Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-25

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In, correspondence. ,,,,,. -. ,,o-
% ,e,is, NJ, Jan 81. While the O'0-
sbeicbes in the new congress
gapllI3Sil. . s1or furnished by the sena-
aon'l ,o "a members themselves are ,,,e
p'i aSa redundant and lack me
Sntsnsis n careful editor with a
tandIavcGg and In them some inter
bIue psa1st regarding the early lives
ei'i's ,,u og Of many OF the men VINO
rd 'lv pnme monument in the law
h,s branc6 of the government b,
maine ss,otessIons reared on the farm
IF blended the public SCHOOLS
all are found IN the great majority
yak ,t., 81 sketches indicate somethihs
Q. IG''' lmoortance Of the part when
81 gD .,r'@,ndIngs and the little req
I'lIl' S so play in American public
lig number Of senator's and mem
wy my ,euaht school IN country ais
", WHY Why crder to pay theIt way
ll.N collepe or otherwise start
u'o- gs'yrs up the ladder Is quite sur"
tor Among those TO Whom the
l, school was the stepping
A'" n mmre attachments are sena'
wT NJ, of colorado, who taught sew
' wars in Allegheny county H. W.
Y" coIng his way through Alfred
.-.eerstg Senator William e. Mason
lu91nols who was a schoolmaster In
c.so,onsus county, ~ Y, before he
.l, y" IN Chicago to practice law Sena-
wy ieyander s. Clay of Georgia Sen,
W, William A. Clark OF Montana, ana
,S,st Of members from all sections OF
W wS g me- legal profession furnishes
o,,ot majority NJ the nations law
s,s.rs NOT a few nave come from oth-
,,ofesslons and commercial pur-
N, journalism has supplied u good
s.amber some Of whom began their
ssss rs printers apprentice boys.
s.,,sssman william L. Hepburn OF
srs chairman Of the interstate and
..lgr commerce committee, was a
',JS,srs devil" SO also were Sena-
". Iacob ii. Galllnger Of New Hamp-
aIr Henry c. Hansbrough of North
Mtota and Thomas NJ. Patterson OF
c,o,sJo and likewise Congressman
,gos cummings Of New York and Ed
cav , Wepks Of Michigan. Congressman
9u,s NJ Robinson Of Indiana was Il
ssv,boy selling papers on the streets
q Indianapolis r....
senator william b, Bate of Tennes-
vo Started out for himself at the age
n thirteen as a cabin boy on a Missis-
srI packet, and Senator George {,
psrkhs went TO sea ~ the age OF
teelye as a cabin boy on a coastWlse
steamer and later shipped before the
nsg' from Kennebunkport Me-
Srolrd me Horn to the Pacific coast,
Vb,A vas the scene Of his subsequent
activities
senator Nelson W. Aldrich now one
n ma most influential members OF the
upyer branch Of Congress, began q re-
markyy successful career In a very
humble gay at Providence, r. |, After
FEW Years In the public school ne
found work as a clerk IN a grocery
store He vas bright and active as a
salesman q sugar, flour and other COM
mAIiles and as he grew older and be-
ran to save his money he was given on
Interest in the business and Is now rec
oUssd as one Of the wealthlest men of
Rhode Island. When he was elected
United States senator for the first time,
he vas comparatively unknown TO the
country at large He had, however, un-
bounded energy and a capacity for hard
work He quickly mastered the intrl-
caces Of statecraft deyoting himself
especially to the tariff question and
tlade relations That Is perhaps why
hknow chairman Of the finance COM
nilee Of the Senate and leader OF the
Republican majority In that august
body
Senator George L. Wellington Of Ma
ryind worked on a canal when a boy
and Is a self educated man. Senator
Thomas Kearns Of Utah was a native
alht province Of ontario, Canada, and
worked there az chore boy and farm
hand when In his youth, He drlfted Ia
The Black Hills, where he was employed
asa miner and frelghtcr, when he went
70 Utah, where he continued the same
occupations, finally owning about all
NE mines and transportation lines in
that section,
Congressman Champ Clark Of Mis-
s9ull began his career as q farm hand
lnsn worked In a country store and az.
lsSad became editor Of a village pa
d Congressman James j, Butler OF
missouri and Congressman James A
itsSney Of Minnesota started out as
eAl@mIIhs. William Connell, member
, n one of the coal mining districts Of
pennsylvania, worked as driver boy
ana miner and William II. Graham
smsnber from the same state, got his
t sH "a a laborer In a brass foundry
.yaNessman y, D. sperry of Connec.
a'W oegan his career as a spinner
y cotton mill Congressman Killlan
y A'amson Of Georgia was In his
iSvh a mule driver on a plantation II
~ naive state. Congressman Francis