugh hi s indi vi dual it y and

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his newspaper rather than thr o ugh O ffi ce t o work for the

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Dem o cratic party In Lo uis ville and c o nse quent ly in Ken

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tuck y fo r as L ou i svi ll e goes s o go es the State

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C o l o ne l
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Ha l deman has b een s o met hi ng of a Warwick b ut he has not ,

been the se l f see ki ng Kin g mak er that was the stout War wi ck
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of King Edward I V S time Wielding great influence and

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c o nscious that by hi s i ndi vidua l stand he shaped the a lliances

of th o usands O f Kentuck y v oters Co lo nel Ha l deman has made ,

congressmen gov ernors senators and may ors o ut O f what

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he c o nsidered the wo rt hi est materia l at hand True to his .

friends i n a knight l y way that is the essence of fine friendshi p ,

Colonel Haldeman has always c o nsidered the part y first He .

sought alway s to secure the no mination and elect i on of the

strongest and w orthi est whate ver their personal re l ati ons
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wi th him might ha v e been But when fo rtune so p lo tted

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that his friend was the w o rthi est and the stro ngest no man ,

was happier in the success of an o ther than was C olo ne l Hal de

man Ne ver dictatorial ne ver se l f seeking he has been a
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force fo r goo d leadershi p and clean p olitics in hi s ran ge o f

acti vities .

To enumerate the needy the deserving and the pitiable

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f or wh o m t h e charity and interest of C o lonel Ha l deman ha v e

pro vided would be a task that wo u l d hav e to open wi th the
time he b e gan t o toddle and which would n o t end e ven wi th
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his death To relate the instances of yo un g men wh o m he

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has helped and enc o uraged w o uld b e an endless task F or .

Colonel Haldeman is o ne of those rare men t o wh o m the su c

cess and the happiness of others are of primary imp ortance ,

and whose own needs come later on How many day s he .

goes witho ut his meals b ecause his time is to o o ccupied with

helping a friend to spare the minutes cannot b e reckoned ,
.

His O f fice alth o ugh most of hi s life has been spent in the
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capacity of a private citizen is always filled wi th men and ,

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women whom he has li ft ed a w ay on li f e s ladder ; and the’

beggar may see Colonel Haldeman as quickly as the rich

man or t he chief man of a f fairs in the t own It is a proper .

c omm entary upon Co lonel Haldeman s life and works in ’

L ouisville to say that one fourth t he good whi ch he and his

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wi f e have d o ne and are continually doing wi ll never b e known .

S o metimes a cripple or an aristocrat fallen upon e vil days will

receive a muf fl ed Christmas present that will procure him
co m forts Alway s the l ong line of Haldeman pensioners
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as they may well b e k nown are remembered and cared for

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In hi s ho me life the Colone l has found c o mpensation for

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hi s goo d deeds His wi fe as Miss

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thi s side of Jordan .
,

E li zabeth O ff utt was one of the m ost celebrated b eauties

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of her time and the possessor O f a character so lofty and a

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sympathy wi th the quiet philant h ropies of her husband so

complete as to cro w n each of his days wi t h fait hf ul under
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standing .

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 J OH N MARS HA LL H A RLAN

JUSTICE of the Supreme C o urt

SSO CI A TE
o f the United States The sixth decade of .

the nineteenth century witnessed the death

of the W h ig party and the rise cu hnination , ,

and fall of the Know No thing party in Ken -

tucky and it also noted the advent on the

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p o litical stage of s ome brilliant and able

y o ung public men such as John G Carlisle ,
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J oh n Young Brown William C P Breckinridge Thomas M

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Green and Jo hn M Harlan Henry Clay was j ust dead and

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John C Breckinridge had succeeded hi m as the idol of the

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pe ople of the Old commonwealth The compromise of 1 8 5 0 .

had sett led the slavery question and the repeal of the mi s
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named Missouri Compromi se reopened that vexed problem

that ultima t ely was to be solved at the cannon s mouth John ’
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M Harlan was born in the famous Ashland dis t rict that

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has supplied the Nation with more great names than any
other constituency of like numerical s t rength Needless .

to mention it w as the home O f the Clays the Breckinridges

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the Marshalls the Cri tt endens to say nothing o f t he Harlans

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L etcher Garrett Davis William T Barry Jesse Bledsoe t he

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Moreheads and others Before he w as a vo t er John M

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Harlan was a most e ff ective stump speaker worthy t he s t eel ,

of any Kentucky Democrat even that O ld lion himsel f Eli j ah

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Hise His fa t her was a great la w yer f ollo w er and counselor

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Of Henr y Clay Repeatedly he served in Congress and more

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than once he was A t torney General of t he Sta t e Upon t he

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death of Henry Clay the Ashland district turned Democra t ic

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John C Breckinridge made i t so w hen consecu t ively in

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races that c o mmanded public attention from t he Penobscot to

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Att orney General O f the commonwealth and discharged the
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dut i es of that O f fice whi ch hi s father had filled with such

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distinguished ab il i t y until 1 8 6 7 He was not y et a Repub

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li can nor was he a Democrat ; but in 1 8 6 8 he came ou t squarely

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f or Grant f or President and stumped the State from moun
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tain t o purchase in a canvass rarely equaled He was just

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enterin g on hi s phy sical prime thirty five y ears of age and ,

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perhaps n o t e ven Kentucky produced hi s superior as a stump

speaker Thr ee y ears later Har l an was the Repub lican
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candidate for G overnor and spoke daily from the springtime

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till the Au gust electi o n but he was beaten by Preston H L es lie

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Four y ears after he again entered the lists and James B , .

M c Creary defe ated him .

In 1 8 7 7 Mr Harlan was appointed to the Supreme Bench

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and has serv ed as an associate justice of that au gust tribunal

thirty t h ree y ears a term exceeded in length of time by b ut
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two o ther men J o hn Marshall and Stephen J F i eld and his

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friends c o nfident ly hope that when he shall finall y retire he ,

wi ll ha v e b een a member of that c o urt lo nger than an y other

man of ou r hist o ry While an amiab l e man and a de l i ghtful
.

co mpanion J ustice Harlan is distincti vel y aggressi ve and

, ,

p o ssibl y it is true that he has handed d o wn more d i ssenting

opi ni o ns than any other justice e ver kno wn t o that bench .

He is a man o f pronounced views and p o siti ve con vi ctions ,

fo r wh i ch he wo uld go t o the stake In stature a son Of .

Anak he is a man of c o mmanding presence s ymmetri cal

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and handsome and a pure Saxon in t ype— fl axen hair blue

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e y e and florid c omple xi o n His passion in re l axation is

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go lf and an anecdote is related Of a game when hi s pastor

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Of the Presb yterian Church was his adversary The pastor ,

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missed a fine stroke and hi s c ountenance disc overed hi s chagri n

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Harlan remarked to him : That is the m o st pro fane silence

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that e ver came under my n o tice ”

A happy st o ry is told o f .

h ow Harlan met hi s ol d ad versa ry Simmes in Wash i n gt o n , , ,

after the War bro ken in fo rtune b ecause O f his se rvic e t o the
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 J O H N MARSH ALL HAR L AN
Con f ederacy and ou t O f t he pale of ci t izenship With o ut a
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word Harlan went to work and secured an act of Con gress

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remo ving hi s disabili ties and clothing him wi th all the rights
Of any other American citizen It w as a noble act In that
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great day when Hea ven shall hold t he u niversal inquest over
all man kind ol d Kentucky wi ll take John M Harlan by the
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hand lead hi m to that immacu l ate b ar and

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“
Thi s is
my jewels ”
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 J U DSO N HA RM O N

O VE RN O R of O hi o In the opini o n of man y

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people Governor Harmon measures up to the

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full requirements O f a Presidential possibility ,

and it is not improbab le that the Demo

cratic party may hon o r him b y makin g him
its candidate in 1 9 1 2 Governor Harmon is
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a man of man y acc o mp l ishments As a .

lawy er he ranks among the best in his State

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In politic s he is comparatively a new quantit y although he

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made his appearance upon the hustings man y y ears ago It .

was i n 1 8 7 2 that Mr Harmon showed a disposition to engage

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in a p o litica l struggle It was at the time that Horace Greeley

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became the candidate of the L iberal Repub licans and the

Dem ocratic party for President Mr Harm o n was brought
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up in the straight Republican faith but for some reason he

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did n o t approve of the ad ministration of President Grant ,

whereupon he joined the ran ks of the so called L i b erals He -

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was then a strugg ling lawyer in Cinci nnati Ha vin g o nc e .

broken away fro m the Republican part y it was by easy stages,

of evolution he became a fu l l fl e dge d rock ribbed Dem o crat

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So pronounced was he in hi s doctrines o f Dem o cracy that ,

President Cleveland made h im hi s Attorney Genera l the last -

t w o years of hi s second term In the campaign of 1 8 9 6

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w hen Mr Bry an was the candidate of the Democra t ic part y

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Mr Harmon cou l d not find it possible to reconcile hi s views

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with the radical position taken by Mr Bry an in hi s criticism

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of President Cle v eland s administration ; but in 1 90 0 when

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Mr Bryan was again the candidate he ga ve him lo yal and

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e f f ective support
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In t he revol ving of the many po l itical w heels in O hio

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inches tall His mustache that being the only hi rsute ad orn
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ment on hi s pleasin g face is gray What hair he h as on hi s ,

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head is gray He was b ald when quite a y oun g man He

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is fri endly to the fro ck coat and the hi gh silk hat He may
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be lie v e it is m o re becoming to the dignity of hi s o f fice to be

so dressed In earlier life Mr Harmo n wore a full beard
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which was a b it sandy in c o lor and usually artistically trimmed , ,

showing that he was not an infrequent attendant upon his

barb er .

Mr H armon with an associate attorney was designated

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by the Government to pro secute the of ficials of the Santa Fé

Railwa y fo r paying rebates to the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company He was selected at the request of President
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R o osevelt This was the first pro secution on these lines

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which attract e d any particular attenti o n a s it was the most ,

flagrant confessed violation of the E lkins law against rebating

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Mr Harmon s pro secuti o n of the case soon developed the

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fact that Pau l M orton then a member O f President Roose ,

ve l t s Cab inet as Secretary of the Na vy ha ving resigned from

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the Vi c e Presidency Of the Santa Fé Rai l way t o become a mem

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b er of Mr Ro o se velt s offi cial family was the real Off ender

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When Mr Harmo n made kn o wn who wo uld b e the principal

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defendant in the case he was info rmed by Mr Ro o se velt s ,

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Attorne y G enera l that hi s service as pub lic prosecutor in the

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Governme nt s b ehalf would cease and it did

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As Gove rn o r of O hi o he has sh o wn hims el f a Vi goro us ,

pro secut or o f the grafting c o ntingent in and abo ut the S tate

h o use Perso nall y he is m o st companionable He li kes
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sittin g in hi s li b rary with a fri end where all is quiet and there , ,

indul ge i n goo d h o nest heart t o heart ta lk s He expresses

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himse lf with great force s o metimes a litt l e bi t of an inn o cent ,

oath wi ll s lip o ut fo r whi ch o f fense he quickl y apologizes and

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the incident is cl o sed He is a stickler fo r pro mptness He

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d o es n o t b e lie ve in puttin g O ff ti ll t o mo rro w what sh o uld have -

b een a cco mp lish ed y esterday In early li fe he arrayed hi m .

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 JU D S O N HARM O N
self against t he procrastinati o n exercised by s o many judges in
t he admini stration of publi c j us t ice He would like to be able
.

to bring about many needed reforms in the courts of his Sta t e ,

and has already done much on these lines His unanimous

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nomina t ion f or re election is s t rong evidence of his popularity

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wi th the people of his party . If elected President he w ould

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take to the Whi t e House a digni t y of bearing not unlike that

O f James B uchanan and the simp lic i ty of A b raham Li n coln
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 E DWI N H AW LEY

ICE—PRESIDENT of the To led o S t Lo u i s ,

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and Western Rai l way Chicago and Alt o n ,

Rai l way Chairman of the Board of the

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Minneap o lis and S t L ouis Railway and .

I o wa Centra l Railway also prominent l y iden ,

t ifi ed wi th the a f fairs Of the Chesapeake and

O h io Railway Thus it wi ll be seen that Mr
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Hawley has a number O f irons in the rai l wa y

fire Mr Hawle y did not hav e greatness thrust upon him
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nor was he born great Whatever greatness he may hav e he

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has achie ved Mr Hawl e y is practical l y a pro duct of the

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West th o ugh the place Of his nati vity is Chatham N Y

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not far from the Connecticut and Massachusetts li nes .

Chatham appeared to Ha w ley e ven in his youth as b eing n o

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place for him He had read s o me stirrin g literature c o ncern

.

ing the broad acres of the great though n o t pathless West .

He c o ncluded that was the secti o n wherein he might f o llow

the advice of Horace Greeley and grow up Ab out the first ,
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time Mr Hawley appeared ab ov e the surface was as the pas

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senger representative the General Eastern A gent of the

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So uthern Pacific Railway having his head quarters in New

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Yo rk It was his duty as a passenger agent t o direct persons

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tra veling West not to forget to journe y over hi s road He .

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no doubt O f fered fine inducements in describing to them the

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beauties of the scenery alon g the line He might have con .

veye d by his pleasing manners the impression that the entire

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system was equipped with stee l rails the permanent way ,

ballasted with stone and shade trees on both sides It matters

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not in t hi s writing what Mr Hawle y may have done to secure

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business for hi s r o ad but it is e vid ent that his offi cia l acts
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met with the high appro va l Of hi s superiors He mi ght have .

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finan ci a l methods wi th the o ccasi o nal spirit Of a p l un ger h e
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made a deep dive into the stock pool and s oo n rose to the ,

surface with the collateral of three or four railroads hanging

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about hi m True s o me of thi s was watered stock b ut that was

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no af f air of hi s as he had not had any hand in the issuing of it

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As o ne may view the railway map O f the United S tates

at the present time Mr Hawle y s hand i work appears at f re ,
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quent interva l s al ong the line of trave l S ince the death o f .

Edward H Harriman Mr Hawle y seems to b e a rising ge

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ni us in the matter of railway ownership o r at least railwa y , ,

c o ntrol in s o me parts O f the West He has b een so modest

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a l l of his life that it was with di f ficult y that edit ors o f maga
zines c o uld secure a phot ograph of him a year o r so ago when ,

he came into the li melight as a vita l f o rce in a group of rail

way s He is an elusive indi vidual It is not always easy t o
. .

put your hand on hi m It is not meant to convey the impres .

sion that he does not want to be seen but the volume Of hi s ,

b usiness is so large that he is compelled to keep m o st of his

time in his ofli c e s and to be little in pu blic Mr Haw l ey can
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. .

b e described as b eing a s hr ewd capable financier He is a ,

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pleasant appearing man His face is sm o oth and he sha ves

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himself every morning He is not particular l y admired by .

the barbers f or this reas on th o ugh he does occas io nal ly patron ,

ize them— when he needs a hair cut He has s o me c l ose and -

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intimate friends but the y are pers o ns wh o m he h as kno wn a

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long time He is n o t gi ven to trustin g his c onfi dences to th o se

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whom he does not know we ll He is cauti o us a l way s reason .

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able and generally fair He has ne v er b elie ved i n i nfo rmi ng the
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pub l ic what he is d oing or going t o do He does not aspire t o .

be particularly ri ch He likes the excitement in b ein g a factor

.

in big aff airs He will prob abl y bu y five suits of clothes a y ear
. .

O f course he owns a mot o r car but he frequently rides o n the

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trolley He is extra vagant in n o thing except in the scope of

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hi s ambi tion Mr Hawley s rise to fame and p l ace is a cre di t

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t o th e c o untry There should be m ore men like hi m

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 JA M ES TH O M A S HEFLIN

in Congress fro m the

E PRE SEN T A T I VE
Fi ft h Alabama District A short time ago .

t here died in Alabama a great man a physi

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c ian He was past f our score and of him may

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it be said in the l anguage of another

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As :

you have come t o the store of a picture dealer -

in your stroll along t he street you have paused

to look in the wi ndow where w as exposed
a pic t ure of a doctor gazing on an expiring child in t he humble
crib i t s mo ther distrac t ed wi t h grief its father bo wed do w n
, ,

wi t h sorr ow The doctor had made his desperate battle

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against hi s relen t less enemy Death but w as now down and

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ou t and in a little w hi le the sou l of his patient had le f t the

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clay to return whence it came We en vy not the man or .

woman who can look on that picture unmoved He or she .

is callous to the humanities It is distinctivel y the o f fice of

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the doctor to be a good man That is even more imperative .

than t hat he should b e a skilled leech His mission is t o .

succor the dis t ressed to assuage pain to dispe l anxiety

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His smile S hould be suns hi ne hi s voice cheer He is there at

, .

our birth He watches at our cradle He ministers to us

. .

when sick He admonishes us wi th so l icitude He is by us

. .

in death He fo llows us to the grave What a nob l e profession

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it is in town and country Even the insane genius O f Balza c

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.

became human when it conceived and he wrote the n ove l

entitled The Country D o ctor Your doct o r wh o is als o a .
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good man is a blessing to all his neighbors and an o rnament

,

and glory to the human family ”

He died t hi s y ear of 1 9 1 0
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just as sumptu o us summ er was ready to turn t o Opulent

autumn . All Alab ama m o urned Tom Hefl in is hi s son .
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a nd T om Hefli n w o u l d g o as far t o succor one in tro u b le as hi s
father e ver did or to minister to one in pain
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.

He fli n and Clay t o n and James and S tanley and a news

paper man o r two are indispensable There is a fellows hi p .

among them that b inds B ut Hefli n is the mai n b racer of

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the circle He can e qua l Pro ct o r Kno tt i n th e tel lin g of

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an anecdote He i s the life and j oy o f the s o c i et y He is

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the pub lic man alway s a So utherner fro m cro wn to so le

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warm hearted and generous as a prince T o m He flin h as

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made at least two speeches in C o n gress that capti v ated th e

House In one of them there was a poetry and a sentiment
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that caused strong men of the cold the frigid North to melt
, ,
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And hence it was no surprise that his dist rict stood by him ,

though he was opposed to the prevailin g sentiment o n a vital

question of loca l moment i n his native State He is not y et .

i n mi ddle life but he i s ripenin g fo r a career i n the nati o nal

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c o unci l s that wi ll be en viable His pub l ic life is just fai rly

.

b egu n and hi s name will go far the ne x t d o uble decade

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early eighties in aro using pub lic sentiment in behalf o f b uildin g
figh ting mac hi nes worthy o f America s imp ortance President ’
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Cle veland in hi s second term h o n o red hi m b y ma kin g him

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Secretary of the Na vy which was a distincti o n we l l earned

,
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His administration of the department classed hi m as a man

of hi gh executi ve ab ilit y His long service in the H o use of
.

Representatives and hi s identification wi th the upbui l ding

,

of the sea power of the Government had serv ed him well ,

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When Mr Herbert entered pu b l ic life the South had n o t

.
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yet recovered from the evils of the Ci vil War nor the attend ,

ing mismanagement of a f fairs durin g the period Of recon

stru c ti o n His fine powers o f discernment tau ght him that the
.

Sout h must meet its new conditions in both a progressi v e and

intel ligent manner He b elieved in the South and its traditions
. .

The war had chan ged alm o st e very thing He was not the .

man t o lie down and weep over the results of the past It is .

need l ess to say the y were not p l easing to hi m but it was the ,

future and not the past that was t o be worked ou t He

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came to Congress as a progressive representative not to keep ,

open the Ol d wounds but to heal them He was in n o sense

,
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a trimmer but a good Old —fashioned Dem o crat not s o blinded

, ,

by party zeal that he was unable to reco gnize good deeds

performed by hi s Northern colleagues though di ff ering wi th ,

him po litically He was more interested in the agricultural

.

and industria l de velopment of the South than in its political

conditions kno wi ng that in the latter it was able t o take care
,

of itself What the South wanted and needed was more

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de velopment Mr Herbert was amon g the first of the public

. .

men in the S o uthern States to preach comm ercial supremacy

for hi s section The good work he began has redounde d t o
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hi s gl o ry and he is abl e to see the fruits of his lab o r and the

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labor of th o usands of others who th o ught and did as he did .

When retiring from the Secretarys hi p of the Navy at the ,

expiration of President Cle veland s term he returned again ’

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t o the practice o f law estab l ishing hi mse l f i n the City of

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 H I L A RY A HERB ERT .

Washi ngton Mr Herbe rt is a man of fin e le ga l ab i lity

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and a successful practi t ioner .

During hi s long career in public li fe Mr Herbert has ,

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apparen t ly never changed in his simple way Of coming in

contact with his friends and acquaintances He has never .

aspired to be rich though a good money producer He was

, .

brought up in the country districts of South Carolina and it ,

is in t he s t rengt h and character o f the people who populate

t he rural sec t ions t ha t Mr Herbert believes lies t he future
.

perpetui t y of t he na t ion He does not advise young men to

.

leave the f arm and seek t heir destiny in cities He would .

have t his condi t ion of a f fairs reversed The wealth of a .

nation must come from i t s soil a nd the cultiva t i o n of the,

soil produces be t ter ci t izens These are policies Mr Herbert

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has long advoca t ed and in i mpressing upon the South

,

t hese vie ws much has been acco m plished on lines l ai d down

,

by him w hen h e e ntered upo n a po l i t ical career I t would .

be di ffi cult t o find a more courteous and considerate man

than Mr Herbert He is a prince in p o l ite ness and in the
. .

dissemination of neighborly hospitalities His li f e has been .

a consis t ent one as w ell as a success ful one He cares little

,
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f or t h e co m ings a nd goings of the f ashionable world yet he ,

has lived m uch among this class in consequence of his of ficial

position He is always w ell but modes t ly a t tired preferring
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quiet and subdue d colors He enj oys the quiet of hi s h o me

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a nd ha ving about hi m some of his old time f riends He -

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li kes talking ab o ut the easy and gen t le m e t hods of life among

the Sou t hern people pre vious to the Ci vil War He is not one .

wh o f orgets t he f ri ends of hi s youth Man y of his boy .

hood s associates have remained his steadfast friends and

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a dmirers f rom t hose days t o the present Mr Herbert b e . .

longs to t hat class of Southern men who stand fo r every thin g

that is upliftin g .

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 W ILLI A M B H IBBS
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CA LL an American a self made man wi t h -

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n o qualifications as to the manner of the

making is as trite as to say the Uni ted States
,

is the greatest country on earth Ninety per .

cent of all successful Americans are self

made men and t he term carries n o particu lar
,

distinction until the crucible through which the

human nugget came is exami ned and the heat ,

of the testing and refining process is learned .

Usually t o o the application is made because the man

, ,

t o whom the description is applied has accumulated m o ney

not alway s but usually We are a new people and ou r stan
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dard Of measurement is materia l Thus no matter what the .

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o ther qualifications of the eulo gy may be if he ha ve m o ney ,

he i s accounted a success and no v ery c l ose examination is

,

made int o the methods of acquirement nor the manner of dis ,

b u rse m ent if perchance t here is any disbursement except

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f or self gl ori fi cation which in m o st instances t here is not

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There could be neither criticism nor c o mp l aint if I should

say William B Hi b bs is a self made man and let it g o w
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i th th at ,

genera lit y and such pleasantries as might o ccur Howe ver .

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that is not m y O bject in setting down here such impressi o ns of

m y friend as I deem advisable A dozen facts or a score .
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might b e cited to pro v e the self made part of it and the excel
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l ence of the job and the biography wou l d perhaps b e satis

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factory At any rate t he contenti o n w ould b e proved Still

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there is more much mo re to Hibbs than the outward and

vi sible signs of hi s success I thinkI know Hibb s I thin k
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I kno w hi s aspirations his ambitions hi s menta l processes

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Indeed I know I kn o w hi m Wherefore I h av e n o hesi tat io n

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 1 30 P EN PI C T UR E S O F L I V E M E N
that enabled t h is ne w sboy on the streets O f Washing t on to
become one of t he largest f actors in t he financial and business
life of Washington to establish hi mself in a commanding,

posi t ion not only at the Capi t al but also in the great financial
, ,

centers of New York to win and hold scores Of devoted friends

, ,

and abo v e all t o display in times of stress an un flinc hi ng and

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buoy ant courage in the face of any and every adversity a cour ,

age t hat marked hi m as a voyager unafraid a ga l lant contender ,

in the strife of life .

He was a newsboy His father was a sailor wh o went as .

,

a cabin boy when Commodore Perry first visited Japan and

opened the ports of that marvelous country Presen t ly .
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young Hib b s was placed in a broker s o f fice as offi ce boy He ’

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was quick alert honest He had a genius for finance It is

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not necessary to trace his upcoming by successive steps All .

that need b e done is to mention the name of W B Hibbs and . .

Company and point ou t its magnificent home in the Hibbs

,

Building It i s all his He b uilt it built it thr ough years

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of storm and stress through ad v ersity that w o uld have crushed

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a less buoyant and courageous spirit thr ough trial s and tribu ,

l a tions t hr ough panics fl u rri es prostrations and hard times

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There it is speaking for itself and Hi bbs not much more than
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fort y five now is the man wh o made it

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The two greatest human attri b utes are truth and courage .

After these come ki ndliness generosity he lpfu l ness consider , , ,

ati o n cou rtesy Nothi ng much e l se matters Now then

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let me say f or Hi b bs that he has c o urage in as marked a de gree

as an y man I e ver met the kind o f courage that meets ad ver ,

si ty with a l augh and we l comes tro uble w i th a s mile but with ,

a heart as stout as any and a spirit undaunted and unafraid .

He has had a hard fight b ut he is now as jo y ous and unaff ected ,

as a b oy and he alway s has been Also he loo k s y ou i n the

, .
,

e y e and tells y ou the truth There y ou ha ve him . .

M o re over he is generous— absurdl y so— and loy a l tender

, , ,

and t ole rant t o the failin gs o f his friends and enth us i ast i c abo ut
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 W I LL I A M B H IB B S
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their quali t ies chari t able considers his income only as some
, ,

t hing t ha t may be applied to t he happiness of his family and

t hose he holds in hi gh regard ardent in hi s likes and dislikes
, ,

wi l l ing t o go any w here or do anyt hi ng f or a friend and al w ays ,

ready to fight an enemy essen t ially and lovably human, .

He is discreet think h ow discree t the leading broker of t he

—

Capi t al of t he Nation must b e t he t rus t ed ad viser of many

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of t he big men of the country havi ng a wide kno w ledge of

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finance in all i t s phases al ways wi lling t o t ake a chance meet

, ,

ing a loss wi t h a w ave of t he hand and a success wi t hout boast

ing or self gl ori ficat ion ; modest companionable tru e blue
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He has made a big place f or himsel f in t he business of

Washington and the b usiness of the na t ion in hi s f orty odd -

years and t hey all recognize him as t he successful alert

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capable man of aff airs N O man in these iron day s can wear
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his hear t on his sleeve but t here are a fe w— I am proud t o

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say I am one of the number wh o kno w the o t her side Of

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Hibbs the man side t he real side ; kno w his charities his b ene
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factions his kindness his tolerance his generosity hi s im

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mense capabilities for friendship and companionship of t he

kind t hat counts who are buoyed by hi s buoyancy who are
, ,

held in check by his wise ad vice w ho live joyous momen t s ,

wi th hi m wh o recognize him as genuine no coun t erfeit

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substan t ia l as a fresh mi nted double eagle

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There are no fl ub dub frills or furbelo w s about Hibbs

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He has plenty of faults mo stly temperamental but he is a man

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a real one — and real men are n o t so plentifu l either in thi s ,

coun t ry or elsewhere that an opp o rtunit y t o c e leb rate one

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can be o verlooked Hence Hi bb s here —

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 JAMES J H ILL .

RESIDENT and builder of the G reat No rthern

Rai l road extending from Duluth to Seattle
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Mr Hill can wel l wear the tit l e O f b eing a rea l

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empire b uilder The midd l e J in Mr“ ”

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Hill s name stands for Jero me Few pe op l e

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would know him as James Jerome Hill ;

e very body knows or kno ws of him as J ames , ,

J Hill but . from the western

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extremit y of
L ake Superi o r t o the Puget Sound country most pe op le call ,

him Jim Hi l l signifying a kind of a ff ection fo r the grand

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Old man If personal appearances c o unted f or much in Mr

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Hill s case he mi ght be mistaken for a p o et or prob abl y one

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of the greatest musicians of his time all in conse quence of hi s

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dreamy eyes and l on g hair He p o ssesses neither of these

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qualities If his life depended on it he c o uld not write four

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lines of poetry nor is it believed that in a musical sense he

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could b eat a drum wi th anyt hi ng l ike musical rhythm Mr . .

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Hill was born north of the American frontier a native of
Guelph in the Province Of O ntario not far from Toronto
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Driftin g West in the early sixties he made his permanent ,

stopping p o int at St Paul then b ut little m o re than a trading

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post although the capital of Minnesota Mr Hil l was not

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granted the opportunity of an ad vanced education He had .

only what the public schools o f fered at that time He became .

a freight handler on the wharv es on the Mississippi River at ,

St Paul whi ch was fast b ecomin g a commercia l center of

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some imp ortance His advancement from this humble position

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to the presidenc y of the Old St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba

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Railroad seemed so quick that it was di ffi cult to comprehend

the menta l o utput he had sh o wn in s o short a t i me Wh i le .

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it e d c o inage of sil v er ; therefore i n 1 8 96 he b ro ke away f rom , ,

his party afli l ia tions supporting Mr M c Ki nl ey instead O f Mr

,
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Bryan He has expressed himsel f as not being friendly t o the

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policies of President Roosevelt The political c aperings of .

President Roose v elt p l unged Mr Hill into the list of alarmi sts . .

Mr Hill s name among the people of the Northwest is

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imperishable Altho ugh he has done much f or hi s section of

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the c o unt ry that same section has d o ne much for hi m He is

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reputed t o b e the wea lthiest man i n the State of Minnes o ta ,

if not in a ll of that country extendin g from St Pau l t o the .

Pacific O cean When measured by dollars i t runs int o the

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mil li o ns Mr Hil l is emphatically a se l f made man His

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residence in St Paul overlookin g the picturesque va lle y of

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the Mississippi is filled with many of the choicest collecti o ns

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and rare O bjects of art that could be picked up throughout

the world The museums of Eu rope China Japan and
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Korea hav e been searched wi th great di ligence by Mr Hill .

and the memb ers of his famil y Mr Hill i s a man wh o lives . .

much t o himself He has few compani o ns and no int i mates

. .

It is not e very one who can see him when the y cal l at his
Offices Their business must b e of the mo st imperati ve
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character o ther wi se the y must transact the i r af fairs with the

,

head o f the necessary department It is n o t that he does not .

want t o b e c o rdial but he b e lie v es in the co nse rv ation Of time

, .

Wh en at the hei ght of hi s b usiness c areer he w ork ed ab out ,

fifteen h o urs e very day He has a great liking for high ly b red.

h o rses not Of the run nin g kind b ut m o re of the tro tting

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It fills hi m with sadness t o see so many yo un g men lea ving the

farms and go ing to the cit i es He would re v erse al l this ; in .

fact w o uld send the y o un g men fro m the c i t i es t o the farms

, .

He is the o nly Am eri can o perat i n g a flee t O f sh i p s a cro ss the

Pacific O c ean .

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 FRAN K H H ITC H C O C K
.

HEN George B Cor t elyou w as secretary to

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President M c Ki nl ey he attended one even

, ,

ing t he gradua t ing exercises of the law school

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of George Washington University Among .

t he gradua t es he noticed a tall broad shoul ,

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dered ligh t haired young man w ho received

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more applause w hen he w alked up the aisle

t o get his diploma t han had any o t her mem
ber of class
hi s .

Cort elyou made a f e w inquiries He learned that the .

young man s name w as Frank Hitchcock and that he was a

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clerk in the Department of Agriculture Also he was the .

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bes t student and the mos t popular man in the George Wash
ingt on law school The secre t ary t o the Presiden t knew that
.

in a short w hile he would have use f or able young men H e .

marked Hi t chcock for his o wn .

And t hi s accidental meeting of Hi tchcock and Cortelyou ,

two men w hose careers in the Government service are strik

ingl y similar meant much for Hitchcock
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O f course n o man .
,

of the character and abi lity of Hitchcock can be kept back .

His native force and talents wi ll bring hi m ine vi t ably to t he

front rank of any calling he happens to choose Yet Hitch .

cock owes a great deal to Cortelyou And he ne ver loses an .

opp o rtu ni ty to say so .

Frank Harris Hi t chcock is to d ay the greatest li ving

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example of what a man of ability can accomplish in the G o vern

ment service Se venteen years after he entered the Go vern
.

ment service Hitchcock was a full fl edged Cabinet Offi cer

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Seventeen y ears is not such a long time to serv e an apprentice

shi p f or an ofli ce hundreds of hard headed American business
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men w o uld gi ve h alf a mil lion do ll ars t o hold It may b e sai d .

that Hitchcock is an excepti o n t o the ru l e He i s A l s o h e . .

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is an exceptiona l man i n o ther respects .

The success o f a man usual l y is attri b utab le to one o r tw o

characteristics in hi s mak e up which stand out pro minent ly -
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In this respect Hitchc o ck fo llows the rule The two qualities .

up o n w hi ch hi s suc c ess is based are un li mi ted capacity for

sustained l abo r and a genius for organizati o n particularly ,

polit i cal organizati o n As Hitchcoc k organizes a Go vernment

.

bureau as he would organize a business O flfi ce so he o rg anizes

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hi s f o rces f or a po litica l campaign He l ay s o ut a co urse of .

act io n and never swer ves from it And up to date he has

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usuall y won out .

Frank Harris Hitchcock was b orn in Amherst O hi o where , ,

his father was pastor Of a church in 1 8 6 7 His peop le were , .

al l from Massachusetts and he returned there when a sma ll

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chi l d B ro u ght up i n B oston he attended the schoo l s o f that

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c i ty and i n due time entered Harv ard Uni versit y from

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wh i ch he was graduated in 1 8 9 1 .

A y ear or so l ater he came to Washin gt o n t o l oo k aro und .

A re l ati ve i n the Treasury Department pro cured f or him a

po siti o n i n the o f fice of the supe rvising arch ite c t of the Treasury .

At that ti e in 1 8 93 the present post O ffi ce b ui l ding was in

m — e — -

c o urse o f construction under the direct io n of the supervisin g

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arc hi tect Youn g Hitchcock was gi ven a c l eri ca l p o sitio n i n

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c o nnection wi th the post O ffice c o nstructi o n work -

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There is another curious coincidence Hitchc o c k s first .

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work fo r the Go vernment had t o do with the erecti o n o f the

bui l ding in which he sat fo urteen y ears l ater as assistant , ,

postmaster general and fro m whi ch seventeen y ears later

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he directed the postal a f fairs of the country .

Wh ile doing thi s work Hitchcock stood the civil ser vice ,

examinati o n and procured a permanent position in the bi o

logica l bureau of the Departme nt of A gri culture T hi s c ame .

to him because when at college he g ave a great dea l o f atten

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d o wn the policy after w ard pursued by the Department of
State respecting this question This work Hitchcock did at .

night hi s days being taken up with organization work

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Early in t he year 1 90 4 Theodore Roosevelt threw one of

hi s man y political bombs b y telling the members o f the Repub
lican National C o mmittee that he wanted George B Cortelyou .

to manage his campaign for the Presidency against Judge

Alton B Parker This was rank heresy but Roosevelt carried
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it throu gh and at the proper time the comm i ttee met and
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s o lemnly but without any enthusiasm whatever named Cor

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t el you chairman .

L ate in the summer Cortelyou packed his grip quit the ,

Department of Commerce and L abor and went from Wash ,

ington to New York He ensconced hi mself in the Metropol

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itan L ife Building w here the Republican headquarters was

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But most imp ortant of all he took Hitchc o ck wi th him He

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made hi m assistant chairman or vice chairman ,

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Whereat there was another l o ud wail fro m the ol d l ine

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p o liticians They called Corte ly ou the hi gh class stenog

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ra ph er
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and Hitchcock the human card index Why .

should t hey be put to run a national campaign $ What did

these two amateurs w ho had alway s held Go vernment j o b s
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know about practical poli tics $ These and innumerable ,

questions of like character were hurled about Ro o seve l t did ,

.

n o t bother to answer them and Cortelyou and Hitchc o c k ,

were too busy .

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That Cortelyou and Hitchcock ran a card index cam
a
p g i n cannot be denied But when the time came to fi
. gure
out the possibilities their prognostications were marvelously
,

accurate As the campaign progressed Roose velt saw that

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the two department clerks were masters of a complete

system whereby they knew all the time just what was go ing
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o n every where .

Their wo rk earned for C o rtel yo u the of fice of Postmaster

General and for Hitchc o ck that of First Assistant Po st
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 FRAN K H H I TCHC O CK .

mas t er General The nex t four years w ere spent in reorga niz
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ing t he pos t al service Then came t he question of the successor

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to Roosevel t Cort elyou w ho had been promoted to be

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Secre t ary of the Treasury go t t he Presidential bee Tha t , .

caused a split be tw een hi m and Roosevel t .

In t he winter o f 1 90 8 Roosevelt came out f or Taft Then .

he told Ta ft he ough t t o get to w ork a t once garnering delegates

t o t he Na t ional Conven t ion He advised him to get Hitch .

cock to handle the j ob Ta ft f ollo w ed Roosevel t s ad vice .

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Hi t chcock resigned from t he Pos t ofli ce Department and -

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took hold His t erritory w as t he East and t he South Arthur

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I Vorys one o f Charles P Ta ft s O hio friends took charge

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of O hio and t he Wes t But be f ore t he campaign f or dele

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gates w en t f ar Hi t chcock w as hand l ing the w hole j ob

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A mon t h be f ore the conven t ion he announced his figures .

They w ere correc t except that Taf t got one more vo t e in the
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conven t ion t han Hitchcock had fi gured on His card index .

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sys t em w hich w as t he best name his cri t ics c o uld then give
,

f or the resul t s of hi s genius f or orga nizati o n w as in good ,

working order .

Then came Chi cago wi t h the grea t Roosevelt demon ,

st ra t ion on t he floor of the convention s t irred up by T af t s

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enemies mos t ly disappointed reac t ionaries in t he hope

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O f causing a stampede Hitchcock stood on t he main floor

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o f t he Coliseum t hat hot afternoon wa t ched t he Roosevelt ,

demonstra t ion and smiled Somebody asked him w hat he

,
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thought Of i t .

“ ”
Great $ he repli ed Wonderful enthusiasm Better . .

let em have it no w t han later

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Taft was nominated The time had come to choose the .

chairman of the National Commi ttee the man to manage t he ,

campaign Then the flood gates of the opposition to Hitch

.

cock were turned loose Never was a man more bit t erly .

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assailed By using the strong arm in the contests to seat
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delegates Hitchcock earned a new t itle He was n o longer

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Card Index H i t c h c oc k He was S team R o ller H i t c h
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cock ”
. The steam rol ler tactics emplo ye d by Hitchc o c k in
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gettin g Taft delegates seated were emp loyed under specific

directi o ns fr o m Ro o se velt and Taft who had tal ked the ,

matter over wi th Hitchcock b efo re he left Washi n gt o n for

Chicago .

B ut the O h i o Repub l icans were wrathy The y wanted .

Vorys for the chairmanship He was the man s lated for all .

the h o n o rs i n the fir st instance Aro und the O hi o ans ra llied .

many Of th o se who had supported Kn o x Fa i rb an k s and , ,

Cannon f or the n o mination Meetings were held in Cin .

c inna t i New Y ork Chi cago and Indianap o lis All were
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anti Hitchc o c k meetings

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William H o ward Taft was a bit uncertain for a whi le .

R oo seve l t sto o d by Hitchcoc k and urged him for the p l ace .

B ut better still Hitchcock had p o werf ul friends in the National

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C o mmittee The c o mmittee met t o select a chai rman and

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o ne of the bitterest wrangles in political history marked that

meeting But Hitchcock won ou t
. .

Again he was back in New York ; but this time he was

chairman and not Vice chairman He was the who l e sh o w -
. .

Man y said R oo se velt was the real chairman and that Hitch ,

c o ck was again a clerk As a matter o f fact Hitchcoc k .

,

planned and executed the wh o le campai gn He ran it him .

self from start to finish He off ended many of the O l d re gulars

. .

They sent emissaries to him to tel l him how to d o thi ngs .

He listened to the emi ssaries polite l y and c o ntinued t o d o as ,

he pleased Abo v e all he refused t o talk or t o make pre

.
,

dictions .

Earl y i n O ct o ber B ryan was going strong He invaded .

the en e my s country amid apparently wild enthusiasm

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Many Republicans grew uneasy Up t o that time Hitchcoc k .

had apparently made no strenuous mo ve But he was apply .

ing hi s card index sy stem thoroughly Every week he jumped

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from New Yo rk t o C hi cago and talked wi th hi s representa ,

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S o me of his friends h o ld hi m u p as Presidential timber So me.

say he will s o on retire fro m pu blic life and go into b usiness .

He h as had innumerable hands o me off ers i n that d i rect i on .

But he never speaks much o f the future .

W hen the Congressiona l campaign of 1 9 1 0 b egan Chair ,

man M c Ki nl ey oi the Repu b lican Con gress io na l C ommittee

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begged Hitchcoc k to help him .

“
I t hi nk I will keep ou t of that fight H i tchcoc k said t o a
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friend .
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I ha ve had enough of p o litics f or a while It l oo k s
.

to me as i f I wou l d better giv e my attention t o posta l aff ai rs .

I want t o put the Post —office Department o n a payi n g b asis .

It never has b een b ut I think I can d o i t

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So far as an ybo d y rea lly kn o ws t hi s i s Hi t ch cock s o n ly

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amb iti o n at present .

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 RIC H M O N D PEARS O N H O BS O N

E PRE SEN T A T I VE in Congress from Ala

bama Mr Hobson s en t rance into the l ime
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light of publicity came at a time when t he

Uni ted Sta t es was not on speaking terms
wi t h the Ki ngdom of Spain At that t ime .
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he w as in the service of his coun t ry as a lieu ,

tenan t in t he Navy L ieu t enant Hobson

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as he was t hen kno wn w as t he dashi ng young

off i cer w ho volun t eered t o sink t he collier M err i mack
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a t t he
en t rance of San t iago Harbor wi t h t he hope of blocking the
,

channel and preven t ing t he escape of Admiral Cerv era w hose

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flee t of Spanish shi ps had been bot t led up by Admiral Schley .

I t w as a heroic undertaking done in the presence of the sharp

,

shoo t ers from Morro Castle T h is exploi t on the par t of

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young Hobson provides in t eres t ing pages in t he hi story of the

Spanish —American War t here f ore i t need not be mentioned
,

here a t any part icular lengt h It w as enough ho w ever to

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es t ablish t he f act in the minds of t he people t ha t he was made

of t he kind of s t u f f that creates success f ul fighters A t t hat .

time L ieu t enant Hobson w as a handsome y oung unmarried

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man Everybody kno w s t he en t husiasm disp l ayed b y you ng

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girls in besto wi ng their admiration upon heroes L ieutenant .

Hobson w as not onl y a grea t hero in t heir eyes but he was a ,

handsome dashing one He possessed good looks as w ell

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as ha ving plenty of c ourage Many of them seemed im

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pressed wi th t he belief t ha t t he best way to make known their

appreciation of hi s services to their country was not on l y to
say so in hi s presence but to take advantage of hi s innocence
,

and modesty by kissing hi m A bevy of girls is not unlike a

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flock of sheep O ne takes the ini t iative others follow When

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o ne pretty gi rl i n New York impressed upon hi s lips that
unfailing signal of apprec i at io n of his heroism e very other ,

prett y girl in the United States wanted to do the same t hi ng ;

and what was L ieutenant H ob s o n t o do $ Being a Southerner
b y bi rth he was b y nature po l ite too po l ite by far t o refus e a
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prett y gi r l any t hi ng It b ecame a mania up o n the part of

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th o usands o f pretty girls to see and kno w L ieutenant Hobs o n .

The c o untry at l arge wanted t o hear him tell the story of his
underta king i n hi s own way and wi th his own lips just as
, ,

they wanted t o hear Ad miral Dewey and Ad mira l S chle y

re l ate the i r e xperiences .

L ieutenant Hob s o n received for his hero ism the p laudits of

his c o untry men in a manne r that was und o ubtedl y deservin g .

His career in the Na vy was a b rilliant one From the be gin .

ning h e was one of t he leaders in hi s classes at the Nava l

Academy as he was later when given an opp o rtunity at
,

disp l aying hi s courage As a na val o ffi cer L ieutenant Hobson

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did things He had adopted the science of constructin g ships

.

i n the early part of hi s naval education He was assigned .

later t o this branch of the ser vice It was L ieutenant Hobs o n

.

wh o se services were i n demand b y the Governm ent when it

was decided t o raise the Spanish s hi ps whi ch had b een sun k
and b eached b y Admiral S chley T hi s he did and he did it
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,

we ll He first undert oo k the raising of the Maria Teresa

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fo l lo wing with others L ieutenant H ob s o n was never par

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ticu l arl y stron g phy sically A y ear or so after the w ar his

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e y es ga ve him trouble which necessitated his retirin g from

,

active ser vi ce He c o ncluded to adopt a political career He

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st oo d for a n omi nati o n t o Congress b ut was de f eated Two,

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y ears later he again came before his party and he was ,

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warded f or his e ff orts He was elected and during the time

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he has been a representati v e in Congress he has been classed ,

am o ng the leaders He is the most prominent Democratic

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memb er of the Nav al A f fairs C o m mittee and it speaks wel l for ,

the future of the American Navy that so capab le a man as

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 CL A R K E H OW ELL .

DI T O R of
the Atlanta C onsti tu ti on Mr . .

H o well is a product of the so called New -

S o uth He is the beneficiary of t w o i ll us

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tri ou s Georgians w ho preceded hi m hi s ,

father Evan P Howell and Henry W Grady

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These two men gave Th e Consti tu ti on news

paper a reputation beyond the confines of the
Southern t ier of States Young Howell has .

hewn t o the line marked ou t by his predecessors Mr Howell . .

i s a goo d l oo ki ng man rather small in stature He has that

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b eari n g so conspicuous wi th Southern gentlemen indicating ,

a hospitali ty that is a l way s charming He is an aggressive .

ed i tor a goo d strong writer who b elieves more in the material

, , ,

development of the S outh than in clin ging to the poli tica l

lines established b y those of three or four generations ago .

He is a force in the a f fairs of Georgia He has made his paper .

popu l ar as well as enterprising He has enlarged its scope

, .

of usefulness since becoming its directing power though when ,

he assumed the editorial reins Th e Consti tu ti on was one of the

leadin g papers in the South Mr Howell h o we ver is fond
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o f the game of po litics derivin g much ente rtainment from par

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ticipa ting therein At times he is intense ly partisan If he

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chance t o b e the pers o na l friend of a man of the opposite

party he is inclined to b e more l en i ent wi th him He has had
,
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his share of political experience in hi s S tate for one of hi s ,

years He served with distinction as a memb er of the Georgi a

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legi slature one time being spea ker of the house of r epre
,

se nt a t ive s He met hi s Waterloo howe ver in his candidacy

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f or Go v ern o r a gainst H ok e S mi th There was m o re than a .

po litical contest between the two men at thi s time It was .

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seem i n gly more pers o nal than otherwi se

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 CLA RK E . H O W E LL
The Ho w ells f a t her and son w ere never admi rers of Mr
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Cleveland s Secre t ary of t he Interior in his las t t erm It is

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needless to say t ha t t ha t gen t leman w as not wi t hou t strong

opinions of hi s poli t ical rivals The con t roversy bet w een Mr
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Smi t h and t he Howells resulted in a party fac t ion in the S t a t e ,

of w h ich there are remnan t s remai ni ng t o t his day Mr . .

Howell is not t he man t o spend all of his t ime in and abou t

Atlan t a He b elieves in absorbing w hat o t her par t s of t he
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c o untry are doing Therefore he t ravels much in all sec t ions

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I f by any accident or cause Mr Ho w ell should be c om

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p e l l e d to live in any o t her par t o f t he United S t a t es no t hing ,

could possibly arise t hat w ould change hi s loyal t y t o t he Sou t h .

He believes in i t s past i t s tradi t ions and in t he grea t ness of i t s

, ,

fu t ure Were he to li ve to be one hundred years ol d he w ould

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never be able to conceal t he f ac t t ha t he w as a Sou t herner .

He has t he gentleness of speech so charac t eris t ic of t he people

,

of t he South . He has the Sou t hern mannerisms so prom ,

ine ntl y developed in t he educa t ed gen t leman of hi s section .

He has taken t he lead in a number of social re f orms w hich

have sprung up in t he South in t he las t decade bu t he has ,

usually been conserva t ive In some ins t ances ho w ever he

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, ,

has exhibi t ed t he f ana t ic germ bu t i t w as s t amped ou t before

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any damage was done .

He inheri t ed many of t he strong quali t ies of his distin

g u i s h e d fa t her who,
in his time
,
was o ne of the leading
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mold
ers of publi c t hought in Georgia f or tw enty five y ears follo wi ng
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t he Civil War He was in the midst of the ba t tle incident to

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rec o nstruction The scenes and hardshi ps of those days w ere

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transmi t ted from father to son Whate ver cause there was f or
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bitterness in the past young Mr Howell has apparently

,
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cast it fro m hi s memory He has long since adopted t he

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policy of reco gnizing t he past as a mere incident and that ,

it is the duty of everybody to look to the f uture Mr Howell . .

is a good mixer and possesses elements of p opularity wi th

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the people He is a go o d hand shaker and is a kind o f c y

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clone when turned l oo se as a stump orator He c o mmands .

respe c t fro m those wh o hear hi m What he has to say he says

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in so fo rcible a manner that it cann o t b e misundersto o d He .

de li v ers hi s po litica l b l o ws straight from the shou l der He .

fights fai r and hard He i s e ver amenabl e t o compro mi se

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providing compromi se carri es wi t h i t di gni t y and honor .

Whi le Ge o rgia is classified am o ng the proh i b i ti o n S tates of

the U ni on Mr Howel l has not l essened his enthus i asm i n
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direct i n g hi s g ard e ner to be di ligent in the cu l tivat i on of the

mint b ed ”
t o the h i ghest possi bl e standard of yi eld and
perfection It i s in ente rtainin g hi s fri ends that Mr H o we ll
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seems to get the m o st enjoy ment out of life He i s a l oy a l .

lo v er o f hi s home and inside it are dispense d what may we ll

,

be termed roy al favo rs o f true Southern h o spita li t y i n its

simplest an d most enduring form As an editor he has ne ver .

shown any unusua l qualities i n i ntro duc i n g o rigi na l ideas .

He has l itt l e if any creative po wers a long t h i s line He is

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wi l ling to ad vance from day to day in the future as t h e paper ,

has progressed in the past on c o nserv ative l i nes

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As abo v e stated Mr Howell is not large in stature pro b

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ably fi ve feet nine inches i n height He has a b oyi sh l o oking .

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face adorned by a light b ro wn mustach e H e roaches

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h is ha i r in front muc h after the st yl e pre v ai ling i n his b oyh oo d

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day s Mr H o wel l did not appear up o n the scene of earth ly

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act io n unti l abo ut the t i me of the Ci vi l War c o nsequently he ,

is y et yo ung He is rather fond of consp i cu o us dressing par

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t icu l arl y waistcoats of more than one co l or His friends say .

he is not W ise in the se l ecti o n of hi s hats as he often appears ,

b eneath a tile that would not be regarded as b ecoming in the

opini o n of those who consider themselves experts i n the
world of fashion In the matter of headgear he is the Willi am
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M E va rts of the South He is an all around idea l represent

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ative of the best and most progressive elements of hi s State .

His loyalty to the Ge o rgia waterme l on is as pure and strong

as i s his re ligion .

