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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-05

While secretary to the President, he
usually arrived at his office about 8
o'clock in the morning and remained
there until about midnight. except
ing half hour to go to a quick lunch
room near by, and home to dine with
his family at o'clock.
Since becoIning a member of the
Cabinet he has moved to a more mod
ern house in Northwest Washington,
but there has been no material change
in his home life, nor has he outgrowll
his fondness for daily visits to the
quick unch room, where he usually
sustains himself with a mug of milk
a handwich and slice of pie to top
off with.
When President Roosevelt named Mr.
Cortelyou for the position of secretary
Of the new Department of Commerce
and Labor a terrible howl of disap-
pointment went up from professional
politicians, who had figured on having
one of their own personal friends In
stalled in that important office. Ur-
gent appeals were made to President
Roosevelt not to appoint Cortelyou
to that place. Some of his opponents
went so far as to threaten to defeat
his confirmation. The President re-
manned firm, however, and Mr.. Cortel-
you is gradually organizing his depart
ment along the lines which he so sue
cessfully employed while on duty at
the White House. He realizes that 1t
is a business branch of the service and
be is conducting it on practical bust
ness principles. AS his old school teach
err said of him in his youth, HE never
doubles his tracks"
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uous place in the regular and volunteer
service of the country. 1t has been
there since 1915. from sire to son and
grandson. There is now Second
Lieutenant w. w. Gordon in the Sec
ond United States Cavalry. native Of
California. but appointed from New
York. Ii is a significant fact
that the candidates in the first Florida
primary who claimed to be supported
by the Confederate soldiers, were de-
feated Senator Taliaferro and Con-
gresham Davis. although Confederate
soldiers themselves. did not drag the
u. C. ". into their support. Both the
G.. A. r. and u. c. v. forbid the use
of the organizations for political purr
poses. The abuse of Taliaferro and
Davis calls to mind an extract from
Rev. DR.. Fred w. Farrar's sermon
"Insolent detraetion is very often in
this world the noblest testimonial Of
worth, and the coarse dispraise Of cor
rlpted workings and professional
slanderers is the very Hottest. of eulo-
giles. The best men, the bravest men,
have been ever the most loudly and the
most scornfully abused"
A STORY of North Carolina" spells
the Georgia Blakely the same as the
Alabama Blakeley, Capt. Johnston
DidheiSys u .. navy, oI lNOflH NdFOlftih
who went down in the sloop of war
Wasp, is the hero honored by Georgia.
Blakeley. in Alabama, was named for
its founder and honored citizen, Josiah
Blakeley. The Constitution of
Atlanta errs in naming Mrs. Rebecca
Mayo of Newberne, Va, as the last
widow of a Revolutionary soldier.
There is one other surviving widow,
Mrs. Esther Damon of Plymouth
Union, VT. The New York Tri-
bunes Sunday Magazine" supple
ment for last Sunday, is the finest c.
A. r.. Memorial Day publication
have ever seen. Such liberality indi-
Gates a spirit Of unselhsh patriotism.
One gem In it is a facsimile of the
original copy of Judge F. M. Finchs
famous poem, 1.-THE Blue and the
Gray" which shows but a single al
iteration before publication. The word
softly" in sixth verse, is changed to
sadly" Private Dalzell's reply is also
given, and in some verses is very Sc
we're.
~. s. M" writing from Vicksburg,
Miss, May II, to the Charleston CS. CO.
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linked in historical events with such
names as Cleveland, Mckinley, Roose-
welt and Mark Hanna. Not so with
Mr.. Cortelyou. He has a way of re-
tanning the confidence of those to whom
he owes official allegiance and at the
his newspaper friends from making
erroneous statements, by diplomatic
suggestions.
Under the most trying or exciting
circumstances, Mr. Cortelyou is so
calm and self-possessed, that persons
VINO have witnessed his wonderful self
control have frequently asked:
tled?''
Mr.. Cortelyou will be forty-one years
old on. the 26th of next July. He was
born in New York city, and was edu-
Gated at Hampstead, Long Island He
Is a descendant from one of the old
colonial families, and his father and
grandfather were prosperous business
men in New York.
After finishing his education at West
neId, Mass, he was a tutor at CAM
bridge for time. Returning to New
YORK he took up the study of short
nand and soon became expert in that
llne. Later he was principal of col
lege preparatory schools in New York
While attending the Normal School
at Westneld, it is said of Mr.. Cor
telyou that all the details of his tasks
were carefully worked out, and he
never was In arrears with his work.
Nothing was put over into the next
DAY. he was an independent think
er, seldom needing to ask for personal
eIdcidation of particular points. the
class teaching being sufficient for him.
Proof Against Female Fascination,
He was proof against female fasci-
nation while at Westfield as shown by
the following incident, related by a
former teacher:
The pupils, male and female. TOOK
their daily meals together in a large
dining room. There were six long ex-
tension tables. At the foot of one of
these Mr.. Cortelyou sat, carved meats
and served to their meals a dozen
br1ght-eyed. jolly Massa chusetts maid
ems, from Is to 20 years of age. Meet
ing them as he did three times daily.
he naturally became we'll acquainted
with them, and, just as naturally, they
greatly admired and pette1 him. The
Normal School young ladies usually
succeeded in turning the heads of their
male co-studentS in this home life: but
their gtrlish attractions were wasted
on Mr.. Cortelyou, who, while enioying
Their friendship, never lost MS heart
TO them; in that respect differing from
some of his classmates, who frequently
Eccame engaged to various ana sun
cry charmers of the school,"
We have no chance with Cortelyou,"
roguishly remarked one of his girl
friends, he has left a pretty girl be-
hind him."
He compromised later in life by
marrying a sister of one Of his former
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CORTELYOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE
POSSIBILITIES OPEN TO YOUNG MEN
From otenosrapher to Cabinet Officer and Pc.
lItlcal Pilot in Presidential Campaign.
BY R. M. LARNER

