Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-29
Charles d. Hilles Is Making
Many Friends for the Ad.
ministration at a Time
When They Come Handy.
HE MUST BE DIPLOMAT
AMI POLITICIAN TOO

| add make them az time when the
administration needs The friends.
Bu, II Is certain that the president
knew thai lilles was the man for the
| place even before he went over To the
treasury department one day anu
told Sec MdVNcagh that ne wanted
this assistant To come t. thc White
| House Hnd take mp the duties Charles
! y Norton was about to lay down.
For Two wears the president had
liillcs In his Official family He ha I
hccn appointed assistant secretary of
III" treasury when the new admins
tration took hold. aud he had dis
linguishcd himself in that position.
Before that the official had made 4
place 'or himself in New York aud
IN Ohio
Away bnck In the dnys when the
| late William Mckinley was governor
oi ONO and the president was n state
| Judge IN the same commonwealth %.
Dewey lilles-ihat H. what they call.
ed him hen Dcgan TO rise above the
crowd began To be heard OF beyond
his own immediate ncighhOrhood lie
had been born IN the BnClicye state
ana his public career, which has "a
to che pust ui confidential adviser 10
the president of the United states
ucgun there
First tn Young man. who was IN.
son ol q l'nlOn veteran and prOmi.
npnl Ohio ician. beCam Clcrh
IN the Boys Industrial school AZ Ian
easter Then he went into the news.
paper business becoming citl editnr
of the Lancaster Gazette AflerNagd
| b. returned 10 the school NJ financial
agent. and later Was ~Upcrintenden;.
IN ihis position he attracted the al
I tention Oi The trustee or he NCr
Norh Juvenile asVium al fpW
ears later hc was named as The head
ol ihat institution
Thi' move brousht him iuio touch
/ with tho New Nork state political
lenders Among them was the prosi.
, dents brother The presidential
campaign three wears ago ramc on
and llIlles vas ask Il 10 help fin
things ia the Empire state and IN New
Engladu Ilo had always had 70 pre-.
di'Dction for practical politics and
this gave him an opportunity 90 dem
"ustrat his aptitude forta the great
American game. Aso iJ brought him
into the Talt administration
The sccrciapship of the president
il q difficult iob. Il is about the most
dlilicult Ia thr whole government SER
vice The man who occupies thai 30.
sition stands between the head oi the
nation aud lhe great hurtc of otiice.
seekers officials. senators aud repre-.
sentativcs. Every man who goes 10
the executive Offices thinks his bust
ness ls tn, most important b,fur, the
1 III ll.s Ia. I...
ushered IN az once, ana given an ina.
nodiatc hearing.
II Is the secretary's paI, ~ the
business to see. the visitors hr,' iind
out what they want and pass IN those
who have a rlgni to the president
car The others he mus turn away
Therefore the secretary musi be-
diplomat III must keep oyclt hodV
IN a GOOD humor. even though Ia"
keeps them waiting tor hours Every
good citizen has an equity ~ tie
president, and the secretary must re-
member this ALWAYS, even lhough he
is compelled Ia turn thr caller away
IN disappointment
Then the president unloads lots II
other work on his secretary He tois
him tu Investigate patronage disputes
aud recommend Tor dppoinl mcni tho
men most worthy This is irving II
puts ON the secretary the rcsponsibIl
ity o. keeping political friends from
turning against the administration
BESIDES all this thcts IL the office
work The correspondence Is almost
entirely turned over the the secretary
II is a rare thiag tor man 10 set a
letter direct from the president With
hundreds uf letters arriving daily. ,rp
work OF 70 .,lNing 10 them t. enormous
Ana al cad, Secretary IIillee has
shown himself abb To cope with
these multituinous duties IT. D.
the worthy succcssnr of George u
tortelyou and William Loeb, D.. ana
his qualifications are uuiuu" lie
never gets portnlb,d. There ma, d.
| two scor. oi senators and rcntcs'n'
tatives outside the presidents Once
olamoring iur admitiancc. TINS docs
NOT worry MIR niles IT. takes them
one gi time. and. before the calm
Ing process is over all is serene.
rhe training Mr. liillos got while
assistant secretary ol thc treasury
has proved valuable over thetc he
! had charge ol the erection a. all pub
.Ic buildings Every senator ANA
ever, representatives. N Washington
had bindings In his district or want.
| cd them They had way of pourin.
| into this officials office day b, lay.
demanding, threat ming, or Emporium.
! ing
Of coursv an nf thrm could not hr
sat- II Al MAN were sent away dis
appointed lui inos, MhO 10, LETT. IA
yarialhN a.rced that lIill,s was al