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Pulit ze r Mr Hutc hi ns made Th e P ost the m o st i nfluentia l
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paper e ver p ri nted i n Washington and sold it in 1 8 8 9 f or a ,

large su m o f money He was quick to see the commercial .

value o f the new i n vention the Mergenthaler l inotype ,

machine which at that time was new and untried Many

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of the forem o st publishers in the United States were skeptical ,

b ut Mr Hutchi ns with his shr ewd New England mind saw

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other wi se He was the first t o introduce them in L ondon

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the Lo nd o n Ti mes b ein g the t hi rd paper in the world to adopt

them The first tw o were the L ouis ville Cou ri er J ou rnal
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and the New Y o rk Tri bune In 1 8 96 Mr Hutc hi ns bought .

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the Washi n gton Ti mes but l ater sold it t o Frank A Munsey ,

. .

Mr Hutc hi ns has for m o re than t hi rty y ears been one of

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the real captains of industry in the cit y of Washington He .

has been a large rea l estate operator owning some of the best ,

paying property in the cit y including se v era l of the more pre ,

tentio ns and fashionab le apartment houses B y i nstinct he .

is a keen safe trader It h as b een one of hi s rules ne ver to

,
.

own propert y that doesn t pay If f o r an y cause he becomes ’

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possessed of nonproductive propert y he quick l y disposes of it ,

.

Mr Hutc hi ns mind acts so quickl y that i t i s ne ver necessary

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f or him to giv e much th o u ght t o b usiness propositions that

come t o him He seems to kno w intu i t ivel y whether the y are
.

worthy of c o nsideration With hi m i t is y es o r no He will . .

b u y or he wil l not b u y Few men have a hi gher sense o f .

v alues than b e Mr Hutchi ns has made hi s mark i n the world

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as a pub lic spe aker He was elected to the l e gislature of Mis

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sou ri when a very y oun g man i n fact so yo uthful in appear , ,

ance that man y c o u l d not b e li e v e he was of the constituti o na l

age to sit i n that bo d y He i s n o w se vent y tw o He has l ed
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an exceedin gl y active li fe ne ver i dle th o u gh n o t alway s pur , ,

s u ing the do ll ar His c o ntri b ut io ns t o dese rvi n g charity in

.

the city o f Washi n gt o n thou gh not genera ll y kn o wn h a ve b een

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l arge Duri n g the campaign of 1 8 96 in the h i st ori c contest

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b etwee n Mr M c Kinl ey and Mr Bry an fo r th e Pres id ency

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Mr Hut chi ns was a conspicuous figure on t he hust i ngs in the
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Eastern S t a t es There have been f ew public improvements

.

f or the be tt ermen t of the Capi t al Ci t y in the past t w en t y years

in whi ch his name h as not been associated He h as given t o .

that municipali t y one of the finest statues of Dani el Webs t er

t ha t has ever been cast It is an ornamen t t o the city of Wash
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ingt on and an honor t o t he na t ion and t o t he man wh o presented

i t I t is loca t ed near Scott Circle Mr Hu t chins also pre
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sen t ed a sta t ue of Benjamin Frankli n to t he ci t y loca t ed at ,

t he intersec t ion of Pennsylvania Avenue and Ten t h and D

S t reets .

In priva t e li f e Mr Hutchins is a most deli ghtful man He

. .

is repu t ed to be w ealthy bu t no one w ould suspect as much

,

from his democratic manner While he may enjoy the excite

ment of mak
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i ng money he does not hoard it

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He keeps it .

in the channels of trade and he is li beral in i t s e xpenditure

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In a sense he is a s t udent of art and is especially familiar ,

wi t h t he fine paintings of the world His private gallery .

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collec t ed en t irely by himself contains some n o table canvases

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He has done much t o encourage art on the western side of t he

A t lantic and has of t en t imes lent a helping hand to struggl ing
,

art ists in t imes w hen they most needed it Mr Hutc h ins is . .

one of t he most charmin g entertainers in conversa t ion that

one could w i sh to meet His mind is no t hing sho rt of bril l iant

. .

During hi s long residence in Was hi n gt o n he has b een t he

associate of many of the l eading men of the nation He stil l .

takes a livel y interest in a ll of the publi c questi o ns of the

day and is as well posted o n the political a ff airs of the country
,

as an y man in it He has trave led extensi vel y thro ughout

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Europe and is as much at home in any of the c i ties of the O l d

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World as he is at Washi n gt o n He is thoro ughl y c o smopoli tan

. .

He is a despi ser of shams and h yp o c ri sy He has litt l e u se f or .

a man wh o say s he cann o t do such and such a th in g Mr . .

Hutchi ns has attempted few t hi ngs that he h as not a c com

p li sh e d He h
. a s determination depicted in e v e ry feature of

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his stro n g and hands o me face He is alway s well dressed
. .

For a man wh o h as d evo ted all hi s life t o b usiness ente rp ri ses

,

he possesses an unusua l de gree of sentiment He does not

.

like t o see any t hi n g destroye d He belie ves in the preservati o n

.

of o l d landmark s He has a fo ndness fo r the anti que He is

. .

a generous h o st and likes ha vi ng a b out him men of a fl airs

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.

Mr Hutc hi ns is distinct i ve ly of that typ e o f man that has

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made Ame ri ca n ente rp ri s e k no wn t h ro u g h ou t th e w o rld

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 1 30 PE N P I C T URES OF LI V E ME N
Mr Ingalls inaugurated an era of railro ad expansion He
. .

absorbed several hundred more miles of road wea vin g it into ,

one great system embracing a tota l length of ab o ut

,
miles .

The consolidated system penetrated the States of Michi gan ,

Missouri Kentucky Indiana O hio and Illinois thus extend

, , , , ,

ing Mr In galls reputation as a railway magnate throughout

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all the Middle West So successful had this yo ung B o ston

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lawy er b ecome as a railway president that he was also chosen ,

President of the Chesapeake and O hi o Railway which at that , ,

time extended from Norfolk on the Atlan t ic to Hunting ton

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W Va o n the O hio River Mr Ingalls first act as the head

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of t hi s co mpan y was t o build an extension west from Hunting

,

ton to Cincinnati thereby establishing another trunk l ine

,

from the sea to the O hi o Valley It can be said to Mr Inga l ls . .

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credit that he was not only president of the railway s the

destinies of whi ch he directed but he was pract i ca ll y at the ,

head of every department T hi s illustrates his capabi lity for

.

thoroughness Though educated for the l a w he w o uld not

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,

hav e it said that there was any other identified with the
management of the property who was more fami liar with every
necessary business detail than he was himse l f ; therefore he ,

was road master purchasing agent traf fic manager and head

, , ,

of the operating department His active mind absorbed the .

work of e very department His l abo rs b rought the reward .

deserv ed His career serv es to show what can b e acc om

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p lish e d by an intel li gent forceful man beginning at the, ,

bo ttom Whi l e Mr Ingal l s has accomplished much in his

. .

thirty y ears of l eadership in the industrial progress of the

Middle West empire he has not been wholly abs orb ed in
,

the accumu l ation of riches though his estimated wealth may ,

run into a few mi l lions He has proceeded upon the theory.

that t here is somethi ng more in life than the mere accumulation

o f dollars He has alway s st o od for hi gh ideals in govern
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me nt whi ch has been one of hi s loftiest ambitions

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Bein g a practical man he approaches the i dealist He ,

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 M E L VI LL E E IN GALL S .

would if he cou l d turn the lock of prison doors on e very pu b l ic

, ,

o f ficial w hose conduct is other than t hat of an honest man .

Mr Ingalls has not b een wi thout some po litica l ambi t ion

. .

At one t ime his friends in O hi o solici t ed him to b ecome the

Democratic candidate f or Governor ; and at a l ater period , ,

t hey wan t ed him to stand f or t he Uni t ed Sta t es Senate W hether .

the po l i t ical signs were propi t ious f or victory according t o

hi s horoscope may never be known ; but at any rate he
, , ,

declined wi t h t hanks He did ho w ever have a l onging desire

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t o become Mayor of the Ci t y of Cincinna t i w h ich has been ,

hi s home t own since 1 8 7 2 He had an ambi t ion t o demon

.

strate his advanced ideas of municipal government but in t he ,

contes t he was defeated Tha t he w ould have made an ideal

.

head of the mu ni cipal i t y w as not doub t ed Since t he ab sorp .

tion of the Cincinna t i Cleveland Chicago and S t L oui s

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Rail w ay b y the Ne w York Cen t ral System Mr Ingalls has ,

.

been chairm an of the board of directors He has traveled .

extensively ab road His love f or art has served him well

.

in his journeys thr ough the O ld World in the collection of ,

hundreds of rare bi t s of sculp t ure and pain t ings many of ,

them t he w orks of the ol d mas t ers .

In temperament Mr Ingalls is jo vial He is well equipped

,
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wi th a splendid fund of humor He has a fondness f or t he

.

association of men of hi gh mental attainments His presence .

at banquets is always a source of pleasure upon the part of

toas t masters and o t her guests As a public speaker Mr .
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Ingalls is forceful and some t imes eloquent He has the

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happy faculty of making a humorous speech when occasion

may require He is a l over of good bo o ks and has pro bably
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the largest and b est selected private library of an y one in the

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State of O hi o When a young man he early attracted the

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attention of the late William H Vanderbi lt who made the .

,

prediction that he would rise to eminence in t he railway world .

In hi s many contests wi t h his railway rivals it can be se t ,

down with o ut seeming to be an extra vagant statement that

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he ne ver met with defeat th o u g h i n b u il di n g up his great
,

Middle West System he was compelled t o overc o me man y

o bstac les In personal appearance Mr Ingalls might often
. .

b e taken for an Eng lishm an It is not believed that he has

.

ever shaved in his life He wears a closely cropped bro wn

.

beard s lightly tinged wi th gray He has fine almost classical

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features dark eyes in which there is nearly alway s a merry

twink
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le He has the happy facult y of frequently illustratin g

.

points he wi shes to make by applying a suitable st o ry mu c h

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after the cust o m re l ated of Abraham L inc ol n .

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c ol n l earned from Je ff ers o n R oo se v elt le a rned from Lincoln
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.

And i t g oes so and so it wi l l c o ntinue t o go

, .

O lli e J ames h e i s one of t h o se hu ge likabl e men wh o m

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e ve ry o ne kn o ws b y their ful l names had t o b e especia l l y

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licens ed t o practice wh en he was ready for the l aw b ecause ,

he was under age At se v enteen he was bi g of b ody nearly

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six fe e t six inches ta l l and gro w i n g b ro ad in prop o rtion

,
At .

ei ghteen he was ma king political speeches B y the time he .

was t hi rt y the future leader in the House had spoken in

,

nearly e v e ry c o unt y of Kentucky He had headed the Ken .

tuck y de l e gati o n t o nationa l c o n v enti o ns He was widel y .

and fa vo rab l y kn o wn His great voice had boomed the prin

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c ipl e s of Dem o crac y in man y States He was re garded as .

a man wh o would be heard from in broader fields .

Then at t hi rt y two po liticians in his district fo und that

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he was too stro ng to b e stayed ; that when he wanted p l ace he ,

got i t If he ever turned hi s e y es upon the Con gress the y

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k ne w that the people would elect hi m to the ofli ce And .

so genia l and b ig and able is O l li e J ames that though he has ,

defeated many he never l eft an angered opp o nent in hi s

,

career He went t o Congress in his thirt y second year and

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in the H ouse he has tak en a co mmandin g p l ace In parlia .

mentary s kirmishes hi s sh re wd l eaders hi p has given his party

man y a technica l vict o ry His information o n the principles
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of gov ernment and part y h as enab l ed him t o put an embar

rassin g whi te li ght on man y a fervid orator of the opp o sition .

He can handle hi mself in debate too Wh en he was first ,

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e l ected memb ers of the Repub lican side gazed up o n the bul k
,

of James upon his round and jo via l face up o n hi s hum o r

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ou sl y b a l d head and they thou g ht that the y had discovered

,

one wh o shou l d become under proper training the clown of , ,

the House They tried h im once or twice L ike a ro aring

. .

broadside from a battles hi p came hi s responses He ans w ered .

sneers with satire so bitin g and so sweeping that sneers were

aband o n e d as a weap o n against hi m He rep li e d t o cour .

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t e ou s questions court e o usly to bantering ques t i o ns wi t h
,

banter as good as they sent So he took front ran k in the

.

House .

James h as li t tle patience wi t h abstruse tec h ni cali t ies of

la w He is no t one w ho ponders or argues long over a mat t er
.

of consti t utionali t y that could be cons t rued both w ays Wha t .

he thi nks of this procedure is best illustrated by a speech he

made to w ard t he close of t he long session of t he Sixty first -

Congress He w as defending a bill res t ric t ing gambling on

.

co t ton f utures from at t acks chargi ng uncons t i t utionali t y .

“
I have b een here a number of years no w said James
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and during t ha t t ime I have seen many a kni ght of the

Constitu t ion come galloping in t o t he lists gal lantly b earing
himsel f wi t h s k
,

ill and wi t h ease Bu t I have during my ser

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,

vice here seen no t one of t hese knights of t he Cons t itu t ion

, ,

wi t h visor down and lance in res t come in t o t he lis t s t o d o

,

bat t le f or t he man wh o so w s t he grain or reaps the harves t or

digs t he di t ch $ ”

As t he bill w as dra w n t o benefi t f armers and w as being

opposed by many ci t y represen t a t ives t his shot went home in
,

several sec t ions .

James has up t o t his t ime been success f ul in every poli t ical

endeavor and his leadership in Kentucky and in the Demo
,

cra t ic party in t he na t ion is powerful He has a certain .

quality of cau t ion his detractors call it c o wardice but it

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has serv ed w ell thus far which makes him l oo k far ahead
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and around a bend be f ore he foots a new road At Denver .

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had he agr eed t o accept t he place he c o uld have in 1 90 8 been

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nominated f or Vice President by the Democrats But he

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pointed ou t t hat a Sou t hern man w ould w eaken the ticket in

the na t ion ; t hat t he negro or Ci vil War question would be
raised on hi m Earlier t han t hat in Kentucky he could have
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, ,

been no mi nated f or Governor but he saw certain fac t ional

,

di f ferences that would have arisen and he re f used to permi t

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hi s name t o go be f o re the convention The candidate who

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was named lost the State by v otes while few doubt
,

that James could have carried it But he sa w f arther ahead

.

than they and by his continued service in the House he did

,

such valorous work for hi s part y as to be in a measure respon

sible for the enviab le positi o n i n wh ich the Demo crats find
themselves in t he fall of 1 9 1 0 .

It is imp o ssible to pass from O llie James without men

tion of hi s size in specific terms Congress rarely has seen
.

such a man It is used to a w k w ard and lean giants from the

.

far South to giants of avoirdupois from the great cities to

, ,

reasonab l y tal l men from the West and Central South B ut .

J ames although o ver six feet and a hal f in height is no b ul kier

, ,

in prop o rtion than the average man of for t y ; his face is smooth
and firm ; hi s muscles great and conditioned ; h is feet huge but
well formed ; his hands imm ense but shape ly He comports
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hi mself with di g nity his step is elastic and his e y e is clear

, ,
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H e seems to have been shaped in the molds that cast the huge
limb s and the colossal shoulders of those warriors who razed
Carthage and t o re d o wn the wa ll s of By zantium .

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ti ghtl y ; hi s jaws are lean and strong and h is skin is tanned ,

by o utdoor life He is smooth S haven

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Johnso n b egan li fe as a go o d lawy er in Bardstown But .

p o litics drew hi m i n al m o st against hi s wi ll He is of the

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type whi ch i nt e re sts i tself i n any thi ng that men are doing ,

and the st irri n g fi e l d o f poli tics was certain t o lure hi m He .

he l d State off ice s ; fina lly b efore he was t hi rty presiding o ver
, ,

the Kentuc ky h o use of representatives Then as S tate .

senat o r and C o n gressman wi th certain v ain attempts to return

,

t o privat e life h e gained est i mati o n and favor in his S tate

, ,

unti l n o w he i s a l eading candidate f or th e D em ocrat ic n omi na

ti o n fo r Go v ern or .

In the C o ngress hi s work has b een of the s ob er though

,

unusua l kind that does not ad ve rtise a man except among his
colleagues In the S ixty first Congress J o h nson added him
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self to the handfu l of men who in the hi st o ry of the country , ,

hav e ever made any t hi n g ou t of their memb ers h ip on the Dis

tri e t of Columb ia Co mmittee What he did against oppo .

sit ion of al l sorts is e vident in impro v ed c onditions in Di s

tri e t a ff airs H e is also the foremost authori t y on revenue

.

a f fairs in the C o n gress hi s l ong lega l and o f ficial experience

,

with re v enue producing industries havin g fitted hi m therefor

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Wh ate ver the result of his gu b ernat o ria l asp i rations he will ,

hav e an opp o rtunity t o serv e i n another C o ngress and if t hi s , ,

li k e Ben Johnson is Dem ocrat ic the n at io n wi ll learn s o me

, ,

t h i n g o f him .

John son i s one of the few men i n the wo rl d wh o scrupu

l ou sl y gives half hi s inc o me to re li gio us ente rprises B y this .

time he h as b ec o me wea l thy b ut wh il e hi s fortunes were ,

m o unting when he was a y oun g married man wi th t h e new

,

respo ns ib i li ties of a fami ly he divided his inc o me t o the

, ,

penn y wi th churches mi ssions and the lik e Th e b est

preced e nts are t o give o n e tenth b ut Johns o n t hi nk
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s that h e ,

has a l way s o we d en o u gh t o his Creat o r t o fo ster th e w o rk s of

the A lmi ght y i n every way he understands Nor doe s Joh ns o n .

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discriminate He calculates from his in c ome how much he
.

shall give to each deno mina t ion and t he fir st calls that come
,

are firs t heeded and so forth un t il t he appropriati o n for each

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denomina t ion is exhaus t ed fo r t he year .

He be l ieves in his f e l lo w man When hi s children severally

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arrived at the age of six Johnson gave to each po w er of a t tor

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ney upon him He explained to t he children w hat t hi s meant

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h ow ex t ravagance upon t heir part w ould dis t ur b all their

habi t s of li ving And he proudly rela t es t ha t not one of the
.

children ever exceeded a mod era t e expendi t ure .

There is no t ruer or be tt er type of State leader or Kentuckian

anywhere than Ben Jo hnso n .

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EN A T O R i n C o n gress fro m th e S t at e o f
A l ab ama Se nat o r J o hnst o n is o ne o f th e
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n e w forces in nati o na l af fai rs H e cam e t o .

the h i ghest le gi slati v e bo dy i n the cou nt ry

i n 1 90 7 being the su cc ess o r o f th e i l l ust ri o us
,

J o hn Tyl er Morgan Se nat o r Johnst o n h o w .

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e v er i s n o t n e w t o p oli t i cs A l most e very man

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w o man and chi l d b lac k o r whi te i n A l ab ama

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k n o ws o f him if the y d o n o t kn o w him p e rs o nal ly He serv ed .

as Governor f o r four ye ars and the h i st ory of the S tate has

,

it that he made the b est govern o r that e v er sat in the exe cut ive
chair at M o ntgo me ry S enat o r Jo hnst o n i s a nati v e o f No rt h
.

Caro li na b ut he got away fro m that S tate abo ut as s oo n as he

,

c o u l d He was a yo un gster when he a rri v ed i n A l abama

. .

He was n o t ol d en o ugh t o vo te wh e n the Ci vi l War had i ts

be ginnin g He was not long h o we v er in appearin g i n act io n
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after the first sh o t at Fo rt Sumter He heard it as did al l o f the.

,

o ther y oung men of the S outh He i s not warlik e i n d i sp o .

sition b ut a bo ut t h e first t hi ng he did after kno w

, i n g that hos
t ilities had begu n was t o get out hi s gu n and march t o the fro nt .

He went in as a su b al tem and came o ut a captain havi ng w o n

, ,

hi s h o n o rs m e rit orio us ly Wh en the sh oo t i ng was all over

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he returned to A l ab ama in a destitute stat e H e was n o t .

exact ly b arefo oted b ut v ery nearly so His o ther raime nt

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was in a much tattered co ndition bu t h e h ad wi t h hi m the

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cons ciousn e ss of ha vin g put up the be st fi ght he k new h ow ,

and that he had met defeat whi l e fa ci n g th e e nemy and n o t ,

in tryi n g t o get away fro m it That is o ne of S enat o r Joh n

.

ston s pecu lia rit i es He fights square l y in fro nt He t ook u p

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the stud y o f l aw l ater was ad mi tted t o the b ar and s oo n

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h ad a goo d pra c t i c e He was l i vin g then as n o w i n B i r

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are v ery fe w things transpiring in the Senate of which Senator
Johnston is not a w are N0 one can ever trut hf ully accuse hi m
.

of being asleep at hi s post He is always on guard . .

Senator Johnston has a stri king indi vidua lity Some men .

may not li ke hi m at first ; but when they come to know hi m well ,

they admi re him for his many fine qua lities He is magnetic . .

Hi s in genuousness and simplicity take control of those who

kn o w hi m i ntimately O ne of hi s many stro ng points is his
.

e quab l e temper He seldom gets mad b ut when he d o es

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somet hi n g usually happens He is probably the b est story .

tel l er in the Senate to day and always has a fine stock on

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hand H e can tell a story possibly as well as if not better

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than most men He seems to have mastered the art of telling

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them as they should be told He doesn t drag in a lot of .

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unnecessary details He has respect for the imagination of

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his auditors Senator Johnston i s simp licit y personified

. .

He prefers smo king a cob pipe to the b est cigar e ver made .

He does not do t hi s b ecause the pipe is the cheaper Senator .

J o hnston is l i b eral i n m o ne y matters y et wi se ly conservative ,

.

He is popular in his home city and if a man i s liked by his ,

neighbors it is safe to g o upon the theory that he is a g o od

,

man and a go od citizen He lo ves readin g the Bi b le Sen

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ator J ohnston wi ll ne ver se t the world o n fi re wi th hi s elo

u e nc e y et he is a good stron g forcefu l speaker ; b ut he will
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pre v ent the other fellow from settin g it on fi re if it is to be ,

followed b y any kind of destruction H e is a man who builds .

upward and does n o t tear d o wn He is an optimist and .

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he i s glad of it He sees the b righter side of li fe a l ways He

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has done much f or Alab ama ; more pro b ab l y than it wi l l ever , ,

b e ab l e to repay He is appro achi ng se vent y y ears of age

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b ut appears fif teen y ears yo unger He is not tall probably .

,

five feet ten inches weighi ng ab o ut two hundred p o unds

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He has a gray mustache which was ori ginally sand y He ,

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dresses well but n o t conspicu o usl y He is like ly t o stay i n th e

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Sen at e as lo ng as he li ves .
 J ULIU S KAH N

E PRE S EN T A T I V Ein Congress from th e

Fourt h dis t ric t of Cali f ornia Mr Kahn is . .

not a na t ive of t he U ni t ed S t ates t hough he ,

may w ish he w ere Ha vi ng been born in.

Europe he is not eligi ble t o the ofli ce of

,

Presiden t of t he Uni t ed S t a t es Were i t not .

f or t hi s cons t i t u t ional prohi bi t ion Mr Kahn ,

.

migh t be t roubled wi t h t he buzzing of t he

Presiden t ial bee He is a na t ive of Kuppenheim Germany
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and s t ill holds in f ond remembrance all t ha t is beau t i f ul and

inspiring in t he Fa t herland Mr Ka h n came to America
. .

wi t h his paren t s in 1 8 6 6 w hen he w as probably five years ol d

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.

He h a s no part icular recollec t ion of his fi rs t s igh t of t he home

“

of t he brave and t he land of t he f ree As hi s paren t s j our

.

ne ye d a ll t he w ay t o Cali f o rni a on t heir arri val in America ,

i t migh t be in f e rred t ha t t hey were di s pleased wi t h t he coun t ry

w hen t hey landed f rom Ne w York ; t ha t t hey desired to
ge t as nearly ou t of t he coun t ry as possible by going to t he
w a t er s edge on t he Pacific side As a b oy young Kahn
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a tt ended t he publi c schools in San Francisco and i f all repor t s ,

be t rue w as among t he brigh t est scholars O n approachi ng

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man s es t a t e he had in Vie w some t hr ee or f our professions

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bu t w as in a quandary as t o w hich t o adop t He had a fond .

ness f or t he t hea t er The limeligh t of t he s t age looked good

.

to hi m He believed he possessed hi s t rioni c t alen t s and so he

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did His f riends encouraged him in this beli ef to such a n

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ex t en t t hat he concluded he w ould enter upon a stage career .

He began by playing small r oles and it w as pleasing to him

, .

He smiled a very broad s mi le w hen he read in the morning

ne w spaper t he cri t icism of t he play and of hi mself and his c o
,

ac t ors The drama t ic cri t ic had actually men t ioned Mr Kah n s

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name and in a praisewort hy manner The next evening t he

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yo un g actor b e li e ved he was ent i t led t o a p o s i ti o n neare r th e
center of the stage than he had b een permi tted to occup y before
recei ving h o norab l e menti o n S o me of Mr Kahn s friends . .
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t o ok the view that from t hi s time on he wa s entitled to b e a ,

star with h is name i n big letters o n the th ee sheet posters r -

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Mr Kahn was modest b ut inclined to agree wi t h the views ex

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pressed by hi s admi rers that at least in time he would advance

,

to the head of some dramatic organization presumably hi s own ,

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Mr Kahn developed into a fine actor For se veral years

. .

he was associated w ith Edwin B ooth and L awrence B arrett

in the presentation of the standard and classical plays In .

those days there was not the same luxu ry in railway travel that
,

there is to day and there were comparativel y few good theaters

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in the Uni t ed S t ates He concluded there might be a more

.

pr omi sin g future for him if he were to abandon hi s ambition ,

to become a dramatic lu minary His stage career had no .

doubt w het t ed hi s appetite to be in the pub li c gaze There .

fo re he en l arged hi s sc ope of endeavor and got into the poli t ical

,

i l lu mination He ann o unced himself as a candidate for t he

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State le gislature In s o me of the play s in which Mr Kah n

. .

had appeared he was sometimes cast to play the part of the

,

Duke of Gloucester , the villain He may ha ve thought that .

thi s fitted him for a legislative career He was triumphantly .

elected as a lawmaker and made good Thi s w as in 1 8 9 2 . .

Two y ears follo wi ng he was admitted to the b ar of the Supreme

Cour t of the State He had in the meantime become prob
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, ,

ably a better lawy er than he had been an actor ; yet Mr Booth .

once said that Mr Kahn was one of the most promising y oung
.

actors he had ever known A s a lawy er he prospered both in .

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purse and in p opularit y His experience in the State legis .

l at u r e he believed gave hi m some right to ask t o be made

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a Representative in Congress At first there was s o me little .

,

o pposition to this chi efly b y others who themselves wanted

,

t o become candidates f or this honor The v oting population .

thou g ht well of Mr Kahn s candidacy In truth the y said

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EN A T O R in Congress fro m New J erse y It .

is popularly supposed that f or a man to b e a

useful and influential Uni ted States S enator ,

he must be a forcefu l speaker and orator .

The re verse is true in the case of Senator

Kean Whatever may be said of hi m he is
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n o t noisy There have been few men in

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the Senat e who c o uld equal Mr Kean in .

i ndustry It is a rare thi ng for hi m to be ab sent from roll

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cal l He is a good committee worker He knows the purport

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of e v ery bill introduced in the Senate He is punctili o us about

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ans w ering e very letter he receives In a sense Senator

Kean is a k
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ind of pack horse for the v oters of New Jersey

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No one kno w s except a Senator and Representati ve the

, ,

number of letters received by them and the inquiries therein

,

contained A great many of them are upon subjects wholly

.

fo reign to any part of the duties of a le gislator No one has .

ever heard Senator Kean complain about the v olume of h is

correspondence or the many foo lish re quests made of hi m by
his constituents It has b een his rule during his Senatorial
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,

career never to permit a letter to go more than thr ee days

,

wi t hout a courteous reply unless it be that the information

,

asked was not forthco ming from the departments within this
period He does not write long letters He is a faithful
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conservator of time and paper and the labor of typists Sen .

ator Kean has acquired some reputation as an o bjector “ ”

on t he fl oor of the Senate His manner is oftentimes abrupt

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or at least it seems s o though he does not intend it to b e so

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.

He is a high l y educated man He stays in p o litics because he

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li kes the game He is rich and unmarried His income is

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much larger t han he can spend ; t here f ore the getting of more
money is of no particular interes t to hi m His first poli t ical .

experience was as a member of t he House of Representatives .

He was compara t ively a young man a t t hat time wi t h no ,

t hough t of adop t ing a poli t ical career beyond one or possibly

t wo t erms in Congress Poli t ical li f e in Washing t on so fas
.

c ina t e d hi m t ha t a t t he firs t opport uni t y he declared himself a

candida t e f or the Uni t ed S t a t es Senate and w as t he unanimous

,

choice of t he Repub l ican part y in t he legisla t ure He w as first .

elec t ed t o Con gress in 1 8 8 2 and w as re elec t ed in 1 886 In -

.

1 8 9 2 he was t he Republican candi da t e f or Governor but w as

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defea t ed Sena t or Kean is a t t he head of t wo financial instit u

.

t ions one t he Na t ional S t a t e Bank of Ne w Jersey and t he

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o t her t he Manh a tt an Trus t Company of Ne w York ,

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Sena t or Kean is s t rong in his part isanshi p He is al ways .

wa t ch ful f or t he in t ere st s of t he Repub l ican part y His .

Democra t ic opponen t s have got t o ge t up early in t he morning

i f t hey w an t t o s co re agains t him on anyt h ing coming
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be f ore t he Sena t e He has a habi t of insis t ing on a s t ric t

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en f orcemen t of t he rules governing t he proceedings in t he

Sena t e and if any t hi ng is t o be slipped t hr ough in the
,
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ma tt er of being brough t to the Sena t e s a tt en t ion w hich may

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seem in t he leas t ou t of t he ordinary Sena t or Kean is t he one

,

sen t inel on gu ard to make protes t and preven t any furt her
procedure on t hese lines i f possible He has few intimate
,
.

associa t es He devotes nearly all of hi s t ime to his duties

.

as Senator O ccasionally he is seen a t t he t hea t er but this is

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rare He en t ert ains handsomely a t his home whi ch is pre

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sided over by hi s sisters Having probably more than his

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share of the w eal t h of the w orld he is not averse t o spending

,

some of it toward enhancing the social life of Washi ngton .

Senator Kean is not a man wh o makes friends very easily ,

bu t he has t he strong f aculty of retai ni ng t hem after they are

once made He is modest in a ll thi ngs He is entertaining in
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conversa t ion though he w ould rather read than talk He

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maintains a hands o me h o me in Washin gt o n the y ear aro und ,

and h as one of the m o st usefu l libraries in the Capita l Cit y .

S enat o r Kean is al ways d oin g s o mething He is a man o f .

sy stem He perf o rms his duties i n the S enate wi th the same

.

re gard for meth o d that he employs in directing the desti nies

of h is tw o ban king institutions He is a fine organ izer He
. .

has built up o ne of the strongest poli tical organ i zati o ns known

to New Jersey Th o se who know Senator Kean b est l ike hi m
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He possesses man y qualities that endear him to his fell o w man -

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Notwithstanding hi s wealth his method of life i s simple He

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doesn t care any thing for show He would rather be an

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on l oo k er in the rear part of the Senate than occup y a front

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seat where he could be seen by every body He has implicit .

faith in the value of th oro ugh political organi zation T h i s .

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no dou b t sav ors of machine p o litics but to him it is the

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correct meth o d at least for hi s State Those who com e i n

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personal contact wi th Senator Kean say many good t hi ngs

ab o ut hi m He is e ver wi lling to render a friend a fa v or pro
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vi di ng it i s consisten t with business reasons It is d o ubtfu l if .

there is a man in the Senate who keeps in closer touch with the
p o litical a f fairs of his State than does Senator Kean He reads .

nearl y e v ery newspaper printed in New Jersey If an edito r .

show a disp o sition to ki ck over the political traces which ,

o ccasional ly s o me one does S enator Kean is not slow in getting

,

in touch wi th the offending molder of public thought He .

wants to kn o w the reason The usual result is that the Senator

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brings the ofl end er back into line w hereupon e very thing is ,

again harm o nious and the goose is honking hi gh Senator

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Kean in selecting hi s wearing apparel prefers dark colors

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His tai l or it would appear is among the best Senator Kean

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is t oo busy a man to find much time f or recreat i on He is .

wealthy enough t o have others attend to his comm ercia l inter

ests but he would not permi t this b ecause many of hi s friends
, ,

are stockholders in hi s banks and b ecame such b ecause of

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their c o nfidence i n hi s i nte gri ty and business ab i lit y .

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th at con venti o n Mr L inc o ln made hi s fam o us so called.
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Lo st Speech In t hi s speech amo n g o ther noted sayings
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he uttered the epigram :

“
You can fool al l the people some of the time and some of ,

the people a ll the t i me b ut you can t foo l all the peop l e all ,
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the time .

And in referrin g to the secession of the South Mr L inco l n .

made the often quoted remark : -

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We won t go out of the Union and the y shan t
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What is k nown as th e house di vided against itself can

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not stand speech was not made i n Bloo m i ngton as is often

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stated but in the house of representat i ves in S pringfie l d

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two y ears later in 1 8 5 8 just before the b eginning of the joint

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debate b etween L inco l n and D o uglas O f the memb ers of the .

Bloo mi ngton con vention at l ast acc o unts on ly thr ee b esides

Go vernor Kel l o gg were li ving O f the delegates and alter .

nates chosen by t h i s convention t o the Phi lade lp hi a conve m

tion w hi ch nominated Fremont in 1 8 5 6 only two are living ,

Thomas J Hen d erson for man y y ears Memb er of C o ngress

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from Illinois and Go v ernor Ke l logg

, .

In 1 8 5 6 G overn or Kello gg was a candidate on the legi sla

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tive ticket in Fulton Count y Mr L inco l n came t o Fulton . .

Count y b oth in 1 8 5 6 and in 1 8 5 8 and each y ear made a speech ,

i n aid of Kel logg In 1 8 60 Kell o gg was again a dele gate from

.

Fulton County to the Repu b lican S tate c o n vention he l d at

Decatur where Richard Yates was nominated as Governor
, ,

and delegates were chosen to the Chicago con v ent i on whi c h

no mi nated Mr L inco ln as President Ke ll ogg was chosen a
. .

Presidentia l elector and i s the on ly one of the Il linois Presiden

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tial e l ectors of 1 860 now livi ng S h o rt ly after Mr Li nc ol n s . .

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first inauguration in 1 8 6 1 Kello gg was appointed b y Mr

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L incoln t o b e C hi ef Justice of Nebraska He went t o that .

Territory and he l d cou rt in the summer of 1 8 6 1 A rather

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notable incident occurred during that time Alvi n Saunders .

,

of Io w a was Territori a l G o v ernor ; A S Padd o c k was Secre

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 W I L L I A M P I T T K ELL O G G
tary of t he Terri t ory ; P H Hi t chcock the father of the present
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Member of Congress from Nebraska w as Marshal ; George ,

Spencer w as priva t e secre t ary to Governor S aunders At that .

time the Firs t Nebraska Volun t eers w ere mustered in t o ser

vi ce . Thayer was appoin t ed colonel ; Tip t on w as chosen
chaplain All t hese gen t lemen wi t h Kellogg w ho was Chi ef
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, ,

Jus t ice li ved a t t he Herndon Ho t el w h ich is at pr e sent

,

t he headquart ers of t he Uni on Pacific Railroad in O maha .

During Kellogg s t wo t erms in t he Sena t e he me t a ll of these

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gen t lemen even including h msel f o n t he floor o f t he Sen
a t e as Sena t o rs : Spencer f rom Alabama Saunders Paddock
, , , ,

Hi t chcock Thayer and Tip t on f rom Nebraska he h imse lf

, , ,

being Sena t or f rom L ouisiana .

In July 1 8 6 1 Governor Ya t es wro t e Kellogg reques t ing

, ,

hi m t o re t urn t o Illi nois and recrui t a regimen t o f cavalry He .

did so and aided in rai sing t he regimen t kno wn as t he Seven t h

,

Illi noi s Cavalry composed of t he sons of f armers wh o were

, ,

allo w ed $s ome t h ing unusual a t t he t ime ) to f urnish and own

t heir own horses I t was t hi s regimen t t ha t t he Sena t or
.

from Mi ss issippi w ho wa s in t he Sena t e bu t a f e w mon t hs

declared in hi s uni que speech in t ha t body a year or so ago
t o be t he bes t figh t ing regimen t he ever sa w Kellogg w as .

appoin t ed by Governor Ya t es colonel of t hi s re gimen t Mr . .

L inco l n gave hi m six mon t h s leave of absence whi ch w as

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af t er w ard rene w ed several t imes and Colonel Kellogg repor t ed

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t o General Gran t a t Cairo wh o de t ailed hi m t o command

,

t he pos t a t Cape Girardeau where were l oca t ed Maj or Po well s ’

$ w h o w as a ft erward Direc t or of t he Geological Survey C hi cago

)
Ba tt ery the Seven t een t h Illinois Volunteers and the Eleventh
, ,

Missouri He remained in command of that post four mon t hs

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and la t er reported t o General Pope at the capture of Fort

Thompson and Island Number Ten After the Battle of .

Shiloh he was ordered to Pi tt sburg L anding and par t icipated

in t he conflic t s at Farmington and Corin t h A f ter t he b att l e .

of Corin t h he w as s t ricken w i t h typhoid fe v er and was fo r

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m on ths a c onfir me d i n vali d R e signi n g he re t u rn e d t o
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,

Nebraska and resum ed hi s duti es as C hi ef Just i c e o f that Te r

ri tory unt i l Janua ry 1 8 6 3 when Gove rn o r Yates re quested
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hi m t o retu rn t o Il lin oi s and ac co mpan y hi m on hi s $Governor

Yates ) t o ur of i nspect io n o f the Il lin ois so l d i ers i n the fi el d
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At that t i m e G enera l G rant s head quarters was o pposite ’

Vi ck sburg o n the steamer M agnol i a G overn o r Kel logg

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t ogether wi th Govern o r Yates was o ften at G enera l G rant s

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headqua rte rs and on o ne occasi o n Mr Ke l l ogg was c ommis

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sioned t o ca rry imp ortant dispatch e s to W ashi n gt o n whic h ,

he d i d and returned to G rant s head quart e rs and wi th Yates

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was o n the steamer M agnol i a when the gunb o ats ran the
bl oc kade at Vi cksburg and su b se quentl y when the y cro ssed
the Miss i ssippi and at the batt l e of P ort Gi bson
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In 1 86 5 bein g sti ll C hi ef Justice o f Nebras k a h e was

, ,

app oi nted c ol le c t o r o f cust o ms at New O rl eans under the

fo llo wi n g c i rcumstances President L inc o ln had made a
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speech of great si gnificance in fro nt of the Whi te H o use on

Tuesday e venin g April 1 1 wherein he outlined to some
, ,

extent hi s p oli cy re garding the So uthern S tates and especiall y ,

re gard i n g the case of Lo uisiana At that time there were tw o .

Senat o rs fro m Lo uisiana see kin g admission t o the S enate

from that S tate It was in thi s speech that Mr L inc ol n
. .

referre d t o negro su ff rage sa yi ng : I w o uld prefer that it

“
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were n o w co nferred on the intelligent and on th o se wh o serv ed

our cause as so l diers
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In the course of thi s speech he said :
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“
C o ncede that the new go vernment of L ouisiana is onl y what
i t sh o u l d b e as the egg is to the fowl we shal l so o ner have the
, ,

fo w l b y hatc hi n g the egg than b y crushing it .

We dnesday e venin g Apri l 1 2 Kello gg had an interview

, ,

wi th Pres i dent L incoln b y appo i ntment during which Mr ,

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L inco l n o f fered t o appoint him c o l lect o r of customs at New

O r leans b ei ng th e first col lect o r after the war and a position
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li ke ly t o be o f great in fluence and ad vi sed him to go there

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i nstead o f ret urni ng t o Nebras k a O n Thursday mo rn i n g .

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His p olitica l fo rtunes may n o t ha ve be en as he wo uld have
shaped them but he was fl ung i nt o a co n fli ct n o t o f his o wn
mak
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in g and not up o n hi s own vo li tion He t ook o rders fro m

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a higher authority which was Pres i dent L inc ol n That h e

, .

faithful ly d i d al l that was required of hi m no one has ever

questioned His s i mp licit y is in keeping wi t h th e strong;
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vi goro us character of the man Mr Ke llo gg i s capab le of

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relating m o re interesting reminiscences of Mr Li n co ln in his

.

earl y day s as a lawy er and i n his sudden b urst up o n the c o unt ry

as a President i al candidate than an y o ther n o w livin g wi th th e
,

excepti o n o f S enat o r S he l b y M C u llo m o f I lli n oi s Mr

.
, . .

Ke ll ogg th o u gh in his e i ght i eth y ear i s as act ive bo t h i n

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mind and bo d y as are m o st men twent y five y ea rs y oun ger

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He i s a c ti ve in hi s m ov ements and his menta l facu l ties are as

k een as t h ey were when he was the storm c e nter duri n g the
rec o nstructi o n peri o d i n Lo uisiana In a ll respe c ts Willi am
.

Pitt Kell ogg i s a v et e ra n a nd h as h ad in his lo n g li fe a m o st

e x tra ord i na ry career .
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br o ught to the attention of the vo ting population thro ugh th e
forensic e f f orts of the best speakers i n the respecti ve pa rties .

Mr Kern as a yo un g man entered the politica l arena

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and it was n o t lon g unt il his part y se rvices were in demand ,

not only in hi s own State b ut in other doubtful c o mmonwealths

, ,

where po litical agi tation seemed a necessit y He is as force .

ful at the b ar as he is on the stump He has b een of recent .

y ears one of the leading attorney s in a large number of the

more i mportant cases of litigation H e has n o t sought o ffi ce .

o ften th o ugh he has b een a candidate n o t a l ways at his own

, ,

solicitat io n b ut b ecause of part y demand He was once

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elected rep orter of the S upreme C o u rt an o ffi ce ha ving a ,

fo ur y ears term He was once his party s candidate f o r

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govern o r He was a candidate for United States Senator f ol

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lowing th e election of 1 90 8 but was defeated b y Benjamin F

, .

Shi vely At the State c o n v enti o n in 1 9 1 0 he was the unani

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mous c h oice of that bo d y for the S enat o rsh i p t o succeed

Senator B e verid ge He has ne ver b een a man who forced
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his o wn personalit y o n the part y in search of honor or em ol u

ment b ut is content t o assist i n b earing the b urden of party
,

fea l ty If e l ected t o the Uni ted States S enate he wi ll grace

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that bo d y wi th a politica l ri ghte o usness quite in keepin g

wi t h the trad i t i ons o f the upper H o use of Con gress .

Mr Kern is a man of strong i ndi vidua lity fully six feet

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ta l l and straight as an arr o w H i s hair and beard were

, .

ori gi nall y as blac k as a rav en The y are now sprin kl ed with

.

gray He i s a man of c lo se and l asting friendships S o me

. .

of his m o st intimate ass o c i ates i n Indiana are th o se whom he

has antagonize d m o st in the p oliti c a l arena When he was .

nominated fo r Vi ce Presi dent at Den ver th o u sands o f his

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friends and nei ghb o rs fro m Indianap olis irrespect iv e o f ,

p olitica l afli li ations we lco med him on hi s arri val at the U nio n
,

stat io n giving hi m a c o rd i a l rec epti o n whi ch sh o wed thei r

, ,

adm i rat io n and lov e for the man as a man b ut n o t necessarily ,

a s th e c an d i date f o r the sec o nd offi ce in th e U ni te d S tat e s .

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 J O H N W K E RN .

His neighbor Vice President Fairbanks led t he home demon

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st ra tion . I t w a s a good ol d —f ashioned home gatherin g of

neighbors whi ch in i t self w as a tribute fro m the heart
, , , .

There never w as a time w hen John W Kern was not re garded .

as a well —dressed man I t w ould seem t hat he is part icular

.

up o n t hi s poin t He is not fooli shly fas t idious b ut su fficien tly

.
,

so to meet eve r y requirement demand ed by the ru l es g ov ern

ing such things He is not the man to give o ff ense pur

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po se l y
. What he ma y say in the heat of po litical debate
concerni ng hi s poli t ical opponen t is done for part y ad van
tage and no t intended to reflec t upon t he personal standing of
the one spoken of Mr Kern has a fund of excell ent humor
. . .

Some t imes he scores strong political points by t elling a humor .

ous story I t is not b elieved he has any particular hob bies

. .

He has a fondness for those things that most usually interest

men of his class and cal ling He prefers li ving a life of sim
.

pli c i t y and without osten t ation He is modes

. t in every t h ing .

He seld o m tal k s about hi mself b ut fi nds keen enj oy ment in

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so undin g the praises of those whom he likes .

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 P H ILAN D ER C K N OX .

HI S is a successfu l man At twenty three he

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was Assistant United States District Attorne y

for the Western District of Pennsy l va nia ,

ha ving b een ad mitted to the b ar the year

before Twent y y ears later he was chosen
.

president of the Pennsy lvani a Bar Association ,

and in 1 90 1 he was app o inted Att o rney Gen

eral of the United S tates in the cabinet of
,

President M c Ki nl ey He remained in that station under

.

Mr R oo se velt and resi g ned to enter the United S tates Senate

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as the successor of the late M atthew S Quay . .

There is a p opular b elief that Knox is a c orporation

lawy er .
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He would n o t b e an y the worse if it were true .

We have established a standard of patriotism and of morals

in this country that reads ou t of respectab le p o litica l society
an y l awy er wh o e ver he l d a b rief in a c o urt o f justice wi th a
c orp o ration for a c li ent C orp orations are a rtificial persons
.

created by the law The y hav e ri ghts as we ll as duties and

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o ne of their rights is to employ lega l counsel An honest .

c o rp oration l awy er is a pub lic benefact o r if he ha v e capacity

to see the law as it i s and the c o urage t o exp o und it as he sees
it Cheap lo w and disgustin g demago gy has created a popu
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, ,

lar prej udice against corporation l awy ers and there is no easier
,

way t o kill off an aspiring po litician than to call him a c orp o

ration lawy er Unfo rtunatel y some c o rp o ration l awy ers have
.

pro stituted their learning and their skil l t o enab l e dishonest

corporations to e vade the law to Shi rk their duties and t o
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oppress the public ; but it is as fo ol ish to judge all corporation

l awy ers b y the conduct o f these rascals as it wo u ld b e t o c o n
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R oo se velt and Bry an are c o n vinced that it is not at al l drastic
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enough .

B e that as it may h i st o ry rec o rds that John She rman an d

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Philander C Kn o x are o ur greatest trust b usters Sherman

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made the gun Kno x l oaded and fired it and put J Pierpont
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Morgan and Ja mes J Hi ll in hi s game b ag

. .

Mr Kn o x s service in the Senate was sh o rt b ut he stood

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amon g the l eaders of that body He participated in the dis .

c u ssion of the Rate Bill and added much t o hi s already great

,

reputati o n and it was e ven said that he conceived and drafted

,
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T h e Al l ison Amendment
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that solidified the Repub lican
party al l b ut Foraker and that made the bill acceptabl e t o
, ,

al l the Democrats except Morgan and Pettus .

When Mr Taft became President he selected Mr Knox

. .

f or Secretary of State and in that station he has done much

,

t o assert the rights and digni ty of the United States and ,

already he has earned the title of great S ec retary as earl ier ,

he was known as gre at Att o rney Genera l .

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 R O BERT M L A FO LLETTE .

HE FER V O R t ha t gave sine w s to the purp o ses

of Savonarola t ha t s t rengthened Galileo , ,

li ves in Sena t or Rober t M LaF oll e tte of .

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Wisconsin Many declare him a crank ; his

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enemies make t he poin t of insinceri t y against

him but all mus t yield him t he due of i mt en
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sity Thi s is t he basis of L a F oll e tte s char

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ac t er When he is done wi t h a speech in t he

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Sena t e and has mus t ered against some poin t in legisla t ion
,

all t he arguments of t he radical wi ng of t he Republi can party ,

L a F ol l e t t e s voice is choked wi t h emo t ion ; t he expression of

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his coun t enance is dra w n and w eary ; and he seems to be sunk

in t o physical exhaustion If one should f or a moment agree
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t hat t he earnest Senator from Wisconsin is insincere one would ,

be f orced f orthwith to acclaim him the greatest actor of all

t une s
Bu t ask t he galleries They fill in t he midst of a debate
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part icipated in perhaps by the bril lian t Beveridge the thun

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d e rou s Clapp t he suave Aldrich t he kni ghtly Cummins the

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curt Hale t he scholarly L odge Then LaF oll e tte takes the
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floor and wandering attentions are fixed as by a psycholo gica l

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poniard .

“
Mr President he says articulating distinctl y
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Before the Senate pro ceeds to a vote I ask Senat o rs t o gi ve ,

t his important question their de l iberate consideration The .

people are tired of shifts and c o mpromises o f legislation that ,

must eternall y b e excused of befogged measures that must ,

eternal ly be explained They are cal ling for definite st riding

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advances not fo r dance steps O h Mr President whi le we

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are here we can make t hi s bill so much bet t er we can keep ,

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faith wi t h t he people so conclusively tha t I am un willing sir , , ,

t o let t he w ork go half completed ”

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And w hen L aF oll e tte has finished speaking some what in ,

the above diction and entirely in the above strain t hose who ,

do not associate hi s famous countenance with h is famous name

demand to know who is the speaker ; and t hose who do kno w
hi m are concedin g again that L a F oll e tt e is an earnest honest , ,

—
able patriot above all a sincere pa t riot w ho is laboring in
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hi s own way for what he considers t o be t he greatest good of

the greatest number .

L aF oll e tt e i t must be admi tt ed loves a fight

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I do not ,
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consider t hat any of hi s vic t ories w ould have come to hi m so

b l issfully had the y b een won wi t hout sweat As Go vernor of .

Wisconsin working ou t in his own way t he prob lems which

,

Cu mrni ns was solving in Iowa and Hughes in New York and ,

whi ch Harmon is solving no w in O hio L aF oll ette had to ,

b at tle for e veryt hing As a boy he had to ba tt le too for pos

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sessions fro m apples to medals f or oratory So he grew to

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love a fight though not strictly for its o w n sake L aF oll e t te

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would not fight over trivialities His critics say that he over .

rates too man y t ri vialities but his splendid results are the bes t
,

answers to that sugges t ion When the stake is great and in

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hi s opinion humane L a F ol l e tt e w ants the fight to b e so pro

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l onged as to give a c lear idea of what t he victory is to be It .

seems to me that in Wisconsin he is called Figh t ing Bob

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L aF ol l e tt e . Well that is just But when L aF ol l ett e is given

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a fight and h is splendid faculties are roused to their top value

, ,

he is an opponent extremely to be feared .

Not the least wi nning factor in t he case of L aF ol l e tte is

hi s appearance He has a bulldog face wi th enough gentle
.
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ness in hi s eyes and in his smile to take away the disagreeable

portion of that type of countenance His visage is crossed and .

barred with many wrinkles ; his pompadour palisading his ,

high broad brow is f amous in cart oon and story ; his s t ature
, ,

is st oc k y very noticeable in a cro w d and there are e vidences

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 J O H N E LAMB .

NATI VE of Indiana Born on the Wab ash .

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near Terre Haute The arc h itect of hi s .

own fortune He had no rich or influential

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relati ves to start him on h is career A f ter .

passing through the various graded schools

of his native city he took up the study of la w ,

in the of fice of Daniel W Voorhees being .

