The Meeker herald., 1916-09-23
FROM WESTERN COWBOY TO
HEAD OF GREAT BUREAU
Unique vriteup in Great Chicago Paper
OF Picturesque Career Of Con-
gresham Edward r. Taylor

gresham Edward r. Taylor
Thy Joe d. saikeld, in the Chicago Daily
Journal OF August ~
From the back Of . cowpony on the
plains of western Kansas to the head
OF the naturalized citizens bureau 1t
Democratic headquarters, with school
teaching, prosecuting criminals and
several terms in Congress In between,
In substance, gives one an idea Of Rep
resentative Edward T. Taylor.
Why . former cowboy should be
chosen to round up the votes OF for
eign- born citizens for . presidential
candidate Is not easy to be seen 1t .
single glance, but there is . reason
why ed" Taylor-that's what they
call him out In Colorado-wAs select
ed.
It was back in 1875 when ED" T.y-
lor was about IL years old that he
made up his mind he wouldn't be .
cowboy all his life. The cattle had
been hard to manage that day. They
threatened to stampede every minute
and Taylor and his pony were kept
on the jump.
When the young mans relief came
and he was allowed to go into the
messhouse, he put spur to his pony
and dashed madly for the corral. He
had made up his mind.
He decided to get an education.
Born In Metamora, Woodford coun-
ty, Ill, young Taylor had gone to
school only two or three winters, but
like Lincoln, he had . desire for
knowledge. He had studied in his
spare moments and thirsted for more
education.
Bidding goodbye to his pony and
his other friends. the young mAn went
to Lesvenworth, Kansas. He worked
his way through school aud was grad
uated from high school in 1881.
But before we go on with Mr.. Tay-
lor's education and tell why he Is
qualified for the job the Democratic
campaign committee has given him
to handle. let's insert = little story.
When Congressman Taylor il At
home out at Glenwood Springs, Colo,
he sleeps on mattress that all the
money of Rockefeller, Carnegie and
Morgan probably couldn't duplicate.
You know that tuft of hair on the
head of buffalo. Well, Mr.. Taylor
has mattress, made by his mother,
out Of hundreds Of those tufts. He
killed some of the buffaloes himself
but Indians killed most Of them.
While the redskins and hunters were
taking the meat and the hides, young
Taylo collected the buffAloes' bsngs.
His mother made them into . mat
tress when he had enough, and II
there's a man In the country who
sleeps more comfortably than Taylor,
he'd like to know him. Mr.. Taylor
says he has inquired and he can't find
another buffalo mattress In the coun.
try.
BufYaloes are about extinct and
there isn't enough Of them left In ZOOS
to make mattress out Of their bangs,
SO Mr.. Taylor's mattress probably
couldn't be duplicated for all the mil
lions of the money wizards named.
Yes, and there's another little story
about this Illinois boy who is round
ing up the votes of foreign born citi-
zens for President Wilson. In 1872, he
lassooed pair Of buffalo calves and
sent them to the zoo in Chicago.
Graduated from the Leavenworth
high school. Mr.. Taylor went to Lead
willie, Colo. They needed man teach
er and he got job. He hadn't gone
to work yet when the school board
got into q row with the principal. No
other man was available and they
turned to young Taylor.
Asked If he thought he could teach
the new high school, he said he could.
WELL" said the president of the
school board, II like your nerve and
even though you never taught school
we'll give you a chance at als7.5O
MONTH"
Mr.. Taylor-they called him '.pro-
lessor" out In Leadville, where there
was shooting story every day and
more on Saturdays and pay days
had come into Leadville with 1.-TWO
bits" in his pocket. The high altitude
Of the town gave him cold and he
bought bottle Of cough medicine
with his 25 cents.
He held the job IS high school prin-
cipal ten months. He had lived on
$3.50 month and had saved $1,000.
He was rich.
This was enough money, he figured,
toput him through college. The Lead
Vile school board wanted him to stay