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He was a steadfast advocate of sound money as against the free silver idea and his first vote in congress was cast for the gold standard. He broke away from his party to vote for the direct election of United States senators by the people, and for an income tax which he defended as the most equitable taxing system. Ten years later the republicans, to his great satisfaction, made both of these measures their own. He participated in four different revisions of the tariff, the outcome of which were the Wilson-Gorman, the Dingley, the Payne-Aldrich and the Underwood bills. During the discussions of these measures he invariably advocated moderate protection-duties just high enough to equalize the difference between wages here and abroad.
In later years Mr. Bartholdt became an ardent advocate of world peace. From the time of the Spanish-American war which he believed might easily have been averted by arbitration, he favored legal machinery for the settlement of international disputes, in other words, the substitution of judicial decisions for war. "All that is necessary," he argued, "to accomplish that purpose, is to extend the rule of law to international relations." For this ideal he strove in and out of congress, with his pen and by word of mouth, by speeches, lectures, and contributions to the press. He became a leading spirit in the Interparliamentary Union, that powerful organization of over two thousand lawmakers of the various countries who believe that right is might and that all controversies between nations can be settled by arbitration. In 1903 he went to Vienna and as the lone American took it upon himself to invite that body of lawmakers to hold their next conference on American soil. He carried the day, secured an official invitation from congress and also the necessary appropriation for the entertainment of the distinguished guests of the nation. The conference was held the next year in connection with the St. Louis World's Fair and more than one hundred and forty members of European parliaments were in attendance. They paid their respects to Mr. Bartholdt by electing him president of the organization. At this conference a resolution was adopted which became known in the chancellories of the world as the "Resolution of St. Louis," in which President Roosevelt was re- quested to call a second Hague conference. The subject of this sketch was the author of this resolution and it will be remembered that Roosevelt acted upon it, after its formal presentation to him by Mr. Bartholdt and his parliamentary colleagues. It may fairly be said, therefore, that Mr. Bartholdt was the legislative father of the Second Hague Conference. He attended not less than eight interparliamentary con- ferences in Europe, besides the two official Hague conferences and for many years remained in the people's eyes as an advocate not only of a world tribunal for the
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settlement of international disputes, but also of an international parliament for the solution of problems which are of common concern to all. In recognition of his untiring efforts in behalf of durable peace the members of the house of representatives endorsed him three different times for the Noble prize.
His personal popularity among his colleagues in congress was often demonstrated to the satisfaction of his constituents. One particular occasion which the writer well remembers is worth mentioning. Mr. Bartholdt was the first man to suggest a World's Fair at St. Louis to celebrate fittingly the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. He also introduced the first bill for that purpose in the house. St. Louis asked a subsidy of five million dollars to carry out the plan in a manner worthy of this great nation. Tremendous efforts had been put forth to secure the appropriation-a task the more difficult because neither constitution nor statutes sanctioned such an expendi- ture of the people's money. Yet a committee of St. Louis citizens, headed by former Governor D. R. Francis, believed after much persuasion that they had converted a safe majority to the support of the project, when quite unexpectedly the then speaker of the house, Colonel Henderson, refused permission to have the bill brought up for discussion and action. His scruples were of a conscientious nature, declaring that the treasury could not legally be tapped for such a purpose. It was at this critical juncture that Mr. Bartholdt stepped in. He prepared a petition to the speaker and personally secured the signature of every member of the house, friend and foe alike. requesting the presiding officer for a day in court. It was a fair request, and the speaker could now no longer afford to resist the will of the house, so clearly expressed. The bill was passed triumphantly. Mr. Bartholdt's extraordinary feat had made the great Louisiana Purchase Exposition possible.
