The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-10
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quence. Mr. Gage was splendid mine
Of Information for the interviewer. and
because he WAS approachabie and genial
the reporters focked about him.
Eanderlip was not only an able writer
on financial and banking topics bat his
manners were those Of q gentleman. and
his personality highly agreeable He In
gratiated himself with 9sr. Gage. ami
when the latter accented from ALr AIc-
I<inley the portfolio Of secretary of the
treasury, he could think 81 no better
man re lean upon than Frank. Conse-
/ guently tho Chicago reporter Was made
his private secretary-tF prospects.
Four years ago q reporter; today vice
/ president OF the biggest hank in the Uni
ted States. with promise Of being presi-
dent Of another prominent bank That
is progress. Vanderlip was Mr.. Case s
private secretary only a few months
when he was appointed 10 succeed WiI<e
/ as third assistant secretary Of the trens-
ury- In the latter office he had charge
| of The personnel Of the department. ana
ing TAR greater influence with The secre-
tary than either Spaulding or Taylor, the
first and second assistant secretaries re-
spectively. NaEderAps salary has been
$4,000 year; the City National has Of
fered him I understand, $4,000 On the
! whole, Frank has done pretty well, and
all newspaper men Should rejoice in his
success
WHY SCHWAB COT AHEAD.
People VINO have heard within the past
few weeks of the selection Of Charles
| M. Schwab tie be the titular head Of the
new billion dollar steel trust have gener-
ally thought Of him merely as a lucky
! man. They aad read Of his rise from the
I position OF laborer to be one OF the rich
est men In america and have attrib-
/ uted the change TO good luck in making
! Investments or to the favor of powerful
! men with whom he happened to be assoc
! GATED Twenty years ago Mr.. Schwab
was earning 81 day as q stakeman in
/ = surveying party, says tie Chicago
! Iimes-Herald His wealth is now esti-
mated az s5o090,lo and as president Of
] The United states steel company he VIII
It is understood, receive a salary of
! $4,000 a year.
| Let Us see whether Mr.. Schwab is
! merely lucky or whether something else
/ is responsible-at least in part-for the
change that has been brought about In
| his fortunes. Would any one of the mil
/ lions Of men who were working by the
day twenty years ago be where Schwab
IS now II he could have had Schwab's
chance?
Schwab says he worked and studied.
His aim, he declares. as always been
| 70 make himself indispensable to his en-
ployer. Whatever his duties were &C
cordlng 70 those who have heara the
| story Of his advancement. he tried to
do them better than anybody else could
ln addition to working hard, he educated
himself. he began his career with no
education there seems to have been
that In him which led him 10 under
stand his disadvantages. Therefore he
set about to obliter8te them. Today Mr.
schWab IS said to have better education
than the average college man.
QUAT'S MASTER STROKE
NJ. S. Quay like al Of the political
managers, is an underground worker.
and the methods which have contrib |
uted to his power have not always Deen (
discovered His most celebrated stroke /
was his election as state treasurer, when /
me was unoer a cloud, and it was a mas (
ter-piece. says writer in Leslie's Popu- |
lar Monthly. He decided. with an au- |
dacity which has scarcely any parallel in /
American politics, to get the office which /
he had been charged with completely in |
despoiling
James BIoDevitt, an honorable and /
wealthy Irish Roman Catholic. Of Lam /
caster, was put forward as the slated
candidate Of the machine but before the
convention was held attacks upon him
began to appear in the machine papers
on account of his religion. 1t appeared |
that he was not available and he was
Withdrawn; but his candidacy, which was /
supposed to be favored by Quay, had
kept other candidates out Of the field. |
ln the meantime Quay undertook ia win I
support Tor himself by a most ingenious /
appeal During his long connection with
the machine as a powerful member OF
II, he had, Of course, done fav0rs for
a host of politicians. Politicians of all
grades, finding that Colonel Quay was
both able and willing to help them along.
never showed any modesty in asking
for what they desired
Colonel Quay when he decided that
the time was ripe for him to seize the
plum. wrote thousand letters TO as
many politicians who We're under obi
cation to him. and asked their aid. An
the letters which he had received from
politicians asking for favors he had
saved lie would take one Of these old F.,
ietters-many Of them were yellow with
age-scri5bIe a few lines on the back OF /
The old envelope, or on the letter near an
urgent appeal for his assistance and Z
forward it TO the sender. No argument ,
was needed. II was an appeal To the / &
sense of gratitude. which even polu-
slams could not resist They turned in
and Quay was nominated and elected hy o.
2 large majority III. S. quay Is the :
great letter writer Of his time. When
.ver he heard that county. borough 7
Instruct or precinct was wagering in the !
support Of the machine DE Hould select 4
he men who were likely To prove useful
md write them personal letters village / n
'onstahies. assessors, small politicians.
.nd active workers Of every degree have / :
eceiFed from the ED man these LETT
ers which were Immediately treasured / {,
10 as precious heirloous.
SOME ROOSEVELT STORIES. i
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'oy he and playmate Used ~ wsIK to- =
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p the Ladies' Home Journal Their way q
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