Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-01
Walsh Product of Public Schools.

Thomas J. Walsh is native of Wis
consin, a product Of our public school
| system, and. later. a Wisconsin Univer-
sity man. He cast his fortune with Mon
tana in the year 1890, going there from
Dakota shortly after that territory was
divided and admitted as two states into
the Union Since the time lie located in
Montana his path has. by his own COM
polling efforts. led steadily upward from
! his beginning as a young stranger attor-
ney both in South Dakota and later in
Montana. to the plane upon which he
now stands. a state and national figure.
AS lawyer his fame is not confined
within the limits of his state. but reaches
out to every court in the land and to
many states to which his talents as d
p,eader have called him.
AS writer and speaker along various
lines of thought Mr.. Walsh is widely
known. At recent meeting OF the par
association of the state OF Washington
an address by him on the recall of judges
was not only printed by that association
in it's annual report. but later quoted by
legal journals, cited in Congress In de-
bate on the same question ana orueIeo
printed as Senate document. Since
then requests for copies Of the address,
largely by state universities, have been SO
numerous that the demand could not be
met. ~
foremost orators and statesmen of the
time and has borne a part IN many ue-
liberations of his party, particularly the
last two national conventions. at both or
Which-Denver in 1908 and baltimore IN
19l2-he was a member of the suocom-
mittee on the platform.
Unanimous Vote for Walsh.
Mr. Walsh received the vote of every
member of the Montana assembly-demo-
Gratis, republicans, prOgressives and the
socialist member indorsing him as the
preferential choice of Montana voters for
senatorial honors.
Mr.. Walsh made the campaign two
years ago that defeated the late Thomas
Carter for the position and 1t was
claimed 10y many that he was entitled to
the election by the legislature at that
time.
Probably one of the best Endorsements
of Mr. Walsh's democracy comes from
William Jennings BRYAN, who in the
course of an address at Butte. Mont.
said:
II want to urge upon YOU the impor-
lance Of sending to the Senate one In
harmony with the President. whom you
desire to elect and in the case OF Mr..
Walsh l can urge his personal quallhca-
ton in addition to the principles for
which he stands. l have learned to know
him. to know him sufficiently to feel alb
solute confidence not only in his IDEAS,
but In his steadfastness to those ideas
AS a member of the democratic party,
Senator-elett Walsh will cooperate with
his democratic senatorial associates In
matters of general policy. but in the
event that their program at any time
conflicts with his own best Judgment as
to what action should be taken it can
be safely reckoned that Mr.. Walsh VIII
not hesitate to oppose such legislation.
Lunch Incident Recalled.
1t is recalled that Senator-elect Walsh
was In Washington last spring and took
lunch in the Senate restaurant. He greet
ed Senator Crawford of South Dakota,
whom he knew in the practice Of law in
that state. The latter introduced him to
Senator Watson of Washington state. who
courteously expressed regret that Mr..
Walsh was leaving the city so soon.
Come down when you can stay long
err said Senator Watson.
YES" interpolated Senator Crawford,
come down some time when you can
stay six years.
This last sally was we'll timed. for Mr..
Walsh was then a candidate for senator
before the primary to be held in Montana.
with the strongest assurances that he
would be successful.