The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-17
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hal had flps thnrghtfuiress ~ print ilW
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~ N wa frequently alitir things N l~ t-rr
narrated wouhi not have lmpI-neh
Tho Trouble vas h~eun years aeo, when
! Burton wa ~ Dartmouth and = Rrun.
son vas travelling arpund delivering lrc-
lures beforc college, Y " e. ~ People
Who know I burton In those day u~ed Ia
send him newatarrr accounts ~ y Bron.
son'a disconrser and congratulate him IN
hla tendency toward The spiritual life later
on J Bronson called on y Burton In BOa-
ton, when the latter was the permanent
head ~ the Ma a-achn~rtts Republican
political organization, and endea vored 10
make an arrangement for efecting an eS-
change Of newapa Trr articles furnished by a
clipping bureau To which j. Bronson sub
acribed J Burton was often mentioned In
the New England newspapers In those days
and j Bronson's bills for clippings about j.
Burton were heavy In consequence Tin
fortunately for j. Burton. IA present day oc-
currenoes are proving. the arrangement
was not perfected. Since J. Bronson haa
become 40 prominent In connection with the
meat packing agitation, the bills Of the clip
ping bureau TO which J. Burton subscribes
nave been simply scandalous.
j. Bronson next heard OF j. Burton in
China That was last year. Word reached
that far OF fowery land that Jamss b.
Reynolds had been appointed Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury. a nd j. Bronson
was congratulated wherever he and the
news penetrated. II j. Bronson had any
Idea that he was the fortunate man he
rec eived what amounted to virtual con-
frmation when he reached San Francisco
and found the customs inspection of his
baggage accomplished with politeness and
despatch. Afterward the customs in
spectors told him how necessary 1t was
that their salaries should be increased.
When it was announced hat James b.
neyhoIus was ohe . '"e TWO com,niss'ohers
of the President who had read The Jungle
and investigated conditions in the Chicago
hacking houses the country Jumped to the
conclusion that j. Burton was the man.
There was no reason that they should doubt
it, for Senator Albert j. Beveridge, always
a model Of accuracy, had aid SO. Beside s
Beveridp e was the Administrat IONS |
ranraso,,at,,,a on tho eoor ~ tho Sanat.
Nv =. -
In this meat ousiness-in 1aot' the author
Of the meat inspection amendment -and
would naturally be supposed to know what
ba vas TALKING about. so the con ntrv
,H,oru.oa ~ ,ha go aooantad r 49,
" ~ p.eee' aooep'1 q. Dui'on
as the exposer OF the oeei barons' n
to how the work Of J. Bronson was regarded.
to me Alongside those Of Charles ?. Neiil, the
other exposer, and told what a fine Young
Bronson, but he was too busy to mind it
There is a common saving that the denial
never overtakes the lie. j. Burton set the
straight and Others who could
speak authoritatiVely tried to put j. Bron-
son right, but the country was bound to
a hero OF J. Burton and these cor
%rections went for nothing. IF j. Burton
loved the false fame which came to him
th2oyoh The early errors Of a careless press
and Senator Geyeridee his ENJOYMENT was
brief To-dav he is a saddened man life
To him ia svnonymous with misery. Eyerv-
where he Is pursued by well meaning people
who reoa I'd him not "a the Hon, Mr. Rev
noIds Assistant Secretary of the Tres airy.
but as Reynolds the meat expert, And
Mr. Revnolds is from Boston.
Il would take many columns to tell Of
the unconscious persecution from which
i Rsrton IL s,f5ering because j, Bronson
bannens to have the same initials. A few
Of them viii suffice to show that the man
ia really to be pitied. The thing has passed
hsvnnd the sta pe where II can he talked over
3 oss0 noe en Si siaS 9ne %n friends Han For ri instan ever
u 1Ess that NJ Assistant Secretary Rev-
- ~ naoa nr.r + R,rton;s 49, ~
n n, TN voice was nnmistsk AN
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I'VE tb;s ia Mr. Revnolds . resnonded !
p,rton WIN"
apo rdon mo T heo vol nv dear Mr.
Assistant senretarv DSSe said the voice at the
nthns and shrt re- aea Monsisnr r. no,id
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