Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-03
NEW REPUBLICAN
MANAGER MAN Of
WIDE EXPERIENCE
William Wilcox a Successful
Organizer Possessed ofDe-
cided Executive Ability
Was Once School Teacher,

ESPECIAL eoRsEsFoNosHeE TO MORNING JOURNAL
New York, July 2.-Wnlam r..
Wilcox enters the presidential cam
paign IN the important post of re-
publican national chairman with a
record Of public service behind him,
therein setting precedent and a
new ideal for the requirements de-
manded of party managers In the
past, as rule, these managers in
both great parties have been primar-
lily skillful at politics and at fund
raising, and it is significant of the
KIND of politics that Mr.. Hughes
wants in his campaign that he should
choose 2 man who has won recogni-
ton by work for the public and not
for himself IN three notable serv-
ices Wilcox has given the people of
New York city and state taste of
his mettle-in putting on the map Of
congested parts of the metropolis
parks that have reduced the mortal
tty Of Manhattan, in giving the city
an eminent mail system, and in in
auguraung the pubic utilities COM
mission, with a series of reforms that
broke the ice in the fight against the
special privileges of monopoly.
But in the realm Of politics the
fiibhNt 10 t@Nitll'itl IN luIL IL lN NEW
York, chief of the pivotal states, that
has been benefited by Wincox's work
and Knows him best The fact that
eX-President Roosevelt has recognized
his ability and character, having APP
pointed him postmaster puts him in
sympathy with the progressive wing
OF the party And his leadership will
appeal to all public service men work
ing for tie election of Hughes in the
great doubtful states Of the middle
west, for the new patriotism is that
which begins at home-that is, in
working first for the interests Of ones
city before seeking a place in ma
ttonal councils In this Hughes and
Wilcox have had similar records.
Taught school i'm Country.
Wilcox was born at Smyrna, n T..
in 1868. lie went to the public schools
of smyrna and resolved in spite of
poverty TO get a good education, work
ed his way al the University of ROch
ester refusing to allow his parents to
give him financial help that would |
emharrass them, He became princi-
pal of country school and when he (
had accumulated $500 determined to
seek a career in New York city. His
friends tried to dissuadc him; he
went ahead. He became an instructor
in private school He also acted as
private fGtor ana found time, some
how TO read law Attending after
noon lectures at the Columbia law
school he got his degree in 1859. In
the next decade he won for himself .
recognition as one Of the best of the .
younger New York lawyers.
Mayor Low picked him as the best .
man for the park department in 1902. .
Wilcox found that somehow the poor
OF New York had been overlooked in .
the distribution Of parks. Seward
park, in the heart of the crowded
East side, was a waste, utterly neg
lected and desolate. He turned it into
a charming center of recreation, and
followed this by establishing similar
play grounds throughout the city The
Of the city was lowered I'm
the opinion of vital statistics experts,
chiefly from the spreading o the
city's lungs Graft was eliminated
from the department. incidentally
Roosevelt appointed him postmaster
of -AeW York city in 1905. His eX-
traordinary capacity for labor and
of detail found abundant OPP
for exercise. During part
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