The Washington herald., 1909-04-25

be was stumping Tennessee for Van
Bu-en. candidate for President against
William Henry Harrison. Henry Clay
visited Nashville and called on Mrs
GrunGy. my Ereat-SrandmOther When
she told Ar. Gay what her husband was
doing he said on. 7 see. he IS stiu
pleading the cause OF criminals
Did you study law Immediately after
being graduated from the University OF
Nashville
No, I was made assistant professor OF
Latin and taught Tor q year. L. Kir0y
Smith. the famous Confederate general.
was then chancellor OF the university
While teaching Latin took course in
physiology ana anatomy az the medical
department
Why did YOU enter the law school OF
Columbia College IN New York
Il had always lived In the South and
desired 10 gel view or the other side.
Furthermore. Columbia. under Theodore
Dwight. and Harvard were then the best
law schools in the United States I took
the junior and senior courses Al Colum-
bia.
WEI you tell ne about your student
days in Paris and Leipzig
While IN New Yori, I found could
live IN Germany for about S. a month.
and 50 I went TO Leipzig. matricuIating al
the Uuiva-sity iu October. ls73. and taking
Roman 'a-v and political economy. The
follow < year heard lectures on .Utera-
ture a the Sorbonne. in Paris. and on
civil law att Ecole du Droit.
How did you meet your expenses
-Aiy father. Ike other Southern men.
lest nearly aI OF his property during the
c5vii war I had saved a little money
while teaching Latin. a small sum came
- me On the death OF q relative And I
sold Two pictures which I had inherited.
/ got one Of the pictures back. by the
way. net long ago
WHY did you begin your practice in
Nashville"
Il had Planned to settle in St. Louis.
ard had studied German in Leipzig thai
I might be enabled TO speak the language
when 7 opened an Office. But my grandpar-
ents were very Old and they persuaded
ne 10 stay in Nashville
How did you live while waiting for
cEentsg
Pretty economically However I Kept
out Of debt I remember that ! depended
very largely en- the commissions re-
ceived for collecting accounts Many
times have worked whole week for
fee Of SIC
What brought about your appointment
by President Cleveland. in 1895. to be As
sistant Attorney General of the United
States?
4 don't know. Richard Olney asked me
By telegraph II would accept the place.
lad not previously heard that I was be-
ing thought OF in such connection
You remained in Washington two
years and then resIgned?-
After Mr. McKinley's first Inaugural
ton returned 20 my home and entered
sgain upon the general practice of my
profession, also acting as the attorney
IN Tennessee and Northern Alabama for
TIE Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company.
Later you we're made general sollci-
tor q the Illinois Central Railroad
The position was offered me in the
autumn OF 1893 by wire, and was ac-
cepted- I moved to Chicago and ul,i-
mately became general counsel for the
company.
What haze you 10 say about the reg
Uiation OF railways by the government -
Il have thought all along that IL the
railways were regulated = would be os
advantage 10 the pI5lie IT large. and 10
the sharchol5crS. Railway officers. I
think, have been cf the same opinion.
Tie Hepburn law is not the last word
on the subject of railway control and
supervision, bet Il is very much better
than no law 81 all Relating has been
stopped. much 10 the satisfaction Of rail-
way officers generally. who never. even
in the first place, gave rebates voIunta-
rily- The practice vas forced upon them.