New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
REGAIN AS A LABORER.

s-En another Ohio farm boy who worked his way
N the infant class Of this tariff Congress is Adna
5ouulus Johnson Of Ironton- His widowed mother
brought him from Missouri when he was an infant
of four Between tbs short terms at the district
school he did odd Jobs as ploughboy. and then
es cannon laborer on the tUrnpkes. on the rail
roads and in an furnace This was in the long
school vaca tons both willis he was pupil and
rs5rhe- for he welded the rod in winter between
che ages OF seventeen and twenty-four Thus he
ssved enough 10 go through law school. sfter ic'-
s,r which he became prosecuting attorney
But Ohio does not furnish all OF the self-rnaoe
members Of the freshman class Of the present
House There is Tom Gallagher, FOR instance, OF
Ch,caro who came from Concord. N II, to the
Windy City when sixteen, and after learning the
s-o, -no,lder's trade became q prosperous halter,
which he still s. John Boenne- OF ETansViie'
Ind was a farm boy, then a boohkeeper ana
finally q stove manufacturer Moss, another ne"
Hoosier member, POOR farm boy, as was
regrirs Of Nebraska Iatta, OF Nebraska walked
across the State OF Iowa crossed the MISSOURI
River and took up homestead In the territory OF
Nebraska This was before tie overland railways
were built and he still IN his teens. Previous
y he had been q poor farm boy in eastern Iowa
P1It when II comes TO Eelf-nade careers few can
beat that OF John Grant, new member from the
10Th North Carolina District. Born in q log cabin
seventeen miles from the nearest town. this young
ta-heeI raw his father out to fight the Union
troops and come back TO find all his possessions
Ev-ept away by the war. John vas then six He
srd his three brothers set TO work. from daylight
al dawn to win another farm from the mountain
wilderness. He had not been 20 school when hs
married az eighteen and settled down on corner
cf this rrorerty But now, feeling the need OF an
education, he bought a dictionary, 'blue-oack
EpeIler and q Dsy1es's arithmetic. and after WORK
.nz al day he would tote load OF pine KNOTS
home at night and while the tired wife and young
sters were asieep, he studied these books Soon
be was able 10 read the newspapers. and dictionary
tn hand ne studied them letting not strange word
escape These books were John Grants only
teachers but they served him well that he was
Eent 70 ths Legislature when only thirty. Then
be Sheriff for two terms before coming 10 the
Gst Congress-
This name, Grant calls to mind another man
who has Just made his debut IN the HoUse-Ranll-
zen Fish, OF New York, OF that Hamilton Fish
who another Grants Secretary Of State and
who also was Governor Of the great Empire State
This members career Is In bold contrast with
those which havs been pictured above He was
aorn in TIE Executive Mansion In Albany, while
his father Governor, Was educated in ST1tzer-
Land and al Columbia University, and then he was
social favorite IN Washington, where he was pri-
vsts secretary 10 his father when the latter was
head Of the Cabinet
Returning TO New York. he settled down TO law
and served eleven years in the Legislature, where
he vas twice elected Speaker. When elected to
Congress last fall hs vas serving his second term
ss Assistant Treasurer Of the United States, d.
.ec1ing the big sub-TreasUry at the metropolis.
this Congress is John Motley Morehead, OF North
Carolina, the grandson Of that John Motley More
head who twice elected Whig Governor Of that
state back in the 4oE- While John Grant was
teaching himself alongside his pine knot FIRE down
there IN the tackwoods Of North Carolina. the
able young grandson of Governor ves plodding
his way through military school and through the
state university yet both have arrived at the same
goal the same time.
UNDERTAKEN AND BASEBALL STAR.
Indeed. II seems though all roads lead to Con-
gress II trod with steady STEP There for instance,
lie Daniel DriscoI. an undertaken Of Buffalo who
has made his way 10 this House climbing over
collins and cooling boards, He has been an under
takeT since he boy, and his father was IN
tbs same business before him And he never held
public Office before his election 10 the House last
fall By tbs Democrats of Buffalo
The hrst professional baseball player to enter the
mouse is John Tener. OF Charleroi Penn He Is
an rishrnsn. born In County Tyrone, and he landed
N America when he only nine years old He
Nelt 70 F1ttsourg' worked as clerk IN Ine pIahts
there. played the national game at spare moments
sAo became professional The old fans re-
member him q star the diamond from 1885 to
20 He played with the Chicago National League
Nua, became well known a a pitcher and was
selected 70 tou- the world with the picked Spading
eeain n lsS. Since then he has been engaged in
Dshking az Charlerio. 6rst cashier and since Rs
President
Three other onetin1e immigrants entered the
1a"dse the other day with Tener. Graham. Of
pfahgheio. IL. came over from Ireland when in
@ teens, taught school I'm Illinois. studied law
me teaching. entered the Legislature and became
u "a" partner OF Senator John NJ Palmer. the
Ho party candidate for President in 1896. Richard
-gNhs, OF Flatbush. y. Y. came from the Emerald
Nhen only i've. went 10 school in Philadelphia.
tHso the leather trade. became A wealthy leather
isnafacturer in New York, ana was made Park
commissioner for Brooklyn and Queens Lundin.
Nhiesgo. came from Sweden. became a