The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-05-29
Gov. Frank @. LOwden of Illinois,
A Possible Future President

that Is needed In the White House at
this time. have some friends here
who are union men and make a living
by their daily toll. You would natur-
ally expect the state house crowd 10
be for Lowden. but found there Ia
boring people his strongest hackers.
They said: Hes got horse sense
and has been square with us"
One day | met Gov Lowden. He
is wholesouled. goodnatured, warm
hearted cordial chap. As look
back over the years and recall meet
ing many men. remember the dis
;inctiye handshake of just two-Gov.
Stubbs OF Kansas and Gov Lowden.
II Is handshake that one never for
gets. A handshake that suggests con-
fidence. friendliness and bigness.
Gov. Lowden had nothing 10 say
about his possible candidacy for the
presidency He did talk freely of the
big problems in Illinois. and in the
country had heard good deal
about how Gov. Lowden had reorgan-
lied the administrative affairs of the
state. consolidating 125 commissions,
boards and bureaus. into nine depart.
ments under director who spends
his whole time on the job. Thers Is
a good deal that might be said about
the administrative Code" adopted b.
Illinois that ought to be OF interest TO
Colorado folks. but It will have to be
done in another story.
And I had heard how during the
war time efforts Gov. Lowden had got
ton real miliionaires suc real work
ing people together in .hn same rom
eating on the same table. and working
together on various lcords and CON
mitfees. These efforts by Gov. Low
den have done much to bring about
harmony and friendly relations be
tween labor and capital in many Hi
nois Industries.
was glad to talk these things over
with the governor and get a better
understanding OF them-for the real
big problems this country must face
In the near years 10 come are fhosS
effecting capital and labor And the
men who can be OF most service TO the
country are those who can understand
the life problems OF both labo-- and
capital.
Frank O Lowden was born in 1861
In Minnesota. A. boy he lived on a
taught school and saved his money for
a college education At "a he sradu
aied from the Iowa State University
He then went TO Chicago as a Law
clerk and continued his studies al
Northwestern. from which university
he graduated nj 81. He became q
successful attorney fn Chicago. He
has always been n popular speaker. in
teresied in uhe big affairs of his cit,
and state
He has big farm in northwestern
Der OF years. He is now developing
some more big farm land tracts in Ar
kansas, He served as member oi
Congress for three terms. 1906 to 1911
He was elected governor In 1916.
Mr.. Lowden has been successful be
yond hts fondest dreams as he looked
into the future as country schoo
teacher in Iowa His farm invest.
ments have grown into fortune, as
they have for so many folks who have
held their farm lands In Illinois. ant
other rich farming states. He has
be. n connected with big affairs o.
! many kinds and has prospered well.
In 1896 he married Miss Florenc'
Pullman. daughter OF George n. Pull
man. They have four children. sor
in France and three daughters a
home.
Gov. Lowden told me that the fines
vacation he ever spent was In th'
mountains OF Colorado. and he hopes
to come and camp out again som'
time.
Washington. D. C. May II.