The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

three daughters in my fathers family
Four of the boys became physicians
three became lawyers and one became &
Presbyterian clergyman. a sister o.
| mine joined the Catholic Church, tool
| orders, and died at a convent in Cleve
land. The boys in the family worked
| the farm, while the head of the house
was busy day and night practicins med
| icine.''
Boys Should Paddle Own Canoes.
|, Had you any notion Of being doc
tori"
"At the age Of ten. I began to thinl
about shaping my studies so as to be 6
lawyer My father said he would edu
cate his sons. but that he would do nc
more. That is the best way. Every faith
er ought to educate his children. II ht
can bear the expense. Once graduated
from college. a. boy should paddle his
own canoe. I was prepared for Prince
ton at Vermillion Institute. in the next
county, tutoring in Latin and Greek to
help pay my expenses. A half-brother,
almost blind from a disease of childhood
and myself were students at Princeton
together. He was preparing for the min
istry and for the legal profession. After
preaching several years. he left Philadel-
phia on his way to Canton where he
was to oficiate at my wedding. He was
killed at Harrisburg in a railroad accl-
dent.
"On leaving Princeton. I entered the
office Of Gen. Durbin Ward. In Cincin-
natl. and also attended the law school in
that city. Gen. ward was a famous law
yer. having been the student and partner
n Demo-
crat. After being admitted to the bar.
located In Canton, near my old home.
I was in debt. but my father fully ex-
pected that I should make my own 1iv-
ing and did. My first fee amounted to
S. I reached Canton in August. The
following spring I was elected city soli-
citor. I paid my debts and money mat
ters have not troubled me since. Ten
years later I was elected prosecuting at
torney of Stark County. Mr.. Mckinley
was running for President the first time.
Canton was his home, and the campaign
in that particular part of Ohio was rath-
er strenuous. I was elected. All Of the
other Democratic candidates were de-
feated.
MY experience as a lawyer widened in
the prosecutors office. There was an or
ganizatiop of highwaymen. housebreak-
ers, and bank robbers in the community.
Their speciality was to torture Isolated
old people who were supposed to have
money. I got evidence against them apd
sent several of them to the penitentiary.
I also prosecuted the woman who mur-
dered Mrs. McKinley's brother. The
jury, however. didn't believe that she
was guilty"
won the Favor of Tom L. johnson.
1T Is said that the late Tom L. John
SON, single-taxer and free trader. was
responsible for your sudden prominence
in Ohio politics?"
"There Is some truth in the statement"
Senator Pomerene answered. when
Johnson ran for governor he stumped In
big tent. which he sent from town to
town and pitched in vacant lots. pre-
sided at his Canton meeting. Afterward
I hear that he was pleased with my
speech OF introduction. My later work on
State tax commission caused him again
to speak well Of me to different men. He
was also complimentary concerning my
address before the Ohio Bar Association
ON the initiative and referendum The
strongest argument IN behalf Of that re-
form lies I'm the fact that much gsod