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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-12
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felt that their country might still have
need of them.
Jealous for Peace.
Their zeal for peace with the for
eigners and for the introduction of for
eign methods into Japan speedily en-
comprised them with a crowd of enc
mics. One dark night, while he was
walking to his home in the midst of
heavy snowfall, Inouye was at
tackled by gang of assassins, almost
cut to pieces by their knives, and left
for dead upon the snow. He crawled
home, fainting several times on the
way, and was concealed by his mother
until he recovered. 1t is said that, be-
lieving himself to be dying, he wanted
to perform the happy dispatch and
leave the world in a manner BETTING
a warrior; but his mother prevented
him from doing so. When he re-
covered and went out into the world
again, his enemies had him arrested
and flung into noisome Jail, where
he was left for three days without
food or water.
ItO's Strange Adventure.
If the stories told in Japan may be
trusted, Ito had an even stranger ad-
venture about the same time He fel!
in with band of his enemies one day,
and had to flee for his life. He ran
into the house of a geisha of his ac-
quaintance, and she hid him beneath
the loose boards of the floor drawing
a brazier of charcoal over the spot
where he was concealed. His pur-
suers entered, and threatened to tor
ture her II she would not tell them
where ne was hidden. She protested
that he was not there, and at last they
believed her and went away
The path of the reformers was hard
and dangerous. Count Okuma, who
was also one of the Elder Statesmen
when he died year or two ago, was
once asked by an Englishman whether
his life was not imperiled when he
first preached the doctorine of the
Westernizing of Japan.
Yes" he replied, my life was at
tempted three times; l was taken prfs-
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oner twice, and once condemned to
death. Even in later days, long after
the Restoration, the danger was not
over. You see that l have lost my
leg. 1t was blown off by a bomb
thrown into my carriage in 1887 by a
fanatic who objected to the treaty
giving judicial concessions to foreign
ers, for which I was responsible"
Firm Political Allies.
Ito and Inouye have remained firm
political allies throughout their long
official careers, and on the numerous
occasions when Ito has been called
upon by the Mikado to form a Cabi-
net he has always insisted that Inouye
must have a prominent position in it.
1t has been said that IF one wished
to sum up modern japan in a word, 1t
would be Ito" He, more than any
other man, is responsible for the rapid
development of the country on West
ern lines. Wonderful man that he is,
he even induced the ladies of the
court to abandon their pretty native
costumes for Partisan gowns. People
of artistic tastes may quarrel with
view of practical politician, holding
that while the Japanese dressed as
Asiatics, America and Europe would
treat them as Asiatics and not as
equals.
Count Inouye," said an American
woman who is thoroughly familiar
with Japanese affairs, has always
been the scapegoat of the various
cabinets in which he has served. The
political history Of japan is full of hts
failures. They are not to his dis
credit, but are due to his disposition
to offer himself up as a willing sacri-
fee whenever his colleagues have
made a. blunder.''
Inouye's Policy Like Hays.
In his ideas of foreign policy. Count
Inouye closely resembles John Hay,
Honesty and peace" has always been
his watchword. In an article publish
ed in 1897 in the "Kokumin-n Tomo,"
a Toxic journal, he said:
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THE ELDER STATESMEN
OF JAPAN
Mafq"is Ito, Marqois Yamasata Count Inouye, Cont
Matsokata and Field Marshal Oyama Hold No Of
fetal Position, Bot Role IN Japan
In Times of Crisis
BY BASsETT sTAINEs.

Japan plays at being a modern con-
sttutonal state, but her cabinets, her
Pariiaments her political discords are
all on the surface. In time of crisis,
such as the present, az real power
reposes IN the Emperor, supported by
MS 'Genro"-which is freely translated
as Elder statesmen" but really means
the wisest and most thoroughly tested
statesmen. These men have no recog-
hized official position, but they simply
push the official ministry aside and
taKe charge of matters whenever the
SITUATION becomes really serious.
imagine that the American common
wealth had its national existence stalk
Gu upon war. and that it was ruled
w an unofficial committee composed of
AGf4nafn Lincoln, Gen. Grant, Admi-
ta Farragut, Grover Cleveland and
zen. Mcclellan. This would give some
lalnt idea of the manner in which Ia
pan Is ruled to-day. The ELDER States
nieH are of different political parties
nHo nave engaged In bitter rivalries in
1@IHalflent and turned one another out
~ po"ef not once or twice, but many
siIlles. Most of them have held the
posltlon of prime minister and attained
sie nlshest dignities which the Mikado
t tS oestoW. Now, their rivalries over,
men taeir partisan labors ended, they con-
s 5gr together in perfect harmony and
u u the policy of the nation without
regard to the cabinet and Parliament
oHey once swayed. 1t is a unique kind
or government, which has not it's like
iiS"Aere else in the world.
vary in Numbers.
