Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 1, 1910, Page 2

e e e JAMES GRAY A SELF-MADE MAN Secured Gollege Education by His Own Endeavors. STANDS HIGH IN JOURNALISM Twenty-five Years of His Life Spent in All Branches of the News- paper Business. James Gray, the Democratic nomi- nee for governor, was born at Falkirk, Scotland, the site of Wallace’s last great battle, Feb. 18, 1862, his father being a master miller and his mother the daughter of a sturdy farmer. In 1866 his parents emigrated to Amer- ica and he was brought, as he ex- presses it, “together with other valua- bles,” to Bellevue, a little milling town in lowa, where they resided, save three years in Grant county, Wis., un- til 1880. At Bellevue he finished his common school educzation, his scholar- ship being uniformly marked “excel- lent,” while his deportment was only “fair,” owing to his penchant for see- ing the humorous side of things. Full of enterprise, he began his newspaper career when eight years old by delivering papers and inci- dentally heralding the news, and his peculiar bent began to assert itself. He took an eager interest in current history and became well informed on what was going on in the world, dis- cussing weighty matters with a grav- ity and sagacity at once amusing and significant—a training of great value to him throughout his subsequent ca- Teer. Experience in Manual Labor. As he grew older he spent his vaca- tions in the village sawmill, piling lumber and, waist-deep in the water, pushing and shoving the logs to the “glip.” During one summer he worked on a macadamized road on a plan of his own—contracting to work out the poll-tax of citizens and getting enough days’ work together to do the whole Job. Thus he was a practical expo- nent of good roads before the present crusade for better highways was born. In 1879, during his last year in school, he acted as a supply teacher, JAMES GRAY. and at the age of seventeen received a full-grade certificate and taught school the following year. In the spring of 1880 his father con-! cluded to learn the new process of milling and the family removed to Minneapolis, subsequently returning to Iowa. James remained, working in a sash and door factory, and traveled daily on the Milwaukee tracks to and from his work, a full-fledged member of the dinner-pail brigade. Secures a College Education. During the summer of this year (1880) an incident occurred which influenced his entire career. He at- tended a celebration of the anniver- sary of the discovery of St. Anthony falls at the University of Minnesota campus, where General Sherman ad- vised young men not to leave Minne- sota in quest of gold, because there was more gold in the soil than in all the known mines. James Gray then and there determined upon a college education, and the following Septem- ber he was enrolled as a university student for a five-year course. He made the most of his opportunities, working his way through college and supporting himself by various kinds of employment. One summer he was AKOTA Every young person needs a business education and it costs no more to get it at this great Business and Short- hand Training School, under exact office conditions, than at one of the small questionable ones. The results are, however, very different. 350 D. B. C. pupils went to excellent positions in banks and offices last year— over 400 will do so this year. All Fargo banks and 685 others employ D, B, C. pupils as bookkeepers, tellers, stenographers or cashiers. No other school offers such evidence of endorsement. : a level-man on the Great . another found him at hotel work, and one at Fergus Falls under Elmer E. Adams; during his college year he carried newspaper routes on the Pio- neer Press and Tribune. Stood High in College Work. Throughout his course he main- tained a standing above the average and excelled in oratory, taking first Dlace in his junior year. He was twice connected with the Ariel, the college paper. and was president of his class; taking an active interest in sports, he was president of the ath- letic association and helped organize the first general field day. The cli- max of his college career was his speech of welcome on ‘behalf of the students at the inauguration of Presi- dent Cyrus Northrop. In June, 1885, he was graduated with honor as the valedictorian of his class. Immediately on leaving the university James Gray went into news- paper work and has ever since been connected with Minneapolis newspa- pers excepting the two years’ service as mayor of that city. At first he was engaged in general reporting, and la- ter in executive and editorial posi- tions, having been city editor of the Tribune, managing editor of the Times and associate editor of the Journal and had business experience in the advertising departments of the Times and Tribune—twenty-five years at the desk, varied only by a short vacatior in the mayor’s office. Familiar With Public Affairs. Mr. Gray's first work was on the Tribune, having the city hall and courthouse runs, which gave him fa- miliarity with the people and a fund of information on public affairs and matters legal and historical, as well as a working knowledge of municipal government. At the time of the Re- publican national convention in 1892 he was so impressed with the dramatic and tragic, the total eclipse of the Plumed Knight, that he literally tore off a tremendous article on the down- fall of Blaine, prefaced with the lines from Byron on Napoleon: “’'Tis done. But yesterday a King, And armed with Kings to strive, And now thou art a nameless thing— So abject yet alive.” Reputation as a Correspondent. When the article appeared great