The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-25
By Edwin Wildman.


y. William Nelson Cromwell is a modest
Nv York lawyer, with peculiar genius
II Il statistics. or. 80 be more accurate,
mres. A set of complicated accounts
t,e as choice an intellectual relish 10
n Cromwell as a newspaper puzzle ~
D a bright-eyed boy.
- Mr. Cromwell is also dlpiomatlst-
" other words, 2 peacemaker. be BE-
, hes in compromise, aud OF such con-
- ncing personality Is he that the drawn
,orfl is sheathed under his sauve and
ngnetic personality and foes become
least indulsent OF each others posi-
In The business world he seems an
,achronism. If be were 20 stroll down
q Rialto The lesser twinkles of the
fneat white way might mistake him for
E|Erie Bellew; If be were to step upon
We stage and emit Mark Twain drawl
z impersonation would need no make
m; if by magic Chief Justice Fuller g
ll|bes were to be placed ON his shoulders
be puzzle to distinguish him
ON the great jurist.
: why all this about Mr.. Cromwell7
!~scause he is iuteresting-be is more
!, an interesting, be is one Of the most
f,sorbinp types Of successful Americans
10 haze battled up that rugged road
achievement. Mr.. Cromwell as a
udy in sheer brain force and consist
.cy of purpose is worth observing at
ose range. So shy and sensitive man
\ this Panamaniau strategist that the
J rAgrapheTs have found him an elusive
rsonaity. He. sidesteus publicity. He
dges the white light because he likes
! ence and quiet-he revels in the com
nionehip OF his books and his art
nds His office is study and his
-uBes are palaces. I use the word pal
es in 2 decorative sense. for they are
ii palaces. exquisite examples of
j Ietic taste and an artists dream of
Tor.
This man. who has got "more money
Ian he knows what to do with,' did
{ begin life AT the plough, nor the
actice OF law on n barrel and cracker
x. He had some good things to start
= One was an education and the other
prkship on hall bedroom salary. is
6)t "a very inspiring acquisition, but
1t was all Mr.. Cromwell had thirty
lars aeo. He didn Z take q vacation
|F ten years, and his trip to and from
Ah cffico was as regular as the town
rock. AT the end of that apprentice
Eip be made good. The head of the
!, I'm woke up one morning and found
|. at the young man was indispensable.
- he did the logical thing and took
I'm in.o partnership.
THAT partnership SIN exists, and
riliiam Nelson Cromwell s name is sec.
rd OIL the door, Though his partner has
sen dead these many years. That part
"a portrait i tie first thing you see
,7the office. and his spirit is a living,
'-tal thing t5a: every one of the thirty
,rks tbereabouts is made to realize.
lodged III the heart Of Mr.. Crom-
ID, and his dearest desire is TO emu
lpe the preccpts tha5 governed the of
JAe whoa the partner placed him on the
\ seat. That. makes Mr. Cromwell
ntimentnlist. you say.
. Apropos of the thought. I heard
cary. ii was told about the time that
ste isthmian canal project was the bone
3, ,contcution a. Washington. A Ger
ain senator 0;no was deeply concerned
u that Sigh: ccmc over 20 New York
:. See the man who held in his palm the
v position oil the Panama route prop
anE. valued a. sio.000.000. The sena-
rF's business was urgent. He called up
nj Cromwell s house on the telephone
4 II requested en immediate interview.
I, was told that il ne would wait an
q M ,s,llr he might come lie protested and
e5p1ned in vain. Then ne sat down in
q > corridors Of the Waldorf and twirled
Fingers. After 2 time he arose and
Fried up TIC avenue. The hour had
expired when ne vas ringing the
lrNl at Mr. Cromwell 8 residence. The
yut strains Of melody greeted him as
door opened. Mr. Cromwell showed
rSt the stops and sid down from the
s,-heh and greeted MS quest.
srfhe hour was Mr.. Cromwell s daily
-reasion at mis- organ.
SO perhaps be Is poet; a : any rate
f5s. musician, and they are first
Fsslsins.
!mBut poets are usually dreamers. We'll,
sd Cromwell is dreamer. but his
snms are not idle dreams. His dreams
re BIN into literature, and he lives
a month in the days OF the Roman
lie pire, or, if his fancy dictates. IN Mer-
VI England with Thackcray. or he be.
! mes absorbed in the Raid OF the Tar.
8 and the overthrow OF ancient
ssia. Books are his dreamlaud, and
library has a-pleDty. Mr.. Cromwell
,es his domicle. II is . home, q play
lse and q workshop, for work is his
ve FtieT.
ureln his Forty-nirth street residence are
re- D offices, q music room ard library.
Al two or taree o'ciocl; in
u norning might hear the click Of
T9,ewriter issuing from a basement win
AE. He would hardly suspect that
hin was q man who Kept the late vigil
m sheer love of the pursuit OF labor,
! bit the time of the reorganization of
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