~. me Elder Statesmen vary in num-
Se according to the viii of the Mi
Hado, VINO calls into council whom he
eet ,'os. At present there are only
+itS. men who can really claim the
T,I9 Marquis Ito Count Matsukata.
Gu, Marshal Marquis Yamagata,
Oyama, Other men are sometimes
called into conference with them. such
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0FFICE BOY WHO BECAME
A GREAT LAWYER
Hon. John 6. johnson Became a Corporation At.
torneyStrided Horse Cars at Night.
BY GUY t. VIsKNIsKKI.

by means of a single case, among the
leaders of the Philadelphia bar, 1t
came about in this fashion.
A certain will case was holding the
attention of the Philadelphia bar, be-
cause of several peculiar situations it
had created. John G. Johnson happen
ed to be attached to the office in
which the case originated. A short
time before it came up he was sent
over to court to follow it up, and, that
he might do so intelligently, the brief
was handed him to study.
The case was called, and the lawyers
Immediately got tangled up over pc
culiar features. They talked and
wrangled eXpounded for hours and
cleared up nothing. and the Judge
plainly showed his annoyance. Final
ly, Mr.. Johnson, who had been sitting
quietly through the oratory, and whose
duty in the case had ended when it
was called arose.
Your honor" he said, and then he
made his first address before the court
1t was prototype of all his subse-
quent addresses. 1t was short to the
point of brusqueness, in the simplest
words, and explicit. 1t was delivered
without attempt at oratory, there We're
no flourtshes, and the speakers voice
was that of stolid man of ordinary
intelligence, engaging in ordinary con-
versation. But his words had meat in
them. They caused bench and bar to
rub their eyes and gasp with aston
ishment and impolitely stare at the
fledgling who had cleared away, in a
few minutes, a legal tangle that days
of effort on the part of eminent law
yers had failed to do. But the problem
was like his A, B, C's to John G.
Johnson. He had picked up the So
luton during his researches on cor
poration law. and he had sense enough
to put two and two together and see
that the same lines of argument and
law held good in the case in hand.
The case was settled according to
the law as elucidated by Mr.. Johnson,
and he got 500 day while it was in
court, and that was for weeks. But the
more important aftermath of his i'm
promptu address was the immediate
recognition extended to him as an au-
thority on corporation law and his re-
tention by corporations with far-reach-
ing interests to protect them before
the law
Didn't Lose His Head.
Mr.. johnson did not lose his head In
his success. When his clients had
been looked after by day, he buried
himself in study of his speciality by
night. He has been doing so ever
since, SO much so that he has never
taken the time to put on dress suit,
and his fellow members at the Phila-
delphia bar are not infrequently af-
forded the interesting spectacle of
their distinguished leader riding in a
trolley car with his nose buried in a
book treating on corporations and the
laws relating to them. This unceasing
"drudgery," as Mr.. Johnson's friends
call IT, has made him the first and last
resort of great corporate interests
Some time ago the most important
anthracite coal companies of Penn
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Philadelphia bar that former presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
cooled his heels for nearly an hour in
Mr.. Johnson's reception room, all be-
cause the lawyer was wrapped UP In
discussing petty suit with poor
widow.
Not so many weeks ago, several
New York capitalists wanted to con-
suit with Mr.. Johnson in a hurry, and
sent an urgent call over to Philadel-
phia for him. The reply came back
over the wire, Busy"
The capitalists wired back ask
ing when he could come.
When / am through here" was the
reply.
when will that be2" was the query.
Perhaps to-day, perhaps not" was
the answer.
The capitalists could do nothing
except to exercise patience. They had
called Mr.. Johnson in the morning;
later in the afternoon he finished the
business in hand, then got on a special
train that had been kept waiting for
him all day and went to meet the
millionaires.
What was it that kept Mr. Johnson
busy? The New Workers. were anx-
ious to find out; the inquiry they
started brought up against the fact
that on the day they were frantically
telegraphing for him he was engaged
in prosecuting a suit involving less
than a hundred dollars.
A Great Art Critic.
Mr.. Johnson has only one interest
besides his work. That Is art. He is
known as one of the greatest art crit
les and collectors In Europe and
America. He buys for public art gall
leries, as we'll as for millionaires, and
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Ran His Tongue Into an Electric
Light Socket and Suffered.

From the Kansas City Journal.
There is a badly shocked baboon in
the window of Seymour Rice's Smoke
house" on West Ninth street. 1t is
certain that this red-haired simian will
not hereafter tamper with an electric
light socket, If it be true that he learns
by experience.
