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The Trie Story Of Woodrow Wilson B; DAVID LAWRENCE (C*tyr<?M 1124 fry t*? Cforj# H. 0?fa? Coa^an, In th? Unitrd 8tat?*. Canada. &Mtli Aautct. W ?< Id ?ublx-alion nfMt r t*n,t4 fry Cwrrtnt Ntw? Featurt*. ,ac.j _ Chapter Wilson and Tumulty Woodrow Wilson was aided in no small extent In what he accom plished In his firs! administration by the astuteness of his private secretary Joseph P. Tumulty, and and by the constant counsel of Col onel House and Albert Sidney Bur leson, Postmaster General, who had I ;'rr Jllany years been a member of the House of Representatives. Naturally the judgments of these advisers became the source of much debate among President Wilson's friends as would be natural In poli tical matters. For every time that one man is selected the friends of the disappointed candidate? are loud in their expression of criticism. It has always been the viewpoint of politicians themselves that more enemies than friends are made by appointments to' office. ?^ck ?' ' intact with Washington r? '~ r . B??n had studied Congress only lp a theoretical sense made the first few years a peri lous proposition for President Wil son. He was not a mixer. He was J?'.", kn?wn to slap any one on the hack in jovial fashion. He was so iciabie enough upon occasions. good-, humored and a fascinating con versa- 1 tlonallst. but he did not kncrw how !??'r? ,h? , practical politicians I witn that species of support which I T^rkIn* ,ooth and na" and | with unflinching loyolty. Impressions may differ, jealous ies are always present In the imme <1 late circle of a President's dal'y il^but the success of J?? .V1"1 administration may be attributed in no small measure to tne warmth, enthusiasm, and politi cal sagacity of his private secretary Joseph P. Tumulty. No one In recent years had been i! u secretary o' the Tumul ty type. He was unique. He was neither the Machiavelli that so many ?Lhi8./rmles thought him to be. M? W l. ? eX"' ,he Influence over Mr. Wilson which so many inaccu *?ounts of their friendship would seem to indicate. President WUson listened to Tu took hi?rCHdi b'" memoranda and 1?'"?. advice on so many import ant matters that In the Inner circle those who were dismayed by Tumul ch?-lcg|'tOWlDH ,nfluenre smight to check it ? and eventually did. 'V*?!r'i?V"*0n;,us governor-elect of New Jersey, did not select Tumulty to be his private secretary because man ft/? haT<! 81 hU *lbo* a man of his own temperament but be Sm!?.?' he needed ?ome one with the qualities he himself lack ed- Tumulty knew New Jersey pol Lvffi , ? , *"? a progressive In the " "l?tar? and a conscientious JI' wa" moreover frank. He was one of the few men who could stand before Woodrow Wilson ii. ! L lllln ln P'a'n language Mnllt ? !L" *1* making a mistake. ?* the other advisers Mr Wll ??!!nh^d wer? afraid of him? other than Incur his disfavor they would ph?J?? dissent In euphemistic In ?,?:'? l"f1luen<!''R "'re working in 1912 to bring about the selection or some one other than Tumulty to ? ?17 ? ."2CreUry to the President. d..? ,, I " ,t0 any lack of confl dence |? Tumulty but to a belief Who had experience In '"f. affairs might be more of a help to Mr. Wilson. There was a time when the name of Newton D ? i!!. I *?!! *lv*n "^rlous considera tion for the post of private secreta tlme mayor of Cleveland and had made a very fa vorable impression during the 1912 campaign. Mr. Wilson's mind was made up ?nr* ?r less along this line ? he wanted Tumulty to continue but he rrj-t' t0J^ conrln??d If any one i1 ,why "om<' o,h?' type should be selected. to^nm!!?.17 en?U"h 'he OPPOSltlon to Tumulty was one of the thinga tWe ^?.C,7't"l,"d Mr Wilson's dS termination .to appoint him. Mr Wilson retained the office of Oover pSLm' J.ener whl,p he was President elect and made his horn* in Princeton, commuting evert morning the twelve miles* betweej ?,rlce The R?thot T many m?rnlngs and fn fh? Tarlous questions relatln? 