The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
JAPAN VS.. RUSSIA: SENATOR.
BEVERIDGE'S VIEWS OF THE WAR
Just Why the Russians and the japanese Want to ~Fight-Korea
and Why Japan Wants It-Manchuria as an Empire-HOw
the Russians Are Colonizing the Countrywide Sans Inter.
est in the Struggle.
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The successful
man of this new century is he who has
not only the ability to do things but the
foresight to prepare them; to know a
great opportunity and seize it. to fight his
battles with his eyes to the front, looking
far into the future. That is the kind of
a man Senator Beveridge Of Indiana is.
Endowed with the genius Of success, he
has acquired the capacity for hard work,
and his tussle with fortune has made him
conservative. At the same time he is en-
thusiastic. His veins are full of young
blood n he Is wide-awake. How much
awake you will see when you consider who
he is and what he has done since 1899.
Senator Beveridge was born on a farm,
and ne had to hustle for his existence. At
i he was a plowboy, at IA he worked on
a railroad at 70 he was a logger and team
Ster and at the. same time III went to
school. He managed somehow to get an
education, graduated at the leading COL
lege of Indiana, and then studied law un-
der dear old Joe Mcdonald, the famous
Indiana United States Senator and poll
ticlan. He had been admitted to the bar,
and had made a local reputation as a
he was elected to the United States SEN
ate.
BEvERIDGE's OPPORTUNITY.
All this was good. but not extraordinary
So far. many other poor boys had done as
well. Beveridge's opportunity came at the
time Of his election. At that same time
there were eighty-nine other men mem
bers of the United States Senate. Every
ton more than the hart panteth after
the water brooks: but only this baby Sem
ator, this farm boy. railroad worker, log
sinS-camp labOrer in the wilds of Indi-
ana. saw the opportunity and seized ii.
We had just taken possession of The
Philippines. and 1t was evident that they
were the question of the future. Henry
national law on the subject: George E'ris-
bic Hoar waddled over to the CongTession-
al Library and investigated the ethnology
Of the Malay races and their ability for
sclf-government; dear old Senator Allison
kneeled down on the top rail of the fence
and prayed the Lord to let him know how
TO jump. and John c. Spooner looked up
constitutional arguments for his great
speeches of the future.
And what did Reveridge do?
He alone of all the Senators saw that
the best way to handle a great problem is
to first learn what the problem is. He
realized that knowledge is power, and
took the first for Manila. He
went out with our army and saw condi-
ions as they were. Then he crossed to
China and learned something of that
country stopped awhile in Japan, and
ters than almost any other public man of
the United States.
AZ he landed he vas met hv newspaper
reporters. and other reporters asked for
his opinions in city after city as he
crossed the continent.
: He treated all politely. but. like Brer
Rabbit. Law low and said nothing. Then
he came to Washington. and, not heed
ing the advice of the old fosies. who coun-
seized 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 a national
reputation and put him at the front as one
of the leading thinkers ON International
policies. Since then no one has attempted
to keep him quiet. He does not speak
often, but when he opens his mouth the
Senate and the nation prick up their ears.
Senate Reveridge has not only gained
the attention of the Senate, but also its
confidence. Unspoiled by his success. he
went to work. and he has since put in
more hours than most of the Senator's in
studying the great matters which come
before that body. He has gained the re-
spect and friendship of the older members,
ard is to-day one Of the few men who are
doing things in our national House of
Lords. He is becoming noted for his con-
servatism. and Is. / am tod, one Of the