The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
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me rlgnt kind or a boy IS always
helped, Of course. by sensible ana
ssasonahie word OF encouragement. He
has listening ear and hungry heart
to start with As a rule. too, he Is de-
plorsbly poor. The interview I purpose
TO write to-day. with the son Of a farm
laoorer and a woman who had 70 work
for her living. Is intended especially for
boys Of that description.
There was James a Tawney. OF MIN
nesota. who is the most influential man,
IN some respects, on the floor Of the
House OF Representatives. He was a
blacksmith and a maehinist Al the age
of nineteen, killing tine al q cheap hotel
while waiting for 8 promised place Of en-
pioymsnt, he idly picked up a. little biog-
rapny OF Abraham Lincoln He has even
forgotten the name Of the azthor. but the
stimulating facts were all that he needed.
A willing clerk in & country store.
Joseph G. Cannon heard two lawyers trg
an exciting lawsuit ST said then" he has
told ne, that would wear rags and so
hungry TO be Ike them" Only another
illustration out OF a living and achieving
ten thousand
An inspiring Example.
One Of the new Senator'S. Wesley L.
Jones. OF the State OF Washlngton-and
he is the man I an 70 write about
IS an inspiring example OF what Industry,
integrity. courage. and self-contTol viii
accomplish in America Moreover. he has
shown eonelussvely that the magic Of
money. much as It is loved or despised IN
this country. is not necessary to open the
sacred door Of the United States Senate.
Jones IS a poor man The Republican he
beat at a primary election IS the presl
dent OF seven banks and was intrenched
behind the friendships and other assets
OF q long career IN public life and poll
tics. Jones simply went among the peo-
pie and talked. They knew him. and
they voted for him
Physically. Jones belongs to the Nc
Kinley and Bryan group OF orators. law
yers. and politicians TOil, however Eas
dug lines in his attractive and interest
ing face. broadened the tips OF his
fingers. and muscuiarized his bony wrists.
intellectually and morally, he is Wesley
I Jones himself having his own code
OF ethics. as well as his own peculiar
methods.
Although stumper Of grace and power,
he Is rot crazy 10 stand Up and talk II
can only remember" he said. three set
speeches during the whole OF my ten
years OF service In the House OF Repre-
sentatives- Oratory IN the city OF Wash
ington does not pay, either here or at
home. The fallacy that II does pay costs
Congress a good deal OF time. Besides.
2 man should be careful not 70 become
tedious and common"
Il cotE ---r
after the death OF your father, who was
a private soldier IN an Illinois regiment
OF infantry2"
Father a Farm LabOrer-
YES; he was wounded at Fort DoneI-
son. while lighting under Gen Grant. and
died year and a half later, leaving ny
mother in poverty. Before eniisting IN
the army he had been a farm lsboreT.
Ny mother worked By the day and week.
and thus supported herself and her two
children. When I was four years cid
she married again Ny stepfather was
also farm laborer. having employ
ment IN the vicinity OF our home. near
the village Of Bethany. and renting a
little land now and then from a neighboT-
We ware always poor. the want OF every
thsag but the bare necessities OF life be-
ing the inheritance and seeming destiny
Of our class IN every agricultural com
munity"
And at ten years Of age you were hired
out 10 work for wages"
That is So Senator Jones replied
''I went eighteen miles away and worked
three months for farmer, taking so
home after corn husking and giving Il to
rav mother While nothing but q child
IN years. I pIoughed, narrowed, cultivated
corn. and shocked wheat, besides doing
a thousand other tasks which kept me
constantly at work from sunrise until
after dark
For six years I lived IN that way.
gc:ag 70 the district school nearly every
winter and doing the roCghest kind OF
farm labor in the spring. fall. ard sum
mer. Ny money. Of course, was paid 20
my mother. Fortunately, I rarely had
cent Of my own to spend foolishly. One
Fourth Of July. while employed BY .
Mr.. Bliss remained al the piow al
day. Wagons went past the field, the
heavy-footed horses kicking up the Gust
end the boys and girls of my acqIaint
arce- dressed IN their Sunday best, On
their way TO Bethany. where there vas
70 be e grand celebration. including
sreech by a local celebrity. But I was
philosopher enough 70 know that 7 was
poor. and that the dime I might be
tempted to spend was soTely needed at
home.
Regrets Come Too Late.
years after that particular Fourth OF
July. when. as a member OF Congress,
had stopped at Bethany TO visit reIa-
tives and friends. Rlr. Bliss called TO see
ne
7 have always remembered the day
you plowed.' he said. and have been
troubled to think that I was to biame,
perhaps. because you stayed at home and
didn't so TO town. Il has been On NY
mind FOR e long time, and II I was TO
blame. I want you to forgive me-
All OF which shows" Senator Jones
added. that Mr.. Bliss was mighty good
man was glad TO assure him that
plowed from choice, but I skipped some
OF the reasons and circumstances.
zone winter Mack Allen Montgomery
kept A select school in Bethany He WAS
an educated man. and had studied and
Travelled IN Europe I speak Of him par
tieularly because 7 eve him my rescue
from the sodden and hopeless conditions
q my early hfs. he became q lawyer
IN time ard tne United States attorney
Tor the Northern district OF Mississippi
lie vas also q rational figure in the work
q Ire Cumberland Presbyterian Church
7 vas 2 student at his little academy.
- Il vas called. walking back and forth
ron ny home in the country. He,
an rejoicea "a say. became greatly inter-
eees II my work and welfare When he
ct 70 Fafeld and started the Southern
-.s.~a's Caiieee he sent me word that hs
.lll wait for his tuition II I cared 20
his struggling little school. I had
asaaer enough 70 carry me 20 En-
AZ 1-0nt tsomery took me %
-as4s Is the name Of 3Tiller. who gen
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