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Hays, have been mostly along lines of
higher finance, and there are those
who believe Mr.. Cortelyou's ultimate
career will be in the world of finance
and not the world of politics.
Though he has never been a bust
ness man, his business abilities are
very highly thought of by more than
one "magnate" in the world of com
merce. manufactures and motley, and
1t is generally understood that before
he was mentioned as the first Secretary
OF Commerce he was offered an oppor-
tunity to earn several times the salary
OF cabinet minister as the administra-
tive head of a really vast enterprise,
but declined
Should the present campaign be won
by the Republicans, Mr.. Cortelyou will
undoubtedly be glad he concluded not
to be tempted away from public life
| Should the die be cast the other way
on Nov. 8 next he may be sorry.
| Thomas Henry Carter, who man.
aged Harrisons campaign in 1892. was
| only SO. Mr.. Cortelyou is IL; w F.
Harrity, who as Clevelands chairman
| opposed Carter in 1892 was AZ. In 1856
| Edwin D. Morgan, campaign mana ger
! for Fremont, was 43.
Albert Sonnichsen, the author Of
Deep Sea Vagabohds," has gone 10
Europe to cast in his lot with the Ma
cedonian delegation and add to his al
, ready diversified experience.
He began life for himself when only
boy, printing little paper; he con-
tinued his career by going as a sailor
(thus earning his living and incident
ally picking up material for books to
be published subsequently, later he got
to the Philippines, where he had the
fortune to be imprisoned Occurring fur
Their book material there, by the way)
and so on. In the last ten or twelve
years, besides, he has been a hop-picker
In oregon, a cowboy on the plains, has
lived among the Indians, has made pic
lures for illustration purposes-and
sold them-and has been a newspaper
reporter and special writer.
he got his notion of going in with
the Macedonians when sent to look UP
the Macedonian delegation in New
York. He found 1t pretty loosely Or
ganized, and betook himself to its re-
organization at once. Just as he had
got this well under way the Macedon-
ian Committee ordered its delegates
back home, il being their Judgment
that they could be of more value to
the cause there than here, since, as
might have been known, nothing could
be done in the United States for the
Macedonians save the raising of a re-
lief fund. The purpose of the relief
fund, of course, was to help feed the
destitute and rehabilitate homes that
had been destroyed by the Turks. Over
enthusiastic Macedonans ATTEMPTED
to divert some of the money raised for
this purpose to the Revolutionary
Fund, but this was vetoed at once, and
the incident came near killing the
Macedonian Relief Fund in America
altogether.
The Macedonians who made up the
delegation in America we're all OF
them men of culture.
Some of them were graduates of
American colleges, three holding d.
plomas from the University OF Penn
sylvania, one from Yale, one from
Harvard and one from Wesleyan.
One had an American wife, and two
or three are permanent residents OF
this country, and these, of course were
not included among those ordered back.
They are all Of the Bulgarian nation
atty. One Of their schemes was the
preparation of a petition to Congress
asking such aid from the United States
government as could be given. Some
thing like 200 fairly good names were
signed to the petition, when quiet
tip was sent to them that no action
could possibly be taken upon the ques-
ton of Macedonian independence by
this government. and the idea was
abandoned.
The motives and impulses behind
the Macedonian movement are all
racial and political. and not in the
slightest sense religious. The Mace
DOMAINS who have spent some time in
America all seem to think they
are sure 70 win their cause ulti-
mately.
my but I'm glad to get back 70
dear old New York againi" said an
old New Yorker 10 me last week, as
he stepped off the steamship that
had brought him from England,
where he had been for FIVE
And "oh, but II ia fine to be in the
old town again" he said. as we walk
ed across West street.
One hour aftsrward he sat down IN
his room In the hotel. wiped his
blamed glad when my business Is An
ished and l can take the ship back
again"
In that hour he had been hustled
by: "a a policeman who was trying
10 keep the crowd moving at q busy
corner; ~ q truckman, who did the
huHtiing with the pole OF his truck,
and laughed uproariously at the mar
row escape OF the pedestrian; 90 a