washington, June 4.-George Bruce
CortelyOu is a living example of the
possibilities open to able and ener-
gstic young men entering the civil
service at the foot of the clerical lad
der.
Official Washington can hardly re-
Rlize that young man who entered
the public service a few years ago as
& stenograp her, is to-day a member of
the cabinet, and also named to sue
coed the late Senator Mark Hanna
as the political pilot of the Republican
party in the coming presidential cam
paign.
Some of the old political war horses
snake their heads doubtingly and ex-
claim: He's too young. Too mex
perienced. He does not carry any po-
ntical weight"
President Roosevelt evidently enter
tains an entirely different regard for
Mr.. Cortelyou. Not only has the
President had ample opportunity to
test the ability Of Mr.. Cortelyou in
every reasonable direction. but has
learned to look to him for advice and
counsel, in preference to many of the
more conspicuous members Of the Re-
publican organization
A former school teacher of Mr.. Cor
telyou once said Of him.:
II like the way Cortelyou does. He
never doubles his track. If I had to
solve a problem in five minutes or die
I would spend three minutes of the
five in thinking how I would solve it.
That Is Cortelyou's method"
Fifteen Years in OhfciaI Life.
For nearly fifteen years Mr.. Cortel-
you has been i'm official life in Wash
ington. During the greater part of
that time he has been in the public
eye by reason of his confidential DO
sition at the White House during the
Cleveland Mckinley and Roosevelt adj
ninistrations. Here were three entire
ly different types of men to serve I'M
der, yet he possessed the intelligence,
the capacity and the moral stamina
to prove himself equally loyal and
helpful TO them all.
Those who have been associated with
Mr.. Cortelyou officially and ersonally,
in Washington, fully appreciate his
strength of character, his firm yet gen
tie manner, his ability to do the right
thing at the right moment, and. above
all, the feeling of confidence and re-
spect with which he inspires every one
with whom he comes in contact. There
have been many private secretaries to
the President, but during the past
quarter of a century no man has
filled that position more acceptably to
ell concerned than Mr.. Cortelyou.
A Man of Merit.
There must be more than ordinary
merit in the general makeup of Mr..
Cortelyou, for many men similarly sit
uated have lost their bearings under
the pressure OF having their names
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able information relative to men and
methods in all parts of the country.
The experience at the Posteffice Depart
nlent was of great benefit to him five
years later, when he was detailed for
duty at the White House, as executive
clerk (really private stenographer to
the President.)
1t was during the second adlninistra-
ton of President Cleveland that Mr..
Cortelyou came into the pubic eye,
more frequently than those who had
preceded him as stenograpner to the
President Private Secretary Thurber
was a loyal and true friend OF the Pres
ident, but history will not record him
as a private secretary ranking with
John Hay, Daniel Lamont or Mr. Cor
telyou. However, Mr.. Cortelyou soon
impressed Mr.. Cleveland as being
valuable aid, not only in the dispatch
CT routine business but a wise coun-
sellor in other directions.
His Relations With Mckinley.
When President Mckinley entered
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A Man for Emergencies.

