| Show I I Uncle Sams Treasurer 1 Lee J ee McClung Keeper of Yale Funds Named j by President Taft to Succeed I ICharles Charles H Treat 1 Lee Leo McClung who has hils been ben ap em appointed IF I pointed by President Tail Taft to sue suc succeed reed eted C II Treat ns as treasurer of ot the United States Slates In is I not a poli politician Politician ho will have havo the satisfaction of ot knowing that few tow wl wI have havo hold tho the Job were selected because of ot their po political political political Influence Tho Tim exceptions possibly lily bly were James N Huston In tho tiro first administration of Cleveland and John JohnC C New who was appointed In The Tire position I a II business and does not otter offe the Iho opportunities for dis clis distinction Unction that other offices do Tho The requirements of ot tha office are Integrity and solidity and executive ability McClung Is a business man Alter After his iuis graduation front from Yale Yule In ho he traveled In Europe and when he re mc returned roo turned firmed he ho mado tirade a Journey through California He lie was paymaster of ot the St Paul and Duluth Railroad company and sand later assistant traffic truffle manager of at th the Southern railroad Ills His connection with tire the Southern covered the period ironed between 1901 antI and 1904 during which time he wax was stationed ll at nt Louisville He lie was wu appointed treasurer of ot Yale In 1904 1804 While treasurer of Yale he Ire became n a director In n II N New w Haven bank and andai also aleo ai i p director In It i o leading life In af s ro n of Hartford As AI o II student at Yale Thie h he took u to leading part partIn partIn In athletics playing lIying 1 on both the thi base baseball ball bail and football teams for several everal years yea captaining tb U team of 1111 He lie was chairman of ot the tl Junior promenade committee committe and In Ills his sea len senior lor br year he h received the largest vote as the Ule Ut most moat popular member of ot the tire daM class I lIe Uti ID was the thIS best halftrack Yale Vale our sr tr had Associated with whir him on all the tha football team were overe such noted players AH ilK the the Kliss broth brothers brothen ers en Vance Van and Ibo tho n Ho l I Is a Ii mem mesa member member ber bar at f t Y Ue Ie corporation sari and of ot tire Yale Y secret societies Including kuhi and mines Lila his Ml selection as astr tr r of ot tire 11 atsa Is III based upon UI ID his hi sterling qualifies thins lIono Hn lie U la Ii I a rich and Is III thirty veers nur old He lIe received Ut Ule de deMl 4 Ml Kr a of lit 1 M t A Ii It l IlOt 1801 His brother brollier Hul n Bardl McClun Is ls u to prominent nent Int lt lawyer In Hasten The new nw II wu WItS ioU born In III Teem Tann where his him tether father fr H II McClung la lait I III a aIt it II r tired retired Tire Tim fatally family U ire I r re haled to chief I Ilief of lit the tio tt h c court and to tv ral Sidney Johnston of tire tilt I i nin su AliI early erly In iii the Ih civil war l 1 ise m r c hil r I hU iii hi at Phillips IC I i t i und saud Yale lIle With all In III lets 0 u a I busi bual in It II ss 5 man II ti i r v I a appointee ap Is I what Is I termed ternI n it good tiar r ami that lilt Itt S It h IH i popular IIO When IM I II was u a I buy h It was Cal his hla h fur tr t hi I Ill lii trig s Ul UHl III eel WILY ui ul i h tilL the fellow who whore re uN tie U H II It IIii III SI ii h I I II ii t n stI III lu It hid ic he is ap ci II m Ih It i t bran li i itt f th United UI 3 ii I I tm th li un ha BI It Is lie I tit Ih ritual must ek et e ten and complo of 01 tail ull IU II tes lepart and aiM In III ran t nI next I ls the th thUi Ui nt lit ur tat tat tut n it I t mun III Luau 11 pl In U t c hl and s id lees lum 1110 h n s om t b throughout tie the HUli LAS V II VAs As All 1 Mr laIr nil oUi UI I U lie ili hrat tl ti t tile 1111 ilir 1111 duty duly of ot signing tit tie titi U i i r und and of ot r o and ami I th mom mOIl y of ot I Ih the hi and situ with tile the Ill m mi all uli i warrants properly 1 Bd sand 1 r in a ii He lie pull upun thc dullos NOV vv 1 I Tho first firt treasurer of ot tho the United hinted I States known then thell as ns tho tite United Colonies was Michael Hillegas IIo ho was wa a Philadelphia merchant lie He was appointed by the tho Continental congress und and held tho tite office until utter after the tire In Inauguration of ot Washington When the i colonies ran mn short of ot money ho Ito and other rich merchants advanced I Ithe the tho necessary funds to sustain the colonies from their private funds Ills His I successor was Samuel Meredith also a 11 I Philadelphia merchant an influential friend o 0 Washington and a ad a 1 brother inlaw of at George Clymer CImer a u signer of I the tire Declaration Ono One of ot the tire stones of ot I Meredith is that lust lie ad the gov government go v and never reimbursed reimbursed Thomas Tudor Tucker wa was appointed to the duel e in lit 1801 by Jet Jef Jefferson ferson irson and arid held It II until his death In I 1828 He lIe was succeeded by William Clark In tire the administration of oh John Quincy Adams AdamI lie Ha hold bold the tire place only a year for tor Andrew Andrlw Jackson came to the presidency pr then and mode muda a II clean I eoll Jacksons treasurer was John Campbell of Virginia who wiro held the tIte place for tor ten years All Alt successors following were wore men little known In I polities The treasurer at the tha breaking out of ot the tite civil war over was wa William 3 J Price Irlee of ot Missouri aI a i appointee of ot The most widely wide widel known treasurer t I was Walt Francis E Ii Spinner who e algae ture was wall a puzzle to tho tire country until It was wa finally deciphered H 11 lie was wa c II aNew Now New Yorker and und was appointed at the I suggestion of ot Clause secretary of ot tho the 1 treasury In the tite liMIt administration of ot Lincoln It U or tu aes who ot ut ho drat In Introduced women clerks Into th tie treas trea ury department HP hr Il n rr ni rn d 0 j the administrations of ut LIM Lr LI In ln Join Jo n nHOn HOn on and He lt 11 n r sign d a in Iii iii 1 and was succeeded by John r t I New Nell Charles CharlillO II Treat s ho st steps Slops ps is snIde Ids jj for tor Lee LIO McClung was waa appointed Ires titer In 1905 1006 It 11 was as Trent Treat v I hi It see the of ot p r Hat for Hatton tort ton for tor vice vlee Ico president In 1188 88 to ui Treat was born barll In Maine and beam beom Interested In politics after ho r mY to 10 Delaware Later Inter lv h r w IG New taw York anti and took part pari tn In organ Ing lag tho the Republican club of or New ew Tort T city Ho lie was collector of t t tn rev for tor the second t I or of Kt Nis York from 1897 to ISO uRnS Or Ors s 7 14 I 1 j I I 1 vr C C r 10 r I IM AAI 1 LEE M LUN 0 STATES S TAT ES TREASURER ER I |
