The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-11-30
THE NOSE IMPORTANT OFFICE
NEXT TO THAT OF PRESIDENT
Five Distinguished Sons of Ohio Have Filled
Office Of Comptroller OF Treasury -Pres-
emf Incumbent Most Com
petent Official

prosecuting attorney If MahoninE cnun-
- >'Nt".n VAR. az congress from 1873
T." i\%A. a'IuIl"T Tor thu uuS1 UIIic" tie
Hlrtu''u, irrIn l>ii to 1912. WHEN Ec
waS aH."ju''l tuuiri roller by his cid
friend Zachary Taylor and served until
So when t. WIS asked t. resign. The
'IhI" ,''nrrrH.r wanted his place tor
William M,Gll. Win had been very
nrtiN" ~ political CAmpujEnS WHIT
tle$ry was then &rv"UIy-luur years old
Th" democrats rnin'.drd ;hr efficiency
~ hiH service. hu! thy claimed that hc
WAS 't,'n "ld:" that he had held "f:ire
long "n",i:h and lhry insisted on having
Tia" plnr for n "iariy worker" WHIT
ti.Sry refused !" r.,slrn. So. President
i|urhnnan removed him. and appointed
M"dlI wh" had been Governor Of phiI
Il nI"inl"'r At Congress. Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs. and L holder OF many
other offices. old he was, Whit
ilrscy was 'full .: nEht. Tie rcsrrl"d
his removal AMI served notice on Me-
dill and his i'rm""ratic friends that nc
would come back in r"nr years. Anu.
sur" enough h" did. Lincoln was IN
auSuratrd March t. 1864. II" had
known Wht,lr>ry for many years. "ls
fond uf h!m md called HIM "Nn:le
ILshry" April 20. 1851. Wh,tles"y'
then srNruty-rlphl. WAS called I" IN"
Whit. House. "iI,r" you arr" Uncle
l.,Ahry. ihr sar;!r old sh""S' S"'n
the great scaled president. handing Inn
his commission rs Medills successor.
"Uucrc I.ish"y" served until his death
III l>I::. at III" age Of eighty.
AZ his SUCCESSOR senator John Shrr-
man recommended Robert W. Tayi"r one
"f III" l"'s; lawyers IN Ohio. Secretary
M
ii"n. so /, is sun Ohio. Is ii ." sail
Lincoln with Tulzzical S,mll". when liz
signed TIyl"rS commission. January u.
1863, TIyl"rs administration Of the
"l:lc" was highly honorable and mos:
efficient Tie was hard worker. lie
had quick temper anu was quite
lGtulant at times. His decisions w"rr
able ana roESpi"uuU& for their hrrvItT.
lie once mad" ruling which sr.:In"d
/" President Grant Ia lr very harsh.
II was retroactive: Tnyl"r went to ihr
Whit" House at The request Of the Sec
rotary Of tn" Treasury. Grant. in his
uuint. c"u,ir wa" asked. Tayler II IN"
decision could not l." modified. In n
modest way h" gave his view OF T.
Tay!cr answered. somewhat duGrnntIcil-
y: Us n" law. Mr.. President: il
cannn, h,. changed without violating NC
law" Grant looked at him and sad.
with some il" n his vuicr. 80 YOU cant
chanx" your decision. Gun chang"
Comptr"llrEr. cnu'r l"' TaH!rr returned
TO h * of:br very much drrr"sacd. e:
shall never forget Ia" Presidents steel
cold lu"k." iIc said 10 on" ~ his as
SlStuntS He believed that Grant would
Supplant him. II" WAS greatly worried
Rut Grn Grant WAS II magnaniin"us man
and while he WAS provoked NJ Tayl"r $
answer. nc did no, disturb him and H.
held on until his death in 1873.
TIL" next obi" man WAS Judge viii
liam l.awrrnC" "f B"l!cfonlaine. H..
Ms ono OF the most Industrious Inra
that ever lived \, the age "r s!Xty-urr
when h" took tn" oath a! office in 1850
~ ~" SIrc' sS"r uC Porter IF Indiana
~" followed TH! l"r. l." vas ~ yuiur
as mos; men ar" n forty. H.. had bvcn
editor Of Il law magazine. commissioner
in haukrIr'cy. state senator. Suprsm"
court reporter iGhG" IL III" cui:rt Of
common pleas and "f tho district court
II colonel H. tn" Union army aui a
member "f Congress for ten years. H.
worker day and night uu his decisions
Secretary F"lGcr SAID Judge Law
FENCES d"ri%i"us ar. not only exhaustive
thcy ar" "NraUStinc. Lawrence :!ia {"
lin. Comptroller. II" had some v.ry
abb :,9ld scholarly assistants. amTng
Them Edward Ireland. E-"iCl;. Of
.;"~rg:a. whu Lad been Il lax partner IN
Atlanta II Wuclruw Wilson. now
pr-Slh"Ht.
RICHARD EANr0LriI MMNliDN.