The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-07
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| The RockefeIIers to the Front Again
for n Brief Moment Because John
D., Father, Kissed John d., SON
on His Return From EurOpe-Sim-
iIarity of Sentiment Between Jay
Gould and His Son George and be-
| tween the RockefeIIers, Senior
and Junior-The Young Mans Love
of Horses.
New York, Sept. cit is one Of the
curiosities of journalism that the name
| of John d. Rockefeller is much less
seen in print nowadays than 1t was TWO
| or three years ago. He is by no means
forgotten. Seither is he by any means
less a factor in the world OF affalrs,
but relatively he seems not TO be OF
as much consequence as Ahe was even
so short time since as 1898.
Then you could hardly pick up a
newspaper any day in the week with
out reading something about his do
ings, or those of his brother William,
or his son John D., Jr. Their names
were not only staple in the news col
umns, but they were also the stand
by of the Sunday special man and
likewise the exchange editor in his
search for selections" to fill the empty
spaces in the daily" columns after
all the news had been given place.
Now the Rockefellers are not even
mentioned more than once or twice a
week in the news and their exploitation
by the exchange editor or the writer of
Sunday specials" is rare indeed.
Their places in the paper have been
taken by j. w. Gates, by Senator
Clark of Montana, by G. NJ. Schwab,
the steel trust president, and by a
score of other men who were not often
heard of at all in the middle nineties.
John D. himself, the head of the house,
seems to have almost gone out of the
practice of making gifts to the colleges,
though not entirely.
The only recent examples of Rookie
Teller publicity" so to speak, were
afforded a few weeks ago when John
D. visited the scenes of his childhood
in New York state and his relatives
who still dwell there, and the other
day when John D., Jr., returned home
from a long trip through Europe and
made the announcement that in Eng
land he had bought number of horses
with the intention of doing some
coaching during the coming season.
The similarity of the relations exist
ing between John d. Rockefeller and
his son and those between Jay Gould
and his eldest son, George, have often
been commented upon. In each case
the son has seemed to exist chiefly for
the purpose of carrying forward and
rounding out the gigantic life work
begun by the father.
II. aeI has 20
be an unusual bond between the older
and the younger man, not only with
reference to business, but also in the
way of genuine affection. 1t used often
to be noted by the reporters who wit
messed meetings between jay Gould
and George, that the two exchanged
kisses and embraces IL they had been
separated any length Of time. Kissing
and embracing according to the dis
patches were feature Of the recent
meeting between the RockefelIers,
father and son. Sentiment, then, can
hardly be barred out as a personal
characteristic Of the members Of these
two croesus families-sentiment that
is quite careless Of comment from the
outside world. quite un-American and
far more demonstrative than Is often
to be found among Anglo Ssxons any
where. though the kissing Of men by
men is common enough among Ger
mans, Slays and members Of the Latin
races.
The junior John ID. RockefelIer'e in
terest IL driving Is no new thing II
has not heretofore manifested itself g.
pecialiy IN favor Of coaching, but even
when he WAS lad he used 10 BE- fond
OF holding the ribbons over the backs
of fast tr0tters. This taste WAS not
Inherited from his father, however So
from his uncle. william. who hiss Neen
! 4 daNrsfga If "a rid road Tffrfnrf for fts..
past twenty % thirty years.
George Gould has never been q great
driver. preferFlng polo ~ the road. but
b. and young Rockefeller are alike al
that peither has eYer been known ~