Mr.. Cortelyou who had rightly taken
charge OF everything, informed the
doctors that he appreciated their kind
offers, but he had dispatched a mes
senger for Mr.. Milburn, and that the
surgeon to perform the operation would
not be selected until Mr.. Milburn ar
rived. He explained that the sur
geons were all strangers to him, and
he wanted the advice of Mr.. Milburn
as to which was the most skilfull. Mr..
Milburn designated DR.. Mann who at
once made the examination and rec
commended an immediate operation.
In the midst of all that trying period
of extreme responsibility, Mr.. Cortel-
you was as cool and self possessed as
if nothing unusual had occurred He
did not forget to telephone DR.. Rixey
to break the news gently to Mrs. Nc
Kinley and arrange for an interview
between the dying President and his
invalid wife. In addition he for the
moment became acting President of
the United States. but his manner of
procedure was SO gentle, so dignified,
yet so firm and consistent that it chal-
lenged the admiration of the civilized
world and stamped George Bruce Cor
telyou as a man worthy to hold any
position to which he may be assigned
by the President of the United States,
the National Republican Committee or
the american people.
ROOseveIt's Choice.
When President Roosevelt became
the occupant of the White House it
was freely predicted that a general
shake-up in the official staff in the
executive Office would surely follow.
The President was quick to recognize
and appreciate the thoroughness of the
force organized under the personal SUI
pervision of Mr.. Corteyou, and at
once gave the latter his confidence as
fully as President Mckinley had done.
To Mr.. Cortelyou was entrusted the
arrangements of all of the official and
social work at the White House and
the various trips out Of town were
personally conducted by the same
master hand at details. One of the
most striking features of the White
House routine under the direction of
Mr.. Cortelyou was his tact in making
it easy for those persons to see the
President whom his judgment told him
the President desired to meet. On the
other hand he could in the most gra-
cious manner, and without wounding
the pride or vanity of presumptious
callers, send them away without see
ing the President, much to the relief
of the latter.
His Daily Habits.
The private life Of Mr.. Cortelyou is
free from ostentation and display. I'm
til recently he has resided in a modest
little house on Capitol hill, with his
wife and four children: two boys and
two girls. His habits are regular and
he seems to thrive under heavy re-
sponsibility and an abundance of work.
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Second Lieutenant Randolph Ridgely.
Jr., OF the revenue cutter service, does
not 90 to the Rush as first intended, but
IL placed on waiting orders. IL
IL hard 10 keep the name OF w. w.
Gordon out OF an active and conspie-
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~. s. M" writing from Vicksburg,
Miss, May ~, to the Charleston CS. CO.
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SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to Confederate and Union
Veterans and Others

