The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-14

common people and has proved his po-
sition.
An outline sketch of Mr.. d'Autre-
tmont's life and political career reads
like romance. He was born at An
geIica, Allegheny county,, N. Y, June
sity, a member of the class of 1872.
Later he entered the Columbia college
law school, from which he graduated
in 1875. He began the practice of his
profession as a lawyer at Elmira, N.
Y, where he remained until 1882, when
he removed to Duluth.
Brilliant Public Career.
In Duluth began the career as bust
ness man, lawyer and public spirited
citizen that has made Mr.. d'Autre-
mont distinguished figure in the an
nails of the Minnesota range. A man
of intense energies and keen business
instincts, he at once became identified
with the commercial interests of the
Zenith City and the range and stepped
into a place or recognized leadership
among the strong men who have de-
Veloped the great resources of the
north country.
Politically, Mr. d'Autremont has al
ways been Democrat, and his tri
umphs In public life have only been
equaled by his commercial successes.
for st. Louis county; the only Demo-
crat that ever held that office. Four
years later he was nominated by the
state convention for attorney general
and made a splendid run. In 1892 he
was nominated for mayor of Duluth,
and after one of the hardest political
battles ever waged in the Zenith City
was elected by a majority of over 600,
the first Democrat ever elected to the
UnraItU a
Principles Are First.
Mr. d'Autremont has stuck to his
party through thick and thin. In 1896
he was one of the Bryan elector can
didates on the state ticket. He has
always stood squarely upon the party
platform, and while he has bought and
sold thousands of acres of timber lands,
and is still the owner of large timber
tracts, he believes in free lumber. He
has developed and sold three iron
mines in ST. Louis county, and is now
the owner of iron lands on both the
Mesaba and Vermillion ranges, on
which explorations are in progress, but
he now is and always has been an ad-
vocate of free iron ore.
Mr.. d'Autremont is large employer
of labor, and he Is the laboring mems
friend. He is unalterably opposed to
government by injunction and to all
forms of trusts, and believes in union
labor and an eight-hour day. When
the first street car strike occurred in
Duluth, Mr. d'Autremont was the union
mems choice as a member of the board
of arbitration, and charged with the
settlement of the differences between
the union and the street car company.
His services on that board proved be-
yond all cavil that his is the true
friendship for the laboring men. The
differences were settled, and on the in
slstence of Mr.. d'Autremont the COM
pary agreed that no man should be
discharged or blacklisted for any part
he had taken in the strike.
Supported by Leaders.
Mr.. d'Autremont did not seek a part
IL the congressic nal contest as a can
didate. In fact he at first refused to
listen TO the solicitation of the mem
bers of the Democratic committee and
prominent party men from over the
district. who urged him to make the
run. Later when he submitted to pres
sure anu consented to the use of his
name as a candidate, he supplemented
II with pledge to make a clean, hard
fight, took off his coat and went to
work.
In his race for congressional honors,