Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1906 — PEOPLE OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEOPLE OF THE DAY

Head of a Great Railroad. President Alexander J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad, who entered an emphatic denial of all knowledge of graft by officials of that system, has a warm defender in Henry C. Frick. Mr. Frick, who is the largest individual stockholder of the Pennsylvania road, speaking of the car allotment evil shown by the interstate commerce commission investigation, said: “Mr. Cassatt is not only a very great man. but he is a very honest man, and deserves respect and admiration for

what he has done and is doing to build up one of the most useful and successful institutions of America. “Whatever irregularities have been shown to exist or may be shown to exist among subordinates In the Pennsylvania railroad system are undoubtedly due to the fact that it is an old enterpriser The evils have been of slow growth, without the knowledge of the president. But you may depend upon it that Mr. Cassatt will deal strictly with all offenders and clean house thoroughly. I have great confidence in his ability and integrity. In my opinion this investigation and the reforms that must follow It will greatly benefit the Pennsylvania system.” Wasn’t Hobaonlsed. While the house was in committee of the whole recently wrangling over some knotty feature of the naval appropriation bill Speaker Cannon was shaking hands with a bevy of pretty schoolgirls from West Chester. Pa., who were in Washington on an excursion. Among those present in the speaker’s room were two priests in company with Representative Rodenberg of East St Louis. “I expected to see the speaker Hobsonlzed,’ 1 observed one of the brethren. This gave Rodenberg an idea, and he

stepped up to~Mr.~Cannon ana repeated what the priest had said. The speaker’s face lighted up as he said, “I’m perfectly willing.” But Hobson, in the thirties, with a nice blond mustache, and the speaker, grizzled and seventy, are separate and distinct propositions. At least there were no osculatory demonstrations.—St. Louis Republic.? Dlntlngulahed “Matta.” The hundreds of gray squirrels on the capltol grounds are as tame as those in Central park. One afternoon recently a party of cynics came down the walk from the terrace. One of them saw a group of men feeding peanuts to the squirrels. “The squirrel,” he said, “has a happy life. Nothing to do, and mutts to come along every day and feed him.” On nearer approach the particular mutts feeding the squirrels were found to be Representative Sherman of New York, Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Representative Babcock of Wisconsin.—Washington Cor. New York World. Mentioned For the Cabinet. Gifford Pinchot, who, it is rumored, may succeed Secretary of .Agriculture Wilson in President Roosevelt’s cabinet, has for eight years been chief of the United States forestry service. The forestry division is a branch of the department of agriculture. Since his school days Mr. Pinchot has been interested in forestry and aft-

er leaving Yale went to the French forest school and later studied in the forests of Germany and Switzerland. Returning home, he worked out the forestry plan of Biltmore, George Vanderbilts great North Carolina estate. He was made a member of the national forestry commission by President Cleveland and made a special study of the forest reserves. Mr. Pinchot is a great favorite with President Roosevelt. He is a man of goo* family, culture and great wealth and Is said to have played fin Important part In drawing what Is known as the Beveridge meat inspection bill. "

ALEXANDER J. CASSATT.

GIFFORD PINCHOT.