Pine Crest villa, Maitland. Fla, June
Al regret that the friend of Capt
Marmelstein, who has written me an
other letter, fails to see that I have
done him no injustice whatever. sim
ply stated that did not find his name
in any of my official lists of the officers
of the c. S. NJ, but was sure that he
was a survivor of the famous cruiser
Alabama. l do not know what more
l can do in the matters Mrs. NJ.
j. Murphy, of the Olustee Monument
Committee, does not reply directly to
Col Magilrs account of the battle, but
publishes in the 7 mes-UniOn an extract
from Maj Fairbanks History OF
Florida" in reference to the BATTLE of
Olustee. But the major also erTs in
referring to Gen. Finnegan" instead of
Finegan, and Generals Colquitt and
Harrison in place of Gen. Colquitt and
Col. Harrison. THE standing under
fire." says Maj. Fairbanks 'of the
Georgia troops, during a critical period,
of the battle, while awaiting a supply
Of ammunition, was heoric."
Last Monday the graves of Union SOL
diers at Arlington National Cemetery,
opposite Washington, d. c., were deco
rated with flags and flowers, and to-
morrow (Sunday, June 50 afternoon the
graves Of the Confederate soldiers will
be decorated by the U. G. v. and the
u d. G.. As David j. Evans says in
his Memorial Day poem:
above their graves once rang the
bugle call
Sped the swift bullet and the cannon
BALL
r. -
to-day,
Who wore the Union Blue, who wore
the Gray"
The Washington, D. c., Star has been
giving a list. somewhat imperfect, how
ever Of Southern regular army officers
who resigned to enter the Confederate
service. 1t Says: The first officer to
resign was Captain and BFevet Major
Henry c. Wayne, assistant quarter
master" This is a mistake; for Maj.
William Henry Talbot Walker, Of the
Tenth Infantry. was the first Wayne,
who was in the quartermaster's depart
ment at Washington, resigned on Dec.
81, 1860, but Walker, who was on sick
leave at the time, resigned on Dec.
20, or over ten days earlier. The late
Wade Hampton Gibbes. of South Caro-
lima, was, therefore, the third and not
the second to resign. He and James
III. Hallonduist rendered their resigna-
lions on Jan. 1, 1851. Hardee resigned
Jan. 81 McLaws on March 20. Wheeler
on April %, and Longstreet on June /.
The designations run all the way from
Dec. 20, 1860, to late In the summer OF
1851 Gems. Gilmer and Mackall were
on duty in California, and resigned
June % and July 3. Gen. Alexander
was also there, but resigned May /.
Second Lieutenant Randolph Ridgely.
Jr., OF the revenue cutter service does
not 90 to the Rush as arst intended, but
Il placed on waiting orders. IL
IL hard TO keep the name OF w. w.
Gordon out OF an active and conspie-
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Harlan p. Hall of st. Paul. one OF
the pioneer editors of the Northwest,
has written a political history of Min
nesota, which is now in press. He has
been active in newspaper work for
some forty years and is probably as
we'll qualified for the task as any man
in the state.
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schoolmates. Miss Kinds.
1t was while teaching school in New
York that Mr.. Cortelyou acquired the
art of self-control and go9d-natured
patience. School teaching not being a
lucrative employment, he applied for
a position as stenographer in the Office
CT the New York Appraiser. He pass.
ed a. satisfactory examination, and en-
tered the government service. With
change of administration he lost his
place and went back to teaching again.
After being out of the service four
years, he was reinstated to a position
in the New York postoffice as private
secretary to the postoffice inspector.
His First Washington Job.
He came to Washington in 1891 as pri
vate secretary to the Fourth assistant
Postmaster General. 1t was while on
duty at the PostotIice Department that
MIR. Cortelyou became acquainted with
so many men in public life. Senators,
representatives and politicians of every
grade came there in search of postal
patronage. Being a close student of
human nature, he acquired much valu-
Evening star., 1904-04-29
JEROME HITS DIRECTORS.
Ayers Moral Liability, but Western
Union Has Legal Right.

dispatch from New York says: District
Attorney Jerome declares that although the
directors OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company. men high in the social. financial
and Intellectual world. might not be legally
guilty or compromising a felony, on them
rested the moral responsibility for the con-
tinuance OF pool rooms.
1T is possible to conceive of the Western
Unions sustaining relations with the pool
rooms which would make II criminally re-
sponsi BILE" said Mr.. Jerome. 1T has a per-
feet right, however. to sell its racing news
wherever ii can find a customer, and the
mere selling Will not make IL respons BILE. A
man might sell furniture to den of vice
and commit no crime. and there are firms
here in the city whose whole business is the
manufacture OF gambling implements. 1t
makes no difference for what the buyer Is
going to use these implements, the seller
needn't inquire.
4 ;lNotwithsta nding all this. there is a moral
Responsibility, and IL rests with the direct
prs. Their powers OF supervision are such
Evening star., 1904-04-29
REED MEMORIAL.
Association Formed to Erect Monument
in Tribute to Late Army Surgeon.

A certificate of Incorporation has been
filed in the office of the recorder of deeds
Incorporating the Walter Reed Memorial
Association. formed for the purpose of Sc
curing funds to erect monument in this
city to the memory OF the late Major Wal
ter Reed, U. S. A. Major Reed died about
two years ago in Cuba. where he had gone
to investigate the subject of the possible
transmission of yellow fever by the mos
quitoes. While there he contracted the
disease mentioned and died.
1t is provided in the certificate of incor-
poration that the capital Of the association
shall consist of such funds as may be Sc
cured for the purpose. The incorporators
are: r. M. O'Reilly, p. NJ. Rxey, Walter
Wyman. George NJ. Sternberg, Calvin De
Witt, Daniel c. Gilman. Charles w. Need
ham, Carroll D. Wright, Henry B. F. Mac
farland, III. st. George Tucker, Alexander
Graham Bell, A. f. A. King. M. D.; G..
Wythe Cook Ch Wardel Stiles. w. G.
Boardman William A. Gordon. ]. R. Kean.
Walter D. McCaw, C. r. DarnalI, James
Carroll and F. s. Nash.
1t is announced that meeting will be
held next Thursday evening at the home
Of Mr.. Daniel c. Gilman, president of the
association, at which a circular for public
distribution will be submitted to the board
of managers, the public being appealed to
through these circulars.
Mr. Daniel G. Gilman, who was formerly
president of the Johns Hopkins University,
is president Of the board ofmanagers of the
association; Surgeon General George M.
Sternberg, y. s. A., retired, Is vice presi-
dent, General Calvin De Witt secretary,
and Mr.. Charles J. Bell treasurer.
Evening star., 1904-04-29
TIE PENALTY INCURRED.
Fine Of $50 for Violating the Fish
Law.

