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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1900)
1'Ylinmry 4 , 1IXX ) . Senator Lodge and Grosveiior of Ohio A man who Is pointed out a score of times a day to visitors in the senate press gallery at Washington Is Henry Cabot Ledge uf Massachusetts. He Is ono of the most Interesting figures in congress and ono of the few whoso personal appearance does not belle description. Massachusetts 4 Is represented In the senate with greater distinction perhaps than any other state. Iloth its senators are men whoso reputa tion is not confined to politics and whose names stand fur something besides promInence Inenco In legislation. Doth Hoar and Ledge are men of affairs of scholastic attainment , of family and of varied Interests. Either would have a na _ tlonul reputation , even th ugh he did ii > t hold a seat In the senate. There uro few senators of whom this can be sal.l and fewer states of which it can be said of both senators. They lepresont the old and tlu new. One approached the end of his ca reer eiowned with honor and icspcct , tin other , though he has boon a go d mam yiars In congress , may bo said to be upo the threshold of a career the end i f whlc'i l.i not yet in steht. \l > ( II ViNilllllll-V. Mr. Lrdgo has been called a scholar in p.-ll'tics. ' That is an easy phrase that is usually applied without overmuch dNcrim Inatlon. It Is true that he Is a scholar and that ho Is in politics ; but ho dosi'ii't con fcund the two. In the popular fan -y th' ' scholar in polities Is a visionary prrs n with high Ideals which are usually qui i Impractical when it conies to carrying them Into effect. Lodge is practical. He has his Ideals , as every man In public life < light t have ; but lie appreciates the limit.lions rf human nature ami knows Instinctively when ithose Ideals are Immediately capable i f realization and when they are not. II understands the political wisdom tf biding bis time and making use i f instruments at ills hand for the accomplishment of that which he knows can be done. His name lias been known nationally for nearly a quarter < f a century and yet he is a young man. He conies frcm a long- lived race and some of his ancestors acted Important parts In the early history of the republic ( his grandfather , George Cabot bet , was the first secretary rf the navy ) and there Is no reason why he should not hold a place in public life .for at least a quarter of a century more. Physically and Intellectually he is a tli rouglibrcd. Straight as an arrow , trim In figure , graceful In bearing , Ills outward presence attracts the eye and is quite in keeping with his habit of mind. His brain Is muscular , like his body , and is as finely trained. His mind works with the certainty of a machine. Ledge is a born fighter. If ho had conic from another walk of llfo and had entered the pri/e ring ho would have been the cham- " pion. In whatever circumstances ho might have been placed he would have risen above the surface. lie knows what It Is to be beaten , but he docs not know what it is lu stay beat. A blow aimed at him is always the prelude to another blow aimed In return. Everything he has won in public life , in literature , or in any way , lias been won at the expense of hard knocks which have helped to strengthen his power of endur ance. There Is nothing of the mugwump in his make-up. Ho Is a genuine partisan. He understands motives and how to play upon ' them. Ho knows how to stand by his friends - and his friends know how to stand by him , Ho Is not afraid of making enemies be has I- plenty of them and they are not long left in the dark as to what kind of treatment they tl will get from him. I , He Is distinctively a Now England type , jl What ho might have boon had he boon b irn In some other region may be an Interesting conjecture ; but It Is hardly worth while. II Is enough to know that ho fills the measure of his surroundings. Ho Is peculiarly adapted to his environment. Ileforo a Mnwachusetts audience , es pecially before a Huston audience , be Is nil effective orator. He catches the atmospheri In a way which wi.uld bo Impossible to otu of another heritage. On the stump , In con ventions In times uf great excitement , his speech is kindling and uplifting to a degree - greo which may seem utrango to those whc , know him only in the not altogether sym pathetic atmosphere of the senate. Ho under stands the art of leading the Imagination ol his hearers a continual clmso , while piinc- , Uniting his talk with epigram and local al lusion. Ho is an intense American. Ho has con fidence in the future of ills own country and Intho capacity of the American people ple to cope with any problem that may come along , Ho believes that the Unllcd Statt'E Is the greatest country on earth and that there Is nothing too big for the American perplo to awjilro to , Ho has theories , bui ho Is not a theorist when ho finds Mt \ theories clashing hopelessly with facts. He has virility , tempered by sentiment. Nc man In public llfo has a more familiar ac quaintance witli hooks and no man in pub lic llfo Is lens , under the