The Sauk Centre herald., 1924-07-03
SOMETHING ABOUT
CHARLES G. DAWES
REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT A VERY FORCE
Full CHARACTER
HAS HAD VERY BUSY LIFE
AS DIRECTOR OF BUDGET HE
SAVED AMERICAN CITIZENS
$1,000, 200, 900 IN A YEAR

w dSulnSCOn, ~. ". June OU-AC-
cording to intimate friends and busi-
ness associates of years standing,
Brig. .-Genl Charles G. Dawes, rum
ming mate of Calvin Coolidge on the
Republican ticket, is not what one
would call profane man. The nick
name, "Hell and Maria" came from
Dawes using this expression when
he appeared before a Congressional
Investigating Committee which was
trying to ascertain whether certain
Army expenditures had been regular
or not Dawes, noting that something
out of the ordinary had to be done to
arouse some of the committee and
the press to the fact that the waste
of government money was going on
every day, adopted heroic measures
and shouted, Hell and Maria, if you
men would spend more time trying
to stem the millions of waste going
on under your noses, instead of look
of the Army, we would have Hell
and Maria of lot better Govern
ment." The newspapermen seeing a
committe being told the truth in a
most emphatic manner, seized upon
his "Hell and Maria" exclamation as
a good point on which to hand a
news story and this secured for
Dawes the attention of the citizens
of the nation. The explosion
awakened the people and they sided
with Dawes in his demand to stop
the waste. This "cuss" word un-
doubtedly was the cause of the saving
of millions of dollars.
Dawes career has been a most in
teresting one. He was born in Ohio
in 1865. His father was General
Rufus R. Dawes, commander of the
famous Iron Brigade of Wisconsin.
Charley" Dawes worked during his
college years as chief engineer on a
small railroad in Ohio. He gradu-
ated from Cincinnati Law School at
the age of 21. In 1887 he moved to
Lincoln, Nebraska. A great stream of
clients did not come hurrying to the
door of his office and odd jobs of
engineering during the intervals of
clients afforded him money on which
to live. The majority of his meals
were eaten at 15c lunch counter
conducted by man named Don Cam
eron, who catered to university stu
dents and struggling young business
and professional men. Here Dawes
Met General John j. Pershing, who
had been sent as a "save-tail' from
West Point to drill cadets of the Ne
braska State University. This friend
ship has been further cemented as
the years have passed.
After building up fair law prac-
tice, he moved to Wisconsin in 1894,
where he became President of the.
La Crosse Gas Light Company, later
moving to Illinois, He was very ac-
tive in behalf of President Mckinley
during the campaign of 1896 and
later became Comptroller of the
Currency under the Ohio President
In 1902 he organized the Central
Trust Company of Illinois and it was
largely through his personal efforts
that many farmers throughout the
middle and the Northwest were help
ed through financial stringencies. He
served with distinction in France as
Chairman of the General Purchasing
Board and showed Europe how
American business men can handle
big things. He enlisted in the Army,
was made Major of Engineers and
came out of the service a Brigadier
General. In June, 1921, General
Dawes was named as director of the
Budget, accepting the place with the
understanding that he could resign
at the end of a year. His first year in
office resulted in saving for the
year 1922 of 81, 900, 100000 of the
peoples money. Useless expenditures
were stopped, superfluous clerks