7" ? day ?n Of* oc casion when we had been rldlni nles'nir "i!rt?Ce ,or "everal mln "v Wilson suddenly said ? You would be surprised to know the number of letters I have beer me 1 mu"' no< ap swret^rv " hi '?i b" my Prlv"?' ... Hl" ,aw ,e(' hl" eyei flashed. I would like to ram thai added" d?Wn ,hPlr throats" h< Tn m'tiT i*v " lo Predict thai Tumu 1,1 IT. ,.b# "e,*ct?d but Mr Tumulty himself never had thi u nf U so m e " t weeks lis f o re ' t he' I n X"h;: i:,^h,?oomcn.or<^"r; '"The're1""' h|'m """ "*rretaryshlp. There was in those days a gnat* WMsnn ' ?k?Ptlclsm as to how Mr <T 1 fare wl,h ,he polltlcsi Mrstsglsts In Congress One day h< rsad an editorlsl In a New Vnri Exnrart "" fpBr ,h?' SEL* Ington politicians at Wash "Of course," ?id Mr. Wilson, "| I can not answer this and say 'don't | worry. I can take care of myself.* ' Nobody would believe It, for I will i have to prove my knowledge of pol j itics and politicians as time passes; but whenever I see anything of this I kind in print I can't help but think > that, compared with some of the j college politicians, the party pollti ! clans are amateurs. The party poll ' clan plays his hand openly. You al ! ways know what he is going to do. [He always follows the same rules j , and is always up to the same pur 1 pose. A college politician Should I not be mentioned in the same jbreath. He is very shrewd ? and you never know what he is going to I do. He has the gift of speech and i ; can make black look like white ? I and I have been dealing with him i for the past thirty years. "When I was a candidate fori i governor of New Jersey, the oppo-j jsition called me a school master In derision. I told them the defini tion of the word was a man trained , to find out things and tell them to | | others as effectively as possible. I | said that was what I was doing . about New Jersey affairs, and that I I proposed to continue finding out j things and telling people about | them as long as I lived." It was Mr. Wilson's chief weapon I ? the power of public opinion. No j one was more adept In Its use, how j ever, than Secretary Tumulty. He ; was also able to set the stage for an address by the President or for the announcement of some other Impor I tant action, hinting a few days in advance that a sensation was forth coming or revealing bit oy on, and with an air of mystery, things which appeared to the eager newspaper men to be great secrets, data which Mr. Tumulty with all the arts known to the practical publicity expert, di vulged with an idea to headlines and con8picious display. Woodrow Wilson little knew how the artful Tumulty did handle the delicate question of relations with the press, but the effectiveness of the Tumulty policy was as a rule conceded. Time and again Secre-j tary Tumulty revealed the Presi-I dent's views and articulated the ad- ! i ministration viewpoint with more! ! skill than the President showed . in ; his conferences with the newspaper I men. Nobody in the entire admin- 1 1 1st ration kept in as close touch in: [the eight years with the editorial 1 opinion of of the American press as! did Secretary Tumulty. He watch-] led the upward and downward curve | of administration popularity with! all the concentration that a banker' studies the rise and fall of the in vestment markets. Secretary Tu multy posessed an intuition which is ! invaluable in the realm of politics. !And with it he brought to Mr. Wil son a keen judgment of men and political influence. Mr. Wilson never knew of the bits of tactful conversation conducted in his outer offices which sent Senators and Re presentatives back to the capital in a different frame of mind than they came to the White House. Hoatlli jtles were overcome, grievances were smoothed out and contacts strength ened, all because of the llason main tained fty Secretary Tumulty. Na turally he had his opponents. No politician ever took a step in one direction without antagonizing some one on the opposite side. President j Wilson1* confidence in Tumulty In i the