The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-27
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TH0R0UCHNESS
Ne Has a Tremendous Capacity
For Hard Work.


NOV. he ACHIEVED POPULARITY
An "opsn Door" Policy In the exseu.
tive Oflies-His ceniaIity and Humor
Have Made Him the Most Popular
Governor New Jersey Has Had.
I'm all my experience Of the men
who have held the office Of chief cxecu.
tive Of the state OF New Jersey-and
my recollection extends back to the
time Of Governor Joel Parker-I have
never known one who was such tire
mendous worker or who executed the
duties Of his office with such thorough.
ness as Governor Wilson"
The speaker was an old time attache
Of the statehouse ut Trenton. whose
duties have brought him in constant
and intimate relation with every gov.
srnor for a generation past.
Nothing escapes his attention" he
went on. "from the smallest routine de.
tail to the most important question at.
fecting the state"
Governor Wilson Is always one Of the
earliest arrivals in the executive dc.
partment. lie enters with the brisk
stride OF a man twenty years his Junior
and ut once plungcs into the work OF
answering his mail. Unlike many men
IN his position. he reads very large
proportion Of the letters he receives,
taking the position that IL man IL
sufficiently interested in subject to
write to him he Is entitled to a personal
reply,
Shoals Of Callers.
This task is not accomplished with.
out many Interruptions. for no COVER
nor Of the state ever had SO many
callers MS Woodrow Wilson. Ills re-
markable gifts. the wonders he has az.
compliShcd in legislation for the good
of the people. the nation wide interest
in Inn daily brin. to the executive of
flee scores of visitors who want to
meet him and whose business could
Just as well be done with some other
Official but who feel that they must
see their admired governor
And the open door" policy which
was inaugnratsl by Woodrow Wilson
the first day he took office aids them
IN their ambition. although it adds
much TO the burdens Of the executive
Believing that there il nothing In the
business of the state which should hc
done in secret. nothing in which every
voter has not u personal interest and
therefore II perfect rigli: to full knVwI
edge, Governor Wilson always keeps
wide open the door between his office
and the biz waiting room so that all
may see what is going on within.
When the governor took Office he
could not 1" said To- be- well known To
the people Of tn" state. True, they
had heard Of his light for Democracy
ut Princeton university; they had read
his splendid speeches; they knew he
was accounted one Of the intellectual
giants Of the country. and consequently
they had n great admiration for him.
But 1t was admiration in the abstract.
and It had no personal tngc.
Not a "Ciois.ered" Student
A mind piclur" of n person thus
heard and read Of. hut not intimately
known. is often faulty drawn. And
so it was with regard TO the popular
conception Of the human side OF Wood
row Wilson. lie was limncd rs one
who held himself more or less aloof
from his fellows ms n clustered student
whose heart had not been warmed by
contact with all sorts and conditions
OF men. He WAS understood to he cold
OF blood, an aristocrat 10y birth and en-
yironment
In the popular mini It was felt the
governor would atlorn the office and
would probably give good admins
tra'ion, although there was little boIe
that the people of the state would d..
rly" much benefit, but il WAS not fell
That he would become It peoples goy.
oruor, onc Who would enter whole soul
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