The Pensacola journal., 1906-09-09
THE DATOF'T THE TOUNG MAN

This commission consists Of Mr.. Keep
chairman; Frank Hitchcock, Lawrence o.
Murray. Clifford Pinchot, and James R.
Garfield. Mr.. Murray, as already stated,
is Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
Labor. Mr.. Hitchcock Is First Assistant
Postmaster General. Mr.. Pinchot is for
ester, in charge Of the Forest Service of
the United States. Mr.. Garfield, son of
the late president, is chief Of the Bureau
OF Corporations. Department of Com
merce and Labor, and one Of the most
prominent young men in public life.
George B. Cortelyou, Postmaster Gen.
eral, is always referred to as brilliant
example of what a government clerk of
ability and ambition can accomplish. He
is still young man, though his temples
are beginning to whiten. AS secretary
to Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt, he
became famous, and, later, when he was
elevated to the Cabinet as Secretary of
Commerce and Labor by President -Roose-
welt, he made good with such celerity
and thoroughness that his career was an
inspiration to any young man. Still later,
he managed. the Republican national
campaign Of 1904 with SURPRISING skill,
and then returned to the Cabinet as
Postmaster General
Hitchcock Hard Worker.
Mr.. Cortelyou's right-hand man in the
Department of Commerce and Labor, and
In the national campaign, and the Post
office Department was Frank II. Hitch
cock, a young man, and modest Harvard
man, who is renowned in Washington for
his capacity for hard work. Mr.. Hitch
cock was chief clerk In the Department
of Commerce and Labor. He was made
chief executive clerk Of the national cam
paign under Mr.. Cortelyou. Now he is
First Assistant Postmaster General, fre-
quently acting as the head of the Post
Office Department. He is still addicted
to work, often remaining in his Office ten
and twelve hoSrs a day. His executive
ability is highly priced by Mr.. Cortelyou
and by the president. and it is generally
believed that higher honors are in store
for him.
Clifford Pinchot, forester, Is highly re-
garded in Washington for his ability He
is in his early thirties. He inherited
wealth, but chose to keep at work at his
profession, that of forestry. In this he
is an enthusiast, and he has succeeded,
with Mr.. Roosevelt's help. in organizing
the Forest Service upon the highest
plane Of efficiency. He has charge of the
forest reserves of the United States,
comprising millions of acres of lands.
Another bright young man who has al
ready made his mark in the government
service is Afford w. Cooley Civil Service
Commissioner On this unpopular and
hard worked board he has done excellent
| 1t 4 ~
same time steering clear from complica-
tions with the executive departments.
Mr.. Cooley is an expert in civil service
matters, and is accordingly in frequent
consultation with the president, who re-
CARDS, him highly.
Big Tasks Await Them.
Two notable additions to the ranks of
the young men in the government are
James S. Harlan, of Chicago, and Frank
lin K. Lane. of California, recently ap-
, pointed members of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. 1t was announced
that the personel OF the newly organized
commission was to be the finest that
could be selected by the president on ac-
| count of the immense Importance of the
| commission in dealing with the railroads
of the country Hnder the new law. 1t
was highly complimentary, therefore, to
Messrs. Harlan and Lane that they
should have been chosen.
| Both are lawyers. Mr.. Harlan has seen
some government service in Porto Rico
Mr.. Lane has been prominent in Cali
fornia politics. having been an unsuccess-
ful candidate for mayor of San Francisco
and governor OF California. His only
public service was as city and county at
| torney Of San Francisco, where he made
an enviable record. Mr.. Harlan Is son
of John NJ. Harlan. associate justice OF
the United States Supreme Court. and 1t
has been suggested that some emoarrass-
ment might be caused IL the father should
review the Official acts of the the on.
The relationhip however, will hardly have
any influence upon the decisions of Jus
tice Harlan, who is looked upon as 1.-THE
noblest Roman OF them all'' On the Su-