The hearing of Lawrence Kearney. who
was placed on trial In the United States
branch of the Police Court Wednesday on
a charge Of using dip net in the Potomac
river, was resumed before Judge Kimbail
today. When the case was first called Com
modore Sutton and the crew of the police
boat Vigilant testified that they found
Kearney in charge of a3boat in the river
near Georgetown, and tRat1t boat con-
tanned about 2.0OJ herring tFeearney admit
ted having the fish In the boat. but declared
he was only employed tos4aKe the boat to
the fish wharf. The casecwaBs continued at
his request until today to give him chance
to get two witnesses, who tie said. knew
that the fish did not belong to him.
When the case was called tbday the wit
Eesses testified that they knew nothing of
the matter. Judge KimSaA thereupon de-
cided that the charge against Kearney had
been sustained and ffheda HIM $50. naming
Imprisonment for three months as the al
tentative. "a ''s
Evening star., 1904-04-29

that they can prevent the sending of racing
news to pool rooms absolutely If they de-
sire. In other words. IL the directors be-
well this questionable legal proposition,
or II their moral sense Is acute enough to
enable them to dispense with the profits in
volved in order to prevent this condition,
no one doubts their power to shut the gam
bling houses
They may be wholly free from every le-
gal liability, like the man at the head OF a
large corporation who winks at big appro-
priations for counsel fees, knowing that
these appropriations were corruption funds
to brlbe legislators. If they have the moral
welfare of the community at heart, all
they've got to do Is to send for their SUI
perintendent and ask IL their service Is be-
ing used in 300 pool rooms In this city. He's
not fool enough TO continue the service
against their will"
Evening star., 1904-04-29
Violations of Pure Food Law.

Seven separate charges of violating the
pure food law by selling and Offering for
sale adulterated milk were filed against as
many different dealers in Judge Scott s
branch Of the Police Court today. Each
forfeited IS collateral instead of appearing
for trial. They were Thomas H. Downes,
POI e street northeast: John II. Lauer, 4S5
N street southwest; Rudolph Miller, 1905
Az street southwest; Max Perskins, AL
Delaware avenue southwest; Albert T..
Scanland, 500 11th street northwest and 800
18th street northwest, and Louisa M. Lou
der 600 New York avenue northwest.
Evening star., 1904-04-29
AND THE DOG MUST DIE.
Owner Fined by Judge Scott in Police
Court

Judge Scott of the Police Court today pro-
nounced the death sentence on brindie
pup belonging to Robert Quander. colored
resident OF Francis street southeast. and
at the same time assessed Quander IS for
permitting the canine to run at large.
knowing that the dog was fierce and dan
gerous.
Quander was brought into court on COM
plant of Bicycle Policeman Cullinane of
the fifth precinct, who reported that the
dog attacked and bit colored boy Sunday
last The defendant denied that the dog
was dangerous, but Judge Scott differed
with him, ard took the action mentioned
Quander paid the fine, and the poundmaster
was notified to carry out the death sem
tence
Evening star., 1904-04-29
BON Marche, 314=32O Seventh ST.
ALLEGED VIOLATION.
Fish Furnished Representatives
Family Said to Have Been Bad.

Charles Wilkinson, dealer In marine
products. was reported in the Police Court
today for an alleged violation of the
health ordinances. He failed to appear
for trial and forfeited $40 collateral. 1t
was alleged that a piece of fish sold at his
place of business was found to be tainted
after it had been cooked at the house of
Representative Babcock. The dealer says
the fish was perfectly sound when 1T was
sold and that he received no other COM
plant.