The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-15
ROOSEVELT GROWS
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Three Years in White House Bring
Changes Throngs Received
Z Break Records.
By W. w. Jermane.

+ BY w. w. Jermane.
Washington, March l5.-Persons who
have watched all the presidents since
Lincoln come into office, say President
Roosevelt has met more visitors during
Inauguration week than. any of his
predecessors. The rush began three
or four days before the president was
to take the oath of office for his new
term, and did not begin to ease off
tor more than a week after that. 1t
was not possible for the president to
shake hands with every Inauguration
who could command the services of a
congressman was turned away, and sew
eral thousand who went to the ,execu-
tive office ':on their own hook' sue
ceeded in getting to him, notwithstand-
ing the rule that only visitors accom-
panied by congressman would be adj
mitted to- the private office. *':..|''
During the week the president re-
ceived enough presents from admirers
turnout the country to stock a good
sized museum. Every member of his
family was remembered by the callers.
| Indiana contributed a steel top for
quentin and a china plate for Mrs.
| further west, whose citizens brought
everything from gold platters to stuffed
mountain lions. ~-..-
:. Change in Roosevelt.
It is worth while observing that three
years and six months in the White
the president. If it did not sound dis
respectful, it might be said that he has
| been ""tamed.
The way he "carried on'' for the
! first year or two after he entered the
presidents office was a distinct shock
to some of the United States senators
o4l, scs% Tho
ticular things they could not accustom
themselves to were his loud talking and
the rapid-ire style in which he put out
his observations of men and measures
without the least regard as to who was
within. hearing. On those days the
House proper, and it was not an I'M
common thing for visitors waiting in
the large reception room to hear the
presidents shri1l voice thru the closed
doors that led to the private Offices and
| the cabinet room.
| Roosevelt More Sedate.
AS time wore on the president be-
| the west who came for the Inaugural
ton ceremonies noted the change and
commented on it.
I eff he is not careful he will be a
very tranquil man by the end Of this
term, - said one old friend Of the plains
as, he left. the executive offices the
dash in the movements of the chief
executive as he goes about the routine
work of his office and as he meets the
throng of daily visitors, but he moves
with more deliberation than formerly,
a!nd: he has brought. his voice down I'M
! Many. of the characteristics that
made him $50 different from other
presidents " three and half years ago
he still retains. He reserves the right,
for instance, to say: ~ am delight
ed,' altho he does not make use of it
once where he used it twenty times
when he first entered the White House.
! by jove, + m. glad to see you,'' is An
expression he still makes use Of many
times day when friends Of former
| days are dropping in on him.
| s5 Sticks to "Crackerjack.' =
He still insists on referring to his
is related that last Tuesday morning,
when the new cabinet assembled, with
George B. Cortelyou back in a seat at
the big table, he looked at him with
"a pleased. expression and, turning to
Secretary Hay, burst out: "Now there
is Cortelyou Che always puts the &C
cent on the 'telo. 1sn't he a cracker
BY far the most picturesque thing
about the. daily. receptions at the ex.
ecutive offices is the presidents en-.
trance to the cabinet room to meet the
visitors who have been piloted in there
by senators and representatives. In
clearing this room many times daily
during the past ten days, he was al
dren. The room opens off the presi
dent Is private office and will accom-
modate fifty or seventy-fve persons
standing. without uncomfortable crowd
ing. Sliding doors connect the room
with the private office. .f-z.
One would think that the president
: would have servant at these doors
but he will not. He insists on throwing
them back himself twenty times day
if necessary.
Dsshes into the Room.
It is always with a dash like one
entering the arena Of a boxing rims
that he steps into the cabinet chamber
He comes thru these doors with sucl
suddenness that timid persons are al
most taken off their feet. In ten o.
fifteen minutes he clears the room, pass
ing from visitor to visitor, and neve,
failing to exchange few words will
! each.
Three years ago his voice would hav,
filled the room; now it is so well modu
lated that only the persons addressed
catch what he is saying. Above a
else, he likes the children. One da,
this, week when he learned that severa
fond mothers with babies in their arms
were being kept waiting in the publi
reception, room, he directed that the,
be brought in at once. He did nos kis
the babies, but he did a good lob O.
y praising their beauty. $500.