Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-15

the Canadian Paclnc railroad, were my
partners. I moved to Chicago because
III wanted larger field in which te
practice my profession. 3a,- -'';@.a
| Now the case seems to be about as
follows: ]. II. Lewis built up q large
business In the state of Washington
He was also elected to the national
house Of representatives after having
served in the upper branch Of the legis-
lature. He won success In Chicago as
a lawyer. In 1908 he was the candi-
date of the Democrats Of Illinois for
governor. He has been corporation
counsel for the second largest city in
TIA country. The Democrats Of the
tPlcific states made him their candl-
date for vice president in 1900. After
a residence of ten years in Illinois he Is
a senator in congress. J. n. Lewis does
not say that he has any extraordinary
talents, but he wants to be taken Sc
riously. Accidents have, figured In his
career, either at the bar or in politics.
Manifestiy, there Is more Of him than
| whiskers, manners and spats."
Tn the meantime" said, what has
been the philosophy Of your life?' a
| "T have neglected to apply philoso-
ply to myself / am a fatalist. Kind
acts bring rewards. Unkind acts are
followed by penalties. Nothing can
stop the workings Of the law Of JUS
tice, of the law of compensation and
| of punishment. If, as member Of the
| guards or the senate, speak pleasant
ly to the ashman, or tell sick man /
am glad he is looking so well, when he
| isn't, or help poor old woman over q
street crossing, I have an investment
that will pay me a dividend some-
where, sometime, and in some way.
Call it selfishness II you VIII. but the
word was spoken or the act was done.
Say, feel bitterly toward no man. !
have no grievances to plot and work
out. The conduct of those who oppose
me is forgotten when the contest is
over. Such rubbish as hate and the
desire for revenge never has any place
In my heart or mind"
you are an orator." said. rs your
fuency Of speech natural or was 1t de-
veloped by hard work"
IF the world says that am an ora
| tor, It says that Of me which ! myself
do not assert"
Then change the word orator." I
said, Into the phrase, AN oratorical
man."
That sounds better" Senator Lewis
answered A talkatiye man would
sound better still. ! was a nuisance to
the neighbors when I was boy. I de-
claimed in my room and out In the
yard. Speech, thought, was one OF
the tools Of the law. tried, therefore,
to express myself in written and spok-
en- language. Speechmakers, believ-
ed, should be learned men. read many
books. After fighting in court all day
would go to my rooms and read until
late in the night-history, philosophy
and fiction. / have always suffered
from sleeplessness% On Sunday ! would
read the Bible. No man can be called
educated unless he studies the Scrip
lures. Quotations from the Bible.
moreover, are always effective before
an audience.
Likewise I gave some attention to
my voice. / would travel to Germany
of France, hunt out a music teacher In
some village and arrange for lessons
in vocalization. Perhaps would stay
for three weeks singing simple songs
and arias from different operas. Then
took long walks for my health. On
such occasions I would coin phrases,
draw mental pictures and think over
subjects. Some day would make a
speech and use the pictures, phrases
and paragraphs thus worked out on
foot in the fields and woods, and those
who heard me would suppose they
were listening to an extemporaneous
effort"
Alarm BeIis.
us there anything the matter with
| the United States?" asked.
Eyes. Too many alarm bells are
ringing. The noise Is unnecessary ana
distracting. But our worst weakness Is
the belief that men must lose their
personality and combine II they would
accomplish anything In business
| education, moral and government. We
hear little else than the communili- :
| zation Of character and endeavor. All
communal experiments in government
have been failures, because men lose
their Thirty and country for freedom.
Man should develop his character his
mind, his talents, his opinions, and his
body, while standing away from the
crowd. We are being taught today that
human beings can be made by whole
sale like coats, bushel baskets and UNI
brellas. One man, so the debiitating
doctrine runs, must lean on another,
and all men must lean on the govern
ment."
How would you explain your sue
cess in politics?" I asked.
You can pick out my theories,
dare say, from what I have already
spoken of in this interview. But Will
condense the whole scheme Of human
success into a sentence. Extend,
counsel every one. no matter the
nature Of ones business, the common
courtesies of life to the common
people"
What questions are you most In
terested in now?"
1T should like to see minimum
wage established for each class OF
workers in the United States. Next,
I should like scheme Of compensation
adopted for workers, who reaching old
age. find themselves poor. Pension Is
an offensive word in such a connection.
Charity is an odius word. Let the
aged carpenter work fifteen minutes
or fifteen hours day at his own home
or anywhere and let the state give
him something out Of the wealth fund
his previous labor has helped to create
Let him trade window screen or
door at a public exchange for pair
of shoes made under like circum-