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a pro t égé of that distinguished gentleman ,

who had f or a number of years been a Representative in Con

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gress later a Senator in fact one of the leading members of the
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Democratic party in the country Young L amb f or he was not .

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more than twenty years of age when he was admitted to prae

tice hi s profession entered the political arena a lmost at the
,

beginning of his professional career He was appointed by .

Thomas A Hendricks then Governor to the position of pro se

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e uting a t torne y whi ch o ffice had become vacant and c o u ld

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not b e filled except by appointment until the next regu lar

, ,

elect i on Mr L amb was not long in t hi s p o sition unti l he

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was spreading his po litical influence o ver at l east two c o unties ,

whi ch made up hi s of ficial circuit From the be gi nning he .

,

was a loyal and devoted friend of Senator Vo o rhees remain ,

ing so until the day of the latter s death His devotion to his ’
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preceptor partner and friend marks one of hi s stro ngest

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characteristics loyalty He was the law partner of Senator

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Voorhees for more than twenty years He is aggressi ve .

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posi t ive fearless and at the same t i me c o nserv at i ve a l t h ough

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he be lieves when the time comes to stri ke the correct t hi ng ,

t o do is to hit hard and with unerring aim , This h as been .

his custom in politics He is a loya l friend and an honorable

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antagonist B y the turning of the p olitica l whee l s i t so came

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 J O HN E . LA M B

about t hat while Mr Voorhees w as a memb er of the Senate

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his young studen t and la t er par t ner became a Representa t ive

in Congress While he served but one term he was by virtue
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of his intense persona li ty able to make a nationa l reputation

, .

He is to day one of the leaders of his part y in the State of

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Indiana although he has not held o f fice since retiring from

,

Congress in the early eighties His name has been mentioned .

frequently in connection wi th the Uni t ed States Senator

ship although he has never declared hi mself formally as a
,

candidate .

In personal appearance Mr L amb is a gen t leman who ,

.

will a t tract a t ten t ion in any ga t hering He is smoo t hl y shaven .

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usually w earing a broad and benevolent smile It is not the .

smile of duplici t y but of sinceri t y He may not be your

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poli t ical f riend but that makes no di ff erence wi th him so

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far as personal relations are concerned unless there may have ,

been some personal misunders t anding In heigh t he ap .

,

p r oac h e s six f eet given some ,

w hat to stoc kiness weighing ,

probably t wo hundred and thirty pounds but active quick in , ,

movement He is seldom seen wi t hout a walking s t ick His

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ideas of dress are a t all t imes conven t ional yet occasionally ,

an excessive fashion may obtrude i t self into his genera l

makeup He is not unfriendly to the sometimes pre vailing
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style of the b road —b rimmed hat whe t her it be the soft wool , ,

the derby or t he si l k sometimes called wi t h in the region

, , ,

of the classic banks of the Wabash the

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sto vepipe Mr ,
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L amb is kno wn thr oughout his State as having a most remark

able facul t y f or remembering names and faces There w as .

a t ime w hen it was said of him that he kne w by name every

man woman and child in the ci t y of Terre Haute w here there
, , ,

is a popula t ion of about thir t y thousand In a political sense .

,

th e remembering of names and faces has been one of Mr .

Lamb s chie f assets

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He i s a good story teller and like wi se a good listener w hen

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interes t ing s t ories are told He is temperate in his habits

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From observing his personal appearance one might imagine ,

his being associated with s o me large institution ha vin g for

i t s principal dut y to man kind that of dispensing philanthr opy .

He h as a fine clear comple xion rather large nose conspicuous

, , ,

teeth b ecause of their whiteness light blue eyes and light

, , ,

hair As a pu b lic speaker Mr L amb is in his element He

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,
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likes the p olitica l forum b ecause it provides hi m wi th that

kind of e x c i tement for whi ch he is best fitted by nature His .

speeches are of the con vincing kind notwi t hstanding they ,

may b e extreme l y partisan w hen delivered in the heat of

politica l b att le His public addresses sho w not onl y that he
.

has gi ven th o ught to his sub j ec t s but he is not unmindfu l of ,

the e f fect and necessity for grace in dic t ion In po litics Mr .

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L amb is an ardent Democrat so ardent in fact t hat n o thi ng

, , ,

could change his belief in the doctrines of go vernment as

announced by Thomas Je f ferson or Samuel J Tilden Mr . . .

L amb is a leader of men not a follo wer His grea t es t t ri

,
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umphs have taken place usually in Democratic S t a t e con

ve nt ions where for the past t w enty fi ve years he has been
,
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a prominent factor in direc t ing the destinies of his part y .

There hav e been few platforms either State or national in the

, ,

past fifteen y ears in whi ch Mr L amb has not had somet hi n g

,
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to do in shaping the party s poli cy O ne of hi s apparent

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greatest de lights is the making of frequent trips thr ough the

farm ing district of his portion of Indiana He likes gettin g .

in the sma ll t o wns and hearing the country fo l ks give their

expressi o n up o n the po litica l and other l eadin g topics of the
time It i s from this c l ass Mr L amb says that he gets his
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best ideas thereby gettin g his ear t o the po l itica l gro und
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as i t were .

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None would b e ill mannered with the Senator because hi s
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splendid bearing his nobly se t head and the achievement

, ,

which shines from his eyes compel respect and courtesy .

L odge is tall and slight ; he dresses carefully and in the mode ,

yet with a quiet elegance and correctness that f ew can e ff e c

t u a l l y attain His eyes are full o f humor deep and brigh t
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, ,

and there is ab out him an air of elegance and ease which is

di ffi cult to se t down in words When he rises in the Senate
.
,

he is respectfully heard His se t speeches are classics ; his

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occasi o nal talks are full of authorit y y et t hey are courteous ,

and b ro ad In e v ery sense b ut the objectionable Henry

.
,

Cabot Lo dge instantly suggests a superior man a member of ,

a gentility which is alone found among the able and the great
of this world .

L odge s commanding place in politics is not an unusual

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one for men of hi s type in Ne w England and the South In .

t he Middle West the West the Sou t hwest and the Northwest
, , , ,

hi s class supplies the university presidents supreme court ,

justices great preachers and great writers Their cons t i t uents

, ,
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do not consider Congress a field for their talents But L odge .

serv ed l ong in the House o f Representatives before in 1 8 93 , ,

he succeeded S enator Dawes as one of the two Massachusetts

delegates to the upper House N or has the Senat or b een .

neglectful of the more bois t erous types of party labor He .

h as b een presiding o ffi cer of national con ventions and chair

man oi reso l uti ons committees And h owe ver deep the .
,

feeling of the con vention the presence and the reputation of

,

Senator L odge ha ve been su f ficient to keep i t in perfect c o ntrol .

In Theodore Ro o sevelt L odge found a kindred spirit

,
.

Both are intense l y interested in the hi stories of the i r own

nation and their own peoples Both hav e thought and oh .

serv ed deeply B o th hav e a fee ling f or literature That

. .

Lo dge and Roose velt sh o u ld have written in conjuncti o n was

a natural outcome of the i r assoc i ation and interests and their ,

b oo k
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“
Hero Ta l es fro m American History i s a good book
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A personal friendship and association w hi ch has linked even
their poli t ical f ortunes has sprung up bet w een the two men ,

and even now they plan to write ano t her history .

L odge is a splendid force in public life Al l over the Uni ted

.

States he is looked to to maintain a dignit y of scholarship and

in f orma t ion in the Senate The American likes to know that
.

his representati ve b odies contain thinkers and writers wh o

can be doers t oo —
and o ne prob ab ly the of these — is
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Cabo t

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 N I C HO LA S L O NGWO RTH

EPRE SEN T A T I VE NICH O L AS L O N G

W O RTH of Cincinnati is an example of
, ,

a rich y oung man who instead of electin g t o ,

b eco me a snob a spendthrift a useless citizen

, , ,

and an idler ch o se to dev o te hi mself t o pub lic

,

duties wi th as much assiduity as a bo ok

keeper must apply to hi s ledger He was .

c o ntent t o b e gin humbl y as school tru stee in

Cincinnat i thence to the State l e gi slature and to Congress
, ,

where for the first few years of hi s service he was l oo ked upon
with more go od humor than appreciation
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But Lo ngworth who had applied hi mself i ndustriousl y

,

to pu b lic problems in O h io was determined t o make of him

,

self a Congressman who could l ead hi s part y and he studied ,

hi s new place . In the midst of his service he made one ,

of the famous Taft pa rty t o the P h ilippines O n thi s trip .

he met and afterward marri ed Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter ,

of the then President His wife spurred his ambi t ions even
.

further and Lo ngworth e v er since then has b een making him

,

self fe l t i n Congress .

L ongwo rth likes Wash i n gt o n as does Mrs L ongworth and

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it is hi s hope t o remain in Congress until he has reached the

acme of hi s p o wers At t hi s writing persistent p lugging and
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an indi f ference to a public disposition to think of hi m as Mr .

Alice R o ose velt or Ro ose velt s son in law have made

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L ongwort h an expert of n o mean rank on a question as impor

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tant as that of the tari f f He is a member and a useful one
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of the greatest House co mm ittee that on Way s and Means , ,

and he is able to take part wi t h an au t horitative standing

in any tariff debate This achievement in itself is vainly
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the Hudson tunnels T o b e

UI L DE R of .

more explicit it was Mr M cA doo who car ,

.

ried into execution the great undertaking of

constructin g t u nnels under the Hudson River
fro m the Ne w Jersey side to New Y o rk .

A f ter the completion of one se t of tunnels he ,

proceeded to b uild another se t He did not .

stop however at merel y diggin g two beneath

, ,

the river but he continued the tubes on under the city until
,

he reached the very center of that great municipalit y He .

h as perfected so complete a s y stem of underground tubes that

he has practically changed the map of New York City and a
part of Ne w Jersey He has made it possible to pass from
.

J erse y City to Twe nty thi rd Street and Broad w ay New York
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in less than ten minutes Pre vious to the accomplishment of

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Mr M cA doo s enterprise it req uired o f tentimes more than

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a half hour Mr M cA doo is a new factor in a f f airs in and

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about the cit y of New York He h as accomplished in five .

years what o ther men so called captains of industry had

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been tal king about doin g for twent y five years F or a third -
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of a century or more one of the great pro blems incident to

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quick transit from the great center of po pulation to the more

ru ra l dist ri cts of New Jerse y occupied the minds of many
of New York s most enterprising citizens The question of
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tunnelin g the ri ver was o f ten discussed but some of the ,

“ ”
wise ones said it coul d not be done although similar feats ,

of en gi neering had been performed in other countries especiall y ,

the construction of tunnels under the ri ver Thames at L ondon ,

.

Fo r more than twent y years it was the plan of so me e nterpris

,

i ng New Yorkers to construct bridges across the Huds o n Ri ver .

In fact Con gress passed a bill in the earl y ni neties providing

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 W I LL I A M A . M c A DO O

f or t hi s very thing Bu t t he w a t er t ransportati o n in t eres t s

.

made so vigorous a protest the scheme w as abandoned It .

remained for Mr M cA d oo to be the real force in carrying t o

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completion the idea of the cons t ruc t ion of tunnels .

Mr M c A doo is no t a native of t he city of Ne w York He

. .

had never been in that me t ropol itan comm u ni t y un t il abou t

t en years before he began pu tt ing into e ff ect hi s tunnel plans .

He hails from the State of Georgia He was born at Athens .

,

in t hat common w eal t h w here is located t he S t a t e universi t y

,
.

I t w as t here t hat he received his hi gher education t hough ,

completing his course as a civil engineer in more technic al

schools He had not been long in Ne w York w here he had
.
,

become a resident t o practice hi s profession be f ore he began ,

a systematic study of t he needs of ne w more modern and be t , ,

ter transit faci l i t ies in every way The t unnel idea was no t .

ori ginal wi t h hi m bu t he w as t he one w ho by his force and

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energy organized a company and w ent to w ork F or a time

,
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he found i t u p hi ll business t o in t erest capi t al More t han

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half he approached on t he subj ect and t hey were Ne w York ,

business men said i t w as impracticable and could not be done

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This did not daun t young M cA d oo He said i t could be done .

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and it would be done He now has four t ubes under the river
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t wo extending from Jersey City to Hoboken wi t h a system ,

of tubes on the New York side to Twenty t hird Street and -

Sixth Avenue It will not be long until this line w ill be

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completed t o T hi r ty fourt h Street and from there he pro

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p o ses building t w o more tubes fro m the point w here Broad

way cro sses Sixth Avenue to the Grand Central S t ation in
Forty second Street Thi s wi l l make when completed a c om
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b ined system including all parallel tubes of almost twenty

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miles This in fact co vers a greater distance than w as

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ori gi nally intended by the city of Ne w York when it began

b uilding its first subway Mr M cA doo has built separate . .

t ubes to accommodate trains passing in Opposite direc t ions .

He adopt ed the system whi ch prevailed in L ondon w hen the ,

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constructi o n of new undergro und rai l way s was taken up i n t h at
city s o me twelve o r fifteen y ears ago They are almo st n oise .

less and operated u p o n a plan far superior to that of any o ther

,

transit co rporati o n in the United S tates Mr M cA doo s acts . .

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testify to hi s enterprise If there is or ever has been a pub lic

.
, ,

benefactor of the city of New York and its surroundings it is ,

t hi s yo ung Ge orgi an He h as asked no municipal aid All

he did ask
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for was the right to carry his plans into execution .

He di d the rest .

Mr M cA doo has more the appearance of a great b ig boy

.

than one would think of finding in a man who had ae c om

p l ish e d s o much in so l ittle time The majorit y of the rea l .

b ig brainy men of the world are as a genera l t hi n g m o dest

, , , .

But it is not b elie ved i t wou l d be p o ssib l e to find o ne who is

more so than thi s bui l der of the Huds o n tunnels He is so .

m o dest that he is actually b ashful When hi s first tunnels were .

comp l eted there was much printed about it in the New York
,

newspapers Many of the writers persisted i n referring t o

.

them as the M cA d oo tunnels

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T hi s was not p l easing to
.

him . He called b efore hi m se vera l of the contro llin g edit o rs

and made a pers o nal request that hi s name b e not mentioned
in connecti o n wi th the matter but that they be known alway s,
“
as the Hudson tunnels Mr M cA doo does not appear
. .

to be more than thi rty five y ears of age although he is prob

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ably fort y two He is k

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. nown to have a m o st e quable temper .

He seldom if e ver is known to show an y particu l ar anger

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He has a pleasing smile for e veryb od y friend or stran ge r ,

.

Naturally he is a b usy man but ne ver to o much engaged t o

,

see a friend fr o m G eor gi a no matter what ma y be the o cca

,

sion of the visit He finds time fo r recreation Work wi th

. .
,

him is seeming ly a pastime so easily does he acc o mp l ish i t

, ,

and so wel l equipped is he for anything he undertakes He .

cares very l ittle f or dress Mr M c Ad oo is ce rtainly one of

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t h e young men of the country who has done thi ngs New .

Yorkers owe him more than the y wi l l ever be wi lling t o pay .

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of s o emi nen t a man as Mr Cassat t who without doubt w as .
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the ablest railroad manager America has ever known It w ill .

be a long time before hi s like wi ll be seen again Mr M c Cre a . .

has i t would seem c o me up to every expectati o n of those

, ,

w ho had confi dence in his ability when he was chosen to

preside over the destinies of the en t ire s ystem .

At the time Mr M c Cr ea became the head of the corpora

.

tion he was compelled to take up the unfinished work of Mr

,
.

Cassatt whi ch was colossal in its scope emb racin g the con
, ,

struction of great tunnels under the Hudson River the cit y ,

of New York and under the East River to L ong Island includ
, ,

ing the finishing of the great ne w Union Station in New York ,

whi ch when fi ni shed i t is believed w ill be the most comple t e

, , ,

and the most costly rail w ay stati o n in either America or

Europe These grea t impro v ements however were by no
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, ,

means all that Mr Cassatt had in contemplation and in.

progress at the time of his death So quickly has Mr M c Crea . .

n o t only grasped but mastered the intricacies of the situation ,

that he ran k s to day probably next to Mr Cassatt as a

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railway manager not alone of gigantic inte l lect but of great

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powers of execution .

Mr Mc c rea is in the full vigor of active manhood t hou gh

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,

ha ving passed hi s sixtieth milestone but a few y ears ago .

His life has been one of the finest illustrations of energy that
can be c i ted He is proud of the fact that he has made hi m
.

self w hat he is b y his indomitable will power and limit l ess

ambition It is said of hi m that when a stripling of a l ad
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,

carrying the surve y or s rod in the mountains of western Penn

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s y lvania he alway s had in mind that n o t hi ng sh o rt of the pres

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id e ncy of the road wou l d sat i sfy him This seemed to be the .

goal of his ambition and it wou l d appear he had reached it

,

thout an y particu l ar e f fort After once getting the s wi ng .

of a f fairs he fitted into every place he was asked to o ccupy

,
.

It is not believed that Mr M c Cre a has been ab sent from any of .

his duties du ri ng a long service of more than fort y y ears for a

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period greater than three years ou t of al l that time He has .

never found much time f or recrea t ion Mr M c Cre a spends . .

much of hi s time in trave l ing over t he entire system from

Ne w York t o Chicago and S t L ouis His private car is . .

likely to be found in any station at any time In t hi s way .

,

he keeps hi mself in personal touch wi t h every thing that is

going on What t ime he has b een ab le to take from b usiness
.

he has spent mostly in t rave l thr o ugh Europe In his earl y .

manhood he w as a t school f or a w hi le in German y giving ,

most of his t ime t o t he s t udy of civi l engineering This .

served hi m w ell la t er in li f e There is no t hing about the

.

managing of a rail w ay from finance t o mechanism wi t h w hich

h e is not familiar He knows every branch of t he service
. .

He has been one of t he pioneers in the adop t ion of all good

appliances f or the protection of human li f e both to the em ,

ployés of t he system and the pa t rons of the road .

Wh en taking charge of the L ines West of Pittsburg Mr ,

.

M c Cre a was bet w een thirty five and forty y ears of age He
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has generally worn a full beard which was usual ly trim ,

med in a t trac t ive s t yle something on the Vandyck fashion

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He has t he most of his life w orn heavy gold rimmed g lasses

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His hair and beard are no w streaked wi th gray but Mr ,

.

M c Cre a looks ten years younger than he really is He is a .

large forcefu l appearing man who w ould a tt ract atten t ion

,
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in any gathering His home in the su rb u b s of P hi ladelphia is

.

one of the finest in that city Mr M c Cre a is one of the few

. .

really great men of the country who leave business a f f airs

at the offi ce He is not a man f or show He seldom has
. .

much to say excep t w hen occasion requires He is a l ways .

well dressed He be l ie ves that the apparel proc l aimeth the

.

man th ough he does not dress fl ashi l y or gaudily wi th the hope

,

of attracting attention but apparently he li kes to dress well

,

because he can af ford it He is particularly fond of music

. .

It can b e said of hi m that he is a man amo ng men .

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 J AMES B Mc CREA RY .

N THE United S tates Senate there are s o me

memb ers who c o uld not recei ve the vo te of
their own fellow townsmen for may or In
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the v ari o us S tates there are many go vern o rs

,

wh o c o uld not secure their party s nomina ’

ti o n for the United S tates S enate The .

H ou s e o f Representati v es contains many men

wh o i n their present p l ace have exhauste d
their politica l p o ssibi lities .

But wh en a man s own Congressional district honors hi m

’

as often as he seeks i t wi th election to the House when his ,

S tate makes hi m G o vernor and then United Sta t es Senator ,

that man i s e i ther uncommonl y ab le unc o mmonl y just or

, ,

uncommonl y fi ne of character It is so wi th James B Mc

. .

Creary once Go vernor several times Congressman and o nce

, , ,

Uni t ed S tates S enator in his native State of Kentuck y T o .

select for Major Mc c reary the single qualit y of ability justice , ,

or character w o uld be to eliminate the two others and nobody

, ,

in Kentuck y wo uld approve of it He wi ll therefore have to

.

s t and in t hi s b ook as possessing a l l three .

There are no false poses or false titles about M c Cre ary .

His Maj or was wo n in the Confederate army Elected

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Governor of his home State in 1 8 7 5 he did not scorn to go to

,

the lesser place of a Congressman when he was called to i t ,

tw elve years later And it was prob ably as a C o ngressman that

.

M c Crea ry s clearest title to rea l leadership and fame will rest

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He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign A ff ai rs .

It had been nearly seventy y ears since the pro c l amation of t he

Monro e D o ctrine Thi s d o ctrine w as that peace must be
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preserv ed i n the We stern hemisphere b y force if necessary , ,

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de l i b erati o n and assurances acc o rding t o M c Creary s own
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ann o uncement fro m 8 5 pe r cent of th e part y in the S tate

,

that he c o u ld u nit e t h e Bl ue grass D em oc ra cy M c Creary at the

,

age of se venty two entered the fi e l d Wh et h er or n o t Ken

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tucky wi ll e l ect as Govern o r i n 1 9 1 r a d i st i n gu ish ed citizen wh o

similarl y serv ed th e S tate in 1 8 7 6 remai ns t o b e wi tnessed .

Gent le c o u rt ly sweet natured and kind Major M c Creary

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is one of Kentuc ky s rea lly fine c ontri but i ons to the Ame rican
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pub lic ga ll ery His features are of the celebrated ante b el

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lum cast c leanl y cut and Virile He is smo o th sh a ven as were

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Clay and Web ster ; hi s forehead is bro ad and high like theirs ;
his m o uth i s t hi n and firm ; and hi s hair like theirs is Iank
,

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and spars e H e is of a tri fle less than mid d l e height of sturd y

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,

stature and al l ab out the man there is a fine simp lici t y an d a

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preferentia l reserve that entit les him a gent l eman .

 J OH N R . Mc LEA N

TH O UGH John R M cLean is ident i fied .

wi th fi nance pu b li c utili t ies and p ol itics

, , ,

his name is most associa t ed wi t h the Cincin

nati E nqu i rer and that ne w spape r is the
,

app l e of his ey e It is virtuall y his o w n .

creation and its po w er to day is maintained

,
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by his cons t ant watc hf ulness It is uni que .

among American ne w spapers I ts pecu liari t y .

is t he reflection of the ne w spaper enterprise of M r M c L e an .

,

and its great success is su fficient proof of hi s ab i lit y as a

j ou r na Hst
Mr M c L ean was born in Cincinna t i in 1 8 4 8 He was
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an a t hle t e in his y ounger day s a musician of fine ability and

, ,

a linguist He received his education in C i nci nnati at Har

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vard and in Germany Residence in France permitted him

,
.

to acquire mastery of t he French lan guage after he had ,

b eco me a good German scholar .

Mr M c L ean s prominence in newspaper life goes back t o

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the early se ven t ies Upon quitting college he secured c o ntrol

.

of the Cincinnati E nqu i r er one amon g the varied interests of

,

hi s father the l ate Was h i ngton M cL ean and the Democratic

, ,

Warwi ck of his time As editor and publisher of Th e E nqu i rer

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,

t he success of M cLean the y ounger was instantane o us It .

is doub t ful whether newspaperdom has seen a para llel to the

brilliant stroke he as a mere youth ach ieved O thers have
, ,
.

followed in the path he b lazed b ut none has met wi th as ,

signa l success as was earned by the y oungest newspaper chief

in the business fort y y ears ago
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Seeing that the reading public was read y f or a revolution

in journa lism Mr M cL ean discarded the anti q ue me t hods
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b ack to whi ch the pro fessi o n had drifted after the c h ro n ic l i n g
of the stirrin g e v ents of the C ivi l War and se t to w o r k to de v e lo p ,

a new sy stem of gathering and hand ling the news and the ,

d i stribution of i t as we l l G et the news the familiar

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daily injun c tion n o w t ook on a new meaning Fo r o ne

,
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t hi ng it meant that fo r severa l y ears e v ery dollar that came

,

in went o ut agai n o n a new quest fo r news Assemb lin g a .

staf f adequate to his pu rpose and establishi ng a spe c ia l ,

wi re service that tappe d e very s o urce o f i nformati o n l ea vi n g ,

his compet i t o rs far b e hi nd in quantit y qua l ity and quic k , ,

ness of news servi ce Mr M cL e an was abl e t o give The

,
.

E nqu i er a l ead whi ch i t was v ain for hi s competitors t o t ry

r

t o cut d o wn .

Mr M cLean pro mo ted and popularized e very forward

.

step proposed i n the i nterest of the l arge comm unit y c o m

prised in what mi ght b e called Th e E nqu i s confederac y r er
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O hi o Ind i ana Kentucky and West Vi rginia It was the

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formati ve age o f the Middle West and the people and th e ,

paper grew and prospered t ogether .

Mr M cL ean had t h e k nac k o f anti ci pating the wants

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of all shades of the readin g pub lic and thus wa s ab le to meet ,

their specia l desires Wart i me i ssues had drawn part y li nes

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so taut that i t was a rare t hi n g for Dem oc rat or Repu blican to

read the o pp o siti o n paper B ut Th e E nqu i rer s i nno vation of
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ha vi ng a news sto ry carry wi th i t an i ntel li gent presentation

of its si g nificance shorn of pa rtisan col oring broke down the
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b arriers and it came t o b e said that as many Repu blicans as

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Democrats had got t o taki ng Th e E nqui rer In e f fect the pub .

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lic got the edit o ria l al o n g with the news wi th a spicy c o l o rin g ,

whic h sti ll l eft en ou gh to the i maginat i on fo r indepe ndent

judgment It was a we l c o me change from the old way of
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printin g bli nd and c o lorl ess repo rts of e vents l eaving the pub ,

lie in doubt as to the real significance o f things until the ed i

t oria l page i n its leisurel y way came a l ong with the k ey t o
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the m y stery and at that usually steeped in partisan b rine

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and under all circumstances He has been the head and front .

of all business enterprises looking t o the beauty and progress

o f the city He has also been the leader of all legitimate sports
.

and amusements for the recreation pastime and pleasure of , ,

the people He is a liberal man with hi s alms and a charitable

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m an with sense and discretion As a matter of fac t Mr Mc .

,
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L ean and his mo st estimable wi fe are good angels to many of

the poor in Washington whi ch speaks volumes for each of them
, .

They hav e always extended a helping hand to those worthy of

assistance With o ut rich men like Mr M c Le a n in a great
. .

cit y much would be los t .

Mr M c L ean h a s been prominent in Democra t ic poli t ics

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f or y ears He has attended national con ventions as delega t e

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at l arge from O hio and is a member of the Democratic national

,

comm ittee representing his State

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In 1 88 5 he was the .
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D emoc ratic candidate for United States Senator and received ,

a flattering vote In 1 8 99 his party put hi m forward as the

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candidate for Governor of O hio The campaign wa s one of .

the most spirited in the hi story of the State His associates .

and supporters were bitterl y disappointed when he failed of

election but Mr M cL ean himself was not disappointed in
,
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the least His taste is for b usiness and pri vate life If the
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truth were kno w n it would be found that he was pleased that

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pu b lic pro minence was not re quired of hi m .

In late y ears Mr M c L ean has made his home in Washi n g

.

ton where he has hea vy ban king co rporate and newspaper

, , ,

interests His summers are spent usuall y in Paris or at Bar

.

Harbor His h o me life is singularly happy and n o pub lic

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honors could af f ord any attraction that wou ld draw h i m from

hi s family and social friends Mrs M cLean who was the . .
,

daughter of Gen Edward F B ea l e is a wo man of rare social

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graces and is v ery popu l ar in Was hi ngt o n The M cLea n

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summer home Friends hi p an ol d estate in the su b urb s of the

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Capital is the scene of much gayet y during the season whi le

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the city home at 1 5 0 0 I Street No rth w est is one of the finest

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in Washi ngton During t he wi n t er season the guests a t t he

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M c Le an home cons t i t u t e a regis t er of society

.

Mr M c L e an s only chi ld Ed w ard B M c L e an has f ol

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lowed in his fa t her s foo t s t eps as a ne w spaper man He is

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t he publisher of t he Washi ng t on P ost and is steadily fit t ing

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himself f or the t ask of handling t he grea t fortune to w hich he

is heir His wi f e w ho w as t he daugh t er of the l ate Thomas
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,

F Walsh of Colorado is possessed of beau t y and grace and

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the h appy y oung couple re j oice in t heir baby son Vinson ,

Walsh M cLean w ho in his t urn will fall heir to the com

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b ined fort u n e s o f th e M cLean a n d Wa l sh fami lie s

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 N O RMAN E MA C K .

and edit o r o f the B u ff a lo

RO PRI ET O R
E veni ng Ti m es and Sunday Ti mes It was .

Mr Mac k wh o directed the dest i n i es o f the

.

Dem o cratic part y in the Presi dentia l c a m

p aig n of 1 90 8 as cha i rman of the,
Nationa l
C omm ittee Mr Mac k did n o t c o me int o
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the wo r l d with a golden spoon i n hi s m o uth .

H e was born under the B ritish flag in the

D o minion o f Canada He came to the United S tates when
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a bit of a y oun gster and in due course of time made hi s per

,

manent residence in B u ff a l o His career as an edit o r and

.

owner of a newspape r has n o t b een exactl y a b ed of ro ses .

B u f falo it was thought by a great man y was suppo rtin g m ore

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papers than i t real ly needed when Mr Mac k established the

, .

Ti mes He h o we ver had a diff erent Opini o n and the su c cess

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he has made emphasizes the wisd o m of hi s judgme nt Mr . .

Mack is comparati vel y a yo ung man certai nl y i n appearance ,

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He has pro b ab l y had more than his share of the real hard
struggles of life but one would not be so impressed upon seein g
,

him He has a j ovial disposit i on a l ways ready t o do a friend

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a favo r and ne ver too b usy or to o selfish t o extend a help i n g

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hand to th o se who need it ; but woe unto the man wh o deceives

hi m. Thi s is an o ff ense he does not forget Nature appar .

ently cut him o ut for a career in po l itics though he has ne ver ,

asked to hold ofli ce He loves the game of p o liti c s He is

. .

not the kind of man who would willin gly get into the political
mire b ut if the candidate whose cause he is championing were
,

t o get down into the mud and beck o n Mr Mack t o follow .

h im the chances are the Buff al o editor w o u l d get in the mud

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with him Mr Mac k might seem fro m his brisk and en e r

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life Mr Mack is in his element

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. He is a Chesterfie l d in hi s .

manners whi le mi ngli ng wi th the public ne ver abrupt with ,

f riends usually considerate of all There are times howe ver

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when he raises the roof if t hi ngs do not go ri ght especiall y

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on the inside of his newspaper o ffi ce E very one who knows .

any thing about the work of making a newspaper cannot be

un m i ndful of the fact that there are o f tentimes internal eru p
tions that d o not get into print These raising roofs u p
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risi ngs are carefully suppressed .

O ne o f Mr Mack s unusually strong qualities is his mem

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ory. He can te l l almost t o the day of great events of the

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country o r o f the world o f fhand He is a kind of ency clopedia

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when his editors are in doubt as to when any particular event

transpired It is a common saying of his assistants in his o ffi ce :
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Go see Mr Mack ; he ll remember

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And so he does Since . .

automobilin g has become faddish Mr Mack is well up in the ,

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procession of enthusiasts Pre vious to the introduction of

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the new meth o d of transit he appeared be hi nd as fine a pair

,

of horses as was driven in B u f falo He has a fo ndness for .

horses and w ould no doubt continue ridin g b ehind them

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were it p o ssible f or them to acquire the speed of a motor car .

It is the fast riding t hat pleases Mr Mack Many of his . .

po litical friends b elie ve the time is not far distant when the
part y should sh o w its appreciation of hi s services b y reward
in g hi m wi th a high o ffi ce prob ab l y that of G o vern o r of New
,

York He wo uld not o bject t o this but he is n o t goin g to take

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chances in ac c eptin g a candidacy until he is prett y sure that

times are ri pe for a Demo cratic vi ctory .

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 M ARTIN B MADD EN
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HEN Martin Barnaby Madden came t o Wash

ingt on earl y in the winter of 1 90 5 t o take a
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seat in the House of Representa t ives as Con

gressman from t he Firs t Distric t of Chicago ,

he was accorded the unusual honor of being

assi gned to membershi p upon the Committee
on Appropria t ions .Places upon t ha t c om
mi t te e are usually reserv ed f or tried members ,

Old in service His peculiar qualifications t o help hold the

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purse strings of Uncle Sam were not apprecia t ed by his c ol

leagu es Criticism was freely expressed and t he wi sdom of
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,

Speaker Cannon was seriously ques t ioned especially by th o se ,

members who had served several t erms and coveted a place ,

upon the committee the most important in t he House Mad

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den calmly took a seat at the great table o ver whi ch the revenues
of the Government are annually distributed through supply

bills He exhi bited no nervousness he shirked no responsi

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b il ity but fro m the be ginning demonstrated that he possessed

,

an accurate c o mprehensi o n of the needs of the Go vernment .

Disinterested Con gressmen and Government o f ficials were

at o nce impressed wi th the selection and agreed that no
,

favoritism had di c tated hi s selection b ut that in him the

,

Speaker had gi ven the c ommittee one of its best members .

Mr Madden entered upon the d i scharge of hi s duties with

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complete c o nfidence in hi mself He b ecame o ne of the most

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active members of the great committee participating in all ,

its de liberati o ns B y his independence and sound b usiness

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judgment he became conspicu o us especiall y up o n the floor

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of the H o use where he did not hesitate t o e xpr e ss disapproval

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of appropriati o ns which seemed to him t o be extra vagant or

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unwarranted From the outset fre quentl y he was fo und in
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opposition to Chairman Ta wney Upon his own side he .

quickly builded a potent following among Repub l icans who ,

accepted his jud gment in matters which they could not per
sona l l y investigate in detail and on the Dem o cratic side hi s
,

fights for economy won instant supp ort .

Madden is not given to oratory and never attempts t o ,

carry his colleagues by flowery flights of words He is an .

easy fluent speaker always sincere and earnest and in simple

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direct language presents the business questi o ns involved in

their strongest f orm He is quick at repa rtee and is a dan
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g er o u s opponent in coll o quies .

For two C o ngresses he served upon the Appropriations

Committee constantly increasing in strength as a f actor in
,

its deliberations and as an influence in shaping le gislation

upon t he floor o f the House Unquestionably his experience .

in the Chi cago city c o uncil where he served fro m 1 88 9 to 1 8 9 7

, ,

gave him a de cided ad vantage over other new memb ers when
he entered C o ngress He presided over the city council from
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1 89 1 to 1 8 93 and was chairman o f the finance committee

,

from 1 8 9 2 t o 1 8 9 7 .

Th o se were exciting times in Chicago The gray wolves .

were stal kin g b y day as well as b y night according to the ,

newspaper reports and cries of boodle filled the air Madden

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as chairman of the finance committee was the most conspicuous

man in the council and upon hi m fell criticism and denun
,

c ia t ion .The city was rapidly gro wi ng ; large outlying districts

were being annexed ; large pu blic impro vement contracts
were b eing awarded and the city street car franchises were
,

expiring O pportunities fo r graft were daily arisin g Through

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it all Madden faced turbu l ent arraignment and accusation

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Under bitter criticism he remained s t eadfas t at his p o st per ,

sona ll y aware of the utter lack of foundation f or the charges

a gainst him and confident that de velopments would silence his

,

detractors He has lived to see his thoro ugh and c o mp l ete

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t he Appropriations Committee He knew that a new river and
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harbor policy was to be formulated and as member of the ,

Rivers and Harbors Comm ittee he wanted to participate in the

work He also wanted to be w here he c o uld e f f ectively pro mote
.

the project f or a deep waterway from the L akes to the Gulf .

He could no t remain upon Appropriations and also serve on

Ri vers and Harbors so he chose t he latter Many may claim
, .

cre di t f or the le gislation carried in t he las t river and harbor act ,

comm itting the Go vernment to the deep waterway project ,

but those familiar wi t h the f acts wi ll tell you that no man in

Congress was more instrumental in brin gi ng it about than
Martin B Madden . .

He is a most indefa t igable w orker is a master in hand ,

li ng conflic t ing in t erests has a geni us f or harm oni zing dif

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f ere nce s and w hen he under t akes a task he will carry it to

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success if success be possible Such is his reputation among

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his collea gues To hi m is in t rusted the management of man y

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d ifli c u l t legislative pro b lems During the heat of t he fight

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over the railroad rate bill in the last session of Congress when ,

t he part ies w ere torn asunder he became the natura l l eader

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of the more progressive element He took a promi nent pa rt in

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f ra ming the le gisla t ion and his leadershi p was particularly

,

valuable in t he contest over physical valuation He draf t ed .

a comprehensive section w hi ch c o mmanded the support of the

di ff erent factions and produced an amendment w hi ch was
,

vo t ed into the bill when the di f ferences seemed to be bey ond

c om pr orm se It would be di fli c u l t to explain his methods but
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as in the cas e of the deep waterway proj ect and other impor
t an t le gislative Vic t ories he had t he vo t es present when needed
,
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His good w ork in the physical valua t ion fight w as undone by

the Senate w hen the bill was in conference but his marks
, ,

remain upon the new la w and he proposes to secure le gi sla

,

t ion requi ring physical valuati o n .

A s chairman of the Illinois Repu b lican State Convention ,

in 1 8 96 he persuaded the convention to take up his fight to

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have the word gold wri tt en into t he financia l p l atf o rm o f the

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Republican party and it w as largely t hr ough the e ff orts of the

,

Illi n ois delega t es to the na t ional convention Madden being ,

o ne of them t ha t t he Republi can party was uncompro misingly

,

commit t ed t o t he gold s t andard .

He saved his part y from a grievous blunder in the following

Presiden t ial campaign He w as a t t he 1 90 0 convention as a
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delegate and wro t e the plank in t he pla tf orm pled ging hi s

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party to t he cons t ruc t ion of an is t h mian canal The far .

sigh t ed wisdom of Madden was qui ckly demonstrated Public .

sen t imen t at t he t ime w as in favor of t he Nicaraguan rou t e ,

bu t the C hi cago alderman gi ft ed wi t h rare j udgment saw

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t hat t he Republican part y should not be delivered over t o

any part icular rou t e and happily he conceived t he idea o f
,

using t he w ord is t hmian He has since entering Congress

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been conspicuous in canal legisla t ion and t akes a deep interes t ,

in t he cons t ruc t ion o f t he in t erocea nic w a t erw ay .

I t w ould require more space t han is available t o detail t he

measures of national import ance w h ich o w e in a large degree , ,

t heir exi s t ence to hi s support He has proven upon every t es t

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a f riend of civil service re f orm of school t eachers railroad

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and t elegr aph employés and w ork

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ing people generall y He

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t ook a prominen t part in the debate upon t he l ast t ari ff bill ,

and has labored to pro vide properly for the w elfare of aged
Government clerks He has not los t his interest in muni cipal
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aff airs and is figh t ing f or cheaper gas and uni versal street car
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t rans f ers in the District He was among the fir st of the men

in Congress t o introduce a postal sa vi ngs bank
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bill and consist -

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en t ly w orked f or the m easur e u ntil its passage was secur ed .

Well informed upon financial matters he takes t he p o sition of ,

an expert w hen bi l ls relating to monetary afl air s are under

consideration He is at present president of the Western
.

Stone Compan y of Chicago and is a director of t he Metro ,

poli t an Trust and Sa vings Bank of that city He is a most , .

genial gentleman and has tho usands of goo d and true friends .

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 GE O RGE V O N LENGERKE MEYER

HEN the story of th e early m o nths of Presi

dent Taft s se rvice as Chief Executi ve of the
’

nation comes t o b e written one long and ,

interesting chapter of that work probably will

appear under the caption : George von L en
—
gerke Meyer A Surprise .

Washi ngton is a cyni cal city It is half .

village half watering place the seat o f the

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G overnment wi thout being the d o minant city of the country .

It is not t o America what L ond o n is to En gland Paris to ,

France Vienna to Austria Ber lin t o Germany

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No thing is enj oyed b y Washingtonians so much as a new

ad mi nistrati o n There are few re grets for the passing of a
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President Washington grows accustomed to a President

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then tires of hi m It is alway s the se verest critic of the head

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o f the nation Rarely is a President wholly p opular in Wash

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ingt on. The viewpoint is too close .

C o nsequently Washin gton is alway s a gog f or a failure .

If a man comes in wi th a new administrati o n bearing a great

reputation and then fails Washi ngton laughs and enjoys
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its cruel laughter .

L ate in the Roose velt regime there came t o Washi ngton ,

as Postmaster General a Bost o nian His name was George

von L engerk
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e Meyer Was hi ngtonians had heard of him in

.

the diplomatic corps They knew he was a man of great

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wealth and that he had been ambassador to Italy and after

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ward ambassador t o Russia Socia l Washi ngton learned soon

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after h is arri val that he had an attractive wife and two attrae
ti v e daughters Social Washi ngton was delighted since that
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augured well for ente rtainments and s o cia l ac ti vit y ab out the
Me y er mansi o n .

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a man of cu l ture and a gentleman t hr ou ghout The word .

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gentleman is used ad visedly in its appli cati o n to Meyer
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Washi ngton began to be pleased wi th hi m and was sorry so , ,

so rry when it heard that he had announced a p l an of reform

,

for the Na vy Department .

Now a reform in the Na vy Department is one o f the stock

j okes of Washingt o n To accomplish such a thing one must
.

hit the famous b ureaucracy of t he Navy Department Many .

Secretaries of the Na vy before Meyer had tried reforms .

The y had all hi t the nest of bureau chiefs all naval offi cers , ,

and had bounced of f So when Me y er announced hi s inte n

.

tions Washi ngton s mi led a sweet sad smile and sat back to ,
“ ”
watch the gentleman from Boston get his to u se a slang ,

expression .

But then and there was where Meyer furnished the su r

prise Instead of being a social ornament he turned ou t to
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be one of the neatest little fighters the autocrats of the bound
ing blue had e v er had to go against To b e gi n with Mey er
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when he went to the Na vy Department b egan a course of ,

study He worked night and day during the spring and

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summ er of 1 90 9 the first y ear of the Taft ad ministration

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B y fall he knew the naval game inside and ou t When Con .

gress con vened in December Meyer was on hand wi t h hi s ,

pro gramme .

When a Secretary of the Navy appears before t he Senate

and House Commi t tees on Na val A f f airs he usually t akes a ,

naval offi cer a l ong to do the tal kin g on technical a f f airs .

Not so Meyer He learned the techni cal business himself ;

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learned it in the summer when everybod y thought he was ,

l oafing And he tal ked to the c ommittees as o ne ha ving

.

au t hority The comm ittees were highl y pleased wi t h Meyer

. .

They ga ve him a year s try ou t for hi s scheme That was a

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big victory .

All the time the chiefs of the various bureaus mo st of whom ,

were rear ad mirals at least had fought Meyer wi th marked

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activi ty Finall y Meyer cal led them in one by one and
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t alked to t hem soo t h ingly He w as gentleness pers o nified bu t

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he t alked s t raigh t Some of t he admirals were good judges

.

of human na t ure They kne w Meyer meant w hat he said

.

when he sugges t ed t hat cert ain changes be made Those .

men remained at t he head of t heir respec t ive bureaus .

O t hers guessed wrong Meyer w as so so ft voiced t hey

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t hought him weak So t hey opposed him They w ere not

. .

in t he depart ment long Some w en t t o sea O thers were

. .

trans f erred to navy yards w here t hey w ould have f e wer ,

responsibi l ities easier lives and no Secre t ary Meyer to mis

, ,

unders t and .

The main source of Meyer s s t reng t h is his comm on sense ’

.

F or all hi s world wi de experience f or all hi s money and hi s

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aris t ocra t ic l ineage Meyer is loaded t o t he brim wi th that

,

ori ginal and homely American quali t y c omm on sense

— .

I t leads him t o be careful and slo w to make up his mind .

I t causes hi m t o hear all sides of a ques t ion before deciding it .

Above all i t gives hi m t hat f acul t y so necessary in a leader of

,

men or t he head of a big concern t he f acul t y of surrounding ,

h imsel f wi t h good ad visers .

Add t o t h is an unexpected tenaci t y of purpose in a man

o f Meyer s personal appearance and general manner and
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ou have t he reasons w hy he gave Was hi ngton such a surprise

y .

Af t er he had been in the Ta ft Cabinet a year and a half he

came t o be looked upon as one of Taf t s s t rongest men ’
.

Foreigners liked Meyer so well t hey decorated hi m several

t imes He w ears t he Grand Cordons of SS Maurice and
. .

L azare whi ch he received f rom the King of Italy ; the O rder

,

of Alexander Nevsky from the Czar of Russia and the O rder

, ,

of the Rising Sun from t he Emperor of Japan

, .

Al t hough he has li t tle t ime f or outdoor sports Me yer is a ,

crack polo player and the best fancy ice skater in Washing t on
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 GEN . NEL SO N A . MILES

INCE the close of the Ci vil War one of t h e ,

more conspicuous ofli c er s of the United States

Ar my The career of General Miles is an
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illustration of what one can accomplish with

ou t a mili t ary education General Miles at .
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the breaking ou t o f t he Civil War was in ,

business in Boston He was among the first

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to enlist and march to the fron t As time .

progressed he was advanced f rom one rank to a higher one ,

and at the close of the hostili t ies was wearing the honors of a
brigadier general of v olunteers General Miles liked t he
.

business of soldiering Though opposed to war f or the mere

.

sake of fighting he knows wars are a necessity sometimes

,
.

Through influential f riends then in Congress he was trans ,

f erred to the regular ser vice first being placed in command of

,

a colored regimen t as colonel The advancement of General

.

Miles f rom hi s first sta t ion in the regular ser vice to the close
,

of his brilliant career as L ieutenant General holding the ,

hi ghest rank in the American arm y should be glory enough

,

for any man General Miles had ne v er seen inside of the

.

West P o int Military Academy un t il after he had been in the

service of hi s country for five or six years .

Those of the West Point element in the service seem inclined

to look down upon those who come up from the ranks and ,

this was t he case with General Miles because he was as they

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said not educated at the war college
, It made no di ff er
.

ence to hi m He had learned the art of war and knew ho w

.

military campaigns should be carried on He proved equal to

.

e very emergency and filled with honor every assignment gi ven

,

hi m. A s an Indian fighter it is be lie v ed he had but

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meats were furnished the soldiers b y Government contract o rs ,

there was ne ver a doubt ; yet the commi ssion investigating the
matter wielded the whitewash brush with unusual dexteri t y ,

thou gh it was not able to make a total eclipse of the hi gh

of fi cer in charge of the commissary department wh o was su p ,

po sed to profit there by .

G eneral Miles had the courage of hi s con victions in express

ing his o p i nion o n the fin di ngs b y the court of inqui ry made up ,

of ad mi rals s i ttin g in jud g ment as to whether Admira l Schle y

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did or di d n o t fight the battle of S antiago The opini o n .

expressed by G eneral Mi l es favorabl e to Admiral Schle y

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was the h o nest opinion of 9 5 per cent of the American people .

For thi s he was publicly humiliated b y President Roosevelt in

the presence o f a room ful l of gentlemen when he was a visitor ,

at the Wh ite House This was an unprecedented af fair and

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as vi ewed by the public extreme i n its coarseness General

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Mi l es gentlemanl y conduct on this o ccasion di d not fai l t o

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c o mmand the respect and admirati o n of al l the peopl e

thro u ghout the country He knew somethin g o f the hard
.

ship oi war and knew a fi ghter b y his record ; and he knew

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Admiral Schle y .

General Miles is not bigoted He is a broad minded man

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Now that he is on the retired list he is de vo ting hi s time t o that

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leisure he so richl y deserves He has been s o licited by t h o u

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sands o f friends to write hi s memoirs and i t is not improb able ,

that he may d o so There are few men identified wi th the

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aff ai rs of the United States wh o coul d c o ntri b ute more inter

esting and entertaining matter than he He is ne ver wi thout .

a good w ord fo r th o se he knows He i s as l o ya l in his fri end

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ships as he h as always b een faithf ul to his dut y He takes .

mu ch de light i n ridi n g h o rse b ac k and by the way he is o ne

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of the b est e q uestrians i n W ashin gt o n He h as gone th ro u gh .

man y b att l es an d h as 3 , t h ough h e h as

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had so me c lo se shaves Tho u gh reach i n g the sundo wn o f a

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br illi ant and s uccessful c areer he m oves abo ut wi th remark

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 GEN N E L S O N A M I LES
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able agilit y f or one of hi s years As a soldier he was a strict

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disciplinarian As a commanding Of ficer he was adaman t

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in his demands for performance of duty but ne ver un kind or

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ungenero us t o th o se under him As a man General Miles

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deserves to be classified wi th the best that has

produced He
. h o nor and a credit t o country .

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 H ERNAN D O D . M O NEY

HIS man is the last of the o l d So uth l eft in

either branch of the le gislative c o uncil o f the
repub lic and when he bids farewell to public
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li f e next March so far as Con gress is con

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cerned the ol d S o uth will be a history He

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is a t ypical S o utherner tall slender wiry , , , ,

graceful frank o pe n manly and b rave

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He is also a man of supe ri o r intellect and

exceptional cul ture Not so scholarl y as Mr L odge it is
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d o ubtless true that he is more familiar wi th the L atin an d

Greek classics than e ven the Senat o r from Massachusetts ,

and it is certainl y true that he has delved deeper into the lore
and the polities of many of the Asiatic tribes— mysterious folk
than an y other man in public life .

Senator Money was born the year the l ate Th o mas B .

Reed first saw the light of this world we l i ve in and was o nl y ,

t w ent y two when the big war between the States was pre
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cipit at e d by fierce quarrels between the H o tspurs of the South

and the stern B al f ours of the North in tw o sco re sessi o ns o f

C o n gress After a gallant career in the arm y yo un g Mone y
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now a captain resigned in 1 8 64 b ecause of injury to sight

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and he is become almost totall y blind The C o nfederate .

authorities o ff ered him a place in a bombpro o f but he

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rejected it and preferred to produce b read and meat f or the

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army ; and thus the last months of the war he spent on a

Mississippi plantation the cotton fields of whi ch he made
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corn fields and the forest of which he made swi ne ranges .

Soon after the war Captain Mone y became the editor of a

c o unt y newspaper that he conducted so abl y and fearlessl y as
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to attract wide attention He fiercel y arraigned the carpe tbag

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and magazines their b lindness af fords them the better faci lit y
,

t o di gest and assimilate what the y thus learn .

S enat o r Mone y is the Demo cratic leader of the Senate a ,

compliment deserved f or hi s capacity as a le gislative gladiator

as well as f or the integrity of his character Not since Thur
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man s day has the Demo c racy in t hat chamb er had a greater
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leader ; b ut then Thurman was not on l y the first jurist of the

Senate bu t o ne o f the greatest forensic debaters of o ur entire
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history .

Senat or M o ney is as sweet as summer to hi s friends and

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hi s persona l friends on the majori t y side number practically

the Repu b lican membership of the body .

And as ob serv ed when Money l eaves the o ld S outh will

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be known there no mo re fore ver .

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 J H AMPTO
. N M OO RE

in C ongress fro m o ne of
E PRE SEN T A T I VE
the Philadelphi a districts Mr Moore th ough . .
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ser ving his t h ird term in the House of Repre

se nt a tive s has advanced in positi on and
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influence so prominently that he is listed among

t he leading members of t he lower House of
Congress Mr Moore began hi s business
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career as a newspaper reporter on the P hi la

delphia P u bli c L edger when that pub lica t ion was owned and
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controlled by the philan t hr opic George W Chi lds Many of . .

Mr M oore s duties as a reporter w ere in and ab o ut the c o urts

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He had pre viousl y read la w w hich pro vided hi m with go o d

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equipment for n ewspaper work in that line L ater he became .

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an editor and a publisher in his home city He was once .

