The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
THE SOUTHS PROMINENT GOVERNORS
Hoke Smiths Humble Be-
ginning as a Lawyer in
Atfanta-How Swanson,
of Virginia, Won College
Education by Eloquence.
Glenn's Hard Struggle.

EdHcdtion BY ElOqueHce.
Glenn's Hard Struggle.
law in Atlanta. at the rather tender age
Of eighteen. His small law Office was also
his living and bedroom; and in it. more
over. he cooked his own breakfasts.
which he bought each morning, not hav-
ing enough money ahead TO lay in a stock
OF staple foodstuffs Smith. however.
prior TO leaving home for Georgia. where
he first taught school. had an easier time
OF II than did Glenn. While his father.
who was president Of Catawba College.
n C., was not In affipent circumstances,
still he had sufficient to give HOke the
usual comforts. II was when he struck
out for himself that the young man learn
ed fully what the lack Of money means.
But HOke was not long without the
necessary wherewithal Almost from the
start of his career he developed the fac
ulty of getting money. and almost every
| thing he has undertaken has turned out
| financially successful He is credited with
making $25. .0c0 a year at law. Glenn. il is
I
annually out Of his practice Perhaps
Smiths most noteworthy financial feat
was the way in which he built up the At
/ lanta Journal. now one OF the best tzNnown
afternoon papers in the South.
When Smith got hold OF the paper. in
/ 1851. IL was near deaths door His meth
/ cd of building IL UP was simple, though
somewhat novel. He not only secured the
best men in sight. but when any one did a
/ particularly fine piece OF work he was
sure TO find in his pay envelope the fol-
/ lowing Saturday an order for high
priced suit OF clothes or for something
/ else equally as satisfactory. One OF his
city editors he presented with fine horse
and carriage. In a few years the Journal
had been turned into fine business prop
osition.
Southern Yankee.
Smiths career is full CT similar Incl
dents showing his Yankee shrewdness. by
which-though he Is a Southegner-he
comes honestly, his paternal grandfather
having been a New Englander who was
on intimate terms with Daniel Webster
His father and Mary Baker G. Eddy, the
Christian Science leader. were cousins. In
his facial ruggedness. Smith betrays his
Yankee blood.
Smiths stirring anti-salOon campaign
for governor is OF too recent occurrence
10 need recital here: also his verbal con-
tests with Clark Howell OF the Atlanta
Constitution. The picturesque qualities
he then displayed have punctuated his
entire political career.
Another Southern governor with New
England blood in his veins is Napoleon
Bonaparte Brownard. OF Florida His
mother was OF an old New England fam
ily. On his fathers side he is OF Hugue-
not descent, which explains his French
forenames.
Broward's parents. like HaskelTs. died
when he was young. twelve years old. in
fact. Two years later he began as varied
a career as-ever led to a governors chair
by finding employment in a logging camp
run by an uncle. He RATED logs. sawed
fence rails. and made himself generally
/ useful Next he tried farming, then he
became steamboat rOustabOut. Starting
on a tug as cook. he had worked his way
10 second in command. when he shipped
north on coast~ise sailing vessel, bound
for New Bedford At sixteen he was fish-
ing for cod on the Grand Banks One OF
his vivid recollectiOns OF this chapter In
his career is that he went TO the fishing
grounds clad in a gingham shirt and jean
Worked on Steamboats,.
Broward first went after cod in 1873.
During the fourteen years that ensued he
was a seaman on coastwise sailing yes
sels and fishing boats. a steamboat hand
and pilot in Florida, finally becoming
part owner Of a steamboat plying be-
tween Mayport and Palatka. Fla
In 1857 he gave up the sea TO run
wood yard The same year he was ap-
pointed sheriff Of Duval County. in which
he was born. 10 ill a vacancy caused
by death. BY reappointment. election, and
reelection he remained sheriff until 1890.
when he went 10 the State legislature
from his county. He became governor
four years later. But before he quit the
Office OF sheriff he had gained fame in at
least two national capitals IS one of the
most daring Of the Cuban filibusters.
In 1895 he re-entered the steamboat bus
mess. having secured an interest in the
notorious Three Friends. This ocean
going tug was built in Jacksonville for
the primary purpose Of supplying the
Cuban patriots with munitions OF war.
BrOward himself commanded the tug on
eight of her trips TO and from Cuba; he
always took charge whenever the signs
pointed to an exciting voyage Through
his connection with the Three Friends
Broward has the distinction Of being the
only living governor for whose capture a
foreign governor offered a large reward
One OF Broward's partners was "Dyna-
mite Johnny" O'Brien. the Spanish gov
ernment also having a standing reward
for his interception and capture Both
men. however, were keen enough 10 cir
cumvent not only the SpanIards. but
Uncle Sam as we'll
Can Do About Everything
A few years before ne became interest
ed in the Three Friends BrowaFd mined
phosphate; two years before he was made
governor he got In the towing and wreck
ing business. The native of Florida ask
ed as TO what his governor has done
could reply quite truthfully, were he so
minded. About everything except fly
Physically Broward would be a good
match for Glenn in a muscle contest. His
jovial disposition also sizes up well with
Glenn's- Otherwise the two men are an
tipodal. Like Haskell. of Oklahoma.
Broward obtained most of his education
by reading. After he went to work in his
uncle's logging camp he put his public
school days behind him forever.
NewtonNC Blanchard. of Louisiana. the