influence of mcrelj bookish ideas. Ho is ambitious. So Is every man whc * over did anything worth the while. If ( hero's one trait more than another Ir Orosvenor of Ohio that Impresses you 11 li pugnacity. Grosvenor lias been In congresi OMAHA ILLrSTUATHlVUl. \ \ . nearly twenty years and has been lighting nil that time. There Is nothing ho likes better than a scrap , and there Is always fun In the air when ho gets up to speak. Ho is all angles and points , and his entrance Into n debate Is the signal for the bristling of nil the fcathcro on the democratic side. He In as obnoxious to his opponents as a cat Is to a poultry yard. Grosvenor Is one of the most effective SENATOR HENRY CAHOT LODGE THE SCHOLAR IN POLITICS Photo Copyright by Frances D. Johnston. debaters in the house. He knows political the campaign which history for the last thirty years and he has resulted In McKIn- every man's political record tucked away ley's nomination in Bomcwncro in nus wcil-niieu orain wuere ho can get at It at a moment's notice. This makes him a very ugly customer. He has all the resources of a great criminal lawyer in controversy. Deforo ho over went to congress ho had a reputation in his state as ono of the best criminal lawyers who evct- practiced in Ohio and that is saying a good deal. I.ookN ItlUc Sim 111 CliniN. Grosvenor is younger than ho looks. Ho Is some years on the sunny side of CO , but his appearance is that of a man older than this. Ho is a pudgy little fellow with white hair and white beard and a pair of shaggy eyebrows beneath which gleam a pair of very bright eyes. Everybody tells him that ho looks like Santa Claus , and ho doesn't seem to mind the comparison. His propensity for scrapping has not been confined to his career in congress. He served all through the war In an Ohio regi ment from 18C1 to 1SG5 and was promoted from major to colonel , retiring with a brevet of brigadier general of volunteers. In the battle of Nashville ho commanded a brigade. SInce the war ho has never ceased to take cp the cudgels for his old comrades in arms. There has never been a pension bill that bo did not vote for and ho always hits out from the shoulder when veterans arc under attack. Ho la n stalwart of the stal warts. In politics ho believes that to the victors belong the spoils , mid If he could have his way not n democrat would bo left In olllco when republicans nro In power. He Is ready to take his own medicine when he happens to bo In the minority. On every fundamental question dividing political par ties lie taken an extreme view. Half-way measures nro never adopted with hta con sent. An Ijll'follt Menu-mint. . Orosvenor Is not a political manager or organizer llko some others In Ohio , but ho Is one of the most effective lieutenants that n great political organization could ask for When Mark Hnnim was setting up The Hawaiian Islands in 11)00 ) ( Continued from Sixth Page ) have millions of dollars' worth of sugar es tates ; other have plantations for raising hemp ; there are pearl banks off the Island of Hasllan , and 1 nm told rich deposits of coal ami gold exlwt In other places. The timber resources are , It Is claimed , onornu us , and the chance for coffee raising good. The rail road schemes , electric light propositions nud other matters. Including the oi < p"nunities fur the smaller capitalist mid inventor , should furnish interesting matter 1 have already seen some striking evl- i o y u , urosvonor , who couldn't con sent to llo Idle , beGENERAL GROSVENOR Photo GENERAL CHARLES H. OF OHIO Copy gan to give out cs- ri , lt , ) y Bailees n. Johnston , timates from time to time of the number of delegates McKlnloy had secured. Ho had up authorita tive statistics , but ho took the most favorable figures lie could find In the newspapers , added a few McKlnley dele gates here and there to suit his taste and once a week would issue a bulletin which kept the McKlnley column continually on the jump. Pretty soon people began to take Grosvenor's figures seriously. Ho chuckled to himself and kept it up. When the con vention finally mot there was a landslide and Grosvenor found himself more than justified. SInce that time ho hns enjoyed a reputation as a great statistician , although ho really cares very little about political mathematics. IIo has a rich sense i f humor , though , that helps him to carry Ills repu tation with a great deal of tranquillity. He Is one of the most picturesque fig ures In the liuuso and ho will continue to be so long as he remains in congress. Tlioro Is a sturdincss In Ills partisanship that compels admiration , even from those whom he has hit hardest In the dally com bat which seems to fall to his lot. dunce of the wonderful Increase which 1 taking place in our trade with the far easl All the steamers which are now going bo tweeu Hawaii , China , Japan and Austrnll are loaded to their fullest capacity. I cam to Honolulu on the China , the largest t the Pacific Mall steamships. It Is packc with freight for China , Japan and the Philip pines to such an extent that a part of it coal space Is filled with goods , and It hate to steam much slower In consequence. 