The daily sentinel., 1913-10-01
SEC. FRANKLIN K. LANE


cepon The exception Franklin h Lane secretary of the
rior All the others they regard less the
self s naturally enough looked in the But there
such feeling about Lane. They look him
spite the fact that he used be a newspaper himself
1t hard thing induce newspaper take another
one seriously though he has been printer devil correspondent
an editor and newspaper proprietor Still he used write
poetry and in the drawer of his office desk they say
caught fancy so many other things since
his reporora editorial and poetzng days that the Washington
correspondents willing overlook those early ndscreton
He be president of the United States unless Article
H. Section of the Federal constitution be changed He
Edward Island took him three years find his way America
but when he he stayed He the of Methodist
Methodist minister matter how small his salary gets his children
fair education Young Franklin K after the public
to do some hustlng himself accomplish this He groce
boy Mapa Ga At At s. week TO-. TOR while and printers devil
we'll He was only - when he delivered his graduating ga ADDRESS
at the high school, and he broke all records the university He
two sessions and then proceeded do up the woyea law
course in "a session and half He certainly boywonde
But he had had very early He had toddled off school
alone in Oakland, Call when he years of age.
After his college days he took to newspaper work and his
ca Western papers He gravated into the Reform cuba
of organization which Henry George then in his
and political economy profoundly modified by the
apostle of single who could talk almost well he could
write.
Lane has far know, committed himself
the single but the hatred for special privilege driven deep
soul. three he had become
to and halfowner of the Tacoma News strike
the printers and Lane fresh from the influence OF Henry George
Joined the printers union and hamponed their Still hot
the trail of special privilege he began crusade against political
ring that ootng the city, and result the
Jail and the chief of police went to Alaska But the ed
tor showed still more courage little later The freeve mania
began sweep the whole West and every paper the Pacific
coast was at one time we are not mistaken carried along with
free silver until under in the panic of 1893 Young Lane
sold out his interest for whatever he could get and going back
to San Francisco said long goodby to journalism -Four
later he elected corporation counsel for San Francisco Five
later still G9o2 he within of being made gov
of California figuring then "a RoosevelDemocrat
aerward he appointed by President Roosevelt
member of the interstate commission President Taft
made him chairman of that commission President Wilson made
Thus despite his early Pey, his precocity and his poetry
Franklin X Lane be said have done passing we'll He has
been sgnay honored by three presidents succession these
a if that enough honor he has still recently been
elected Indian chief and his little daughter Nancy has been
made an Indian princess.
Lane is smooth and round and of cherubc
description of him in the Saturday Evening Post several
ago His face round his head round and embarrassed
with too much hair his chest is round everything about
him is round He is student, worker impressive
corng aer-dnner speaker pleasant companion and big law
yer more recent description in the same fol-
lows,,
He radical but he radical He progressive
but he isn't fanatic He is good politician and he has wide
knowledge of governmental needs and the courage of his
tions whatever subject he may have in hand
Probably would be conventional say Lane is breezy
he from the west but shall for of those
breezy to be merely windyand there dis
tincon there What Lane is fine companonabe,
hearty sincere with rs about him. with big head and
Ia big brain it, straight reliable able and strong. He likes the
mountains and the woods and the catch fish sail
boat shoot gun do something golf and the indoor side
make rafting speech tell and read omnvorousy
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A writer in Worlds Work-Burton J. Hendrick-nds
Lane predominant quality to be uperabundant good
and his gift that of making and retaining friends
writer in the Cosmopolanames Hay Jr-on the other hand
his chief characteristic his fighting qualities In the
ter of real classy handohand fighting he give the bulldog
on and teach the panther tricks fast
footwok But the traits very apt go together The
Irish ghtngest and at the time the ovial people
earth Lanes fighting however, the of po
ica He fights for cause policy, principle and
the Tacoma chief Of police after he had fled Alaska remained