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HeweIl G1akh IL naM the h&an AZ lhe
financial aeparsuaens al fhe tsorFfna ents
al Secretary Of the Treasury. The
sagas4# asasE tiaeassass 4 f raising money fng
the pgff poses auEhoslxs cd by slaa eunsti~.
tuition, originate IN tas Iessasasy Aaes,
paxtm mt, and the Sserekary IN tbs only
heasi Of department, who II, by faws di-
Tsssad 10 communicate his aa4sal report
directly 10 Congress. Eha= aata@s IEsa~
posed upon this ofaees aEe ol . hsghlg
important end responsible character. --
The eountry's prosperity in peace, and
saHeess in war, depend III great degree
upon . wlka and Iadieioaas management
If It's finances; and the Secretary nf tbs
Treasury has much power in the direction
Of It's ee0ftomy or exEravaganea.
The nationaI record exhibits galaxy
OF naulas readereA illaskrieas &s beads
of the Treasury Department, enumene-
ing With Atexanier Hamilton, appointed
by President Washington, in September,
81 lTgS. jefferson had biz Gatlalins Mad
iaon his Dallas jackson. his Tansy and
! Woodbury. aud Polk his Robert ]. Wall
ker. These distinguished predecessors
! a. our rressat Secretary have left be-
hind them examples BY which -he may
receive aalutary lessons In TnaAaging the
monetary afIaigs Of the nation. Has past
I career in public life furnishes authority
whfci1 encourages ua in she belief that he
will prove himself aa apt scholar in his
new position; and that aG the end OF his
term of service BE- viii Leave upon the
rccepd n name worthy Of being clasaed
as aa equal zaith the most distinguished
OF has predecessors.
Howell Cbbb il a native of Georgia,
was born iu the year 1915, and e0nse-
Qusnsty is aow In the forty-third year
Of hla aE,. He Was educated for and
studsett Ehe profession Of iaw. At the
age If twenty years, be was admit
teal 10 practice at the bars and so8n be-
came 50 distinguished for his great abil-
ity and skill a. - sound lawyer and ad
yocatc, that, in the following year 1887
OF the early age If twenty-five years, he
Eas elected by The Legislature Of Gear-
yiH, Solicitor fpuprat Of his Jud cial
l4ssgsct. la this position he Rrst attrac-
lea uabGe attention, and IN 1912 h. vas
glsr.rd mstnber Of the uoasa Of Repre-
s.njat.yrs u Congress H. wae re-elac
5Gs,t 2 N .;-y 7 Of that hudy in 1914, III
ana -.
I-t1.h: a4>c.3elad Speaker IT The
uyu.- Vi itesJE~s -nA4tIH ass and seTy II n
til . pity through IN Thirty
/ Congvrs, v .gh m1l ked distinction, pass
ing 1n >ralh zl tilat ETy4Rg ordeal By which
tha politicians. IsgssAaGora and states
lmcn a42 ,0 aeveTr4y Listed, Ii wAs dur
in Ih4r tJugEees that iEe ser.es Of acts
knoun as thr ''C0mpgomlss Measures OF
lAJy," wt4p passed, and Speaker CQbh
bore Atmseif @aIl4nily Against the far
fui .s.GJ,ntgDt aod r@asaatc VI teaat peri
0o, d..t Eu~had allk. av Ais -, ZOE
Of gyral ahl'aty Gs q p-s@m.ug uI3s..- Il.
well La cool, sound judgement anI taci
~ a POLITICAL .adar.
Al she cIosc uf his foarth term in fam
grcs-, Mr.. Cobb vas nominated for th
tub rp4tor;al chair Of h5s native State.
and was elected Governor in October,
lsjis IL which oiaee b. served the con-
stilu49uai term Ut Two wears, when he
declined d REORGANIZATION Hewas AGAIN
vtvrl-d Ill MIR If ths United States
Hod-s u Aeprese at4tIyes in 1865, and
was one Of the most prominent actors
and leaders % lhe sid1 Of the Coastitu-
tIoa and Lu!on, throughout all ths TAR
b4l Mt scva "a tHAE Granap.red during th.-
C0E~rgsa terminating on tha 4.h Of
MaGoh lest, II was then, f3r the frs,
t't4,a ia A,s lafe, sailed apoato fit IN up
p1I3.usnt und-r the General Govern
IN nj, and vu* selecycd BY President Ru-
phaHan 10 oceuPY seat an his Cabinet
ss Secretary affAa Treasury.
THas we have given a brief outline Of
the pIb!ic career Of Howell Cobb, the
pres~ns head If the Treasury Depart
mnut. IHat career, corresponding with
his ycaFs-iust ana ring iHtU the summer
OF E4aDhoOd--iz marked with brcvitv
but, bcECf as IL l., il FINISHES suhcieal
eyjd I" sa':sty III. Democratic par
~, and tho whole people, that the 6nan-
rtai department Ut the Government is in
the haFsIs and auder the control Of pa
triol and state@H sR--steFu and unsus-
pected in his iBtggyiyF-0na that can be
mnaslr,d ~ tn J-G>rsonian standard
ot honesty, capacity arid fidelity 10 the
Constitution.
This brief skrt2h Of the public life df
Secretary Cobb wouti be incomuiees if
We failed to notice the promiTert part
h. acted in thc late Presidential election.
liz voice and counsel asa ssonthern Dem
ocrat were heard nst only in his own
State Qf GearElazsbut In Pennsylvania,
Indiana aRd QEAer Aqrtharn staias, In
Pennsylvania his apprbach was hailed
with enthusiasm whenever be appeared
for the -gaarEass uf addressing the people,
and no speaker produced i RFeater sem
saGioR or rendered more essential ser
vice during the late campaign in that
state. He met fanatjci Ffn in It's strong
bald, and as SoathsEn man with the
, uniun Of all segtiQRs alone AZ heart, As
waa enabled to deal Ehe most etanRlng
| bloa, by Iha simple use Of that most
powerful of all weapons among the peo-
, pc -TRugH.
IIowa. Cgth, tke 8sw Secretary of the
Treasury. has Il stroug hold, therefore,
upon tn adm ra.iJn and c0ahdeaes Of
slE3 Democratic party If Pennsylvania,
AMI his sesse& IA as Iii aInB8r Gf Mr.
Ba,hanth's Cabinet h4d b sen long set
, tIesl 4you ID tAa Ia nus of the . oplc.--
HIS appo ntm 1nt by the President has,
indeed, been very popular one through
; out to- Northrn States, and VS. can oRIv
add tb2 flEVent hops, tAat has fatu#a will
! graf fv the most sanguine anttoipatiaaa
uf his friends and the country.
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