The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-25

Washington, June 17,-[By The
United Press l-"From Printers Dew
IL to President" may be the title of
new book should Senator Carter
Glass of Virginia reach the white
house.
Ever since he was IA years old,
when he filed the lowly office of
devil" in a Lynchburg, Va, news
paper, Glass has been in newspaper
work.
Glass, known among his friends as
the gentleman farmer from Virgin
ia" was born in Lynchburg, January
4, 1858. His ancestors settled in the
valley of Virginia before the revolu-
tionary war.
Glass is of Scotch Irish descent.
His early boyhood was one of fun and
a good time up to the age of IA, and
even after he reached that age Car
ter was known as baseball player
of ability. His companions hickman Z
ed him '1Pluck" and to this day he is
known to his closest associates as
PLUCK" Glass.
Started As Printer.
Carter Glass did not receive the
college education his parents intended
he should for times were hard then,
but he attended public and private
schools of Lynchburg.
At the age of fourteen Carter de-
cided it was time to go to work and
| secured position" as printers
devil" on the Lynchburg Republican.
He was born in the newspaper
game" and has spent most of his
life in it. From an apprentice print
er Glass advanced himself to a re-
porter on the paper, and later assisted
his father in publishing and editing
noUSDono In, Dot h,rro
the present time Glass owns the
Lynchburg News and Lynchburg Dali
ly Advance.
Carter is home loving man. He
has four childen. His two sons, Ma
jor 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 forty one the
only public office Glass had sought
was that of clerk in the Lynchburg
council. He held the position twen-
ty years. He was not actively en-
gagged in politics but strongly influ
enced the voting sentiments in that
section of the country and was a
leader in state party councils, as we'll
as member of the state executive
committee. ~.
Glass had a wide reputation as a
writer throughout the state but little
experience as a speaker. When the
democratic convention met in Roa-
noke in 1897, Glass made a hot
speech and won the nomination for
Major J. Hoge Tyler as governor.
Since that time he has been consid
cred as very forceful speaker.
In 1899 Glass made his first big
sv,fo H. fx-so dc
persuaded him to run for a state SEN
atorship. He was elected to that Of
fee and held it until 1902. When a
special election was held for the sixth
congressional district of Virginia,
for successor to the late Represen-
tative 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 commit
tee, author Of tie present federal
reserve system and member of the
congressional committee that went
abroad to tour the battIefields.
On December IL, 1918, President
Wilson appointed Glass as secretary
of the treasury to seceed William G..
McAdoo. During his term as a cabi-
net officer, Glass led the victory loan
anu llOeTIy lOdu drives anu uTSeu
loans for the starving countries of
Europe.
Appointed To Senate.
Governor Davis of Virginia appoint
ed Glass as senator from Virginia
to succeed the late Thomas S. Mar
tin. He resigned as Secretary of the
Treasury January 2, 1920.
Since becoming a senator, Glass
had been a strong supporter of the
Wilson administration and is in fav-,
or of the League of Nations. He also
recently expressed himself in favor
of suffrage and even went so far as
to request the Virginia legislature to
ratify the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment.
Glass has one hobby and that is
his stock farm. His boyhood ambi-
tion to become great ball PLAYER has
teen cast aside, although now and
then he manages to SNEAK off, to a
ball game. This stock farm is the
pride of Virginia and Campbell coun-
tvs greatest exhibit He is an ex-
cellent judge of cattle and hogs and
has some of the finest stock In the
county.
His favorite "cuss word" now is
dad bum." This is his only expletive
and the furthest he, sound Metho-
dist. ever ventures. He uses neither
tobacco nOr liQuor