The Washington times., 1902-07-05
Those Who Write Cen
orally Able to Reach
Executives Ear.
WRITES LARGELY HIMSELF
Always Glad to See Fellows of the
Pen, and Their Wishes Are Said to
Have Had Great Weight With Elm
in Many Instances.

William Allen White, the Emporia Ga
zette man, who wrote the immortal
phrase about his State: 'If Kansas will
stop raising hell and begin raising corn
she will be better or" and who is also
the author of several magazine pieces
about public men, also author of soma
books, dropped into Washington the 9TH
er day. and while here ate dinner with
the President
These are golden days for the liter
ary men, and especially for the siren
uous literary men. The White House
latch-string has always been out for
them. Some of them are the closest ad-
visers the President has.
When the question OF the appointment
OF new federal judge for the Indiana
district was up a time ago, Senator
Fairbanks, who is essentially non-liter-
ary in his ideas. was paralyzed to hear
the President say:
Il would like to appoint Booth Tar
kingdoms man."
Harrington Didn't Win.
S'HoeOA i all DduhS puuHueu MS head
with his fist and then dimly remem-
bered that there is a man in Indiana
named Harrington who writes books and
things. In the course of events Tar
kingdoms man wasn't appointed, but
that is detail. The main point is that
Booth Harrington is literary and the
President cottoned to his man at once.
1t was William Allen White who had
much to do with the appointment OF
Eugene Ware as Pension Commissioner.
Mr. Ware is q literary man himself. He
writes poetry, strenuous, biff-bang poe
try, and that fact made an impression
on the President. He has other qualifi-
cations, also. but the fact that he writes
brought him first to the attention of the
President.
There was a frightful tangle in Mis-
souri, Republican politics last spring
is yet. for that matter-and the leaders
of the various factions were telling the
President many sorts of tales. The
President looked the ground over and
summoned William Marion Reidy to
Washington TO tell him how the land
lay. Reidy runs weekly paper and has
a reputation for taking hides off people
hHD ODblTurL HIS view OF IDlHRS anu
hanging those hides on the various
fences of St. Louis in full view OF the
populace. He came. was at the White
President has been largely guided by his
advice since then.
Mr.. Foulke Literary.
When new Civil Service Commits
a
on william Dudley Foulke, of Indiana.
who is writer as we'll as 4 civil service
reformer.
Henry Cabot Lodge, who Is a historian
before he is a Senator, as he estimates
and who once collaborated a
book of hero stories with the President
is, according 10 the Presidents public
statement at the Harvard commence
ment, the Presidents ''stanchest and
most intimate friend"
Nicholas Murray Butler, of New York.
president of Columbia University. very
literary. has much influence with the
President.
Host of Others.
Albert Shaw, editor Of the "Review of
Reviews" and Frederick W. Hollis. both
literary. the first professionally and the
second incidentally, always get to the
President when mere politicians have to
tand outside and swear
Besides these close friends. there are
Jacob Rils. of New York. whom the
President wanted to appoint the first
american governor OF the Danish West
ndies. and Henry Loomis Nelson. who
S persona grata, and about dozen
nore men from various cities who have
as writer's. All these get
he most enthusiastic greeting when
hey see the President. Ke is a literary
nan himself Only lately he finished
natural history book about deer. ana he
las declared he intends soon to write n
ife OF Sam Houston.
1t IS only four years since the Presi-
lent told somebody .: San Juan who
allied MIN 4 hero" that he was only
middlc-aged literary man" He is still
he literary man and he has not forgot
en- his fellows in the craft.