When this baboon was placed In the
window he began at once to investigate
the electric lights which line the cor
ners of it. Mr.. Rice therefore took
out the lower ones, leaving the sockets
empty. The monkey paid no further
attention to them till night. when the
lights We're turned on. Then. to his
simple mind. there was something
wrong with those empty sockets. He
prodded them, but could do nothing
with them. Finally he ran his long
tongue into one.
At once there was a howl Of pain,
flash of red-haired monkey in the air.
and the simian was curled UP in the
corner Of the window bowling with the
sudden but not violent pain. His tongue
had formed a contact" being wet In
the socket, and he had been shocked
good and plenty. He was terrified
more than he was hurt. however. He
would look at the socket--from safe
tHsHt Fuillhhk MS luis
tongue out, would feel the end of II.
and grimace; then he would look az
the socket again. in an effort to con-
meet the two. Evidently his mind didn't
reason that far. but it taught him one
thing, and that was to let both lights
and sockets alone.
The baboon belongs to a circus man,
and is something of a rarity. in that
he is red-haired. He Is very playful
little thing, only year old, and as
gentle as a kitten.
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=. 9oes not fall to the lot of every
...arioan lawyer to be called to Lon
,an 70 untagle legal problems for big
T,.,tisb corporations. Nor does he any
-,,ora often have the opportunity to re-
s,sa high judicial honors at the hands
-, three Presidents-a Supreme Court
tnstieeship from both Garfield and
Cr.,.s,and. and the Attorney General
et;n of The country from Mckinley.
~ St' that is the record Of John G. John
con of Philadelphia, known on two
Comments as "the connoisseur Of cor
noration law"
Mr.. johnson has won this distinction
49, nearly half a century of unremit-
tirg toll. johnson has never set him
.nT in as a brilliant man." said one
~ his closest friends, not long ago.
opnt he knows how to work and get
raSI,I+s that genius cannot obtain. His
itFs is an epitome of the gospel of
work With one exception he has es-
cbswed verything-society, honors,
racreation-that he might work. That
is whv he goes out to quick lunch
ros+aurant every day, climbs up on a
royolving STOOL and spends fifteen
canfs Tor a bowl of soup and rolls,
While his fellow millionaires are
stretching their legs for two or three
hours under the mahogany tables of
fashionable hotels"
Devoted to His Work.
Mr. Johnson's devotion to his work
developed shortly after he began read
ing law with Power, Wallace & Judson,
a now dissolved law firm of the Qua
ler CITY. when he became a scrivener.
like Memo" in BLEAK House," he
copied everything from a brief to a
INV book: and he copied twice as
much as the next fellow in the same
space of time. This work, besides
providing him with his bread and but
ter. gave him an idea. He found that
the average lawyers knowledge of
corporation lew was not what 1t should
be by a great deal, and he then and
there determined to know everything
there was to know about the laws
les.
70 that end he worked. He read
ana studied law books while riding in
the horse cars. He stayed at the
Office late into the night reading. He
carried stacks of books home with
him and read while waiting for din
ner. When he was watching his en-
ployers' cases and waiting for them
to be called in court, he read. At va
cation time he took along a satchel
filled with books, and read. In short,
every moment that he was not sleep
ing, eating and attending to his daily
work, he lived with the task that he
had set for himself. 1t was then that
he contracted the habit of neslecting
his personal appearance; a millionaire
many times over, he still goes about
unshaven and in Uniting, shabby
looking clothes.
JOhnsOn's First Big Lift.
The first result of all this study of
years was to lift Johnson from the
rank Of obscure lawyers and place him,
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sylvania were tied up in a suit involv-
ing millions of dollars. The case was
shortly to be called in the Pennsyl-
vania Supreme Court, and the lawyers
for the coal companies held conference
after conference in New York with ].
Pierpont Morgan, A. j. Cassatt,
George f. Baer and other leading
captains of industry" But no salts
factory plan of defense could be out
lined, and several of the legal advis-
ors had given it as their opinion that
the case could not be defended with
any hope of success. But Mr. Morgan
was obdurate. Send for John G.
Johnson" he said.
But" objected the other conferees.
no man here can master this case
AFTER months of study. Johnson can't
do 1t over night"
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as Baron Komura, the Foreign Minis
ter; Field Marshal Katsura, the Pre-
mier, and prominent officers of the
army and navy like Admiral Togo,
Admiral Kabayama and Gen. Kodama.
But these great personages are SIM
ply called in to make their reports.
upon which the elder statesmen con-
fer and decide. Imagine the Premier,
seated in the highest position a SUBJ
ject can fill under the constitution,
weekly making his report to an UNI
official body and taking his instruc-
lions. Yet that is what happens.
OF SanIurni Descent.
