The Minneapolis journal., 1905-10-15

for the financial success of the secre-
tary Of the treasury -. - !.
"He's a deformity, having the lar
gest feet of any man know, and six
toes to the foot for good measure. He
was a strange individual when he first
ridicule. They laughed at me when I
fixed up the deal which made Shaw the
law partner of P. J. Conner, the present
congressman from the tenth district.
But he made good in the law office,
after he made enough selling fruit trees
to pay his living expenses. .<z ...:s..I.
Leslie NJ, Shaw was always great
started The money rolled into his Golfers.
That is what he wanted. He sold these
farmers around here fruit tress at prices
which made, him 35 to 40 per cent profit,
and at the same time he practiced law.
He was SO poor when he went in with
Conner that he became the office boy
member Of the firm, having no books
of his own and no other personal prop
erttyi -, e,,,,, :,;a e..t
se sed same gata me e% wR Ra he OF fadv
cepted. He had driven with me to Cor
rectionville to collect a bill and when
I had to follow them, going on the train,
and Shaw was to bring the team back
to Denison. He didn Il have clothing
| enough to keep him warm and suffered
| on the drive going over, SO I bought him
a pair. of trousers and paid him his first
! fee. It was aa$10 note.o taerisat 45t;5s
say of Leslie NJ. Shaw, but admits that
money getter," and told some stories
on the ragged edge which did not be-
come Sunday school superintendent.
Secretary Shaw's old law partner,
Congressman Conner, can tell many in.
teresting stories about his old associate
! and the man with whom his political
fortunes were merged many years ago
~ don't know why he ever became
my Precent saa haga none c0n
offer but pack Of stories which,
want to tell you, would not do to tel
at Sunday school. He was always tell
ing them and many Of them believe
he originated He, was always a Sun
day school man in the fullest sense Oh
the, term and his religion seemed tt
dovetail in nicely With his desire tt
! get rich, and while he was organizing
: the largest Sunday school to be found
in any Iowa town Of the size he was
also organizing bank. When he wa'
. office and staying around nights t.
, keep the mice, company l heard hin
say that it was his ambition to be presi
!, dent Of bank. That was what mad
him the subject Of more than one goot
laugh. -. = s.+
There is no one a better friend O.
Shaw g, than one James Winans O.
: Crawford county, for he owes his lif
to the secretary Of the treasury, wh,
!, has no mean reputation in this count.
y as a criminal lawyer. The. evidenc
! brother in cold blood was strong. Every
) thing pointed to a conviction, but Lesli
r M. Shaw determined to free! the your
man and he succeeded in bringing sue
! arguments to the jury that a verdic
E for acquittal was brought in on tn
first ballot. ,.f.., s.s, W..
+ + AS banker and financier Leslie n
8 Shaw bears reputation for gererosit
q in Denison, tho his public charities hav
: : been limited to $4,000 to a norm,
: school for Denison and several hundre
: dollars now and then for a church, a
= = probably covered by $4,000. But h
q has helped many young men and ,wome
: get thru school by loaning or givin
: them money. In his business dealins
= with the farmers Of Crawford count
!. his friends boast that he loaned SIC
J. 100000 Of eastern money without for
. closing mortgage. ri $
: A superintendent Of Sunday scho
=, y from an obscure; town on the map
q Iowa, like the former sheriff of Er
: county, New York, became man
destiny and flashed before. the peop
r as prominent figure without any p1
v vious experience in affairs of the stat
$ in American politics, or even havi1
r the reputation of being yftmuch of
VI lawyer"
l. People Of this village believe tn
y Mr.. Shaw s nomination for preside
'e will be secured just as easily as WI
Is the nomination. at Cedar Rapids, az
d that once he is named, Portsmouth, Els
y pus or Lincoln, when they were in the
zenith, never enjoyed the glory whit
ID will be Denison s.. just what suppo
1t Iowa will give Shaw is matter. Of de,
is concern in Denison. Congressman Co
,f ner of the tenth district does not see
rs seriously impressed with the idea :
" Shaw IS candidacy and he probab
knows the secretary Of the treasu
n better than any other politician
ne earth. .s.- 4. ~. ,.4
y eff Shaw could get Iowa and secu
W the nomination he may cut some ice,
le is the Indifferent comment Of the c,