Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-06-13
Gov. WILSON'S
T~HOROUCHNESS
He Has a Tremendous Capacity
For Hard Work.
HOW HE ACHIEVED POPULARITY
An "open Door" Policy In the Exeeu-
tive office-His ceniaIity and Humor
Have Made Him the Most Popular
Governor New Jersey Has Had.

Have Made Him the Most Popular
Governor New Jersey Has Had.
"ln 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 a 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 at 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 or, 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 de-
partment. He enters with the brisk
stride of a man twenty years his Junior
and at once plunges into the work of
answering his mail. Unlike many men
in his position. he reads ii very large
proportion of the letters he receives,
taking the position that If a man Is
sufficiently interested in a subject to
-,r;to to hi-, ho III antitla1 RI n n~orcOnal
reply.
Shoals of Callers.
This task is not accomplished with
out many Interruptions, for no COVER
nor Of the state yer 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
zee their admired governor.
And the open door" policy which
was i~naugurated by Woodrow Wilson
the first day he took office aids them
In their ambition, although 1t 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 a personal interest and
therefore a perfect right to full knowl-
edge. Governor Wilson always keeps
wide open the door between his office
and the big waiting sc 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 he
was accounted one Of the intellectual
giants Of the country, and consequently
they had a great admiration for him.
But 1t was admiration in the abstract.
and 1t had no personal tinge.
. Not a "CIoistered" Student.
A mind picture Of a person thus
heard and read Of. but not intimately
known. is often faulty drawn. And
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 a good admins
although there was little hope
that the people Of the state would de
rive much benefit, but it was not felt
he would become a peoples gov
ernor, one who would enter whole soul
into the hopes and aspiration Of
the struggling masses. !