On the northwest corner of Lafayette Square, opposite the White House at Wash- ington, stands a beautiful statue of Baron von Steuben, the drillmaster, as he is called, of the Revolutionary army. The erection of this monument to the memory of one of the godfathers of the country is due to the initiative and untiring effort of Mr. Bartholdt. The unveiling ceremony on December 7, 1910, was participated in by President Taft and all the dignitaries of state as well as the diplomatic corps and the heads of the army and navy. Many thousands of visitors, mostly Americans of German ancestry, had come from all over the country to witness the event, which was made historic by one of the most imposing civic parades which had ever taken place in the "city of pageants." The patriotic address delivered on this occasion by Mr. Bartholdt was a most eloquent interpretation of the genius of the country and of the greatness and magnanimity of a nation which, he said, "in honoring its heroes, so nobly dis- regards national distinctions."
Soon thereafter congress passed a bill to present a replica of the Steuben monu- ment to the German emperor in recognition of the gift he had made to America in the shape of a statue of Frederick the Great, the outspoken friend of George Washing- ton and the American colonies. President Taft appointed Mr. Bartholdt a special envoy to present the replica to the Kaiser in behalf of congress and the American people. The presentation ceremony took place at Postdam, opposite the old historic castle, where the Steuben replica had been erected. It was an event of great military splendor, the Kaiser having evidently gone out of his way to make it such in order to please America. During a gala dinner which followed the ceremony Mr. Bartholdt occupied the seat of honor to the right of the emperor and enjoyed an hour's talk with the latter. What the Kaiser said on this occasion will probably not be known until Mr. Bartholdt publishes his memoirs. German-American relations were then the friendliest possible, as was attested by a personal letter of President Taft to the German ruler, which the latter answered by a cable message couched in most cordial sentiments.
While Mr. Bartholdt has come in contact with most of the great men in the political, commercial and social life of America, it may also be safely said that he enjoys the personal acquaintance of more crowned heads, statesmen and parliamen- tarians of Europe than any other living American. He had the distinction of dining with Bismarck (at Friedrischsruh in 1895) as the only guest at the family table, was received by King Edward of England, shook hands with King Leopold of Belgium and met the premiers and leading statesmen of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, etc. The knowledge of world affairs he had thus gained stood him in good stead when, during the last years of his congressional career, he served as a member of the committee on foreign affairs.
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In the councils of the republican party he was a familiar figure and wielded con- siderable influence. He served for many years on the national congressional committee and in his home state, Missouri, he presided with skill and impartiality over several of the most stormy state conventions. When in 1912 the great National Peace Congress met in St. Louis he was chosen its president in recognition of his distinguished services in the cause of international conciliation and peace.
When in 1914 the European war broke out, there was no one upon whom the blow fell heavier than the man who on numerous European platforms had boldly declared that there would be no more wars. What his feelings must have been when, later, America entered the war against Germany, may well be imagined when it is remembered that during his whole public life he had labored with might and main so to cement the friendship between those two countries as to make any bloody encounter an impossibility. Nevertheless, it can be said truthfully that he never wavered for one minute in his loyality to the stars and stripes. When the war began in Europe he was in mid-ocean on the steamer Cecilie, on his way to Stockholm, where the Interparliamentary Conference of 1914 was scheduled to be held. The Cecilie, it will be remembered, was obliged to turn back and landed safely with a load of fourteen millions of gold, in Bar Harbor, Maine, after a sharp pursuit by an English and a French cruiser. Mr. Bartholdt often remarked afterwards that if the Stockholm peace conference had been held during the last days of July the war might have been averted.
On March 4, 1915, Mr. Bartholdt voluntarily retired to private life. Seven months previously he had publicly declared his intention to retire, so that this step cannot be ascribed to the war. His determination caused universal regret, but the combined efforts of party leaders and friends could not swerve him from his purpose. He has since spent nearly all his time quietly in his library, devoting himself entirely to literary pursuits. Over the record of his official and public career there never fell any shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil, his course proving the words of Garfield that "it is possible to stay in public life for a long time and remain an honest man."
