The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07


Young men behind the throne are per
forming their tasks Yet withal there
seems no Interruption In the government
OF the ninety millions
Yet who knows who are the RANKING
officials In Washington today? VINO
knows the names and faces oi INC IaGn if,i,
on the lid2 Who knows the men WHO
would be called 10 take the places OF tue
cabinet officer or Of the president himself
II emergency should arise calling Tor I'M
We'll, there are good men and true at
the helm. There are cynical ones VINO
will say that these lesser ofilciaIs are
really the men who do the business
! which reaches the light OF day throusI
their chiefs, even when those gentichhet
nrc not on their vacation. For the lesser
men are more likely TO remain tilrouSn
the cycle OF varying administrators ana
are therefore more familiar with the uG
tall of the work in hand than are tMnelr M
chiefs But cabinet members are "ich
~ large mind and experience and an lG-
norancc OF detail may not be used against
them. ,,, ,,,t,,
him when he leaves Washington IL MAJ
be at Beverly, it may be on Il lauIiSii n
off the coast of Maine, 1t was AZ randila rt
once during RooseVelts administration
and II was on an American bottom on
nil points between Panama and Washinso
ton 1t is always under the nat OF the
president There is no aSSls'an. ASSIST s ptIIS aIISn
But there are assistant secretaries oi tne
departments and these have an 'ne
bowers of their CnlSl5. ne
one OF these IS Just as binding as that
of one OF the head OF the departments.
The president Is therefore holding the
Job and officially at the helm WI mneresut Rni
not so the cabinet men, Nine young men
are today transacting the affairs oi a1
many departments in Washinst0n' Ir.a
a cabinet officer is left on the ild, Inc Inc
serenity OF IA great quiet has settled ao"n
over the nations capital. Bnt IL -
nevertheless the center from "hien ;ne
biggest business IN the world Is pelh9
conducted and these nine young men are
running the business
In State Department.
There is Huntington Wilson, for IN
stance at the department. OF state. fils s
finger is upon the pulse Of the iorelEIh
relations and the myriad OF its deLails
while Mr.. Knox is away, Assistant sec
retary Wilson is as imperturaole and IN ;
approachabc In hot weather as wnen II
is cold He never thaws NO man can can
reach him without first kicking his heels
for three hours in the outer ONCE: t
would be undiplomatic TO have 1t othert
diplomatic, His demeapor Is eareiu,y ',iinI;
guarded He speaks with much caution.
When he does speak he carefully ex-
punges all meaning from anylnlng ne ne
saws. 1t was for this that he was pro-
Inoted some years ago from secretary
ship at Pekin to third assistant sec,
retaryship at the state deparshIedn'ib aIInd h, cS y
from the miuistership to Argentina 10
which he had Just been appointed TO take
the first assistantshlp under the pres
Yet even Mr.. Wilson is known TO have
relapsed for moment this summer lnlo
I an almost plebean appreciation OF me OPP ,,
<pressiveness of labor at desk while all
The world is taking its vacation, Some
:iays ago he rung petulantly for his mes
scnger. When that attendant In ebony
him to go for a tub and intercept an
ice wagon on the way. When both ar
rived post haste this tub was ordered
Into the dummy, fireplace OF the spaGi33uSs eS
office and the leo man was COMMANDED
10 build high with his ware. Then the
electric fan was trained upon the minia-
turc ice pack and the accustomed rr5,o Sc
hours later consul from an Asiatic post
was admitted into tho sanctuary
Holds Down Lid on Navy.
Around the corner from Mr. Wilson is
Bcekman Winthrop, assistant secretary
great wealth who might be cruising as
free as the wind on his own yacht 1T the
dictate OF fancy and who Is by prefer
cnce prespirfng over departme desk
In Washington. But Mr.. winthrop Is
accustomed 10 hard tasks. Ele has sue
ceeded in making himself usetul citi-
zen and a man of great ability despite
the absence OF the necessity Of working
lie has labored unremttingly despite ln-
herited wealth
MIR Winthrop. who sits on the lid fol
rN Secretary Meyer. was graduated from
Harvard IN 1900 and admitted to practice
law IN New York. BE went to the Phil.
ippines instead and became secretary tc
Governor Taft. Later he was judge OF
the Court OF First Instance In those is
lands. Then he became governor of Porto
Rico and assistant secretary at the treas.
ury. then assistant 10 Mr., Meyer. In al
his past experience there has been muc!
work and not Il little hot weather. III
in Washington in the summers anc
wishes they were without end. lnciden-
tally, he wears a Vandyke beard, which
is the only one OF its kind In secretaria
circles outside the department of agrlcul
ture. lie stll wears it these summe
days.
In Treasury Department.
Mr.. Hills is over in the treasury
Charles d. HILLS. 1t is his duty to re
main in charge Of the purse-strings o
the nation and the multitudinous othe
cation in New Hampshire. At tho treas
ury there Is little cessation OF worl
through the summer, The acting secre
tary is busy all the time.
~ Mr.. Hills is a personal appointec o
4. President Tafts- He IS the kind OF ma
that Mr.. Taft likes best lie Is tke col
lcsc man, and may almost be termed
pcdagogue, for his chief duties before en-
iering government service were admin
isierns The & a2Ts Yors sqs,. Of rf6Ts t6a
he had lived In Ohio. and Il is said tina
he had n way of his own of getting vote
One OF his three children some week
ago. the son. threw the household int
confusion by asking at the supper table
Are you rich, papa? Teacher asked nj
If you were rich.
To which the man who Is handling a
the funds OF tho nation was forced I
respond in the negative.
Youth Is Enthroned.
At the department OF Justice, agliT
youth is enrhroncd. The baby asSiStar
attorney general of them all Is in charg'
This man is William r; Harr. native {
the District OF Columbia and but thirty
eight years old. Mr.. Harr Is again
man OF the ranks who has worked III
way up and in whose career politics ha
played no part. He has never cast
vote in his life. He learned the printer
trade early in life. then Stenography. il
vent to Georgetown university law schot
Mt night and graduated. He was fc
years secretary TO Mr. Justice Harlan
The supreme court. and In that postio
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