Secretary to Mayo r Ashbridge Shortly after the department .

of comm erce and l ab or was made a c o— ordinate b ran c h o f the

Go vernment Mr M oore was made c hi ef of the b ureau of
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manufactures He resigned thi s position to become presi dent

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of a trust co mpan y of w hi ch he was later the receiver

, Mr . .

Moore t ook t o politics wi th ease and elegance He was .

president o f th e Repu blican S tate L eague of Pennsy lvania f or

two years and was afterward elected president of t he National
,

L eague f or a like period Mr Moore had not long been in

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Congress unti l he ach ieved a h i gh place in his ad vocacy of

needed le gi s l ation relative t o estab l ishin g deep inland water
way s He is president oi the association o rgani zed for the
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purp o se o f f urthering this project and has done more prob , ,

ab ly than an y o ther o ne man to b ring the su bject so promi

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ne nt l y b e fore the pe o ple that it i s n o w made almost a

politi ca l i ssu e It was through Mr M oo re s energy and in

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fl u ence that bo th President R oose ve l t and Presid ent Taft
journe ye d d o wn the O hi o and Mississippi Ri vers for the pur
pose of makin g pers o na l o b servati o ns of the need of the se
two great waterway s Mr Moore has thoroughl y aro us ed . .

pub lic sent i ment t hr o u gh o ut the entire country on this q ues

tion and i t is within the sc ope of earl y future prob ab i lities
,

that Government act io n wi l l be taken pro viding f or the deep

e ni ng o f the larger rivers there b y rest oring them to their natural
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functions in the m ovement o f the c o untry s pro ducts It is ’

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o ne of th e mo st immrtant questions that ha ve b een b rought to

the attenti o n of the peop l e f or a l o n g tim e a questi o n wh i ch
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means so much t o pro ducers and c o nsumers a lik e .

Mr M oo re p o ssesses so many ad mirab le traits o f chara c ter

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that it w ou l d be quite i mp o ssi b le t o enumerat e a ll o f them .

He has reached hi s present p o siti o n thro ugh his o wn ind i

vidual e ff orts He made a place fo r hi mself i n the aff airs of
.

Ph il adelp h i a and e ve ry position wi t h wh i ch he has b een

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hon ored and trusted has be en fi lled acceptably t o hi s friends

and t o th e pu b l ic in genera l Mr Mo o re c ame i nt o b eing o nl y. .

a few months b efo re General Le e yiel ded t o the supremacy o f

Ge neral Grant He was n o t bo rn wi th a go ld e n spoo n n o r
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was it e ven sil ver When he reach e d man s e stat e h e w e nt

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fo rth i nto the wo rl d t o d o t hi n gs and he h as d o ne th e m He ,

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is tall and a b it s lim b earin g in some respects a liken e ss in

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stature at least t o Wa yne M acVe agh when that gent leman was
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abo ut Mr Mo o re s age He is a man of easy manne rs grac e

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ful i n every thi n g he d o es He i s l i ke wi se mod e rat e in all thin gs

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and personally m o dest t o an extreme He d o esn t go aro und .

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ma king a noise nor d o es he wear ru bb er boo ts He is a bl e

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to l o o k squarely in the face e very man he me e ts wh i ch may b e ,

taken as good e vi dence that he i s an enemy o f h ypocri s y and

sham What he has to say he say s in the b ro ad open field
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o f publicity He has ma de and is making o ne of the mo st

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useful representatives in Congress that the city of Philadelphi a

has e ver h o no re d wi th a seat in t h at bo dy Hi s co nst i t u ents .

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 J PI.ERP O N T M O RG A N

HE L EADING financier of the United States .

Much has been said of Mr Morgan both b y .

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word of mouth and b y the public p rints He .

has been much in the public e ye for the past

twenty fi ve years and that he will retain his
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present position of eminence in the world o f

finance is e vident so long as he may wish it
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so or until the end of hi s life Mr Morgan

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is a man who is not known personall y by man y pe o ple although ,

his ways are n o t dark n o r are his tricks vain Mr Morgan is

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made the subject of more than h is share of adverse c ri ti

c i sm . He is probably held responsible f or many acts he
does not commit Because he has spent most of his business
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career in Wal l Street the yeomanry may not have a ver y good
,

opinion of him This may have had its origin in the fact that
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those li vin g in the remote sections are not u p to date in the - -

methods of carrying on business in the financial center of the

country Mr M o rgan is a man who has the confidence of
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all the l eading financiers of the country He is also a man .

who controls vast sums of money He has come to be known.

as t he man who can produce the coin when industrial com

b inat ions become financially in volved When it becomes .

necessary to rehabilitate railroads managers desirin g his help

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j ourney to Wall Street wi th the hope of getting hi s aid in

,

brin gin g about a reorganization The word Reorganize

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in these instances has been changed t o Morgani ze

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The .

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M organizing of railroads has had a mo st beneficial eff ect
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upon se veral badly managed lines This w o ul d indicate that .

Mr M o rgan is a public benefactor to the railway worl d It

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is well to understand ho w ever that when Mr Morgan b e

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 J P IE RP O N T M O RG A N
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comes identi fied with the financial aff airs of a railway he is not
w ork
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i ng in the interests o f unadul terated p hi lanthrop y He is .

not without having his e ye set in the direction of goo d financial

ret urns t o the b an king house of J Pierpont Morgan Co . .

He c an see a dollar as far down the street as the next man ;

in fact he sees milli o ns of dol lars where other men might see
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but th o usands .

Mr Morgan was brought up in an atmosphere o f finance

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There has been mone y on both sides o f hi m front and back ,

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No matter which w ay he may tur n he comes in direct contact ,

with mone y He is sometimes called in Wall Street parlance

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“
Ready M o ney M o rgan ”
He is ever read y to finance any
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kind of a corporati o n i f there is money in it It was Mr

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M organ who coined the phrase undiges t ed securi t ies pre

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su m ab l y referring to stock issues by corporations not pos

sessing di vidend payi ng powers Mr Morgan has taken a

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hand in helping finance the United States on two or three

o ccas i ons When there is a bond issue going on Mr Morgan
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is usual ly in the neighborhood He has financed some of the .

South American repub lics much to their jo y and likewise

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to the proper ledger side of hi s b anking house Mr Morgan . .

deals in gigantic undertakings There are thousands of busi .

ness propo sitions submit t ed to hi m which he dismisses in a ,

few minutes He apparentl y intuiti vely knows what wi l l

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make mone y and what will not He is probabl y the keenest .

observ er of the finan cial af fairs of the w orld that can be found
in the U ni ted States He is the intimate associate of all the
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leading financiers of Europe The Rothschi lds o f England .

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France and German y are to tho se c ountries what Mr Mor

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gan is to the U ni ted States In his younger days he was .

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taught the science of finance b y his father who in hi s day was ,

not as great as the son has bec o me but vvi t h al a man engaged
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in l arge fi nancial af fairs Mr Morgan was b orn i n the State

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of Connecticut the home of the w o oden nutmeg

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There fore .
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he is in e very sense a Yankee and the world knows the native

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shrewdness o f the Yankees when the questi o n of mo ne y gettin g -

is un der c o nsideration He is a man of gi gantic financial

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i ntel l ect He is an ho nor and credit t o his country He has

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averted se veral panics precipitated by irresponsi bl e finan

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c i al jugglers He has co me t o the rescue of the financial

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and industrial worl d when the wi sdom of a bi g brai ned man -

was needed .

Mr Morgan i s recognized as the most progressive man

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in the United States in the advancement of art Hi s annual .

contributi o ns to deservin g charity wi l l run into the th o usands .

He h as always been public spirited He has searched the best

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art galleries of Europe f or the most me rit o ri o us products of the

leadin g artists His i nfluence in buildin g the Metropolitan
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Gallery of Art in New Yo rk is co m mendable There are few .

things of a public nature in and ab o ut the city of New York

that d o not find Mr Morgan listed as one of the leading pro
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m oter s
. His contributions to the Episcopal Church pro b ably
aggregate more than those of an y ten other persons in the
country Mr M o rgan is a man who makes great sums of
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money every year He may hoard a great deal of it but it is

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known that he is exceedingl y liberal in the distribution of a

large amount o f it He spends about o ne half of every year
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in the United States and the other half in Europe His fir m

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has large financia l interests in Lo nd o n Paris and Berlin , , ,

where branch banking houses are in existence With all hi s .

vast wealth and hi s interest in a multitude of great under

takings h e is a plain and simple man He is a great con
, .

se rva t or of time He does not believe in wasting anyt hi ng

. .

He wi ll transact more business in twe lve h o urs than most

men will do in thr ee day s .

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and bo unds Mr Morton was considered at the time he was
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act i ve in rai lway management as ha ving o ne of the mo st ,

res o urcefu l mi nds amo ng railway managers in the Western

c o untry .

In polit i cs M r Mort o n had a l ways been a Demo crat the

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same as his f ather unti l 1 8 96 He possessed the menta l

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equipment in the opi nion o f President Roosevelt which fitted

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him for the p o sition of Secretary of the Navy He was asked .

to take a seat as a member of President Roosevelt s o f ficia l ’

family which he wi llingly accepted n o dou b t making a great

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financial sacrifice as he had t o resign hi s connec t ion with

,

the Santa Fé Railway His record as Secretary of the Na vy .

is too well kn o wn to necessi t ate any extended notice here Mr . .

Morton s ser vices were again called into use by the directors
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of the Equitable Assurance Society who made him president ,

of that organization When Mr Morton had retired as Secre

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tary of the Navy it was the pu rpose to make hi m president of

the entire transportation system of the city of New York ,

which included the elevated the surface and the underground , ,

rail way Thomas F Ryan was then a controlling f orce in

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this transportation system and through him the o f fice of ,

president was tendered Mr Mo rton At about thi s time Mr . .

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Ryan also became the dominant factor in the Equitable

Assurance Society follo wi ng the upheava l caused by a quarrel
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bet ween the president James W Alexander and vice presi ,

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dent James Hazen Hyde Mr Ryan thought it best to ha ve . .

Mr Morton become the president Of the Equitable instead of

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taking charge of the transportation compan y T hi s was Mr . .

Morton s introduction into the insurance world The record

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he has made as the head of this institution has given him a

hi gh place in financial circles His ad m inistration has met .

with the approval of everybod y concerned whether directors ,

or policy holders Mr Mort o n is entitled to be classed wi th

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the progressive business men of the country His career as a .

rail w ay manager his admi ni stra t ion of a f fairs as the head of

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 PA UL M O RT O N
the Navy Department and hi s control of the largest insurance
,

society in t he United States have been of so high a character

that he is in a class quite to himself .

In a personal sense Mr Mor t on is an agreeable and pleas

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ing man His wants seem few and his ways are comparatively
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simple He is democra t ic in t he good ol d fas hi oned way yet

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he is a member of wh at may be c o nsidered the ultra fashi onable -

contingent in New York He is strong in his likes and dis .

likes al t h ough never refusing t o accord even to hi s enemies

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courteous treatment When Secretary of the Navy he was

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frank enough t o ad mit tha t as vice president and traf fic man -

ager Of the Santa Fé Railway he had indulged in paying

reba t es to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company w hi ch was ,

a vi o lation of la w Because of hi s integri t y in frankly admi t

.

t ing the same he was repeatedly commended in private letters

, ,

and public ut t erances by President Roosevelt Mr Morton

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is a fine specimen of vigorous healt hf ul manhood O ne of ,

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his most notable characteristics is hi s modesty He is probably .

near fi f ty y ears of age His hair is light in col o r and t h in

. .

He b e gan getting bald when quite young He wears a light .

brown mustache in w hi ch there is no gray He is about

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six feet in height weighing probabl y 1 8 0 po u nds He is

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particular about his dress He is seldom i f ever seen in o t her

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t han a frock coat and generally wears a silk hat He is a good

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entertainer and delights in having hi s friends about him

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He believes in practicing a t all times economy acting on the

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principle t hat a penny saved is a penny made He is f ond of .

country li f e and no doubt w ou l d if he coul d get away from

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his business cares live the simple li fe f ar removed from the

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hustle and bustle of a great city .

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 FR A N K A . MUNS EY

RO PRI E T O R and pub lisher of a bou t half a

d o zen magazines and fo ur daily newspapers .

Mr Munse y is distincti ve ly a self made

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man He came into b eing in a remote section

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o f the S tate of Maine There was n o railroad .

i n the near b y vicini ty of the birthpl ace of

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yo un g Munse y About the first thing he did

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in the way of b eco min g atta ched to an y

partic ul ar vo cati o n was to learn the trade o f setting t ype in
the of fice of a country newspaper Thi s pro ved t o be the .

place where young Munse y be gan o peni n g his e yes He saw .

the w o rl d from afar He looked int o the mystic future and

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made up his mind he was going to c o nquer at least part of it .

He r o de walked and glided by eas y stages s o uth along the

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co ast of the At l antic from Maine in the direction of Boston .

B ost o n was a bi g and b usy cit y in the eyes of yo ung Munsey .

His b eaco n l ight h o wever was not in B o st o n B ay but in the

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cit y of New York There is where he sai d he wou l d go and

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begin the stru ggle He had no money of an y c o nse q uence

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He be gan the publication of a smal l and inconsequential paper ,

which b y degrees was devel o ped until it began attracting some

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attention What is kn own t o day as Th e M u nsey in the maga

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zine world was at its ori gin M u nsey s M onthl y In time he ’

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accumul ated s o me mo ne y from whi ch he so on separated

,

himself howe ver by purchasin g the New York Da i l y S tar

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This he renamed Th e Conti nent the first tabloid paper in ,

America He showed an adaptabilit y for making a news

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paper and n o doubt wou l d have succeeded hen had he

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po ssessed mo re c ash He quit the paper not being ab le t o

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meet a ll th e pay ments necessary havin g l o st abo ut ,

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he has to go He sometimes is gi ven to changing the policy
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form and make u p of a newspape r over night Upon one

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oc casion he transformed an e vening publicati o n into a morn

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i n g edition a f ter gi ving hi s readers six hour s n o tice In a ’

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few days he changed it b ac k again Within three weeks he .

announced that he w ou l d sel l the whole o utfit at auction and ,

if no one woul d bu y it he wo ul d gi ve it away Thi s was a .

time when Mr Munse y was moo dy and he does have moody

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spells alth o ugh h e is not one wh o is particularly gi ven to

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b eing up i n the s ki es to day and down in his boots

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t o m o rro w
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Mr Munse y is an aggressive thinker and an industrious

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d o er His light is ne ve r hi d under a bushel He lets the

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worl d kno w what he is d oing every day o f hi s l ife through his

m an y pub licati o ns He is fertile in imagi nation and usually
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,

productive of exce ll ent business ideas He is not a man who .

e ver b ecomes e ff usi ve about anyt hi ng He is a bit cold .

bl ooded and consistentl y methodi cal He desires seein g the .

b rightest side of e veryt hi ng and he usual ly does He is not ,

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a profusi ve talker though an entertai ni ng o ne He is capab l e

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o f ma ki ng a goo d speech He is cl ear in hi s ide as knows .

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what h e wants to say and how to say it He i s a forceful ,

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vi gorous writer He goes much i n soci ety al thou gh caring

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l ittle f or it He is unmarried and rich He is p o pul ar with

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l adies knows how t o entertain them and is no t unwill ing

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to b e graci o us in the expendi t u re of mone y f or their pleasu re .

He i s al ways we l l dressed a good ob serv er of the pre v ailing

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fashions of the day He was born when Franklin Pierce was .

Pres i dent He is a man of good ph ysi que inclined to b e a

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li ttle st oo p-sho ul dered Has a clear penetrating e ye and is

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abl e to l oo k the wo rl d squarely in the face as if tel l in g it he ,

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o wes i t not hi n g He is growi ng a tri fle b al d In his
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y oung er da y s h i s ha i r wa s red H i s mustache i s n o w gray .

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a n d t ri mm ed sh ort He ne ver relates h l S secrets to o ther men

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[ 31 6 ]
 V ICTO R MUR D OC K

PSTA I RS over the dais of the Speaker o f th e

House of Represen t a t ives there is a gallery .

I t is designed f or the use of the newspaper

men of Washingt on From the eminence.
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the pro ceedings and utterances of the House

are watched by o ver t w o hundred m o re or
less keen ey ed and clear headed men They
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represent the important newspapers and maga

zines oi the Uni t ed S tates .

S ometimes these men grow so weary of seeing the pub lic

b usiness carried on in a manner whi ch they disapprove that
they wri te articles in their papers t ellin g h o w it should be d on e .

Sometimes one of them or hi s brother worker in the home

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newspaper O fli ce itself is elected to Congress to put hi s ide as

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into practice Wi t h exceedingly few exceptions these news

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paper men make vigorous honest and able le gislators And

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Vi ctor Murdock is one of them .

That name has been striding int o public hearing of lat e .

Murdoc k hails fro m Wic hi ta and he represents in Congress t he

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Eighth Kansas distri ct and the Kansas Idea“ ”

This Kansas
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idea seemed to Speaker Cannon and his lieutenants in the

S ixtieth and Si xty first Congresses to b e a disposi t ion t o make
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as diffi c u l t as p ossib l e the life of Mr Cann o n and hi s followers

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To the Kansans and toMurd o ck it was the theory of Progres

—
sive Repu bli c anism and the y declared that it aimed to b rin g
bac k int o pract i ce the rights of i ndi vidua l representati ve s .

Murd ock assert e d that he was not wi lli ng to ob e y blindl y the

orders of the House organi zati o n that he might secure favors
f or hi s district and c ommittee p l aces of impo rtance S o he.

revolted alon g wi th two or three o ther Republicans b a c k

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in the Fif ty ninth Congress and fro m that t i me o n he was
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ana t hema wi th the Speaker .

Murdock is a sturdy red headed brother of considerabl e

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vehemence and a great deal of consis t ency and in su n and ,

rain opportunel y and at most embarrassing times he insisted

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upon being what was then called an insurgent ”
The re v olt .

did not make much headway however until t he Sixtieth , ,

Congress and Murdock was not an especially popular Con

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gressman amo ng those of hi s colleagues who belonged to the

organization wing .

In the Sixtieth Congress an attempt to reform the H o use

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rules which was the ob j ect of the fight Murdock and the
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other progressi ves had been making was blocked by an ,

insurgent movement on the part of certain Democrats who

vo ted with the Cannon forces .

The special session of the Sixty first Congress ho w ever -

permitted the mak

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in g of plans w hi ch were destined t o take

away from the Spea k er much of the p o wer granted him by the
rules Durin g thi s session was framed the Payne Aldrich
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tari ff bill and against ce rtain schedu l es of th is Murdock now

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reinfo rced by nearl y a score of Congressmen l ed a fierce attack ,

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The b ill was passed and the re gular session of the S ixt y fir st
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Congress opened wi th forebodings .

Here Murd o c k reached his pinnacle He was one of the .

t hr ee Republican progressive leaders wh o made possible the

stormy vict o ry of March 1 9 1 9 1 0 when Cannon was o usted
, ,

from the Rules Commi ttee and the membershi p of that bod y
enlarged He was one of the nine Republicans who attempted
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to vote Cannon ou t of the chair He carried progressi vism .

to the point where he could always be counted upon to v ote

against the Cannon organization because to Murdock s way ’

of thin k
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i ng the organization did not stand for popular govern

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ment After a se t of victories hear him

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The time has passed when a Representa t i ve must go to
the Speaker hat in hand to secure the ri ghts to which the
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 WI LL I AM R . NELS O N

BIT O R
and propriet o r of the Kansas City
S tar It is the op i ni on of many of th o se who
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located in and ab o ut Kansas City twenty

fi ve or thirty years ago that had it n o t been ,

f or Colonel Nelson there might not have been ,

a greater Kansas City This of cour se is no .

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d oubt an exaggeration b ut it goes to show ,

w hat Colonel Nelson s neighbo rs think of hi m ’

.

He b ecam e a citizen of Kansas City when it was youn g and

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so was he There were not man y b usiness h o uses or even

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residences on the blu f fs or in the ra vines when he established

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Th e E veni ng S tar newspaper C o lone l Nelso n went t o the

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farther side of Missouri from Fo rt Wayne Indiana His ,

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father was one of the leading men in hi s section of the Hoosier

S tate It was in Fort Wayne that y oun g Nels o n gained hi s
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first newspaper experience When a mere boy he had the

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facu l t y of thinking and actin g for himself This character .

istic was apparently de v eloped to an unusual degree for one

of hi s years He had become inoculated wi th the western
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fe v er some fo ur or five y ears before lea ving the banks of the

Wabash for the banks of the Kaw Some tho ught he was .

go ing o n a foo lish mission and that he might have to walk

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b ack He was of quite a di f ferent opi nion He realized that

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Kansas City then a growing but small place was destined to

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b ecome a large ci t y as it was geographically well located

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W hen l aunching Th e S tar he had se v eral fixed purposes in

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View The principal one was to make the b est newspaper

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possi b le to give it at the very be gin ning a reputation for truth

,

fulness and fairness He wanted his readers to understand

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that if the y read i t in Th e S tar it was the truth and i f it

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 WI LLIAM R NE L S O N .

was n o t printed in The S ta r i t had never transpired That

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was the policy in i t s inf ancy and is its policy to—day Colonel
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Nelson has had hi s ups and downs ho w ever He is now one , .

of the riches t newspaper owners in t he West This no doubt .

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is because he is more enterprising and has more newspaper

common sense than many o f hi s rivals He had t o fight .
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however for much t ha t he has got As edi t or of Th e S tar

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he has wi elded an influence t hroughou t Missouri and Kansas

that stands for an individuality qui t e ou t of t he common .

O ne of Colonel Nelson s hobbies if i t can be classified as

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such is his persis t ent desire f or honest hi gh class municipal

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government He gave several years o f hi s busy li f e t o t hi s one

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subj ect and in a t temp t ing t o build up t he kind of local gov

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e rnm e nt w h ich w ould reflect cre d it upon t he better class of

ci t i zens he was compe l led t o resort t o despera t e means o ft en

, ,

t imes in ridding the commu nity of some undesirable ci t izens

,
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The metropolis on the banks of t he Ka w is not unlike o t her

similar co m mu ni t ies in being t he possessor of some men of
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more or less gra ft ing proc l i vi t ies part icularly t hose wh o are
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members o f t he ci t y council and board of aldermen Col .

one l Nelson at one time made it plain to this ob j ec t ionable

con t ingent t ha t unl ess there w as more hones t y in t he admin

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i st ra tion of municipal a f fairs he w ould be compelled to make

,

t he ma t ter so pub l ic t hr ough his paper that the court s would

have to t ake cognizance thereo f and if this w ere once done , ,

i t w ould mean an increase in t he numerical streng t h of t he

population inside t he State pe ni ten t iary The o f fenders .

seemed t o kno w t he same t hi ng and at t he same time These

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aff airs ho wever have been mere inciden t s in t he editorial

, ,

life of Colonel Nelson in Kansas City He has done what he .

could to advance the f ort unes of his ci t y and State and his
section of the Republic He has seen t he ci t y grow from a
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small to wn to a cen t er of popula t ion w hich in a f ew years is ,

destined to number close on to one mi llion It is not the ci t y .

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h o wever t ha t has done t he only progressing Colonel Nelson

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I VE MEN
h as d o ne hi s share a l so As he has gro wn stro n g in power
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and influence he has likewise expanded as the owner of va l u

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ab l e property and a great dea l of i t He has o ne of the finest

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residences in the Centra l West If it were located o n the R h ine .

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in Germany it would n o dou b t be p ointed ou t as o n e o f the

,

greatest castles of that historic val l ey .

C o l o ne l Ne l son is not onl y large in id e as and i n t h e co n

summation of huge projects b ut he is large in stature He , .

wears about an eighteen inch col lar His hair is quite gray -
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,

inc lined to be a li ttle longer than custom prescri b es b ut it is ,

ne ve rtheless b ec oming t o him The forelock is usua l ly a b it .

unruly and insists o n falling o ve r his forehead s o metimes oh

, ,

scu ring hi s right e y e Thi s to s o me may give him a fero cious

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l ook li kening hi m in appearance to the lion But it is

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on l y in appearance He is one of the b est natured men

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i n the c o untry He never gets excited He is never known

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t o enter into any kind of a controversy no matter what may ,

be the subject whi ch calls forth treatment b y his paper when ,

he has n o t studied the strong p oi nts as well as the weak ones , ,

o f the c om m o n enemy That is where hi s superi o rity in gen

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era l shi
p h a s made him succ e ssfu l He has ne v er thought .

Kansas Cit y w o uld b e the artistic center of the United States

during his li fetime b ut he has h oped that in the n o t t oo far
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distant future there wi ll b e as much display pu b lic and private , ,

of the hi gh arts as is to be seen in an y o ther section of the

country In layi n g o ut the gr o unds surrounding hi s b eautifu l
.

place he had in view the artisti c Co lo ne l Nelso n is imposing

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in appearance It requires b ut a gl ance i n his direction to

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rec o gnize in him a man of unusua l fo rce A few y ears ago .

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he bought the Kansas City Ti mes a m orni ng pape r He i s ,

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a master hand at printin g two papers a day The Ti mes in ,

the morning and Th e S tar in the e venin g C o lone l Nelson

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is o ne of the giants of that section of the country lyin g b etween

the Miss i ssippi River and the R o c ky Mountains .

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a wedding that might hav e ec lipsed in splendor any t hi n g e ver

attempted b y the Feudal L ords Wh at seems t o hav e b een
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considered unusual extra vagan c e up o n the pa rt of Mr .

Sharon received much comment fro m the Eastern press It .

is more than probable that soci a l circles of the e f fete East

were en vious of the wealth b eing earned and display ed by the
pioneers of the then new though producti ve West .

Foll o wi ng the death of Senator S haro n Mr Newlands ,

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became the manager of the estate which was large In t hi s

, .

capacit y he proved hi mself to be a business man of high order .

He has b een able to increase its v alue several times over Mr . .

Newlands is a conspicuous leader in the Democratic party ,

though by no means an unreas o nable partisan He is liberal .

in al l t hi ngs particularly in hi s p olitica l con victions The

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people of Ne vada have faith in his ab i lit y and hi s integrity .

The y admire hi m in terms stronger than mere words can

express If he so desires and Nevada should remain Demo
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cratic it wou l d seem that Senator Newlands may remain in

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hi s present position as long as he li v es He is dou b tless the.

most enthusiastic Senator in behalf of makin g Washi ngton

one of the b eautiful cities of the world His artistic tastes .

find favor wi th artists of reco gnized standin g e very where .

He has gi v en y ears of stud y to the b est methods of so beautify

ing Washington that it wi ll c o mpare favorab ly with an y of the
capitals of the O ld World He has als o e ver been a loya l
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supporter of e very thi ng that was or is of interest to the people

, ,

along the Pacific or in fact an y part of the interior West

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Few men who have served an y particular term in Congress

are better informed than he as to the needs of the c o untry so ,

far as Congress is able to act He is stro ng in debate His

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early training in the school of po l iteness so characteristic of the

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S o uthern people made a lasting impression up o n him There

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is n o man in the Senate more courteous than he .

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Those who have the pleasure of Senator Newlands intimate
acquainta nce b ear testimony to his man y admirable qualities .

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He i s of average heigh t of light comple xion and o f suave

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graceful manners He is a man of wonderfu l acti vity and

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appears to be at leas t ten or fif t een years younger than he

really is ; and s t ill he is compara t ively a young man His life
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has been a busy one He w as bu t lit t le more t han twenty two

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years of age when he went Wes t and from that time t o t he ,

presen t he has been listed along wi t h t hose who have been

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bending t heir bes t energies in t he direction of better govern

men t Senator Ne w lands may be in a sense an idealist
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He is t oo prac t ical to be a mere theoris t He is not one of .

those wh o t hi nk t hat if a thi ng has not been done i t cannot ,

be done He goes upon t he plan t hat w hen a t hi ng is t o be

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done i t mus t be done There is no better dressed man in the

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Sena t e t han Sena t or Ne w lands His pre f erence f or colors .

seems t o run to l igh t gray He has a fondness f or frock —coats

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silk ha t s and w hi t e vests Thus it will be seen t ha t in dress

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as well as in men t al quali t ies Sena t or N e wl a nd s is conspicuous ;

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al t hough in t he ma tt er of clo t hes he does not go beyond what

is considered prevailing style w hi ch after all may b e c on
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sid e r e d as w i t h in t he pale of requisi t e modesty O ne of Sen .

a t or Ne w lands diversions is riding horseback He has sev

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eral blooded ani mals in his s t ables and he takes much pride ,

in t heir possession He is an excellent equestrian far bet t er

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i t is believed t han former President Roosevel t If Senator

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Ne w lands had been permitted to follow hi s art is t ic inclinations ,

h e w ould no doubt have been a painter

, , He never tires of .

passing t hrough the great gal leries of Europe when traveling ,

on the C o ntinent w hi ch he does frequentl y .

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 FRAN K B . N OYES

TI LL three y ears shor t of the age of fifty ,

Frank B Noy es president of the Associa t ed

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Press and president of the E veni ng and S u n

day S tar of Washin gton D C has achi e v ed
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high distincti o n among the great newspaper

pub lishers of America Inherent genius .
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natural adaptabili t y and persistent hard wo r k

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ha ve placed him amon g those at the head of

one of the h o n o red a vo cations of men of a f fairs in thi s country .

His life has been a b us y one since he became se venteen years

Of age marked by persistent application to and study of his
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chosen cal ling wi th but brief interludes of travel and recreation

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The result is shown in the deve l opment of the greatest news

gatherin g o rganization in the w o rl d and the e xpansion of one
,

of the most v alua b le newspaper pr o perties in the U ni ted S tates ,

t o bo th of whi ch hi s eff o rts ha ve contributed in l arge degree .

He is a son of o ne of the great edit o rs of the country Crosby ,

S No y es now deceased wh o se editoria l writings c overing a

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ran ge of fifty y ears fixed his status amo n g the editorial a d vo

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cates of l i b ert y j ustice and expansi o n in Ameri ca Frank B

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Noyes elected t o enter the b usiness department of Th e E veni ng

S tar after securing his education at Columbian Uni v ersity and
,

in commercial schools Thi s was when he was seventeen

.

years of age and in a v ery brief time he found hi mself holdi ng

,

a posi t ion of great responsibility under S H Kauff mann then . .

,

t he president of the Evening Star Company wh o devo lved ,

wide powers o f discretion upon hi s assistant .

The problem whi ch con f ronted Frank B Noy es and w h ich .

,

successfully worked o ut was to keep Th eE veni ng S tar abreast

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of the times and y et preserv e the conserv ative chara c ter o f t h e

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ent on foreign news gathering associations for foreign news i t
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has become a world news —gathering organi zation Instead of

tak
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ing news from foreign news agencies the Associated Press ,

now dispenses news to them .

It maintains agencies in China India the Phili ppines , , ,

Japan Australia and South America with staf f correspond

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ents and bureaus in Vienna St Petersburg Rome Berlin ,

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Pari s Madrid L ondon B russels The Hague Cairo and

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Capetown .

In 1 90 1 Mr Noyes acquired an interest in the Chicago

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Recor d—H er al d and while retaining hi s holdings in Th e E veni ng

,

S tar w ent to Chicago to conduc t the new paper created by the

,

merging of Th e Ti mes H er al d and Th e Record He wa s made -

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the publisher of Th e Record—H era l d and the following year ,

became editor as well with complete charge of the property ,

Under his management that newspaper became a power

in municipal a f fairs in C hi cago and in the larger a ff airs of the
State Its influence wi th voters w as recognized standing as
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it did for progress reform good government and State and , , ,

civic betterment .

Mr Noyes remained a direct o r in Th e S tar and early in

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1 9 1 0 returned to Was h in g ton the home of hi s youth and took , ,

the business management of the enlarged E veni ng and S u nday

S tar in u gu r a ting changes w hi ch resulted in increased cir
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culation and prestige for the paper

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In personality Mr Noyes is af fable b ut earnest and b usiness .

like He shows his business training b y discountenancing

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tri vialities He is approachable but at the same time dig

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nifi e d and punctilious in manner He is fond of politics .

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b ooks and travel when he can get time for the latter His
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part in politics has been that of counselor and ad viser and he ,

is the friend and confidant of men high in the Republican

party He has a charming family and a beautiful home in
.

Washington and m ov es in the more exclusive s o cia l circl es o f

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the Nati o na l C apital as well as in the ofli cial li fe ,

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 R O BERT L OW EN
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EN A T O R in Congress f rom O klahoma Sen .

ator O wen is one of t he ne w men in the

poli t ical li f e of t he na t ion He has blazed .

his own pa t h from boyhood t o hi s present

posi t ion Sena t or O w en w as born in Vir
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gini a His fa t her a na t ive of Virgini a was

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a railroad presiden t His mo t her w as from .

the Cherokee Na t ion There f ore Senator .

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O wen has in his veins t he blood of t he aboriginal American .

He w as educated a t L ynchburg Va Bal t imore and at ,

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Washing t on and L ee Universi t y a t L exington Va of w hi ch ,

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General Robert E L ee w as presiden t at t he t ime of hi s dea t h

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Sena t or O w en has been a pub l ic school teacher an edi t or-

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la wyer banker and a man of general business a f f airs He

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t ook up hi s residence in t he Terri t ory of O klahoma several

years be f ore sta t ehood was obtained He w as one of t he .

early O klahoma boomers“ ”

He w as a pioneer in the de
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ve l opm e nt of t hat sec t ion w hich is now regarded as one

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of t he model S t a t es in the Union He w as a dominant f ac

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t or in every s t ep t aken to w ard t he establi s h men t of s t a t ehood .

He had much to do wi t h the framing of the cons t itution f or

the ne w S t a t e w hich in the opinion of many of t he best
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minds of t he country c o mes nearest being t he ideal f orm of

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governmen t creating a sys t em as nearly democratic as has

,

ever been a tt empted in the United States Senator O w en had .

not been long in t he Territory until he was recognized as a

man of unusual force and quali t ies He is conservative in all .

things yet possesses as determined a nature as is found in

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the average man Being a man of high education every thing

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he has accomplished has been brought about upon an elevated

plane of endeavor During the time he has been in t he Senate
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n o w ha ving serv ed one ha lf of his term he h as de veloped int o

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one of the most formidable members on the Dem o crati c s ide

of the chamb er Though a b anker he is popular with the
.
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masses which speaks volumes for Senator O wen the popular

, ,

theory b eing that a man who is at the head of a larg e financial

institution cannot have interests sy mpathetic wi th those wh o
toil Senator O wen has disproved this proposition and by
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,

doing so has put i t away in the b ackground The greater .

portion of patrons of hi s bankin g house are farmers and i f ,

they do not progress Senator O wen s bank i s at a standstill

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He has exhi bited a high order of w isdom in the management of

hi s b an king interests in t he new State to such an extent in fact
, , ,

t hat in the country districts he is a man of unusual popularity ,

commanding the respect and co nfidence of e very reasonable

t hinker in the commonwealth regardless of part y predilections
, .

Senator O wen has b een much in the pub li c e y e of late in ,

c o nsequence of hi s e f f orts to have passed b y Con gress a bill

providing for the establi shment of a Department of Public
Health He has met wi th strong Opposition b y a certain
.

element of the medical profession b ut it i s not pro b a b le that

,

the hostilit y a v owed against the measure wi l l b e of su fificient

strength to pre vent it ultimatel y becomin g a l aw During the .

debate on the Pay ne A l drich tari f f bill S enator O wen was a

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conspicuous figure i n maintai ni ng and advanc i n g the views

of the Dem o cratic pa rt y . He opposed with a ll hi s mi g ht and
main the passage of the bil l and in doin g so showed to the
,

country b y his speeches a hi gh order of inte lli gence on thi s

, ,

absorbin g econ o mi c question Senat o r O wen is a man of a

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large fund of general informat i on upon almost e very subject

enterin g into the useful a f fairs of the Go vernment He is a .

lawyer o f s killful training and capab le as a practitioner ,

though f or the past few years he has been gi vi ng the most

of hi s attent io n when Con gress is not in session to hi s l arge
, ,

business int e re sts in his S tate He is a man of hi gh ideals

. .

He views the a f fairs of the day i n a calm c o nsiderate manner, .

As a fact o r in the af f airs of the Dem o cratic part y Se nat or O we n

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 A LTO N B PA RKER .

candidate fo r President in
E M O CRA TI C
1 90 4 Judge Parker as he is m o st general ly
.
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known and called is as splendid a represen ,

t ative of the highest type of manh oo d as is

k nown to the American c o ntinent Judge .

Parker comes from one of the old and d i s

t ingu i sh ed fami lies of the S tate of New York .

He has been identified wi th the administrat i on

o f public justice as a practicing lawy er and a judge upon the
b ench the most of hi s business life His last pub li c O fli ce was
.

that of an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New York

S tate which he resigned to accept the nomination for the
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Presidenc y Pre vi ous to bein g made the standard b earer

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o f hi s part y he was not much k n o wn o utside of the S tate

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He had acquired a fine reputati o n i n the S tate as a l awyer of

unusual ability and as a judge whose decisions ga v e hi m ran k
,

among those possessing an unusua l store of l egal know l edge .

Pre vi ous to going upon the b ench he part i cipated more or ,

less in State politics and was at one t i me chairman of the

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S tate c o mmittee and du ri ng the time h e he l d t hi s p o sition

,

as the party s manager Da vi d B Hil l made one of his

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t riumphant campaigns for the go vernorsh i p His w o r k in .

po litics ad vanced hi s fortune i n no uncertain way so much ,

so in fact that he was made the Democratic candidate and

, ,

elected a justice of the Supreme Cou rt This ofli ce he fi ll ed .

wi th b eco ming dignity and hi gh honor He is a man of m o re .

than usua l attainments not only in the practice of law b ut in the

, ,

li terature of the law He is a man of hi gh ideals In po li

. .

tics he is a worthy exponent of the Old fashioned Democratic

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i d eas o f S amuel J Tilden When the Sage o f Gramercy

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 ALT O N B PARKER
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Park and Grays t one was t he Democra t ic candidate for Presi

dent in 1 8 7 6 Judge Parker was j ust entering man s es
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t ate As young as he was at t ha t t ime he rendered fine

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,

service to his party bu t did no t in any w ay become conspic u

, , ,

ou s. He absorbed and adop t ed t he t heories of government

laid do wn by Mr Tilden w ho w as undoubtedly the most
.
,

conspicuous Democra t in t he Uni t ed S t ates during the time

o f hi s poli t ical ac t ivi t y He believed in t he principles of the
.

Democra tic part y as brough t fort h by the f ounders of t hat

organiza t ion In t hese respec t s Judge Parker may be looked
.
,

upon a t t he presen t t ime as t he ideal represen t a t ive of t he

po licies of Samuel J Tilden . .

When Judge Parker s name w as brough t before t he country

’
,

along in 1 90 2 as a possible candida t e f or t he Presidency t wo

,

years la t er t here were very fe w people wh o kne w anyt hing

,

abou t him He made occasional visi t s t hroughou t some of

.

the S t a t es and w herever he appeared he le ft be hi nd a most

, ,

excell en t impression He gre w upon t he people When the

. .

time came f or t he nomina t ion he w as made t he unanimous ,

choice of the part y by t he assembled delega t es at S t L ouis . .

The pla t form having been adopted be f ore t he nomination

w as made he fel t inclined to di ff er wi t h t he money plank
, ,

w hich brough t f ort h a t elegram from him to t he chairman of

t he conven t ion t hat unless t hi s part of t he pla tf orm w as more
,

exp licit he w ould decline the nomina t ion This one act alone
,
.

did much to w ard impressing upon the people tha t Judge

Parker has a mind of hi s own and tha t he w as not the one ,

t o appe ar t o be o t her t han what he reall y w as He made as .

stron g a campaign as any other man could have made He .

w as defeated stabbed in the house of hi s f riends ; but even in

,

t h is he was eminent A fe w days be fore the election he was

.
,

bold enough to charge t hat the Republican party was extorting

fabulous sums of corruption money from every source it could ,

and pa rticularl y from the great financial instituti o ns of the

coun try He made th e charge specifi c e xcept as t o calling
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nam e s It was the ki nd of an arrai gnment that hi s o pponent
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,

President R oo seve l t was c o mpelled t o take notice of and t hi s

, ,

he did in his usua l manner He pro mpt ly denounced J ud ge .

Park er as a liar there by givin g him a h i gh p o sit io n amon g

,

the seats of the mi ght y i n the Ananias Clu b Th i s was i n .

1 90 4
. T wo y ears l ater the de v e lo pments incident to the in
,

vest iga t ions of the management of the insuran c e c o mpanies ,

which b y the way was one of the m o st notori o us scandals

, ,

k n o wn to frenzied finance bro u gh t forth the fact that t h ree

,

of the l ar g est i nsurance co mpanies in the count ry ha d b een

un wi llin g c o ntri b utors t o the c o rruption fund an d i n sums ,

ru nni n g up into the hundreds of th o usands o f d oll ars .

It was then c o n firmed that J ud ge Parke r h ad t ol d the

trut h and every w o rd h e uttered had b een prove d to th e satis
,

facti o n oi the country Mil l i ons o f pe op l e b e lie v ed that i t

.

was then t h e dut y of President R oo s eve l t t o ap ol ogize t o Ju d ge

Park er for hi s hast y and untruthfu l deni a l whi ch h o we ver , , ,

he n ever did Jud ge Parker n o t wi t h standin g hi s h i gh

.
,

positi o n as a great l awy er and hi s p romi n e n ce i n p olit ics i s ,

s i mp l e and democratic in manne rs He i s co mpani o nable .

to a de gree He is alway s approachable and ever p le asin g

. .

H e is the p ri nce of suavit y and l oy a l i n hi s fri e ndshi ps H e .

i s of fi ne pers o nal appearanc e and is n o t wi th o ut a hi gh appre

c iat ion o f refined hum o r N o man has ever q u e sti o ned hi s
.

sincerit y or hi s inte gri ty He is d i stinctive ly a man o f the

.

peop l e He b e l ie v es that i n ad ministeri n g the G o v ernment

.
,

the ri gh ts of the peop l e are e ver pa ram o unt He is an u ncom .

pro misin g enem y O i c l ass l egislati o n and h ad he b een e le c ted ,

to the Presidenc y he wo uld ha ve given t o the country an

,

ad mi nistrati o n o f pu blic af fairs that w o u l d ha v e b een noted

fo r i ts s i mp licit y and exact i ng h o n o r Ju dge Parker i s a man .

o f wh o m th e American Gove rnment and people have reason

t o be proud .

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that he has thoroughl y digested hi s su bject b efo re writing it .

A large part of his writ i ngs are descripti ve of hi s tra vels and
persona l experiences It is b e lie ved his diaries are truthf u l
.

and comp lete He has l eft litt l e t o the i magi nation and in
.
,

reading hi s b o ok s it is clear to the reader that he has written

,

onl y of t hi ngs he has seen and emotions he has fe l t The .

captain may n o t be p opu l ar wi th people genera l ly but he

is a man capab le of mak
,

i ng strong and lasting friendships It .

is when Captain Peary is seen on hi s l ecture tours that he ,

comes personall y b efore the public If it were not for the .

desire t o make some money ou t of whi ch to pay his expenses on ,

hi s explorin g tours he would not appear in pu b l ic as lecturer

,

at al l He say s it is distastefu l to hi m In disposition he is

. .

retirin g but when aroused he enforces the strength of his

, ,

personal it y in no uncertain manner It was quite natural .

that he should make a determined fi ght to retain hi s honors

as the disc overer Of the Pole when that honor was claimed
by an o ther He saw that unless he asse rted his own claims
.
,

in the v ery start the fruits of hi s twenty y ears labor might

,
’

come to naught As an executive ofli cer he is a strict dis

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,

c iplinarian Some may say he is a martinet He is a leader

. .

of men b ut hi s methods are not alway s such as to make hi m

,

respec ted or beloved His one amb iti o n i n life has been
.

accomplished .

In the domestic af f airs of li fe Captain Peary has b een ,

exceedingl y fortunate His wife has been a great help to hi m

.

in al l of hi s underta kings She has gi ven him encouragement.

whi ch has aided hi m materiall y She has go ne on the lecture .

platform herself in o rder to raise funds to help equip his arctic

outfits He has taught hi s c hi ldren a great deal up o n the
.

sub ject of the arctic re gion His most intimate friends .

insist that the pub lic kn o ws b ut one side of the man and that ,

i s the l east lovable side He has had to overcome many .

o b stac l es and it is in h is e f f orts on these lines that the public

,

k nows him He has a gentler side which S ho ws that he is

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 R O B E RT E PEARY .

not a l way s the o verbearing man some people consider hi m .

He is part icularly fond of music and that usually indica t es ,

an even temperament He is a student but t here are times

.
,

when he insis t s t hat he must be amused He does not go t o .

the thea t er o ft en but w hen he does i t is usually f or t he pur

, ,

pose of being en t ert ained in such a manner that he can find

some t hi ng at w hich t o laugh He is a nervous res t less kind
.
,

of man . Some of his nervousness is of a nature t ha t has

t augh t hi m t o look a t his w a t ch eve ry f e w m inu t es and yet ,

not be able t o t ell w ha t t he hour w as w ere he asked If in a .

ho t el lobby w here t here is a s t ock t icker he will read the t ape ,

gi ving t he la t es t marke t quo t a t ions bu t i t is not believed he

,

could repe at t he price of a single s t ock t ha t had been recorded .

Cap t ain Peary is f ull y six f ee t t all probably an inch in ,

advance Of i t wi t h clear cu t f ea t ures He w ears a drooping

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bro wn mus t ache w h ich covers a ra t her large and firm mou t h
,
.

He looks one squarely in t he eye as i f t o say : I don t care a

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’

d w hat you t hi nk of me ; I kno w my business ”

If he .

was ever given any ins t ruc t ions regarding t he es t ab l ished

rule of conven t ional dressing he has not re t ained i t He is
,
.

likely t o be seen w earing a long frock coa t ex t ending below -

h is knees wi t h a broad bri m med crushed sof t whi t e ha t of

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t he Alpine s t yle gi ving him the appearance of a rancher

,

dressed in h is Sunday best He shakes hands wi t h vigor

.
,

gi ving his visitor t he impression t ha t his sinceri t y is not t o be

questio ned He grips the pro ff ered hand so s t rongly some
.
,

tim e s that it makes hi s victim wi nce He believes t he Esqui

,
.

maux dogs are t he best dogs in t he world He o wns several .

of them and t hey all love him

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.

[ 337 ]
 S AMUEL H . PILES

ENI O R Senat o r fro m the State o f Washi n gt o n .

S enat o r Piles is a Republican tho ugh b orn and ,

reared in O ld Kentuck y Wh en y oung Piles .

”

came into being about thr ee years before the

,

C ivi l War there was going on a po l itical u p

,

h eaval in the
“
Dark and Blo o dy Gro und ”
,

b y whi ch name Kentucky is some t imes known .

Senator Piles sprang from Whig ancestry .

H is e l ders were opposed to secession From this it might .

,

appear he inherits his lo v e for the principles advo cated by

,

the Repub lican party He was educated in hi s native State

. .

He was one of the bright y o ung men in his communit y His .

paren t s concluded t o make a l awy er of him th o ugh he at first , , ,

th o ught he would rather be somethin g else Being ob edient .

t o parental direction he pursued Blackstone Chitty and

, , ,

o ther great law authorities wi th unexcelled industry He

, .

was admitted t o the bar in due course of time and after re c eiv ,

ing his license to practice law he packed up bag and baggage

, , ,

and struck ou t for the West He went about as far as he

.

cou l d wi thout getting into the waters of the Pacific or crossing

the frontier into British Columbia He se t his stakes in the
.

Territory of Washi ngton That was about 1 8 8 2 The Terri

. .

tory had not y et taken on stateh o od but it had hopes He ,

.

opened a l aw O ffice in one of the smaller towns but later ,

moved to Spokane which its citizens are pleased to call the

,

real Me t ropolis of the Inland Empire meaning of course

“ ”
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t hat as they look at it it is t he busiest mart of industry in the

,

State of Washington though the rea l capital O l y mpia is a

, , ,

t housand miles or more to the westward Spokane flourished .

,

and so did Piles He wanted to get nearer the ro llin g seas

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where i t has stood for centuries out i nto the mi ddle of Pu get ,

Sound there would not b e a vo i ce raised a gainst it This

,
.

S ho w s how he stands wi th those who k now hi m b est i n hi s

o f ficial capacit y He has not made much n oi se i n the S enate
.
,

nor has h e hid hi s light under a b ushe l It re quired a y ear .

or so for him to get on to the game b ut it was not l ong after ,

the expiration of that period that h e knew what to do and

how to do it He is satisfied wi th one term as a S enator
. .

He wants to go b ac k to hi s l aw and make some more money .

Senator Piles i s n o t e f fusive ab out people or thi n gs He .

is a reserv ed silent thou gh e f fective kind of a man Whatever

, ,
.

he knows he knows well and hi s fund of i nformation covers

, ,

a l ong l ist of imp ortant su bjects He makes a good appear .

ance w herever he is seen He is polite and a fl ab l e not for

.
,

getting his Kentuck y days w here courtesy has high standing ,

.

He is a good talker in private conversation or on the stump

,
.

He doesn t use high —soundin g phr ases but he can nai l an argu
’
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ment on one side and clinch it on the other as wel l as the next
man Senator Piles has done man y good t h i n gs in his com
.

p ara ti ve l
y short l ife and it is not rec
,
o rded of hi m that any of
them were done b adl y He likes to see a go o d h o rse race and
.
,

he mi ght b et on i t i f he thought he would win Thi s would .

indicate that he i s not of a particularl y speculative turn of

mind He i s i n clined to look f or sure things whi ch symbolizes
.
,

conserv atism He is not ashamed to dress wel l He beli e v es

. .

that the appare l doth of t proclaim the man

“
He is as .

sensible in hi s dress as he is about everyt hi ng else Senator .

Piles has a well shaped head black hair and a face that indi
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, ,

cates strength of character He wears a black mustac h e .

,

and appears a few years younger than he really is His suc .

cess in life has not changed him from hi s y out hf ul ways of

simpli city He is a big man i n hi s o wn S tate and that is
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where he is b est known .

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 GI FFO R D PINC H OT

O RMER Chie f Fores t er f t he Uni t ed States o .

Thi s t i t le may be a bi t conf using as to w hat

were t he du ties of Mr Pinchot w hen in the .

service of t he Governmen t In brief it may .

,

be su m marized abou t as f ollo w s A few :

years af t er t he adven t of Mr Pinchot in t o .

t he servi ce Of t he Gove nmen t he developed r ,

a plan f t he con s erva t ion of t he f ores t s

or .

He had devo t ed much f h i t ime t t he s t udy of t his and kin

o s o

dred sub j ec t s ; t here f ore he w as w ell equipped t o be placed

,

at t he head f o impo rt an t t hough a ne w governmen t a l

o s , ,

bureau N doub t o t her men had long since t hough t O f t he

. o

impo t ance of t hi s ques t ion bu t i t w ould seem t ha t none had

r ,

the courage t pu t i t in force Mr Pincho t had observed t ha t

o . .
,

year by year milli ons upon mi llions of acres of t he f ores t s

,

belonging t t he pub l ic domain w ere being des t royed by n

o co

trac t ing lumbermen wh o w ere engaging in a business f o gold r .

Mr Pincho t w fill ed wi t h pa t io t ic pride believing i t w as

. as r ,

t he du t y of t he Governmen t t o pu t a s t op t t he ru t hless o

des t ruc t ion f t he t imber lands He sounded t he t ocsin of

o .

conserva t ion .

He preached i t every w here He f ound a wi lling f ollo wer .

in Theodore Roosevel t Presiden t of t he Uni t ed S t a t es O n

,
.

this ques t ion t he t w o men t hough t alike Mr Pinchot s . .

’

theory of conserva t ion became almost a household word .

