The Washington herald., 1911-02-12

prising men and would prosper. even il
they did not become multimillionaires Sc
quickly as before.
| The bills We purpose to introduce in
! the Sixty-secOnd Congress will be writ
ten on the revenue principle. passed by
| the House of Representatives and sent
TO the Republican Senate. If theX fai
| in the Senate. the issues will be taker
tc the country for a decision at the polls
b. that time there will be a hole in
the national Treasury. The deficit may
amount to $SO.OO0,0OO We are spending
$1,000, 100000 annually for government pur-
poses. The money must be obtained in
SOME practical way. a Drohibitive tariff
VIII not provide il. competitive tariff
will"
Origin Of Family.
The UnderwOOds, as an American fam
lily. originated in Virginia Joseph K gers
Underwood. a cousin Of cen George
Rogers Clark. the famous Indian tighter
and the Grandfathar Of the Birmingham
lawyer. Settl-d in Kentucky He also
| fought Indians. was wounded and cap
turcd and ran the gantlct. After hold
ing many high offices he became Henry
Clay's colleague in the United states Sem
ate. The father Of Oscar W. Underwood
was successful lawyer in Louisville.
In 1861. when Oscar W. was three years
OF age. the family removed TO St Paul
We went there" he said. ''bocause my
mother had tuberculosis. The doctor said
she might recover in the cold. dry eli
mate Of the Northwest. She was s. III
that she was taken part of the way on
a mattress. The advice of the doctors
She IS seventy-nine years OIu.
I'VE lived in 81. Paul for about twelve
years The headquarters Of Cen Win
field s. Hancock. commander of that mil
itary district, was next door to our
house. ! saw Gen. Custer w!.h mis- long
yellow hair. leavr with his cavalry for
the far West. He never came back.
Buffalo Bill Cody was then A govern
ment scout. and was often seen on the
street. ! thought him the greatest man
on earth. st. Paul at that time was no
more than frontier town. Indians would
bring furs to market in primitive waG-
ons. the wheels Of which would make
loud noise as they turned on wooden
aNleS that had never been creased We
would hear the Indians coming far out
on the prairi" and get our pennies to-
gether for the maple sugar that was
brought in TO b. sold with the furS.
speak OF my life in the Northwest be
cause since I was a boy. and | am only
fOrty-eight years of age now, that whole
region has emerged from the woods and
wild grass and become one Of the richest
regions in the world. Since then. too. [
have seen Birmingham grow from a little
village into a modern city. The last
time I was in ST. Paul there were long
lines Of palatial residences where once
I hunted ducks.
oddly enough. the first negro 7 ro-
member to have seen suddenly appeared
one day in the street ! ran three or
town. and followed hIm around as 7
would have followed a white elephant.
While my boyhoOd was mostly spent in
the North. | often returned TO kentucky
to visit relatives %aS prepared for
college in Louisville. Joseph W Bailey.
the Senator from Texas. was a student
with me at the University Of Virginia.
Though he was not particularly fond Of
the drUdgery of study, playing billiards
with considerable patience, he beat every
BODY when il came to debating or speak
ing in public. His is the greatest in
tellecJ. | think. under tie dome Of thu
Capitol. And his memory is simply mar
veloUs. | followed his manuscript on
one occasion in the House. while he was
making a long speech on a difficult sub
jeCt. He delivered it word for word.
without looking at a note. just as he
had written it out"
tCopyriEht. 1911 by James r. Morrow