The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-10
LITTLE MACS SON
IS A CANDIDATE NOW FOR
GREATER NEW YORK.
Something About His Career-Is
Thirty Eight Years of Age and
Has Served Several Terms
In Congress-Other
News.

George B. M Clellan Is the Tam
many candidate for Mayor of
Greater New York. An impartial
biographer would say that he is a
well-dressed young man of pleasant
and dignified manners, who aband-
oned the work Of Newspaper to
become a Tammany Hall politi-
clan, and that he has held Office for
about fourteen years.
A, friend would describe him as
an extraordinary example of per-
sonal honesty maintained through
corrupt and degraded associations,
type of the we'll bred young New
York man compelling the admira-
tion and support Of splug- gly'' pol
iticiaus by the sheer force Of indus.
try, modesty and clean life.
Mr.. Mcclellan was born in Dfes-
den, Germany, thirty.eight years
ago. His father was Gen. George
B. Mcclellan, who organized and
commanded the army of the Poto-
mac and who was the democratic
candidate for president against Lin
coin in 1864. Mr.. McClellan's
mother was Ellen M. Marcy, daugh-
ter of Gen. Randolph B. Marcy,
once inspector. general of the armv,
and chief of staff to General Nc
Gle Ian when he commanded the
4 Union forces at An,ietam. Mr..
McClellan looks like. his father in
the face and has his trim, compact
physique and neat habit of attire
i In the third year of his life Mr..
,McC Clellan was broughtstos America
/ BY his parents. When fourteen
years old he entered a private mill
Itary school. The boy was eager te
| go to West Point, but his father
discouraged the idea. In 1886 be
| graduated from Princeton with hon.
ors.
The death of General Mcclellan
altered the young mans career. Il
had been the Generals purpose to
have bis con become an engineer,
but the young man chose newspa'
| per work. For several years be
served on the staff of the New York
Herald. He was gatherer of news
about railroads and their affairs, q
somewhat routine work. His hab,
it's were beyond criticism. DR.
Parkhurst has already declared that
Mcclellan was one Of the fine boys
who attended his church.
| After failing to make any mark
in newspaper work, Mr.. Mcclellan
turned to Tammany Hall for a ca.
reer He had married the daugh-
ter of John G. Heeksher, rich New
Yorker, and had begun to broaden
his circle of acquain.ances and
/ friends.
The first reward of his adherence
to Tammany was his appointment
as treasurer of the New York and
Brooklyn bridge. Presently he en-
tered the Columbia law school,. He
also studied for two years in the
law office of Henry and F. A, Nc
Closkey. He was admitted to the
bar in 1892. He opened law Office
with Henry McCloskey at No. 100
Broadway.
But Mr.. Mcclellan seemed to
have no more stability in his am
bition to be lawyer than he
showed in his efforts to be journ-
alist. Oh the very day he was ad-
mitted to the bar he left the city to
| attend the democratic national con-
vention which nominated Mr..
| Cleveland.
1t is only natural that the son Of
"Little Mac" should want to be a
soldier. From 1888 to 1888 he
served as first lieutenant in the
Eighth Regiment of the New York
National Guard. He abandoned
that rank to become colonel on
the staff Of Governor Hill.
It was not long before Rickard
| Croker began to take notice of the
young man, and in 1892 Mr.. Me-
Clellan was elected president of the
board Of alderman, having plu.
rality of 1880, a phenomenal per-
lsonal victory.
| Mr.. Mcclellan entered the House
lof Representatives with the Fifty
fourth congress from the Twelfth
1 district and has served continuous
| ly ever Since. His record is that
of the average congressman. His
entry into congress excited some