Eastern correspondents came in scores! to see the rural genius who had beaten them all, and the New York Times man and others telegraphed the entire article to their papers. The reputa- tion thus established was heightened by his correspondence from Washing- ton at the outbreak of the Spanish- American war—able, eloquent and vig- orous letters which attracted great at- tention. During his term as mayor he won a number of triumphs for the people, one in refusing to sign a contract or- dered by the city council for the pur- chase of coal because there was an evident combine between dealers; un- der Mayor Gray's orders wood and shavings were used as fuel at the wa- ter works until the trust surrendered. Defeats Traction Company Plan. Another victory of the people was the heading off of a scheme of the street railway company to charge a 15-cent fare between the Twin Cities; | the Minneapolis council had granted | this privilege by an ordinance. Mayor | Gray vetoed the ordinance, which was passed over his veto, whereupon he se- cured the support of the Pioneer Press and the St. Paul city council and the scheme was defeated. When the smallpox epidemic broke out, decisive and sweeping measures of Mayor Gray stamped out the plague; and another of his popular moves was his “I have—have you?’ to bring home, in a style worthy of them, the boys of the Thirteenth reg- iment from San Francisco. Strong Editorial Writer. James Gray is known, and widely known, through his strong, fearless, characteristic editorials, which have a personality of their own so clearly marked that people commonly say, “That’s Jim Gray’s; I can always tell his articles.” His serious articles are occasionally illumined by flashes of native humor. It is of the grave, serio-comic literary type. He is un- consciously humorous while he de- fends himself from the charge. An important side of Mr. Gray’s ca- reer is his public speaking, and he is perhaps more widely known in this capacity than any other; as an after- dinner speaker he has made a reputa- tion that has became proverbial, and he has handled gridiron dinners with a zest, unction and brilliancy that have been pronounced incomparable by President Northrop and other well known men. The late Governor Johnson at one of these dinners said, “I have never heard, even at the ‘Washington gridiron dinners, a fea- ture that compared with it in original- ity of conception.” Connected With Church Work. Mr. Gray has been prominently con- nected with church work in Minneapo- lis and has spoken from the pulpits of a score of churches of divers de- SISO it ion, and his in Sou Dakota on “The Layman’s Age” has been widely quoted. Now, as to the man—and, after all, that is the important thing: Mr. Gray is a man of unbounded popularity, genial, and always ready with an apt reply. He likes people, and is there- fore generally liked; he is what men call “a good fellow,” and women, “a splendid man,” while politicians style him “a good mixer.” Mr. Gray’s Home Life. Mr. Gray was married in 1893 to Miss Grace Farrington, associate edi- tor of the Times. At Linden Hills, where they have resided for over half a score of years, “Jim” Gray is a sort of landmark. They have four chil- dren. You may see him any summer evening with a baby on one arm and a pail on the other, bound for a nearby pump; or in his backyard playing tennis with his daughters or baseball with the small boys of the neighbor-‘ hood, or, if nothing better offers, mow- ing the lawn. To sum up, James Gray is one of the people and a self-made man. He has a natural taste for public affairs, an exceptional knowledge of the state and its needs. His pre-eminent char- acteristics are common sense, even balance, good judgment and caution. Above all he is a man of good prinei- ples ans a kin@ heart. Missouri’s Gain Not Large. Washington, Oct. 1.—The state of Missouri has a population of 3,293,335, according to the enumeration made during the thirteenth census. This is wn increase of 186,670, or 6 per cent, over the population of 1900, which was 3,106,665. Sultan of Sulu in Chicago. Chicago, Oct. 1.—Hadji Mohammed Jamalul Kiram II, more commonly known as the sultan of Sulu, arrived here from Washington. As he is booked to sail for home Oct. 3 h+ wili leave this city at once for San Kran- cisco. The Salon. The French academy was originally a junction of the drawing rooms of the Marquise de Rambouillet and her daughter, Julle d’Angennes, Duchesse de Montausier. The salon as a meet- ing place for conversation and the pro- duction of beaux esprits and writers hardly existed before these ladies opened that of the Hotel de Rambouil- let. Prior to this social event women of tiptop quality and rich bourgeoises received their company in their bed- rooms. There was nothing answering to the English parlor or the Italian ball of conversation. The bed. as in the sleeping room of Louis XIV., was surrounded by a balustrade, outside of which gentlemen who had dropped in to visit remained standing. It would have been shockingly unmannerly of them to step over the barrier. The lady of the house, dressed in her best dishabille, sat or the edge of the bed Ladies calling went within the balus- trade and sat on folding stools, or has- socks, according to rank and age. Mme. de Lafayette painted from life in describing in *“La Princesse de Cleves” a conversation on love, in which the dauphiness took: the lead, reclining on her bed.