Evening star., 1920-03-07

he has a wide circle of friends and
acQuaintances.
Gov. Lowden is vigorous physi-
cally, standing about Ave feet eight
inches and broad in proportion.
His hair is iron grey. His recrea-
tion is taken in the open, tramping
or riding about his farm, or in his
library. where he is a great reader
and student. He is an apt classical
scholar. AS boy he was fond of
outdoor games, running, wrestling
and swimming. He nearly lost his
life at an early age when he dove
into ten feet of water to keep up
with the older boys. Theodore
Voss. jr.. one of the big boys,
pulled him out after he had gone
down a second time. This was back
in Sunrise, MINI. And the old
blacksmith shop built by Lorenzo
Lowden still stands there, owned
by the Lowden children. though it
is used only for storage purposes
now.
Gov. and Mrs. Lowden have four
children-a boy and three girls.
The boy. Pullman Lowden. served
in the Prairie Division in Europe
during the war with Germany. The
girls are Florence, Harriet and
Frances Lowden.
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Senator Sherman of Illinois is
sponsor for the statement that
Gov. Lowden has a sense of humor
as well as appreciation of busi-
ness. The senator tells a story of
an experience he had while travel
ing with Lowden during the cam
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Mckinley in 1900. The campaign
committee had made arrangements
with the hotel keepers in the
smaller towns to accommodate all
the republican speakers at 81 a
night. Sherman and Lowden arriv-
ed at small town in southern
Illinois and were given a comfort
able room. But when they return
ed to the hotel after addressing a
republican rally they found to their
astonishment they had been chang
ed to a small room in the rear Of
the hotel.
whats the reason?" Lowden
asked the landlady.
Well" said the landlady. you
don't expect me to give up the
best rooms to you dollar a might
politicians when there's travelling
men coming along, do you?"
NO, i uUH L, Sdiu Lo"utH, sOOu
humoredly, business first. Come
along. Sherman. let's go to bed"
THE most amusing part of the
incident. however" Senator Sher-
man told me. 'is that the travelling
man represented the National Bis
cult Company. child of Lowden's.
and he slept in a comfortable room.
while Lowden and l occupied a
hole in the wall. where you had
- CIT oh ~ hn yiv,-
dow to turn around. Lowden dis
covered the mans connections next
day and said he must be a good
salesman if he had so much pull
in the country communities, and
that he was going to see the man
had raise in salary"
The women in Illinois feel that
When the resolution submitting
the suffrage amendment to the
Constitution to the states was
passed by Congress Gov. Lowden
sent a message to the Illinois leg
islature urging ratification. And
Illinois was the first state to rat
ify. He has made fight in the
legislature for an eight-hour work
day for women. He recommended
dress. A bill fixing an eight-hour
limit on the work of women in in
dustry was pressed at the last
session, but 1t was defeated.
1t is trite to say that the sue
cessful men in America are the
seif-made men. Unless a man
makes himself in this country.
who is going to do it for him?
There Is no hereditary greatness
here. So the supporters of Gov.
Lowden for President are pointing
to him as another instance of the
successful American who has gone
chair. They insist that as a prac-
tical farmer, who rubbed shoulders
with the farm laborer while boy;
as a successful lawyer; as a men,
ber of the national legislative body.
and finally as an executive head of
a big state, he fills the bill" when
it comes to qualifying for the big
gest job in the country.
To opponents of the candidacy of
Gov. Lowden who hint that the
Pullman millions might be a handi-
cap in the race for President it Is
pointed out by supporters of the
governor that he has long since di-
vorced himself from the Pullman
Company and that he does not own
stock in that concern any longer.
At one time he was a member of
the board Of directors Of the Pull
man Company, but he gave over
that Office years ago.
copyright, 1920. by The Washington Star)
Next Sunday James N.
Cox.