The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-31
DIXON, BULL MOOSEs''
 CHAIRMAN, AT TO-DAY,

Tensph Moore Dixod. former Unit ed EtateE .s6nafor from Montana, who was nmtional chairman of the Pro- graasive Party in CoL RooseveIt's last rampaaan, was born in Snow Camp. 11 e. forty-seven years a go to-day Eha Bs1lI, HG6oss chleftaan was educat- ed at Hariharn ColleRe, in Indiana and Gui1nord College in his native State.
 a.I. might never have landed in Mon tana nor in the United States senate.p said MT. Dixon, mad I pot gone to 1lissoura to visit an uncle was headed for the Puget Sound country at the ttme-now che region and re- cipient of tranaportakion favors- when I thought of my relhtive would make a brief call anc travel on! Posters in bIood-red ink and other i'm. pressive examp1eB of the land agents skill had lured me away from North Carolina and started me toward the. tent between 5ournaHsrn ana the le- gal profsszlon- "A wild excursion, ,s> my father saad when he gzlve me his blessing and shook my hand. He was right thSoref1ca1ly.'
 Before that I had c0rr rleteds my education at Guilford CoIIega Rdding south on the carr through the rain and khesfaunf1zar ciarr banks and thick cts, concluded, having previously absorbed 4ne red posters thaE the Pu-
 
 for youth of my talents and ener- gy-
 sEow was an only son and my father had 1000 acres of land vvooMan mill and am iron foundry Fla dispmHed the red poater statements and boldly asserted that was chas- ing q rainbow. But answered, T want to bs q man. to live in a wide awa1xe country, and amonR people who VIII tolerate my cptrlions. even though they dtsagrea with me-
 If you want to read law, my un- cles Judge Woody said out there in 1ElasUurz. go into any back oai1ce and pull ofn your coa3s drew S2o from the baula-lt' vgas a11 the money had '--e0 pay my expenses to Helena, where I passed a good continuation and was admitted to tho Montana bar The evening came found a letter from my father. Tn 1t was lA New York draft for 950 Dear father answered that night, your letter and dnaft were received to- day. return the draft because am lnow a lawyer In practice for myself Sendfng the money back was a. hard thing to do. considering my reduced IEircunnstanceg, but ft went back and am not adverse to mentioning the
 .-F1nancaaz1y my ansaars were rather pinched for year or two. By and by ran for county attorney. coHnkntteee from the American Pro- tsct1ve Association said they would guarantee my election if I would join the organization. I am not a Catho- i1fcs but Quaker Incidentally I left North Carolina to escape political bigotry. .Warring on the Catholics T told the committee. fs un- American Religion has no place in politics. I pans your invitation up. Then the nuns at the hospital, to show fl1vy we're good citizens, had q flag rais- ing. The A P. As in the meantime had been raising the dickens, and it was big enough and ugly enough to do a good Job.''
 .Au the candidates and lawyers in town sent their regrets to the sisters. sat on the platform with the arch bishop Of Portland and the bishop of Montana and likewise made U speech. It sound to me as I went along like a political death warrant. You have committed suicide mourned my friends. Maybe so., replied, but don't give adamn Well say, I poll ed the whole Irish votes and have been polling it ever since.''
 In 1900 MT Dixon went to Wash 1ngton as a representative in Con- sress. In 1907 he was promoted to the Senate, where he became leader of the aProgressives-