| Show t FARMERS BOY IS NOW SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR N the of ot James IN ker of ot Chicago no Rs private secretary to Cloy Jov D ion lino boy hoy from the country has hilI scored Mr lino product of DC an RII Iowa farm hoe by hy patient MI en endeavor n denvor deavor won for tor himself lt a post 1011 of ot inner honor recompense lie Uti In Is Another disciple of ot Isaac Ino Pitman that tint wi who discovered over U RUCK men mell na ne Congressman 11 I t It 1111 I eo 1110 Mr tad hall the tho faculty of at discovering uhle timber limber young men who with training and their own ability havo been In politics politic business or ortho ortho orthe tho the professions Mr was born horn under tho the flag Mag his hla place of nativity being heinli Manchester Mr Left leU nn an orphan nt qt tho the ago ngo of ot 10 he ho run away army from his bin hl reIn rela relatives tives nt it Manchester tor to Liverpool r where ho he expected to 10 he como u a 1 full ledged Hedged seaman KEPT In this thin ho Villi circum circumvented vented 1 by an un uncle who sent Rent tho the lain 1111 to New York From there tinero ho he soot sont to Iowa with several ael other orphans by hy n a 1 h society The rite boy liny ho wits wan de do deposited It posited l In that part of town low where the tho JOWH river joins join tho the Hero lero lie he was Willi given over oer to a 1 former firmer to raise p Tho The boy buy hid hail had school schoolIng log Ing III hut working faithfully and hav hilI having lug ing III a n 1 love lovo for tOI books ho Ruined gunned nn nu edu education e education lu cation cRIton Ills fArm life lite with his first employer continued until ho hI one 21 at lit which time an 1111 epoch Ipoch el marked his bin life I te It was Willi then Ihen he met O 0 I P a 1 old nil style I Yankee LITERARY AIDS AmS HIM i The TIIa 1110 young man went Vent to 10 work on the tho I Smith h farm which woe Willi the tha rendezvous for tor the literary folk of the community I lIe He hind nn m extensive library of oC the tho young men won was allowed to lake full tull The wife was IlS in inclined l to 10 education IH ns well un us her hUH him husband band und and under her hor guidance with tho tiro aid 1 1 of or their daughter the tho young man ratan up Ul tho the study of ot Latino Latin Four hun hundred huni dred Irel i ed lines linos per Iler week was 1111 hi his hIli leSSon utter litter ho inn had been heen Initiated Int into the tha mysteries of ut tho the language STUDIES AT Af NIGHT In III addition he ho took up the tho study of shorthand und and with their help he in III one winters time lime had hlll perfected himself him himself self olf for foi that croft craft Mr Whittaker canio cumo to 10 In 1886 prepared to follow tho the vocation loe which ho hind had taken up with an nn ulti ultimate mate eye oyo to becoming a II lawyer lie IIo was Willi engaged by L Atty Arthur Under Hauler Mr ny pathetic Interest l and tho sten len stenographer studied law IlL Two years lat hat later laler hater er ho he wan wae admitted to tho the bar barIto Ho Ito wan ILL mode a n court reporter In III 1303 1893 a It place for which ho 10 was suns nug sug suggested by lIy a IL close clone friend l and business associate James Todd lodd assistant under Jacob Kern ern Ho lie held thin position luring during the thu years which have followed continuing with Charles CharlesH H S Deneen whon when the tho present governor I succeeded Mr Kern tit In 1890 1808 In this tills service Mr Whittaker won his hili spurs i WINS HV BY EXCELLENT I WA NT WORK Ho Ito WAR faithful quick luick nail and energetic Ho Ito proved to ho bo of ot exceptional In iu the tho th states slates attorneys office and his bin work attracted tho till attention of Mr Denion Whon Mr Dencen looked around for Cor a n to bo he e hili Ii Is private wee Sec rotary his choice naturally tell fell upon Mr h Whittaker Mr III hits ban the tho record of ot be he being being ing IllS ono OliO of ot the tho best bent and ani most rapid 1 coin oust I reporters In III Illinois Ho lie has hilI his hll reputation through l attention to 10 duty and IH Is an 1111 example of ot what wint the tho young man wpm who wills willI can 1111 really do for tor 0 N Potter In III in Chicago Tribune |
