Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-01-28

For six months which he has described as
six eventful months" he was the editor OF
newspaper in a southern town, whose locanty
I shall not give here because of certain circum-
stances connected with the There it was
another crusade against municipal ring ana
another case of being compelled to edit with
revolver in the hand and also to walk with gun
exceedingly handy. The ring eventually was
broken into bits, but meanwhile Mr.. WooLey nad
lost his newspaper
For short time thereafter Mr. Woolley was
the editor of the San Antonio Light in Texas
Then he went back to New York and entered
upon really notable career magazine writer
He was sent on many assignments througnous
the country for some of the best magazines III
the United States, and then he became one OF
the Washington correspondents of the New YORK
World position which he held for about Two
years Then again Mr.. Woolley turned TO magd-
zine work, and in the year 1911 he became the
chief investigator of the congressional commit
tee appointed to look into the affairs OF the Unit
ed States Steel corporation This commlttee was
known as the Stanley committee
Because of it's wide-reachng effects 1t is prop
able that magazine article entitled, Inc PUN
derers of Washington, was the most notaole
contribution to the news and 1nfornaCon oi INC
day" which Mr.. Woolley ever wrote rms artlcle
was preceded by an intimation that anyone men
toned and who chose to do might know tnat
he had recourse in the courts In other words
the information upon which the article was Daseu
was tested in advance. This article was called
by the press of the time fearless. 1t dealt with
some of Washington's big bankers ana real es-
tate men and. with good many ofhclals
Wooley was writing just as he wrote when ne
was attacking municipal rings in smaller towns
of the country. 1t is not too much to say, per-
haps that the article largely was responsible
for complete change in the manner OF men ap-
pointed to positions of high trust in the NUM-
cipaI government of the city of Washington for
Washington, in way has municipal government
being under the rule, of course, of congress, but
having board of District commissioners as
responsible heads.
In the year 1912 Mr. Woolley was the editor and
compiler of the Democratic Text Book and was
chief of the campaign of publicity bureau of the
Democratic national committee He also com
niled the text book of 1914 His political afhlia-
tions at this time, however, newspaper men be-
Iieve did not have anything to do with MS ap-
pointment to Office His efforts along hberal anu
progressive lines had attracted the attention OF
woodrow Wilson Mr.. Woolley was appointed
first as auditor for the interior department, an
Office which despite it's name, is under the control
oP the treasury department. Then he was given
his present position as director OF the mint he
is filing it.
7 am writing this article with feelings of per-
sonal admiration and liking, perhaps even OF al
lection for have known Woolley for years. lie
is tried man. He is one of the newspaper ira
ternitv and after nearly quarter OF century or
close acquaintance know that can say that he
is an honor to it. Robert WickliHe Wooiey IVes
lust outside of Washington in Fairfax, Va 1t IS
this little town which has possession OF the Wills
of George and Martha washington, and some
narts of the bill of rights of George Mason 1t
is a good place for Democrat OF strongly pro-
gressive tendencies to live.
Mr. Woolley married Marguerite Trehoim OF
winchester. Virginia They have four children
all girls The family life is Of the kind &C
counted ideal In the books Mr. Woolley is put
down as Robert Wickliffe Wooley, but newspaper
men from coast to coast and from the Canada line
to the Gulf know him much better as BOD.