Evening star., 1921-08-07

and my savings to $40. When Twas
advanced to 500 the expenses went
TO- $40 . month and my savings to
$50. and l recall when my salary was
made $3.50 a month l fixed my ex-
f. away" |A''
Then came crossroad in his ca
| reer. The bright way was pointed
out to him with a position of great
| Importance and salary of $4,000.
| way on which he had started, because
| he had faith in himself to make a
| success of the business he was In.
In describing this period of his life
| and the justification of his confidence.
Representative Madden says:
Declined $4,000 a Year.
AT twenty years of age was made
financial manager Of the business and
had chief direction Of all the details.
I studied law about this time during
the evenings at local law school and
| was admitted to the bar, but never
| practiced. This continued for several
years. and later. when I was about
| twenty-seven years Of age. I had
charge Of the engineering work on
the Northern Pacific terminal which
| was being built by Henry Willard.
controlling owner of the Northern
Pacific, with whom I became well ac-
quainted. Mr.. Willard offered me the
vice presidency Of the railroad. at a
| salary of $4,000 a year. refused
| 1t. He asked me wnat I was receive
ing. and l said $500. He wanted to
| know why I would not accept his
| offer. told him that had hopes of
becoming partner in the business in
decided to make that bushes my life
| work, and that $4,000 would not
measure what l hoped to earn. and
I that while felt complimented by his
offer and the confidence it indicated, /
felt that did not care to enter upon
the study of new line Of work, and
I expressed the fear that change in
| the control of the railroad ownership
| might change the officers and prevent
| the progress which anticipated in
! the line IN which l was engaged. He
expressed his admiration for the
| courage which prompted me to de-
cline his offer. and said that I had
| displayed wisdom that made him
| feel that was made Of the right
| stuff.
"a little later I was admitted to
] partnership, in the business, which
| had developed to an enormous size,
and was made vice president and gen
eral sales manager. in which capacity
I built the business up until it was the
foremost in its line. was later
pied for more than twenty years. In
this capacity I had an opportunity to
know men and things and to meet
the problems that required courage
and stability"
Entrance Into Politics.
Regarding his entrance into politics
and his success, with experience that
| will stand him well in his new job
as chairman of the appropriations
committee. Representative Madden re-
calls as follows: -
| II had no idea of ever entering poll
1 tics. and my having entered was an
| accident. The part of the city in
which 1 lived was new and undevel-
! oped, and like all other localities of
| that character, a local improvement
| Organization was effected, in which I
took an active part. 1t soon came to
pass that all the people in the neigh
borhood leaned upon me to do the
| things that'were necessary to be done,
and later they insisted that become
a candidate for the city council of
| Chicago. declined; they insisted.
I and finally consented. / was elected.
1 had never been in the council cham
ber before the night I was sworn in.
l / was appointed chairman Of the COM
mittee on harbors and bridges, q COM
| mittee which had not held meeting
for several years. discovered 1t was
an important committee. though no
! one else seemed to find 1t out. made
1t one Of the active, vtrile branches Of