Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

never capitalized that asset. In fact,
he did not project himself into politics
a great deal until his grandfather had
been dead SO long that the designa-
ton Joe Lanes grandson" did not
mean very much to the average voter
OF the new generation.
Fighting Joe" Lane in Mexico ex-
celled in what military experts call
partisan warfare-going out with an
Independent command and convincing
mans definition of war was accurate.
The game of partisan warfare is to
hit the enemy where he least expects 1T.
Somewhat the same principles have
been carried into politics by the grand
son, Senator Henry Lane. Hence his
campaigns never have lacked spectacu-
lar effects, and his political career has
possessed its own measure of stormi-
ness.
Big, bronzed, jovial, hearty and good
natured, he looks just exactly what he
is in private life-a dependable, whole
some family doctor. That Is his real
business in life. Politics is a side is
sue, but he Is an allopath in politics.
He takes it and prescribes it in man
sized doses.
Senator Lane was born at Corvallis.
Ore, August 2S, 1855. In those days
there were no public schools. The boys
at home, went to private schools sup
ported by their parents or did with
out education. The future senator at
tended a private school in Portland I'M
til he was thirteen and then left to go
to work in his fathers store
At seventeen he considered himself a
man grown. apd struck out in search
of fortune, first engaging in mining
in the auriferous black sands of the
Whisky Run district, on the Oregon
coast. Fortune plainly did not lie there
Then he was first mate of sailing
scow engaged in freighting on Coos
bay. The experience was more helpful
to his vocabulary than to his finances
After that he went back to Portland
and entered the medical college of the
Willamette University. His capacity for
learning is indicated by the fact that
he completed the course in two years.
At once he began PRACTICE in San
Francisco, associated with DR.. A. r
Sawyer. 1t was successful practice
too, but after few years DR.. Lane
left 1t to do postgraduate work in
New York. There, observing the work
of such masters as McBurney. A NJ
Phelps. John ]. Dorning and others he
made strides in professional knowl-
edge. Further studies in Hamburg. I'M
der Schere; in Berlin and elsewhere
on the continent, gave him the profess
sional equipment he wanted, and he
went back to Portland, where he has
since practiced.
How did you break into POLITICS..
he was asked not long ago.
"Oh, l hardly know: 1 have ALWAYS
taken an interest in political affairs."
said the senator. The first time 1
really got In to any extent was hack
In 1885 and 1886, at the time of the
anti-Chinese troubles on the coast.
The business interests of Portland
called a mass meeting to pass resolu-
tions on the subject. l happened to
learn that the thing was ali cut and
dried and that the meeting was NOT
for a free and open discussion, but
merely to condemn the agitation.
This did not seem to me fair. I did
not wholly approve Of all that was
being done by those who opposed the
Chinese, but I could see the point of
view of the laborer. whose pay had
been cut to 80 cents a day by Chinese
competition. thought the laborer
ought to have a chance to present that
view.
Accordingly, 1 got some fellows to-
gether and we took charge of the