The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-06
SENATOR cUSHMAN K. DAVIS.
CHAIRMAN or THE SENATE COM
MITTEE on FOREIGy RELATIONS.

He Has Ever sought Tor " nat ne
calls Reserve KnowIedge."-A
Great Reader and "a Constant stu
dent-His Love for the Common
peopIe-HfS Personal Appearance
and Ever Present CiEnr-Wh hat He
Has compIished IA His sena-
toriaI Career.
Washington. Nov. 3.-Cushman X. Davis
viii he the great cure IN the senate dur
ing Tho coming session just by virtue OF
Ms position as chat man Of he Commit
Zee on Foreign Relations just as d. b.
Henderson of Iowa VIII he the great fig
ure in the House 10y virtue Of s success
son TO r. b. Reeds place as Speaker. The
chairmauship Of the senate Committee on
= Foreign Ref3t ons has not heretofore been
position Of vast impo tance, because We
have Teen a mid hammered nation nelh-
er embroiing ourselves nor permitting our
selves to be embroned in QUAR- Is with for-
e.gn powers But the Spanish-American
war has changed an this. We have taken
our place among nations who are likely
10 have voice in great international com
pications and We nave very serious mat
tors of our own % handle-Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Phiippines-which will come
dire-tlv urder The superv sion of the Sen
ATE Committee on Fore gn Relations IN
which Senat Davis viii Of course lie the
mos important wi e. His pos tion indeed,
a. American affairs, Is moi unlike that held
hv Joseph Chaml Grain 10 England
At first view Senator Davis sc ms 10 DC
s.nsu3 rly unin press We man OF appar-
emily colorlass character This deep i've
idea is Que IN large m assure to his II ~
10 veil his own ind viduahty by mergi 2
il for the time being into the personality
OF his visitor. giving 70 strangers an ap-
parent accessible Ity mat puts them I'M
redtatefy on a confidential fcoing. He IS
slightly above the medium hight more
gentle than aggressive in his bearing
tactful. sympathetic, con1i.iatory. HIS
hair is thin. light brown in color His eyes
yelled by dropping Ids are brown, deep
ening TO back under excitement Ills lace
Is one of unusual mobility, scanned with
many lines-eKpressiV delicate lines tnat
come and go wi h changing moods. Nhen
the ffeirs Of state % not we gh h av w.
his smile is frequent and his lal On roy sn-
Ii is a progressive laugh, b. ginning with
an upward twist of The eyes, eXtenqlng
down 10 the lips and lower part Of the
face ANA finishing with the shoulders,
which en- to move up towards me head
and throat He is a constant SIN ker. and
20 see Senator Dav W thout his big back
cigar would ne ann 81 as uti t~l az ds " SIC
war picture of Grant wi hOut his.
He is a diplomat of the first order in con-
versation and can talk charmingly on any
subject saying much without hitting at
the things which should be kept cr7t.
While he talks one loses sight OF his ueSh
and blood humanity, feeling him mercy as
a strong mental force. He Is calm, log
zeal. convincing He kindles slowly but
once kindled he blazes fercely.
In spite of his accessibility and wide cir
Gle of acquaintance the zone of his init
mates is small He is chary of real frienl-
ship, and his home life is almost entirely
free from the intrusion Of strangers. If
client or politician seeks him after office
hours he is summarily dismissed.
His Love for Books.
Senator Davis home is a large old fash
Toned frame house on the corner Cf Lau-
rel and harrington avenues in ST. Paul.
It's furnishings suggest The old coionial
davs ana seem 20 be enveloped in the aro-
ma Of lavender and rosemary. The walls
are lined with books-thousands of tnem-
running the gamut Of literature from The
frOtn OF modern poetry to the sol d rock
Of ancient philosophy. He is a universal
lover of books. His favorite book is Inc
book THAI satisfies the mood of the mo-
ment and his favorite author, Dickens,
.Thackeray Shakespeare, klpllng, Ealzlc
o. any one of hundreds Of others accord
ing to the need Of the hour.
eff have any laVOuLe authors, says
Senator Davis, they are the ones VINO
study the common people, Who treat oil
them as individuals instead of herding
them. These interest me more deeply
than others am an unconscious student
OF types and while in Paris found great
pleasure in going 30 the cafes where the
laboring classes congregate to study in
dividuality. The walk, the lines in the
face the movement OF the body in ges-
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sive and full OF meaning TO him who under
stands ] believe that a mans power is
IN direct ratio TO his sympathetic under
Standing of the wants OF the common peo-
pie An affected understanding VIII avail
nothing; il must be intuitive and sincere.
sixty-one Years of Hard work.
Senator Davis was borne in Henderson,
jefferson county, New York, June
It, 1888 but was early trans
planted to Wisconsin, where he
passed his boyhood. His educa-
ton was begun in a log school house in
Wisconsin, his collegiate course finished
at the State University of Michigan. Ii
was through his admiration and affection
Tor Alexander w. Randall, the famous
war Governor Of Wisconsin that he con-
GUIDED 60 study law, and it was while read
Ing law in Alexander Randails office that
ne first became Interested in International
law a subject which he has pursued v'g-
OIOASll ever since IN lLlb=E alll Hs MI .
Davis claims, he had little ambition eX-
oept Tor knowledge. lie loved study for
is own sake and. worked FOR the mere
pleasure Of working ana without definite
purpose.
Mr.. Davis dates his public success back
10 1870, when he pun himself into line for
prominence by lecture called Modern
Feudalsm," in which he attacked the eX-
traordiuary abuses a railroad companies
IN what they called 1 cir gin s. At that
tine this was a burning que-u and Mr..
DAVIS .ectuEe struck the popular mood.
Although OF q non-partisan character a
committee from the Legislature, VIII 'ch
was then in ses ion. requested m 10 re-
peat ii lief re that body; the Young Re
pun ica took j up and with n three years
Mr.. DAVIS was made Ootein-r of Mime
SOFA.
~ this time the trend of his ambition
was towards a legal rather than poiitl-
cal caIetr PoLu .rked him aud al the
close OF n tenn he refused a rcnOmina-