The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-12


struggling with a great calf-bound vol
ume. Chesiey leaned over, and then ejac-
ulated:
Blackstone? Eli, Well. stick to it. son.
and you Won be an assistant messenger
long"
HE STUCK TO HIS BOOKS.
Allies did stick to it, and Chesley saw
that he did, and learned, too, that he was
attending the night session of the Ma
tional University. Allies was given a seat
inside the commissioner office, perhaps a
better opportunity TO study when the fire.
place and the ink-well and the ice cooler
had been carefully looked after, and the
errands up and Down the long corridors Of
the department building did not demand his
attention. Through civil-service competi-
ton Allies was taken from the head of the
cupying this he qualified and passed an
examination for law clerk, and this brought
him. when assigned to his new duties. to
laneous division.
How he entered the office of the secre-
tary of the treasury is not a commonplace
tale. 1t was known among his associates
that he was the first man at his desk in
the morning and the last one to leave it at
night. If he had no work TO do he re-
NAMED 10 pore over some report or book
a af9nTnd the line mhs of law or finance shs Late one
been emptied, and the corridors echoed
under the footsteps. a messenger hurried to
the office of the assistant secretary of the
1t announced the arrival of a shipload of
japanese immigrants. The conditions
under which they Came were such as to
demand immediate action. There was a
scurrying about from office to office for
some one to advise with Mr.. Wike. Allies
was found at his desk completing details
of the days work. He was hurried to
the office of the assistant secretary, and
the telegram laid before him. Without
hesitation, Allies, in a few brief sentences,
told his chief what Was customary. what
was law, and what was in accordance with
treasury regulations; had bowed himself
out, and was on his way back to his work,
Wike wanted just such a man as that
about him. Allies was taken into his office
as his private secretary.
When Secretary of the Treasury Gage
found himself without a secretary he
wanted a man who knew something o!
every bureau and division Of the depart.
ment. He wanted a man who had a record
without blemish, and who had held his posi-.
ton i'll the department through merit. When
he set forth these qualifications to the ole
chiefs of division they turned with unanimi.
ty toward Milton Allies, and said that he
was such a man. Allies became private
secretary to the secretary of the treasury
When Vanderlip resigned as assistant Sec
rotary there was no other thought to the
, mind of Mr.. Gage than to appoint his Sec
rotary, who had served so faithfully and
who had shown himself to be a student OF
lnldifCS anu law AileS was given the place
at the beginning of the second Mckinley
administration. He could, in all probability
have held it yet If he had chosen. But
his qualities had attracted attention. and
when New York financiers acquired an
interest in a local financial institution and
wanted a representative, Allies was chosen
without question, and quickly confirmed
by the board of directors.
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNING.
Frank Vanderlip's career is no less an
inspiration to the present generation OF
young men. His rise in the Treasury
Department was not so meteoric as that
of Allies, and yet it distinguished him
from among others who had entered the
government service. Vanderlip was born
in Aurora, ILL.,, in such humble surround.
ings that as a child, and in spite of honest
parentage, he was almost obliged to beg
Vanderiip, as a youth, was not rugged and
hardy, as his magnificent physique now
| would indicate. He is best remembered BY
the older residents of the little city as 8
bandy-legged, tow-headed youth, with
great wistful gray-bluish eyes. He sold
papers and did odd jobs, ana between times
attended the local school. When old enough
he was given employment In a great rail
road shop. There he gained strength, and
from the breath of the forge and din of the