The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-09
MANY PUBLIC MEN
SHORTHAND WRITERS
THEIR SUCCESS AFFORDS EN-.
coURAGEMENT FOR OTHERS
TO MASTER ART.

The publicity which has been given
to President Wilson's accomplishment
as a writer of shorthand calls to mind
the large number of men prominent
in national and industrial life who
were, and continue to be, practitioners
of this art. A census of distinguished
men who have dallied with the jealous
mistress of shorthand would be an
impressive one, says the Washington
Star, but sometimes there appears to
be too great a disposition to give I'M
due credit to the men themselves. The
fact that they were intelligent enough
to become proficient in an art in which
proficiency demands a very good order
of intelligence and varied knowledge
shows that they had in them the pro-
per stuff. The fact that they took up
shorthand and perservered in 1t until
they were successful shows that they
intellectual ambition and that other
quality of merit the capacity to stick
to thing once undertaken. Another
factor is that in many cases the men,
graphers, came into confidential rela-
ton with other men who could help
them in the upward climb Still
another factor is that shorthand
brought them in contact with many
lines of thought and endeavor, increas-
ing the store of knowledge, widening
the outlook on the world and possibly
whetting an ambition for more know
ledge and more power.
How VanderIip Started.
Among the men we'll known to the
people of Washington and who for
merly were shorthand writer's are
Frank A. Vanderbilt, now president OF
the National City Bank of New York;
George B. Cortelyou, now president Of
the Consolidated Gas company of New
York; William Loeb, Jr. president o.
the Albany Southern railway and a
director of the American Smelling and
Refining company; r. o. Bailey, news
paper man, private secretary to Score
tary Franklin MacVeagh, assistant
secretary of the treasury and now
with the National City Bank of New
York.
Franklin A. VANDERBILT president o.
the National City Bank of New York
the richest bank in America, begar
his career as a newspaper reporter il
Chicago. In 1897 he became private
secretary to Lyman J. Gage, secretary
Of the treasury, and soon after was
made assistant secretary of the treas,
ury. 1t has been given out that two
vice presidents of the National City
Bank, H. B. Eldredge and c. V. Rich
are also shorthand writer's.
George B. Cortelyou began as a civi
service stenographer in New York ir
the sos. He became private secretary
to various public officials, including
the postoffice inspector, surveyor Of
the port of New York, fourth assistant
postmaster general, stenographer tC
the president, executive clerk, assist
ant secretary to the president anc
finally secretary to the president. He
was appointed the first secretary Of
the department of commerce and labor
created in 1903 In 1905 he was made
postmaster general and two years latel
secretary of the treasurer.
Addison Smith One Of Them.
All Washingtonians will recall Johr
Hay, secretary Of state in the cabinets
of Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt
for a number of years United States
ambassador to England, an author
journalist and diplomatist, and join
author of life of Abraham Lincoln
under whom he began his career as as
sistant secretary, was a shorthan
writer, and that Robert Roberts Hit
assistant secretary of state and lont
member of congress from Illinois
was also a shorthand writer, and 10
seph p, Tumulty, the present secretar
to the president, is also writer 0
shorthand.
In congress today Representativ
Byrnes of South Carolina was former
ly official reporter for the second judi
| cial circuit of that state; A. F. Leve
t of South Carolina was secretary
Y Representative ]. William Stokes. II
s vine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin was for
e merly a court reporter. A. Mitche
! Palmer of Pennsylvania writes short
e hand Representative Frank L. Gree
n of Vermont began as stenographer
= the offices of the Central Vermont rail
d way then became newspaper reporte
e and later editor of the st. Adams Dali
o Messenger. Among other members
|, congress who are known to writ