The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-20
SAYS MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT
I'm to Everybody" and Does
Mt Believe In Side Wits.
per COnfabS.
rs PLAIN MAN OF THE PEOPLE


public, he announced to-day.
Governor Wilson said he had de-
Cided to maintain as far as possible
the open door" policy which he
inaugurated at Trenton. During
his term as Governor he has insist
ed that the door to his private Of
flee never be closed while he is in
it.
In his campaign speeches for the
Presidency he declared that he had
always felt if the door to his Office
was closed his connection with the
people of New Jersey" was being
severed. The Governor was stand
ing in the same door way in the
State house in Trenton to-day.
Are you going to keep the open
door at Washington, too" he was
asked.
Il hope So" he replied. 81 don't
know what the arrangements are in
the White House, but | intend to
hO 81 as lar do pOSblDlG.
His idea is that the Executive of
a State or a nation should have no
locked door" conference or trans
act any business in his private Of
flee that the public could not &C
tually see if they cared to.
when | first took office as Gov
ernor," he said,"I was surprised at
the number of peope who wanted
to talk to me behind the back of
their hands and in whispers"
The Governor has never been in
the Executive Office in Washington,
but one of the correspondents drew
for him a diagram of it's interior,
indicating that there were two
doors to the left of the entrance,
which, if left open, would carry out
the idea of giving the public view
OF who is talking to the President
in his office. The future President
will depend upon the Secret Service
men. of course, to keep out cranks,
and will have a system of appoint
ments. but the custom as observed
in Trenton has been that between
appointments the Governor is lin
to everybody"
1t was a day Of congratulations
but the Governor also met a num-
Der OF commissioners, made some
minor appointments and delivered
two speeches. He addressed a dele
cation that came from Charlotte,
N. c., to invite him to attend on
May 20 next the anniversary of the
celebration of the signing of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of indie
pendence. Thirty prominent citi-
zens OF the town, several of whom
made urgent speeches, appealed to
him to come.
You must remember, however"
said the President-elect in his
speech, that | haven't often been
President of the United States, and,
therefore, | don't know what is in
store for me. haven't gotten
close enough to the conscience of
that Office to see my way clear and
see what my liberty will be to de-
tach myself from my duties.
There is question which a
good many newspaper men here,
for instance, would like to have me
express definitely. There may be
an extra session of Congress upon
which a good deal depends. OF
course, if there is to be an extra
session il will cover the goth of
May in all probability.
Therefore, cannot now either
accept or decline the invitation,
which draws me so strongly, but |
do feel that | owe it to my public
duty to wait. What | am about to
do now is to go off on a vacation
and forget a good many things
that have happened in order to
have a clearer brain for what will
happen"
The Governor motored later to
the State Home for Girls, where he
dedicated a building to be known
as the Wilson Cottage. He there
delivered his first extended speech,
since he was elected to the Presi-
dency.
THE whole basis of society is in
dividual responsibility, said the
Governor. "If you cannot hold the
individual responsible for what he
does. then you cannot punish him,
and II society is /, eespensible for
what he does, there Is no means
that know of Furnishing society.
THE great argument-you will
not suspect me Of touching upon q