The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14
Senator Bevcridgc Talks With
Frank Carpenter, Tie Times
Dispatcl, Special Core
spondcnt, About tic
Struggle for
Mancll,tria.
,specal Correspondence Of the Times.
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successful man Of this new century IS
lie who has not only the ability to do
things, but the foresight to prepare for
them: to know a great opportunity ana
\ seize Il, to fight his battles with his
ewes to the front looking far into the fu-
tt,rc. Tint Is the kind Of man Sei,a-
tor Beverdse. Of Indiana, IS. Endowed
X with the genius of success, he has ACQUIRED
the capacity for hard work. and his tus-
ale with fortune has made him conserva-
tive. at the samo time he is enthusiasts
tic. His veins are full of young blood
and he is wide awake. How much awake
Won will SEQ when you consider VINO he Is
and what he has done since lS99.
Senator Beveridgc was born on farm
and he had to hustle for his existence at
twelve he was n plow boy, at fourteen
\ nc worked on railroad, at fifteen he was
logger and teamster and at the same
tinnn ia went to school. He managed
somehow TO get an education, graduated
4 ~ fhe leading college of Indiana. and then
4 studied law under dear old Joe AlcDon-
aid the famous Indiann United states
senator and politician. lie had been 40
1nitted to the bar, and had made o. locai
reputation as lawyer and orator at
y. the age OF thirty six, when he was eject
ed to the United States Senate.
Beveridge's Opportunity
All this was good, but not cxtraord-
nary. So far, many other poor boys hnd
done as we'll. Beveridgc's opportunity
came at tho time OF his election. AZ ,nat
fine there were eighty-nino other men
members OF the United States Senate.
Every one OF them painted for national
reputation more than the hart panteth
\ fter the water brooks; but only this
baby senator, this farm boy, railroad
worker, logging camp laborer IN the wilds
of Indiana, saw the opportunity and
seized It.,
Wo had just taken possession of the
Philippines. and 1t was evident that they
were the question Of the future. Henry
Cabot Lodge sat down and studied In
ternational law on the subject; George
Irrisbie Hoar waddled over 70 the. Con-
Eressional Library and investigated the
ethnology Of the Malay races and their
ability for self government; dear old Sen
ator Allison kneeled down on the top rail
of the fence and prayed the Lord to let
him know how to jump, and John G..
spooner looked up constitutional argu-
ments for his great speeches OF the fu-
ture.
And what did Beveridgc do?
He alone of all the senators saw that
the best way to handle great problem
lis to first learn what the problem Is. lie
realized that knowledge is power, and
took the first steamboat for Manila.
IIe went out with our army and saw
conditions as they were. Then he crossed
to China and learned something OF that
country, stopped while In Japan, and
came home better posted on eastern mat
tiers than almost any other public man
or the United States.
AS he landed he was met by news
paper reporters, and other reporters ask
ed for his opinions In city after city
as he crossed the continent He treated
ali politely, but, lie Brer Rabbit, laid
low and said nothing. Then no came TO
+ Washington, and. not needing the advice
OF the old fogies who counseled him as
a. young senator to utter no words IN the
chamber for the first two years, he arose.
and his great speech on the Philippines
went ringing around the country
A National Character.
That speech gave Beveridge national
reputation and put him at the front as