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be at the head of the State Depart
ment. He was regarded as one of the
strong presidential booms before Nc
Kinley's death, but, of course, the fact
that Roosevelt is from New York,
eliminates him, as it does all other New
Workers.
Secretary Wilson likes his work as
head of the Department of Agricul
ture. Secretary Hitchcock is very
much pleased to be at the head of the
Interior Department.
Postmaster General Payne.
The new postmaster general is known
in Washington principally as an ac-
tive Republican politician. He is vice
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, is a man of wealth and
unquestioned ability, and will undoubt-
eddy make a good postmaster general.
Some people profess to see in his Sc
lection a desire on the part of the
President to have in his cabinet a man
capable of handling the political in
terests of the administration. In other
words, to look out for President Roose-
Velt's denomination. While Mr.. Payne
would undoubtedly be an excellent man
for that duty, / am not inclined to
attach much Importance to this phase
of the matter, for / am sure that Pres
ident Roosevelt has never indicated the
thought that he would have trouble in
securing denomination at the hands of
his party. He is certainly going ahead
in a way which indicates confidence
in himself and equally sublime con-
fdence that none in his party will pass
him
Mr.. Payne is a man of broad expert
ence in politics.
He is a native of Massachusetts,
where he was born on Nov. %, 1S43.
At the outbreak of the war he enlisted
in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment,
but his youthfulness and somewhat
diminutive stature thwarted his ambi-
ton to become a soldier.
When he was quite young man he
decided to try his fortune in the West.
Milwaukee was his destination, and he
arrived there with $50 in his pocket.
He obtained work as clerk in dry
goods store. Within five years he was
In business for himself. Subsequently
he entered the insurance business. He
was president of a library association
which laid the foundation for the pres
ent Milwaukee public library.
Political prominence first came to Mr..
Payne in 1872. He organized the Mil
waukee Young Mems Republican Club.
Milwaukee, overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic, was coaXed into the Republican
fold, and remained there as long as
Mr.. Payne was at the head of the
party.
Mr.. Payne was one of the coterie to
whose initiative was due Garfield's
nomination in 1880. He was Wiscon-
sins delegate at large to the conven-
~, NJ in,
By 1896, when the Republican party
was organized as it was never organ
lied before, preparatory to the victory
in the fall of that year. Mr.. Payne
went to the convention at st. Louis,
and with a number of others pinned
the faith of the party to the gold
standard. Then he was made vice
chairman of the national committee,
and was in charge of the entire West
ern campaign from the party head
quarters in Chicago
All during McI<inley's administration
Mr.. Payne was one of the confidential
advisers of the administration. In 1900
he took hold of the Western head
quarters of the party at Chicago and
ran the campaign with even more sue
cess than he had four years previously.
In 1876 Mr.. Payne was appointed
postmaster at Milwaukee by President
Grant and was reappointed by Presi-
dents Hayes and Arthur. His record
has never been equaled in that city.
Upon his retirement from the office
of postmaster, in 1886, he interested
himself in large business interests with
great success. He has long been presi-
dent of the Wisconsin Telephone Com
pany and of the Milwaukee and North
ern Railroad Company, and vice pres
ident of the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Light Company. BY virtue of
the last position he was, in 1893, elect
ed president of the American Street
Railway Association.
In August 1898. when the affairs of
the Great Northern Railroad were in
deplorable shape, Mr.. Payne was APP
pointed receiver-one of the largest
trusts ever accorded a citizen Of Wis
consin