The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-25

have approached these gentlemen dell
icately hat IN hand the pregnant
hinges OF the knee oreakina. that
ihriit might follow fawning lie didn't.
sc lust went ahead and did business.
ard by The tira hose wuo sit in sen
a,e seals h.d lr,prmiNed wAa. liauid
br lunr r jnud "9s -
ready tti dom omltiirs u,i~ y dif
3, eit
The Necessity for Hitchcock.
Norys being utterly unknown out
side OF Ohio when he took charge II
Was esseutial that some one who lid
tnow The n0iional pol.iiri-ns be So
lcsiod 70 naadis fhciD ald SIR Hitch
cock was selected and placed iu
skarge OF given district with OF
fees IN Washington Nr Hitchcock
attracted Che more attention. sir
Nnr' Ieti,. iN h" own Wf began
gtt dpl n frr. Ne@i'ar is ait 40
4 aicl 0Nti ias' ftsuihnficn ~ g ,oiN
and the events of lhe cammisa are an
Jld story now But il might be said
that Norys was bred and trained right
TO be politician for he lived ia
abont The hottest nest IN ali Ohio
and that state is admittedly tha moth
or of politics. Mr.. Norys married
daughter OF John ID Martin. of Ian
easter a warm personal friend OF born
John Sherman and Tecumseh Shei
man. and il was to Mr. Martins cf-
Forts In more than one campaign that
Mr. Shernnu's return 10 he SENATE
was largely due Mr.. Varys AMI Mr.
Martin weit w;fm frieuda Uldor lbe
conditions on, can't wonder iha N0rys
-ecame politician.
He was then successfm practl
TONER at iae bar Of Lancaster. q town
Il perhaps 5000 inhabitants When
George K Nash was elected governor
be needed a good man for state insnr
nee commissioner 10 stra'ghien our
that office He chose VOrys anl DC
press OF The state laughed. This Was
,he first time that The charge VI bc.f,r
an obscure country lawyer was
brought against Norys. But he took
when Governor HerricK was elected
he Insisted on Yorys holding his place
Put Aside all Temptation.
IN the reorganization OF Ohlos pol
tiles Mr. Norys made himself The SO
premo power he was asked to take
fhe nomination for secretary Af state.
"NN tAN ANN iAAA'A hNt tAN"N III MiMit \ H"H
iiPye ia fscking his 0Wn candidacy ta
10 Air. Taits kites He could have
named every nominee in me nAcem
state convention hut look lho pOs
Jon thai his sole interest was 90 So.
,ure The states endorsement for TAFT
every delegate I'm the convention was
Tat man. aud the tight for state OF
ice WAS a fair one open t0 an Norvs
In hIa .I.Iafl f.,ft 4 f....
and cast his vote as "a delegate b'it
he did not iry 10 influence ihc vote ~
amy other delegate.
Alr Norys Is tall slender sailow of
eompieylon wrlukled OF face fie
speaks low, with deliberations 1T le
ever sw0re. he fact ISM ON record
ie likes a black cigar bat he doesn
drink he is genial a good listener
if houghtWl suffers lOns and IS KIM
3 nd works harder than amy man in his
group lie gets an sides OF "a question
Before he acts. Then he acts hike
chain lightning. he Is always faig
always willing 10 give Il little more
than he gets but never willing no eu-
ger INFO bargain thai may seem
bind his chief The story goes nat
when Secretary TAFT sailed on ~
roupd.the'wofld trip he said 10 Noiys
our hands are free Ger fhe a -.
egates, but don ne my hands la gei
ting them. ll YOU cant gei them
without entering into combination.
don't gel them
And Mr. Vorss has scru0ulously %
served orders
Next time YOU shake hands wht
him You'll notice that he Is several
fingers short on The right hand HIS
father owned a large woodwolklna
establishment ana The SON. when
boy, determined 40 he an architect "A
necessary preliminary 70 studying
VAS 10 fool Niih The buz<'
saw. aid after his hand WAS thus alter
ed he changed bis mind. and studied
law They say shat in he days ini.
medlaiely following his accident bis
father came upon him one day assieu
eusiy practising shooting marbles uiih
his LETT hand ilis right Was still IA
the bandaee His. father commended
his courage
10 reward You, my Aon said be.
"A nill buy you some marbles