Some may not have unders t ood w hat i t meant a t all w hile ,

others may have believed t ha t i t w as a new kind of break

fas t food A t any ra t e Mr Pinchot had struck a popu l ar
chord There is some t hi ng innate in mank
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,

. ind tha t revol t s

at the cu tt ing do wn O f trees part icularly at t his period of o r
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nat io na l exi stence when the pu bli c demands that m o re trees
,

sha ll b e planted and that n o ne sha ll y ie l d t o th e attacks o f

the axrnan Mr P i nchot w e nt fu rt h e r than t h e c o nserv ati o n
. .

of the f o rests and st oo d as a protect o r i n b eha l f o f t h e p e op l e

,

f or water ri ghts He seemed to b e lie v e that man y of th e l arge

.

c o rp o rati o ns of the country part i cular ly th e s y ndicate of power

,

pro du c ers prop o s e d gett i n g p o ssess i on wh e re they co u l d of the

, , ,

m o st desirabl e streams there by c o n ve rt i n g t h em t o t h eir own

,

use and at the same t i me reaping i mmens e profi ts T o per .

mi t t h i s t o be done was i n Mr Pinch o t s mind dep rivin g th e

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peop l e of what was b y right theirs He prop o sed keeping

, ,
.

the water ri ghts in the hands of the peop l e and ou t of the

greedy co ntro l of the corp orations H e was v ehemently .

attacked up o n thi s i ssue by the head o f th e Inte rio r Depart

ment o f the G o ve rnment wh i ch has under i ts ju ri sdiction,

most of the water rights pa rticu l ar l y in the West T h i s same

, .

agen cy opp o sed hi s method of conservat io n of th e forests .

This l ed t o a quarre l between the former C h i ef F o rester and

the S ecretary of the Interior When Mr Pinchot was i n the . .

zen i th of hi s O fli cial career as the pro te c tor of the forests and

of the water rights i n the name of the p eo p l e President Taft ,

asked for hi s resignati o n .

This b rought fo rth strained re l ations b etween Mr Pinch o t .

,

the President S ecretary Bal lin ger and al l the friends of the
, ,

l atter i n the Interior Department C o n gress too k a hand in .

the matte r a l s o o rderin g an i n vestigation whi ch l asted for

, ,

se vera l months The result o f t hi s i n v esti gation may b e made

.

known some time b efore January 1 9 1 1 Mr Pinch o t i s not , . .

a theorist b ut a man of practical i deas He b e lie v es that it

, .

i s the dut y o f the G overnment to protect i ts forests fo r the

b enefit o f future ge nerations He points t o the danger signa l .

in the acts of C o ngress puttin g an ex c essively high tari ff

on l umber le vyi ng i t c hi e fly a g ainst Canada where the f o rests
, ,

ha v e b een c o nser ved He knows that the United S tates to

.
,

d ay has t o get a l arge percentage of its lumb er from across

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 J O S EP H PULI TZ ER

O GREAT a journalist is he that no o ne in

that professi o n whi ch is fu ll of jealousies is
, ,

jealous of Joseph Pu litzer E ven his b itterest .

rivals do not hesitate to pro c l aim hi m a geni us .

However to say that as a journa list he is a

,

great genius goes far astray of doin g Mr .

Pulitzer full justice When t h i s remarkable .

man was robbed of his eyesight and hi s

nerv ous system wrecked from overwork his c o untrymen were
, ,

deprived of a great constructive statesman .

As a manifestation Of his greatness as proof against jealous

ies I wi ll gi ve an incident w hi ch happened at Chamber lin s in
’
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Was hi ngton Col John A Cockerill himse l f a truly great

. . .
,

newspaper man had j ust retired from Mr Pu litzer s emplo y

,
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and it was generall y known that at the time there was not a
very cordia l feeling existing b etween the two men A promi .

nent citizen of St L ouis came up to the table where Colonel

.

Cocke ri l l was di ni ng and began to say severe thi ngs about

Mr Pu l itzer Co ckerill s manner indicated appreciation
. .
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,

and the St L ouis man continued his abuse

. .

Every body in St L ouis said the distin guished gentle

”
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,

man from that city knows pe r fectl y well Colonel Cockerill

“
, , ,

that it was y ou and not Pulitzer who made the New York
, ,
”
W orl d .

“
Stop right there my friend said Colone l Cockerill
, ,
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,

dropping his knife and fork “

Say what y ou like about .

Pu l i t zer b ut understand that he alone built up the Ne w

,

Yor k W orl d as well as the S t L ouis P ost Di spatch He is the

,
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greatest journa list the w or l d has ever k nown .

An int i mate k n o w l edge of Mr Pu litzer was acquired .

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 J O S E P H P U L I T ZE R
b y t he writer w hen t ha t gr eat man had j ust secured con t rol
of t he S t L ouis P ost Di spa tch and mon t hs be f ore Colonel
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,
.

Cockerill became connec t ed wi t h i t During t his period Mr . .

Puli t zer w as performi ng every service on t he paper I remem .

ber one day he rushed in t o t he edi t orial rooms j ust as exci t ed ,

as a cub report er wi t h an accoun t of a runa w ay w hi ch he

,

had wri tt en himse l f The runa way horse had only damaged
.

a cheap buggy b ut t he Pu li t zer acco u n t obscured t ha t f act

,

f or t he las t li ne .

At t his t ime t he edi t orial rooms w ere all t hrown t oge t her ,

and Mr Puli t ze r mixed f reely wi t h t he report ers and sub

.

edi t ors j us t as i f he w as one of t hem If he w ro t e some t hing

,
.

he part icularly f ancied he w ould read i t aloud f or t he benefi t

,

of hi s st a ff If a ne w repo rt er w ro t e a goo d s t ory Puli t zer

.
, ,

in hi s in t ensely en t husias t ic w ay w ould comp li men t t he ,

y oung f ello w He w as j u st as f ree t o poin t ou t mis t akes

. .

F or ins t ance a part icularly smart report er w as si tt ing

,

wi t h a group of his fello ws in t he edi t orial room s s w apping ,

st ories a ft er t he paper had gone to press w hen Mr Puli t zer

, ,
.

j oined t hem .

Pu tt ing his hand on t he report er s shoulder he said in a ’

,

loud and en t husias t ic voice “

Jennings my dear f ello w , ,

d o you kno w I t hink you very clever $

”

While he w as very proud of h is edi t orial page w hi ch w as ,

nearly all hi s own w ork i t al w ays seemed t o t he wri t er t ha t

,

w ha t Mr Puli t zer mos t enj oyed was to j oin in selli ng papers

.

t o t he ne w sboys These pic t uresque you t hs were grea t

.

favo ri t es of t he edi t or and he kne w t hem nearly all by t heir

,

nickn a mes [ Vhen Th e P ost Di spa tch w ent t o press a li tt le

.
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a ft er t hree O clock each w eek day a ft ernoon he w ould leave

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,

his edi t orial desk and repair t o t he coun t ing room He -

.

w ould t ake his place a t a coun t er w here the boys w ere f ur

nish e d wi t h papers In t hose days stree t car tickets passed
.
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f or currency and some of t he bo y s were not above t rying

Finally Puli t zer vetoed car t ic k
,

t o palm O f f bogus ticke t s . ets ,

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as curre n cy and there was a rio t
, Th e bo ys refus e d .

t o ta k e o ut pape rs Mr Pu li tzer mad e a speech t o them

. . .

They did not want t o hear hi m b ut he pe rs i sted He said ,

.

hi s acti o n was f or the b enefit of the b o y s for the y were f re ,

quent ly vi ctims of the t i cket sy stem recei vin g man y co u n ter

—

f eit s
. H e called them street merchants and sai d the y Sh o u l d ,

fa vo r s o und b usiness meth o ds The greenb ack cra ze was .

then at its h ei ght and Mr Pu lit zer wh o was a l way s fo r

,
.
,

go l d expound e d hi s vi ews o n this su bje c t t o hi s yo uthf u l li s

,

t eners . He c o n v ert e d them and that was the b e gi n ni n g o f

,

the end of car t i ckets as currency i n S t L ouis I ha v e heard . .

i t said that Mr Pu lit zer was pro uder o f this speec h than
.

an y he h ad e ver made .

In t h i s co nnection it sh o u l d b e rem e mbere d that at that

t i me th e S t Lo uis edit o r was c o nsidered o ne of the m o st
.

eff ect ive stump speakers in the c o untry Althou gh n o t .

m u c h m o re than a yo uth he was selected in 1 8 7 6 b y S amue l

,

J. T il den t o trave l in all the doubtfu l States to answer the

spee c hes of Carl Schurz considered the most po lished and
,

logi ca l orator of that period Mr Pulitzer s first speech . .

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,

in answer t o Schurz was de livered at B u f f a l o N Y an d

, ,
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,

was pro n o unced a masterpiece b y the Democratic leaders .

The writer ne v er thi nks o f Mr Pu lit zer wi th o ut remem .

b eri ng hi s own first plun ge int o pol itics He was on ly eighteen .

y ears of age but his part in the Missou ri Demo cratic S tate
,

c o n v ent i on of 1 8 80 which selected dele gates t o the national

,

con vent i on whi ch was to meet in the O hio metrop o l is resulted

, ,

i n Mr Pulitzer s selecti o n as a delegate t o Cincinnati The

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fi ght b etween the Tilden and anti Tilden forces pro mised -

t o b e c l ose The green country boy just l earning t o b e a

rep o rter said t o a fellow work
.
,

, er t h a t he could secure proxies

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from de l egates elected in the O zark mountain region of the

S tate The informati o n was con veyed t o Mr Pulitzer He
. . .

jumped at the idea and when the editor enc o uraged th e

,

green rep orter t o go a fter the pro xies that re p orte r fel t him
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 1 30 PEN PICTURES OF L I V E MEN
gent paragraphs while discussing po li tics with hi s visitors .

He seemed to be as much i mm ersed in po liti c s as he was in

b u i lding up hi s newspaper .

Mrs Pulitzer a remark ab le b eauty ca lle d at the of fi c e

.
, ,

wi th her firstborn nearl y e v ery e v enin g Alth o ugh ha ving .

done the work of se v en men he would freshen up at seeing hi s ,

wi fe and c hi ld and b e as joyous as i f the y had just returned

fro m a trip t o Europe He would cast eve ry thing aside t o
.

play with hi s litt l e son and w o u l d ha ve as many compliments

,

f o M s Pulitzer as would a y oung lo v er

r r . In such an atmos .

p h ere th
,
o se were happ y days for e v ery one Even the green .

reporter would we l come back hi s O zark m o untain u nsophi sti

c a t e d wa y s to ha v e those times return and see Mr Pu litzer .

pe rmit his enthusiastic nature to run rampant .

Mr Pulitzer has been credited wi th b eing the fathe r o f

.

sensat i ona l $y ello w) journal ism That is not true Wh en . .

he started in St L ouis as an edit o r and proprietor of Th e

.

P ost Di spatch the two l eading m o rni ng papers devoted much

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,

valuable editoria l space to boasting about the number of

specia l dispatches each contained from al l parts of the world ,

tel ling of hangings and terri b le crimes The lo ca l co l umns .

of these papers were in o ff ensi v e and hence stupid .

Th e P ost Di spa tch

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telegraph news aside from the Asso
’
s ,

c ia t e d press dispatches was largely about po lit i ca l and

,

commercial e vents b ut the l oca l columns were start li n g by

,

comparis o n wi th those of their c o ntemp o raries The ro utine .

way of reporting was discarded Mr Pu litzer was a l way s . .

holdin g b ac k hi s city editor f or b eing t oo sensati o nal Time .

and agai n he kil l ed stories of s o c i al sensat io ns after they were

i n type .

Bef ore Mr Pulitzer had o wned Th e P ost Di spa tch a year

.
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,

i t had the largest circu l ati o n Of any paper in the country

e xc ept Th e Dai l y N ews of New York and wi th that single
, ,

excepti o n was making the greatest amount of mo ney Even .

with the succ e ss o f Th e P ost Di spatch Joseph B M c Cul l agh -

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 J O S E P H P U LITZE R
wh o was second o nl y t o Wilbur F S t orey of Chicago as a .
, ,

sensational journalist domina t ed S t L ouis j ournalism and

, .

had t rained most O f Mr Puli t zer s men to hi s idea so that

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,

Mr Puli tzer s environm ents w ere to w ard sensationa lism

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He c o uld not have helped being a ff ec t ed b y hi s gro wi ng cir

cula t ion Even t hen Mr Puli t zer s idea of a newspaper was
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wha t t he Ne w York W orl d is to day -

.

The success of The W or l d is in many w ays a huge repetition

of t he building u p of Th e P ost Di spa tc h
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Some of t he most -
.

tr us t ed lieutenan t s on Th e W orl d w ere fi rst wi t h Mr Pulitzer .

in S t Lo uis
. .

A gr ea t Ne w York edi t or $now dead ) s t rove t o give the

impression t ha t t he o wner of Th e W orl d is lacking in physical
courage I t w ould be as ab surd t o charge Theodore Roose
.

vel t wi t h physical co w ardice The wri t er on a t leas t six .

,

Occasions h as seen Puli t zer pu t t o t he t est and each time he

, ,

proved fea rless O ne ins t ance will d o f or all

. .

Jake Usher w ho ran a dive and cheap varie t y S how had

, ,

s w orn he w ould do up Pu l i t zer

“ ”
He in vi t ed several .

croni es as tough as himself t o accompany hi m t o The P ost

Dispa tch t hat t hey might wi tness Usher s perf ormance
,
’
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Puli t ze r happened to be standing in f ron t of his business

o ffi ce and the green reporter f rom t he O zarks w as looking ou t
of t he w i ndow just above as t he burly dive keeper began ,
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hi s vocal a tt ack But his burst of indi gna t ion was as a sum
.

mer bree ze competing wi th a Kansas cyclone Mr Puli t zer . .

had the loudest voice o n the Mississippi and his fl ow of w ords ,

came like Niagara Af ter describing t he disgrace Usher was

.

to S t L ouis he started f or Usher wh o w as armed Usher lost

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no time in ge tt ing away but promised t o see Pu l it zer a g ain

,
.

He ne ver did .

No w adays Mr Pulitzer spends much time on hi s ya c ht in

.

foreign w aters and in summ er he is at his beautiful home

,

at Bar Harbor But no matter where he is he keeps i n close

.
,

to uch wi th his great newspaper .

[ 34 9 ]
 I S I D O R RAYNER

y ears ago the first o rator o f th e Uni ted

I F TY
S tates Senate was a Jew fro m Lo u i si ana ,

Judah P Benjamin and S tephen A Dou g

.
,
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las he l d him to be the m o st powerfu l de b ater

wi th whom he had e v er c l ashed To day .
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the first orat o r of the Senate and one of ,

its ab l est members i s another J ew Isid o r , ,

Ray ner of Mary land What a w onderfu l

,
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race it is $ A b raham M o ses Da vid what other bloo d can

,
—
,

matc h them $ A J ew wro te the book of J ob ; Jews wr o t e the

book of Isai ah ; the b oo k of Ruth is a love story that no pro
fane p o et o r romant i cist h as i mpro v ed upon ; the Psa l ms c ame
f ro m a J e wi sh pen and one can cordial ly su b sc ri be t o the
,

eloqu ence o f Ze b u l on B V ance as f ollo ws :

.
,

“
Th e J ew i s beyo nd dou b t the m o st re mark abl e man of
th e w o r l d past o r present
— O f a ll the st o ri es of the s o ns of
.

m en th e re is n o ne s o wild so w o nderfu l so fu ll of extreme

, ,

mutati o n s o rep l ete wi th su ff e rin g and h o rr o r so abou ndin g

, ,

i n extrao rdinary provi dences s o ove rflo wi ng wi t h scenic,

romance There is n o man wh o appro aches him in the

.

extent and c hara c ter of the in fl uence whi ch h e has e x ercised

o ver the human race His hi story is the hi story o f ci vi li zat i on
.

and progre ss i n the worl d and ou r faith and hope i n that

,

which is t o co me Fro m hi m ha v e we derived the form and

.

pattern of al l that is excel l ent on earth o in hea ven r .

When the Fiftieth C o ngress first assemb led in Decemb er ,

1 88 7 Mr Rayner was a member fro m Maryl and

, . His was .

a new face his a stran ge voi ce in that chamb er It was a

, .

C o n gress fam o us f or excepti o na lly able men and brilli ant

orat ors ; i t was th e C o n gress that re ceived Clevela n d s famous ’

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c ov ered an aptitude for the nisi prius practice that stamps hi m
as one of the great tria l lawyers in the c ountry Had he had .

“
twe l ve men in a b ox b efore hi m hi s vi ct ory would ha ve
”

b een as comp l ete as i t dese rved t o b e Howe ver s o me four

.
,

score and more mil lio ns of Ame ri can citizens were hi s jury ,

and the y gav e him the v erdict he pleaded for .

Mr Ray ner entere d the S enate i n 1 90 5 and has been

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r e elected
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His speeches on the rate b ill were exceptiona l
.

for lo gic l earnin g and el o quence and t o day he ranks as the

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first o rat o r o f that bo dy He is fluent ornate and dramatic

.
, , ,

and he stands as perhaps the chief exponent of the Dem oc

racy of Cle veland and Carli s l e l eft in pu b lic life .

[ 35 2 ]
 W H I TEL A W REID

MERI CAN ambassador t o Great Britain .

There are f e w more capable men in t he

U ni t ed S t a t es t han Mr Reid His career . .
,

priva t e and publi c migh t well be emula t ed ,

by t he young men of t he presen t and fu t ure

genera t ions Mr Reid has carved ou t hi s
. .

own des t iny A S a young man he entered

.
,

upon li fe s s t ru ggle unaide d excep t by t he

’
,

good t eachi ngs o f hi s f a t her and mo t her They w ere plain .

coun t ry f olk w hose w ays w ere simple and w hose w an t s w ere

,

fe w He was born no t far from Xe ni a O hi o He chose j our

.
,
.

mali sm as a pro f ession and has risen t o high dis t inc t ion
,
.

His firs t expe rience in ne w spaper w ork w as on t he Xeni a

Gazette w hi ch in t hose days was a w eekly publica t ion
, , , ,

la t er being issued daily Young Reid made Th e Gazette t he

mos t t alk
.

ed abou t local paper in his sec t ion of t he S t a t e He

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.

was edi t or report er and a l mos t every t hing else connec t ed

, ,

wi t h t he es t ablishm en t even t o t ypese tt er and at t imes len t

, ,

a willing hand in w orking t he Old hand press w h ich has lon g ,

Since become O bsolete even in t he mos t p ri mi t ive of fices .

Editor Reid had opi nions He put them on paper and t hey
.
,

were prin t ed He entered upon his w ork w hen the all absorb
.
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ing poli t ical topic of t he day w as slavery and an t i slavery — .

He was not o nl y opposed to t he extension of slavery into the

Terri t ories but w as in favor of its ul t ima t e abolishmen t
,
.

Mr Reid was comparatively a young man w hen the Ci vil

.

War came on Xenia became t oo small a place t o harmonize

.

wi t h young Reid s ambitions He w as de t ermi ned to become

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.

n o t only a ne w spaper writer but to advance t o t he head of

,

the profession if it w ere possibl e He enlarged his oppor

,
.

2 3
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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I VE MEN
t u nities by bec oming associated wi th the C i nci nnati Gazette ,

at that time the stalwart organ of the anti slavery facti o n -

in the O hi o v al l ey Thi s paper had supp o rted Frem ont the

.
,

first Repu blican candidate for President in 8 5 6 and when ,

1 ,

Abraham L inco l n became the second candidate o f the new

part y i t was the c hi ef molder of pub lic thought on the li nes
,

o f th e new party organization t h o ugh o ut a numb er of States r .

At the b e gin nin g o f the war Mr Reid was sent to the fro nt ,
.

as the c o rrespondent of Th G z tte He served in thi s ca e a e .

p a c i t y unti l the c l ose of hostili t ies ha v ing achie v ed the rep ,

u t ation of being one of the leading w ar correspondents of the

American press of whom there were severa l o thers wh o had

,

gained national reputations .

Follo wi ng the surrender of General L ee at Appo matt o x ,

Mr Reid was transferred from the Army to Washi ngt o n

.
,

where he became correspondent of Th e G tte for se v era l aze

years There w ere few things transpiring fro m 8 6 till

. 1 1

18 7 in connection wi th the war and the rec o nstructi o n of the

0

S outhern States wi th whi ch Mr Reid had not m ore or less .

fami liarity The leading generals of the Arm y were his

.

friends as were those in publi c ofli ce at Washi ngton Mr

,
. .

Reid s letters to Th e Gazette during the war and for f o ur or

’

five y ears thereafter were among the more important con

t rib u tions to the literature of those hi storic periods As such .
,

he ac hi e v ed national fame whi ch serv ed as a stepping stone

,
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t o higher j o urnalistic honors Horace Greele y then editor .

,

of the New York Tri bu ne had Observed the writings of Mr

,
.

Reid The great New York editor in vited him to become

.

associated wi th hi s paper Thi s he did and in 1 8 7 2 when

.
, ,

Mr Greeley became the candidate of the L iberal Republican

.

party and indorsed by the Democratic party for the Presi

den ey Mr Reid stepped into the shoes of Mr Greele y as
,
. .

editor of Th e Tri bu ne T hi s however was at the time tem

.
, ,

p o r ary pending ,
the Presidential campaign The sudden .

and unexpected dea t h of Mr Greeley so soon a f ter his defeat

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[ 35 4 ]
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he was appointed ambassador to Great Britain b y President
Roose v elt His career as ambassador at the Cou rt of St
. .

James is h o norab le in the highest degree President Taft .

is satisfied with him and the chan c es are he will continue

,

to serv e in this hi gh p o sition until the termination of the

present administration Mr Reid was honored b y Presi . .

dent M c Ki nl ey in the appointment of special amb assador

to England at the time of Queen Victori a s celeb ration of the ’

sixtieth y ear of her reign .

Ambassador Reid has se t a high standard as the American

representative at Lo ndon His home Dorchester House .
, ,

in Park L ane is the scene of many of the most brilli ant social
,

gatherings that transpire in L ondon He is conceded t o be .

one of the best ambassadors at that post that this country

has ever sent there Mr Reid was fortunate in hi s marriage
. .

in selecting for his wi fe Miss Mills daughter of the late D O ,

. .

Mills who b rought him great wealth T hi s he has uti l ized

,
.
,

not alone f or his personal pleasures and those of hi s family

.

b ut in giving to the Ameri can emb ass y at the Engl ish capital
a position in the socia l and po litica l w o rld that was ne ver
before attempted There are few Americans journeyin g
.

to L ondon when calling wh o d o not find a welcome recep

, ,

tion at Dorchester House Mr Reid is a man of plain and . .

simple hab i ts He was born a gentleman in his re l ation with

.

o thers and has so marked his li fe that he has wo rn that hi gh

,

title during hi s entire career He i s easy and gracefu l in .

manner and a l ways well attired He i s a man of engaging

,
.

qualities and as a private c o n versati o nali st there are few men

,

his superiors For a great many y ears he was a strikin g

.
,

character with his coal blac k hair whi ch at times he wore a

,
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,

trifle l o n g In hi s yo unger day s he usua l l y wore a mus

.

tache O f l ate y ears he h as worn a full beard whi ch is n o w

.
, ,

quite gray as is hi s hai r He is over six feet ta l l and though

, .
,

upward of se vent y y ears of age is as e re c t and nimbl e as ,

when a man o f thirty .

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 H ERM A N RIDD ER

C O MM O N belief appears t o have it that

busine ss and poli t ics d o not mix And in t he .

mind of many t he t heory has t aken root that

a man w ho is guardian of large business
in t eres t s cann ot a ff ord to t ake an ac t ive part
in po l i t ics even as vice versa a po l i t ician
, , ,

hardened to hi s profession is deemed unfit

forevermore f or t he pursui t of legi t ima t e
business a f fairs I f such be t he accep t ed vie w proj ec t ed
.

perhaps upon a large number O f indi vidual cases there cer ,

t ainl y are ob vious and w holesome excep t ions .

Take t he case O f a man kno wn nearly all over t he coun t ry ,

whose name is t o —day as fa miliar t o t he Democra t ic w orkers

and vo t ers in eve ry S t a t e as i t is t o financial and business
circles of Ne w York and o t her centers — Herman Ridder pro ,

p ri e t or of t he l argest German daily ne w spaper pub l ished

in t hi s coun t ry t he N ew Yor k
,
er S taa ts Zei tu ng
-
He is .

one of t hose f or w hom t he theory t ha t po l i t ics and business

d o not m ix has n o meaning Careful circumspec t and c on

.
, ,

se rva t i ve in business mat t ers w hich include t he management

,

of a great ne w spaper but extended far beyond t his li mi t ed

,

sphere in many direc t ions Herman Ridder has fo und i t quite

,

compatible wi t h hi s p ri vate business to take the keenest

in t eres t in public aff airs even to t he point of part icipating
,

most prominen t ly in the management of a Presidential cam

a
p g i n a s treasurer of the National Democra t ic Com mi ttee .

Perhaps he is an exception to the ru l e : his mind more ex

a nsive hi s vitality stronger his will p o wer more
-
aggressive
p , ,

than that of the average man but for a certainty hi s acti vit y
,

in and his influence upon poli t ics have been imp o rtant and
, ,

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w h ole s o me and hi s great b usiness intere sts far fro m s u f feri n g
, , ,

h a v e meanwh il e continued t o flourish and t o i ncreas e .

In man y way s und o u b ted l y He rm an R i dder is an u m

, ,

usua l p e rs o na li t y S e l f made man i n the b est acceptat io n

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,

o f th e term he started as a p oo r boy se ll i n g newspapers in the

,

street and aided by natura l apt i tude f o r b usin e ss af fairs

, , ,

intense ambi ti o n an d i nd o mitab le ener gy he attai ned step

, , ,

by step thro u gh his o wn sturd y endea vo r t o the prominent

, ,

p o sition in the co mmuni ty he o ccupi es t o day Pers o na ll y -

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,

Herman Ri dder is a lov ab le man Strai ghtfo rward in hi s .

actions b lunt and un v arnished in hi s talk guardin g his own

, ,

i nterests wi th k een prudence wi th o ut deceitful l y takin g ad

vantage of the misfo rtune of others fightin g in the Open and ,

wi th blows fr o m the shou l der when fight it must b e he presents ,

the picture of an aggressi v e manl y man ; loy a l warm hearted

, ,
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and open handed as a friend but an unc o mpro misin g foe

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.

No ne kn o w b etter than Speaker Cannon and his standpat

satraps what kind of a fighter Herman Ridder i s when the
lines are drawn sharp ly For years he has b een a thorn in
.

their side since as president of the Ame rican Newspaper

,
“

Pu blishers Ass o ciati o n he urged the ab and o nment of the

’ ”

duty on w o od pulp and a reas o nabl e reduction on print

paper in order to free the newspapers of this c o unt ry fr o m the
oppressi v e burdens forced upon them by the monop o l y of the
Paper Trust Cann o n and his followers Da l ze ll and Pay ne
.
,

to the f o re balked stubbornl y ; the S peaker hi mse lf resorted

,

t o a d o u b le game pro fess i n g t o b e i n s ympath y wi th Ri dder s

,
’

demands and t ryi n g t o un lo ad the resp o ns ib i lit y fo r the

,

refusa l upon the shou l ders of hi s sate llites B ut Ridder u n .

,

wi llin g t o be played wi th c onfro nted them i n a b unch and a

, ,

very drastic scene fol lo wed in the privac y o f the S peak er s ’

ro om at the Capit ol Entire ly un i mpressed wi th Da l ze ll s

.
’

haught y i nc ivili t y u ndaunted by the Speak er s fus i l l ade o f

,
’

characteri sti c su l phuro us i n v ecti ve Herman Ri dder sp oke ,

hi s mind i n th e plai nest manner p o ss ib le and co nse q uent ly

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in the South received hi m wi th marked reserv e But the
,
.

New Yorker w ent at him in the most uncon ventional manner .

The conversation whi ch ensued was s o mething like this

“
Mr B ry an said Ridder after a formal handshak e I
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”
, , ,

hav e d o ne all I could to stop your nominati o n b ecause I ,

b elieve i t wi ll lead to Demo cratic defeat Now I hav e come .

t o you to urge that y ou do not allow y our name to go b efore

the con v ention in the interest of t he whole party
,
”
.

“
Mr Ridder I shall not withdraw answered Mr Bry an
.
,
”
,
.
,

ca l mly b ut very positivel y

,
.

“
Then I shall go on to Denver and try to ar gue the dele
”
gates into defeating your nomination if that is still possible , ,

said Mr Ridder wi th equal positiveness

.
,
.

You cannot prevent it rep lied Mr B ry an I am going

”
,
. .

to b e nominated .

“
Ridder stood silent f or a few moments Then he said : In .

that case I want to say to you that the nominee of the Den ver
,

con vention wi l l have m y loyal support and that of my paper ”

.

B ry an s face lit up wi th b roadest sunshi ne as he grasped

’

the New Yorker s hand and pressed i t warmly And fo r the

’
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next ha lf hour the two men exchanged the i r vi ews on i mp or

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tant questions of part y po licy wi th utmo st fran k ness on b oth

sides When Ridder turned to go B ry an l aid a h and on hi s
.
,

shoulder : Mr Ridder he said I shou l d li k e to ha ve a

“ ”
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“
, ,

man of y our t ype wi th me on the ticket $ Ridder rem o n

”

st r a t e d
,
saying it was quite impossib le for him t o accept the
nomination for the Vice Presidency B ut B ry an repli ed wi th
-
.

a quiet smile : L et that b e sett led at Den ver Mr Ridder

“ ”
,
. .

Naturally the ne w s of t hi s interview fl ashed ov er to Den

,

ver, and almost i nstantl y a boo m was started for Herman

Ridder among a number of So uthern de l egati o ns— Kentucky ,

North Carolina Lo uisiana West Vi rgi nia and others B ut

, , ,
.

Ridder l eft Den v er on the day the con vention opened to ,

escape the i mportu nities of hi s man y fri ends and th ree day s ,

l ater Kern o f Indiana was nominated

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 IZID
IDIEZ I3 IQI CICZSS .

ND N O W t he au t hor desires to introduce to

,

you t he doyen of all t he poli t ical writers of the

Uni t ed S t a t es Ed ward G Riggs o f t he Ne w
,
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,

York S u n F or tw en t y fi ve years t he po l i t i
.
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cal correspondent of The S u n at t endant upon ,

all na t ional conven t ions and principal S t a t e

,

conven t ions Mr Riggs has an acquain t ance

,
.

among public men o f A merica and a kno w

ledge O i S t a t e and na t ional poli t ics to be en vied He has .

been t he co nfidant of Presidents counselor of poli t ical cam

,

a ign managers and t he valued friend o f men in hi gh place

p ,
.

The expression should not be used in t he pas t t ense f or he ,

is all those t hings s t i l l and ac t ively in t he harness

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.

The resul t of an experience such as he has en j oyed is that

he can drop in t o S t Paul or San Francisco or Chi cago or
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S t L ouis or Columbus and a t once be in t ouch wi t h the

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men w ho do t hings in po l i t ics and finance in t hose cities

f or Mr Riggs has been a wri t er on fi nancial as w ell as politi
.

cal topics .

In disposi t ion he is admirably e qui pped t o make and

hold acquain t ances of lasting character Public men love .

hi m f or his personal quali t ies and esteem h im for hi s ability .

He is a charming companion a shre w d observ er a good

, ,

judge of men and so t horoughl y in touch wi t h the big a f fairs

,

of the nation and the w orld as t o make hi s opini o n n o t onl y

interesting but valuab l e

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O ne who kno ws him wo uld say t h at the d omi nati ng char

ac t e ri sti c o f his nature and w hi ch h as s o unded loud and clear
,

thro ugh hi s newspaper career as a major chord is a pas ,

sionat e sc o rn and hatred f o r al l that is mean lo w and false , ,

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H e was reared in journalism under Charles A Dana and hi s .

,

influence served to de velop the inherent characteristic of high

minded de vo ti o n t o a high standard of ethics pers o na l and ,

professi o nal .

His natura l b ent for journa lism was inherited from his
fathe r and grand f ather both of whom were financial and ,

politica l writers He was born i n New York City and has

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always li ved there holding that intense lo v e for hi s cit y whi ch

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all nati v es entertain After recei ving his education he b egan

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as a financial writer on Th e S u n soon de v eloping into the ,

leadin g political correspondent In recent y ears he has c on .

tri b uted constantl y to the editorial page .

The aggressi v e spirit of the famous newspaper f or which

he writes is properl y reflected in his nature He is never .

so read y to grab hi pot of ink and a pen as when a fight is to

s

be made for a principle and when he say s t hi n gs he says ,

them in a way not to be misunderstood His style of writing .

is bo th facile and fluent marked wi th constant flashes of ,

humor He is a v ery human b eing and understands hi s

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human b rother while he l oves h im He hates a sneak and a .

coward almost as much as he does a liar .

For twent y fi ve y ears a hard worker not k nowing what it

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was to spare himself he is a great reader In all those y ears

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he has made it a practice to close the hardest day s work ’

,

though it may hav e b een extended far into the night with a ,

nibble at b ooks He loves Thac k eray as he does a dish of

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b ou ill ab isse which Thackeray ce l ebrated in an epic

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.

He numb ered among his closest friends such men as Go v .

Roswell P Flower Wil liam C Whi tne y Thomas C Platt

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David B Hill Matthew S Quay Mark Hanna Benjamin

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Harris o n H H Rogers Wil liam M cKi nl ey and G rover

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Cle veland He enjoy s the esteem o f such men as The o dore

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Roose v elt William H Taft William J Bryan and J Pierpont

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Morga n He k nows personally every big man in the United

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 ED W ARD P . R I PLEY

RESIDENT o f th e Atchis o n To pe k a and ,

Santa Fé Rai l way There are few men .

identified wi th the management of the great

railway properties of the United States pos
sessing stronger characteristics than Mr .

Ripley His business career started in B oston

. .

He was born at D o rchester in Massachusetts , ,

and tradition has it in and about hi s native ,

place that as a boy he was not unlike o thers of c o rrespond

, , ,

ing age un less it may be that he was a bit m o re mi sc hie v

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o us He was a rollic king kind of a y oungster who was

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i nc lined t o observe the humorous side of life alth o ugh he had ,

m o ments of seri o usness In the matter of general informa.

tion he was probab ly quite in ad vance of boy s of his age

, .

Thi s it wo uld seem may have been the result of excellent

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home in fl uence As an Observer of people and e vents he ex

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hib ited as much if not more good s o und reasoning powers

, , ,

at fifteen years of age than most young men are capable of

sh o wi ng at twenty one He was sufficiently inquisitive to
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create the impression that he wanted to know thi ngs He did .

not exactl y ha ve to be shown“ ”

The reaso n f or this may.

have been that he was a native of Massachusetts and not of ,

Missouri His first railroad experience was in B oston and

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hi s start was in a p o sition that paid a small salary In t ime he .

advanced and it was not long unti l he b ecame the authorized

,

freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad in B o ston Mr . .

Ripley later went West becoming connected with the freight

,

service of the Chi cago Milwaukee and St Pau l Railroad, .

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wi th headquarters at Milwau kee It cannot be said that Mr . .

Ripley made Milwaukee famous but while he was a res i ,

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dent of that ci t y he took on fame as one of the l eading
freight men connec t ed wi t h any of the Wes t ern roads Hi s .

first high posi t ion w as that of general f reight agent of the

sys t em He held t his f or a long t erm of years during w h ich
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time he made i t possible f or his road t o carry into Mil w aukee

thousands upon thousands of car loads of barley and malt -
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and later ship ou t many more thousand car loads of beer -

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Thus i t wi ll be seen that Mr Ripley w as almost an eye wit .

ness to the phenomenal development of t he bre wi ng indus

try in t he grea t German li ke ci t y -
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Mr Ripley s achievemen t s as general f reigh t agent so

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impressed the direc t ors of t he road wi t h his ability that he

was made one of i t s vice presidents In t hi s posi t ion he -
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proved t o be one of t he real po t en t f orces in making t he

Chi cago Mil w aukee and S t Paul road one of t he leading
,
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high w ays from Chi cago to the Nort h w es t Abou t fif t een .

years ago Mr Ripley was unanimously chosen by t he board

,
.

of direc t ors of t he San t a Fé system t o become i t s president .

I t w as a t about t his period t ha t t he Santa Fé buil t i t s East and

Wes t ex t ensions giving i t a through line f rom Chi cago to
,

San Francisco The road had had many reverses and a

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,

s t rong man w as needed a t the helm Mr Ripley proved . .

t o be t he righ t man in t he righ t place and hi s selection was ,

at t he right t ime He put ne w l i f e ne w energy new ideas

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and ne w resul t s in t o the organiza t ion He has men about .

him O f hi gh in t e ll igence wh o are able to carry in t o execution

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the many original plans he has in con t empla t ion In less .

than a year he made the San t a Fé known t h roughout t h e

,

country as one of the most popular of the t rans continental -

lines He had been at the head of the Santa Fé system but

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a f ew years until he had as hi s rival the late Ed w ard H Harri .

man Mr Harriman quickly gained the reputation of being

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a railroad wizard o r at leas t w as popularly so supposed

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to be and he no doubt w as Mr Ripley ho w ever was his

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ma t ch in e very particular He prov ed to be as resourcefu l.

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as was Mr Harriman though not indul ging i n as many
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,

pyrotechnics He was wi lli ng t o ad mit that he found a

.

strong antagonist in Mr Harriman but the friends of the.

,

latter did not concea l the fact that Mr Harriman was in ful l .

possession of the knowledge that Mr Ripley was a foe in the .

railway worl d to be reckoned wi th Mr Ripley has had to . .

fight hi s way inch by inch Mr Harriman had two c om pe t . .

ing l ines one the U ni on Pacific via O maha and the other
, , ,

the S outhern Pacific via New O rleans S an Francisc o b ein g ,

the common destination James J Hill an o ther giant . .

, ,

c o ntr o ll ed the destinies of the Northern Pacific and the Great

No rthern It was a contest for supremacy b etween these
.

th ree men Mr Rip l ey did not vanquish hi s foes nor did he

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e xpe ct to b ut he has made the Santa Fé a com mandin g ro a d

,

from e very point of View .

Mr Riple y is a plain blunt man He assumes to be

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not hi ng more than what he reall y is He can hold his own .

wi th an y man in the country on almost an y question At one .

time he had a tilt wi th no less an adversary than Col Theo .

dore Roosevelt then President of the United States He

,
.

stood his gro und and fought the batt l e to the finish He w as .

not to b e daunted by any governmenta l au t horit y in what he

b elie ved to b e hi s inalienable rights Mr Ripley is a man . .

who is noted for strict attention to hi s own b usiness He .

knows all abo ut operating a great railway system in every

detail He is a student of conditions and is probably as
.

well informed on the industrial matters of the count ry as an y

man in it Physically he is large and forceful He is not
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in the least particular about fashionable dressing He leaves .

the selection of his clothes exclusively to his tailor in whom , ,

it would appear he has great confidence He is as big in

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brain as he is big in frame He spends a l arge po rtion of his .

time on the lines of the ro ad H e is n o t a presi de nt in name .

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b ut a president in fact .

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vari e d c areer It i s true that through hi s energy the co untry
.

has increased i n wea lth And i t i s li ke wi se true that Mr

. .

R o c k efeller s riches h ave gro wn in greater proport i on If

’
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al l reports b e true he is worth in hi s indi vidua l right m o re

, , ,

than one hundred mil li on dollars When he began hi s pur .

suit of wealth a man who o wned one mil li o n dollars was far
,

richer than it was generall y belie v ed he sh o uld b e A man .

wi th that much m o ne y was one of the men to be gazed at

where ver he mi ght go F or one man to possess one hundred
.

million dollars demonstrates the fact that business conditions

are such that s o me men are entitled t o greater pri vi leges
than others .

Mr Roc k efeller may hav e been happy in the acquirement

.

of his millions He will no doubt c o nsider conditions re spon

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sible for hi s accumulation of great riches and assert that he ,

did not hi n g more or less than to take advantage of the oppor

tu nit ies incident t o these c o nditions It would b e unfair to .

hold t hi s against a man It serves to S how that he was wi se

.

in his o b serv ations He k n o ws he cannot take hi s wealth

.

with hi m when the fina l summ ons is serv ed consequentl y he ,

i s n o w showing a highly commendable phi lanthropic nature .

In the matter of the distribution of hi s wealth it is do i ng and , ,

g oing t o do a great dea l of good f or a great many people

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.

He b e lie ves i n hi gher education though he had few oppor ,

t u ni ties for securing an education h i mse l f The m o ney he .

has gi ven f or the Chicago U ni versit y is a m o nument to his

good deeds He performed a no b le charity in foundin g a
.

hospital for the cure of ch i ldren in New York and f or the , ,

e l iminati o n as far as p o ssib l e of d i seases so fata l among

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children particularly cerebro spina l meningitis Mr Rocke

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fel ler du ri ng the past fifteen y ears h as shown a b readth of

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thought on phi l anthr opic lines that must c o mmand the ad mi

rat i on of e very o ne It wo u l d seem that he finds it mo re
.

difli cu l t pro perl y t o dist ribute much o f his wealth o n whole

so me li nes than it was to acquire it H e h as reached a l most .

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t he ful l measure life and has done much to cause people

of ,

t o t hi nk more kindl y of him t han prevailed a decade or so

ago He is not popular on any go l f links He is close in
. .

t he matter of gi ving tips to the caddies They are all against .

It is not recorded o f Mr Rockefeller that he has ever in his .

life had many in t imate associa t es though he may have had a ,

large number of acquain t ances He has lived much to him .

sel f His business associa t es know him best as a man of

.

business He has been rather secretive all hi s life He

. .

believes hi mself to be a much misunders t ood man and no ,

doubt he is He was brought up in a rural sec t ion among

.

t hose whose wants were fe w and whose w ays w ere simple .

No t wi t hs t anding his imm ense w eal t h and power he has lived ,

t he simplest kind of a li f e He has never done anythi ng f or .

S how F or a great many years he pre f erred tha t t he public

.

should know lit t le if anything abou t him or his business

, ,

aff airs Few men have a more perfect home l ife than he
. .

He is part icularly pleased when members of his famil y circle

are wi th hi m This does not mean his sons and daughters
.

only but hi s sisters brot hers and their fami lies or at least
, , , , , ,

most of them He is not one w ho believes in spending money

.

because he may have it He li kes plain simple food which .

, ,

was the c ase e ven in the day s when he was able t o eat heart
il y He d o es n o t spend two hundred dollars a y ear f or hi s
.

clothes Some may consider Mr R o ckefeller of a philosoph

. .

ica l turn of mind He h as been the master workman in one

.

of the largest industrial enterprises the United S t ates has ever

known It is not fair that for t hi s he shou l d be co ndemn e d

. .

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 TH EO D O R E R OOS EV ELT

HE O DO RE R OO SE VE L T is the live li est

of li ve
men .

As po litica l Bosses wi th a big B T o m Platt , ,

Mark Hanna and Matt Quay were mere ,

figu reh ead s If they were a l ive in their

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prime and in politics to day they wou l d be

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beaten to a f razzl e .

He is the m o st s killed and the m o st pra e

t i cal politician e v er seen He can capture the East on o ne
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p l atform and the West on another entirely divergent He .

takes them in g oing and c omi n g and whi psaws the turn wi th
the greatest of ease .

Therefore he is a wo nder and a m o st extra o rdinary man .

There is not any t hi n g so b i g o r so litt l e that Mr R oo se .

vel t wil l n o t tac kl e it .

He has the c o urage of his c o n vi cti o ns right or wr o n g , ,

if the y go his way .

If o ne can judge from his sayi ngs he is perhaps the o n ly , , ,

h o nest ma n in the worl d .

If he e ver has the chance and he may he wi l l aboli sh , ,

the S uprem e C o urt and establish one of hi s own .

Li ke many o ther men of his kind he is no t S i lly en o u gh t o ,

practi c e what he preaches .

In a w o rd Theod ore Roose velt is f or The o d ore R oo s evel t

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first l ast and all the t i me You can bet y our swe e t li fe o n
, ,
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t hi s and not l o se it
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Just k eep yo ur e y e on hi m for the next two ye ars if hi s man

Sti mso n i s el e c t e d Gov ern o r o f New Y o rk .

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mak ing li ne ha ve been confined to say ing s o met h i n g that
intellectual judges wo uld understand and appreciate and in
t e l l e c t u al o pposing attorneys w o uld find di ffi cult t o answer
And at that s ort of speak
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ing R o ot is past master .

L ike many other successfu l Americans R o ot i s the son of ,

a college professor His father was O ren Root pro fessor of

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mathematics at Hamilton College New York E lihu Ro o t was ,

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born in O neida County New York in 1 8 4 5 In 1 8 6 4 he

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graduated fro m Hamilton College and then tau ght schoo l ,

at Rome Academy for a y ear Thence he went t o the law .

schoo l of the University of New York from whi ch he was ,

graduated in 1 86 7 He immediatel y b egan the practice of

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law in New Yo rk City From 1 88 3 to 1 88 5 he serv ed as

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United States att orney for the Southern District of New

York to which p o sition he was appointed by President Arthur
,
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That was hi s only Go vernment position until 1 8 99 when ,

President M c Ki nl ey made him Secretary of War Wh ile he .

had b een k nown far and wide as one of America s l eadin g ’

corporation l awy ers it was not until Root entered the M e

,

Kinle y Cab inet that he attained a national reputati o n as a

pub l ic man .

He had had no experience in military a f fairs but he loo ked ,

up o n the mac hi nery of the War Department as he would

u pon a legal or mathematical problem He S imply turned the
.

full force o f his inte l lect on it Whereup o n t hi n gs be gan to

.

happen .

The S pani sh War had just ended The War Depa rtment .

was in turm oil Man y of the bureau chiefs men who had
.
,

spent y ears a mid the red tape of the Army had bec o me u m ,

usually military Most of them had received good promotions

.

as a result of the war They hung over their respecti ve desks

.

signs that read : If y ou want to know who is boss around

“

here start something

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It would hav e taken a day s chopping
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of an expert a x w i elder to cut en o ugh chips to furnish the

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shoulders of the war chiefs in those days Then c ame R o ot . .

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 E LIHU R O O T
S o me o ne h as said some w here t hat R oo t s mind works li ke ’

a diamond drill ; t ha t w ha t ever i t strikes it bores thr o ugh .

F or reliable testimony on t ha t point go to any of the army ,

o f ficers w ho were on du t y at t he War Department during the

t hr ee years t hat Roo t w as the head of t ha t Department .

With his logical orderly and legally trained mind Root

, , ,

soon saw t hat t here w as t oo much of many things wr ong wi th

t he W a r Departmen t O ne of t he worst of the troubles was
.

t he fine co l lec t ion of offi cers of high rank wh o headed the

various bureaus . They had all reached t ha t period of life and
mili t ary rank w here i t sui t ed t hem much be tt er to give orders
t han to take them So t hey w ere running about wi ld but t ing
.
,

each o t her li ke a herd of angry rams .

The new Secre t ary w orked out h is plan of reorganization

and t hen call ed t he Army offi cers in t o consul t a t ion He t old .

t hem mildly w ha t he w anted and poli t ely w ai t ed f or them to

,

do i t As Root and everybody else familiar wi t h condi t ions

.

in t he Uni t ed Sta t es Army a t t hat t ime f ully expected tro uble ,

follo w ed A brigadier genera l at t he head of a bureau saw

.

a colonel at t he head of another bureau get t ing too much po w er .

He raised a r ow Then Roo t started some t hing He knocked

. .

the heads of t he belligerent O f ficers toge t her un t il t hey had

calmed do wn Those wh o w ould not calm do wn returned to
.

their comm ands In an incredibly short space of time Root

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had thi ngs about the Department running like well oiled -

mac hi ne .

But he did not accomplish what he did wi t hout many

fights The Army o f ficers battled vali an t ly bu t every time
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t hey hit Root t hey bounced off The cold limpid Root .
,

brain and t he Root reserve c h illed t hem to the marrow Also .

,

President M c Ki nl ey and later President Roosevelt backed

, ,

Root up in everyt hing he did The o f ficers took the signs off
.

their desks and wi ped the reflection off their faces Root .

had sho wn w ho w as boss .

To w ard the close of the year 1 90 3 Root found himself ,

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ru nnin g sh ort of funds Whi l e h e was in the Cab inet he .

could earn n o thin g b ut th e salary he re c ei ved fro m the

G ov ernment In the meant i me he was livin g at the rate o f
.
,

at le ast a y ear So he to l d hi s trou b les t o President

.

Roose ve l t and asked t o b e l et O f f He had d o ne all he cou l d

,
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wi th the War Department he t ol d hi s c h i ef and wanted t o g o , ,

b ack t o the practice o f law and earn some m o ney befo re h e

go t t oo old Roose v elt.lau g hed at the t oo ol d ”
idea f o r “
,

Root was then a y oun g man of fif ty nine y ears of age B ut -

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he re l uctantl y parted with R oo t .

R oo t quit the Cab inet January 9 4 and returned to 1 ,

1 0 ,

New Y o rk There he practiced law wi th due di l igence unti l

.

Jul y 7 9 5 In that time he is said t o hav e earned more than

,
1 0 .

in fees .

B ut the call of the nation came to hi m again when Secre

tary Hay died The man whom Europeans consider the
.

greatest diplomatist ever produced by America was in fai lin g

health a y ear b efore he died John Hay was l ov ed by man y .

Presidents b ut by n o ne m o re than R oo se velt When he

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died the President with al l who had ser v ed in the Cabinet

, ,

wi th Hay went to his funera l i n O hi o

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R o ot was su mm o ned .

by Roose velt t o go on the same train with the President O n .

the way t o O h i o R oo sevelt too k R oo t int o a pri vate stateroo m

, .

“ ”
Elihu he said ,
“
you hav e go t t o come b ack in my
,

Cabinet Hay is dead There is no man l i vin g who can fil l

. .

his shoes as well a s you can I need yo u . .

Root remained silent a few minutes He is a great man .

t o deliberate a question in ab solute silence wh ile the ques

t ioner awaits the answer At last he looked at R oo se velt .

and t o ld him he wo u l d c o me b ack .

Durin g the time he was Secretary o f War R oo t a l ways

b ecame acting Secretary of State in Hay s absence He was ’
.

familiar wi th the wor k He l acked that wo nderful k nowledge

.

of foreign a f fairs that Ha y had gained by many y ears ser vice

’

ab ro ad but he had hand l ed numero us b ig internationa l law

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head and New York gained the greatest S enat or S he h a s h ad
i n many years .

In the Senate R oo t has not shown as ye t H e entered .

that august b ody not as a n ovi tiate b ut as a ful l fle dged

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member The Administration halo was about hi s head and

.
,

he got as go o d commi ttee assignments as if he had been in the

Senate a decade His work is quiet and forceful He has
. .

made tw o or three big speeches but most of hi s eff orts are ,

confined to committee w ork wherein he is as brilliant as ,

he was b efore the law courts and at the head of two depart
ments .

Root has the reputation of being cold He is so intel .

,

l ec tu al l y.Tall erect rather slender he is almost a hand

, , ,

some man His hair slightly gray drops down o ver hi s

.
, ,

forehead giving hi m a boyish look at times E ver and

,
.

anon Root is humorous He used to have lots of fun wi th .

the newspaper correspondents O nce while he was acting .

,

Secretary of State in Hay s absence the Japanese situation

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was acute A Washington newspaper was howling lustily

.

f or war . We wi ll call the paper Th e Bl ade there being no ,

Washington Bl ade .

In the midst of the delicate Japanese S ituation there was

an uprising in Honduras O f ficial telegrams came to R oo t . .

He received the ne w spaper men .

“ ”
Are we going to war with Honduras $ one of them
asked .