—London Truth. Guilty Anyway. The most striking instance of a van- ished man coming again to light to take part in lezal proceedings is that which occurred in a case where Dan- fel O’Conpell was defending a man in- dicted for murder. The case for the prosecution seemed as clear as pos- sible, and O’Connell contented himself with fewer quastions than were to have been expected of so eminent a cross examiner. When the case for the crown had closed he announced that he had but one witness to call, but that witness was important to the case. He was the murdered man, very much alive. There was no doubting the man's identity—everybody knew it. The judgze therefore turned to the jury and directed them to acquit the prisoner. To his amazement, however, they returned a verdict of guilty. Asked for an explanation, the foreman observed that they had no doubt that the prisoner was innocent of the mur- der. “But.” he added, *“we find him guilty of sthealing my ould gray mare three weeks ago.” Cutting. Young Wife—How fortunate I am in possessing a husband who always stays at home in the evening! Rosom Friend—Yes: your husband never was much addicted to pleasure. Not Impressed. Bobble—Pa says you're a self made man. Visitor (proudly)—Yes, my boy, I am. Bobbie—Ain't you sorry now Yyou didn't let somebody else help you? —Boston T'ranscript. Suggestive. Mary (aged six)—Uncle Charlie, 1 wish you many happy returns of your birthday, and mamma said that if you gave me a dollar not to lose it,—Lip- pincott’s | manent drganization, USINESS Our $50.00 Business Course prepares for business life, or for position as clerk or bookkeeper. The new $85.00 course in Commerce and Banking (endorsed by Bankers” Association) will supply bookkeepers for the larger concerns and tellers and cashiers for the Northwestern banks. The Stenographic Course (under an expert re- porter) trains high grade stenographers and court re- porters, The stenographers for the U. S. District Court, N. D. Supreme Court, Third Judicial District and the Cass County Court are D. B, C, pupils. Can any other school offer you this evidence of superior training? PREPARING FOR REVOLT IN CHINA American Troops Ready to Sail From Manila. WARSHIPS UNDER ORDERS Three Cruisers Already Are in Chinese Waters and Other Vessels Are With- in Easy Distance—Situation in Ce- lestial Empire Said to Be Much the Same as That Which Preceded the Boxer Uprising. Manila, Oct. 1.—Intense was aroused here by reports from Hongkong saying there is immediate danger of an uprising in the Hunan province of China. This news s taken as an explana- tion of military preparations evident- ly made with a view to sending troops and warships to China. For the last two weeks it has been reported lere in army circles that troops would soon be on the way to China, but no confirmation could be obtained. Inquiries sent by cable to Washing- ton brought the answer that there was no official knowledge of such a move. It was learned, however, that there was imminent danger of a great re- volt in China and that the bitter anti- foreign feeling makes it necessary for the powers to have troops ready to move at a moment’s notive. In Touch With Minister ‘Calhoun. It is believed that the military au- thorities have been in constant touch with United States Minister Calhoun at Peking and that the preparations for transporting troops have been made as the result of information re- ceived in cipher dispatches through official channels. The Asiatic fleet has been ordered to stand ready to sail at any moment. The New York, the New Orleans and the Albany are in Hongkong waters at the present time. Ten gunboats and cruisers are within easy distance. In a general way the situation in China is much the same as that which preceded the Boxer uprising, when the powers were forced to take a hand. The long standing anti-dynas tic activity has spread in the last year with remarkable rapidity. THOUGHT IT CAMPAIGN GIFT Another Legislator Tells of Getting “Lorimer Money.” Chicago, Oct. 1.—State Representa- tive Michael S. Link, who received $1,000, he says, after voting for Will- jam Lorimer for senator, and $900 from the so called St. Louis “jackpot,” told the senatorial investigating com- mittee that when he received the money he thought it was for campaign expenses. Link, who is a large, rotund man, testified, with occasional bursts of bluster, in a loud voice. Link said that he made up his mind to vote for Mr. Lorimer when the lat- ter delivered a speech in which he declared that Illinoi~ should not “go it alone” without federal aid in con- structing a deep waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river. “I thought Mr. Lorimer the great- est man in the state,” added the wit- ness. FIGHT ON FEDERAL CONTROL States’ Rights Men Submit Minority Report at Irrigation Congress. Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 1.—Two contests enlivened the last day’s session of the eighteenth National Irrigation con- gress. One resulted from the report of the resolutions committee, in favor of federal control of interstate waters, when a minority report in behalf of states’ rights advocates was pre- sented. The second controversy followed the report of the committee on per- recommending Chicago for the 1911 convention city. It was announced that a minority report in favor of Los Angeles would be presented. According to the plans of the California delegation its mem- bers will claim that the congress can best serve its purposes to promote irrigation by holding its annual ses- sions in the arid states. Three of Victims May Die. New York, Oct. 1.—Six persons were injured, three of them so seriously that they may die, when an automo- bile owned and driven by Thomas J. McLaughlin, a real estate dealer, trav- eling at a high speed, crashed into a pillar of the subway viadvct in Upper Broadway. 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