The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

sword. Immediately he became q State
officer his income suffered really terri
bic reduction: Ee was so busy compiling
figures that he had no time 10 give legal
advice When he first became connected
with the Federal government he received
as compensation not $4,000, but less than
! third OF that sum- Later on he got
S. .000. To-day. what with the presidency
Of Clark College and lecturing and writ
ing. he is probably back TO his old ten
thousand-a-year plane.
Unlike most investigators OF Industrial
and SOCIOLOGICAL conditions, Mr.. Wright
has a strong aversion for the panacea-
Il always move to adjourn sociological
meeting when the time comes for sUg-
gestiug panaceas for existing evils" he
said once while his di9nihed ecclesiastical
audience smiled its delight. He looks on
himself as an investigator strictly: in no
sense can he take himself seriously when
II comes to naming remedies n this
especial line ne has been os great value
TO the Carnegie Institution
Gen. Louis Wagner.
Gen Louis Wagner. for years the most
prominent OF the conservators OF the
Stephen Girard trust. the country's first
great philanthropic trust, IS. Ike Air-
Wright. a veteran OF the civil war. Like
Wright. he rose IN the volunteer service
because OF his fighting qualities; he began
as a second lieutenant and was mustered
out a brevet brigadier general And again
Ike Mr.. Wright. he is a self-made man;
he quit his books about the time he was
ready for high school. was apPrenticed 10
a lithographer. and at twenJy-three, when
the war came. had managed 10 secure a
business Of his own. which was dissipated
when he turned soldier
wounded at the second battle Of Bull
Run so that he has been compelled 70
walk with the assistance Of canes ever
since. and by this wound forced 10 retire
from active service after Chancellorsville,
Wagner was given the Job OF training
coIored troops. and the first company
OF black fighters sent 70 the front by the
North was personally drilled by him. Be
fore he resumed active service as the
head OF a brigade he had trained several
thousand coI0red soldiers
As a soldier Wagner was as peppsry
Of tongue and as keenly resOurcefUl n
big and little things as Re is to-day. and
these are two Of his most characteristic
traits One day he spotted a negro
corporal who. he felt sure, had belonged
to another regiment under another name
and deserted The negro. OF course
promptly denied the generals accusation
Wagner waited until he saw the fellow
absorbed in watching the maneuvers o,
a company. Then Tommy COnrowt' he
called with military sharpness. The negro
about-faced. up shot his hands in salute
and the general walked away 10 forget
for the fellow had a good record in his
second regiment
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| brother. also born in Germany. built u
| an insurance business Then Louis wen
I into banking. got interested IN politics
I held various important Offices. and ha
( been one Of Philadelphia's leading fnan
I ciers and foremost citizens otherwis
I since the early '70s- Nearly every
body in the City Of Brotherly Love refer
10 him anectioHately as 'old LOuey Wag
ner" and his big and broad form. partl,
hid behind a rather luxuriant growth o
white beard. IS one OF the city's periPa
tetic landmarks.
Stephen Girard Fund.
Under his management the stephe
Girard fund and the other trust funds o
the city Of Philadelphia have been IN
creased prodigiously. especially the Steph
en Girard fund. This was s. %. .000 n tn
beginning. In 1893 II amounted to SIS
925. CO., To-day It is around the SO. .O0O. %
mark. For seventeen years the genera
has been the head Of the board gOvernin
these funds, and. while he has bee
known to delegate some Of his duties a
bank president to assistants. he never Ia
been known TO delegate 10 any one any G
his work as trust fund officer His assC
ciates on the board give him most Of n
credit Of making the investments that {
recent years have so swelled the Stephe
Girard legacy IN spite OF the large ez
penditures made annually by the board I
carry out the purpose OF the trust
John S. Billings. chairman OF the Cai
negie Institution board Of trustees. IS ar
other civil war veteran, and he has th
distinction OF having made a nation;
name for himself IN such widely dissim
lar caIlings as army surgeon and 1ibrs
rian-
/ By Librarians generally Mr.. Billings
recognized as their peer: he is the head {