Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-23
DANISH MYSTERY
AT WHITE HOUSE
Norton, Taft's New Secretary,
Proves Agent Of Publicity.
NEWSPAPER men APPLAUD.

Senators No Longer Hurdle Presi-
Dental Guardians, and Gum Shoes
No Longer Are PopuIar-Sueeesse
of Lamont, corteIyou and Loeb Guild
ing Stars For New Mentor.
Charles d. Norton of Chicago, who
succeeded Fred w. Carpenter as Sec
rotary to President Taft, made good"
the first day and wins additional plau-
dts each hour. o~s.sl..l. 80 y r z,
Secretary Norton's first day was a
busy and important one, embracing as
1t did the conference between the pres
ident and the western railway heads.
One Of the first things Mr.. Tafts new
confidential man did upon meeting the
newspaper men In the forenoon was to
tell them that the conference with the
railroad presidents would be at 3
o'clock, that when it had concluded a
statement would be issued and that he
was going to see that the correspond
ents then met the president personally.
And it happened just that way.
Newspaper Praise Is Sweet.
His initial success led the White
House reporter of the Washington
Times to eXtol him like this:
above the executive Offices there
ripples and 'rumples I'm the June breeze
the gonfalon\ of publicity, and through
the rooms where grim silence took his
gloomy pleasure in the dear dead past
there rings the merry echo of candid
laughter and happy speech.
''In other words. the executive Offices
are to be run In a manner radically
different from the management Of
Fred w. Carpenter. News is to be Civ
en- out as 1t happens. Mystery inscruta-
BILE as the night will no longer hold its
sable court within the house that Is
white.
1.-THE ceremonies and shrouds which
were wont to cloak the official live
things have been discarded, and the
quietest thing heard about the grounds
was the dull thud of CASTOR gum shoes
as they hurtled through the windows
and fell to the asphalt about a mile
away.
Statesmen who used to think they
had to be able to do the 200 yard hur-
dies in a minute in order to run
through the guardians who kept them
away from the presidential ear can
now give up their athletic training.
"For Charles Dyer Norton is on the
Job. and things are looking up"
Shows Tact Early.
Another evidence Of his tact was the
affair in which Congressman Francis
Burton Harrison of New York was ex-
cluded from the Jewish delegation
which saw President Taft regarding
Russian massacres. Mr.. Taft declined
to see Mr.. Harrison. one of the delega-
TONS sponsors, because of criticism OF
the Ballinger case. SO while the con-
gresham was summoned to Mr.. Nor
toms Office the Jewish visitors were
ushered into the presidents office. ig-
norant Of the complication.
II the former assistant secretary Of
the treasury maintains this success be
may reach higher honors, as several OF
his predecessors have done.
For instance, Daniel s. Lamont, who
was secretary to Grover Cleveland.
was later made head of the war de-
partment
George B. Cortelyou. who was secre-
tary to Mckinley and later secretary
to Roosevelt. was made the head of
the department Of commerce and la
Dor. He was subsequently made the
head of the postoffice department and
later secretary of the treasury. From
there he graduated to a lucrative posi-
ton as president of the Consolidated
Gas company in New York.
Mr.. Cortelyou was succeeded as pri-
vate secretary by william Loeb. Jr..
who has now become collector of Gus
toms of New York city and is being
much mentioned for governor Of New
York