Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-17

How did you come to go to Indian
apolis, senatoiP
81 thought the town was a good one.
/ was a member oil the Phi Gamma Del
Ia College fraternity, and my first visit
TO Indianapolis was to attend fraternity
convention | also had friends there, and
have never regretted that chose the To-
cation
DO you like the law, SENATOR"
Yes, indeed / do, was the reply"
81 think it develops man in an all
around way better than any other pro
iession. 1t fits him Tor any place in
which his lot may lall. / believe Nc.
Kinley is a better President for having
been a lawyer, and that Harrison was
the better fitted Tor his career by his law
practice
Would you advise a young man to
study law"
"Yes, think every man should study
law. II he is a business man he should
know great deal OF the law. The law
comes into every act OF a mans lie. and
the education winch leaves the law out
is deficient"
Then you believe in every man being
his own lawyer, SENATOR"
mo, not that; for you know, it is said
that the man who is his own lawyer, has
Tool for his client | mean that every
man should have a knowledge OF the
general principles OF the law, and should
so study that he would almost intuitively
know what the law ought to be. II he
should have law case on hand, how
ever, he ought 10 get good lawyer to
help him."
do you think there is as much chance
pf success nj the har ayar2f
Yes, every bit, for the right man.
The practice has to certain extent been
divided up into specialties, but there is
as much chance Tor young men as in the
past"
FARMERS BOYS.
How about the farmer boys, senator?
Do you think they have as good a
chance to succeed in the world as the
richer boys OF the cityi'
Yes, better" replied Senator Fair
! banks. SIT needs hard knocks and hard
work to develop character. The boy of
the city does not have enough difficulties
to contend with. The rich father can
not give them to him. don't think it
any advantage for boy to be born rich.
remember hearing OF party OF sue
cessiul men who were telling how they
, became rich and famous. One after
another described the trials he had had
| and the steps by which he had climbed
| from nothing to success. At last time
came for the story of the most eminent
OF them all. He said: Il think ! am en-
titled to more credit than any of you,for
| was born rich. and have succeeded in
spite OF my riches"
HOW ONE BOY GOT AN EDUCATION.
9 here asked Senator Fairbanks to tell
me something about his family, saying
supposed he was related 10 the Fair.
banks scales people. He replied that
he did not know; that his ancestors came
| from England to Massachusetts anc
thence to Vermont. Said he:
"My father was born in Vermont, bu
when he was boy he moved to Lowell
| Massachusetts,, where he ha a brother
who was wagon maker. He WORKED
for some time at Lowell in wooleT
mill, but at sixteen years ofage he STRUCK
out tor Ohio. He did there what h,
/ could find TO do cutting timber anC
other work OF that kind. His wage!
were SIX cents day. He soon saw
that in the then new state of Ohio there
| was good demand for wagons, aud III
concluded to go back to Massachusetts
| learn to be a wagon maker in hi!
| brothers. shop and again come west tc
practice his trade. He did this. anC
| when he returned to Ohio he got worl
| as an employee under wagon maker il
Union county. He served his master Sc
| well that he was soon taken into partner
ship, and the old wagon maker gave hin
| his daughter in marriage. The younl
couple lived together with the old folk:
inltheir log cabin home. 1t was in tina
log cabin that was born and near Their,
spent my boyhood. Father stopped
| making wagons after time and Dough
some land. think he had 400 acres a
first. twas all timber and he had Il
clear it. AS grew older | helped him
! and thus learned to do all kinds o
| farm work. My father taught me alst
| how to handle tools, and later on
found this OF great value. 1t helped mt
to get through college. for was able Il
put in my Saturdays in doing carpente
work, for woich got 81 as day."
"Did you work your way through
school, SENATOR
"Yes and no." was the reply. "M'
father gave me some of the money
needed and | earned some, ! mad
some as told you, on Saturdays. an,
| earned something during my vacations
4
place to 90 10 school. | remember ont
Term cost me just about !42."
"How could you live SO cheaply
SENATOR"
"Well, the tuition, was very low, in tn
first place Then, had room mate
and, togt tier, we paid only 81 so weel
for our room. We did our own cooking
Our homes were about twenty mile
away, and we could bring our supple
from our own farms. We had plenty G
bread, which our mothers baked, ant
we learned how to make mush. w
could boil potatoes, and when some on
started our batter for buckwheat cake
we could add to the batter from day I
day and keep it alive, so that we ha
fresh buckwheats every morning, A
This cost very little, and still we live
fairly well. y
graduated"
sixteen and graduated in 1874"
FAIRBANKS TALKS OF THE LAW
Senator Fairbanks is one of the Leaf
lag LAWYERS Of the west Though he
only iorty-fiv he has made fortune
the law, and his practice has for mar
wears been worth many times as niue
as he will receive as his senatorial salar'
AS thought of this | asked him how
came to.study law. He replied:
"The law was my first ambition.