H. S. TRICE, M. D.
Dr. H. S. Trice, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in St. Louis, was born in Verona, Mississippi, June 22, 1885. His father, William Wilder Trice, was also a native of Mississippi and was of Scotch descent. He belongs to one of the old and prominent families of the south whose numerous representatives were widely scattered through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, while one branch of the family went to Texas in an early day. It has been said that the name was formerly spelied Beatrice, but in the course of years the present orthography was adopted. The father of Dr. Trice was a merchant of Mississippi, conducting a wholesale and retail hardware business at Tupelo. He married Sarah Wiley, who was also born in Mississippi. They became the parents of seven children, of whom two daughters died in infancy, but the five sons are all living, Dr. Trice being the eldest of the family. His four brothers are R. L .; T. E .; John L .; and Wilder, all of whom are living in Tupelo, Mississippi, where they are engaged in the hard- ware business, having been reared to that business through assistance rendered to their father.
Dr. Trice of this review was educated in the public schools of Mississippi and at a private school at Springhill, Tennessee. He was graduated from that school in 1906 and afterward matriculated in Tulane University as a medical student, com- pleting his course in medicine in 1910, at which time the M. D. degree was con- ferred upon him. He located for practice in St. Joseph, Louisiana, where he remained until 1916, but in July of that year he came to St. Louis. For one year he served as an interne and for two years was house physician at the Barnard Hos- pital of St. Louis, engaged in the treatment of skin and cancer disorders. In July, 1919, he opened his office at his present location and he limits his practice primarily to skin diseases. In the summer of 1919 he pursued a post-graduate course in Columbia University of New York and he is constantly promoting his knowledge by reading, studying and investigation. He is a member of the St. Louis Medical Society, the Missouri State Medical Society and the St. Louis Dermatological Society.
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Dr. Trice belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is likewise a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon and also a member of the Phi Chi, a medical fraternity. He is a democrat by inheritance and from principle as well and ig a stalwart advocate of the principles of the party. He has never sought nor desired political preferment, however, as it is his wish to give his undivided attention to his professional interests, which are of an important character and are constantly developing in scope and extent.
HON. CAMPBELL ORRICK BISHOP.
Hon. Campbell Orrick Bishop, judge advocate of the board of police commissioners of St. Louis, has for fifty-three years been a representative of the bar of this state and throughout almost the entire period has been recognized as a most successful and capable representative of the profession, his efforts at all times being characterized by the utmost fidelity to duty and by the strictest regard for the highest standards and ethics of the profession. He was born at Union, Franklin county, Missouri, Decem- ber 28, 1842, and is of English descent, the ancestral line being traced back to James Bishop, who founded the family in America in 1704, at which time he took up his abode in Connecticut. One of his descendants who also bore the name of James Bishop re- moved from New England to Virginia and for several generations the family lived in Amherst county, that state. James Bishop was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Many representatives of the name have gained prominence and four uncles of C. Orrick Bishop were ministers of the gospel, while still others of the family have been iden- tified with the church, most of them as representatives of the Presbyterian clergy, although some have been followers of the teachings of Methodism. The majority have attained considerable prominence in ecclesiastical circles and William Bishop who removed to Texas became well known as a writer on religious subjects.
David H. Bishop, father of C. Orrick Bishop, was born in Amherst county, Vir- ginia, and in 1833, when twenty-seven years of age, came to Missouri, settling first at Union, where he resided until 1847. He then became a resident of St. Louis, where he remained until called to his final rest in 1892, when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. For some time after his arrival in this state he devoted his attention to school teaching and later filled a number of positions of public honor and trust, serving for a time as judge of the county court and also as court clerk, in which connection he likewise performed the duties of court reporter. He was a notably fine penman and this quality combined with his knowledge of law made his services of much value as clerk of the courts. Following his removal to St. Louis he became actively identified with the life and fire insurance business and so remained until his retirement in 1874, when he took up his abode in a suburban home in which he passed the evening of his days amid most pleasant surroundings. In early manhood he wedded Sarah Lindsay who was of Scotch descent and a granddaughter of Luke Lindsay who served under General Washington in the Revolutionary war. The cartridge box which he carried throughout that struggle, together with other interesting relics, is now in possession of Mr. Bishop of this review. Sarah Lindsay arrived in Missouri in her girlhood days, removing to the west from Lewis county, New York, where she was born, and residing at St. Charles, Missouri, prior to her marriage. She survived her husband for ten years and had reached the notable old age of ninety-one years when she passed away in 1901. Her ancestors were New England people. Her grandfather was a native of Connecticut and at the age of eighteen joined the Continental army for service in the Revolutionary war, remaining on active duty until the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. His son, Luke Lindsay, was a soldier in the War of 1812. The mar- riage of David H. Bishop and Sarah Lindsay was celebrated January 8, 1842, in St. Charles, and to them were born three sons and two daughters, all of whom passed away in early childhood save C. Orrick Bishop of this review.
