The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-06-22

John w. Gates was once a trav-
ehng man. He drifted into the
hardware business, and fell head
long into the manufacture of steel
products. Horses, pretty women.
faro, and other games, and all sorts
OF spirited things appeal to him.
Mr.. Gates was the first important
witness put on the stand by the
stanley steel investigation commit
tee. He wanted TO take trip TO
Scotland, and Perhaps Monte Carlo,
and preferred to testify before quit
tlng the country. Chairman Stan
ley, who is an accommodating Zen
tuckian, was willing
The former wire-maker is q fine
looking piece of flesh. Clad in a
Hatty gray suit, With yellow shoes
ana son to match, and the best of
llncn, he appeared as neat and
fresh as a school girl graduate, the
day he told what he knew about
Andy Carnegie and J. p. Morgan.
smooth cheeks still have the bloom
OF health in them and his mustache
and hair are touched with frost,
put his eye is clear and bright, and
harbors faint mischievous smile,
which, when he talked about Mr..
Carnegie broadened into a laugh
l never listened to n more de-
llghttul witness. He did not owe
flerpont Morgan or anybody else a
cent that he could not pay the day
he was here. Rich, independent.
and free from ordinary cares. he
does not mind having a little fun He
threw brickbats for five hours, and
VIII take the officials of the Steel
trust, If there be such a thing.
years TO sweep the dust from their
front steps. In the meantime j. w.
Ga[es, the gay, the debonair and
the cunning, is capering nimbly to
the tunes of a Scottish bag-pipe.
Andy Carnegie was a queer old
SOUL said Mr.. Gates. Nobody ever
dld understand him. If you hitch
ed him up he would break loose.
gentlemen S agreements did not
poIher MIN when it came to selling
soods. He was out for Andy"
IN substance, that is what Mr..
HdIeS said OF the lronmaster. This
speech was not made in a spirit of
criticism, but it was incidental to
other things.
The committee and the newspaper
men enjoyed Mr.. Gates. He made
good copy
Mr.. Gates was accompanied bv
MS son, Charlie, and his attorney.
Rlchard Jones, Jr. The Younger
yates sat at his fathers elbow and
nave him hunch every now and
then. If the "Old Man. made an
answer that seemed to Charlie to hit
the bulls eye, Charlie smiled and
WINGED at some Of the busy scribes.
Morgan told Jim Hill that he
ana l were not on good terms,'' said
MI Gates. Mr.. Hill got us togeth-
er. i got Charlie Schwab, took him
~ Morgan; We had an all night
~ S9ioh. Inc plans for the big
steel corporation were made"
Ihat is the way he put it. Judge
gary says that he is a dreamer. He
said that Mr.. Carnegie was in a
pool to sell railroad rails at q Ger
tam price, but he broke the agree
ment and soldto one of his Gus
fixed. s"'eS
We had him up" declared the
witness, but he slipped out. He de-
med the charge. The truth was he
mad thrown in nails, spikes and
'eryt hlng else, and in that wav
eHd-ed the agreement. If you con-
vlcted him and fined him, he would
not pay the penalty. That is all
there is to it,
From Gates the Stanely commit
Tee went to the other extreme.
1udge Gary followed No smoother
wltheSs ever appeared in Washing
IN FOR three days the members of
me investigating committee grilled
mihl' put when he left the stand he
was just as calm and as ready as
the day he went on.
Judge Gary has the ADVANTAGE ov-
er ninety-nine one-hundredtbs Of
ms fellow men. His maker started
MIN out with a head full of sense
ana heart full of ice andcourage.
MS flrst efforts at making money
were devoted to the practice of
iaW. He succeeded. He was the
Juoge in the second trial of the
chicago anarchists. AS a Judge. he
ranked well. Cool-headed. affable
educated and quick, Judge Gary is
able to play with committees. He
Told the Stanly committee MANY
Things, but could have told it more.
having heard him tell enough to
I'LL a book, every page of which
would make entertaining reading,
l would like to hear some of the
thlngs he did not tell.
Judge Gary is a middle aged
man. He is younger than Mr..
Gates and of quite a different type.
LIE Is a serious matter with him.
he has worked, using hands, brain
and heart, all of his days. Hard
labor has brought his success. The
STANLEY committee would adjourn at
O'Clock to meet at 10 the follow
ing morning. The witness was al
ways among the very first to ap-
pear. The committee seldom got
a quorum until 1890 or later.
There is difference that counts in
the every day world. Hhat half
hour gained by Judge Gary and
iasI Dy the committee every day
makes vast difference in the fin
ar count. some people would call
W.T.. Vt ary success luck - but