earlier years was unbounded. He gave him a free hand. Secre tary Tumulty, on the other hand istlmulated by his successes in han dling callers generally took the re sponsibility for many steps which CALIFORNIA IS BUSY SHIPPING ASPARAGUS San Francisco. March 14 (By The ; Consolidated Press). ? Vegetable1 canneries in California are begin ning to get under full headway for; handling asparagus and green peas. | I Shipments of asparagus from San 'Joaquin and Sacramento Valley , points already Indicate one of the i heaviest crops in recent years. More than a half dozen carloads have i been started eastward. Lack of L 1 rain has retarded the green pea crorp | this year but indications are that the! I drought, although it delayed plant-!] ing, will not interfere with the size of the crop. Ralph P. Merrltt, pres- ! 1 ident and general manager of the! Sun Maid Raisin Association, is on j his way to the orient seeking 'new | markets for Califoria raisins. While) I he is in Japan he will also arrange j for export sales of rice produced byi the California Rice Growers Asso-j elation, of which he is president. I AUTO MANUFACTURERS SPKKIHNG UP BCHEDULK8 Cleveland. March 14 ? Automo-J j bile manufacturers here report a | 1 speeding up of schedules to take i j care of spring demands, and acces-j | possibly the President might have! | not taken had he been consulted,' | but Just as often was Secretary Tu multy right In these plunges as was ? his chief wrong. Time and again Secretary Tumul ty intervened and prevented politl-j ? cal blunders. And the breaks of! j the game, so to speak, were with j him often so that the President for-( gave occasional slips and mistakes. ; ' being mindful of the larger accom plishments of his private secretary, j 1 Altogether ? H? w ? ? remarkable i I association ? an unusual blend of j two types wholly different but work I ing effectively in combination. The I break between these two men really | rulates to the second administration | of Mr. Wilson and will be reserved ; for a future chapter. (Tomorrows chapter tells some I Inside history of the relations with | Mexico, Great Britain and Japan [during' the first Wilson adirinlstra- j tion.) PHONE 114 Standard Pharmacy THEY WILL SEND IT. sory plant* are running at a high' rate to supply automobile parts. Jordan is producing 50 cars a day and hopes to maintain that avera.ee for the next four months. Cleveland: alto reports a SO a day production.' while Kollln is running 35 cars a1 day. Chandler shipments in Janu-I ary and February were substantially! larser than last year. Employment held nearly steady in' February. Numbers employed in Ir- ! on, steel and fabricating plants de-i clined from 46. 404 to 45. 130, but! forces were increased in automobile j and chemical plants so that the num ber employed in 100 plants on March! 1 was only 112 under February l| figures. I RENO MAX CLAIMN PARTIAL DEAFNESS CI" RED BY RADIO Reno. Nevada, March 14 ? Radio: eventually may cure partial deaf ness, in the belief of Norman j Squires, of this city, who cites his| own case as an illustration. Two years ago. Squires says, he! was totally deaf in his left ear. Now, after constant treatments by radio, he declares he can hear a whisper across the room. Radio sound waves, passing along the auditory nerves from the head | phones, massage the nerves and stim ulate them to the extent that hear-j ing Is restored, he contends. =MELICK=J BIBLES Large o* smal} ornonslvo nr - . j cheap, with or without helps, cloth, leather, etc. aII kinds of Bibles and each one a bargain. Name imprinted in gold for small amount. Being Depos. for Pas quotank Auxiliary we give Bibles to those needing I them. Particulars on re- | | quest. MELICK THE KEYSTONE SHAVING PARLOR ia now u|Mtair% over New Hood flank ?Mar Ionia Bolls'* Capital Stock $250,000 Member Federal Reserve HERTFORD COLUMBIA KLIZARETH CITY Dr. A. L Pendleton, Pre*. 3?o. R. Little, Cashier. 3urney P. 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