The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

opportunity offered, and entered upon
a journalistic career, beginning with
a position in New York city for which
the monetary remuneration was but $40
per week. The experience gained, how
ever, warranted his being offered the
position of assistant city editor of an
other morning paper, the salary or
which was $25 per week. After remain
ing seven months in this position the
New York Herald offered him the posi-
ton of assistant financial editor at
considerable increase of salary, which
offer was accepted by young Mcclellan,
whose experience in Wall street was of
great assistance to him in his new field.
After remaining with the Herald
about a year he was made treasurer
of the Brooklyn bridge, which position
he held to the entire satisfaction of the
trustees until his election to the presi-
dency of the New York board of alder
men, being the youngest man ever
elected to this office, or ever on the
county ticket. The vote he received,
175,5S7, was the largest ever polled in
New York county, while his plurality,
1920, was the largest ever given any
man for any office in that county, run
ming fully 1000 over the great vote
polled for Cleveland.
During Col. McClellan's term as
treasurer of the Brooklyn bridge he
emulated the busy bee and improved
each shining hour" by studying law at
night. Thus he perfected himself for
a course at the Columbia law school,
and after reading law in the office of
Henry and F. A. McCloskey for two
years he was admitted to the bar, and
on the same day left to attend the
Democratic national convention at Chi
cago. This was the beginning of his
political career, practically, for soon
after he was first elected to congress.
And he has kept on being elected to
congress, which is not very surpris-
ing matter, since he is a popular man
and comes from a Democratic district.
When Mcclellan Was Acting Mayor.
Old Tammanyites are recalling that
Mcclellan has been mayor Of New
York before. This was when by virtue
of his office as president of the board
of aldermen, he was acting mayor dur
ing the absence of Mayor Gilroy on his
vacation. Although he was the young
est man who ever sat in the mayors
chair, either as mayor, or acting mayor,
he carried his honors easily and held
down the chief executive chair of the
city like a veteran. He was dubbed
THE Boy Mayor" on the first day he
took Mayor Gilroy's seat. AS he sat at
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faced, blue-eyed, with clustering brown
hair, he looked almost boyish. He was
dressed in loose blue sack suit with
out a waistcoat, his collar was turn
down." his small bow tie a light blue
check, in his shirt bosom were three
small moonStone studs, and he wore a
brown leather belt and russell shoes.
The face was square, full of character
expressive and showing dimples in the
cheeks when he laughed, which he fire.
Quently did. He wore a seal ring on
the little finger of his left hand and two
rings, a diamond and sapphire, on the
little finger of his right, and toyed with
an ivory handled letter opener, making
figures and punching holes in the light
blue plotting pad on the. desk before
him as he talked. Altogether he had
the appearance of a well groomed
young man, the clean, wholesome look
of a man who takes cold bath every
morning.
One of the first things he was called
upon to do as the city's chief execu-
tive was to officially receive the rajah
of Kapurthala, when that jolly Indian
prince visited the city hall. He after
ward returned the rajah's call at the
Waldorf, and it is said the rajah was
much impressed that so great city
should be ruled" as he called 1t, by
so young man.
He hadn't been mayor very many
hours when Maj. Willis Holly, private