The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-09-11

~ liz otLLilD IlIE Sn(THL6E
ana IS IN line to become assistant SEQ.
ieCdry or the treasury one Of these
days.
SHAWS THREE LIEUTENANTS
mere are three assistant so,retarie;
OF this biggest financial institution If
me world. Charles H. Keep and Jogept
D.. reynolds, associates of Mr.. Edwards
are Doth young men. Mr.. Keen hail,
from Buffalo, and Mr.. Reynolds from
boston. Mr.. Keep is rich, part Of his
wealth being inherited and most Of i
earned. Mr.. Reynolds was a nevsnane,
man in Washington for some wears
and his experience in thai canacit,
IS or daily service to him now NJ
heep IS chairman Of the Keep Commits
SION a pOdy or i've young men appoint
ed by the president TO revise and md.
ernlze h business methods Of the *.
ecutive departments.
This commission consists of Mr.
Keep, chairman; Frank H. Hitchcock
Lawrence O. Murray. Clifford pinchot
and James R. Garfield. Mr.. Murray. a,
already stated, is assistant secretary
or commerce and labor. Mr.. Hitchcock
IS nrSt assistant postmaster general
MI. PlnchOt Is forester. in charge Of
the forest service of the United States
Mr.. Garfield, son of the late president
is chief of the bureau Of cOrDOratiDns
department of commerce and labor
and n Of the most prominent young
men in public life.
George B. COrtelyOu, postmaster gen
eral, is always referred to as a brilliant
example OF what a government clerk
OF ability and ambition can accomplish
He is still a young man although his
temples are beginning to whiten. A
secretary to Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt, he became famous, and
later, when he was elevated to the
cabinet as secretary of commerce ana
labor by President Roosevelt, lie made
good with such CELEBRITY and thorough
ness that his career was an inSpiratiOn
to any young man. Still later. he man
aged the republican national campaign
Of 1904 with surprising skill, and then
returned to the cabinet as postmaster
general.
HITCHCOCK A HARD WORKER.
Mr.. Cortelyou's right hand man in
the department of commerce and labor
and in the national campaign and in
the %pOStOffice department was Frank
H. Hitchcock, a young and nodes
Harvard man, who is renowned in
Washington for his capacity for hard
work. Mr.. Hitchcock was chief clerk
in the department. of commerce and
labor. He was made chief executive
clerk of the national campaign under
Mr.. CortelyOu. Now he is first assist
ant postmaster general, frequently act
ing as the head of the postofice de-
partment. He is still addicted to work,
often remaining in his office ter and
twelve hours a day. His executive
ability is highly priced by Mr.. Cortel-
you and by the president, and 1t is
generally believed that higher honors
are in store for him.
Clifford Pinchot, forester, is highly
regarded in Washington for his abili-
ty. He is in his early thirties. He in
herited wealth, but chose to keep at
work t his chosen profession, that OF
forestry. In this he is an enthusiast,
and he has succeeded with Mr.. ROOSe-
velt'S help. in organizing the forest
service upon the highest plane OF ct
fciency. He has charge of the forest
reserves of the United States, comprls-
inc millions of acres Of lands.
Another bright young man who has
already made his mark in the govern
ment service is Afford ". Cooley, civil
service commissioner. On this unpoD-
ular and hard-worked board he has
done excellent service, making It e1-
fective and at the same time steering
clar from complications with the tX-
ecutive departments. Mr.. Cooley IS an
expert in civil service matters, and IS
accordingly in frequent consultation
with the president, who regards MIN
highly.
BIG TASKS AWAIT THEM.
Two notable additions to the ranks
of the young men in the government
are James S. Harlan. of Chicago, ana
Franklin X. Lane, of California, recent
" appointed members of the inter
state commerce commission. 1t was
announced that the personnel OF tins
newly ORGANIZED commission was 70 be
the finest that could be selected by the
president. on account OF The immense
inheritance of the commission in deal
ing with the railroads or the countr
under the new law. Il was hlghl!y
NAAN~
complimentary. therefore, TO Messrs,
Harlan and Lane hat they should have
been chosen.
Both are lawyers. Nh. Harlan has
seen some government service IN PORTO
Rico. Mr.. Lane has been prominent.
in California politics. having been an
unsuccessful candidate for mayor OF
San Francisco and governor OF Call
fornia. His only public service was as
city and county attorney OF san FRAN
cisco. where he made an envlaole re
cord. Mr.. Harlan is Il son OF Johc VI.
Harlan, associate justice Of the United
States supreme court, and it a oeen
suggested that some embarrassment
might be caused if the father should De
called upon to review the onclal acts
of the son. The relationship, however
will hardly have any influence upon the
decisions of Justice Harlan, VINO Is
looked upon as the Die Roman u
them ALL on the supreme bench.