Johnson (IV)

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

EMORY RICHARD, an American educator and economist, born in Waupun, Wis., in 1864. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1888, and took post-graduate courses at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1893 to 1896 he was professor of economics at Haverford College and from the latter year he was professor of transportation and commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1899 he acted as expert of transportation for the United States Industrial Commission. From 1899 to 1904 he was a member of the United States Isthmian Canal Commission. He acted as expert of valuation of railroad property, and was a member of many commissions of public service. He also acted as arbitrator in several disputes between railways and their employees. In 1917 he was assistant director of the Bureau of Transportation of the War Trade Board. He was a member of many economic societies. His writings on economic subjects include "Ocean and Inland Water Transand Rates," (1911); "Panama Canal Traffic and Tolls," (1912); "History of Commerce in the Foreign and Domestic United States," (1916); "Principles of ," (1917). He Ocean Transportation also contributed many reports on economic and transportation subjects. United States Senator from California, born in Sacramento, Cal., in 1866. He was educated at the University of California and was admitted to the bar in SON HIRAM JOHNSON 1888. He at once became a prominent lawyer and gained nation-wide reputation through his participation in the trial of the San Francisco graft and boodling cases in 1906-1907. In these cases he acted as assistant prosecuting attorney in place of Francis J. Heney when the latter was shot. In 1910 he was nominated for governor by the Progressive element of the Republican party. The chief issue was the domination of the Southern Pacific railroad and in this Johnson won. His administration was successful and he became a conspicuous figure in national politics. He took a prominent part in the Republican nomi- Presination in 1912, where he opposed dent Taft. He was nominated for the vice-presidency on the Progressive ticket year. with Theodore Roosevelt in that He was re-elected Governor of California in 1914 by an enormous plurality, but resigned in 1917 to go to the United States nited States Senate to which he had been elected. of the He was the most bitter opponent of the Treaty of Peace with Germany and Nations Covenant in the Sen- League of The Senate in 1919-1920. In the Republican Conlead- Republican Convention of 1920 he was one of the one of the lead-