The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-08

| the case before the commission. The duty
would be lessened. increased. or let alone
on the showing OF the facts. Business
in other lines would not be unsettled.
Workingmen would feel no anxiety about
their employment or wages. Jockeying
would cease in Congress"
Cannot Recall Names.
you are said 20 have a remarkable
memory" I observed.
i make no such boast myself" Sena-
/ tor Clspp replied. "Stin. I can remember
most anything but the names Of men
and women. Names will not catch and
/ hold in the machinery OF my recollecting
ability. / was once introduced TO Mr..
Knox. He was candidate for the legis-
lature, when I was running for attorney
general. and an agreeable. forceful. and
intelligent Republican. I especially de-
sired 10 remember his name and so 1
said Knox. Knox, Knox over and over
again 10 myself and. TO clutch il more
securely. associated 1t with the word
strike Meeting him a short time after
ward in St Paul. / thought Of Beat.
Wollop. Thrash. Maui Drub. Hit. and
Thump. all OF which I felt were wrong.
and so I shook his hand asked about
his health and didn't call him any
thing
do you write your speeches."
Never; think them out. heads. sub
heads. and phraseoiogy, while walking
my Office floor. When I get up 10 speak
know Just what shall say and how I
shall say IT. II I think OF anything new
while I am on my feet. I don't hesitate
20 include Il In my remarks"
"Tell me about your first speech?''
1T was made during Republican rally
at Hudson Wis. We we're in the court
house. Toward the close OF the perform
ance my youthful friends called on me
I arose. whereupon the chairman. a sour
person. waved me down I'm a high. tenor
voice. saying: This is a meeting OF men
and not OF boys The calls becoming
louder. I walked to the front and gave
them a whirl."
Remembers Indiana Biscuits.
what 10 you -ecoIlect of Indiana
That we moved away from Delphi. my
birthplace. when I was six years old, and
went 90 Wisconsin. ] remember that my
father was engaged in logging. that we
lived for a time In Rattlesnake Creek.
and that Indiana biscuits were eaten after
being split in two. fat pork put on the
pieces and molasses poured over the
pork. Happily. ! have never partaken
OF any of the early Indiana biscuits from
that day 10 this"
What were your early experiences in
Wisconsin,"
II attended country schools. worked on
farms during vacations. clerked IN a gro
Gerry store taught for a few terms, and
was cabin-boy on a grain ship. running
from Hudson 70 points farther south"
why did you study law"
simply 10 please my father. He had
read law in his youth. wanted to be a
farmer. John c. Spooner was my hrst
preceptor. l got a place in his Office He
was bright and resourceful young man.
will never forget what "A plain-spoken
lumberman told him one Fourth OF July
Spooner had made patriotic address Of
the soaring kind and Clinton. another
lawyer, had read the Declaration OF indie
pendence. Meeting Spooner. the lumber
man said; I liked your speech. Johnny,
but I liked ClintOns a good deal better
His First Law Case.
My father" Senator Clapp went on 10
say, financed my course at the Wiscon-
sin Law School. began practice at New
Richmond. eighteen miles from Hudson.
to which place my family had previously
removed. Ny first case was tried before
a justice OF the peace. I worked two
DAYS. and my client paid me s. But the
proudest moment OF my life as a lawyer
was when the son Of an eminent attorney
in st. Paul gave ME SO I had been
retained. you understand. and had sud
denly found myself one Of those most
fortunate OF men whose prospective serv-
ices were worth engaging and paying FOR
in advance But | soon returned TO Hud-
son. where I practiced eight years. We
were near a large city. land and personal
differences were nearly all ended. and
the lumber in the neighborhood had been
cut and marketed
Therefore. I moved 10 Fergus Falls.
in the Western part Of Minnesota. l made
political speeches. got acquainted with
the people and was elected attorney
general OF the State, an office I held for
three terms. or six years. The legislature
had enacted a law creating a railroad
and warehouse commission, and Mime
sofa was thus one OF the first States 10
attempt the regulation Of freight rates.
During my services as attorney general I
was largely engaged in litigation against
railways. and for six years afterwards
was special counsel for the commission,
St Paul being my place Of residence"
AT home" I said, you are known as
the Black Eagle OF the Northwest How
did you get the sobriquet?"
From the Indians" Senator Clapp re-
piled. soberly. 81 was tall. dark COM
plexioned. and had black hair. The In
dams noted my color and named me ac-
cordlngly"
Your oratory on the stump had nothing
to do with IT."
"Oh. not at all"
What did the INDIANS call you in their
own language
"Um-um: well. as I told you, 1 am
woefuly weak in remembering names"
Copyright. 1910 by James B. Morrow
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