The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-22

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ulations or other tricks of the orator.
He talks just like a business man
would at a meeting Of the board of
directors of a national bank" was
the comment of a man in the gallery
the other day, as Aldrich was eX-
planning the intricacies of the metal
schedule in the tariff bill.
Aldrich talks directly at his listen
ers. anL. his words count. His simple
addresses carry more weight than
all the floral speeches of Beyeridge,
Dolliver and other real orators put
together. Aldrich believes in concen-
tration. The tariff and currency are
his sp%ecialties, and he believes in ae-
quiring every bit OF knowledge about
them that he can. A democratic sem
ator said recently that he believed
Aldrich had read more on these two
subjects than any other man in the
United States. He not only intimate
ly knows the currency and tariff laws
of the United States, but is acquaint-
ed with the same kind of laws in prac-
tically all the civilized nations.
when a new work by a financial au-
thority is published, he buys it and
reads it. He talked a veteran CORES
pondent into a severe headayhe one
afternoon when he was asked to give
his views upon the reorganization of
the national banking act.
The Rhode Island wizard is regard
ed generally as an a%ristocrat, yet he
is one of the best mixers in the SEN
ate. He has mastered the knack of
controlling men. He knows the subtle
art of %persuading your opponent to
vote with you.
That man Aldrich spends more
time on the democratic side than in
his own seat" remarked an obser-
want gallery attendant a week or so
ago.
1t is the Aldrich habit to hobnob
with Bailey, Rayner, Bacon, Tillman
and the others of the minority when
ever important legislation is pending.
He fits from democrat to democrat,
telling them informally what is being
done and getting them to agree to
his program. Unlike Champ Clark, he
believes in compromise and concilia-
ton. Senator Allison said of Aldrich:
mot once in all the years of our
association has there been anything
like a jar in II relations; not once
has there been a suggestion of dicta-
ton from Aldrich."
1 The Rhode Islander is the antithe-
sis of Hale of Maine; yet the two are
close friends. Hale is gruff, abrupt
and supercilious with almost everyone
save Aldrich. The latter finds it just
as cas- to be good friends with Hale
as with the peppery Tillman and the
punctilious Bacon.
Aldrich is a rich man. But his
tastes are simple. He could buy a
string of automobiles stretching from
Washington to New York; yet he
walks to the capitol when it rains or
SHOWS. Until this year he has lived
in an apartment at the Arlington.
Now he owns a handsome home on
Massachusetts avenue, in the fashion
able quarter. He mas q beautiful
summer esidence at Warwick, r. l.
He has no taste for society and dis
likes evening functions. His name is
v seen in the list or senators who
accept dinner invitations six nights
every week. Aldrich finds his diver
sion in the winter evenings in read
ing.
Aldrich is looked upon by many
! people as the personal representative
In the senate OF the Standard Oil
trust and the Wall street interests
generally. This is due in part to the
fact that he is the father-in-law of
John d. Rockefeller, il. Aldrich has
been roasted scores of times by muck
hackers because of this relationship.
The Rhode Islander is never worried
by newspaper criticisms. He never
takes the trouble to defend himself
or correct popular misapprehensions
regarding his motives as a senator.
He once smilingly made the follow
ing statement to a friend:
They say / represent the Oil trust
because my daughter married Mr..
Rockefeller. The fact of the matter
is, l have never seen John D. Rock
e%feller, ST., but three times in my
life. The first time was the occasion
of the marriage Of his son and my
daughter. Subsequently, I met him
twice, and the extent of our CONVEX
sation- was some casual remark about
the weather and our health"
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