Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1912 — THE RAPID RISE OF CHARLES D. HILLES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE RAPID RISE OF CHARLES D. HILLES

C. D. Hilles, today field marshal of the Republican forces, was, less than four years ago, guarding the interests of several hundred orphans in a juvenile asylum at Lancaster, Ohio, of which he was the superintendent. His rapid rise in public life is a dramatic story and Intensely American in its illustration of the opportunity that, even in these days, awaits the young man who does his job well. From the hour of his renominatioo President Taft steadily Insisted that his secretary was the right man to head the national committee, and after a little consideratioa of the character of Mr. Hilles the seasoned politicians reached the same decision. Who is Mr. Hilles and why has he succeeded where his predecessora have consistently failed? By what art does he succeed as secretary to the president, recognized as the most difficult official billet in Washington? Why does the president prefer him as a

leader in the campaign? The answer to these questions, direct from thft White House, 1b Hilles has “the poise and the touch.” It was the Chicago pre-convention campaign that made Mr. Hilles » national figure in politics. He had quietly organized the campaign in & thorough and painstaking manner that permitted Representative McKinley, the president’s political manager, to start with an efficient organization. At ( hicago, where Mr. Hilles was the personal representative of tltt president, he surprised frlendß and foes alike by his deep insight into every move of the opposition and his ready defence for each attack. His capacity for work kept him going until three and four o’clock in th* morning without his feeling it. He went about his work in his orderly way, carrying it to his rooms with him In his suit cases, as if he were about t* start on a long trip.