New-York tribune., 1890-01-26

But unlike hi, predecessors, Who rose To the once
ny the Way ~ thr learned proi'- VII. 10" I''
come To- il through commerce and politics. lie "1s
by mo- mean. Jed a literary lie. bat ha, taken part
In the r,rnoil- of trade. and la, struggled in the
arena Of politics instead Of living in scholastic So
clu-lou seth Low born on January
l.. 1850 near the present terminus OF
the Brooklyn Bridge. then undrcamed
Of. III, carly education secured at the Juvc
nile High school and the Polytechnic Institute IN
hl, native city. 81 the latter place De was captain
ot TIE school At the age ~ twenty Dr. wa- graduated
a. the head II hl, cll-, and przcman from Columbia
C0ln.c. lie then went abroaI for few months ana
upon BIS return accepted a cicrhshp IN the t'T'
Importing house ~ 4. \. Low a lrO'. IN Hurhns
Sip Of which hl- father va, senior partner IN
l-7j De became partner. aud subsequently inc
head Of the firm. lie wa, al-p member Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. lis h-,t noteworthy pub'.'
addrcs, was at the national Export Trade Convention
i'm Washington. in l-7-. auwAilc De- Lad taken
al active part in organizing tie Bureau % 'AailNr'
In Urooalyu for systematic work 10 recommending
the needy for relief. ald ln Republican po.u'- h'
va. TIE first pre- dcIt II thc Eurcau of tAafue'' in
l--O. and ln the -amc yea WI- elected pie4drn; u
The Hroohlyn Young Eepubl, club. When hi'
name wa- talked Of u connection with The Nay or4r
nomination u l-- he Published letter % the ci'oi
that De would not accept u nominated. Bat aiief
General Trac, aud Ep,, Rope. lad been nomnaiei
they united lu ur-.ls Mr. 90" e. .tind ln Their 'i.al
tire frl lfir reform anu "lIIiti'" 'i4'
favor. Ihu' forced 10 tHnf ti' H.'N' ~ III n.',D 80
canvass 80 energetic that thc o.iy Wa abdhe "iti
excitement and Democratic n'Io.F "' !oyoV' '', I"o
of 1000. NJ llv elected 'u tDi partisan plat
form. and hc cp'ducfol mon part tn aimln-tFaton.
lir gave up hi- a''fc bu-.n'-. I'''ONi, ~ s.,, w.
whole time - tie cy. udcr thr u'" 'iy charter ~
had great power AID IL wisely used. Although
and the payment of many obligations Incurred IN
pFrc'd ~ "in"l.-ir'' i'u'' NJ '' ''. ] @ ~, i. ,,,t
municipal government 81" mat hI. h'uo It',n W., VIZ
that OF brooklyn became known over the whole land
N"t'o ln - 'h" 'h'' ~" 'e iH -, ,o',I
Of being dit icd ln i--l VT. Low va ic cie''r,l
hy 100 majority. and BEGAN h, second term with
renewed confidence Iu reform method and they were
continued vita eminent -G''c-r. The 'hiei achieve"
op.n.nr Of the ludr-uAich be- rrcail, hstcned- the
settlement of thc irrir- problem. ",n threatened 4"
,iiy Gcbt a.. io her. cent of ti. a--,- Ird valuation
TAc foundation, were laid hff.ad and deep for the
Pohra "n ,.,nr, L'''i, i Eriyc ' f, Wr Low took AN
extended tr,p abroad ana thc recipient Of many
n"ls until tIc irm Vent into nqudatiou aud cio-ed
up II" ALTAR. L'-i summer hr t"2 an eN'"uu'I u, ti.p
ID the south to hUs-ia in tnc north. travelling over
5000 milo. lie found Chat the reputation he had
gained while the reform MWor oi brooklyn had pre-.
ocdrd him to many distant points.
since he left college Mr. Low ha, pursued no e-pe-
and he ha TGcly roai slons varou- c, and In !.
general way. lie studied the problcm- of commerce
b., political career. ile ha, made hundreds of
spcrohe- and addrc .cs upon great variety Of sub
b
deal for magazine. and journals. besides preparing
,hc chapter on municipal government IN Professor
Bryce, The American CommJnWcalth7 lie re-
Gently received the degree of Doctor Of Laws from
two college.
VI. Low d, fran. and cordial in manner, without
the slightest aacotation. III. prcppe peses<ng md
manly face ha- the u-h II health and his bearing Is
that of who b MA ter of him eli and at ease
iu whatever surrounding, be- may %" placed A. %
public speaker he ha- charm aud dirc'tuc~- Of III,
course which ciptv tcs hi- hearers. lie lofty
nght, Of cloqucncc. bat m plain and pointed terms
present, torcni arguments. apt Illustrations and pro
.ouud coucu ion. with drcctnc.- force and nucrcv
llr i- happily married ana III, home 100 Urooblvn
Height ha- been thr centre Of much grtciou, hos
pality since bee converted I'D fashioned mansion
overlooking the Bav into modern Queen Anne resi-
dcucc. lie VIII remove from t the end o. this
month to It house hc has purchased a. Madison ave
and East sixty fourth ~t.. New York
The programme Of cNcrci,o~ ~ Mr.. Lows ln,talla-
ton president Of Columbia CIcrc. succeeding DR.
/. 4. T.. BARNARD % ." held IN the Mctropoin opera
House on MONDAY, February s. at 10 30 u m, in
cludeS addrc,,c, behalf Of the trustee, by Dr.
Morgan Dix. on behalf Of the fdculiic~ bv Professor
pr,lcr. and on behalf of the Alumni lv Frederic X
C0ndcrt 10 al Of which Mr.. Low viii respond. the
formal installation and handing Of the KEYS Ia the
new president bv Hamilton Fish, chairman - the
trustees and the president, address The prr-i
dents Of Harvard. Vale Princeton Cornell Williams
Brown. the University Of ia" civ Of New York. and
other colleges. and other prominent men In cduct
tonal. political and public life expected to be
present. Among those invited Is President Harrison.