The Washington herald., 1911-02-15

Senator Root is sixty-six years old to-
day, and Senator Cummins celebrates his
sixty-first birthday anniversary.
1t seems appropriate at this time, when
the Pan-American Conference is sitting
in this city, to repeat the words which
Senator Root, then Secretary Of State,
made on his visit to the Central and
South American republics q few years
ago, and which to-day are repeated by
school children in those countries. They
made a lasting impression. In almost
his first sentence this cold, Unconditional,
incisive man from the North found the
key to Latin-Amer1can hearts.
81 bring from my country" he said,
"a special greeting to her elder sisters in
the civilization of America
Impressed Latin America
The enthusiasm that broke loose was
all the more demonstrative because Of its
suspension during the period of suspicion
He could have made no stronger appeal
to Latin-American pride There isn't a
schoolboy in Latin America VINO cannot
repeat that sentence, and much more Of
Mr.. Roots speech. We wish for no
victories but those of peace" continued
Mr.. Root. for no territory except our
own; for no sovereignty except the SOW
eTeignty over ourselves
Senator Roots chief pecularity is his
ability as listener. He listens without
prejudice, which is one OF the rarest of
all gifts. Not only has Mr.. Root genius
for listening, but he rivals WI Ting-fang
in his ability to interview an interviewer.
This little incident is still talked about
in newspaperdom: a well-known New
York reporter was sent to Washington
to obtain Mr.. Roots plans for ending the
Philippine insurrection. That was when
Mr.. Root was Secretary of War. When
the reporter returned he was asked what
he had got.
Cot" replied the reporter sOUlfully.
Got nothing. The Secretary saw ME all
right. and 1 told him nearly all 1 knew
about the newspaper business, and was
just starting in to tell him how to own
your own house on $50 a week when an
assistant secretary broke in to consult
him about a matter of business, and 1
had to 60
Born in Pennsylvania.
Senator Albert Baird Cummins, Of Iowa.
the other Senatorial birthday child. is
a native OF Pennsylvania, where he was
graduated from the Waynesburg Col
lege. this institution comforting upon him
the degrees of NJ. A. and LII. D. Cornell
College, of Iowa. gave him another
LII d.
He is a lawyer by profession, and was
a member of the house of representatives
OF the twenty-second general assembly
of Iowa. a member of the Republican
National Committee from 1896 to 1900, and
governor of Iowa from January. 1902.
until November. 1905 when he was elected
h. 4,
of Senator Allison. Senator Cum
Minis was reelected, and his present term
will not expire until Marrh, 1915.
Peter Stenger GrOssCup. judge of the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Of Chicago. who is known in connection
with the injunction issued by him in con-
ncCtIOn' with Judge William 4. Woods
against Eugene V. Debs and other Off
GERS Of the American Railway Union. and
subsequent proceedings in that matter,
and other stirring legal propositions, cell
ebrates his fifty-ninth birthday to-day.
He is a native of the Buckeye State
and a graduate of Wittenberg College and
the Boston Law School. Among his most
notable judicial acts are included his
opinion dissenting from the two circuit
judges, but sustained by the Circuit
Court of Appeals. upon the application
- close up the Worlds Columbian Expo
sitiOn on Sundays. He is the president
OF the John Crerar Library in Chicago, of
which city he is a resident.
To-day five years ago the wedding OF
the Due de Chaulnes and Miss Theodore
Shonts took place in New York. Due de
Chaulnes died in April, 1909
Day of Maine's Destruction.
Thirteen years. ago to-day the destruc-
tion of the United States battle ship
Maine in the harbor of Havana took
place, resulting in the death of 264 men
and two officers.
1t was on this day forty-seven years
ago that the first meeting of the Knights