Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-01-25
OMAHA BOY WHO MADE GOOD
New Assistant Secretary Of State
Formerly Worked in This City.
sTENoGRAPHER ON THE BEE
As WashinEtOn Newspaper Man He
Was Noted for Number of Friends
He Had in the Diplomatic
Corps.
(From a staff Correspondent.)

Dl6lIlCN Oh COlunDlA entered Uhe 0IIlCe
OF The Omaha Bee as a stenographer
and general utility man. At that time
his knowledge of stenography consisted
of being able to write a few cat-tracks
on sheet of ruled paper. supposed to be
phonetic characters representing the
words which had been uttered. but he ex-
perienced great difficulty in transcrib-
Ing his notes into intelligent English.
But he was a hustler, willing and anx-
ious to learn and quite satisfied to be
called down for his inaccuracies. He
learned more in three months in a news
paper office than he had acquired In
three years in the high school, and
withini that period John Callsn O'Lough-
lin had become reporter OF value to
his employers. From that time on Cal
O'Loughlin has climbed the ladder rap
idly. He left Newspaper Row for a po-
sition on one of the local papers and
afterwards entered the New York Her.
AIDS Washington bureau. Here he was
assigned to duty in the State, War and
Navy departments and within a sort pc
riod he had succeeded in winning for
himself the friendship of every member
Of the diplomatic corps, with the result
that he was soon able to secure more
news from this exclusive organization
than any other man who ever was as
signed to that particular branch of news
paper work. Later O'Loughlin visited
Venezuela and was right on the ground
when trouble broke out. He had an ex-
perience in the British West Indies He
spent some time in London, Paris and
st. Petersburg, and wherever he went
he made good.
Now II is announced that John Csllan
OLoughin has been appointed assistant
N,r lE uNaAA 90 NJ
when that gentleman succeeds Mr.. Root
this week, and thus once more President
Roosevelt has demonstrated that he has
fondness for selecting newspaper
writer's for important government posi-
tlons. The list is a long one. 1t in
cludes ambassadors, ministers, commits
sioners of the District of Columbia, as
slstant secretaries in several of the de-
partments. chiefs of important bureaus
and now an assistant secretary of state.
San Francisco Grateful.
San Francisco comes to the front In aid
OF the public health and marine hospital
service and the people of that enterprising
city Of the Pacific coast are urging every
one they know who has any influence in
washington to do everything in his power
TO aid the passage of the bill which pro-
vides n small increase of saiarX for the
physicians OF the marine hospital service
and also proposes to put them on the same
basis as similar officers of the army and
navy. When San Francisco was threatened
with bubonic plague and the city was in
woeful sanitary condition Surgeon Gen.
eral Wyman directed DR.. Blue and a corps
of his assistants to proceed to the Pacific
coast to help the stricken people. These
federal physicians went TO work with a
vim They cleaned up the city and showed
the people just how 10 take care OF them
selves.
By public subscription 10000 was raised
and turned over to the doctors to use in
any manner which they saw fit The re-
suits obtained placed the whole community
under lasting obligations to Drs. Blue and
Rucker, who not only cleaned up the city,
ste mped out the contagion, killed off the
rats but established sanitary regulations
which will make for the permanent better
mtnt OF the people. They spent the vast
fund economically and well. The local
health officers were given the benefit of
expert advice and the whole city, officials
and citizens, have united in one great paen
of praise in their references to the services
rendered by the m arine hospital service
sBd in urging that the members OF that
hoey be given oecent salaries.
Problem of Committees.
When Speaker Canron comes to prepare
his committees for the Sixty-first congress,
whether IT will be at the extraordinary
session to be convened in March or
whether It shall be at the long session
be ginning on the first Monday in Decem-
Der of this year, he will be confronted with
mere changes in committeeships than he
has met with during his career as speaker
of the house OF representatives. He will
be face to face in some particulars with
conditions that have not heretofore OBJ
tained during the years he has been speaker
and he will in all probability jump over
the heads OF some people who are expect
irE chairmanshps, not because he has the
right to do so. but because geographical
conditions will demand changes in commit
tee chairmans1ips
James Breck Perkins OF New York will,
in all probability, succeed TO the chairman
ship OF foreign affairs, now held by Rob
srt G.. Cousins of Iowa. Mr.. Cousins not
having been a candidate for reelection
and Mr.. Charles b. lands of Indiana hav-
ing been defeated at the polls are the rank
ing members on the committee. On Indian
affairs CndrleS IL OF view 1oIh Will
undoubtedly succeed his colleague. James
8. sherman. Of the same state, who goes
over to the north side Of the capitol
vice president Of the United States. This
change will leave Congressman Hinshaw
OF Nebraska the ranking member on that
very important committee.
On the committee OF interstate and for
eign commerce, OF which w. P. Hepburn
OF Iowa has been the distinguished head
for a number of years, Congressman Wan
ger OF Pennsylvania is the ranking mem
ber, but James r. Mann. ''the great OBJ
jector' OF the house, is second and II Is
understood there is a good natured, but
extremely strenuous fight btween these two
gentlemen for the craftsmanship OF that
committee. Mr.. Mann enjoys the confidence
OF the speaker to q great degree and It is
thought he will win out. But here are in
nuences az work from the old Keystone
state which may land wanger in the chair
manship which OF rights he is entitled to
| by seniority.
Then there is the judiciary TO which
Parker OF New Jersey holds first title by
| reason OF the defeat OF the present chair
man, John ]. jenkins OF Wisconsin. Parker.
however. Is a reactionsry and may not
suit Speaker Cannon to preside over "the
morgue Of the house." as the judiciary com
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