The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-01
BEST EQUIPPED
CHAIRMAN EVER
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removed. Mr.. Gortelyou's appoint
tment followed, and for some time
there was a cry Of disappointment 7
dates, coupled with the charge that +
Mr.. Cortelyou didn't know anything
about politics, and moreover that ne I
wasn't even a republican This talk
has ceased, and it will not again be
heard. sh - +
Now, what are the facts as to Mr..
Cortelyou's political affiliations and
his knowledge of the great game he is
now called upon to play? -,
Cortelyou's Political Record.
Mr.. Cortelyou comes from a stanchf
republican family, which has lived on
| Long Island for many years. His !
grandfather was republican of the
early days and was on terms of close |
intimacy with such party, leaders as
Thurlow. Weed and Horace Greeley
during the war times. His father was
republican all his life. Mr. Cor
telyou himself has never adhered to
any other party. In the eighties he
was an active member of the Blaine
marching club Of Hampstead, Long
Island, whittier he returned to- vote
at every election after entering gov
eminent employ. The men of that
/ town have always known him as are
publican and as nothing else. u He got
lhis original appointments in the post
office department thru a civil service
/ competitive examination, and when
EMr. Cleveland became president, lin
March, 1885, he resigned his place.
Mr.. Maxwell, the new democratic
fourth assistant postmaster general,
4 prevailed on him to remain for thirty
days, and at the end Of that time said
manently, and that his politics
wouldn't affect the case in the least.
Afterwards Mr.. Cortelyou was
transferred to the White House. Be
fore accepting this new position he
Informed Mr.. Cleveland as to his poll
didn't care what Cortelyou's politics
was; he was wanted for a confidential
position where politics would cut no
!, figure. Mr.. Mckinley found him IN
the White House, March A., 1897, and
out of that, fact grew the impression
81 that he was democrat. He never
was a democrat, but on the contrary
, has always been a republican.
/ Where He Learned Politics.
In the office Of the fourth assistant
postmaster general under Mr. Max
sons in national politics, and he
couldn't have got them at a better
school. He quickly grasped the de-
tails Of that office, which IS essential
ly political in character, and at one
time knew the name of every promin-
ent party worker in nearly every
, Estate north Of the Potomac. In
numerous cases this acknowledgements so
; minute as to include the names Of
county leaders and leaders of wards
,, was increased during the stay at the
:, white House under Cleveland, SO
that when Mckinley came, he found
, in Cortelyou just such q, man as he
: wanted. Mckinley was one Of the
:, finest politicians--using the word in
: duced since the civil war, and his re-
= lance on. and confidence in Cortel-
I you are perhaps the finest compli-
ment that could possibly have been
paid to that gentleman.
It was not generally known. but 50
8 managed from Canton. No i'm
Iportant step was taken without Nc
Kinley's approval, and Mckinley
ldidn't approve without first talking II
t out with Cortelyou, who was with
= him at Canton during the entire
: campaign.
= = Best Equipped Chairman Ever.
II Mr.. Cortelyou has made ffty-sever
IL |trips with presidents, visiting every
: section of the country. He, not only
d knows the national leaders Of thu
~
IL also, and in nearly every state he hal
It detailed information regarding fac
tional differences and the conflicting
! ambitions Of men, and knows JUS
whom to go to for all sides of an.
given situation. It is now said tina
I'll perhaps no chairman Of a republican
" national committee ever entered upol
e the discharge Of the duties Of tina
q office as we'll preparsed as Mr.. Cortel
i you. Hanna. in 1895, and other ma
- tional chairmen, Quay, Carter, Clark
"a son, ct AL, were in the beginning
% tyros in comparison with him, SO ia
- as the country as a whole is con
cerned.
This brief Cortelyou summer
4 ought to be good reading for rep1h
licans as the campaign Is about t
4 begin. It will revive courage an
IT confidence in many places, and sho-
81 that the president knew better whs
~ he was about than some of us wer
= inclined to give him credit for, whe
~ he turned down the mere political
e, and intrusted the management Of hi
- campaign for election and the fatego
.. the republican organization to TIL
man. It will appear more and NOR
as the campaign progresses that, tn
We choice was wise one.
&c 8, Condo Hamlin Impressed.
he Condo Ham1in OF Minnesota is On
o. of the western chairmen Of republica
SIS state committees wi1osis in Chicago
confer with Chairman Cortelyou. tt