“
I do not kno w said Root solemnly ,
Maybe so If ,
. .

we do do you think Th e Bl ade would be wil l ing to call of f the

,
”
war with Japan $
Again Root was asked a pointed question He did n o t .

care to answer it So he mumbled hi s reply O ne of the

. .

younger correspondents who did not know hi s ways took , ,

the bait .

“
I did not quite catch your repl y Mr Secretary h e said
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I did n o t intend you should replied R oo t

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R oo t s greates t quip came w hen President Taft was gov
’

e r nor of t he P hi li ppines and Root was Secretary of War

.

Taf t had been ill and Roo t had ordered him t o t ake a v aca
,

t ion Ta ft did so Upon his re t urn to Mani la he sent Roo t

. .

t he foll o wing cablegram :

“
Jus t rode a mule a hundred miles over t he moun t ains.

”
Feeling fine .

To w hich Roo t replied also by cable

,

“
Glad t o hear you are w ell ; bu t h ow is t he mule $

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 TH O MA S F RYAN .

NE O F the co nspicu o us finan ciers i n th e

United S tates Mr R y an has made hi s o wn
. .

way i n the worl d starting life wi thout either

,

money or influentia l relati v es He i s dis .

t inc tive l y a man of commercia l turn of mind ,

wi th a li king for finance rather than i ndustria l

pursuits It w o uld seem fro m k n o wi n g
.

s o met hi ng of Mr R y an s career that at the

.
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ve ry b e gi nni n g he had a fixed purpose i n view that was —

t o acquire wealth and such power as wea l th w o u l d gi ve hi m .

He is a nati v e of Vir gini a reared in th e rura l districts He

, .

ac quired as go od an education as was o f fered hi m i n the com

munit y where he spent hi s bo yh o od His first b usiness con .

ne c tion was i n Ba l t i m o re in a b an ki n g h o use

,
Mr R y an . .

prospered and progressed from the start He was ne ver a .

l aggard He had ori ginal ideas b ut i t was n o t a l way s pos

.
,

sib l e t o get others t o adopt them He c o u l d not then adopt

.

them h i mse l f b ecause he was wi th o ut funds He saved

,
.

m o ne y from his first m o nth s sa l ary T hi s he continued

’
.

doin g unti l he ceased working fo r other peop l e and went int o

,

b usiness on hi s own account It was then that he was in

.

pos i ti o n t o fol l ow hi s i nc linations and put s o me of hi own s

ideas int o execution Ba l t i more b ein g a c o nservati ve finan

.
,

c ia l center did not o f f er in Mr R y an s opini o n the necessary

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,

o ppo rtunities fo r a pers o n of hi s trend of mi nd He wanted .

t o l ocate where there was more act ivi ty The k now l edge .

he had gained whi l e in the emp l oy of the B alt i more ban k

whetted his appetite for a m o re e xpanded field Of Operation .

He read i ly saw that the financial center of the country was in

N e w Yo rk and that i f o nce established th e re h e could make
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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I V E MEN
S treet b uccaneers If he did pro fit by it and the chances are
.
,

he did the st o ckh o lders and policy h ol ders neve rthe l ess o we
,
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hi m a de b t of gratitude f or which if they are honest wi th ,

themse lves the y wi ll render due ackno w l ed gment Probab ly

,
.

s o me i f not all have or wi ll

, ,
.

In vi e wi n g Mr R y an outside the gateway of his m o ney

.

chan gi n g temple he has a bigger heart than mo st pe op l e

,

reali ze He has c o ntributed probably as much to charit y

.
, ,

as an y of the really rich men of the count y He has ne ver r .

sought t o ha v e these o kindred acts ad vertised bein g c o ntent

r ,

with th e know l edge that he has t ri ed t o perform hi s duty t o

man kind i n a manner that would d o g oo d t o th o se wh o
were the reci pi ents His prominence in the financial w o rl d
.

brou ght him much into pub l ic notice in many of the more
important m o ves inc i dent to new deve l opments in his sphere
of acti o n Thr o u gh a business life of more than fort y y ears
.

he has had time occasionally t o st op on his wealth procuring

, ,
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journey to turn aside from the sordid t h i n gs of life wherein

he might b ecome c o mpanionable wi th his fellow man T hi s -
.

he can do and o ften does Mr R y an s way s are as simple

,
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’

as when he was a boy of fifteen in Virgi nia He doesn t .

’

need the mone y he possesses at least not a ll of it The ,

.

excitement attending the accumulation of great wealth i s prob

ably hi s best excuse for ha vin g engaged in the man y c on
t ests he has waged In hi s home life Mr Ryan is l ik ened
.
,
.

unt o a p rince when it comes to dispensin g hospitali t y He is

,
.

a go o d talker and likes talking t o a good listener At times .

he may appear d ogmatic but if so i t i s b ecause he is sure of

, , ,

the justness of hi s own position in th e argu ment whatever ,

that may b e Illustrations of h i msel f h a ve appeared in so

.

man y pu bli c p rints that hi s fa c e i s fami l iar to mil li o ns of

readers If Mr R y an had chosen to adopt a gri cultura l pur
. .

suits h e w o uld hav e b een the b est and the mo st progre ssi v e
,

farm er i n hi s co unt y .

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 W IN FIEL D S C OTT S C H LEY

EAR ADMIRAL of t he U ni t ed States Na vy ,

re t ired The name o f Ad miral Schley is

.

abou t as w ell kno wn t hr oughou t t he Uni t ed

S t a t es as t ha t of any man in i t He is a .

na t ive of Mar land and since h e w as seven

y ,

t een years of age he has been connec t ed wi t h

t he Navy fi rs t as a s t uden t a t t he Naval
,

Academy and af t er hi s gradua t ion his career

,

h as furnished a large part of t he hi st o ry of t ha t figh t ing a d

u nc t t o the Governmen t He t h Farra u t durin g t he
j . was wi g
Ci vil War and hi s conduc t as a young O ffi cer wa s honorable
,

alike t o hi mse l f and to his coun t ry Admi ral Schley has .

accomplished much in his li f e bu t no one w ould ever kno w i t

,

i f i t w ere necessary to w ai t f or hi m t o tell i t That is one .

of his stronges t charac t e ris t ics He re f uses t o talk abou t

.

hi ms elf When compara t ively a young man he volunteered t o

.
,

t ake charge o f an e xpedi t ion f or the relie f of Adolphus W .

Greely w ho had gone in search of t he Nort h Pole Admiral

,
.

Schl ey in charge of t he relief expedi t ion arrived at the c riti

, ,

cal moment Had he been t w o days la t er General $t hen L ieu

.
,

tenan t ) Greely and his comr ades w ould undoubtedly have died
from s t arvation F or more t han ten days Admiral Schl ey
.
,

s t a t ioned hi mse lf in t he crow s nest of the vessel and wi t h great

’

gl asses sur v ey ed the horizon I t w as a hazardous task but he

.
,

did i t c o urage o usly and cheerf ully A t t he end of the ten day s
.

he w as re w arded by Observi ng e vidences of life on the surface

of t he snow and i Cc e mer e flapping of one of the folds

of L ieu t enant Greely s t ent The condi t i o n of the men

’
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,

when found by Admiral Schl ey h as been graphi call y told so

, ,

that it is not necessary to go into details here It fu rnish es .

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a l arge part of the hi st o ry of the Na vy Department Ad mi ra l .

S chley has been for the past twenty years one of the leadi n g
men identified wi th the Navy He never s hi rked a duty n o r .
,

disobeyed an order There ne v er was a time when his ser

.
,

vices w ere in demand that he was not wit hi n cal ling distance
,

of his superior .

When the United S tates went to war with Spain Ad miral ,

Schley took hi s accustomed position at the front His presence .

was needed and he was on hand to comply wi th e very dir e c

,

tion It was Admi ral Schley w ho fought the na v al battle of

.

Santiago on the 4 th of July 1 8 98 He pursued and de ,

.

stroy ed the Spanish fleet in its attempt t o escape from the

harbor of Santiago to the open se a It was the decisive and .

final battle of the con fli ct and as he fired the last gun the
war was ov er His flagship the Brook
,

. l yn recei v ed the , ,

greater numb er of shots from the enemy but that did n o t ,

seem to deter the courage o us Schle y He not onl y too k .

pu ni shment but he de livered pu ni shment as history has

, ,

recorded He performed hi s duty with the same modest y

.

that has characterized hi s every ofli cial act He asked for n o .

praise more than the grateful tributes o f a thankful people

,
.

He had detractors en vious and jeal o us of his triumphs T hi s

,
.

made no di f ference to him He k new that the pe o p l e knew

.

who f o ught the battle and who was resp o nsi b le for the vi c
tory He made no charges a gainst an y one He bo re i n
. .

silence the barkings o f the inconsequential herd He main .

t aine d his full dignity of manh oo d He preferred that his .

acts should speak for him rather than that he sh o uld raise hi s
,

v oice in defense of hi mself He had d o ne t hi ngs while others

.
,

had done nothi ng He was ne ver a pa rt y t o the political

.

jugglery going on inside of the Navy Department He e ver .

showed a hosti l ity t o b ureau autocracy He was a na va l .

fighter not afraid of powder or shel l Many o f those wh o

,
.

said the m o st against hi m had ne v er smell ed or seen either .

He was n o t a strate gi st b ut a man sch o oled in war and n o t

,

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 SW A GA R S HER L EY

HE S T O RY of Swagar Sher l e y is t h at o f a
man wi th a f o undation O rnaments of speech
.

and mi nd came afterward as the battle

m e nts and turrets are set up o n the b ase work
,

o f a castle B ut t o the fact that Sherley

.
,

durin g much of hi s boyh oo d was b edfast ,

h e o we s a c o urse of reading a l i kin g f o r the ,

fine i ntel l e c tual things of life and a grounding ,

in the principles of mental discipline that few men can equal .

At present Sherley is a memb er of Con gress from Ken

tuck y and he is a prominent member Much of his work is
,
.

done in committee Thi s means that the unseen unrecorded

.
,

prunin g of approp riati o ns t o fit the Government purse that ,

the studi o us in v estigation whi ch lea ves only meritori o us

claims f o r sett l ement is hi s chi ef w o rk in the C o n gress O n
,
.

the floor he re c ei ves careful attention b ecause he usually ari ses

,

to debate the parliamentary tangl es and to unrave l them ,

to exp o und ab struse legal Situations into whi ch the b usiness

of the House has carried it So much to Sherley s a l e rt mind
.
,
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seems o b vi o us that he is rarel y heard on measures o f whi ch

he has been ab le to form an instant opini on He finds hi m .

self thin king that to al l the H o use the measure must be as

patent the reasons pro or con as clear So Sherle y has the
,
.

work of quarry ing and refinin g and from hi s c o mmittees the

,

stu f f to make into le gi slation c o mes pure and g littering Feel .

ing that e very one can tell dro ss fro m prec i ous meta l Sherl e y ,

has not the fault of gilding over go ld .

What is arist o cratic in th i s c o unt ry S herle y is His ,

.

famil y is a So uthern one whose memo ries are of generations

and si lver His father Capt Th o mas H S h erley was a
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 S W A GA R SHER LEY
distinguished Kentuckian and Democra t once memb er o f ,

t he Democra t ic Na t ional Co m mi tt ee It is a part of the .

record of t he t ricks fa t e plays t ha t Cap t ain Sherley always

coveted the sea t in C o ngress from t he Fi ft h Kentucky Distric t
no w held by hi s son .

Swagar Sherley was reared in t he a t mosphere of social

Lo uis vi l le a s t ra t um of humani t y t ha t is wi t ty cultured
, , ,

and al t oge t her di s t inc t ive and pa t rician Frequently in the .

,

Uni t ed S t a t es aris t ocracy of t he in t ellec t is received gladly

,

by aris t ocracy of birt h and f rom t his mingling springs such ,

an aris t ocracy as t ha t of Ken t ucky Sherley w as reared .

among t hese people Barred by ill ness f rom many of the .

ou t d oor sport s of a b oy he devo t ed himse l f t o men t al cul t ure

,
.

By t he t ime t here f ore t ha t he had gone t o t he Uni versi t y

, ,

of Virginia and begu n t he s t udy of la w he was well founded ,

in t he bes t inf orma t ion of t he w orld .

Then Sherley began t o balance hi mself He took up .

boxing and al t hough he has been lame f or years he became

, , ,

a rangy fis t man His shoulders are broad and his chest is

.

deep and wi t h t he gloves t he Ken t ucky youth managed to

,

become a dangerous opponen t .

The la w f ound Sherley a devo t ed pupil I t seemed t ha t .

hi s mind was formed his facul t ies t rained f or fine legal we av

, ,

ing or un w eaving and t ha t his t ongue bore con vic t ion t o

,

bench and t o j ury I t is but a s t ep f rom t he la w to poli t ics

.
,

and Sherley beli e ving t ha t he w ould become famous as a

,

prosecu t or en t ered into a race f or common w eal t h s a t t or

,
’

ney He los t
. .

The nigh t that Sherley w as defea t ed for t hi s p l ace he ,

found himself badly in debt He w as f acing a tu rnin g poin t .

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of his li f e But he took a path over the hill instead of aro und
.

i t ; he chose t o scramble acro ss the r o cks rather than to walk

t hr ough peaceful pastures and along the banks of pleasan t
streams Sherley de f eated f or a small of fice set ou t t o
.
, ,

demand a greater one He w as ashamed that he had asked .

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I VE MEN
so li tt le this man wh o m his part y had refu s ed t o n omi nat e for
,

c o mm o nwea l th s att o rne y He reso lve d t o go t o C o n gress

’
,
.

and this he realized No mination and a first e l ection came

.

after Sherley had sh o wn the mett l e that was i n him Th e n .

c ame renomination and a sec o nd election and o thers fol ,

lo wed sometimes against part y and Repu blican opp o s i ti o n

,

$he is a Democrat ) and sometimes against Repu b l ican o ppo

sit ion onl y .The people of his district f o und that their yo un g
Representati ve was b ecoming a forceful man in the national
H o use and they sh o wed their appreciat io n by k e epin g him
,

there .

As thi s b ook is of f to press S herle y is one o f the c hi ef o f

,

the nation s le gi slat o rs A bill reformi n g the ab uses o f the

’
.

ol d b an k ruptcy pro visions and enacted i nt o l aw b ears hi s

name i n the U ni ted S tates statutes He is o ne o f the rec og
.

ni ze d g reat l a wyers in publi c life His c areer li es befo re

.

hi m i n i ts gr e atest b readth and hi s d i st ric t and hi s S tate exp e ct

,

m uch of hi m .

S herle y i s featured like a R o man : L arge n o se b road fo re ,

h e ad t h i n lips and uptilting chin

, , He has the pa l e c o m
.

p le xi o n of those wh o se bl o od suppl y i s mea g er b ut hi s e y es are

,

fran k and c l ear and they redeem thi s pa llor A s his ad mi re rs

, .

say

Swagar S h e rley look s like a statesman and is o ne

,
.

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I VE M EN

so li tt le , t h i s
man wh o m hi s part y had refus e d t o nomi nate for
c o mm o nwea l th s att o rne y He res o l ved t o go t o C o n gress
’
.
,

a nd thi s he real ized Nomi nation and a first e lecti o n came

.

after Sherley had sh o wn the mettle that was in hi m Th e n .

c ame renomination and a second elect i on and o thers fol ,

lo wed s o metimes against party and Republi can opp o s i ti o n

,

$he is a Democrat ) and sometimes a g ainst Repub l ican o pp o

sit i on onl y The people of his district found that their yo un g
.

Representative was beco ming a fo rceful man in the nationa l

House and the y sh o wed their apprec i ation by keepin g him
,

there .

As t hi s b ook is off to press S her l e y is o n e of the c hi ef o f

,

the nation s le gi s l at o rs A bill reformin g the ab uses o f the

’
.

ol d b ankruptcy provisi o ns and enacted i nto l aw b ears his

name in the United States statutes He i s one of the re co g .

ni ze d g reat l a wy ers in publi c life H i s career li es b efore

.

hi m in its great e st b re adth and hi s di st ric t and hi s S tate e xpe ct

,

m uch o f him .

S herle y i s feature d li ke a R o man : L arge n o se b ro ad fo re ,

h e ad thin lips and uptiltin g c hi n

, , He has the pa l e c om
.

p l e xio n of th o se whose blood supply is mea g er but his e y es are ,

fran k and cl ear and they rede e m t hi s pa llor As hi s admi rers

, .

say

Swagar S herley l o o ks like a statesman and is o n e,

.

[ 38 6 ]
 TH EO DO RE P . S H O N TS

EAD o f t he Rapid Transit system o f the cit y

of Ne w York w hi ch embraces al l t he surface
, ,

eleva t ed and sub w ay roads Mr S honts

, . .

h as done so many t hings in hi s busy life that

i t would requi re much space t o enumerate
them a ll He spe n t mos t of his business li f e
.

in Io w a bu t t ha t need not give t he idea t hat

,

he was born t here al t hough he w ould not ,

ob j ect to t ha t honor h ad i t so t ranspired He is a native of

,
.

—
Western Pennsylvani a His free and easy probably breezy
.

style w ould sta mp him as a man from t he big heart ed West -

.

He is universall y considera t e O f everybody and as courteous ,

as an Old t ime Sou t hern colonel Young Shon t s w as brought

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up in the a t mosphere of surgery and medicine Tha t was .

because his father w as a prac t icing physician The sire .

desired that the son should follo w in hi s foo t steps b ut t he ,

latter took a di f feren t vie w of t he future He preferred being .

a la wyer and a lawy er he became He w ent West to Illinois

,
.

and Io w a Being of good address and indomitable push he

.
,

made his own w ay and made it w ell He was fortunate in his

,
.

love a ff air He married the daughter of Gen Francis M

. . .

Drake a man of grea t force in the Sta t e and at one time

, ,

govern o r General Drake w as one of the real upbuilders of

.

indus t rial aff airs in his section of t he country being in c on ,

t rol of one or mo re railways Th is proved to be a good t hin g

.

f or Mr Shonts G eneral Drake had come t o kno wMr Shonts

. . .

w ell reco gnizin g hi s fine abi l ity as a worker and organi zer
,
.

Mr Shonts gave up the practice of law and became per

.

m anentl y identified wi th the managem e nt of rail w ays He .

h as had many triumphs in h i s busin e ss career but the o n e ,

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that ad vanced hi m the hi ghest as a rai l way pres i d e nt was
when he too k p o ssessi o n o f the T ol ed o St Lo u i s and Wes ,
.

tern Railway extendin g fro m T ol ed o t o S t Lo uis Wh en he

, . .

became the head of t h i s ro ad i t c o nsisted o f litt le m o re than ,

the ri ght of way and two strea k s o f rust It was i n a d epl or .

ab l e condit io n I t had been transformed from a narr o w t o

.

a standard gau ge It had alway s b een poor though i t pene.

t rat e d for fo rt y mi l es on e i ther side a country as fert i le as an y

in th e West He b ui l t up this road in comparati ve ly a sh ort
.
,

time t o such a position that it was ab le to purchase and take

,

p o ssessi o n o f the Chicago and Alt o n sy stem one of the best ,

paying railway s i n the country .

Mr S h o nts was not much known to the ge nera l pu blic

.

unt il after hi s appointment b y President R oo se v e l t as the

head of the Isthmi an Canal C o mmissi o n President Ro o se .

velt wanted a man who was capable of doin g things to take

charge of aff airs in Panama and direct the c onstructi o n of the
great canal He cast abo ut f or s o me time b efo re findin g the
.

man he wanted He knew of Mr Shonts rec o rd as one whose

. .
’

“
hobby was hard work That suited Pres i dent Roose ve lt
”
.

to a nicety He sent for Mr Shonts to c o me to Wash i ngt o n

. .
,

not stating wh y he wished it He might ha v e tho ught the .

President had it in for him as the head o f se v era l railways

”
, ,

and might want t o classify him as am o ng the ma l efactors“

of great wealth o r the cri mina l rich

” “ ”
Much to the sur
,
.

prise O f Mr Shonts the President desired t o confer up o n

.
,

him a hi gh title that of a man who was capable o f managing

—

a great undertaking That President R o ose velt exhi bited .

excellent judgment in the se l ection of Mr Shonts n o one has .

ever contr overted It is the b i g things of life that interest

.

Mr Shonts m o st He has fine executive abi lity and is a

. .
,

leader of men When Thomas F R y an and o ther o wners

. .

and direct o rs of the transit c o mpa ni es of New York went

in search of a man who could bring order o ut of chaos and ,

gi v e to the pe o ple o f that cit y some kind o f de c ent service ,

[ 38 8 ]
 H O K E S M ITH

O RMER S ecretary of the Inte rio r fo rmer ,

Govern o r of Ge o rgia and s oo n to be G over ,

n o r again Go v ern o r S mith is one of the

.

uni que characters i n American p olitics He .

h as ac hi e v ed a great deal in hi s compara

tivel y short business career He has had t o .

fi ght and fight hard f o r e very thing he h as

, ,

acquired It w o uld seem that he has met a

.

c o ntestant at e very corner of the road in life s endea v or He ’

.

has ne v er b een kno wn t o run away from an y of hi s encounters .

He has fought them out squarely in the mi dd l e of the r o ad ,

and in fu l l view of the public W hen he first entered upon a .

b usiness career in Atlanta he was a strugglin g l awy er He is

,
.

an ob serving citi zen He quic kl y reali zed the sl o wness wi th

.

which courts conducted their business when rai l roads were

defendants According to hi s way of thin kin g the railro ads
.
,

were all too powerful over the State judiciary Nearl y all of .

the jud ges were traveling on rai l road passes whi ch meant that ,

railroads were n o t wi thout their friends o n the State bench

“ ”
.

He was not the enemy of railroads because the y were railroads ,

b ut b ecause as he viewed it of their unfair treatment of the

, ,

pub lic He soon came to be known as the one lawy er in the

.

S tate who could successfully c o ntest wi th the railroads in some

o f the cou rts He broke up a practice of judges granting con
.

t inu ance after c o ntinuance when as k ed for b y the attorneys

,

f or the roads He forced the issu e so stro ngly that it had its
.

e f f ect not only in Atlanta b ut thr o ughout the entire State

, ,
.

L ater Mr S mith be came the proprietor of the At lanta J ou rnal

,
.
,

an afternoon paper that has filled and is filli ng its mi ssion as , ,

a serv ant to the pu b lic s best interests He had a fight on his

’
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h ands when he took up the newspaper business and it was a ,

n asty fight too The strength o f hi s indi vidua lit y was trans
,
.

ferred t o the edit o rial pages of his paper W hil e others w ere .

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 H O K E SM I TH
making it a bi t w arm f or him he w as o ften maki ng it quite a ,

bit warmer for the o t hers He f ought hi s o wn battles in his .

own w ay and b ecame a vic t or in all o f them

, .

When Mr Cleveland was r e elected to the Presiden cy

.
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,

in 1 8 9 2 he desired a Sou t hern man to take a place in hi s

,

Cabinet Hoke Smi t h had cham pioned Mr Cleveland duri n g

. .

his first adminis t ra t ion and was one of his most loyal su p
po rt ers in the campaign of 1 8 9 2 as he had been in 1 88 4 and ,

1 88 8 ; in the la tt er year ho w ever he was defeated Mr , , . .

Cleveland t hough t w e l l of Mr Smi t h He was then u n . .

known ou t side O f Georgi a and f or t ha t reason no dou bt , , ,

many Ge orgians t hough t he was not of su ffi cien t caliber t o

become Cabine t t imbe r Hi s chie f com pe t i t or for t he place was
.

Colonel Mo rrison of Illinois w ho was backed by Mr Carli sle

, , . .

Hi s poli t ical enemies in Georgia did a l most e veryt h ing in their

po wer t o persuade Mr Cleveland no t t o selec t Mr S mi t h . . .

They se emingly di d not kno w Mr Cleveland Anyho w . .

,

Mr Smi t h w as invi t ed by Mr Cleveland to become hi s Secre

. .

t ary of t he In t erior w hich o ffi ce he held f or more t han three

,

years and i t is doub t ful if ever t here was a be tt er Secre t ary

,

of t he In t erior t han he Be ing a good la wyer he w as well

.
,

equipped for t he du t ies of his hi gh O f fice Mr S mith was . .

loyal t o his part y af t er i t s nomination of Mr Bryan at Chicago .

,

in 1 8 9 6 He was the onl y Cabine t Offi cer w ho w as

. The .

party s promulgations upon t his occasion w ere not in har

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mony wi t h t he Cleveland poli cies w hereupon Mr S mith ,

.

resigned t he O fli ce of Secretary of t he Interior and gave Mr .

Bry an loyal support Though personall y not in sympa t hy

.

wi th a ll of t he Nebraskan s ideas he w as a ll the t ime a

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loyal Democrat In 1 90 6 Mr Smi th w as elected Governor

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of Ge or gia He f ound at the ti me of his inaugura t ion Joseph

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M Brown son of t he late United States Sena t or Joseph E

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Brown a member of the State railroad commission Mr

,
. .

Brown had previously been general freigh t and passenger

agent and tr affic manager of the Western and Atlan t ic Rail
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way, an d was t i nctured n o d o u b t wi th rai l ro ad ideas and
, ,

prob ab ly a t rifl e t oo fa v orabl e t o the demands o f rai l r o ads ,

w hi ch did n o t at all agree with t h e vi go ro us contrary opi nio ns

e xpressed by Govern o r S mi th Mr B ro wn has lon g b e e n . .

k no wn as Li tt l e J o e and he i s qu ite an i nterestin g charac

“ ”
,

t e r His a d mini strat io n of hi s offi ce as o ne o f the rai l way

.

co mmissi o ners was n o t p leasin g to Govern o r S mith where ,

u p o n i n rath er a dramatic manner he fired L ittle Jo e

,
“ ” “ ”
,

o ut of ofli ce i n l ess than no time Th i s raised a te rri b le ro w . .

“
Li ttle J o e was n o t wi th o ut friends and supp orters The
”
.

dep o sed Li ttle J o e announced hi s cand i dacy fo r th e Gov

“ ”

e rnor sh ip and there were h ot doin g s fr o m At l anta t o the

“
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se a
”
. Govern o r S mi th went down t o defe at bu t i n le ss t h an , ,

tw o y ears he pro ved to be one of th o s e wh o co u l d co m e

,
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b ack ”
. He made the declaration that Li tt l e Jo e woul d
“ ”

have to eat di rt and he made g ood his word ,

“
Li tt l e .

Jo e wi l l most unwillin gly surrender the ofli ce of G ove rn o r

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t o Mr S mith wh o wi ll in the near future enter upon his

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d uties fo r a sec o nd term Gove rno r S mi th i s a b i g b rained

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fo rcefu l pro gressi v e and resourcefu l man He i s a man wh o

, ,
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has never taken a step backward He be lie v es in the W i l l of .

t h e peop le Wh en the Georgia le gislature passed its S tate

.

wi de pro h ib iti o n bi l l he was not personally in fa vo r of i t b ut

h e ass i st e d i n ma k
, ,

i ng it a law b y giving it hi s signature and i n ,

d oi n g so he stated that as it was the wil l of the peop l e it should

, ,

li ke wi s e be hi s G o vernor S mi th is a large man measuring

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prob ab l y six feet one inch and wei ghs 2 0 0 pounds or mo re ,

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He is sm oo th faced and an al l aro und imposing ind ividua l H i s

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ad mini st rat io n o f th e offi ce of Go v ernor for two y ears was

h ighl y appr oved and hi s re e l ecti o n after a b itter contest
,
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fu rther sh o ws t h e hi gh c o nfidence of the people in him Gov .

ernor S mi th i s m o st likel y t o be in the United S tates Senate

b efore many y ears If he has a fad it is f or hard wo rk and

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h e has been a hard worker all his life In dress G overnor .

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S mi th i s a l way s wi thi n th e b ounds of reas o n as t o st yle .

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Mark S mi th is t o li ke him He quic k l y sh o wed his ta l e nt
.

as a l awy er whi ch brou ght hi m hosts of c lients and all goo d

,

payin g o nes He made m o ne y and became one of the most

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,

pro gressi ve i n the l and of sunshine and si lver as he h as

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,

sometimes desi gnated Arizona No one disput e s that it is .

the l and of sunshi ne b ut of recent y ears Arizona h as b e co m e

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the great c opper produc i n g section of the country

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Mr Smith had b een in A ri zona b ut litt l e over six y ears

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when he was elected as a De l e gate t o C o n gress He h as .

he l d aloft the b anner of Arizona as n o o ther man has He .

f o u ght for statehood wi th the determi nation that m e ant

s o met h i n g Man y of hi s p olitica l ene mies i n C o ngress were
.

i nc lined t o do a great deal of jocke yi n g incident t o the admis

sion o f Ari zona to stateh oo d He i nsisted that it shou ld .

be c o me a S tate and up o n the terms l ai d d o wn by himse lf

,

and the Democrats of the Terri t o ry Hi s e ff orts were at .

l ast crowned wi th success y et he was n o t a memb er of t h e

,

Con gress wh i ch passed the measure providin g for statehood .

He serve d i n the 5 oth 5 r st 5 2 nd 5 3rd 5 5 th 5 7 th 5 9th

, , , , , , ,

and 6oth Con gresses completin g a peri o d o f sixteen y ears

, .

Th e re were times when he dec lined t o b e a c andidate ; o n ce

he was defeated at the po ll s by his Repu blican anta goni st .

Mr S mith holds the record f or ha vin g serv ed l on ger in Con

.

gress as a Territoria l De le gate than any o ther The pe op le .

of Ariz o na regard l ess of po litics b e lie v e Mark S mith i s as

, ,

s quare a man as e ver sett l ed in that Te rrit o ry If he h as .

an y enemies the y are purel y po l itica l and n o t pers o nal

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.

During his sixteen y ears as a De l e gate i n Con gress he was ,

a c onspicuous figure ab out Washingt o n There are not .

man y men in the country who are b etter st o ry tellers than he -

.

He is usuall y the life of an y party of w hi ch he may be a mem

b er As a pub lic speaker he is ente rtai nin g gracefu l an d
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, , ,

c o n vi ncing He has to a well devel oped degree the o rat or -

ical qualities which seem inherent in Kentuck

.

ians It i s .

as eas y f or Mar k S mi th to make a good speec h as i t i s f or

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 MARCUS A SMITH .

a duck t o swim a lth ou gh he h as never been known to mak e a

,

spee ch excep t as he saw i t f or the purpose of mee t in g th e

, , ,

e xigencies of t he oc casi o n He is not t he man to proc laim .

publicly unl ess t here is some t h ing t o proclaim ab o ut and in ,

proclaiming some good is to be accomplished

, .

Mr Smi t h is not o nl y a man w ho does t hings but he is a

.
,

ma n w ho kno w s t hin gs He is probably more familiar wi th

.

ancien t hi s t ory t han an y one w ho served wi t h him in Con

gress He is an inve t era t e reader and an un t iring wo rker
. .

As Ari zona is soon t o be admi tt ed as one of t he sis t er Stat es

of t he Uni on i t is believed t ha t hi gher poli t ical honors are
,

in s t ore f or hi m In poli ti cs Mr S mi t h is a Democrat b e li ev

. .
,

ing in t he t ra di t ions of the Democra t ic part y as brought int o ,

be ing by i t s fa t hers It is a l mos t a cert ain t y t hat Mr

. .

Smi t h wi ll be one of t he t w o Uni t ed S t a t es Sena t ors f rom that

S t a t e Much wi ll depe nd ho wever on w he t her t he Repu b
.
, ,

lic a ns or Democ ra t s c o ntrol t he S t a t e bu t j udging from th e ,

vo t e f or delega t es t o t he cons t i t u t ional conven t ion the new ,

S t a t e wi ll be Democra ti c and in t hi s even t he wi l l in g oo d

, ,

time become Sena t or Marcus Aurelius Smi t h of Arizona

, ,
.

If any man in t he S t a t e is en t i t led t o Sena t orial honors it i s ,

Mr Smi t h f or no one has pe rf ormed more service f or th e

.
,

Terri t o ry t han b e I n pe rsonal appearance Mr Smi t h is

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ra nked among t hose who are fine loo king His iron gray hair .
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gives him a dis t in gui sh ed appearance He w ears a mus .

t ache w hich is also gray When i t comes to kno wi ng the .

correc t s t yles in men s appare l i t is e vident that he keeps

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in touch wi t h t he vi ews of the designers A long residence .

in Ari zona has not l esse ned hi s know l edge of w hat is goin g
on in t he f as hi onable w o rld He is as much at home how .
,

ever among t he w ool ha t e lement in Ari zona as he is at

,
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Washingt on among hi s coll eagues in Co ngress He i s a .

man of t he times an d a ma n f or the p l a c e h e h as s o l on g and

,

h on o ra b ly fi ll ed an d for th e hi gher p o s i tions he se e ms do

,
s

ti n ed t o occu py .

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 J AM ES S M ITH JR , .

NE O F the largest l eather manufa c t urers i n

the U nited S tates Mr S mith is a nati ve
. .

of N e w Jerse y where he has lived a ll hi s

,

li fe the city of Newark being hi s h o me He

,
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was e ducated in Wilmin g t o n De l and at , .

,

o n e o f the higher institutions of learni ng

in his own State His first b usiness venture
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was as a merchant He ch o se t o go in the

.

dry goods b usiness and in this he made a fine success layi n g

, ,

the foundation o f what has since b ec o me a large fo rtune It .

is be lie v ed there are not man y men who have gi ven c l oser
stud y t o th e industria l devel o pment of the country than has
Mr S mith He was one of the pioneers in the manufacture
. .

of leather in its v arious new processes The p l an l aid d o wn.

b y him originally in the treatment of l eather has co me to b e

adopted thro u ghout the entire c o untry and a l so in some ,

European countries He saw the future of the leather indus

.

try as one of the largest in the c o untry It is b e li e ved he was

.

the first i n the United S tates t o manufacture patent and

enameled l eather He started in as a small manufacturer
.
,

but hi s estab lishm ent n o w has a larger producing power than

any other of its kind S ome say he i s the largest m anu f ac
.

turer of leather i n the world wi th the possible exception of

,

a few of the great manufacturers in Russia Mr S mith has . .

been a b us y man al l his life He has ne ver had much time

.

f or recreation ex c ept an oc casiona l journe y t o Eur o pe of two

,

or t hr ee m o nths e v ery tw o o r t h ree years He has been promi.

nent in po litics in New Jerse y For se veral y ears he was a

.

memb er of the city c o uncil of Newark and it is sai d o f hi m ,

t hat he was a go o d councilman He was repe ated ly o f f ere d

.

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di re ct o r in quite a large numb er of financi al inst i tuti ons ,

bo th in the State of New Jerse y and in the cit y o f New York .

Mr S mith is not onl y l arge of brains and l arge of ideas

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,

b ut h e is large in stature If one may j ud ge fro m hi s pers o na l

.

appearance he lives an i dea l life of si mplicit y

,
His cheeks .

are as ro sy as a schoolboy s He is as go od natured as an y’

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o ne i n his communit y It is rarel y that h e is known

.

t o b e an gry T hi s trait h o we ver is reputed t o march han d

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, ,

in hand with corpulency Mr Smith wil l weigh probabl y

. .

m o re than tw o hundred and fift y pounds He has hosts of .

friends in New Jerse y He has ne ver permitted politics t o

.

i nte rfere wi th his personal relations with either his nei gh

b ors or hi s b us i ness associates who may n o t t hi nk as he d o es .

New Jerse y is proud of Mr Smith and he is no dou b t proud

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of New Jerse y as he well shou l d b e

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The State has been .

goo d t o hi m and it is belie ved he has paid wi th interest

, , ,

e very de b t he owed the commonwealth Hi s acts as a pu bli c .

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se rvant of the people ha ve it wo u l d seem been of su ch a

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c h aracter as to meet their hi ghest approva l H e ran k s amo n g .

the rich men of his S tate His fortune may run int o the.

mi llions . He has accumu l ated the same l arge ly thr o u gh his

i ndi vidua l industry yet he i s su f ficient l y sagaci o us t o ta ke
,

ad vantage o f e very b us i ness o pp o rtunit y He kn o ws the .

game o f the l eather trade as perfectl y as an y other man H e .

h as studied it and studied it th o roughly

, With him b usiness .
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is business There is n o sentiment acc ordin g to hi s standard

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in the a c cumu l ation of m o ne y He does not need all the .

m o ne y he has b ut he finds pleasure in acquiri ng m ore o f

,

it He is not cl o se when it c o mes t o spending it a l th o u gh

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,

he is of an economic turn o f mind In early life he was .

taught how hard i t was to secure m o ne y when he wanted t o

ne go tiate his first loan T hi s taught hi m a l ess o n whi ch
.

h as b een usefu l to hi m Mr S mith i s a sp lendid represen

. .

t ative of that class of manufacture rs wh o h ave advanced

Am eric an i nd u st ri es t o th e t o p notch .

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 WA TSO N C S Q UIRE
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T HAS fallen to the l ot of f ew me n wh o

hav e serv ed a c o mparati vely sho rt time i n
Con gress to reach the e minence attained by
Watson Carvosso Squire In the anna l s .

of the public service of t he Terri t ory and

State of Washin gt on and of t he creation o f

,

t he S tate fro m the Territory in 1 88 9 no ,

name is more promi nen t or m o re de serv

e d l y so than his . He is one of the fe w men from th e
S t ate of Washingt o n who became national charac t ers in the
largest sense of the word and one w ho gave to the State its
,

earliest prestige at the Na t iona l Capi t al Known in his home

.

S tate as one of i t s Terri t orial governors one of i t s first Sen

,

a t ors the only United States Senator from his State who has
,

e ver been re elected and the man who secured some of the
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largest Government w orks for the S t a t e Sena t or Squire is

,

equally we ll kn o wn and remembered at the National Capita l

as a sta t esman of broad ab ilities the father of the principal
,

c o ast defense le gislation in this c o untry and a courteous and

,

lo v able companion w hose friendshi p was prized b y the ab lest

,

men in nati onal a f f airs His services t o the nation b egan

.

before hi s fir st visit to the Far West in 1 8 7 9 and the earli er

,

years of his career are filled wi th interesting and stirring events ,

approachi ng in imp ortance hi s l ater work as Governor and

Senator .

Senator S quire was b orn in New York in 1 8 38 His .

father was a Meth o dist Episcopal clergyman and on both ,

sides his fami l y was descended from pre Re voluti o nary day s
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.

Th e S enat or was graduated fro m Wes l e ya n Universit y ,

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M i dd let o wn Conn i n 1 8 5 9 He stud i e d l aw and was
, .
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,

sho rtl y afterward in sp i te of hi s yo uth made prin c ipa l of the

, ,

Mora via Institute at Mora via Then the war broke out . .

Squire enlisted in the Nineteenth Regi ment New York Vol u n ,

teers He was elected a captain but wi th the modest y that

.
,

has always characterized him declined to accept be lie ving that

, ,

the place should go to an older man He was app ointed first .

lieutenant and made a d i stin gu ished rec o rd thr o ugh o ut t h e

war finall y b ec oming judge ad vocate under Genera l Th o mas
, .

L ater he was made judge advocate of the mi l itary district o f

Nash ville Middle Tennessee and No rthern Alabama on the
, , ,

staff of Genera l R o usseau He was the re viewin g ofli c er of

.

all mi litary c o urts in the dist rict passing upon all findings and
,

sentences and at one peri o d supervising the work of twenty one -

separate courts The judge ad vocate general especia ll y c o m

.

mended him and he was finall y bre vetted c olone l b y the Sec
r e t a ry of War Af ter the war C o lone l S quire went t o New
.

York and accepted a position with the Re min gt o n Arms C o m

pan y b ec oming successively secretary treasurer and manager
, , ,
.

Thr ough hi s p o sition there he became wi dely kn o wn as an

auth o rit y on firearms and assisted to estab lish a world wi de -

trade for hi s company .

In 1 8 7 9 C o l o ne l Squire was called on a business t rip t o

,

San Francisco and afterward he went thr ou gh the Territ o ry of

,

Washi ngt o n He saw the great possibilities of that Territory

.
,

and decided that it w o uld be hi s future home He t o o k a .

promi nent part in the b usiness a f fairs of the State and was ,

c o nsidered one of its foremost citizens In 1 8 8 4 President .

,

A rthur made hi m G overnor of the Territory wh ich posit io n ,

h e held for thr ee y ears Those were the days that made the
.

West and the tasks thereof were c o nstantly c omi ng be fo re hi m

,
.

Upon their solution depended much of the C o ast s future and ’

,

Go vernor Squire made goo d The best proof of it is that in

.

1 8 8 9 Was hi n gt o n b ecame a S tate Then there was onl y one .

t h ing l eft Squire was chosen Senator and he is the on ly

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na vigat io n as any of the o ther great seaports whi ch the Gov
,

ernm e nt had been impro ving for y ears In o ne sessio n he .

sec ured an increase of the riv ers and harbors appropriation

fo r the S tate from to and at the follow

i n g sessi o n Congress increased the amo unt to
Not all of this was spent o n Pu get So und S enator Squire .

was a strong friend o improvements e specia lly ri ver and

f —

h arb or improvements and the Co l umbia Snake O kano gan

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Chehalis and Cow litz rivers secured shares of the appropria

,

tions O ther funds were used to impro v e the harbors of

.

E verett and O lympia as well as Grays Harbor and W ill pa

H arbor in southwestern Washington
,
.

Am o ng other measures of greatest impo rtance to the

S tate first brought to the attention of Congress b y Senator
S quire were these :
,

To pro vide for tests of American timbers wi t h a vi ew ,

particularly t o estab l ish the superior quali ties of the timber

,

o f his own State .

F or the creation of a national park and f orest reserve ,

including Mt Rainier . .

F or a relief light vessel for t he Pacific Coast

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To regulate the time and places of holding United States

co u rts i n the State of Washington .

T o grant jurisdiction in cases re l ating t o l and en t ries .

T o ratify agreements wi th ce rtain Indian tribes .

F or the relief of purchasers of l ands in railroad land

grants .

F or the erec t i o n of a s t atue to Gen U S Grant . . . .

For public buildings at Seatt l e Tacoma Spokane and , ,

Walla Walla .

Granting 5 per cent of pu b lic land sales t o the S t ate

of Washin gton .

That Senator Squire did not remain longer in the Senate

was due to the free silver Populistic wa v e which swept over
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the N orthwest and c arried the State of Washington costing ,

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 W ATS O N C S Q U I RE
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h e r the se rvices of her mos t e f ficient public servant Whi le he .

was in the Senate Squire not onl y o b tained m o re a c cord

,

ingl y fo r the State than any o ther Senator b efo re or after ,

hi m b ut did so without the usual assistance of c o l l ea gues

,

from the State A deadl o ck in the Washi n gt o n le gis l ature

.
,

c o ntinuin g for about thr ee y ears left Senator S quire a l one ,

in the Senate durin g this entire pe ri od .

Whi le in the Senate Colonel Squire found the coast de

,

f ense plan in a chaotic state Members of Congress as a

.
,

rule were unfamiliar wi t h the c o ast defense needs He took

, .

hold of the reco m menda t ions of the Army engineers and

planned the l e gislation whi ch resul t ed in t he presen t system
of defense s In o ne sessi o n b e increased the appropriations
.

f or c o ast defenses fro m to eleven

mill ion five hundred thousand dollars that is t he cash appro ,

r ia t i on was seven million five hundred thousand dollars and

p
con t racts w ere authori zed to the extent of four milli o n dollars
additional thereby laying t he f oundation for annual appro
,
~

ri a tions which will amoun t in t he aggregate to a b out $ 1 2 5

p ,

0 0 0 OO O
,
. He ini t iated the legislation f or the rating of naval
en gineers as oflficers of rank and his work f or the en gineers
,

resul t ed in hi s elec t ion to honorary memb ers hi p in the Society

of Marine En gineers Hi s e ff ort s w ere largely instrumen t al
.

in increasin g the revenue cutter service and putting it on a

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useful basis .

Ho w Sena t or Squire acc o mplished w ha t he did coming ,

as a ne w Senator from a ne w State is an interesting story ,

of statesmanshi p and diplomac y By instinct and training

.

a man of large grasp on whatever ma t ter claimed his atten

tion Senator Squire was gifted as an orat o r and debater
, ,

and often carried on the floor of the Senate b y hi s individual ,

eff o rts points whi ch he could not wi n by politics or persuasi o n

,

in comm i ttee In c omm ittee he was a tireless worker and a

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,

man who inspired c o nfidence and se c ure d the best o f results

fro m hi s c o workers
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Socia lly was o ne of the m o st p opular men in C o ngress
,
he ,

and hi s hospita lit y was kno w n from one end of the Capital to
t h e o ther not from any la vish display but chi efly from its
, ,

go o d taste and the personal qualities o f the host and hi s charm

ing wi fe .

His extensive travel his in t eres t in na t ional and inter

,

national art and his personali ty all entered into this feature
,

of hi s success Am o ng the S enators from the South he num

.

bered a host of warm friends and he held their support in ,

Con gress as no other Northerner did Time and again he .

en listed their aid with that of the men from the Far West to
, ,

force upon Congress a reali zation of the needs of the Pacific

C o ast Without i ndu lgi n g in an y pett y scheming Senator
.
,

Squire was known as a consummate politician and his infl u ,

ence was felt in e very section of the country He did not .

hesitate to work for needed impro v ements in other States

than his own and often introduced bills for pub l ic buildings
,

or other i mprov ements in Eastern or Southern cities where he

b e lieved they were needed So wide was hi s persona l popular

.

i t y that at the cl o se of one session Senator Allison asserted

t hat S enator Squire had been the greatest pers o na l success
of an y man in that Congress .

It will hardl y b e questioned that Washington has never

h ad i n either Ha ll of C o ngress or in an y other field of pub lic
, ,

ac t ivi t y a man wh o so thoroughl y merited the name of states

,

man in its l argest sense as Watson C Squire Never sensa . .

tional h e was a leader o f men in large a f fairs ca l m and firm

, ,

i n jud gment unflinchin g in matters where his mind was set

, ,

and y et a man of consummate tact in winnin g friends and

support where to court opposition w o uld be fatal To men .

t i on hi s high principles of pers o na l honor is unnecessary .

With o ut them no man can attain such success Senator .

Squire s persona l and private life has alway s b een one worthy
’

o f a man who naturally has b een an example to thousands .

T h e S tate of Washi ngton owes no greater gra t itude to an y

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 AUGU STU S OWS LEY STANLEY

S L O NG as the South remai ns a d i stin c t sec

ti o n of the c o untry in its mann e rs and cus
t o ms it wi ll continue to send to Con gress
,

such men as Augustus O ws l e y Stanle y of ,

Kentu c k y It is in the nature of the Southern

.

pe op l e to b e lieve that the p o wer of oratory is

a great and a wo rthy one and t h at t h ose ,

whose tongues are forged of s i lver can do

th e work of C o ngress .

Als o i n the S outh the men wh o lo v e the arts are not c o n

,

sidere d u nfi t te d f or pub lic life The No rth sends to Con gress

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,

t o the H o use at l east its commercia l captains wh o have

, ,

made their fortunes its civic reform l awy ers i ts creators of

, ,

remarkab l e po litica l machi nes The South on the c o ntrary

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, ,

frequent ly sends a young man wh o se onl y qua li fication is

hi s great talent of speech and whose on ly f ortune i s hi s sp l en
did fund o f cl assica l i nf o rmation .

Such wh e n he came t o C o ngress t e n ye ars a go was Stanle y

, , .

He had b e e n in the S eco nd District whi ch e l ected hi m o n ly , ,

a year o r two b ut during that time he had established a repu

,

t at ion as a cri minal jury lawy er and as an orator of real ,

splend or The gir l who afterward b ecame hi s wife ask ed

.

S tanley one day at what they term in the South a speaking

,
“
,

why he did not run for C o n gress Stanle y then as now .

,

moved by pro phetic impu l ses sai d that he w o u l d run and he

, ,

did He was n o minated and e l ected and fo ur times m o re

.
,

the dist rict has d o ne the same t h i n g $al b eit an unprecedented

perform ance ) f or t hi s man o f c h armi n g p arts o f sp eec h and
personality f or this de lver i nt o the wi tch e ri e s o f li terat u re and
,

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 AU GUST U S O WS L EY STAN L EY
art He belongs to the rare class called genius e s and Stanl ey s
.
,
’

genius is vari o us ly displayed .

In the North Stanley w ou l d have b een an y one of t hree

things : a remarkable cri minal lawy er an author of distinction , ,

or a Uni t ed States Senat o r In Kentucky or anywhere in the

.
,

South it was the most natura l thing in the worl d t o s e nd him

,

to Congress .

The value of such selec t ion has been demonstrated Stan .

ley s indictment in a speech in C o ngress of the Am erican

’
, ,

Tobacco Company kno wn as the tobacco trust resulted in

, ,

the ins titu t ion of proceedings agains t t hat compan y More .

,

every e xpose made in Stanl ey s speech w as used by the ’

Att o rney —General of the Uni t ed States in his openi ng brief .

More recently S t anl ey determined to secure an investigation

,

of t he United States S t ee l Corporation by the same means .

He forced the almost impossible resul t of having the Repub

lican House call upon the Attorney General for i nf ormation -

abou t the trust A few days aft erward S t anl ey o ff ered a

.

resolu t ion appointing a House co m mittee to in vestigate the

s t eel t rus t and w hile he failed to get that measure out of
,

commi t tee be f ore the close of the fir st regular session of the

Six t y first Congress he used it as a club to kill one of the
-
,

measures of President Taft whi ch was als o l o dged in,

comm i tt ee .

Whenever t he grower t he farmer the p l anter t he miner

, , , ,

the poor of t he ci t ies the uneducated of the l and are con

,

cerned in legislation before the House Stanley is up His ,

.

speech is usually a gem of oratory and a trove of literary and

histo ri cal reference It is never sophomoric His rising
. .

in the House means a hasty assembling f or the C o ngress ,

appreciates the eloquence and the freshness of Stanle y His .

wi t is sparkling and he can rarel y resist interrupting a par

,

t icu l ar l y solemn or a diam e t rically o pposed speaker wi th some

kee nquery that sets the House and the galleries into gu ff aws .

His humor is not partisan During the long session of the

.

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 1 30 PEN P ICTURES OF L I VE MEN
Sixt y first Con gress a Democrat was o n hi s feet quarre lin g
-
,

wi th hi s part y b ecause it had a greed wi th the Repub lican

regulars on a measure .

“
Whene ver I see the re gu lar Repub licans sho uted t h i s
”
,

D e mocrat ta kin g one direction I take the other

“
,
”
,
.

“
Supp o se said Stanley that these ol d po li tica l sinners
”
,
“
,

repented and were going t o hea ven wou l d the gentleman go ,

i n the other directi o n $ ”

The H o use did n o t rec ov er its b reath for s o me minutes

after thi s .

Stanle y in appearance is a st o cky man under a sl o uch

, ,

hat His hair is thin and gra ying ; his e y es are vi vid spark ling
.
, ,

and brown His mou t h and s mi le are a s sweet as those o f a

.

woman ; the shape of his head and the c o nt o ur of hi s face are

very stron g In many ways he is a re minder o f that ca va lier
.

Stanley to whom the dyin g Marmi o n sh o uted

“
O n Stanley on $
,
”
,

F or Stanley of Kentucky t oo fights wit h th e rapier but

, , , ,

i t is the rapier o f his tongue and o f his wi t .

 1 30 PEN PICTURE S O F L I VE MEN
gre sse d u nder ad mi nistrati o n t o the p oint where i t is
his
regarded as one of the best managed trunk lines He has -
.

equipped it with s o me fir st class up—to date rolling st o c k an d

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,
-

moti v e power which has given it an earnin g c apacit y far sur

,

passing the e xpectati o ns O i the most hungry stockh ol der He .

has given prob ab ly m ore attent io n t o the prompt m ovement of

, ,

trains on his ro ad than an y other president Thi s is a subject .

to w h i ch few rai l way presidents seem t o pay an y attenti o n Mr . .

