The Washington herald., 1906-12-08
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visiting Washington have been the archi-
tects OF their own fortunes, but not one.
Of them has hewn out an honorable ca
reer through greater dependence on his
own abilities than Hon. George ". Cook.
OF Denver. the new Congressman-eIect
from Colorado at large. who Is a guest OF
/ the Raleigh.
Bern in the old town Of Bedford. in
Southern Indiana, Of North Carolina
parents. he enlisted as drummer boy in
/ the Union army at the age of twelve
and at fourteen was chief regimoStaI
clerk OF his regiment.
/ Starting out in business as railroad
man in Chicago. he went TO LeadviHe.
/ in the boom days OF that great camp, as
division superintendent Of the Denver
and Rio Grande Railroad. Afterward he
was twice elected mayor Of Leadvtlle.
the only public office he ever held prior
to his election 10 Congress last fall.
when Corporal Tanner, now register Of
wills of the District of Columbia. was
elected commander-in-c OF the G. A
f.. Mr. Cook was made senior vice com
mander, and between the two the warnest
Ties OF friendship have existed for many
years.
! In 1896 Mr. Cook was not a popular man
In Colorado. for he was one OF only half n
/ dozen mining men in the whole State who
I supported Mckinley Since then a ire
mendOus reaction has come in the Cen
/ tennial State, as was shown in his eDor-
nous vote in November. He was elected
/ by 5000. leading the successful Republi-
I can candidate for governor by 500 votes
which was largely due 10 his personal
popularity among the miners and business
men.
/ I'VE win have a new United States Sen
ator shortly" said Mr. Cook. in the per
1 son Of Simon Guggenheim. who will be
elected 70 succeed Senator Patterson by
the unanimous vote OF the Republicans in
our legislature. Mr. GUggenheim is thor
oughly identified with every interest of
/ Colorado. He was gra0gated al the state
School OF Mines at Golden, and is an engi-
neer Of high ability. Although the pos
SCISSOR Of great wealth, he is in sympathy
/ with the plain people and is liberal and
charitable. A man Of great business acu-
men, and Of broad and progressive views.
/ he will render the State excellent service
/ at Washington.
! Two prominent citizens Of Memphis. Mr..
Robert Grattan Brown and Mr Edward
/ 3. lie Master. who are here as delegates
/ to the National Rivers and HarbOrs Con-
/ gress. are guests Of the Willard The
/ former is a lawyer Of distinction, and
/ Mr. lie Master is one Of the leading real
! estate men Of the Tennessee metropolis.
/ He is a brother-in-law OF GOv.-eIect N.
/ a Patterson
{ Z IL Il TraFF s.E
! Marion, S. g., at the Metropolitan. that
! the dispensary system in our State is
/ doomed 10 speedy death The probability
I is that the present legislature will repeal
+ it, and il would not De surprising if we
went back to the old plan Of high license.
/ High license. in the opinion of many
students Of the liquor problem. is the
/ best mode Of handling It. AT all events, il
/ is far better method than TO have a
! sovereign State engaged in the whisky
I traffic. The business is not of the highest
/ order. 10 speak mildly. and it is not to
/ the credit Of any people that it should be
/ conducted under the auspices of their
/ government
Two prominent lawyers of the Indian
Territory-Judge J. H. s. Shepherd, Of
South McAllesJer. and Kenneth s Murch-
/ inson. OF Tahlequah-are at the National
'"The present Congress- said Judge
| Shepherd, will get one Of the abIest re-
ports on Indian Territory affairs, and
/ one Of the most accurate that ever went
| before that body. It viii emanate from
! a Senatorial committee, consisting Of
Messrs. Clark Of Wyoming, Long Of Kan
! sas, Teller Of Colorado. Brandegee Of
] r.
/ These gentlemen did not come our way
on a junket. but TO ascertain the actual
! conditions Of the country. I never saw
men give more diligent study 10 any
/ question or work harder than they did
/ during the fortnight they spent in the
various towns of the several nations
/ Mr. Joseph r. Sequichie, who is at
/ the National, IS one Of the prominent
young men Of the Cherokee nation. and
of evident refinement and intelligence.
In the long run" said he TO a Herald
! reporter the abolition Of the old tribal
/ system will work benefit TO the members
/ OF my race Statehood was bound to
! come sooner or later, and in my opinion
/ it came none 700 soon Il will develop
| the resources Of our country. bring US
a great influx of people, cause our lands
/ to be more valuable, and elevate the
status OF Indians / think that our peo-
/ pie will not be left out in the government
I Of the new State Of oklahoma II looks
now as though the Democrats would be
/ in control, and in that event the election
/ of Robert Lee owen, man Of Indian
/ blood. and Of great ability, to the United
! States Senate is highly probable
wonderful success was scored by Mr..
lie Gage Pratt, of East Orange, y. j.,
when he carried the Eighth district Of
New Jersey recently. running as a Demo
| cratic candidate for Congress by nearly
5000 votes, when two years ago it went
Republican by 1900. Speaking OF his
! achievement in modest way. at the
/ Raleigh. Mr.. Pratt, who is vice presi-
/ dent of the Mutual Benefit Insurance
| Company OF New Jersey ana d gentle
man of engaging manner, said:
No desire for office had ever disturbed
/ the peaceful tenor OF my life. and when
/ told that l must take the nomination. 1
thought my friends We're In jest, and
told them to forget it, They insisted
on il. however. 1 finally made the race.
/ effecting a change of 1S000 votes for which
l take no personal credit The pleasant
est thing about my election was the del
uge OF congratulatory letters and tele-
grams I got. Some came from my native
home in Massachusetts. some from soa-
vannah, Ca; some from San Antonio,
Tex, where I was lucky enough 10 set
a good woman to be my wife, and lot
! from California, which is almost as much
home as New Jersey"
Former Lieut.. Gov. Timothy Woodruff,
OF New York held an informal levee in