Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-25


PANAMA CANAL.
] 10 was Senator Knox who conductcI
/ what .e perhaps the greatest aud most
| complex legal investigation The world
I hla cNcr known. he perfected che DE-
] Uy t0 thc Panama canal Here was "a
! law case which began n Paris and had
I lts rami0caUous all through Franco.
/ Then De- reached New York. where am
other company had been formed 10
/ included Washington. where the title
/ was subsequently % rest Thcn 20 won't
I t1 Panama and thence over thC moun-
| mns to FAR away Bogota Tie carried
| % through. and 10 is noted that on aIl
/ t1t rocrmIuaUons concerning tnui
transfer there s not 70 hiut that reaches
tln skirts of che man who brought the
title t1 tho canal from France and
Central America to Washington.
10 b. also represented by The fricnda
OFT Nr Knox that while he was cone
Quoting tho negotiations which took
bum t1 Paris hc did not got alone very
wen with william Nelson Cromwell.
Somehow Mr. Cromwell who tried io
have "a finger in the legal pie that tho
attorney general was cooking, bored
Mr KNOX
For good naturod plain speaking tho
secretary of state in the next cabinet
is famous After he had been elected
t1 the seuatc from Pennsylvania ho
called lt the white House 90 SEQ The
president
FOLLOWED SIR. DOoLEY.
IL want to know what you think %,
my new attorney general said the
president
"Who 10 the new attorney genoraif'
asked Mr. Knox.
Moody" replied the president
"NNeu. rU follow MI po0ley' siid
the PeunsvIvanian. "Is Casey good
for drink2' asked the harkecper Of
Hcnncssey Has hc had it| asks
Hcnuessey He has He is.
The white House women Thought Che
story cruel but when o. became print
ed Tho country roared
Many times President Roosevelt used
Mr. Knox Go promote policies. He sent
for the senator from Pennsylvania
when be had determined on asking
Congress 20 enact some law which
would insure uniformity Of railroad
rates MI Knox talked 70 over. Tie
told the president how far he thought
he could eu and where he could not
venture The president asked him TO
make speech outlining a bill ina
could bc passed that would stand no
test Of tho supreme court and remedy
the evils which were complained or
And suddenly Pittsburg club that was
90 have a dinner two days later re-
ceived "a message that Mr. Knox would
like 90 make speech. re knew his
Putsburg friends 30 we'll that Die could
ask So. and they were more than
pleased 90 comply.
CAME BACK To KNOX.
The sueech that Mr.. Knox made
that night was the forerunuer OF the
great rate bin fight n the measure
chem outlined had been passed immodi-
ately by Congress the same result
would have been attained that was ON
/ ly accomplished after "a struggle OF five
[ or six months. But the president got
away from his moorlngs and the house
[ and senate got away from theirs. and
/ they came back TO what Mr. Knox had
/ said On November late in May and put
/ through just the bin that he said ought
! to be passed
n IS the view OF those who know
/ the next secretary of state Intimately
! that Mr.. Taft could not have got an-
| other man who Sd nearly approached
/ Secy Root in those qualities that "a
| president needs % have close al hand
| IL he had gone over the country from
| end 20 end with "a searchlight Just
, as there d. only one Root so It is said
/ there is only one Knox. Both are
| men Of keen intellect Both are pos
sessed OF "a marvellous ability 10 work
4 long stretches at dime Both haV''
"a broad grasp. and both have the cour-
| age 10 tell a president when he is
/ wrong. Both have done 80 many a
/ time Ia addition both have that great
! life saver for men who have 90 endura
] a. n =
of humor.
BEN HARRISON INCIDENT.
in a great degree Mr.. Knox has the
| respect OF an who know him. He rs q
| man OF wealth and he made IL all an
{ THE law. Everybody has heard IN.
] story of Mr. Knox and the late Ben
I iamu Harrison. who after his retire
! ment returned TO Indianapolis 10 prac-
Else law They were engaged on thf
/ Same side In great lawsuit involving
| the NE Of the street railway system
! OF Indianapolis. When the case came
up am the lawyers made very long adj
| dresses-that is an but Air. Knox. HC
[ spoke Oh the court exactly 80 minutes
| Ills argument was regarded as set
thing the case When 10 WAS ended Mr.
| Knox approached Gen. Harrison an'
| politely offered the suggestion tina
they divide their fees. Cen. Harrison
rather brusuueiy refused. Later
leaked out that the Zee OF Con Har
ison was $4,000 and Of Alr Knox abou
$4,000
LEADS THE SIMPLE LIFE.
The next secretary of state viii h
found hy the diplomats with whom h
comes in contact Go De "a very re
l hIo0drl mou he delights in goo
horses BE lovcs 90 play golf III
/ lives boo the summer in beauuu
home 100 Valley Forge, Pa, his HON
being the old house that was occupic
| hy Con Knox ass headquarters durin
ODE war of the Revolution. IA De- sul
rounded with beautiful trees of vauou
Varieties and a. splendid bass streai
luNs almost hy the doors. Here M
KNOX lolds the simple NE Tie ha
HIs h1 .ses aul hif cows, ami Doe Son.
0hDm to tha Ie.ghturnood f'lrs II
lhD retreat for which ne longs Wnei
over saturday enables him 90 lea
/ Washington. and fortunate, Indeed
Dee who NJ entertained under th.
[ quaint uIl roof
over tle hard roads that rise ar
. | dIp amlnF tho hills around picturesQ'
| Devon ANA paoi thD senator fr0
1 | panusflEHnla can Dr. soon almost cfe