S te vens i s a man wh o ne ver li kes b eing delayed in any t hi ng

he unde rtakes He d o esn t hav e much u se fo r e mp loy és
.
’

wh o cann o t get trains over the ro ad o n time He h as im .

pressed on al l o f hi s operating men that one of the most imp o r

tant factors in co nducting a railway is the pro mpt re gular , ,

and punctual m ovement of its trains He ne ver t o lerates .

trains b eing de l ay ed when it is possible to ha ve them depart

and arrive on t i m e well kno wi ng that if a r o ad is properly
,

managed and by co mpetent men i t is as eas y t o ha ve trains

, ,

m ove o n t i me as it is t o run them al o n g in a haphazard way ,

wi thout regard t o the interests of the r o ad s patrons ’

.

Whe n viewed as a financial manager Mr Ste vens has ,

.

de mo nstrated that h e has excel lent ab ilit y o n th o se li nes as ,

well as in the traffic or operatin g depa rtments He ne ver .

att e mpts t o d o anyt hi n g sensati o nal ; y et h e is n o t a v erse to

ha vi n g his trains speeded at hi gh rate when it is p o ss ibl e He .

was on c e twitt e d abo ut the premi er train on the ro ad b earing

the title of the F F V S o me friends wanted t o know if the
. . .

initials stood for the first fast train in Virgi nia

“ ”
He repli ed .

by say in g that i t m e ant the fastest fast train i n Virgi ni a

“
.

Mr Ste vens has by i ncreasin g the earni n g p o wer o f the ro ad

.
, ,

be en ab le t o l ay a fe w hundred mi les of d o u b le trac k and it ,

is belie ve d if he continues at the head o f the c o mpan y will

, , ,

wi t hi n a few years have the entire system double tra c ked from
,
-

Cincinnati t o Norf o lk Mr Ste vens is not o nly a good railro ad

. .

man but he is handy at man y other t h i n gs He has a c quired

, .

a co mf orta bl e f ortune th o ugh he is b y no m e ans a rich

,

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 GE O RGE W STE V ENS .

man He d oesn t seem t o care very much for money exce pt

.
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to u se i t mod erately He h as some few e xtravagant tastes

.
,

but not many ex t ra vagant h ab i t s H is headquarters is at .

Richm ond Va ; a t least i t is so stat ed in the o f ficial rai l way

,
.
,

guide The truth is his headquarters is in hi s private car

.
, .

He moves from one end of t he road t o the other and on a l l ,

t he p ri va t e branches very o ft en en t irely too of t en t o p l ease ,

some of t he employés w ho sho w a disposi t ion when his Visits ,

are less frequent t o drop do wn from the high standard set by

,

t he presiden t .

Mr S t evens w hen he became president of the road pur

.
, ,

sued t he conserva t ive and sa f e po licy of his predecessor He .

did no t make a w holesa le rem o val o f fai t hf ul employés as so ,

many presiden t s have done are no w doing and wi l l continue , ,

t o do He has re t ained t he services of Harry W Fuller at

. .

t he head of t he passenger depart men t which is high recogni ,

t ion of t ha t gen t leman s usefulness t o t he Chesapeake and

’

O hio sys t em F or more t han t hi rt y years Mr Fuller was

.
,
.

general passenger agent until promot ed by Mr S t evens to ,

.

t he posi t ion o f passenger traffi c manager Mr S t evens is . .

a man of soli d build and excell en t proport ions He is in .

t he neighborhood of six feet in heigh t weighi ng some t hing ,

over t w o hundred pounds He usua l ly wears a mus t ache . .

He is al w ays quiet and dignified He never d o es anythi ng .

t o a tt ract atten t ion t o himself personally N O one w ould .

know he is presiden t of a railroad if i t w ere le ft f or him to tell

i t He has qui t e a fondness for dogs and horses whi ch is
.
,

alway s a good sign of a man s disposition He likes books ’

.
,

t oo . He is not so consti tuted t hat he must c onstantl y have

excitement t o be amused o r ente rtained He prefers leading .

a qui et unobtrusi v e life When he retires fro m railroad

,
.

ing he is th e kind o f a man wh o wi l l s e ek th e quie tude o f

,

the c o unt ry .

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 MELV I LLE E STO NE .

EN E RAL MANA GER of the Associated

Press whi ch collects and disseminates news
,

throu ghout the world Mr Stone can see . .

a piece of news on the far side of a millstone

quic k er than almost any one e l se He has a .

natural genius for finding ou t what i s goin g

on He b egan his business career as a
.

newspaper reporter on the Chi cago Tri bu ne .

This was i n the earl y sevent i es He was b orn at Hudson Ill .

,
.
,

the son of a minister He got the newspaper instinct early in

.

life and none of hi s family nor e ven himself was ever able
, , ,

to understand where he acquired the germ Hudson was .

t oo smal l for hi m Chi cago w as more his size After some

. .

five or six y ears service on The Tri bu ne h e established the

’
,

Chicago E veni ng N ews His partner furnished most of the

.

m o ney he contri b ut i ng the greater part o f the experience

,
.

L ater he bou ght ou t hi s partner s interest b ecoming the

,
’
,
’

sole proprietor and director of the afternoon print With .

Victor W L awson he started Th e M orni ng N ews which was

.
, ,

afterward christened the Chicago Record now Th e Record ,

H eral d After sel ling his interest i n the Chicago papers he

.
,

founded the Gl ob e Ban kin g Compan y Wh il e Mr Stone . .

was a c o nserv ative banker it was e vident there was not enough
,

excitement about a b an k to interest hi m su ffi cient ly To .

conduct a b an k on good l ines of finance it is i n n o sense a ,

news —producing institution It is when b an kers go wron g .

that newspapers tak e any particu l ar notice of them other ,

t han to print the annua l b an k statement abo ut the first of

each J anuary Mr Stone saw to it that n o ne connected
. .

wi th the Globe b ank shou l d do an y thing startling ; therefore ,

it is easil y seen that from hi s taste there was a wi de chasm

b etween co nduct i n g a newspaper i n Chicago wi th an occa ,

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES OF L I VE MEN
fu ll n e ss It was handled dipl o matically so much so that R u ssia
.
,

ne ver t ook o ff ense at any t hi n g Mr S t o ne s organizati o n did .

’
.

Mr St o ne du ri n g the time he has been general manager

.
,

of the Ass o ciated Press has vi sited alm o st e v ery c o untry on

,

the glo b e He has establi shed friend ly relati o ns wi th near ly

.

e very monarch i n the wo rld He has created the i mpressi o n .

wi th foreign Gov ernments that in all the news that is d issemi

mated about them his fir st purp o se is to gi ve them fair
,

treatment Thi s i t w o u l d seem he has re li gi o usly d o ne

.
, ,
.

He has a facu l t y fo r ma king friends He knows s o me o ne .

in e very pr o minent cit y in the world If anythin g unusua l .

takes p l ace of a news nature Mr St o ne telegraphs t o his c or ,

.

respondent n o matter where it may be to see SO and so It

, ,
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may be a b anker a p o litician a haberdasher or a sh o emaker

, , , .

To kn o w people is one of the essentials in the c o llection of

facts as news matter Mr Stone is a sharp shr ewd keen . .
, ,

man He is small in stature He is not much of a talker

. .
,

except when talk is a necessity He is as like l y to wear a .

green necktie as anyt hi n g else and if there is an y col or he ,

should not wear it is green He has a b l and smile whi ch

,
.
,

may mean se veral things Mr S tone b ecame the pa t ient of . .

a dentist when the science of dentistry was not as advanced

as it is to day The go l d in his teeth is conspicuous really
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.
—

the only conspicu o us thing abo ut him He may not look as .

if he possessed the master news gathering mind that he d o es -

,

but sometimes appearances are decei ving He can come about .

as near doing three things at one time as an y man in the

country His quickness in graspin g situations is marvel o us
.
,

denotin g a clear head and active brain When seen in pub l ic .

,

he usually wears a lon g frock coat and s o metimes a soft b lack -

hat If there is e ver an y change in fashi o ns he does not

.
,

seem to hav e found it ou t though he kn o ws about e very thi n g ,

else g oing on in the world He likes to wear fancy co l ored .

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socks He usually af fects l ow shoes So me men are pro ud

.
.

of their feet His are small . .

[ 41 4 ]
 W ILLI A M J STO NE
.

in Congress f rom t he S t ate of

EN A T O R
Missou ri Mr S t one firs t sa w the light of
. .

day in old Ken t ucky He d o es not o bje c t .

t o t he whole w orld knowing w here he w as

born ; bu t w hi le proud of t hi s fact he
, ,

does no t wi sh i t unders t ood tha t he is no t

filled wi t h pride a t t he grea t ness and gran
deur of h is adop t ed S t a t e Missouri Sen , .

a t or S t one is n ot one of t hose Missourians who find i t meces

sary t o be shown ‘ ”
In t he poli t ical li fe of t he S t ate he has
.
,

been t he kind o f man w ho has been sho wi ng o t hers “ ”

.

To t he credi t of Missouri Sena t or S t one w en t to t ha t S t a t e

,

when he was a young man and has gro wn up wi t h i t so t o

, ,

speak He has a long li s t of offi cial honors t o his credi t

. .

A ft er serving as prosecu t ing a tt orney f or one term he was ,

elec t ed a Represen t ative t o Congress a t Washi ngt on L a t er .

he became Governor of Missouri Some t ime follo wi ng his .

re t iremen t from t his offi ce he w as elected t o t he Uni t ed Sta t es

,

Sena t e He has become a promi nen t figure in national

.

poli t ics ih t ru t h one of t he leading members of the Demo

—
,

cra t ic part y He has f requen t ly been identified wi th the

.

na t ional comm i tt ee in an ad visory capaci t y thereby b eing ,

one of t he managers of the party Sena t or S t one can l ook

.

back upo n his ofli cial past wi t h a degree of sa t is f ac t ion tha t

in all of the public trus t s he has filled hi s record h as been ,

honorable As a po li tical speaker Senator S t one is not e m

.
,

do w ed wi t h t he graces of orato ry but his speeches are con ,

~

vi nc ing He has t he faculty of saying a great deal in a fe w

.

words He can put as much politica l comm endation or

.

venom I n a brief paragraph as any other man in public life .

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES OF L I VE MEN
Th e manne r i n whi ch he can ri n g the chan ges o n his political
opponents makes hi m o ne of the de li g hts o f th e Dem o crati c
side of the Senate It can be said o f Senat o r S t o ne that he is
.

ne ver id l e He keeps a specia l scrap b oo k of wh at he regards

as the misdeeds of his politica l adversaries
”
.

Senator Stone has in some way acquired th e re putat io n

of bein g a bit myste ri ous at t i mes in ad v anc i n g th e f ortunes
, ,

of his own and th e Dem o cratic part y Th i s w o u l d indicate .

that he has ne ver fo und it advi sable t o make an y great amount

of noise .He be lie v es that it is the better pa rt of wi sdom to
keep one s counsel until p lans are matured and that has
’
, ,

been his po li cy He is not the man to wak e up a whole

.

c o mmunit y by sw o oping down up o n it as one would in pro

m oting chariot races He requires neither music flags n o r
.
, ,

b anners Durin g the deb ate on the Payne A ldrich tari ff

.
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b ill S enator St o ne was always forcefu l in c o mb ating such men

,

as S enator A l drich and his followers wh o b e lie ve in an ex ,

t re m el y hi gh tari f f whi le Senator S t o ne stands for a m o re

,

m o dified meth o d of l e vy in g i mp o rts There was a t i me when .

S enator S tone wore a beard especially when he was a Repre ,

sent a t ive in Con gress When he returned to the S enate a

.

few y ears l ater he was without one and none of his Old friends
, ,

k new hi m He is not a many sided man He is what Shake

.
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.

speare w o u l d ha v e described as plain and b lunt What he has .

t o say he say s sho rtly quickly and t o the point He keeps

, , , .

c l ose a c c o unt o f the doings of C o n gress and is a carefu l reader ,

Of t h e Congressi onal Record He possesses that fe rti li ty of .

mi nd that remembers to —day what a riv a l S enat o r may ha v e

said o n the same subject se veral y ears ag o and if b y chance ,

the riva l chan ges fro nt w hi ch some of the m o ften do

“ ”
, ,

S enat o r S t o n e is o n hand t o start s o mething He i s sel

“ ”
.

d o m abs e nt at roll call whi ch is a good si g n that he i s e ver

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,

attenti ve t o hi s duty The Senator wh o vo tes ri ght o n e very

.

ro ll ca ll is usuall y o n e of the most v aluab l e m e m be rs o f that

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body A s a p ublic serv ant he measures up we ll H e h as an

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 1 30 PEN PICTURE S O F L I VE MEN
Wi t h hi m a s l ouch hat and a Pri nce Alb e rt co at are not
”

i ncongruo us .

Senat o r Stone is parti c ularly fo nd o f p oe t ry H e is much

.

gi ve n to recit i ng lines fro m s u ch aut h o rs as Shak espe are ,

Shelley Poe Lo ngfell o w W hi ttier and hosts of ot h ers It is

, , , ,
.

wi th great ease that he quotes fr o m mem o ry man y of their

choicest gems He lo v es the c o mpany of those wh o like him
.
,

self are fond o f poetry He can entertain hi friends b y the

,
. s

hour i n t hi s way and especially so when it comes to repeating

,

lines from the choicest poems of the Masters Senator S t o ne

.

is fu ll of sentiment His hea rt is always y oung He i s gi fted

. .

in bein g able to il l ustrate al most e very incident of l ife by

repeating a few lines of p oe try t o fit th e occ asi o n as we ll
as the th o ug h t .
 W ILLI A M S UL Z ER

E P R E S EN T A T I VE in Congress f rom t he
ci t y of N e w York Mr Sulzer has ever . .

been t he champion of t he people N O one .

can accuse hi m of represen t ing in t he halls ,

o f legisla t ion “
in t eres t s o t her t han t hose
,
”

of all t he people I t has been his one a m

.

b it ion during hi s poli t ical career t o render

, ,

such assis t ance a s li es wi t hi n h is po wer t o t he

class of pe ople who s t and in need of such help He is t he .

f riend of t he poor His record in pub l ic li fe is approved by

.

t his elemen t and t hose wh o are his cons t i t uen t s cease not t o
,

s ing h is prai ses f or t he labors he has pe r formed in t heir behal f .

He represen ts a dis t ric t in w ha t is kno w n as t he Eas t Side ,

where t here is a large elemen t of foreign popula t ion and ,

w h ere t he people a s a class are not rich Many are w ell to d o

, ,
.
,

whi le o t hers ar e poor His w ork in Congress has been upon

.

broad lines sho wi ng f avori t ism t o none unless i t be t o t he

, ,

poor and needy I t is beli eved by those who are mos t f amiliar
.

wi t h Mr Su l ze r s priva t e and public li f e t ha t t here is no one

’
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in his di st ric t so humble t ha t he w ould not be wi lling t o make

a personal sacrifice f or t heir good This is a proud record .
,

and no one apprecia t es t he good opinion held by hi s c on

st it u e nt s more t han does Mr Sulzer He has sho wn hi s friend
. .

s hi p f or t hose wh o risked t heir l ives in defense of t heir coun t ry s ’

honor He has been t he s t ead f as t friend of the soldier boys

.

t he boys in t he trenches t hose who did the real fighting

— .

He has li ft ed hi s voice on numerous occasions in t heir behalf .

So long as he remains in public li f e i t is sa f e to say that Mr ,

.

Su l ze r s conduct wi ll be as consis t en t in beha lf of humani t y

’

as it has been .

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I VE MEN
It was thro ugh the i nd omitable ener gy an d persisten cy o f
Mr S u l zer that Con gress was prevailed upon to pass an a c t
.

auth orizing the raisin g of the hulk of the b attleship M ai ne ,

whi ch was b lown up in Havana Harbor on the 1 5 th of Fe b

ru ary 1 8 9 8
,
so i nfl ami ng the
, country that n o t hi ng sh ort
of war with S pain would satisfy the people s demand for ’

retri b ution it bein g the p o pular be lief that the shi p was de
,

stroy ed by friends of that nat io n w hi ch se e med all the m o re ,

h orri bl e as the vesse l was in the Ha v ana waters not up o n a

h o sti le miss io n b ut a s a messenger Of a friendl y power
,
For .

m o re t h an ten y ears Mr S ulzer devoted much of hi s tim e

,
.

t o se cu ri n g the passage of t hi s act b ut not until the session of ,

C o ngress which c l osed June 2 5 1 9 1 0 did he succeed in ha vin g, ,

it d o ne F or some unexplainable reas o n some of the hi gh

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,

p o wers in the aff airs of the Go vernment were opp o sed t o

ra i sing the M a i ne fearing it was stated in some quarters that
, , ,

i t mi ght prov e that the vesse l was blo w n up from wit hi n in

st e ad of from wi thout and if thi s proved to b e the case the
, ,

e x cuse of the United S t ates for going to war with S pain wou l d
b e worthl ess .

Mr S u l zer has by his course in Congress won lastin g

.
, ,

politica l friends and personal as we l l But in a p o litical

,
.

sense it would seem that he is destined at some time to

, , ,

occ upy a stil l higher place in the counci l s of the Demo cratic
pa rt y with whi ch he has b een so long identified Mr Sulzer
,
. .

is a m o dest gent l eman n o t much inclined to the b rass b and

,
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i dea of gaini n g pu blic notice He has reached the point in .

pol it i cs where he i s measured by his acts and jud gin g from ,

his popularit y with hi s c o nstituents hi s record spea k s l ouder ,

than w o uld words c omin g from hi mself Mr S ul zer has de . .

ve l ope d int o o ne of the v ery usefu l m e m be rs o f Congress .

Wh e n e nteri ng that b od y he was yo un g and natura lly n o t

,

famili ar wi th Go vernmenta l a f f ai rs He has studied eve ry .

quest io n of le gi s lati o n there by fami liarizing h i mself with all

,

measu res p e n d in g and pro specti v e that mi g ht b e o f int e rest

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 C LAU D E A . SWAN S O N

O RMER G overnor of Virgi ni a O n the re .

assemb lin g of Congress in December Mr , ,

.

S wans o n wi ll take hi seat in the Uniteds

States Senate succeeding the late John W

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Danie l b y appointment from the present

Go v ernor Mr Swanson has had a hard
. .

ro w to hoe in reaching his present po l itical

e mi nence He was a c o untry b oy ha vin g been
.
,

b rought up among farmers He was bright and active in

.

hi s early scho o l day s w hi ch b ro u g ht hi m to the favorab le

,

n o tice of his neighbors In goo d time young S wanson q uit

.
,

t h e farm and went to the nearest town which chanced to b e ,

C hat h am and there he took service as a clerk in a gro ce ry

,

st o re By nature po lite and aff able it was soon observ ed

.
,

that C l erk Swanson was the m o st popu l ar young man in the

t o wn It was a com mon sayi n g amon g the customers at the
.

tr ading place that for cou rteous treatment no neighbo rhood

,

co uld b e more fit tingl y serv ed than b y hi m His personalit y .

was so pleasing to all classes that it was a de light for them

to make their purchases at the store where y oung Swanson
was employed Thus it wil l be seen that b y h is labors he
.

advanced t he fortunes of his emplo y er In good time hi s .

,

personal po pu l arit y b ecame pretty genera ll y noised about

thr ou gh the country He was dest i ned for a p olitica l career
.
,

and m o stl y b ecause o f hi s courtesy and af fabi l ity A man .

who i s pers o nall y unp opular seldom makes a success in po l itics .

Youn g S wanson k new b etter than any one e l se on which side

hi s b read was b uttered As a clerk in the store hi s h o urs were
.

lo ng He was up early in the mo rn i ng and it was late at

.
,

ni ght b efo re he got to sleep L ife ab out a c o untry st o re i s

.

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 C L AU D E A . S W AN S O N
no t one cons ta n t j oy Af t er a w hi le people b egan talking
.
,

abou t running S w anson f or Congress Some w ere not in .

c li ned t o t ake i t se riously He did no t say much himself but

kep t up a good bi t of t hink
.

ing He had become a la wyer .

in t he m ean t ime He was young as a member of the bar

.
, ,

and f or a be ginner was a success f ul prac t i tioner Clien t s .

soon were co ming hi s way Hi s Offi ce became a popular .

rendezvous f or t he mani pula t ors of rural poli t ics Mr S w an . .

son w a s qui ckly classifi ed among t he rising young men of

t he coun t y and why not make him t h e coun t y candida t e f or

,

Congressional honors $ The idea was no sooner f ormulated

t han i t was pu t i nt o execu t ion Mr S wanson w as named as . .

t he Con gre s sional candida t e of hi s dis t ric t and w as t riumph ,

a t l y elec t ed
n In fac t he w as e elec t ed qui t e a number of
. r —
,

t im es
. Hi s service in t he House of Represen t a t ives w as
valuable not alone to his immedia t e cons t i t uen t s and t he
,

in t eres ts of hi s S t a t e bu t t o t he coun t ry in general During

,
.

t he maj or po rt ion of his t ime in Congres s he was one of t he ,

represen t a t ive men on t he Commi tt ee on t he Pos t office and -

Pos t Road s He w as t he au t hor of no li tt le valuable legisla

.

t ion rela t ing t o t he improved pos t al service of t he coun t ry .

He t ook a s t rong posi t ion in f avor of t he ins t alla t ion of t he

rural f ree de l ivery service which has been of untold benefit
,

t o t hose li ving in t he rural sec t ions .

Be f ore re t iring from t he House of Represen t a t ives he was

cas t ing his eagle eye in t he direc t ion of t he Governors hi p of
Virgi nia In hi s first a tt empt t o secure t he nomina t ion he
.

w as unsuccess f ul t he vic t or being Andre w J Montague Mr

,
. . .

S wanson ho w ever bided his t ime and w hen Governor M o n

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t a gu e s term w as about t o expire he announced his candidac y

’

f or t he second t ime He came to t he front smi ling and sha king

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,

hands wi t h a lm ost every voter in the State He had good .

backing from many of t he other influen t ial men of t he Demo

cra t ic part y He carried O ff the honors wi t h bu t li tt le if any
.
, ,

oppositi o n He was elected by an immense maj ority His

. .

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 1 30 PEN PICTURES O F L I V E MEN
ad ministrati o n as Go vern o r stands as one of the be st i n the
State s hist o ry It was a great l eap f or t h i s o nce b arefoo ted
’
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bo y t o b ec o me the success or of such men as Th o mas Je ff er

son J am e s Monroe James Madiso n Henry A Wi s e Fitz
, , ,
.
,

hugh L ee and h o sts of o thers dis t in guished in Vir gini a hi st o ry

, .

When Se nator Da niel d i ed there seemed but one name men ,

tione d as hi s ri g htful success o r Governor Ma nn b est o we d Sen

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a t oria l honors upon Mr Swans o n and hi s act met with the

.
,

pro mpt appro val of the pe op l e There is n o reas o n t o b e lieve .

that when the l e gislature convenes Mr Swans o n wi l l not b e .

ch o sen b y that bo dy as his own success o r Mr Swanson is i n . .

line t o b ec o me one of the real powers in the po li tical aff airs

$

o f the c o untry .

Mr S wanson is qui t e a y oun g man to have achie ved so

.

much i n the political wo rld He will b e am o ng the y oungest

.

i n the S enate He is a fine lookin g y oung man not howe ve r

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ve ry l arge in s t ature probably five feet nine or ten inches in

,

hei ght and will tip the beam of the scales in the gro cery st o re
,

at about one hundred and sixty —fi ve pounds He is usua lly .

fault l essly attired In the mat t er of hats he c lin gs t o the

.
,

Alp i ne style although sometimes he is seen in a derb y ; but

,

hi s preference is for t he soft wo o l hat Up o n state o ccasions .

,

he gets ou t the sto ve pipe It i s goo d t o ga ze upon hi m when

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so attired He i s fond of s o cia l li fe When Governor the

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,

executive mansion was the socia l center of Richm ond He .

h as not fo rgotten those who w ere barefoot b oys wi th him i n

the country dis t rict To them he is the same to —day that
.
,

he was when weighi ng coff ee sugar b a co n and salt in the , , ,

grocery store He is distinctively a man of the people That

. .

he wi l l make one of the best Senators Virgini a has e ver had

is not d o ubted If any constituent i n the State shou l d want
.

anything from Washi ngton all they will ha ve to do wi ll be

,

to write to Senat o r Swanson He wil l get it if any bod y can .

,
.

With hi m it is always a pleasure to serv e hi s friends There

,
.

i s n o gainsayi n g that Senator Swans o n is th e arch i te c t of hi s

[ 42 4 ]
 W I LL I AM H . TA FT

RE S IDENT of the Uni t ed States Mr Taft . .

is a go od representative head of a republic .

He was thr ust into pu b li c life and public

o f fice a sho rt time after hi s gradua t ion from
colle ge The first money earned by Mr
. .

Taft was as reporter on a Cincinnati daily

paper He h ad been but a few months fro m
.

a fi ve years scholastic course at Yale t h e re

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,

fo re it was not ou t of the ordina ry to expect that he had i deas

up o n the subject of reformin g the w o rl d He no dou b t .
, ,

be lie ved that he c oul d best do thi s b y enterin g the j o u r nalist ic

field that he c o uld gi ve to the world once ev ery day his ad
,

va nce d ideas up o n all pub li c and pri v ate questions Th e .

future President was not unlike a large numb er of y oung m en

on emerging from college wh o are imbued w
,
i th th e i dea that
it is their dut y t o pay quickly the debt they owe t o stru ggli n g
humani ty b y teachin g it wi sd o m Mr Taft as a yo ungst er
. .
, ,

was much the same as other men of si milar age He did n o t .

adorn the charmed c i rcle of journali sm i n an y stri kin g way .

He possessed n o special journalistic instincts He did rea c h .

the point th o u gh where he knew a piec e of news when he

, ,

saw it His mind ran in o ther channe l s h ow e ver His next

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,
.

desire was to become a lawy er It was proper that this .

should be the case His father Alp h o ns o Taft was for man y
.
, ,

years one of the foremo st att o rney s in Cincinnati T h e .

y oung man s home life was in a ki nd of legal atmosphere so

’
,

to speak He put aside and f or al l t i m e newspaper rep ort

.
, ,

ing takin g up the stud y o f law and pat i entl y wai ting f or th e
, ,

co min g of c li ents after admission t o pra ct ice So me came . .

[ 4 26 ]
 W ILLI A M H TAFT .

Wi lliam H Taft la wyer t he son of hi s f a t her was in line t o

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, , ,

render ser i ce for many of t he pro minent business firms of his

v

home ci t y and so he did bu t f o a brie f period only

, , r .

The elder Taf t was no t wi t hou t po wer in poli t ical circles ,

ha ving be n a memb r o f Presiden t Hayes Cabinet and

e e
’
,

minis t er f rom t he U ni t ed S t a t es to Aus t ria He was a man of .

a ff airs He had influence wi t h Presiden t Ches t er A Art hur

.
. .

He persuaded t he Presiden t t o appoin t t he on collector of s

in t e nal revenue a t Cincinna t i much t the dism ay and

r ,
o

chag i n f t he l d t ime poli t ical w orkers who believed in

r o o -
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t ho e days
s was t he cus t om t ha t t o t he vic t or belong t he
,
as ,
“

spo ils . Nex t he w s ap poin t ed by Governor Foraker to a

”
a

j udgeshi p on t he S t a t e bench Presiden t Harrison selected .

hi m f o t he o ffi ce of So lici t or General f t he Uni t ed S t ates

r o .

Pre vious t t he t ermi na t ion of Presiden t Har i son s a d mi nis

o r
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t ra t ion he advanced Mr Taf t t o a place on t he Federal bench

,
. .

Presiden t M Ki nl y ap poin t ed him fi s t a t t he head of t he

c e r

Phi lippine Commi ssion t hen Governor General of t he Islands ,

.

Presiden t Roosevel t invi t ed hi m t o become his Secre t ary Of

War The people elec t ed hi m Presiden t of t he Uni t ed S t a t es
. .

Mr Ta ft can regard himsel f as unusually fort una t e in having

.

a bro t her Charles P Ta ft w ho ranks among t he richest men

,
.
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in O hio and wh o spen t hi money f eely in advancing the

,
s r

poli t ical f o t unes f t he Presiden t ; or ra t her in aiding him t o

r o , ,

become t he execu t ive head o f the na t ion Thus i t will be .

seen t ha t Mr Ta ft has held offi ce and drawn sala y from t he

. r

nati on and f rom the S t ate of O hio almost con t inuously f or

abou t t hirt y years I t w ould be unfair not to s t ate tha t in all
.

he has held he has measured up to the full require

t h e ofli c e s
ments Of a fai t hf ul publi c O ffi cial .

It is t he personal side of Mr Taf t t hat may in t hi s c on .

,

nec ti on be t he most interes t ing

,
His simp licit y of manner .

is one of his many commendable qua l i t ies While a consisten t .

party man he is seldom o ff ensively part isan He be l ieves in

,
.

t h e prin ciples of the Republican part y th o ugh so me o f his ,

[ 42 7 ]
 1 30 PEN PICT UR E S O F L IVE MEN
m o st i nti ma te friends and somet i mes political ad visers are of
, ,

the opposite poli tica l faith In the ma t ter of physical acti vi ty .

,

President Taft is in many respects the reverse of his imm e

, ,

diate predecessor President Taf t is mentall y and ph y sicall y

.

de li b erate The word strenuosity d oes n o t fit him as it

.
“ ”

does Mr Roose ve lt T hi s may be more c omniend ab l e than

. .

o the rwise Beca use President Taft is usual ly represented

.

wearing a b ro ad s mil e it must not be taken as an indi cation ,

that he is a l way s i n a goo d humor and incapable of sh o wi n g ,

anger The s mi l e whi ch so me say wi l l not com e off is in

.
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the op i ni o n of man y o thers a kind of m as k In po litics ,

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,

he i s co l d b l o oded So met imes he sh o ws his mett le as a

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fighter th o ugh at n o time wi eldi ng the bi g stic k He gets

,
.

mad and Oftent im es remai ns so for a lo ng whi le His anger

,
.

is s lo w i n rising but w hen once up he d o es things and says

, ,

t hi n gs He is not the man who goes hunti ng for trou bl e but

.
,

if it i s i n hi s vicinity he wi ll meet it face to face if necessary

, ,
.

H e is s o me w hat given t o putting off unti l the day after t o

m o rr o w what should have been done the day b efore y esterday .

He h as apparently never b een i mpressed wi th the truth of

the prov erb : Pro crastinati o n i s the t hi ef of t i me
“
Sma l l .

t hi n gs annoy hi m and the ta kin g up of l arger t h i ngs he is

,

i nc li ned t o put off as long as possible He l oves ri d i ng on the .

c ars not f or the mere fact of ridi ng b ut t o get away fro m the
, ,

co nstant turmo il where he can have rest and qui et At times

,
.

President Taft shows a supe rb stren gth of character At .

other ti mes he e xhi b its a weakn ess that i s n o t only su rprising ,

b ut often mortifyi ng to hi s friends N o one d o u b ts or has .

,

cause t o i mpeach hi s integr i ty He aspires to do th e right

,
.

thing b ut he does n o t a l way s kn o w just how to do i t

, .

In many of his pub li c utterances whether i n spe ech or ,

l etter h e h as mad e use of phr ases t hat have l ater in vo l ved

,

h im i n tro u bl e It i s i nc i dents of this character wh i ch hav e

.

given ri s e t o th e so mewhat jocular remark that Pres i dent

“

Taft n ee ds a manager ”
He i s a man wh o sees only th e co n
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 TH O MA S TAGGART

O RMER Mayo r o f Ind i anapoli s Mr Tag . .

gart it wo u ld seem has a n atural t e n dency

, ,

fo r en gagi ng in polit i cs H e was b orn i n .

Ire l and This may serv e as a goo d exp l ana

.

ti o n for his polit i ca l ambi ti o n Mr Taggart . .

h as carv ed hi s o wn way i n t h e w o r l d He .

entered upo n a bus i ness career wi th o ut the

ai d of any i n fl uent i a l re l at ives or fri ends .

Wh e n he c ame to the Un i ted S tates he was a bi t o f a l ad ,

his famil y ma kin g their first h o me i n t h i s c o unt ry at Xe ni a ,

O hio It was here that yo ung Taggart go t his first i ns i ght

.

into American aff ai rs whi ch to him repres e nte d hard wo rk

, .

Afte r a few y ears i n Xe nia a b etter p ositi o n was o ff ere d him

,

at Indianap ol is In the Ind i ana c apita l he pushed forward

.

w i th u nusua l rapid i t y It has a l way s b een a c o mm o n say

.

i n g i n and about Ind i anap oli s that To m Taggart made

, ,
“

anywhere from on e t o one hundred n e w friends e very day ”

.

This i s prob abl y an e x aggerat io n so far as t h e hundred i s ,

c o n c erned b ut when he went h o me at nigh t t h e re was ne ver

,

an y d o u b t that he had more fri ends and a cquaintan ce s

than wh e n he sta rted ou t in th e m o rni n g F o r se vera l y ears .

Mr Tagga rt when enterin g man s estat e was a c o nspicu o us

.
,
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,

fi gu re ab o ut the large restaurant i n the U ni o n S tati o n at

Indianapolis Here he met hundreds of pe rsons e very day
. .

His aff ab i lit y and politeness ne ver fai l ed t o l ea v e b e hi nd a

go o d impression Those wh o met hi m f o r the first time
.

rem e mbe re d him wh e n t h e y sa w hi m the se co nd time A ff ab il .

it y in M r Taggart s case proved a m o st v a l uabl e asset

, .
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.

T hi s was pa rt i cularly e mphasized when h e ente red th e p oli ti ca l

[ 4 39 ]
 TH O MAS TAG GART
aren a . a h nd s h aker he h as had few e qua ls in Indiana
As a -
,

and t h at S t a t e can be said t o be t he greatest c o mmonweal t h

f or poli t ical hand shakers t ha t can be found in any part of t h e
-

coun t ry From t he Union S t a t ion restaurant to t he pro

.

p r i e t orshi p of t he Grand Ho t el one of t he ci t y s largest hos ,

’

t e lri e s w as a na t ural advancement

, Alm ost every man is .

especiall y fi tt ed f or some pa rt icular voca t ion To b e at th e .

head of a large ho t el company Mr Taggart found was t o be ,

.
,

in his na t ura l elemen t .

Mr Taggart enl arged hi s holdi ngs as a ho t e l propriet or

.

b e co ming t he head of t he French L ick Springs Hotel Com

p any . He en t ered po l i t ics w hen qui t e young his first o ff i c e ,

b eing t ha t of audi t or of Marion Coun t y in w hich Indianapo l i s ,

is si t ua t ed I t is safe t o ma ke t he asse rt ion t hat he was a

.

good o ffi cial as he was re elected All t h is happe ned in the

,
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four yea rs from 1 8 8 6 t o 1 8 90 In 1 89 2 and 1 8 9 4 he was .

chairm an of t he Democra t ic S t a t e Co m mi t tee In 1 8 9 5 he .

,

was elec t ed Mayor of Indianapoli s and held tha t o ff i ce for ,

six years w h ich means t ha t he w as elected f or three terms

, ,

gi ving furt her e vi dence of t he high confidence placed in him

by t he elec t ors of t he ci t y Du ring his t h ree successi ve te rms
.

as Mayor Mr Taggart s fame as a po l i t ician be gan spread

,
.
’

ing t hroughou t the coun t ry His po l i t ical oppo nents th e .

,

Repub l icans pi tt ed agains t him t he be st and strongest men

,

of t he part y but each time they w ent do wn t o defeat

,
Mr . .

Taggart in some circles was regarded as in vi nci b le as a can

did a t e f or t he mayoral t y He no doubt could have bee n
.

re elec t ed again and again had he n o t declined fu rther h o no rs

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,

as t he head of the muni cipal government .

W h ile Mayor of Indianapo lis Mr Taggart becam e a ,

.

promi nent f ac t or particularly in the po litics of the State of

,

Indiana and like wi se one of t he managers of t he part y in a

,

national sense In 1 90 4 he was made chairman of th e

.

Democra t ic National Committee directi ng the campai gn of ,

A l ton B Parker then the Democratic candidat e for President

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 1 30 P E N P I CTURES OF L I VE ME N
Th at Mr Parker failed of election was no reflection on Mr
. .

Taggart s management He did as well as any one else c o u ld

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.

h ave d o ne at that time and under the same circumstances , .

I n the politica l af fairs of Indi ana at the present time Mr , ,

.

Taggart is a force and a p o wer thou gh holding no pu b lic ,

Office In his capacit y as a pri vate citi zen he has a li kin g for
.

“
mi xi ng in thus keeping hi s hold well upon the part y dis
”
,

c ipli ne of the State As a pub lic ofli c ial he met e ve y re quire

. r

ment retiri ng from all the ofli ce he has he l d wi th the respect

,
s

and confidence n o t onl y of his own party but of the fair

, ,

m inded of his poli tica l opponents .

Mr Taggart is now in abou t t he midd l e fifties He has

. .

accomplished much for one who began life in a humb le capacity .

Mention has been made of his b eing a great hand shaker -

.

When acqui ring t hi s habit he scho o led hi mse lf to the ad van

tage of remembering faces and names When startin g out .

o n a campai gn i t was soon discovered that he was so strongly

e quipped on these lines that it was difficult for hi s opp o nents
to make any parti cu l ar headway He had them b eaten a lmost .

at the start In temperament he i s qu i c k p o ssess i ng an

.
,

acti vity that is ad mi red b y everybo d y He i s n o t o n ly quic k .

i n act i on b ut i n thou ght He has his nat ive I ri sh wi t al

, .

way s ab out hi m He b e lieves that a soft answer turneth

.
“

away wrath ”
He is a fighter too when a fi ght i s a ne ce s
.
, ,

sity a l thou g h he w
,
i l l wa lk a l ong distance t o a vo id one ; y et
“ ” ”
when it comes to the scratch he is there wi th the goods .

O ne o f his many striking characte ri stics is hi s habi t Of wear

i ng his hat se t w ell bac k on hi s head sho wi n g a l arge e xpanse ,

of inte ll ectual forehead He is a l way s Tom Taggart to

“ ”
.

his p ol it i cal a lli es and opponents b ut to his m o st i ntimate ,

f ri ends he is wi l li ng to b e called simpl y Tom

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He does .

n o t assume to b e o ther than what he really is He has a l way s .

b een a goo d m o ney maker whi ch i ndicates a b us i ness ab ility

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,

of the ki nd that ma kes the whee l s go aro un d

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He i s not .

qu i te Six i n feet h ei ght He wi l l we i gh prob ably 1 90 p ou nds

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 J OS H UA FRED ERIC K C TAL BOTT .

in C ongress from th e
E PRE SEN TA T I VE
Sec o nd Distri ct in Maryl and Mr Ta lb ott . .

was bo rn in Mary land and is proud o f it , .

He has reas o n t o indicate wi th pride that he

c o mes fro m a l on g line o f dist i n guished an
c e st ors He reached man s estate at about
.
’

the t i me o f the firin g o f the b i g gu ns at Charl es

t on w h i ch raised the great d i sturb ance fro m
water s e d g e t o water s edge He too k up the study o f l aw
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in the mi dst of the great con flict and tw o y ears afterward, ,

in 1 8 64 he felt that the matter c o uld n o t b e satisfact o rily

,

sett l ed unti l he go t out and to ok a hand in it h i mse lf The .

family gun was han gi ng on the pe g and as viewed by youn g ,

T al b ott there were places where t h is death dea li ng inst ru

,
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ment c o uld b e put to goo d use Thr o wi n g the po wder h o rn

.

o v er o ne sh o ulder and the gu n ov er the other he struc k o ut ,

f or the arm y of G eneral L ee and was s o on i n line wi t h the

,

muzz l e of the fow l ing piece p o int i n g due north The extent
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.

of the damage d o ne b y this yo ut hf u l Maryl ander i s n o t

rec o rded b ut it is presumed that if he had b een permi tted
,

t o do t hi n g s as he wanted them d o ne at that time he might ,

ha v e turned the battlefield into a place of slau ghter Y o un g .

Talbott did not cra v e for mi litary o ff i ce He went in as a .

private and came ou t as one After the hi storic meetin g at

.

Appomattox he returned to Mary land and too k up the stud y

,

of law where he had left O ff two y ears before T hi s was in .

1 866. Fro m that time to the present Mr Talbott has b een ,

.

more or less ident i fied with Democratic politics in Maryl and .

He did not persist in fi ghting the war over after peace had
been dec l ared He regarded the a greement made by Genera l s
.

Le e and G rant as permanent and was wi l lin g to a b ide by

,

the resu l ts Mr Talbott is a friend o f peace He has e ve r

. . .

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 J O SHUA FRE D E R I CK C TAL B O TT .

refrained f rom becoming a dis t urbing elemen t e x c ept when it ,

is necessary t o do t hings t o t he Republican party in hi s

“

S t a t e and he has o ft en done so He is as happy in defeat

,
.

as he is in vic t ory He vie w s li f e phi l O SO phica ll y His first

. .

pub l ic Office was t ha t of prosecu ting a tt orney f or Bal t imore

Coun t y This o ffi ce he held for f our years He w as re
. .

nomi na t ed and de f ea t ed w hi ch sho w s t ha t t here may be times

,

even in a man s young career w hen he canno t come bac k

’ “ ”
.

He was elec t ed t o t he Fort y six t h Congress i n 1 8 7 6 He was -

.

re elec t ed t o t he Fort y seven t h and Fort y eigh t h

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A ft er six -
.

years of s ervice in t he Na tional L e gisla t ure he w as appoin t ed ,

insurance com missioner o f t he S t a t e of Maryland Thi s .

o ffi ce he resigned t o be elec t ed to t he Fif t y t hird Congress -

.

Here again he drop ped from Congress ional vie w un t il t he

Fi ft y eigh t h Congress rema ining t h rough t he Fifty ninth
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Six t ie t h and is no w si tt ing in t he Six t y first Thus it will be

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s een t ha t Mr Talbo tt s Congressional li fe h as been in ou t

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and in again There were t imes w hen he re f used t o be a

.

candida t e whi ch may explain some of t he t imes he w as ou t

,
.

Mr Talbo tt is as keen a poli t ician as Maryland has pro

.

d u c ed He fough t t he ba tt les o f t he pa rt y as one o f t he ables t

.

lieu t enan t s ever put in service by t he la t e Sena t or Ar t hur P .

Gorm an Sena t or Gorman w as t he mas t er mind of Demo

.

cra t ic po l i t ics in his S t a t e He w as t he commanding general .

of t he f orces and Mr Talbo tt w as ever loyal in his fidelity to

,
.

t ha t leader Wh en he is in po l i t ics he plays t he game scie ntifi

.
,

ca ll y No one in Maryland kno w s t he in t ricacies of S t a t e

.

poli t ics be tt er than he His ac t ivi t y has f or years been one

.

of his many co m manding charac t eristics He is not a large .

man in s t ature bu t above t he average size in capabili t y As

a campaigner he is a k
, .

ind of w hirl wi nd He goes in t o w in

,
.
,

and if he is unsuccessful he has the sa t isfac t ion of kno wi ng ,

t ha t he performed t he j ob as w ell as i t could have been done

”
by any one else He is a bit pugnacious and wi ry . He is .

wi llin g t o yi eld to his p oli tical opp o nents all t hey are entit led
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to , b ut not an iota more He has on the tip of hi s ton gue t h e
.

o ffi cial v ote of every county in Mary land of b oth parties for

the last quarter of a century He kn o ws the name of every .

poli t ica l worker in the S tate particularl y in his own pa rty , ,

and at the s ame time keeps pretty c l ose acc o unt of the results
o f the Repu blican workers He is n o t a man to fuss and .

fume and become unnecessarily excited He prefers to get

,
.

i nt o the b ac k roo m at po litica l head quarte rs where the real ,

b usiness is done and fro m there carry on hi s campaign i n a

,

b usiness like manner Mr Talbott has b een so l ong in po litics

. .

i n Maryland that his name is a lmost a h o useh ol d word It is .

b e li e v ed there have b een more b abies named for him than f or

any other man who ever lived in the State which i s a pretty ,

goo d si gn that he is of a h igh class No mother wants t o .

n am e her o f fsprin g f or a man who is n o t just what he shou l d b e .

Mr Talbott as indica t ed above is not particular ly com

.
, ,

mandin g i n hi s height and gir t h but one d o es not notice this ,

i n co nsequence of hi s a f fab ility He is a l ways agreeab le .

and polite to e very one N o one has e ver accused him of .

doin g an ungent le manly act He belie v es in universa l cour .

tes y e ven in the h eat of politica l b attle He knows there are

,
.

goo d men honest and true in bo t h politica l parties ; therefore

, ,

hi s c o mb ats are po l itical and not persona l He has a hi g h .

re gard f or his politica l opponents because he concedes to them ,

the same ri ght to their views that he insists on exercising

f o r h i mself M r Tal b ott s hair and mustache are now quite
°
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gray He is seld o m seen wi thout glasses somet i mes the ol d

.
,

fashioned spectacles He be l ie ves Baltimore to b e the best city

.

i n the world He swears by it and also thinks i ts people are

.
,

t h e sa l t of the earth He doesn t tra vel about the c o untry ’

.

much but is contented to reside at his modest h o me i n the

,

co mparat ive l y unkn o wn town of Towson which is practically ,

a su b urb of Ba l t i mo re He is not b elie ved to ha ve any stri k

.

ing h ob bies ; if so he c o ncea l s the m from pu b li c View Th ere

,
.

are few finer men i n the c o unt ry than Fre d Ta lbo tt .

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t o b ut not an iota more He has on the tip of his tongue the
,
.

o f ficial vote of every county in Maryland of both parties for

the las t quarter of a century He knows the name o f every .

political worker in the S tate particularly i n his own party , ,

and at the s ame time keeps pretty c lose acc o unt of the results
of the Repub lican w o rkers He is not a man to fuss and .

fume and become unnecessarily excited He prefers to get

,
.

into the b ack roo m at political headquarters where the real ,

b usiness is done and fro m there carry on hi s campaign in a

,

b usinesslike manner Mr Talbott has been so l ong i n po litics

. .

i n Maryland that hi s name is a lmost a household wo rd It is .

b el i eved there have been m o re b abies named for hi m than for

an y other man w ho ever lived in the State whi ch is a pretty ,

good sign that he is of a high class No m o ther wants t o .

n am e her o f f spring for a man who is not just what he should be .

Mr Talbo tt as indicated above is not particularly c om

.
, ,

mandin g in hi s height and girth but one does not notice this ,

in c o nsequence of his a ff ability He is a l way s agreeab l e .

and polite to e very one No one h as e ver accused hi m of .

d oing an ungent l eman l y act He be l ie ves in universa l cour .

tes y even in the h eat of politica l battle He knows there are

,
.

goo d men honest and true in both po litica l parties ; therefore

, ,

his c o mbats are political and not persona l He has a hi gh .

regard f or his po litica l Opponents because he concedes to them ,

the same right to their views that he insists on exercising

for himself M r Talbott s hair and mustache are now quite
°

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gray He is seldom seen without glasses sometimes the ol d

.
,

fas h ioned spec t acles He believes Baltimore to b e the b est city

.

in the world He swears by it and also thinks its people are

.
,

t h e sa l t of the earth He doesn t tra vel about the c o untry ’

.

much b ut is contented to reside at his modest h o me in the

,

c o mparat ivel y unknown town of Towson whi ch is practically ,

a su b urb of Balt i mo re He is not b elieved to ha ve any strik

.

ing h ob bies ; if so he concea l s them from pu b li c view The re

,
.

are few finer men in the c o untry than F red Ta lbo tt .

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 C H ARL ES H TAYLO R .

DI T O R and proprietor the Bost o n Gl obe of .

Colonel Taylor is n ot a man wh o ta lk s f or

hi mse lf but prefers t ha t hi s deeds should
,

speak f or hi m Colonel Taylor is a produc t

.

o f Boston It was in t hat ci t y t hat he began

.

hi s career He has been the cap t ain of hi s

.

o w n fa t e His firs t employmen t was that of

.

a typese t ter on a ne wspaper S t icking type .

in those day s w as not in his opi nion a con t inuous round of

, ,

joy He did not believe t here was much of a future f or him

.

as a member of t he craf t He was ambi t ious to be somethi ng

.
,

intellec t ually He had observed that some newspaper report

.

ers had become edi t ors and proprietors of papers He kne w .

t ha t t o become a good reporter i t was not essential to have

,

a classical education He was as w ell educated as many

.

o t her report ers whom he kne w ; t here f ore why not become a ,

report er $ Thi s he did and in the course of tim e he de ve l

,

oped into a good one As he progressed in ef ficiency in hi s

.

pro f ession he broadened his scope of ac t ion He took kind ly

,
.

t o po l i t ics In t ime he held t he posi t ion of private secretary

.

to one of Massachusetts governors S o me time after he b e

’
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,

came a m e mber of t he State le gisla t ure and to hi s credit let ,

it b e sai d this was never held against him He worked fo r

,
.

the good of t he S t a t e In some respec t s he was not av erse

.
,

to showing his figh t ing quali t ies That was how he acquired .

“ ”
the title of Colonel . He did his part as young as he was , ,

in sett li ng the controversy b etween t he North and the Sout h .

Af t er having fil led many pu b lic positions and always t o th e ,

credi t an d satisfaction of th o se who had so h onore d hi m b e ,

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 1 30 PEN PICTURE S O F L I VE MEN
co nc l uded t o start a newspaper o f which h e wou ld b e th e ,

directing ge ni us And so he d i d He establi sh ed th e Bost o n

. .

Gl obe whi ch was so conduct e d that th o usands o f reade rs b e

,

came i ts st e adfast friends Year after y ear the numb er o f

.
,

readers i n c reased and i n pro portion theret o so did Col o ne l

,

Tay lo r prog ress i n wea l th and his paper in p o wer and

in fl u e nce .

The hi st ory o f The Gl ob in B ost o n j o urna lism fu rni shes

e

one o f the m o st st riki n g e vidences of the in fl uence o f the press

thr o u ghout the co untry b ut m ore particularl y i n New Eng
,

land There are tho usands upon th o usands o f newspape r

.

reade rs i n the New England S tates who are emphatic in de

c l aring that the y swear by Th e Gl obe and n o t at i t It wo u l d ,
.

seem that C o lo ne l Taylor has kept faith with his p ubli c to

suc h an extent t h at the maj o rit y o f hi s reade rs beli e v e

e very wo rd they see i n hi s paper e ven to th e s o met i mes ,

exaggerated statements of pro gressi ve ad ve rt i sers Fr o m a .

news point of view they b e lie ve that if i t is n o t seen i n the

,

c ol u mns of Th e Gl obe it is n o t wort h p rint i n g It h as ne ver

,
.

bee n C ol one l Taylo r s p olicy as an edit o r and propriet or t o

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, ,

thru st sensationali sm i n the faces o f his readers un l ess i t be ,

by the u se of start ling headlines which h as a l way s b een o ne ,

of the characteristic features of Th e Gl obe O ther wi se i t .

,

may b e stated that he is u ni versally conservat iv e C olo ne l .

Taylor prints a paper for Boston and the surro undin g c o unt ry .

He kn o ws hi c lientele He has st udie d the situatio n from

s .
,

both the b usiness and the philosop h i cal point of View He .

kn o ws what hi readers want and the way they want it Every

s .

co m munity has its own likes and dislikes as t o what kind of

newspaper is preferred Wh at might suit Chicago wo uld hardly
.

b e ac ceptable in Bost o n and what is pleasing to the B oston

,

pu bli c wou l d be scorned prob ably in San Francisc o o r New

, ,

O rleans Colo nel Tay lor kno ws the b usiness of pu blishi ng

.

a newspape r as well as any other man in the United S tates .

