Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-22

mere IS no more interesting character
among the numerous men thtuSt SuudenlV
nv" prominence ny me l'ieSluthllal calll-
pHISn OF IN" than Chaflos GHt's l'H"'S'
VINO mas handed ms resignation as comp
troII'r OF the Currency to the PRESIDENT
as " Pre- nmlnafY step toward 'u''IlmE tne
ia'' ior llhlcd state" senator IN lIhholS'
SilS j. ~. NJ, III indianapolis NcWs'
MIS-. Dawes is not yet forty years or
IlE snort Strlde IRON peafuiesS' piiSi-
i'-S lawyer to national character n"l.-
Inp lrcSldentlai campaign AN" from
I'm" 'lnlnchce tdhlhS cnafso OF thc h"ll"n-
III banking system Oh the country, was "'-
cohpli"hed before ne reached thirty-hNe
|C|rS OF age
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iiotta. ohio. sprnng from an ancestry that
followed the "cclirse of enpir.'' from New
FneInd into the Northwest territory, as
ISOLATED in bovhood with a family of our
v,yors. engineers. and railroad projectors
it is not strange that an instinct as well as
an acquired tasto for commercial adycn-
ture should have led him. upon completing
a course at the Cincinnati Law School. to
the West TO locate.
Ills professional venture was made in
tho same fold and as n n,iphbor with
William Jennings Brvnn. But the Tor
n.cr's aspirations followed the commercial
trail while Tho lattnr's scented uolitirs
IL has been said that Mr.. Dawes entered
the Comptrouer's cfrlce without special
knc Wedge or training Tor the task. This
is not true. He was early n student of
commercial and financial subjects Before
h., had reached thirty he was attorney for
several national banks a director of one
and had written a book on national bank
N-. which, barring a single confusion Of
the high office he was destined to hll with
that Of the Comptroller of the Treasury q
common error was valuable and inter
I'M the campaign of 1876 his suggestions
mad the basis for some strong literature
i'm opposition to free silver Tie went into
office better cquipred, perhaps, than many
Of his predecessors.
NICltIXIJ.1,s MANAGER y, ILLINOIS
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~ uto'n So M D""r9 ooi'l'ii,-''
a." "u 'St'le Spe. ''9,L null oS 'iE
''''.NN''P."E' an" JAIN VII .'H8 "I'Il
'''''' '' - success u.1H -, :" e9Vi,el'
so i'."'I' "' 1Nd''',U'' -, '""N nun
~ WY ,,rI u "Nc' II. unu s'''lcylN
p'5S'" tnrtI Wn.n we MI M ilol am" I!
,o' I"e 'ts'u[,.l'", "Ill'aiia,te,r
on ne hau reslueu III Evanston
tr. f1,,iro prosident ~ one If bie foth.
cr.. colleagues in Congress, ana one Of
ni- Icarcst friends Mr. Dawes. with his
characteristic bodnoss in politics chal-
lcrrcd the friends Of Senator Culom in
tho Republican State organization. on
their chosen ground. and defeated them.
Every Congressional district In Cook
County. except the Seventh. which com
IN sd Evanston had instructed for Cullom
for President Hnt when that district held
its convention there was "A surprise
The State Rcpuhlican organization was
routed and two Mckinley doleratcs chos-
on the first distinctivelv Mckinley vic
tow I'm that State The result WAS pleas
i.. TO Mr. Hanna Mr. Dawes was SUM
r,.ued to Cleveland and placed I'm CHARGE
of the Mckinley campaiea in Illinois.
Th,n followed "A series Of brilliant victor
ics. eliminating at the state convention
p.rizatiou that had ben back of senator
Cullom. and i'm resolutions indorsin, Nc
I[inIov the Illinois victory came at a timo
when its Influence was almost decisive or
al least far-roachins. ioward anticipatins
the St. Louis convention. All this was
...ompIishcd when tho author or the r.
suits vas little mast thirty. and not vet
t,,u vcYrs -, citizen of rho state one Of
H., results was to srrpast tho naming of
AR Dave. ON tho. national ,xecntiyo conn
rntttoc whore his hold initiative and
.i.I,udtI. .x.cutiyn qualities IMPRESSED his
r.urgr,l,s All Of whom were older -han
It,,.olf
Mr. )av-es declined rho nlaco or eocrc-
t.,,. 81 ,La p,c.idart fnr h.. had cbori.b-
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