Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-30

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tion since he assumed the position OF assist
ant secretary and it was during this vaca-
ton that Secretary Alge decided to tender
his resignation to the president.
Mr.. Meiklejohn's grandfather, Andrew
Meiklejohn, was born at Sterlingshire, Scot
land, in 1898, and emigrated to America in
1915, locating at Orwell, Vt. His father, Peter
Meiklejohn, was born in Putnam, n. Y, in
1918, and in 1854 located in Wisconsin. The
assistant secretary Of war was reared on a
farm and educated at the State Normal
school at Oshkosh, Wis, and the Michigan
university at Ann Arbor, where he grad
uatcd from the law department in 1880, and
in the fall of the sam year took up mis-
residence in Fullerton, Nance county Neb.,
and which has since been his home.
He was prosecuting attorney Of Nance
county for three years. He was elected to
the state senate in 1884 and reelected in
1886; was chairman Of the republican state
convention in 1887, and was made chairman
Of the republican state central committee
in 1SS7-SS. He was elected lieutenant gov
ernor in 1888, and by virtue Of his office as
lieutenant governor was presiding officer of
the famous joint convention to canvass the
election returns of 1891, in which an at
tempt was made to count out the ticket duly
elected, one of the most intensely interest
ing eplSOQeS III tne history Oh lHe AHJelOpe
state. Mr.. Meiklejohn declined a renomin-
alton for lieutenant governor and was
elected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
congresses from the old Third Nebra ka
district. In his first race for congress he
had an adverse majority of 1000 against him
to start with, and as opponents George +.
KEEPER, democrat, and the present governor
of Nebraska, William A. Poynter, p%opulist.
In his second campaign for the lower house
of the national legislature he ran against
w. N. Hensley, democrat, and John NJ.
Devine, populist. He declined a third
nomination. He was appointed to his
present position April 16, 1897.
Mr.. Meiklejohn is one of the most ener-
getic men who ever filed a public positi n
in Washington. He possesses a high order
Il executive ability and a kindly courtesy,
which contributes to the performance of
the multitudinous and harassing duties of
his office with credit to himself, the head
OF the department and the chief executive.
The recent reorganization OF the executive
committee of the Greater America EXPOSE
tlon attracted a great deal of attention
throughout the state. The three new mem
bers of the committee are well known bust
ness men of Omaha and can be depended
upon to bring into the committee a power
for the upbuilding of the enterprise.
Mr.. Fred A.. Nash, general agent for the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad in
this city, needs no introduction to the people
of Omaha and the state. Mr.. Nash has
been in Omaha since 1867, and during all
these years has followed a railroad career.
He began at the bottom, and by conscien.
tious work and great natural ability has won
the place he now holds. Few men in west
ern railroad circles are better or more
favorably known than Mr.. Nash, and his
election to the executive of the
exposition is a well earned reward for his
efforts in the upbuilding of the city.
Mr.. William f. White, vice president and
general manager of the New Thomson
Houston Electric Light company, Is n young
man with a thorough business education
For the past four years Mr.. White has been
in charge OF the electric light plant in this
city and has made many innovations and
improvements In the system since his ar
rival. Previous to his advent in Omaha he
was in the employ of the General Electric
company and had occupied important p 81
lions with that company both at schenectady,
n. Y, the general headquarters of the cor
poration, and at Chicago.
Mr.. George w. Clabaugh, secretary of the
Omaha Gas company, comes from al oiu
Maryland family whose names have been
associated with the politics of the state
for many decades. Mr.. Clabaugh was born
at Cumberland in that state In March. 1859.
He attended Pennsylvania college at Gettys-
burg as a member of the class of rs, but
was forced to leave the institution before
the completion of the course because of eye
trouble. Later he spent a year in Wyom-
ing, where he engaged in the cattle business
and then removed to Baltimore. where he
remained until 1885. His next venture was
in the line of chemicals and dye stuffs, and
Just prior to his coming to Omaha in 1890
he became travelling auditor for the gas
company he now represents in this city. In
this capacity he visited Omaha and was
invited to remain as the secretary for the
local company.
uNIo l,,o,,,ra from, Omaha last week Of