Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

and settled in Alexandria. at that time
little frontier village OF 200 OF 300 people
and the seat of the United States land
office. l took a government homestead
near the village Of 100 acres. / settled in
October, II. and have had my home there
ever since. having added to my ground
until today l have more than 400 acres. >
According to the senator. that is about
all that is interesting in connection with
his experiences. There is considerable
more. however. such as the fact that
he was state senator for several years. a
member of Congress for a considerable
period Governor of Minnesota for two
terms. and has served in the Senate con-
tinuously since March 4, 1895. his term
expiring In 1919.
In recalling his childhood days. even
during that time when he and his mother
came here as common immigrants the
senator says he was happy, as happy as
l am now And that statement some
how, seems to be the dominant charac-
teristic of his life, for he gives the i'm
preston of one who has been happy and
done what he could to make others
happy.
In glancing at the current edition OF
the Congressional Directory one would
get the impression that Senator Will
liam Hughes of Paterson, n. j.. was born
there. Nevertheless. he is a native Irish
man, having come to this country when
small boy.
George Sutherland. senator from Utah.
admits the soft Impeachment, but adds a
comment: 81 was born in England, Of
course" he says, but l came to the
United States when 1 was only two years
old. and SO really, you know. might
just as we'll have been born here. And
that, apparently. settles the question.
Born in Buckinghamshire, his parents
moved to this country In 1884
In the House OF Representatives there
are fourteen men born abroad who came
to this country and worked themselves
up. One of those men. Emmett Wilson,
denies emphatcally being q foreigner.
This for the reason, like Senator Oliver.
that he is the son of Americans and was
born outside of the territory Of the
Stars and Stripes only because of the
temporary sojourn Of his people there
He was born at Belize, British Honduras.
Central America, but woe betide the man
who attempts to insist with Mr.. Wilson
that he Is a foreigner.
But the other thirteen are in the true
sense of the word fOreign-bOrn men,
gathered together from the corners of
the world, bound by the common tie of
ambition accomplished. obstacles over
come The stories of these men are re-
markable examples of determination. en-
durance and grit. and often OF great SELF
One OF the most remarkable stories Is
that OF Adolph j. SABBATH Of Chicago, III.
BY BIRTH Mr.. SABBATH is a Bohemian
Jew: by adoption. an American citizen;
by right of the courage and ability he
has shown. man among men.
When boy he had to work. and the
best occupation he could find was that
of carrying messages. For delivering
these and covering from ten to twelve
miles on foot. he would receive 10 to Is
cents. Not a very profitable occupation,
but during his early boyhood he dreamed
dreams Of the United States. increased
opportunity. realized ambitions. and all
that-but 1t was only dream. Then,
one day, a friend came to see him, a
man who had been to this country and re-
turned. and he carried the message of
possibilities. ambitions realized, and all
the rest Of that dream. The United States
was the realization of such dreams. he
told young Adolph.
And so. when he was fifteen years old.
Adolph SABBATH started to the United
States poor. alone. and unable to speak
English. He went straight to Chicago,