Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-10-20
HIGH LIGHTS IN THE CAREER
OF PHILANDER c. KNOX

Washington, Oct. 18.-"Since lives
of great men all remind US we can
make our lives sublime, it is worth
while for the youth of America to pay
more than passing attention to the
footprints left upon the sands of
time by the late Philander c. Knox"
declares the Republican Publicity As
ISOLATION in review of the high
lights" in the career of the disting-
uished statesman. The review is as
follows:
assistant U. S. Attorney for the
western district of Pennsylvania 1876
President Pennsylvania Bar Associa-
ton 1897. Attorney General of the
United States under Mckinley, 1901;
reappointed by Roosevelt and served
to 1904 when he resigned.
appointed to U. S. Senate to fill
vacancy caused by death of Matthew
Stanley Quay, 1904, and elected for
senatorial term 1905-11, resigning in
1909 to become Secretary of State
under President Taft. Reelected to
Senate March 6, 1916, to succeed
Senator George T. Oliver.
Received SO votes for Republican
presidential nomination in convention
of 1908. Refused Attorney General
ship during McKinley's first term.
Twice refused Roosevelt's tender of
appointment to the U. S. Supreme
Court. Prominently mentionec for
appointment a; Secretary Of State
under Harding, but preferred to re-
main in the Senace.
s'Was trusted adviser 81 four Pres
idents-McKiniey, Roosevelt, Taft
and Harding. Successfully procecut-
ed the socalled Northern Securities
Case pronounced by constitutional
authorities to be the gravest and most
important issue presented to the Su-
preme Court since the determination
of the problems growing out of the
Civil War period. This broke up the
notorious Hill-Morgan railroad merg-
err. He secured the extradition of
Greene and Gaynor, who had fled to
Canada with large sums embezzled
in connection with government con-
tracts in the harbor ofSavannah.
Canada refused to extradite them and
Knox, acting in direct conflict with
an opinion of Sir Edward Clark, lead
err of the British bar, took an appeal
to the privy council in London, which
rendered an opinion in favor of the
United States and established a pre-
cedent in international law. He ac-
quired title to the Panama Canal for
the United States and did much to
strengthen our relationships with the
Latin Americans. He originated the
plan to neutralize the Manchurian
railways, which was defeated by the
opposition of Russia and Japan. He
gave a dignity to dollar diplomacy
''He was irreconcilably opposed, as
an American and Senator to the
VllSOu league VI hdIlOllos NINA WILL
see through it, wrote Lansing from
Paris. In the debate on that matter
he proposed what has been referred
to as the Knox doctrine, viz, IF a
situation should arise in which any
power or combination ofpowers
should, directly or indirectly, men,
ace the freedom and peace of Europe,
the United States would regard such
situation with grave concern as a
menace to it's own freedom and peace
and would consult with other powers
affected with view to concerted ac-
ton for the removal of such menace
This was not acted upon by the Sen
ate. He was one of the authors of
the round robin resolution which serv
ed notice on the Versailles peace COLI
ferees that the league could not hope
for the required vote in the Senate
and that the treaty should not in
clude it. He was finally the author
of the peace resolution, amended
somewhat by the House, which Of
ficially terminates the war.
'Philander C. Knox will be remem-
bered as one of the foremost states
men of the age in which he lived"