The Washington herald., 1910-03-27
PEOPLETZE CORPORATIONS
Judge Grosscup Defines Word of His Own Coinage and Tells
About Its application.
By JAMES B. MORROW.


night that he witnessed while a boy.
A circuit judge Of the United States, |
rising from the ranks of brilliant ad-
vocacy. yet his parents would have been |
still more honored in the spirit had they |
seen him a minister of the Lutheran
Church. With his gift for striking |
phrases and his feeling OF fraternity, he
might have attained TO eminence. and |
even found great Joy in the tolls and |
functions OF an ecelesiastic.
The pulpit is more than an arena; 1t is I
an organ, out of which can be hurled |
cies Doubtless he would have doomed |
and Numbered in the pulpit.
Or, having the eye to see. the magma |
ton to project and the ready pen to write |
out the vital objects and events Of human
existence, he could have won renown in
constructive authorship. He attempted
polite. but his region was Of contrary
beliefs and prejudices. and ne was halted
and turned back at the threshold. A
campaign orator. he would have chal-
| lenged Blaine or Bryan as an exhorter
and in the artistry OF vivid pictures and
burning words.
Judge of the People.
So he is judge: not Judge who locks
himself away from human nature-an
] dngrscious hermit in the solitude Of his
( own perfect wisdom, whom the world is
! first TO fear and afterward to respect |
| and secretly to admire. If it is possible
bat living man with impulses. convic-
lions and affections. Germanic IN the
mold OF his massive features, although
his ancestors came TO the colonies before /
the Declaration Of Independence; tail and |
soldierly. wearing steel glasses to help |
the sight Of his fine gray eyes; long
striding and graceful. he has individu- |
atty of appearance and manner, and an /
atmosphere of intellectual power.
of the bench and out OF the ermine. |
/ he breaches the gospel OF ''peopleizing"
the industries Of the nation. Years ago /
he was a corporation lawyer-the part |
ner Of a former partner Of Abraham Lin |
coin.
There was no fraudulent and roaring /
defamation against the vulgarity Of pub !
lefty when | went TO interview him /
Certainly" he said. ~ you think IT !
worth while" did no angling-as some /
times I must-for a bluffing bullfish that /
is crazy for the hook and line Thus our 1
dialogue began In courtesy and esteem.
Fortunately Judge Grosscup began. /
II was born on farm in Ohio that was |
half in the country and half In a town |
/ had right. therefore, 10 attend school |
| IN the township or the village My father !
wisely sent me TO the district school at
first. 1 prepared for college in the town,
which was called Ashland, and is yet"
Did you work on the farm?"
Worked on the Farm.
Il always said that did and when my
father heard me he always smiled. New
ertheless. remember that shocked oats
and wheat during harvest and narrowed
the fields in the spring"
| How did you spend your vacations
while student at Wittenberg College?''
My health not being robust, I was ad-
vised to work out of doors As a vaca-
| ton agriculturist, I rode On a hay-rake
most Of the time"
rs It true that your parents hoped you
| would be a Lutheran preacher"
| 1T is. Long before I have any distinct
memory Of my childhood. a scholarship
was bought for me at Wittenberg Col
/ lege. the official school Of the Lutheran
/ Church. Our home was the stopping
| place for clergymen Of our denomination,
and recollect that they treated me, even
Is a small boy, as If I belonged TO the
same brotherhood as their own I heard
them talk Of the calls they had received
/ 10 preach, many of the stories being as
strange and interesting as novels-and. I
suppose, Just about as true.
Naturally. waited for personal ex-
perience of a similar kind and specuIated
as to the form it would take-whether a
voice out OF the air or a symbol In the
| skies. I listened and looked without re-
suit and consequently began to doubt the
wisdom and inspiration OF my parents
choice"
why did you think of the law"
Punishment Too Severe.
1T is a singular and violent story. AS
a boy, let me say. I learned my lessons
easily-I had plenty OF time OF my own,
| therefore, that was largely spent on
things that ought not TO have been done.
Besides. my start was wrong Ny first
teacher. the daughter Of a director. in
the routine OF discipline, put me under a
table that she used as a desk Recitation
followed recitation. noon was coming on
and ! grew pessimistic and weary, and
hungry as well
" Doubtless, I said TO myself. she has
| forgotten all about me-. So 1 pinched her
! just above the top of her shoe as a gentle
and diplomatic hint of my presence. The
scandal that followed agitated the neigh
borhood. Ever thereafter, so long as 1
attended that school. the girls father
would rather skeptically say, in hiring
new teacher: II you tame Peter Grosscup
you Will have worked a miracle
las a matter of course, l tried to live
up to my evil reputation. One day I at
tempted TO throw a huge chunk of hard
snow against the wall OF the school
house, simply to shock the pupils and
master. and to imagine how they would
jump. Instead, I broke a window and
was soundly whipped, as was right and
proper. 1 linger upon details that you
may understand the stratagems of fate
that were Turing me away from theology
and preparing my mind for another pro-
fession, and likewise, TO give you some
knowledge OF my early environment. Ped
agogy in those days carried CAD, the
same as an OK driver.
Sees Teacher Kill Youth.
"a day or two later, another boy was
whipped. and his big brother sent word
that he would come around at his earli- |
est convenience and thrash the teacher. |
Going home from spelling school, a few
-t-t.4- aftav the teacher and older hoxys