The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-12-17

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Daugherty arrives at his Columbus
low office about 9 q. m. The ante
room is fairly we'll filled. He greeta
as long-lost brothers a national COM
mitteeman. a state chairman, the
chairman of a national organization .
secure industrial peace. an American-
, iaation expert, and others.
Call Him 'Harry" e.
T. The warm welcome makes it easy
to call him Harry" y
Gibbs his secretary, has been on
the job for an hour. Gibbs is worth a
s .ory in himself. If you have any
t,ouble in seeing Daugherty, See
Gibbs. &c., - ~@l
Gibbs breaks in with: Senator
Blank at Washington is on the long
distance, Mr.. Daugherty. Will you
talk to him now?'
Daugherty disappears. From then
on, al day. about six times an hour,
| Daugherty has his ear to the long
distance receiver
Between calls Daugherty receives
men >congregated in his outer office.
3 Some Telephone Bill
Frequently he comes to the door
to say: .. "
Gibbs he says, "wire that
man Smith in Chicago that I
can give him 10 minutes tomor-
row morning on that Industrial
peace matter. But urge him to
be here at II o'clock sharp
GIBBS put in a call for Will
Hayes. You'll probably find
him at Sullivan, Ind, his home
today
"Gibbs. wire Edward Mclean
at Washington. that | want to
talk with him over the long dis
tance at s o'clock tonight.'-
i'Gibbs, Z wish you'd get Mr.
Harding On the phone for me-"
Locks Like a Youngster
Daugherty gives the impression Of
being young man. His clothes are
CT latest cut; his neckWear snapNy;
his face always clean shaved and his
rails carefully manicured. He has Il
hearty laugh that is infectious.
/ He radiates good cheer and good
humor. He looks like an athlete
Hes never known what it is to
be sick.
But Daugherty isn't young in years
He's 60 years old.
Thirty years ago Daugherty began
being the storm center Of Ohio Re-
publican politics. Since that time he's
made more intense enemies >anu more
staunch friends than any other Ohio
politician.
While he hasn't gotten office for
himself Daugherty unquestionably has
made everybody enemies as we'll as
friends recognize that he is a master
mind when it comes to political plan
ming end execution.
i Buried Alive
THE enemies of Daugherty," said
one old Republican leader. ''hay3
crowded at least half dozen times
that they'd buried him forever. But
it always develops that they bury
them alive. He comes up smiling,
looking for more fight. Win or lose.
he always smiles, forgets old scores
and plays the game as regular
Republican. He never bolted a ticket
in his life
When Senator John Sherman, 30
years ago, wanted young vigorous
leader who could DO things, he picked
Daugherty Mckinley followed suit
and repeatedly offered Daugherty big
Jobs in his state and federal admin
istrations. But Daugherty was "too
poor" then to accept political job.
+ -. Rough on Mark
In one state convention, just 20
show Mark Hanna that he couldn't
run everything, Daugherty threw the
entire Hanna delegation out of the
convention and seated the anti-Hanna
crowd. Later, Hanna was only too
glad to make peace
Nobody from Ohio was more well
come at the White House during the
Taft administration than Daugherty.
It was Daugherty who managed the
Taft fight against Roosevelt in Ohio
in 1912--and won it.
When many Republican leaders fol-
lowed Roosevelt in 1912, Daugherty
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