The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-29
IT'S HATS OFF TO COY. CRANE.
HOME VIEW or THE CHEF Ex-
LCUTITE or THE nay STATE.
Esteem In which Ills Neishbors Hold Prest'
len Roose, clt's First Choice for the
Treasury Ills Success as Governor
OF Massachusetts - Many Charities.

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last summcr a party OF New York visitors
who were out driving on the Dalton road
saw a little man. very business-like In
appearance, and apparently very much
absorbed in thought, coming toward thers
on the road. They paid no attention 20
him. for they were looking at the hills
and valleys, and they had no time to waste
on the men whom they passed along the
highway.
As the man approached them. the driver
of the carriage-called n rig up here-drew
up his horses and took on his hat. As
he did so. he turned TO the visitors and said
in a voice choking with anger:
"Why don't you take of your hatsi"
The New Workers werc amazed at the
outburst. The driver had shown no signs
of dementia before and they were at .
loss to find the cause Of his sudden de-
parture from reason. One of the party
asked why they should take on their hats.
Don't you see that that was Gov. Cranef
Murray Crane?" said the driver. you
ought to know enough to take your hats
off to him. Hes the Governor OF the State,
and he's the best man In the State. and
you'd better have taken your hats Oh TO
him"
One of the party said that he was not In
the habit Of taking his hat of TO any man.,
and he was not particular about Crane.
The driver looked at him as though he had
found a new kind Of serpent. Then he
began a talk that lasted an hour, In the
course of which he told of the various
reasons why the people who live about
here take their hats of to Winthrop Murray
Crane, the Governor Of the Commonwealth,
and the leading citizen Of Berkshire county.
The recital was too long to be repeated
here, but the gist of II was that Winthrop
Murray Crane was a man Ly bowling to
whom any man honored himself. That
Is the way that the man whom President
Roosevelt was ANXIOUS to have in his Cabinet
Is regarded here, where he was born and
where he has always lived.
II takes n coed deal to impress these
western Massachusetts, folks In that way,
for they are a hard headed people and
they have been In the habit Of looking on
themselves as the best of all the superla-
lively rood people in this State. Years
ago they hesitated long before they ac-
knowledged that their arms and homes
were a part Of Massachusetts,, and to-day,
while they admit that there are some pretty
decent folk over Boston way, they still
think that no one in all the world can COM
pare in real worth with them and their
fellow countrymen.
Murray Crane, as he is called throughout
Berkshire. is the biggest man in Berkshire.
and has been for a long time. IL atnazes
all the residents Of this county that he
has not won the public name In the rest
OF the country that he has in his home.
When they read the other day that he
had gone to Washington and hat II was
several hours before il wa known at the
capital that he was In town, and that even
then there were people who did not know
who he was, they felt a great pity for the
ignorant ones, and reflected again how
good it was TO live in Berkshire. II did
not take the election OF Mr., crane 10 The
governorship to make him known TO the
men and women of Berkshire.
They knew what kind OF a man he wa
and they took the election rather as a trib.
ute to him and TO them than as a political
honor apportioned TO the weeternm4sS
county q the Stote. For the people h<no
think that no Office honors Murray Craao
more than he honors II.
For years the Crane mills have Been
one of The show places OF the county. rank
ing with Greylock and the annual process
sion of the authorities Of Williams College
with the High Sheriff of the county at their
head AZ a popular attraction. In the mills
all of the bond and currency paper used
by the Federal Government Is made by a
secret Or, cess known only TO the members
of the Crane family and some Of the most
trusted Of their employees.
some q the most expert Counterfeiters
An Tie country nav IVA h'l'N W h"ho
paper that would resemble the Crane note
natar in the manner IN which the delicate silk
fibre ia inserted. but they have never suc-
c.--d,d, and II II said that none OF the m'n
10 whom the secret has been lnuust'd
has ever been disluyal To the CChlo'hus
that has been imposed In him
Murray Crane II one OF the most generous
and philauthrppic 81 men, hut no one
would think TIM, uHless lac lived there.
ar had an intimate personal ACQUAINTANCE
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