The Elder Statesmen are all of sam
urai descent. 1t has been we'll said
that cit is still the samurai who rules
in Japan, from the Premier down to
the little policeman Who stands on
the street corner" The Mikado is
careful to give representation to all
the four great clans. Marquis Ito and
Count Inouye belong TO the Choshiu
clan, Count Matsukala to the Satsuma,
and Marquis Yannagata and Field
Marshal Oyama to the Tosa and Hizen
respectively They all played a leading
part in breaking down the old feudal
system of Japan. The Emperor Nut
suhito ought to be grateful to them,
for they helped to make him a great
monarch instead of an effeminate,
powerful recluse, like preceding Mi
kados.
The five "Genro" have all had re-
markable careers, but the strangest
are those of Marquis Ito and Count
Inouye-the David and Jonathan of
japanese politics.
Were Boys Together.
They were boys together, and when
they were old enough they entered
the service of the Prince of Choshiu,
the head of their clan, as samurai.
Soon afterwards Japan was convulsed
by the entry of foreigners, consequent
upon Commodore Perry's expedition.
Ito and Inouye, hot-headed young
sters that they were, Joined in the cry
of Japan for the Japanese Nobody
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his own private collection is one OF
the most valuable in America. He
has a large house on Broad street in
Philadelphia; in it he has not only
paintings all over the walls, but they
are stacked up. still in their boxing
as they came from the art galleries OF
two continents. in the hall. all oven
the house.
when you enter Mr.. Johnson's
house." said friend. you stumble
against Velasquez in the entrance;
you go to hang UP your hat and It
hits a Rembrandt: the tails of your
overcoat threaten to knock over a
Veronese; to seat yourself. you must
remove u Van Dyck from chair; ana
you are afraid to cross your legs for
fear of sticking your foot through
some old masters Madonna"
Mr. Johnson doesn't drop his study
of corporation law when he is riding
hts hobby. Whenever he goes on an
art gallery excursion to Europe he
takes along a trunkful of papers ana
books. and works what time he can't
get in the art galleries.
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A NOTRE DAME LADY,

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millions. We feel that S25, OO0-$50 600
is not too much for your services"
Write me check for five thous-
and" was the answer. And that is
what the millionaires had to do.
Never Did Anything by Halves.
This popularity of Mr.. Johnson's,
together with his custom of throwing
himself heart and soul into every case
he takes up, no matter how insignifi-
cant it may be, has made him popular
with all classes of litigants. His serv-
ices are sought by rich and poor
alike, and they usually get to see him
in the order of their coming. 1t is
tradition among the members of the
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Snow, Mr.. Cassatt." he said. "sit
down and tell me what you know OF
the CASE
Mr.. Cassatt did as he was bid and
talked for twenty minutes. He was
still in the midst of his narrative when
Mr.. Johnson interrupted.
THAT win do" he said. Thank you.
Good day"
The day following Mr.. Johnson went
before the court and talked for fifteen
minutes. Then he abruptly sat down
and asked, Where's my bag?" A
court attendant handed it to him, and
while those of his millionaire clients
who were present were looking their
utter surprise, he stalked out of the
room and over to the criminal courts,
where a quarter of an hour later he
had forgotten all about the suit in
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gentlemen" he asked.
Why" said one, your fee for de-
Tending our case before the Supreme
Court.
oh" and he handed the check back
to the man who had given it to him.
The visitors were disconnected. As
one afterward acknowledged, they
were afraid they had insulted Mr..
Johnson by offering him such a small
sum, so they started to make out a
check for $4,000.
But Mr.. johnson stopped them, and,
reaching out for the $4,000 check, Sc
cured it and tore It UP.
Gentlemen" he said, 'T only spoke
for fifteen minutes and il took twenty
minutes to study the case"
but, Mr. Johnson" was the reply,
that isn't the point. You saved us
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volving millions in his defense of an
obscure client in an assault case.
He won both cases. 1t is not re-
corded how he and his obscure client
settled the matter of the fee, but here
is the manner in which he fixed his
recompense with the millionaires. 1t
is representative of the man.
His "LittIe Fee"
After the court had decided in favor
of the coal companies, several of the
men most intimately interested in the
outcome went to Mr.. Johnson's office
and handed him check for $685. 00
He looked at the piece of paper for
moment then, what is this for,
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Send for Johnson" reiterated Mr..
Morgan.
Mr.. Johnson was sent for. When
he arrived from Philadelphia and en-
tered the conference, the case was
submitted to him.
And you want me to argue the
case?" he asked.
Yes" was the reply.
Very WELL" he said, and walked out
of the room and went back to Phila-
delphia.
His Interview With Cassatt.
The next day he hunted up A. 7.
Cassatt at his offices in Broad street
station.
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