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Fo1tieth and FoTy-frS Congresses. and was elected
20 the United States senate 10 succeed James Har-
au- took bis seat March 4. Is73 and reelected
IN SIS. I558 lss7 $50 lsa5. aad 1902 His term Of
service VIII expire March ;. lse.-CongTcssiouaI Di-
rectory-
/ Every Senator and Representative. pre-
Pares for publication in the Congressional
/ Directory an epitomlzed biography. The
small men otter cover as much space as
! they can procure. 10 exploit themselves.
{ The statesmen Of larger stature are more
modest Thus. Senator Allison. of Iowa.
/ for many years the acknowledged and ac-
/ credited leader Of the United States Sen
| ate. presents an epitome OF his grand
/ career Of public service IN eight lines Of
/ the directory
: Concerning Senator Allison and his pre-
/ decessor IN the Senate. Representative
I Hepburn. Of Iowa. the great forensic
I leader Of his party in the House Of Rep
! resentativeS. says Senator Hariah was
I a most learned and scholarly man He
/ knew more substantive facts than any
( man Of his generation But Senator Al
lison. though less scholarly. IS wiser than
I Harlan He is the wisest man have
ever known in all Of ny many years OF
/ contact with public men and affairs"
Always safe Adviser.
( Senate leaders. such men as Oliver P.
Morton. Matt Carpenter and Roscoe Conk-
Z Ing found always IN Senator Allison "a
/ safe adviser. for he was always wise.
When the manteI Of leadership fell upon
/ his shoulders more than a quarter OF
I century ago. he was ripe in years as well
as rich in experience Senate committees
/ have always consulted him. and always
90 their advantage Presidents have
sought his counsel. and have made no
/ mistakes IN following his advice. He is
{ very wise. very far-seeilg. and prudent
Concerning himself. as wen as concern
/ ing affairs. this seif-contained man Of
marvellous seIf-mastery- has always been
/ prudent and wise. Other men become IN
wise when their own aspirations OF ambi-
tions are thrown into the balance Senator
Allison. four times a candidate for the
Z Presidency. never once miscaiculated his
chances. He had the prize won in the
I convention Of ISIS: but fool friends threw
away the opportunity. one night, after
midnight and BENJAMIN Harrison pr0dted
by the blUndeT.
EAe4rEL4A-E u ana Sal-GEae
terms 70 the splendid physical condition
of the man. i1 1891. the narrator urged
Senator Allison 10 become a candidate IN
le04. and he quietly. but firmly. said
You are right in one rez.,ect- I am as
strong as ever. and iu 1919 VIII De
stronger. physically. than William Nc
. KinIey was At sixty But I viii be IN
my seventy-fftn year. and the American
people VIII never nominate. much less
elect 70 the Presidency. q man Of that
advanced age.
Tribute from CIarksOH.
Hon. James :. CIarks1u- surveyor o.
the por, Of New York. formerly chairman
Of the Republican National Committee. {
and for forty years The personal friend
and political manager of the fortunes OF
Senator Allison. has written
NO political party has made Iowa
grea- OF kept Il good Democratic and
Republican good works are iutertwined
in il al. The life and public career of
Senator Allison tyP.fy everything that
Iowa loves. adIni7es. and respects; every
thing that he people of America delight
70 honor. His public IF and career meas i
ure nearly half a century OF the progress. I
development. and history OF the United
States. as the life and career Of no other
man have done In that nearly fifty years
he has gone out and 81 before the plain
people. as a quiet msa OF serene strngth
and good purpose; taking up every place
70 which he has been called. and per
forming his duty 20 the public interes:
so faithfully thar no man Of any party
challenges The usefulness OF his service
or the purity Of his record
Pupil of Grimes.
WHO OF all Of our greater public men
can measure with the inches Of Allison's
stature in the altitude Of practical states
maaship CT In his long record Of half a
century IN the public service2 Not one
He was a political pupil OF Grimes; a
member Of I0wa's famous war delegation
in the House Of Representatives; while
Grimes and Harlan, already risen TO emf
nence. largely led in national affairs So
long ago IS more than a generation he
went 70 the House. and 20 his app-en-
ticeship on the tariff in the Ways and
Means Committee; no tyro in politics. for
he had been secretary 10 the national
convention which nominated Fremont for
President. and he had been member Of
the convention which nominated Lincoln.
T. the House he had al the drill os war
legislation. the beginning Of reconstruc-
ton. and the establishment Of a sound
system Of finance That was a great
school. and he spent eight years there
The people OF Iowa were watching MS
development. and when he was gradu-
ated with honor from the House he was
sent TO the Senate. there % remain until
the close Of his life on earth for the
people Of his state have grown from pride
10 affection and veneration for the man
whom they have honored and who has
hOnored not only his state but our com
mon country as well
Trusted Friend of Great Men.
Senator Allison has been the trusted
friend and colleague. the intimate asso-
ciste o. all the greater men in public
life. including all Of the Presidents from
Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt. /
and not excepting the Democrat Of sturdy
views who held sway during eight years
of the fifty that Senator Allison has given
TO his country. There were Thaddeus
Stevens. Oliver P. Morton. zachariah
Chandler Roscoe Conkling. James @ :
Blaine. and all Of the other strong and
eminent men OF the generation in which
he has lived. And mark this, Senator
Allison has had close association with the /
strongest men in our national affairs. and
has never lost 10 himself the favor Of /
any Of them by the least UNIV rthiness. /
nor has he made a personal enemy among /
them all This IS an unusual record. IN /
which any man may well take pride. and 1
in which his friends and admirers may
also have pride; that IS not the pride I
Of vanity nor of happy circumstance -