The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11

epc cial Core ~ ,ndence Of The Sunday Republic
Chicago. Sept. lot was in "A big bpta
| on the shores Of Lake Michigan that
| chatted last night with Senator Sheib!
| ". Cuilom about Uncle sam as an inter
| national quantity.
Senator Cullom has had much 20 d,
with the growth of this country.
Born In log cabin in Kentucky. n
came I'm canvas-coycrcd wagon to iii
nols when Its prairies were little NOR,
| than a wilderness.
He took part In the campaign which
made Abraham Lincoln President. ana ha,
been elected TO Congress when Lincoln
was assassnated. Since 1855 he has hceI
In public life. ana much OF the time In tn.
House Of Representatives and the Unites
states Senate. wbere he has been prOmi
nent In international affairs
He Is to-day the chairman of the For.
eign Relations Committee OF the Senate
and as such Is the head of the consres.
sional branch Of our treat y-making power
UNCLE SAM AND THE WORLD.
Uncle Sam is bigger az an international
quantity than ne has ever been" said Sen.
ator Cullom.
"He has grown 10 be a giant within the
past few years The world Powers now
realize that he is their equal. and IL may
De said that he is at the head OF the pro
When did this come about. SENATOR.
20 ,0uT big growth began during our wal
that the great European nations rather
looked down upon us a secondary force
In the worlds politics.
They considered us a nation Of smart
trader-,fresb. green. and exceedingly
ooastful: they talked OF us as worshipers
OF tho dollar. and appeared TO think W.
would would not fight. and could not II We
They disparased our navy and laughed
AZ our little army as compared with their
gigantic military machines
The war showed them that our gun
ners knew how to shoot. that we under
stood how TO handle our ships. and tha,
our army was not restricted by the num-
bers in the ranks
They learned that every American cit
Zen makes good soldier timber and that
the American national spiri. is not affect
ed by the American pocketbook.
ur easy success In that war astound-
ed them. ano they began to respect Uncle
sam. They increased that respect when.
Win John Hay as Secretary OF Stat. we
put ourselves at the front in settling the
chinese trouble which followed. and they
now regard US as one OF the biggest fac
tors In every world problem Our opinion
Is asked before any SETTLED policy Is pro-
formed -
UNITED STATES AND CHINA.
did the United States really do much
as to the Chinese settlement. Senatorg'
1T did everything was the reply. Had
II not been for our Government China
would now be divided I'D among the great
ma tons Of Europe.
Such a division WAS contemplated. and
Germany. England and Russia had each
taken foothold. when Secretary Hay
said that the International policy should
be the open door: that IL. that China
should s be Independent and free to the
After that the other Powers fell into
line and advocated the same policy The
comparatively easy terms OF peace which
China secured were largely due TO the
that country IL not the fighting ground of
the war between Japan and Russia Is due
10 the mastery state papers of John Hay.
We have also opened up China to trade
as never before. BY our now treaty the
local taxes on goods from station to sta
ton throughout the Empire have been
abolished. new treaty ports have been
thrown open. and on the whole china has
world
you seem to give Secretary Hay all
the credit for that work. SENATOR
Il do" replied Senator Cuilom. Others
have helped carry out his ideas but his is
the master mind as far as our diplomatic
relations and successes are concerned.
Il consider Mr.. Hay very great man.
He Is the greatest Secretary Of State this
country has ever had. He has statesman
like ability of the highest order allied 10
sterling courage. anG the genius OF COM
mon sense. He IL experienced In dealing
With foreigners and with nations.
He Ii a man Of letters, and speaks the
foreign languages fiuently. He IN cool.
conservative. and at the same time bold
and quick TO act No. don't think We
have ever had so great Secretary OF
State. The whole world acknowledges his
ability.
JOHN HAYS EARLY LIFE
How yions have you known Secretary
Hsyg'f
All his life.' vas the reply. "He
Mississippi River.
Ills uncle. Milton Hay, wa. my law
partner. and knew his father very well.
he was doctor and a man of ability. /
remember he once introduced me when l
spoke I'm Warsaw. His introduction was
longer than my speech. but 1t was good
nevertheless.
MY first close association with John
Hay was when he entered my Office in
school at the academy in sprinSf,eId and
had then gone East to Brown University.
where he graduated.
Our hrm was that Of Hay & CuIlom and
John came into the ONCE largely on ecS
count Of my partner, ~. Uncle Milton
Hay. This was just before the war wilen
John was Is or - years old
Mnss KIND OF a law student was he.
He MA. MAS very bright" said senator Cul-
weeks before We could tell Elm what We
wanted In the way OF papers. and he
would 20 on and draw them up. He could
araW up . Dill In chancery. and, In fact,