Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-08

mahogany is put on rough and is cay-
ed. smoothed and polished I'm such a
way that one could not but imagine
that every piece is solid.
found q great dear Of original work
going on I'm the factory, One room
was devoted 10 designers who were
planning new furniture and In another
skilled carNers were working the wood
out according TO designs piece by piece.
There was also a large Photographic
loom where the finished furniture Il
photographed 90 show the trade the
coming styles
A SENATOR IN PROSPECTIVE.
During my stay here have seen
something Of William Alden Smith,
who for the past ! , years or 50 has
been one ~ the most prominent Of
cur Republican members Of Congress
and who promises 10 be the next
United States senator from Michigan.
William Alden is enthusiastic over the
future Of Grand Rapids. He has been
one of the factors NJ It's growth. and,
IN addition 10 his prominence IN po-
litical life, he Is the proprietor OF It's
leading newspaper. the Grand Rapids
Herald. Mr. smith is now wealthy,
but his first money was made. as
newsboy, by selling the Journal which
he now owns. and | think there was
some sentiment connected with his
purchase. although the Herald il fast
becoming a valuable property In
deed. William Alden Smith has had a
remarkable career He vas born just
about 81 years ago ~ the euphonious
town NJ DoWagiac. I'm southwestern
Michigan. not far from the lake and
little above the Indiana line Shortly
after he came with his parents as a
boy Of IS, % Grand Rapids. his father
died, and from then on he made his
own way. For "A Time he acted as
Telegraph messenger and later was ap.
pointed page in the Michigan house OF
representatives. where he got his first
taste n politics After this he studied
law and was admitted to the bar and
he has since practised IN the intervals
Of his political career
William Alden i self-educaied
man. hut he bears the marks ~ one
who is college bred. The other day
he and a congressional graduate N
Yale we're dining At the capital With
Peter e. Pritchard. who was IN the
senate from North Carolina ard il
now one e.: the judges " the United
States circuit cpuu PncharG Is an
intelligent man but Ne has not had a
college education After no left the
Yele representative said 10 William
Alden Smith. That man pritchard
has ability. and ] venture he would
have made much m1re ~ himself II
he had had the educational advant-
ages that you and I have had"
understand that William Alden smiled
IN his soul but that he did not tell the
Yale gradual that his only schools
were those ~ experience and self-help.
OUR CONGRESSIONAL COLLEGE.
In my talk with AR Smith referred
to his self-educaiion. whereupon he
remarked:
1t is not right to say that I have
not been 10 college During the past
. years or 30 I have been going 70
school in the university ~ the house az
representatives and there is none bet
ter than that The demands ~ Con-
sress are a continual spur toward bet
tering ones self One must be careful
I Of his language and ne continually
studying English. He has 10 practise
how 90 think and speak quickly and
precisely and the man who tries TO
a. his duty must read and study along
educational lines quite as hard as any
student ~ our besf colleges. Indeed.
J doubt whether there Is any place
where the active thinking student can
improve more rapidly than In our ma
tionsl house Of representatives al
Washington
WILLIAM ALDEN AND THE KArs-
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