The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-06-24

Prom Printers Devil to Presl
dent,"-may be the tile of a new
book should Senator Carter Galss OF
Virginia reach the White House.
Ever since he was IA years old
when he filled the lowly office o.
devil" in q Lynchburg, Va, newspa
per, Glass has been in newspaper
work
Glass, known among his friends as
the northumberland from Virgin
ia,e was born in Lynchburg, January
1858 His ancestors settled in the
Valley OF Virginia before the revo
lutionary war.
Glass IL Of Scotch-lrish descent.
His early boyhood was one OF fun
ana d good time up to HE age OF IA,
and even after he reached that age
Cauer was known us a baseball play
er Of ability. His companions nick
named him "Pmck' and to this day
he is known to his closest associates
as PLUCK" Glass
Carter Glass did not receive the
college education his parents intend
ed he should for times were hard
then, but he attended public and pri-
vate schools of Lynchburg.
AT the age of IA Carter decided 1t
was time to go TO work and secured
position as printers devil on
the Lynchburg Republican. He was
horn in the newspaper game" and
has spent most of his life in it. From
an apprentice printer Glass advanced
himself to a reporter on the paper,
and later assisted his father in pub
fishing and editing Il newspaper in
Petersburg, Va. At the present time
CLASS owns the Lynchburg News and
The Lynchburg Daily Advocate
Carter is a home-loving man. He
has mour children. His two sons,
Major Powell and Lieutenant Carter,
Jr., served in France.
Glass record in public life is re-
markable in the degree of prestige
he has achieved in . short space OF
years. AT the age OF II, the only
public Office Glass had sought was
that of clerk in the Lynnhburg cotn
ell. He held the position 20 years.
He was not actively engaged in poll
tics but strongly influenced the vot
ing sentiments in that section of the
country and was leader in state
party councils, a3 well as a member
OF the sttae executive committee
Glass hal wide reputation as q
writer tn oughout the atate but little
experience 1t g9egker. when the
democratic convention met in Roam
olse in 1897, Glass made a hot
speech and won the nomination for
Major ]. Hoge Tyler as governor.
Since that time he has been consid
cred as very forcible speaker.
In 1899 Glass made his first bis
step into politics when his friends
persuaded him to run for state sen
atorship. lie was elected TO that
office and held it until 1902. When
"A special election was held for the
sixth congressional district of Vlr
ginia for Il successor to the late rep
resentatlve Otey, Glass ran for the
office and was elected by a large
majority
He served nine successive terms
in congress and during his last term
was very active. He was chairman
Of the house banking and currency
committee, author of the present fed
eral reserve system. and a member
of the congressional committee that
went abroad to tour the battlefields.
On December 16, 1918, President
Wilson appointed Glass as secretary
of the treasury to succeed William
G. McAdoo. During his term as a
cabinet officer, Glass led the victory
nd liberty loan drives and
urged iorrs for the starving coun-
tries C Europe.
Governor Davis OF Virginia ap
pointed Glass as senator from vir-
ginia to succeed the late Thomas S.
Martin. He resigned as secretary
Of the treasury January .. 1920.
Since becoming a senator, Glass
had been a strong supporter of vii
son administration and is in IA
vor OF the League of Nations. He