Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-12
NEW SENATOR FROM WEST viR.
GINA AN EXCEPTION TO RICH
MEMS SONS.
az HIS FATHER
WITH BIG BUSINESS
Young Davis EIkins Has Made Good in
His Own Right and Probably Will
BE Continued in Fathers Seat in
senate-he is an Interesting Per.
sonass.
Especial correspondence

Especial correspondence
Washington, Jan. "a Republican
friends Of the new senator from West
Virginia. Davis Elkins. believe that his
present brief appointive term in the
upper house of congress Is preliminary
to a long senate career.
They cherish the hope. and deem 1t
we'll founded. that when the republicans
recapture the West Virginia legislature
Senator Davis Elkins will be elected
and will fill for many years the place
filed by his father. Senator stephen b.
!Illsins. The term of the latter will end
March 8. 1913. and the election which
will be held in the legislature In
short time to fl the unexpired term OF
Senator Stephen 3. E!kins will hold
only until that time.
II is though. by the friends OF Sena-
tor Davis Elkins that the prestige given
him by his appointment for the time
between now and the election by the
legislature will probably result ulti-
mately in giving him a long lease IN
the senate
An Interesting Parsonage.
The new West Virginia senator Is
one Of the most interesting members to
be sworn into the senate in recent
wears For this there are several reas-
ons. One is that he Is only 35 years OF
age and is therefore unusually youth
full to occupy a seat among Hale and
Aldrich and Ollom and other veterans.
Another is that he is a millionaire's
son and according. perhaps. to the
popular belief ought to be indisposed to
take an active part in the difficult az
fairs OF a more or less hard. cold world.
AS a matter Of fact, Mr.. Elkins Is Tar
from being as young as his age would
seem to indicate and in the second
place he is both highly developed ana
capable business man and an astuee
politician. Senator Elkins is one OF
several children Of the late Senator
Elkins, but he Is recognized as the
head OF the Elkins family. In recent
years, In his fathers lifetime, he was
fully trusted by his father in the man
agement OF his vast business anairs.
and, next to his father. he was looked
up to as the foremost member OF the
family. in everything that appertained
to the conduct OF the Elkins proper
ties.
Not Spoiled BY Wealth.
The new Senator Elkins Is an exam
ple Of a rich mans son who has not
been spoiled by wealth. He Is only 30
years old but for about ten years past
he has been taking a part In bus1-
ness matters worthy OF man much
older He took a special civil eng1-
neering course at Harvard to AT him
for the management Of his fathers
great coal and railway properties.
When he was about 25. he began to
take hand in the management OF his
fathers business and the father. having
a high opinion OF his sons executive
capacity at once began to place large
responsibilities on him. He put him
in as director and manager OF the Nor
sen.own and Kingwood Railway Com
pany. a line about fifty miles long oc-
cupyins a most important stragetic
position in the West Virginia coal field.
Senator Davis Elkins is president OF
this company. He Is also president OF
the Elk.ns Coal Company, which OPP
crates elk large mines and nearly 1000
coke ovens and has $4,000 acres OF coal
land. He has direct and intimate man
agement of these properties. He is
vice president Of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank OF Morgantown
president Of the Union Utilities
Company. director Of the American Ma
tional Bank Of Washington, and is
prominent in the affairs Of the Davis
Trust Company at Elkins W. Va. In
the Spanish war he had valua Bile mill
tary experience as captain on the staff
Of General Schwan In Porto Rico and
he served in that capacity with credit.
Did Not Seek Place.
The appointment to the senatorship
was not sought by Davis Elkins. A
number Of his friends. without any
suggestion or solicitation from him,
went to Governor Glasscock and sug-
gested It would be a fitting honor to
his father and a fitting recognition OF
the young mans power and ability II
governor did 1t Immediately.
1t might be supposed that Senator
Davis Elkirs was novice in politics
but ne is nothing Of the sort AS
matter Of fact. he was his fathers poll
matter Of fact, he was his ia
Tiers political representative, and
he is a shrewd and astute poll
| tics. or well-nigh so. as he Is in bust
ness affairs and his knowledge Of bust
! ness IN az extensive az most men have
| when they have attained So He was
thrown into things by his father and
had to learn how to handle men and
! affairs and he has developed remark
able capacity. He is the farthest DOS
sible remove from the mere young man
OF wealth. He Is hard-headed BUSH
ness man. given to nothing Of show,
plain and direct in speech. and much
liked by the men who have grown up
with him and have known him best