1 was a day late on this account In coming t Honolulu , anil will probably be still later I reaching Yokohama. It left on the docks n San Francisco a lot of freight which It wa not able to carry , and this Is , I am told , th ease with nearly every ship which leave that port. The passenger nccommodatloi are strained to their utmost. I found tl ship full when I arrived at San Frniiclst and was only able to secure my passage 1 a berth given up at the last moment. 1 w ; told that six other passengers were waltli : for berths and that the only safeway now to engage your cabin weeks In advance. This is the nnore remarkable e nslderli the Increased number of Hteamer.s which Inn FAIKFIELI ) NEH 18SI9 HIGH SCHOOL FOOT HALL TEAM Photo by Whltti-more I been put on at the chief ports for China nud Japan. When 1 first crossed the Paclllc. ton years ago , there were only two lines of steamers , little 2,000 a id ,1,000-ton hunts , which sailed from San Frnnclsi-o. Now there nro three lliufl from Sail Francisco alone to Japan , the Canadian Paclllc , from Vancouver and Hues from Portland , Scuttle and Tacomn , The Jnpnneso are stretching out for their share of the trade , awl beginning with this month the government of the mikado will , for the next ten years , pay annual subsidies of moro than -i.000,000 yen a year to the Nippon Yusen Knlslia and the Toyo Klsi-u Kalslm lines running to Europe , n id also between Japan and the United States. These two Hues will get more than l.KOO.OOO yen n year from the government for their Pulled suites ships alone. The Toyo Klsen Kalsha IMM three 0,000-tmi ships , which run from Snu Francisco to Hung Kong , slopping at Honolulu and tlu > Japanese ports enroute , in conjunction with the Pacific Mall and the Oriental and Occldiitul lines , so that with those lines they fuinlsb sailings from San Francisco to Japan every righty days. The Japanese ships have English otlli-ers. They urn the llnr-st ships now en the Pacific. Tlu1 Nippon Yuseu Knlnlm has nlno steamers of 0000 tons. The Canadian Paclllc ships aie lirge They run , as do all the Ptlgot Sound hlps to Japan , by the northern passage , not Hilling at Honolulu. The Canadian Pacific has. however , a line to Australia , which calli hero. There Is also a line to Australia from Sun Francisco , which calls at Honolulu. It is owned by the Sprcckels. the sugar million Hires , and makes weekly sailings to tin1 Sandwich Islands. \Vluil It ruslN ( n CfitsM IIII'llHIU * . \s to the sailing rates , they arc about the same on the different lines. Tim passage ( o Honolulu from San Francisco In $75 for 1 ho first cabin. $ : ! "i for the InlerniPill'ite and $25 for the steerage. The rales to Yokohama lire $ ' . ' 00 first cabin , $100 Intermediate , and $ S.r > steerage , and to Hong Kong or Shanghai. $ : > : . ' : > first oabln. $ ll.r. Intermediate and $100 leerage. To Manila the first cabin inte Is $ 'jri.r > . The steerage rates are especially profitable. The accommodations are only fitted for Chinese , but there are from HOfl to 1,000 of these on nearly every ship. Wo are carrying on the China fiiO. ! which at $100 each makes a cash receipt of $ firi.OOO for this class alone. The Pacific trade is Increasing so fa t and the lines are so profitable that a large num ber of new ships are now being built to ply between the Chinese , Japanese and United States ports of the Paclllc. The Paclllc Mall Steamship company , the president of which l C. P. Huntlngton , has under construction at Newport News two 10.000-ton stcamois which will bo added to Its line from San Francisco to Hong Kong. These ships will bo equal to the best of the Atlantic liners. Each will accommodate 1S5 first class piiN- songors , putting only two persons to each ntato room. I am told that the Santa Fe Railroad company Is building three largo steamers to run from San Diego to Hllo , In the Sandwich Islands , and tbenco to Japan and China. It already hmi a line of cargo boats , but theao now steamers are to befitted fitted for passengers and freight and nro to he > up to date in every respect. The Great Northern , the president of which li t James Hill of St. Paul , Is said to have four ( Continued on Eighth Page 7 $2.50 $ uiul $3.50 $ Facts Are proven usHcrtloim and It In u well known fad that in the culebruted KEOKNV $3.00 H11OES you get the fume line quality of leather the same style and tone you do In the high grade shoos others ask you $ r..M ) .mil $0.00 for -In liuylng tboiii here you get them direct from the factory at factory prices. THE REGENT SHOE CO. So. ir.th St. , Wrlfr for Illu lrnlU Cnlnliiiliic frr ooooooooooooooooooo * O. A IHIIGIIT THOUGHT O O POH A SENSIIILIWOMAN. . ' © ( y Happy bourn coiiH' from a eimlemed Hlnli-Q of mind mid friini pli'iiHlin , ' iillK-i-H. Comll-r O IICHH of Komi mid I'Valnri' ' pli'UHi-H the eyr.Cj n crntlilrH a cultured mud- mid uiliU to lht > n clinrniHof permm and iiiainifr All Hiicb lilom- O uh"h as llouuli SKIn , Pimples , MothO O ( Notches , PrucKlcs , anIOIIIIIVIMI by i 1 REGAL o FACE BLEACH og 1 mil truatmcnt $2 , priipald. 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