In poli t i cs h e h as a lway s b een a Democrat and Th e Gl obe

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 E D MUN D H TAYL OR JR .
, .

I STI LL ER , Frankfort Kentu cky The

of , .

name of Edmund H Taylor Jr i n the .

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c o mmercia l world especial ly in the manu ,

facture and distillation of hi gh brands of

whi ski es means a great deal more than
,

can b e set fort h here Kentucky has fo r .

,

al most three quarters of a century b een

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,

famed for its whisky products S ome wil l .

claim especially Kentuckians that go od Kentucky whisky

, ,

h armo ni zes with the beauties of the blue grass Present day .
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hi storians of Kentucky are agreed that t o the c o nstructive

geni us of one man the comm onwealth owes it s c hi ef debt ,

n o t as the home of whi sky but the home of fine wh i sky and
, ,

that man is Colonel Taylor C o lone l Tay l o r is a man of

st ri k
.

in g individuality He is a scho lar orat o r writer le gi s

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, , ,

lat or b anker distiller country gentleman and it may b e said

, , , ,

o f him that he is a mo dern Beau B rummel Colone l Tay l or .

i s a man of rare abi lit y He has done large thi ngs in the Ken
.

tucky whi sky business and has amassed a fortune He h as

,
.

concentrated his life work as a distiller t o the single pu rp o se

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o f uplifting the whisky standard o f Kentucky C olo nel .

Tay lor s reputati o n as a distiller is sy mbolic of pure whi sky

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.

The Kentucky C o urt of Appeals in its decisions has written , ,

t h is reputation for C olo nel Tayl o r into hi st ory It wi ll be .

remembered that after the passage o f the so cal led pure foo d - -

law which pro vides for pure drinks also there was a great
, ,

hu ll ab aloo raised as to What is whi sky $

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Dr Harv e y W . .

Wiley C h i ef Chemi st o f the Go vernment and the m ost po t e n

, ,

t i al influenc e fa voring the measure rend e red hi s opin io n o n ,

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 E D MUN D H T AY L O R JR .
, .

the su bj ect of What is Whisky $ “

Attorney Genera l ” -

Bonapart e also gave hi s decisi o n President Roosevelt als o .

t ook a hand in it L ast bu t not least President Taft wro te

.
, ,

an opinion on What is whi s ky $ practically reversing th e

“ ”

opini ons of President Roosevel t the Attorney General an d ,

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,

the Chief Chemist Colonel Taylor is credited wi th ha ving

.

f urnished President Roosevel t wi th data from whi ch he ren

dered his decision Colonel Taylor stands by the ori ginal
.

opi ni on rendered by Chemi s t Wiley and indorsed b y Mr .

R oo sevelt .

Colonel Taylor has placed upon the market many famous

brands of whisky A number of them are named af t er emi
.

nent men in t imate friends of Co lo nel Taylor Wherever the

,
.

Sign of O ld Taylor is seen thr oughout the w orld it means

“ ”
,

one of t he famous brands of Colonel Taylor s product There ’

.

are ot hers but they are too numerous t o mention ; su f fice it t o

,

say t ha t all of the brands of hi s make are sold in almost eve ry

,

coun t ry of the w orld .

Colonel Taylor is as well known in Europe as a great dis

t iller as he is in hi s own coun t ry In Scotland he is favor .
,

ably regarded as the most progressive of American dis t illers .

His distilleries in Kentucky are regarded abroad as the most

comple t e in any country where the purpose is to distill only the
gen uine article The archi tecture of his distilling plan t is
.

not unlike the ol d baronial cas t les of the hi s t oric R hi ne If .

there be any t hing in lineage Colonel Tay lor was predestined

,

t o make his mark Coming of a f amily that produced John

.

Taylor of Caro l ina ; Edmund Pendleton the j urist ; President

, ,

James Madison and President Zachary Taylor his own great

, ,

grandfather and nine grea t granduncles all o fficers in the

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Re vo lut i on it is not surprising that he made good from the

,
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be ginni ng of his business career Colonel Taylor spent mu ch .

of his bo y hood in L ouisiana w i th the Zachary Taylor branch

,

of the f amily where he was t hr own wi t h his cousin Genera l

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Richard Tay lor the President s son one of the most a eco m
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plish ed and typical gentlemen of the o l d Sou th C olo ne l .

Tay lo r h as been h o n o red by pub l ic office in hi s S tate ha vin g ,

been a member of bo th branches of the l e gi slature and at one ,

t i me May or o f the cit y of Fran kfort He c o u l d ha ve he l d .

mo re and hi gher offi ces had he so d esi re d bu t hi s l arge

, ,

b usin e ss interests wo uld not p ermi t of hi s negle ct i ng th em

e ven for the hi ghest offi ce i n the c o unt ry C olo ne l Taylor .

comes o f fi ghtin g st o c k He possess e s a sua ve and ge nt le

.

e x te ri o r b ut b eneath it there is a nerv ous en ergy that wo rk s at

,

high tensi o n and truc kl es t o no obstac l e Thi s was fo rcib ly .

illustrated at a t i me when he was Mayor of Fran kfo rt Adam .

F o repaugh visited Frankf o rt wi th his great aggregati o n o f

circus and menage rie which he prop o sed ex hi biting to the
,

citi zens wi th o ut complyin g wi th the city o rdinance which re

q u i red the payment int o the city s treasury of a ce rtain su m
’

for the pri vilege The sh o wman p o siti vel y refused t o pay and
.
,

gav e o rders t o hi s men t o unl o ad the paraphernal ia Colonel .

Taylo r was info rmed of the c o nditi o ns whereupo n he arri ved ,

o n the s c ene prepared t o have it o ut wi th the sh o wman He .

ann ou n c ed that if an y of Mr F orepaugh s men attempted

.
’

t o u nl o ad a car unti l the licens e m o ne y was paid there wou l d ,

be tro u ble His manner was p o siti ve con ve yi ng the impres

.
,

s io n that sh o uld a man attempt t o unload a chattel ,

whe ther it b e a lion ti ger or a hundred thousand dollar prize

, ,
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b eaut y s o methi ng wo uld happen The situat io n became so

,
.

strained that the G ov ernor was compelled to c a ll o ut the mi litia

b efo re peace was rest ored C olone l Tay l o r wo n the day
.
,

a nd fro m that time o n had the hi ghest re spe ct of the old sho w
man as we l l as e very b o d y else
, .

Colo nel Tay lor was a p o tent fac tor i n the bui ld i ng of the
n e w S tate h o use When this questi o n c ame up a few y ears ago
.
,

the entire S tate was engrossed in the su bject L arger cities .

,

like L e xin gt o n and Lo uis ville were c l amo ring that they sho uld
,

be made the seat of State go v ernment thus ta king it away ,

from Frankfort Colonel Tayl o r was then a member o f the

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of in vi ncib l e wi l l p o wer His ample fortune enab les him t o
.

d i spense in m u ni fi cent style the Old fashioned Kentucky h os

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p it a li t y in w hi ch he has always felt a delight and pride .

He has tra veled much in Europe particu l arly in the ,

Uni ted Kingdom He is as famili ar wi th ec o no mi c co nditions

.

o f s o me Euro pean c o unt ries as he is with tho se of h is o wn

S tate His name h as appeared mu ch in the pub lic prints in
.

t h i s c o untry chie fly in consequence o f hi s hi gh p o sition in the

co mmercial wo rld L i k e mo st Kentuck
,

. i ans Col o ne l Ta yl or
,

has a fo ndness f o r h ighly b red horses It is se l d o m that he

.

i s not a co nspi cuo us personage at Church i ll D o wns Ken ,

tu cky s great race c o urse on the day the Derby is run Derb y
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.

D ay in Kentu cky is much like it is in Eng land it b ei ng the ,

great raci ng e vent of the seas o n It is not on ly t h i s ; i t

.

i s a p lace o f assemblage for the fashionable pe o p l e as we ll It

is a s o c i a l e v ent o f marked distincti o n am o ng Kentuc k
.

i ans ,

as th eir Derby Da y is am o n g the English Du ring the ses

.

sio ns o f the le gis l ature C o lonel Tay l or s h o m e i s the scene

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,

o f fre qu e nt s o cial entertainments that are s eld o m su rpassed

i n any city in the U nited States N o thi n g seems t o give him
.

m ore pleasure than t o entertain hi s hundreds o f friends No .

d i st i n gu ished tra v e l er c o mes to Kentuc ky wh o d o es n o t ma k e

a p ilgri ma g e t o the b eautifu l estate o f Colo n el Taylo r
. Hi s .

j ou rne y t o the B lue G rass State wou l d be i n co mp le t e w i t h ou t

h a vi n g bee n a gu est o f Co lo ne l Taylor .

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 A UGU STU S TH O M A S

M ERI CA S play wright

’
Mrf oremost . .

Thomas was born in Missouri but he has ,

been away f rom t ha t S t a t e so long t hat it

is no longer a necessi t y to sho w him
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In .

a fe w respec t s Mr Thomas and the Em ,

.

p e r or of Germany are some w ha t alike The y .

do n o t l ook alike however M r Thomas ,

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bears a resemblance to a cherub w hich the ,

Kaiser does not Emperor William is reputed t o be a handy

.

man a t many things ; so is Mr Thomas In addition to b eing . .

a playwrigh t of na t i o nal and in t erna t ional fame Mr Thomas ,

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is one of the really grea t orators of the Uni t ed States He can .

paint pictures and paint them w ell At o ne time he was a

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well kno wn cart oonis t He w as like wi se a newspaper repo rter

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once He could navigate a shi p across the Atlan t ic O cean

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if necessary and in even t t he craft should become disabled

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through t he breakin g of an y w ood w ork Mr Thomas wou l d ,

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be on the job as t he shi p s carpenter He can not only build

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a house bu t he has built more than o ne At one time he was

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a S inger in a church choir in St Lo uis Mr Thomas was . . .

born in the Mound City in abo ut 1 860 His father was a ,

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phy sician whi ch it seems never met wi t h the approv al of the

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son but it is n o t b elieved the latter wa s consulted

, The first .

money y oung Thomas earned was as a page in the Missouri

le gi slature This was t he starting point of hi s successful
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career Ha vin g got mi xed up wi t h politicians and newspaper

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c o rrespo ndents young Thomas began takin g on intellectua l

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we i ght He was a bo ut the liveliest page that J e f ferson C i ty

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had e ver kno wn It is a part o f Miss ou ri hist o ry that he was

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the mo st inte lli gent page that e ver sc u rri ed abo ut the desk s
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o f statesme wo u l d o r h o pe d t o b e statesme n He was
n— be
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observi ng and after two sessions of the l e gi s l atu re his family

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arrived at the c o nclusi o n that his capab i lities were e nt i t led t o a

b roader fi e ld o f action .

He b e li e ved that in the National House of Repres e nta

t ive s at Wash i n gt o n he w o u l d fu rther s hi ne or rather his , , ,

fami ly and fri en d s thou ght as much whereup o n he was ,

appo i nted to the position of a page whi ch necessitated his ,

associatin g wi th a higher strata of statesmansh i p than h e had

found assemb led wi t hi n the classic precincts of J e ff e rson City .

There were gre at doin gs in C o ngress when y oung Thomas

was a page In those day s James G B l aine S amue l J
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Randall Benjamin H Hi ll of Ge o rgia ; A H Buc kner of

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Missouri ; Galusha A G row of Pennsyl vania ; Danie l W .

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Voorhees of Indiana ; James B Beck of Kentuc ky ; Sunset

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C ox of New York ; Benjami n F B ut ler of Massachusetts

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and h o sts o f others were am o n g th e foremost pol i tica l l ead rs e

o f the t i me It was in the later sixties and ear ly se vent i es

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b efo re the rec o nstruction peri o d had passed Th o mas was .

then i n his element He worshi ped at th e sh ri n e o f th es e

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great men He loved to listen t o the i r speeches F or a

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y oungster he was some t hi ng of an orat o r h i msel f ; i n fact

, ,

had gained the s obriquet of the B oy O rat or ”

He wi th “
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o ther pages used to play C o n gress Th o mas was the

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fl oor leader His first great spe ech as a memb e r of the

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Pages Congress was upon the subject of Unit y b etween

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the North and South in which he filled to the top the bl oody
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c hasm an d fore ver hi d from View the b l ood y shirt It

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was an e ff o rt said to be worthy Of one of mature age It would .

s ee m that all thi s time y oung Thomas was fitting hi mse lf f or

th e w ork of a dramatist alth o u gh he mi ght not at the time , , ,

h a v e k n o wn it When the Republicans took possession of the

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Ho use of Representati ves wi th none b ut that party on watch , ,

h e w e nt b a ck t o St L ouis He then concluded that he wou l d

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l ike t o beco m e identified with the management of ra il ways .

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and work In dress he is a bit indi f ferent He af fects the
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broad brimmed hat and might be mistaken w hen i n the

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ci t y for one of the foremost a griculturists of the country

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He is not alone a student of p o l itics and of the stage b ut he

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de l ves deeply into all or nearly all of the economic and

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scientific subjects Most people who know him we l l ca l l him

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Gu s wh i ch does n o t off end hi m

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[ 4 48 ]
 R O BERT J TRA CEW ELL .

O M PT R O LL ER the Treasury Mr
of . .

Trace w ell can properly be t ermed one of the

real Wa t chdogs of the Treasury
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I t i s his .

duty to in t erpret the law properly so that ,

no pe rs o n can ge t a dollar out of t he Treasury

unl ess it has been so au t horized He is a .

busy man pro t ec t ing the hard earned cash of

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t he Uni t ed S t a t es Governmen t and no one ,

kno w s be t ter t han he of t he thousands upon t housands of

people who are trying t o get money from Uncle Sam many ,

of w hom are not en t i t led to the same Mr Trace w ell is a . .

native of Indiana He serv ed one term as Representa t ive in

.

Congress from the Ne w Albany district I t w as never hi s .

inten t ion to adopt a poli t ical career but in his case political ,

honors w ere t hrust upon him much agains t hi s will If he

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ever had any ambi t ion looking t oward a sea t in Con

gress he had no re ason t o believe t hat he w ould be able
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to reach t he goal of this ambi t ion as the dis t rict in w hich he

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lived was overwhe lmingly D e mocra t ic when poli t ical c on

d i tions were normal ; and he is a rock ribbed old fashioned -
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Republican There came a split in the Democratic organi za

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t ion resulting in t w o Democra t ic candidates for Congress being

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named The Repu blicans thought there might be a chance

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to e lect one of their fai t h if wisdom were exercised in pre

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sentin g the right kind of a man t o the electorate F or a time .

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the Repub licans w ere a b it at sea as to whom the y should

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select as their standard bearer The name of young B ob
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Tracewell was su ggested and met with i mmediate appro v al

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He was waited upo n to kn o w if he wo u l d accept the nomi na

tion if tendered At first he declined L ater he yi e lded t o
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party pressure ; shy ing his cas t or into the political rin g h e ,

went forth upon the hustings He had ne ver before kn o wn .

what a go o d poli t ica l speech he could make His most i nti .

mate fri ends seemed unaware of thi s necessary qua li fication

until he had demonstrated what he could do on the stump .

For about eight weeks he practically c l osed up his l aw offi ce ,

and beat the bushes in every county of the district He

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w hooped things up in general He made the Repu blican .

party realize that it w as ali ve in the Congressiona l race and ,

so it was When the votes were counted it was sh o wn that

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the yo ung New Albany la wy er had triumphed wi th a good

sized plurality .

He serv ed but one term and his record as a f aithfu l repre

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se nt a t ive of the people was not questioned At the following .

election there w ere no longer dissensions in the Democratic

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party therefore there w as no u se of yo ung Tracewell again

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enterin g the race as he knew that a re e l ection wo uld b e ou t of

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the question Among the early appointments made by Presi

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dent M c Kinl ey was t hat of Mr Tracewell C o mptro ller of the .

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Treasury If Mr M c Ki nl e y had lived to the present time he

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w ould never have had any c ause to regret hi s se l ection Mr . .

Tracewel l has since serv ed under two Presidents and to their ,

entire sat i sfaction He has likewise served under four Secre

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tari es of the Treasury This speaks volumes f or the efficiency

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and integrity of Mr Tracewe l l He has served almost fif teen

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y ears in t hi s position longer it is b e lieved than any other m an

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from the formation of the Go v ernment It is not infrequently .

tha t some men appeal to the courts from the decision of the
Comptroller hoping to hav e m o re favorab l e action ; b ut the
,

Comptroller s ru lin gs are usually sustained Mr Trace w el l

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is n o t a man who advertises hi mself In truth he is just .

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the ki nd of man wh o d o es not advertise hi mself at al l In the .

first place he re quires no ad vertising and in the second such

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proceeding w o uld be repulsive to him If there b e an y where .

a modest unassuming man associat e d wi th th e Gov ernment

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 OS C A R W . UN D ERW OO D

E PRE SEN T A T I VE
in Congress from the
Ninth District of Alabama Mr Under w ood . .

is one of the representative younger men in

poli t ics from the South He is a na t ive of .

Kentucky and was born the second year of

,

t he Ci vil War Therefore he has not t he op

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p or tu nit
y to point wi th pride to what he did in
bringing the grea t s t ruggle to a termination .

The truth is it was all over a long time before he knew an y

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t h i ng about i t When he wen t from L ouisville Ky to Bir

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mi ngh a m Ala it w as wi t h t he avo w ed purpose of set t ling

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do w n to the prac t ice of la w in the hope of having a list o f

clients that would every day bring him a lot of money He .

kne w he could not expect them to come more than once unless
the y had confidence in his legal attainments He quickly sa t is .

fi e d them on t his point the result being that every morning

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when he reached hi s o f fices there were t he welcome clients wai t

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i ng hi s arrival Possessing an agreeable personality Mr

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Underwood found it compara t ivel y easy to make friends and

to keep them There is a kind of foolish sentiment in Ala
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bama whi ch has for its theory that i f you were not born in
the State you have no right to be there ; yet Alabamans are
,

given to doing a little boasting when any of their former citizens

achieve distinction in other States Mr Underwood however . .
, ,

was soon able to live down this prejudice and in good time he ,

was recei ved as t hough he had been born on that sacred soil .

He soon b ecame one of them and they were glad that he had
,

come among them He had been in t he State but a few

.

years when some good friend passed ou t the word that in Mr .

Under w ood there was good material f or a Congressman He .

blushed t o the back of his neck when t his w as announced to

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 O SCAR W UN D E RW O OD .

him and it was a long time be f ore he would permit hi s modes t y

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t o be overcome He had never t hought of going t o Congress

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,

and w as a bi t timid abou t permitting hi s name to be used in

connection wi t h t he o ffice He quickly reali zed that many of
.

hi s friends and neighbors w ere the possessors of persuasive

eloquence t ha t w as en t icing He asked t o be given a fe w days
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t o think t he ma tt er over whi ch w as conceded him

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He had li tt le money wi t h w hi ch to make a poli t ical

campaign bu t t his did not de t er h im f rom yielding to t he
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en t rea t ies of hi s f riends He w as in f ormed t hat he w ould

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have no opposi t ion f or t he nomina t ion and tha t as a no u ri ,

na t ion w as equivalent t o an elec t ion i t w ould require no ,

money He w as firs t elec t ed in 1 8 94 and has been sen t

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back every tw o years wi t h grea t regu lari t y He has become .

an import an t f actor on t he Democra t ic side of t he House .

He was designa t ed as t he part y w hip O f t he minori t y He is .

t he second Democra t on t he Ways and Means Commi t tee ,

and should t he Democrats control t he next House of Repre

se nt a t i ve s with Mr Clark of Missouri as Speaker Mr Under
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wood w ould be t he na t ural heir t o t he Chairmans hi p of the

Way s and Means Commi tt ee Mr Underwood is no t the . .

man t o push himself t o t he fron t unless he is needed He .

doesn t make much noise bu t he is a good w orker He is a s

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w ell pos t ed on t he economi c aff airs of t he country as any man

in Congress He is a be l iever in reducing t he tari f f schedules
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on almos t every product including iron steel and coal

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though he does live in Birmingham t he iron and steel center ,

of the Sou t h Mr Under w ood is usually up earl y in the

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morning w hen he has reason to beli eve tha t an at t empt is going

t o be made by some designing person to open t he Treasury
ga t es f or an outflo w O f coin in t o the pocke t s of those who are
not en t i t led to it Mr Under w ood is an industrious gen t leman
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and le t s very little grass gro w under his feet It is not in t ended
t o convey t he idea by ma k
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ing the above remark t hat it is ,

because he al w ays rides in an automobile He may occasion .

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ally ri de in one b ut it belon gs to s o me o ne else Hi s sal ary

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as a Representati v e in Congress mi ght pe rmi t his o wnin g one ,

b ut it does not justify the expense of chau ff eur and u p k eep -

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therefo re Mr Underwood usually walks or rides in the street

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cars .

In appearance Mr Underwoo d is qui t e bo yish He has . .

ne ver in his life w o rn a b eard He h as a heavy head of dark .

hair whi ch he brushes close to hi s head parting the same very ,

c lo se to the middle When he first appeared in Congress he

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wa s so y outhf ul in l o oks that man y thought hi m too y oung

to comply wi th the c o nstituti o na l li mi tation of twent y one -

years of age The fact is he was ten y ears o lder He is close

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to six feet tall and wil l mo v e the beam at about one hundred
,

and eight y pounds He has grown a bit stock y however in

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the l ast five or six y ears He has a pleasing s mi le for al l ac .

u aint a nc e s and a generous handshake f or al l his friends

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Mr Underwood is conserv ative in all thi ngs He never mak es

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a statement that is not i n accordance wi th facts He doesn t .

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care h o w rich a man may become but he does object after , ,

a man b ecomes rich that he S hould assume that he can ride

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rough shod o ver poor people simp ly b ecause he is rich He

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certai nly has no u se for the so ca l led vulgar rich His methods -
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of life are s i mp l e and plain He has some few i diosy ncras i es .

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b ut the y are of a harmless nature He d o esn t belie ve a man .

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is a b ad citi zen because some o ther man say s he is He .

must ha ve corroborative pro o f Mr Underwood is an o ther . .

memb er of C o ng ress wh o has a fondness fo r b u ll dogs The .

uglier the y are i n the face the m o re the y are ad mired by the ,

Alabaman Representat i ve Mr Underwood has his clothes . .

made in B irmingham going upon the theory that he wants t o

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patro nize h o me indust ries alth o ugh as he l oo k s at it the , , ,

tailors o f B i rmingham are b etter than those in New York and ,

there is a diff erence in the price W hen he is y our friend he .

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is y o ur sure en ough fri end There are hi gher hon ors i n st o re

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f or Mr U n d e rw ood
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ye t never he sitated to print the truth thou gh i t might be dis ,

ple asin g to s o me speculators wh o se chi ef b usiness was t o

d i sturb financial c o nditions and bri n g abo ut an unsett led stat e
o f aff ai rs He d i d all that was i n hi s power t o d ri ve t hi s class
.

o f men o ut of the b anki n g b us i ness whene ver the y put their

heads abo v e the surface He knew that no c o mmu ni ty c o u l d
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be prosperous unless the b an k s were honestly managed Mr . .

Vand lip s newspaper career i n C h i cago was a credit to jour

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nali sm in that cit y .

When Lyman J Gage was selected b y President M c Ki nl ey

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to bec o me hi s Secretary o f the Treasury Mr Gage who had ,

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long known Mr Vanderlip Off ered him the p o sition of private

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secretary Mr Gage had for a numb er o f years b een presi

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dent O i the First Nat i onal Bank o f C h i cago du rin g mo st ,

o f whi ch t i me Mr Vanderlip was the financia l writer on

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Th Tri bu ne
e Mr Vanderl ip after se rvin g on ly a few m o nths
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as Secretary Gage s private secretary was pro m o ted t o the

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p o sition of an Ass i stant Secretary o f the Treasury It did n o t .

take h i m l on g so t o fami l iari ze h i mself wi th the Treasury De

p ar t m e nt that he was practica ll y a b le to direct the financial
policy o f the Government This was hi gh distinction for hi m
.

a distin c ti o n whi c h came thr ou g h merit and n o t t hr o ugh

fa vori tism as su b se quent events ha ve sh o wn Upon the

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re tirement o f Mr Vanderl ip as an Assistant S ecretary of the

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Treasury he was designated by S ecretary G a ge and President

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M c Ki nl ey t o ma k e a trip abroad for the pu rp o se of stud yi n g

t o what extent American go o ds were b ein g so l d i n fo rei gn
co untries He wro te valuable reports of his trave l s detail
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i ng conditions as the y had co me under hi s ob servation His .

re ference to the fact of the b ad pac king and shi pping of Ameri
ca n goods t ogether with their cheapness i n qualit y had much
, ,

t o d o wi t h Ame rican manufacturers givin g more attenti o n to

re med yi ng this co nditi o n if they hoped to i ncrease their f or
,

eigh trade Mr Vanderlip was among the first t o s o und the

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t o csin of alarm on thes e l i n es That he did a goo d service .

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 FR AN K A V AN D ERLIP .

f or American comm erce t here is no d o u bt t h ough he was at

, ,

the time cri t icised f or giving ut t erance to these truths Dis .

hones t manufac t urers did not like w hat he said but was f or ,

t he bet t erment of commerce in general though it might not ,

have pleased some manu f ac t urers who were gui lt y of the

identical t hi ngs t ha t he charged .

Mr Vand e li p nex t import an t posi t ion was that of vice

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president of t he Na t ional Ci t y Bank whi ch he held f or s o me ,

years When James S till man resigned from the Presiden cy

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Mr Vander lip w as unanimously chosen as his success o r

. .

This placed Mr Vanderli p among t he youngest of ban k

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presidents in the U nited States and t he head of the l arges t ,

financial ins t itu t ion in Ne w York or in the country M r ,

. .

Vanderlip began get t ing gray w hen qui t e a youn g man .

His hair is no w qui t e w hi t e but hi s mus t ache is alm ost black

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The blendi ng of t hese colors makes him a conspicuous l oo king -

man He has developed into on f t he best speakers on

. e o

financial af fairs in the country There have been fe w meet .

ings of t he Bankers Associa t ion of t he United States in recent

’

years at w hich he w as not on of t he principal speakers so e ,

assigned by t he general committee He is probably ab out si x .

fee t in heigh t and wi ll tip t he beam at from one hundred and

,

eighty to t w o hundred and ten pounds He is al w ay s neatly .

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though modestly attired He doesn t dress any better to day

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t han he did w hen he was a financial wr iter in Chicago yet his ,

salary is probably t w enty five ti mes as large as it was t h en

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I n hospitality he is dis t inctively a m an of the West His .

success h as not changed hi m He i s al w ays fu l l of business

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t herefore he is never idle He is easy to approach and con

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siderate of t hose who are less fo rtunat e than himself He has .

won hi s sp urs by goo d hard work and deserves them

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 D R H A RV EY W W ILEY
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HI EF o f the Bureau of Chemi stry o f the

Department of Agriculture practical ly the ,

nati o n s che mist Dr Wiley has come much

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int o the lime light though not purp o sel y ,

occup yi ng the c enter of the stage during the

past few years It would b e unfair to say
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that Dr Wile y sought to make hi mse lf con

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The reverse is the truth Dr

spic u ou s . . .

Wi ley s labors hav e been directed along l ines f or the b etter

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ment of humanity part icularl y the citizens of the United

,

States His ideas were not new G erman y and Eng land
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had been the pioneers He has gone upon the theory that if
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the United States is to be a strong Government i t must acc o rd ,

fair and generous treatment to its peop l e He b e li eves that if .

the people are gi ven un w holesome f oo d the co untry as a , ,

nat io n is going to be the suff erer Dr Wil e y i t w o uld seem

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is more ki nds of a man than the ordinary citi zen This .

would make hi m an extraordinary citi ze n After al l it is .

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the point of vi ew that is taken The man who was on the road
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t o fo rtune as a manufacturer of impure food and was caught ,

i n the act b y Dr Wiley is not inclined t o the b e lief that the

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chief che mist of the country is a desirab le citizen Up o n the .

o ther hand those who b elie ve in the manufacture and dis

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semination of onl y the Si mon pure b lown in the bottle u nad u l

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t e ra t e d f oods acclaim his sincerity gi ving him ful l credi t

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and high praise for doing all that he has done all that he ,

wants to do and all that he may b e ab le to do wh o l ly and

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i mpartiall y fo r the benefit of e very man woman and chi ld i n , ,

t h e repu bli c.

Th at he h as mad e many e nemi es must b e ad mi tt e d ;

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e n ou gh t o say of Dr Wi le y that he does not always practice .

what he preaches to b e m o re explicit he refuses to eat a

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certain mixture of food products which he recomm ends to

others Whether thi s is really the truth may never beco m e
.

known but if one may judge from the Doctor s fine health
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ful vi gorous appearance there i s but one conc l usion to be

, ,

reached and that is he is no m ore careful of w hat he eats

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himse lf than of w hat he reco mm ends to others That branch .

of co mmercial life conducted by gentlemen wh o pro vide

li qu id s for the quenchi ng of the public s thi rst pa rticularly — ’
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the w h i sk y manufacturers it is not be li e v ed will be wi lling

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t o l ay flo wers at the grave of the Doctor when the final su m

mons may c o me The consumer ho w e ver wi ll be will ing to
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perform this sad service in reco gni t i on of hi s great labors in

behal f o f the real thing ”
Dr Wile y despises shams as . .

much as he does adulterated f oods He is a g o od hard .

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manl y fi ghter He took up the people s cause and won it for

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th e m .

D r Wiley was born in Indiana b ut on the outside of

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the li terary circle that State ha vin g achi e ved fame as the ,

habi tat of a large contingent of the real u p—to date literary ,

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l i ghts of the West The Doctor s bi rthp l ace was on the b anks ’
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o f the O hi o near Hano ver w here is located the ol dest and o ne

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of the formidable institutions of learning in that c o mm o n

weal th and where he was educated F or a t i me he was

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profess o r of che mistry in the De Pauw Un iversity at Green ,

castle He was some time i n the servi ce of the Government

.

b efo re his peculi ar talents were discovered If Dr Wiley has . .

p ol it i cal con vi ctions that is partisan a ffi l iations

,
he has , ,

never projected them into his of ficial dut i es He has served .

u nder D e mocrats and Repub li cans a like but as chemistry ,

is a s c ienc e he has b een acceptabl e to a l l re gard l ess of po liti c a l

, ,

p u l l. Dr W i l e y wa s b o rn s o me t i me pre vi o us t o the abo lit i on

.

of sl a v e ry b ut b eing a bache l or it is in keep i n g wi th the

, , ,

eternal fitness o f t hi ngs that he shou l d b e the s ole cust o d i an of

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. W . W I L EY

the knowledge of hi s exact age In a social way he may .

be classified along wi t h t he lion hi s presence bein g much in

,

dema nd at social functions He is an entertaini ng conversa

.

tiona li st has a hi gh sense of humor and is not wi thout a gen

, ,

erou s store of wi tt icisms w hi ch migh t lead one to be lieve that

,

some of his forebears w ere among those w ho came to America

from the Emerald Isle He is an accompl ished l inguist
.
,

speaking t hree langu ages fluen t ly As a chemis t of high abil

.

i t y Dr Wiley s repu t ation ex t ends t hroughou t Europe

,
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’
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Dr Wiley w ould never b e mis t aken f or a Beau Brumme l

. .

He cares li tt le if any t hi ng f or t he prevaili ng rules of fashion

, , .

He dresses w e l l bu t not f a shi onably He may some t imes com

,
.

mi t t he off ense of w earing a t all ha t wi t h a short coat like ,

t he business men of London in and near T hr ead need l e Street ;

and t ha t may be one of t he reasons w hy he is disliked by t he
Ame ri can manufac t urers of adul t erated foo ds The Doct or .

makes a good spe ech no mat t er w hat may be t he subje ct

, .

Those w ho a t tend banque t s w here t he Doc t or is a guest are

not withou t co nfidence in the quali t y of all that is served .

The man w ho w ould se t table impuri t ies before Dr Wile y .

w ould make the one fa t al error of his life Dr Wiley s chief . .

’

di version is automobili ng He h as o wned t hree cars sin ce

.

t heir use became fashi onable and the last car is al w ays larger
, ,

more e xpensive and more comple t e t han t he one cast asid e

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.

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 J AMES W IL S O N

URING the wi nter of 1 90 8 Wil li am Ho ward ,

Taft was busy Cabinet making The m o nths .

between the time he was e lected and the time

he was inaugurated President he spent se l ect
ing n i ne men to ad vi se him in matters per
taining to the run ning of the Governm ent .

Also he w as to go to Panama to loo k ove r

,

the canal Political gossips were busy guess

.

ing at the personne l of the Cab inet Several men had been .

ch o sen Rumor had i t that Taft would make a clean sweep

.
,

an d that n o m ember of the Roosevelt Cabinet wou l d b e

retai ned .

B ut there was one man concerning whom there was doubt .

O pi nion was evenly di vided as to whether James Wilson ,

Secretary of A griculture would s t ay Many thought he

,
.

would because he had but a few months to serv e i n order t o

,

b reak the record of continuous service in the Cab inet O t hers .

th ought he would go A few predicted Taft would keep him

.

in l ong enough t o enable him to establi sh a rec o rd and t hen l et

him go .

In rnid wi nte r Taft was to sai l from Charleston S C for

, ,
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,

Panama on a Uni t ed S t ates cruiser It was then that Wilson s

.
’

f riends got to work A Western a gri cul t ural journal too k up

.

the cudgels Across its first page in large type it printed one
.
, ,

sentence addressed to the farmers of the country This se n

,
.

tence read :
“
If y ou wan t Jim Wilson to remain as Secre t ary of Agri
culture write to President elect Taft at Charleston S C
,
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,
. .
,
”
and tell hi m so .

Appended was t he da t e of Ta ft s sailing f rom the famous’

South Carolina ci t y .

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is d oin g Most pub lic men aro und Washi n gton are m ore or
.

less short sighted Better say the y are biased In t h i s re

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spect the y resemble New Yorkers The y are t o o c lo se a gainst .

the wal l t o se e over it Wils o n is n o t o ne of these He wo rks

. .

for the farmer al l the t i me O ther phases of the work o f his .

department excite the newspaper edit o rs the po li ticians and , ,

the memb ers of Con gress Wils o n pay s little or no atten .

tion t o them Day in and day o ut he i s wor kin g to he l p the

.

farm e r And to start with he never mis l eads the fa rmer

.
, ,
.

He is an i ntense ly practical man The sci entists of the De .

p a r t m e nt o f A gri cu l ture will tell y ou thi s So met i mes the .

resu l ts o f an expe ri me nt o n ce rtain farm pro ducts will loo k

fine t o the sci entists B ut Wilson fails to get excited He
. .

te l ls them t o t ry i t o ver and o ver a gain And when he passes .

o n i t i t is more than apt to b e right .

Not lo n g since Wils o n addressed a farmers co n venti o n at ’

S t Lo uis The whole con venti o n was t h ro bbing with the

.

b ack t o the farm idea At last the train b eari n g Wi l s o n

”
.

a rri ved He was met by a dele gation and es cort e d t o the

.

c o n venti o n hall There he made a speech . .

He told hi s audit o rs that the cit y man wh o th o u ght he co u l d

b u y a few a cres and successfully farm them was a fo ol Fa rm .

in g was a b usiness he said not a pastime If a man were a

, ,
.

trained farmer fa rmi ng w o u l d net hi m a goo d li vi ng If he

,
.

were n o t the m o ney he spent in bu y ing and st ocki ng a farm

,

was thrown away That was n o t what mo re than ha lf o f the

.

c on venti o n wanted to hear B u t i t was wh at Wil so n kn ew .

t o b e the truth SO he told it . .

A high offi cial of the Departme nt o f A gric u l ture t ra vels

a go o d deal O n the trains h e meet s many men In the
. .

sm oki n g cars a drummer sta rts th e co n v e rsat io n b y tel li ng the

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D epartme nt o f A gri cu lture man hi s li ne of busi n e ss Then .

t hi s man say s :
“
I am o ne o f S ecretary Wi lso n s hire d men ’
.

In v ari ably t hi s D epartme nt man says th e travelers want t o

, ,

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kno w what h as bec ome of such and such a one of Se cre tary
Wi lson s experimen t s All of whi ch shows h o w close Wilson
’
.

is to the rank and file of America The w hole country is .

wa t ching t he Depart men t of Agriculture O ne man may .

be in t erested in meat inspe ction another in the cotton crop , ,

another in t he pure f ood crusade But sooner or later t he

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,

long arm of t he Department of Agricul t ure reaches every man .

The man may be li ving in a tw o b y four fla t in a big city - -

,

spending half hi t ime on t he road Bu t lurking in his breast

s .
,

is t he desire t ge t back t o t he coun t ry He w ants to invest

o .

his savings in a fi acre bi t of ground on f t hese days and

ve - e o , ,

in t he mean t ime he likes to t hi nk abou t improved methods

,

of cul t ivation I t is part of his dream

. .

O f t he t hi ngs Wilson has brought abou t since he became

Secre t ary of A gricul t ure t he pure f ood la w and t he meat —in
,
-

sp c t ion la w are bes t kno wn in t he general pub l ic mi nd

e In .

t he former he had t he able assis t ance of Dr Harve y W Wiley . .

,

Chief of the Bureau of Chemis t ry But it was Wils o n that .

pushed i t t hr ough .

Ye t t he farmers care nothing ab out that S o me of them

k
.

no w abou t the ca tt le quarantine la w s but not all of them ,

.

Yet they do know about t he improved methods in farmi n g

tha t Wil son s men and Wilson s experiment stations have
’ ’

been and are teachi ng in every sec t ion of the Uni t ed Sta t es
They k
.

no w t here is a prac t ical farmer at t he head of t he

Depa rtmen t of Agri cul t ure a man wh o makes a l ot of m o ne y
,

o t of his own fa rms in Iowa and they respec t and value his
u ,

Opinions .

Until a fe w years ago the farmers were the o nl y ones wh o

kne w about Wilso n But of late the manufa c turers of food
.
,

products have got an inkli ng as to what manner of man he is .

They fo rme d his acquaintance through the pure food law -

.

At first it w as t hought Wilson would run mad on t hi s qu es

ti o n It w as so po pular and the powe rs vested in hi m b y
.

C ongress were so great that the ma nufacturers trembled .

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T h e n t h e y found that Wilson was n o t go ing t o hu rry The y .

sa w h e rea l i zed what a wh ol esale di srupti o n of b usiness wou l d

mean and that he was goi ng s lo w Then they made an o the r

, .

mi stake The y th o ught he wou l d b e eas y

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.

In appearance Wi ls o n i s o n e of the most g randfatherl y of

,

p ers o ns He wears a gray b eard and a slouch hat except

.
,

upo n such o ccasions as good form re quires hi m to wear a h igh

silk h a t He speaks very s lo w ly and very de liberate ly He
. .

look s li ke a farmer .

In the ad mi nistrati o n of the pure foo d law Wi ls o n has had -

hard work N o end of political and business influence has

.

bee n b ro u ght t o bear on him Yet he has never b een swerved

.

fro m his dut y Dele gations of manufacturers and their

.

att o rne y s have called upo n him M any of them were sma rt “
.

men a cc ust o me d t o having their way and t o hand l in g dipl o

,

matic situat io ns .

Wilson Sits b ack and lets them have their say Then he .

tells them what the Depa rtment intends t o d o And he a l ways .

tells them the truth .

Ta ll e y rand said o n c e that the acme o f dipl o mac y was

foolin g the other man by te lling hi m the truth Thi s is Wi lson s .
’

meth o d Time and again apparently in the face of his own

.
,

interests he h as t ol d powerfu l manufacturin g concerns that

,

in ce rtain circumstances the Depa rtment would do certain

thi ngs Unti l recentl y the y hav e never b e lie ved hi m Now
. .

the y always take hi s w ord .

Not long since the bleached flour question wa s of m o ment .

Wilson issued an ultimatum to the eff ect that the practice had
t o be stopped The millers thr eatened a resultant increase in
.

the pri ce of w heat and flour Wilson told them that if at the
.
,

expiration of six months from the date of the hearin g at which

the y were present the practice was not a thing of the past he
, ,

would proceed against them in the cou rts .

Powerfu l po litica l influence was brought to bear Wilson .

we nt off o n a v a cati on The day befo re the e xpirati o n o f th e

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RESIDENT Princeton U nive rs i ty Mr Wi l . .

son is reco gnized not alone as o ne of the ,

foremost educators of the c o unt ry b ut as a ,

gentleman who is ab reast of the times o n a ll

pu bli c top i cs he has few ri v al s Mr Wilson . .

was b o rn i n Staunt o n Va in the mi ddle ,

.
,

fifties For a whi l e h e practiced l aw i n

.

Atlanta Many of the most pro mi nent insti

.

t u t ions of l earning in the United States ha v e conferred degrees

upon him These include Harvard Yale Brown Jo hns
.
, , ,

H o p ki ns Rutgers L ake Forest and other like colleges For

, , ,
.

a while he was professor of history and po litical econ o my

at B ry n Mawr L ater he was professor of jurisprudence
.
,

and po l itics at Wesle y an Uni versit y He i s the author of .

quite a numb er of b oo ks Hi s writings on Congressi onal .

government a stud y o f American pol itics advanced Mr

— — .

Wi l son s reputation t o an en l arged degree He h as a l s o c o n

’
.

t rib uted much to the literature of the Di vi sion and Reuni on

of the States al l incident t o the con i ct of 1 1 6 5 His
,
fl 8 6 — .

h i sto ry of the American people takes ran k among the b est

that h ave been written Mr Wilson i s ent i t l ed to the h i gh
. .

po sition he occupies in conse q uence of hi s strong menta l

equipment He has b een a worker from hi s bo yho o d days
. .

It is said of him that when a student he t o ok the l ead in

,

a l most everyt hi ng This howe ver was not confined ex

.
, ,

e l usively t o aff airs inside the col l ege b ut on the outside as ,

well He was one of the earl y advocates of more and b etter

.

o utdoor spo rts for students a l though he has alway s drawn ,

the line indicating a hi gh sense of the happy medium b etween

,

the cult ivation of the mind and the b ody Mr Wilson s . .

’

trend of thought runs strongl y toward po litics o f the hi ghest

qualit y He is not a dreamer but a man o f practica l ideas
.
, ,

see i n g the w orl d in its various phase s He is a m an o f l arge .

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 W O O D R O W WI LS O N ~

infl uen c e i n the educa t ional w orld because h e h as b een ,

prominent in it for the past t w en t y years o r mo re It has .

never been charged t ha t he is an extreme pa rtisan H e w as .

brought up in the ol d school o f Sou t hern Democrac y ; there

fore has never be en part icularly iden t ified wi t h an y of the
,

ne w ideas of governmen t t ha t have become somewhat preva

lent since Grover Cleveland w as President Mr Cleveland . .

and Mr Wilson were close personal friends li ving for severa l

.
,

years at the same time in the t o wn of Princeton .

Mr Wil so n w hi le well informed on the fundamenta l

.
,

principles of la w did not find t he prac t ice of it as agreeabl e

,

as he may have believed he would w hen entering upon i ts

prac t ice in A t lanta Probably he did n o t have su ffi cient
.

pa t ience t o a w ai t t he coming of clients in remunerative num

bers He is not only a wise t hi nker bu t has al w ays been
.
,

a man of ac tion He loves poli t ics because he hopes it may

.
,

be wi t hin his po w er some t ime to lend a helping hand to the

pe ople He is not hos t ile t o corpora t ions because the y are
.

corpora t ions but he goes upon the high principle t hat as

,

corpora t ions are crea t ed by t he State t hey shou l d be held in

check by t h is crea t ive po w er Mr Wilson is not an alarmist . .

in any sense of t he word He is cool headed considerate and .

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, ,

brings in t o play upo n every poli t ical subjec t as w ell as educa

, ,

t iona l ones a mature judgmen t indica t ive of soundness

, His ,
.

name has frequen t ly been mentioned in connec t ion with the

Presidency of t he U ni t ed S t a t es as a candidate of t he Demo
—

cra t ic party Col George B Harvey t he direc t ing genius

H arper s W eek
. . .
,

of l y H a rper s M ont h l y and Th e N ort h

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A m eri can Revi ew picked Mr Wilson as the proper man to

,
.

lead the Democratic party in 1 90 8 These pub l ications had .

much t o do wi t h bringing the name of Mr Wilson pro m .

ine ntl y before the country In Sep t ember 1 9 1 0 he was

.
, ,

chosen as the Democratic candida t e f or Governor of New

J erse y S hould he be elected he wi ll undoub t edly loom up
.
,

as a m o st f ormidabl e candida t e of the Democra t ic part y f or

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 1 30 PEN PICTURE S O F L I VE MEN
Pr esi d ent in 9 1 1 2 .N e w Jerse y is sai d t o be the S tat e o f
t ru sts. It is n o t underst oo d that Mr Wils o n prop o ses attempt .

in g t o d ri ve t h ese v ast co mbi natio ns o f wealth o ut o f the S tate ,

b ut if i t c o mes with i n hi s po wer he wi l l see t h at the p eo p le ,

wi ll be in fu ll poss e ssi o n o f their rights and p ri vileges as w ell ,

as the c o rporati o ns .

The pe rs o nal s i d e o f M r Wilson i s n o t l ess i nte re st i ng

.

than that w hi c h i s se e n by the pub lic H e i s n o t a man to .

m ak e a S h o w . H e i s a l way s di gni fied yet eas y o f approa ch ,

when ne c essi t y requi re s He h as a c c o mp lish e d much for one

.

o f his yea rs and be i t sa i d t o hi s c red i t a ll t h at h e h as

, , ,

done h as b een b ro u ght abo ut i n a quiet and u nostenta

tiou s mann er . Eve rybo d y i n P ri nceton kno ws him and ,

e verybo d y li k es hi m He has the Southern method of daily

.

g r ee t i n g s t o hi s friends o ften c a lli

,
n g t h o se he kn o ws best
b y the i r fi rst names He li ves a quiet l i fe free fro m an yt hi n g
.
,

th a t savo rs of self exp lo itati o n

-
Mr Wi ls o n is pe rhaps seen
. .
, ,

at hi s b est in hi s o wn h o m e The manner in wh i ch h e di s

.

p en s e s h o sp i ta li t y i s o f the old fas h io n e d k ind He

-
i s a man .

wh o m t h e pu blic w oul d pi ck ou t as o ne far ab ove the a v e ra ge

in in t ell e c t thou gh he might n o t b e pe rs o na l l y kno wn
,
His .

f ace i s sm oo thl y s ha v en and he we a rs he a vy go ld ri mmed

,
-

spe c ta cl es ,
wh ic h give hi m the appe arance o f b e i ng o ld er
t h an he is He is qui ck i n hi s m ove ments and ha s a hea rt y
.
,

ha ndsha k e f or a ll o ld t i me friends -
He is nearly a l way s on .

t h e side o f the under man in his fi ght a ga i nst o b stacles If he .

were as ke d t o nam e an y spe cia l h obby h e mi ght hav e he ,

woul d be at a lo ss t o give an answer If he has an y he d o esn t ’

.
,

kno w it H e is n o t un li ke the a verage man wh o i s h o nest ;

.

is fea rl ess and has the c o ura ge t o d o the ri ght thi n g and the
, ,

wi sd o m t o d o i t at the right tim e He is al way s we l l dressed

.
,

bu t w o u ld never attract attenti o n b ecause o f his dress It i s .

no t b e lie ved he e ver read a fashion journal in hi s life Woo d .

ro w Wilson t ypi fie s the b est that is i n the progressi ve a n d

h o n e st A me ric an ci t i ze n .

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general manager Not wi thstand i ng the road was not man y
.

mi les in length he maintained the dignity of hi s positi o n in

,

mi ngling with general managers of greater s ystems b y con

t e nding that though hi s road was not as l ong as theirs it was ,

e very bit as wi de Mr Yo akum worked his way to the top

. .

by hi s indi vi dual e f forts He b ecam e connected with the

.

Gulf C o lorado and S anta Fé Railroad of whi ch O scar G

, ,
.

Murray for many years president of the Baltim o re and O hio

,

Rai l road was general freight and passenger agent In truth

,
.
,

Mr Murray began h is railroad career in Texas on this road

.

as a lo cal station agen t Mr Yoak u m was another of the

. .

bri ght y oung men of this growing syst em and it was n o t l o ng ,

until he was at i ts head .

It was about ten years ago that Mr Yoak u m b e gan attract .

ing attention as a ruling factor in the reorga nizati o n of the

S t Lo uis and San Francisco syst em He was l i kewise id enti
. .

fied wi th the reorganization of th e Chicago Rock Is l and and ,

Pacifi c For a t i m e these tw o s y stems were operated a s a

.
,

C o mmuni t y of Interest s but later were separated It was

”
,
.

through the influence o f Mr Y o akum that these two pro per .

ties were ad v anced in im portance t h ro ughout the So uthwest .

After the separation of the s yst ems M r Yo akum who was ,

.
,

president of the St Lo uis and S an Francisco road b e c ame

.
,

chairman o f the executi ve c o mmittee which means that ,

he is practi cally the head man of the sy stem Mr Y o akum . .

grew rich as h e c limb ed the railwa y l adder It i s not said of .

him that he ac quired hi s wea l th b y means other than h o nor

abl e He i s n o t c l assified am o n g the c ri minal rich nor
.
“ ”
,

is he held up as a ma l efactor of great wea l th

“ ”
There is .

n o man i n the Unite d States m o re simp l e in hi s ways and

d emoc ratic i n hi s manners than Ben Yo aku m He spran g .

from the people He is n o t one of those railro ad di gnitaries

.

wh o b e li e v e the railroad s o wn the Government He k n o ws .

that rai l ro ads o w e their exi sten c e t o the peo p le an d th ey ,

c ould no t b e maintai ne d were i t n o t f or th e pa t ronage given

[ 47 2 ]
 B E N JA M I N F Y O AKUM .

them by the people He takes t he po si t ion that it is t h e d u t y

.

of managers of railroads t o c o me m o re i n contact wi th th e

producin g mi ll i o ns It is true Mr Yo akum j ourne y s o ver t h e

. .

lines of hi s ro ad in a private car and in d oing so he finds it ,

con venient to stop his car at many stations and d rive by c ar

ri age or aut o m ob ile in t o the f a rmi ng dis t ricts comi ng directly ,

in contac t wi t h t hose w ho produce the raw materials whi ch are

to be t ransport ed t o market over his road He has made a .

study of t he relations h ip t hat should exist between the rail

ways and the farmers especially He h as written much up o n
,
.

t his sub j ect a grea t deal o f w hich h as been prin t ed in some

,

of t he leading ma g azines .

Mr Yoakum is a pleasant man to meet It wi ll be a lon g

. .

t ime before he will arrive a t the age where i t will be neces

sary t o re t ire from ac t ive business He is a red blooded .
-

youngster w ho has done t h ings and will con t inue doing things
,

that are of w orth L ike all others he has made some mis
.
,

takes but he has never been known t o make t wo mi stak es

,

of the same nature He has a na t ural propensi t y for making

.

money He is a splendid organi zer and i t is said o f hi m

.
,

t hat n o man ever served under him who was not loyal to hi m .

He is n o t a man w ho t alks much but w hen he does h e , ,

talks straight to the point He has a fondness for rural life

.
,

and li ves m o st of hi s t ime in the country He is the owner .

o f two or thr ee fine farms one no t far from New York and, ,

t he others in the South west He takes much deli ght in th e .

breeding of fine horses ; t his in fact is one of hi s hobbies He

, ,
.

is as fine a t ype of man as is t o be found in the United

States He has a full round face wh ich usuall y wears a
.
, ,

beaming smile and which is further adorned b y a dark mus

,

tach e Wo men w ould call Mr Yoakum a handsome man

. .
,

and so he is He is destined to b ecome one o f the reall y gre at

.

rai lro ad ma nagers o f the co unt ry .

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