Brought to St. Louis when but five years of age C. Orrick Bishop was educated in private schools of St. Louis and in the Central high school, from which he was graduated as a member of its first class in 1858. He later entered Westminster College at Fulton, Missouri, and won his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1862, while the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him in 1864 and that of LL. D. in 1903. After leav- ing college he was employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad, doing clerical work in the
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general offices of the corporation. He became imbued with the desire to prepare for the bar, however, and entered the Louisville (Ky.) Law School, from which he was grad- uated in 1866, the LL. B. degree being at that time conferred upon him. He then returned to St. Louis, where in 1867 he entered upon the general practice of law, which . he followed successfully for a half century or until 1917, when in the month of No- vember he was appointed to his present position as judge advocate of the board of police commissioners. One of his biographers some years ago wrote of him: "Advancement at the bar is proverbially slow and yet almost from the beginning he enjoyed a good clientage, which as the years have passed has connected him with much important work in the state and federal courts. In 1883 he was appointed assistant circuit attor- ney, which office he filled continuously for fourteen years, or until 1897 when he resumed private practice. In 1901, however, he was again appointed to that position under Governor Folk and served until January, 1905, assisting in all of the prosecutions of that period which made Folk famous. In March, 1905, he received appointment to the judgeship of the circuit court and sat upon the bench until January, 1907, when he resumed law practice. In the work of the courts he has gained distinction as a crim- inal lawyer, having largely devoted his attention to that department of practice. He prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and loses sight of no point that bears upon the verdict. He employs his oratorical gifts in a clear, forceful presenta- tion of his cause and has won a large majority of the cases with which he has been connected." Aside from his service, covering twenty-two years, in the circuit attorney's office, he was for sixteen years professor of criminal law in the law department of Washington University and for nine years in the St. Louis University, his professor- ship in both institutions covering altogether twenty-six years.
Mr. Bishop was reared in the Presbyterian faith, of which his father was a most devoted follower, while three of the latter's brothers were ministers of the church and his sisters all married ministers. Mr. Bishop is an active supporter of the democratic party, to which he has given his allegiance since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. His interests and activities, however, have centered upon his profession. One who has known him throughout the entire period of his professional career said of him: "He devoted himself almost exclusively to criminal law and became one of the most successful practitioners at the bar. His extensive knowledge and erudition in criminal law is well known and excelled by no lawyer in the state. In addition to his practice he has been a lecturer on criminal law and procedure for some years in both the Washington and St. Louis Universities. For twenty-two years he held the position of chief assistant in the circuit attorney's office of the eighth judicial district and met in successful competition the ablest lawyers in the state. As a practitioner his chief characteristics were great care, even to the minutest details, in the prepara- tion of his cases; a marked ability to arrange methodically testimony and adaptations of the law thereto; and a conscientious, earnest and logical argument thereon to the jury. He was not rhetorical as a speaker, but his oratory was forceful and convincing by reason of its fairness and the logical argumentation of his style."
REV. JOSEPH D. A. COLLINS.
