The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-25
Gov. SONS
TH0R0UCHNESS
He Has a Tremendous Capacity
For Hard Work.
now he ACHIEVED POPULARITY
An "opsn Door" Policy In tho Exseu-
tive 0ffice-His GeniaIity and Hunor
Have Made Him the Most Popular
Governor New Jersey Has Had.


Governor New Jersey Has Had.
''In all my experience Of the men
who have held the office Of chief execu-
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 ire
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 at Trenton, whose
duties have brought him in constant
and ultimate 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 A.
fecting the state"
Governor Wilson is always one Of the
earliest arrivals in the executive de-
partment. He enters with the brisk
stride of man twenty years his junior
and at once plunges 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 If a man is
sufficiently interested in a subject to
write to him he is entitled to 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 as Woodrow Wilson. His re-
markable gifts, the wonders he has &C.
complished In legislation for the good
Of the people, the nation wide interest
in him daily bring to the executive Of
fee 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 inaugurated 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 Is nothing In the
business Of the state which should be
done In secret, nothing in which every
voter has not personal interest and
therefore perfect right to full knowl-
edge. Governor Wilson always keeps
wide open the door between his Office
and the big waiting room 50 that all
may see what is going on within.
When the governor took Office he
could not be said to be well known to
the people of the state. True, they
had heard Of his fight for Democracy
at Princeton university; they had read
his splendid speeches.; they knew no
was accounted one Of the intellectual
giants Of the country, and consequently
they had great admiration for him.
But it was admiration in the abstract.
and it had no personal tinge.
Not . "cIoistsrsd" Student
A mind picture Of a person thus
heard and read of, but 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. He was limned as one
who held himself more or less aloof
from his fellows as a clustered student
whose heart had not been warmed by
contact with all sorts and conditions
of men. He was understood to be cold
of blood. an aristocrat by birth and en-
vironment.
In the popular mind it was felt the
governor would adorn the Office and
would probably give good admins
tration, although there was little hope
that the people Of the state would de-
rive much benefit but it was not felt
that he would become peoples gov
ernor, one who would enter whole soul
eddy into the hopes and aspira tons of
the struggling masses