Arizona republican., 1900-09-15
ALWAYS IN DEMAND
The Manner of Man Assistant Secre-
 tary Adee Is,

Washing, ,ln-First Assistant Secre- tary Adee, Who has been in charge of :.he sta.e dspartm during the absence of Mr. Hay is in some respects the state department itself. He is the per sonifcation of that department. He is what they call abroad a permanent under secretary" Administrations come and go, but he goes on forever. Just now long Adea has been there I do not remember. but it must be well on toward a quarter of a century. He knows everything. remsmbers every thing: all the traditions, forms and pe- culiarities of the diplomatic branch of our government repose in him. He car ries them over from one regime to an other. Half a dozen or more secretaries of e-E'relinghuvseu, Blaine twice, EIyard. Foster, Gresham. Olney. Sher- man. Day. Ray-have leaned upon him. If there is Q difficult dispatch to be prepdr5 d-send for Adoe If there is a deic3ta po'nt of etiquette to be adjust ed-Adee is the man to do it. If there is lznUtty. embarrassing problem to be solvcd-some cold blooded thing to be
 
 of ways-Adee is in demand More than any other man has he left his i'm press upon the diplomat tic literature of our government. for during the last twenty years he has written a great number of important dispatches which his chiefs signed anu in the nature of things took the credit for. Congeni- tally deaf and dumb. Adee with most ,1,r1 overcome these serious defzcis and is now able to carry on conversation quite comfortably. He is great student and most graceful writer. lie is Q master of photography and a noted botanist He is a wit, an athlete and q linguist. Almost every year ne makes a bcycl,- tour through Europe and speaks the native language wherever he goes. He Is terror to tricky diplomatists be- cause of his knowledge. his insight ana q way he has of not hearing very well when he doesn't want to.
 Adee began his career in 1870. as sec retary of the United States legation in Madrid. At different times he had charge of the legation He was trans ferred from Madrid u the department in 1877. and in the following year was
  Tn 1882 he was advanced to the rank of third assistant secretary. He was ap- pointed second assistant secretary Aug ust 3. 1886. He is 57 years old.
 At the club one evening q friend com plained that he felt 50 badly he could hardly drag one leg after the other.
 You should thank God" said Adee, that you are not q cendpede, with 999 
 John T. Flagg of New York, who i.s over six feet tall. was summoned to do some special work for the state depart ment. Flagg reported at Adee's office one morning with the remark
 Well, l understand you want to hire me-"
 No answered the assistant seCTe- tary. looking him over: i've do not want to higher you. You are high enough already"
 At times he is one O. tha most unap- proachable of savages; at other times his merrment is oppressively obtrusiye. N one ever gets mad at his ill humov, because it is so indescrihably comical; and every one forgives his good humar because it cant last long. Every one who has enough discrimination to en- joy the odd and eccentric Tn human na- ture likes him. He is known through out the department for his outbursts Of passion and savage ill nature, and his periods of playful jocularity. What ever his mood may be, he is a never ending source Of entertainment and in terest. He knows so many things that nobody else knows. that he is consulted like q book Of reference. and no one would think of questioning his author ity. But when he is in an ugly mood no timid man dare approach him, and when he is in an amable mood it re- quires much courage and determination to get away from him. To man who