The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
STIMSON, WHO STICKS TO IT
FORCEFIL CHlRACTER or THE
REPI BLICAN CANDIDATE.
Habit % ENtrrmc Concentration That
HAS led some TO can Him Cold and
IntOleTant Long L'Si Of Victories
over NrOngdOrrS Love- OF hunting.

Henry Lewis S'tmSpn e., essentially a
metropolitan product. Burn IA New York
ms public activity has been confined -
tins city The son ~ u New York phvsl"-
ian II prominence the nephew ~ well
known clergyman and the prutrge IT
Ehhu Rup' Mr. Stimsou - man WIN
/ IA n" performance 81 "a duty reduces
every act - cpld calculation lie hR-
always bean "a busy man as has every
| New Yorker who does 'hing- THAT the
/ big town regards as worth while. n"
! has had little tim. and less inclination
| fnr the small aud lighter things IA IT..
Golf. tennis and other forms ~ sport
do not attract him. He does not Use
! tobacco except an occasional cigar
I A. tu drinking. the new candidate for
Governor might H. able To tell beer
from rock and rye hu' there ~ a strong
suspicion that tbs shap" 10 the glasses
b would be- of material assistance 10 hun
m m" undertaking
S.'lf-lndulgenCe ~ foreign Ia hs in
ChnatIouS HIS GOODNESS and austerIty
are. however. more tho result of training
aud environment than a part and parcel
~ his nature H." ~ not good mixer
hut he can he genial on occasion when
lie ~ not too much absorbed Ia ia"
work AZ hand His mind is capable uf
lnt.nS" concentration aud this eN-
plains what many of his critics call his
-uTaTCihousne-- He dishkeS Interrupt
ton often Ia the point 81 being dIsa gree
able about Il. hut he N m no sense super
/ cihous. since that term implies ~ nature
and Snubbishness Whatever you may
call It, Mr. Stimson ~ consistent and
might be- Just as abrupt 10 the President
of the United States az Ia his offic. hoy
II his attention were afterward Called
Ia the lapse he would be as ContTIte a.
though he had un~ittnRly stepped on
your sorest corn. HIS ContrltIon would
impress you as SINCERE. u would draw YOU
to HIM and leave you wishing that you
knew the man better
IL has been SAID by an associate who
knows MIR. Stimson we'll and has worked
with him that IN his capacity as a mem
her ~ one of the companies Of the Ma
tional Guard he might ride horseback
for a year 10y the side Of another member
~ the company and al the end Of that
time know his companion littl" better
than at the beginning He ~ an expert
hors"man as well as a great lover ~ horses,
and the incident IIst referred "a might
SIMPLY mean that the attraction Of the
horse and the pleasure of the exercise
absorbed his thoughts for the time being
20 the elimination ot everything else
Mr. Stimson mas a fine analytical mind
He goes SRA ght 20 the bedrock 81 things
and works upward. clearly and foTCiby
analyzing each step A. trial lawyer
he often Irri'atss both Court and the Up
POSING counsel by a stubborn inSIstanCs
On Nhat frequently appear a. non -s~en-
tials. Just a. Frequently nevertheless
these apparent non essentials prove al.
most vital parts II the whole case. He
never INDUCES IN the pleasantries usually
employed by many lawyers To win CON
citation from the jury. He - as cold
and undemonztrative ~ the twelve mon
m the Jury hoH a. ne IL 10 outsiders. hut
b. often wins them just the same hv
appealing 90 'h-ir reason rather than their
-vmpiih'eS
In the preparation - cases Mr. Slim
-nu does not do al IN" work himself A.
United States District Attorney Tor the
southern district 90 New York he mad.
r.,t what would 10 called good dlsctpli-
marian He would frequently call N
an assistant from an important p,ac..
~ work 20 help hum out on detail - his
own he was always prone - regard
his work a. the most Important
He N lniularant % adverse opinion
once h" has made up hiS mind he has
strong prajudic~- both for and against
persnrs and things. He - an ardent