The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-25
His Retirement From Congress,
However, Not Immediate.
ALWAYS LIKED POLITICS
Shall Aba ndon Active Participation In
: 1t Because, as President OF the Bal
timOre and Ohio, He VIII Be Ac-
lively Engaged In Looking After
Its Interests. sEss


president OF the Baltihore s. OHIO Railroad
Company. ~
"Yes and no." was the response. II
shall, after consultation with my friends,
resign as the Representative of the Fourth
district of Maryland in Congress. This res
isnation, however, will not be immediate.
l am member of the House Committee on
Banking and Currency. and have been re-
quested by the chairman DR. that committee
To furnish certain ideas and suggestions for
for placing the condition of the United States
Treasury upon a sound basis.
II am and have always been in favor of a
gold currency, and to carry out this idea
shall remain n member OF Congress. for the
present at least, though may not take that
prominent part in the proceedings OF Con-
grcss I had intended to take when l ac-
cepted the Democratic nomination and
when l was elected, two years ago. l
shall place my resignation in due time In
the hands OF Gov. Lowndes. and assume
that he will accept IL, and after acceptingit
l assume that he will call special election
to select my successor. should such an elec-
ton be deemed necessary"
HIS FUTURE POLITICAL CAREER.
"Does your election as president OF the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company mean
an abandonment of your political career?'
YES, and, again, no. / shall discontinue
any active participation in politics because
shall be too busiiy occupied in looking
after the affairs of the Baltimore and Ohio
Company as its chiefexecutiveofficer. What
mean by this is that Shall make no
speeches; that shall not be in close touch
as heretofore with many gentlemen who
have been interested in politics on the same
lines as have been. l will say this, how
ever, that as a citizen shall make close
study OF politics. State and national, and
shall always insist upon good government,
a clean, fair, honest ballot
How did you ever become interested in
politics."
Because I have always liked politics.
do not say that participation in politics is
the absorbing ambition or INV life, for 1t is
not. / am more deeply interested in the
affairs of the company whose executive
officer l have been chosen. Why. back in
1864, when was a student a t Princeton Col
lege, was solicited by the Democratic State
central committee Of New Jersey 10 stump
the State | yielded to the solicitation and
ttdl Was NY fiTsa ttOu III ptlitlts
IL entered politics in Maryland not beca use
| like politics, but because like political
discussion. have no antagonisms in pol
itics. do not wish to pose as a politician,
for am no politician, md do not wish to he
considered as such. I.sball only be 4 stu
dent OF politics and political history. / have
no animosities on hand and no political
debts to pay
FORTUNATE IN GOING TO PRINCETON.
Speaking of the Garrett mily. Mr.. Cowen
Said: 81 honor and resFect the friendship OF
Robert Garrett and other members of
the Garrett family. Robert Garrett and
myself were ccllegenatcs,, not classmates, l
being a member OF the ella ssof s66atP rince-
ton College and he being a member OF the
class OF 1867. For instance, l was junior
when he was sophomore. When was i
seuior he was a juniorl When graduated
lost all sight Of him. But during our col
legiatecourse we were the closest Of fr iends.I
liked Mr.. Garrett and believe he liked me,
the disparity between our
wealth.
1T was most fortuna tie thing. continued
Mr.. Cowen, that l went to Princeton, as
subsequent events base turned out. l did
not really intend to sosta Princeton. but
was taken sick and before l recovered the
term at Jefferson College, where had in
tended 10 matriculate, was so far advanced
that decided to go to Princeton. l entered
that college in the middle Of the sophomore
year. came out OF college with good edu-
cation and good constitution, but without
much money.
Il went TO my fathers IA rm out in Ohio,
and worked for two years, reading law
books at night and during the day. if l had
the opportunity. Well, at the end of two
years thought myself prepared to become
a member of the bar, and so at 8 O'Clock
one morning started for Canton, 60 miles
from my home, to stand the examination
for the bar. On the train were two other
young fellows, who were also candidates
for admission.
EXAMINED BY MCKINLEY.
AN Ohio statute required that an ap-
plicant for admission to the bar should
present a certificate that he had read law
for two years. II did not have a certificate
in fact. TO tell the truth, 1 had not secured
it from the lawyer who had been kind
enough to lend the his law books; but
took the examination and passed. Ex-Gov
Mckinley, the great apostle of protection,
was chairman of the committee which exam
ined me.
II was in a quandary about that GER
tificate, and especially as it would be
necessary for me to wait until the next
session of the circuit court, three months
hence, before could get the desired docu
ment. appealed to the chief justice of the
supreme court of the State. called his at
tention to the statute, and told him that
according to its provisions 1 could be adj
mitted to the bar upon the certificate of
another lawyer. Well. / was admitted and
practiced law in Ohio for several years.
Il had lost sight of Mr.. Robert Garrett
until one day in the early 1O's, while was
arguing a case before the court at Mansfield,
Ohio / received a telegram from Mr.. John
King. jr., who was then one of the executive
officers of the B. & o.. asking me to come TO
Baltimore at my earliest convenience. 1
came, and here / have been ever since
1 like Baltimore, 1 like Maryland.
MY father, although native of Penn
sylvania. learned his trade of blacksmith
at Rising Sun, Cecil county, Md. When a
young man he went TO Chambersburg. Pa,
and later went to Ohio, where I was born.
The parents of my father and mother came
to America from North Ireland
Brewer Ehrets Father Dead.
New York, Jan. 25.-Anselm Ehret, father
Of George Ehret, the brewer, died last night
at the latter's home, 1897 Park avenu".
He was eighty.seven years Old, and had been