The Washington herald., 1909-03-07
SENATOR JULIUS CAESAR BURROWS.

married. After my school closed IN sum
mer found work with neighboring
ers.
With letters or recommendation from
Giddings and other prominent citizens. /
set out for Iowa, where / meant to settle
On the way I stopped at Richland. IN
Kalamazoo County, Mich, TO visit my
wife's uncle. On being offered a teachers
place in an academy al RiChland 7 ac-
cepted IL I read the statutes OF Michigan
and having passed an examination in De-
troit. was given a license 30 practice
Then the North and the South went 20
war about slavery. I made patriotic
speeches and helped in the work Of re-
cruitiug.
In 1S62 I was elected captain Of a COM
pauy OF infantry. IN which were many Of
my former students. and went u the front
with my regiment. taking part in such
battles as South Mountain. Fredericks-
burg, Eicksburg, and Antietam- Ny wife
died I'm 1854, leaving a little daughter. and
I resigned my commission. I opened a
law Office in Kalamazoo At the end OF
three months q man paid me $50 for
writing a legal document. That was my
first fee. Soon afJerward I went into
partnership with Henry f Severens. now
a United States judge in the Sixth judicial
circuit. When came 10 Congress in 1873
We were dividing $1,000 a year between
US"
And public Office" 7 said, broke up
your business
Yes; entirely It has been thirty years
since uried a lawsuit"
President Arthur asked YOU. In 1884. 70
be Solicitor of the United States Treas
ury?''
7 was beaten for the Forthy-eiehth
Congress because I had opposed green
backism. fatism. and other fooIshness.
Some of my friends believed / was dead
and buried politically and advised me TO
move West and grow up IN another part
or the country. Then came the offer from
the President. which I declined I told
every one that I pUrposed 20 stay in Kal-
amazoo and fight. ! was elected to the
Forthy-ninth Congress and was re-elect-
ed i've times thereafter. 7 served sixteen
years in-the House Of Representatives.
and at the end OF my present term. in
1911, I viii have served sixteen years in
the Senate"
In what way has Congress changed
since you first came here. thirty-fve years
ago?~
Completely, Of course. IN personnel. In
the matter Of doing business the methods
have been greatly improved. Until Mr.
Reed became Speaker Of the House of
Representatives a handful OF men could
block all the wheels Of Congress. We
had sessions that lasted all night and
speeches that lasted all day-contests be
tween political parties which were mere
tests of physical endurance. Reeds rul-
ings made the transaction of public bust
ness possible and stopped the play OF boys
and comedians. Furthermore. Dartvf feel
ing is not so fierce as il used 10 be. There
was much bitterness IN the newspapers.
on the stump, and in Congress forty and
even twenty-five years ago. About the
first speecls made IN the House was de-
voted in large part 20 the Ku-klux Klan.
the members of which wore red shirts and
masks and carried guns and blacksnake
whips"
rs oratory an effective influence in
Congress nowadays?"
If you mean the lofty oratory Of Web
ster. Clay, and Calhoun, or the hippancv
Of later day. as pleasantly employed by
s S. Cox, for instance, I would say that
il is not Questions which permitted fer
vor and flight because Of their appeal 10
the conscience and the feelings have been
settled-slavery, the preservation OF the
Union, and so on. We are now discussing
trusts, the regulation Of corporations. and
other economic problems. and speakers
must eonhne themselves to common sense
and the facts
Who Is the greatest man you have
ever Inown?"
The greatest man I ever saw rode a
little mule across the lines Of troops
which he was reviewing in Virginia. His
long legs were doubled Up, yet his feet al