Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-01
SENATOR BURTON
IDEAL CANDIDATE
An Intimate View Of Him In
1912 Campaign.
IS STRONG FOR FAIR PLAY.

On One Notable Occasion Declare,
That He Would as Soon Think Of As
saultino Man as Misauotins Hin,
Great Statesman and prodialou
Worker. Says Isaac NJ. Meokins.
Whom the presidential campaign II
1912 was in full blast the chairman o.
the Republican national committee re
quested me TO do some campaigning
for the committee. was called Il
New York and informed that the com
mittee had decided TO put on what II
pleased to call ''The Tariff Special
This was a train with which II was
intended to trail Woodrow Wilson's
western trip and cover each point
touched by the Democratic presiden.
tfal nominee. ] was told that Senator
Theodore Z. Burton was in charge OF
the train and that l had been selected
to accompany him on this trip. Join.
ed the senator at Indianapolis, and In
less than half hour he had my com.
plete confidence and felt that had
known him all my life. His manner
was easy. open and frank. He was
positive. but not abrupt.
Very soon began to learn some OF
the qualities of the distinguished SEN
ator. Among the first was an illus.
tration of his scrupulous sense of fair
play. On the train ont of Chicago an
Iowa newspaper man called Senator
Burton's attention to passage I'm
Woodrow Wilson's History of the
American People" wherein he de.
scribes the panic of 1So3-4 and con-
cludes by saying. Not until the year
1897. when the new Republican admin
istration came in power. did the crisis
seem past This bit of information
interested ne vitality. was curious to
know what Senator Burton would do
with it-how he would handle 1t. L
fully expected him TO use this item In
his very next rear end platform speech.
But he did not. | went to him and
asked him why he did not make use
Of that quotation from Wilson. II
shall make use OF it as soon as | have
an opportunity to verify it." he replied.
Il shall look it up as soon as | get to a
public library" Late the next night |
IN the Denver Public library | found |
Senator Burton porting over volume |
II Wilson's History OF the American
peonle." Il have found the state.
nent." he said "and now / shall use
{. Il should have used it before
old him. But I could not afford to
10 thatr' he exclaimed. Il would as
DON think of assaulting man as
nisquoting him"
Courteous and Considerate.
An incident which occurred ut Dem
er is so good an illustration of Sena-
Dr. Burton's fine courtesy and consid- ,
ration for Others that think it worth
lille repeating. Although this was .
ne Of the most attractive points In /
ur trip. he proposed that should on
lis occasion make the set speech. Al /
lough | protested. it was finally ar.
lnged that he would take only fifteen
inutes and give me the balance of
le time. A splendid audience greeted
J that night: several Thousand were
lthered in theater. Senator Burton /
'ened the meeting and was at his =
.st. The audience responded to him !
and lie could have held {
e attention OF the men and women I
lthered there for hours. ! tossed him n
note telling him that he should hold 9
e platform and not confine himself Z
the agreed fifteen minutes: that the )
dience was his and never mind me-
Fter speaking just fifteen minutes >
nator Burton sat down. That might
our train. chatting with the press
porters. asked Senator Burton why y
did not continue his speech. BE u
use had to keep my promise" he Y
Id. Il would no sooner trespass |
ON another mans tine than | would =
'spass upon his pocketbook." e
Had | been member of the presi- '
nts cabinet Senator Burton could
have been more considerate of my :.
,lings and my comfort in every par v
ular than be was during this entire a. q
D. ] was as unknown to him as to
, reader Of this little story. Herein y
revealed the real man. -
travelling brings out the true char =
er Of the man. After close associa-
n with Senator Burton for num-
: of weeks can say Of him that he ~ ~
not only II statesman and philoso- -
,r and in many respects a genius. 'e 7.
he Is sympathetic. honest. brave =.
ltleman, personally kind. gentle and - -
cere. Campaigning in 1912 for the De
publican nominee was fraught with
ny difficulties and embarrassments.
reason of these very difficulties and ,
| found that difficult Gi
! do not discourage Senator Burton; NJ,
ther do failures frighten him. With ch
celerity of perception he oc,
Is his way out of every difficulty alb
out of every embarrassment. Dur In
my entire association with him | Ito
er once heard him complain. Or
Statesman and Worker. the
| addition TO the refinement of char. ste
" whi.sl he possesses, Senator Bur sio
is endowed with great mind. is bu
'reat statesman and prodigions gre
'ker. A man may lie great states. licC
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