Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-10-16
How the Fat l. Fried Out.

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- tithcS. and that. 1t is in violation
: of the law to do 50. and we canno
. afford it, He can wen afford.
, however, to proceed in a dtlirlr.u
} manner There need to to- no solici
tation or levy. The hat which Mr.
Sheldon will pass will be- to individ
uals not corporations. although il
may be done in their corporate head
. quarters and it need not even be
made public till after election.
The y. Y. IorH says the hat he
will pass around is shaped to hold
about 81. OUO. 900. Those at whose
door he knocks will look into a pair OF
eyes which never WAIVER They are
blue and keen. appealing or manda-
tory as the case may be; wide apart
and shaded by finely chiSclcd brow.
The hat bearer is 81, but alert as a
boy of L.. His tivc-fcct-Scvcn is made
/ "p w nv WIS 'ii' ~ hii''i l"iIttt
control, and plus the guidance of a
brain which had been trained in the
school of big achievements.
y white mustachc stops abruptly
at the corners of a determined mouth.
The lips part for words spoken
quickly and dcciSively, and the utter
ancc is to the point. The manner Of
The man is blunt and aggressive, yet
one cannot help but note the saving
grace OF humor. 1t flashes at UNI
expected times. For instance
Hilarious delegates were keeping
Saratoga awake on the night that
Frank Wayland Higgins instead of
himself was nominated for lieutenant
governor. He had been assured of
victory by Senator Platt. and to most
men the pill of defeat would have been
Il bitter dose. 1t was 3 O'Clock in
the morning and he had had no sleep.
Friends found him on the steps of
the United States hotel. There was
a quizzical expression on his face
| ought to know that song he
said as a crowd of delegates swung
down the street, singing: We got |
it, he exclaimed with as much en- |
thusiaSm rs he would have displayed |
if he referred to the nomination, and !
he hummed
" You can push the hamper in.
Iou can push the damper ont.
But the smoke goes up the chimney
Just the same
Mr.. Sheldon will not stop to knock
at most of the doors whittier ne goes
with his hat He will walk right in.
They know him Truth is, few men
are better known in Wall street and
in other cities where financial
masters hold sway. He enjoyed per
Sonal and business relations with the
most powerful tinancicrs in this
He is past master in the
game of finance. His ability, industry
and the opportunity presented by
the business established by his father
have contributed to his winning a
fortune estimated at moro T., an So
DOG, 900.
Therefore, in this cxigcncy, when
the z. o. p. is hedged about by
environments it has
hitherto seldom encountered, it is
plain that in the game of Addition,
livision and silence Sheldon is
the man who realizes how Il thing
AN be done while apparently not do
ing it.
Norman +. Mack, Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
shows Mr.. Sheldon qualifications
or Doodle exploiting by recalling the
act that his record was such that in
1902 Gov. Odcll refused to allow him
20 be nominated as his running
nate, and that it was for the special
qualification implied in this refusal
hat caused him to be selected for
'ampaign-fund collector He is con
lected with seventeen prominent
financial concerns, one of them the
Bethlehem Steel Trust. which does
not employ union labor and opposed
organization of its employees the past
sixteen years. Mr.. Sheldon is also
director of the North American COM
Dany, capitalized at $50, 900, 900, the
concern known as The Mystery of
Wall street"