Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-30

| Arthur was his secretary, Mr. Ph Hips,
and young Cortelyou, racing along be.
| side the wheels. looked up admirInsly
at Phillips and said to himself.
How | would like to be the secre.
| tary to President of The United
| States and ride about with him H. a
| carriage.
Cortelyou was such a good stenog
| rapher and man so Jealous and trust.
worthy in all his work. that President
| Cleveland kept him and liked him
| When Mckinley came in Cortelyou
! was there. and became assistant 20
| Secretary Porter. He was the best
| stenographer and man Of business on
| the White House stan. and when Por
| ter's health broke down il was the
most natural thing in the world taai
he should be promoted 10 the secre.
taryship.
Riding through the straats OF Bos-
ton one day with President Mckinley.
Cortelyou told of his run beside the
wheels of Arthur's carriage some
| ment that he might some day De sec
retary to the president.
We'll. you've got your wish George.
and you have deserved 1t, too" SAID
President Mckinley.
When Roosevelt came In. of course,
he kept Cortelyou. Moreover. he stood
| by the arrangement which Mckinley
himself had made. and appointed Cor.
telyou secretary of the Department of
Commerce and Labor.
seven or eight weeks ago one of the
presidents personal and unofficial
friends was at the White House at
| luncheon. This friend knew the tron.
BILE the president was having In find
ing just the right man for chairman of
The national committee Two or
| three men he wanted he could not get.
for one reason or another. and certain
| corporations and politicians were try
ing TO thrust upon him men he did not
want.
Mr.. President" said this friend, 81
have national chairman for you-a
man who belongs 10 no factions. who
is not the choice of any corporation
who has the confidence OF all Repub-
licans, who was close to Mckinley and
Hanna. and is close to you, who is
honest, able, strong
Who is he-who is he?" asked the
president
George Cortelyou."
The president thought that a sug.
gestion worth thinking about. 1t was
new idea. No one had suggested
Cortelyou before. Cortelyou had not
been thought of in that connection In
looking for man for a certain task
we are prone to hunt far away and to
| overlook the man at our elbow. The
president did think about Cortelyou.
lie consulted his advisers. In week
Cortelyou's name was on the slate
II pays to be the best stenographer
in the office. the best salesman in the
store. the best bookkeeper In the
counting room. the best workman IA
The shop, the best hostler in the sta
Bile.
On taking his seat as the unuli-
mously elected chairman OF the Re
publican national committee. George
Cortelyou said To the members of tina
body:
In this office | want the advice and
the help Of all OF you the old and .x,
perienccd members as well AZ The
younger and newer ones But as the
responsibility is mine. | am going to
meet ii fully. as | think you would
have me meet IL, without dlctatiun
from any man"
This was said with purpose
Though Chairman Cortelyou Is the
personal selection OF President Roose.
welt, as every national campaign man.
ager is the choice OF the presidential
candidate; though Mr.. Cortelyou is to
manage the campaign under the gen
eral direction OF the candidate, as ev.
cry campaign manager does, he is to
he something more than the servant
OF the president. He has Ideas OF his
own. He may not always agree with
the president. He is going TO be cam.
paign manager In fact as well as In
name. As President Roosevelt has
said:
"Cortelyou will attend to the duties
of his office, while attend to the du.
ties of my Office"
After the campaign Is over. Cortel-
you is TO take Henry c. Payne's place
as postmaster general Thus in ten
years he will have completed the cir
cuit-from stenographer in the post
office department to the White House.
to the cabinet. to successor of Mark
Hanna as chairman of the national
Republican committee, and back to
the postofilce department again as Its
chief. Pretty good work for ten years,
on merit alone without wealth or po-
litical influence or anything but his
habit of being the best wherever he is
put
They say there are no opportunl.
ties for young men in our country"
remarked Chicago lawyer who was
formerly government Official. why.
ten years ago, when ! was In Wash
ington, there was a young chap in the
Civil Service Commission cranky,
snappy. guarrelsome sort of fellow,
who was not much liked by the poll
ticians and who apparently had about