The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

bio only IN the West. Less thnti scors
OF years dgo Walsh vas gaining Il mod.
est aliVelihuod aH the keeper OF 9 note!
IN Leadville. AT tile sanlc time no tried
q theory all his own--that the best values
camo with height. Accordingly he made
q trip to Oliray,ih the heart Of the San
Juan Mountains. His friends told him.
that ms theory wns wrong, una tllat ne
would not find tho best values ut tho
tops OF the mountains, us lie figured. But
he reinhined uhshalten in his belief, ana
forced his way to the top of one OF the
highest mountains near Ouray. Hero.
where even n burro could hardly ma
footing, 1,e directed his prospootors TO
drive along an outcropping mat cord
'nended itself to the eye. Tho men open
cd pay ores almost at the first stroke.
and this vein. which Mr. Walsh picked
out with lsch marvellous precisioh.s proved
the main vein Of tho famous Camp BIRD
mine, which paid Wnlsh n million q year
profits for many years, and Which WIS
sold short time ago to the Venture
4 Corporation or London for nearly $lo,-
100000. Walsh Is still one OF tho chief
owners OF tho Camp Bird mine, as no
kept much Of the stock when he sold the
control Of the property to outsiders. he
now spends much Of Ills timo Iii WASH
ington, where he has lordly home, and
nurses an ambition TO represent Colo
RADIO In tho Senate.
A5Veteran Editor.
Harvey M. Scott, the veteran Portland
editor, Is the best known figure In tho
Oregon delegation. and California sends
as one OF Its notwithstanding George
A. Knight, tho San Francisco lawyer and
orator, who will second President Roose-
velt's nomination in behalf Of tho Pacific
coast Senator Hepburn, q Pennsylvania
Quaker transplanted to the farther West
heads the Idaho delegation. and ex-S cna-
tors Garter and Mantle are delegatcs-at-
large from Montana. The soil Of the lat
ter State Is favorable to the growth Of
shrewd politicians. and Carter Is one OF
the shrewdest OF them. AS chairman Of
tho Republican national committee In
1892. he failed to bring about the re-elec-
ton Of Harrison, But he IS always ready
for fight, no matter what may DO tho
odds against him. and the story of how,
in 1901, he defeated a t50.0000 900 river and
farbor billSSin the Senate by talking
against time from midnight till noon OF
the last day OF tho session has become
one OF the abiding traditions Of that
body. Since then he has been practic-
Ing law In Helena aud patiently bid!ngs
the tlmo when a Republican majority
In tho Montana Legislature shall return
him to the Senate.
~ j.. Edward 4Addicks ana Senator Ban
head contesting delegations from Della
ware, and Senator McComas and General
sAgnus are delegates-at-large from Mary
land, while former Governors Atkinson
and Bradley respectively marshal the
contingents from West Virginia and Ken
lucky. IT. Clay Evans and Waiter p.
Brownlow have places In the Tennessee
delegation; Truman II. Aldrch, wealthy
mine owner of Birmingham. heads that
from Alabama, and one of the delegates
from Georglasis Harry Stlllwell Edwards,
the story writer, who will second Presl-
dent Roosevelt's nomination In behalf Of
Ills section. But the most picturesque
representative sent by the South Is
Henry Clay Warnloth. of Louisiana, who.
as Governor of that State was a mighty
figure in the tragic and sentimental era
OF reconstruction. He Is a signally able
man. a persuasive speaker, and at two-
and-sixty still a. perfect Adonis in looks.
He has held no public office for years,
and now owns and manages what Is
generally recorded as the best organized
and most scientifically conducted sugar
plantation In Louisiana His presence at
Chicago as delegate shows how brief
is the space that separates us from
period that already seems shadowy and
remote.