Rev. Joseph D. A. Collins, who in 1914 organized St. Luke's parish and has since served as its pastor, the church being located at Richmond Heights, in St. Louis county, was born in the City of St. Louis on the 28th of January, 1874, and is a son of Terrence and Margaret (Delany ) Collins. The father, a native of Ireland, came to the new world when a youth of twelve years with his parents, the family crossing the Atlantic in 1849. The grandfather in the paternal line came from County Monahan, having resided at Carrick-Macross, while the maternal grand- father came from near Armagh, in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1810. Mrs. Margaret Delany Collins was born in St. Louis, where her father, James Delany, was one of the prominent contractors of the state and city in early pioneer times. Terrence Collins, father of Father Collins, followed the Missouri river for several years, but later was engaged as a machinist.
Joseph D. A. Collins of this review was a student in the St. Louis University, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of the class of 1894. He afterward entered Kenrick Seminary, where he pursued his
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course in philosophy and theology, being ordained to the priesthood in 1898 by Archbishop John J. Glennon, then bishop of Kansas City. Following his ordination he was made assistant at St. Kevin's church at Park and Cardinal streets in St. Louis, and in 1899 was made assistant to the Rt. Rev. John J. Tannrath, pastor of St. Agnes' church, continuing his labors there until 1907, when he was assigned to the pastorate of the church at Farmington, Missouri, with missions at Doe Run and Bismarck. While there located he built the church at Farmington, the archi- tectural design being of the Romanesque type, with campanile in the rear, one of the most beautiful churches in the diocese. He also built the church at Doe Run. He remained in that charge for seven years and in October, 1914, was sent to Richmond Heights to organize St. Luke's parish. Here he held services in a rented house for a time and later purchased the parochial residence, in which he continued to hold church services until he could complete arrangements to erect a church edifice. In October, 1916, he had his new building completed, this being a church and school building combined, which will eventually be used for school purposes only. The building is a modern structure of the Italian Riviera type.
Father Collins is a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and is well known not only among the men of the parish but of the community as well. He is deeply interested in local affairs and his aid and influence are ever on the side of progress and improvement.
WILLIAM APPEL.
Starting out in the business world as a cash boy William Appel is now in cog- trol of a large real estate office which he opened on the 1st of January, 1911. Through the intervening period of ten years he has been very active in the real estate fields and his diligence and enterprise have led to the transfer of various important prop- erties, the handling of which has contributed much to his income. St. Louis classes him with her native sons for he was here born July 13, 1862, his parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Nagel) Appel, both of whom were natives of Germany, but came to America when quite young, settling in St. Louis where they were married. The father was engaged in the cooperage business for many years and here passed away in 1888 at the age of seventy-four. In their family were six sons and five daughters.
William Appel was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and when four- teen years of age became a cash boy with the William Barr Dry Goods Company, now Famous Barr Dry Goods Company. He remained in that establishment for a year and then entered the employ of the Meacham Arms Company with which he continued until they retired from business. In January, 1892, he was employed as city salesman by the Simmons Hardware Company and continued to act in that connection for nine- teen years or until the 1st of January, 1911, when desirous of engaging in business on his own account he opened a real estate office at No. 3501 Gravois avenue. Through the intervening period he has continued as an active factor in real estate circles and at all times has kept thoroughly informed concerning property values. He has com- prehensive knowledge of the real estate upon the market in St. Louis and has won a most gratifying clientage, his business now being a very extensive one, Outside of his business, educational interests perhaps claim the major part of Mr. Appel's time and attention and he does everything in his power to promote the school inter- ests of St. Louis. He was the president of the Meramec School Patrons Association in 1901 and was largely instrumental in bringing about the erection of the Meramec school building, which is one of the attractive and substantial school structures of the city. He likewise did much in improving the streets in that vicinity and in bringing about a proper surrounding and environment for the school. In 1903 he was the secretary of the William Mckinley High School Memorial Association and through his efforts the large oil painting of President Mckinley was placed in the school. In 1917 he was appointed chairman of local board, No. 11, of the war depart- ment by Mayor Kiel of St. Louis and Governor Gardner and continued to act in that capacity until his duties were over, March 31, 1919, owing to the end of the war.
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