The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-10

Artemus Wards view OF the Tower
OF London-'If I like il, III buy IL
There was a big governmental lob in
winch this leader was much Interested
and in reference to which he ALWAYS
wished me TO consult a man whom he
trusted. whom ! will call Pitt Rodney.
one day i answered him. The trouble
With Rodney is that he mis- estimates
his relations TO COSMOS" TO which he
responded, "Cosmos-Cosmos? Never
heard OF him. You stick 10 Rodney.
He's your mani"
Help From Outside.
Outside of the public servants there
were multitudes of men, in newspaper
offices. in magazine Offices, IN buslness
or the professions or on farms OF in
shops. who actively supported the poli-
cies for which / stood and did work
Of genuine leadership which was quite
rs effective as any work done by men
IN public office. Without the active
support OF these men 7 would have
been powerless. In particular. the lead
ing newspaper correspondents at
WASHINGTON weer az a whole a singu-
larry able. trustworthy. and public
spirited body Of men and the most use
ful Of all agents in the fight for eff
Gent and decent government.
Efficient Work.
As for the men under me in OF.
ecutiye Office. | could not overstatp the
debt OF gratitude I owe them. From
the heads OF the departments. the cab
met officers. down. the most striking
feature Of the administration was the
devote. Jealous and efficient work hat
was done ns soon as 10 became under
stood that the n bond Of interest
among al OF us was the desire to make
the government the most effective In.
strument in advancing the interests OF
he average men and women OF the
United states and their children. I do
not think J ovcrstate the case when
say that most 81 the men who did the
best work under me felt that ours was
n partnership. that We all stood on tho
same level OF purpose and service. and
that II matterad not what position anv
one ~ us held so long as in that posi-
lion he gave athe verr best that was
in him.
The Tennis Cabinet and Others.
We worked very hard but I made
a point Of getting a couple Of hours on
ench dav FOR equally vigorous play.
The men with whom 7 then played.
whom We lauRhingly grew 20 call the
Tennis Cabinet have been mon
toned In n previous chapter IN connec-
ton with tho ain they gave mo az the
last breakfast which they took ~ the
White House. There wore many 9th
ers IN tho public service under me
with whom I happened not 10 play.
but who did their share OF our CON.
mon work Just ne effectively ~ 70 was
done by us who did play or course
nothing could have heen done in nv
administration 81 u had not been for
the zeal intelligence. masferful abfi.
~ and downright hard labor ~ these
mon in countless positions under mo.
vps helpless IN do anything except
as wV thoughts and orders we're trans.
lated into action by them. and. more
over each of them. as he grew spe
cinllv NJ Tor HE lob. used 10 sugges, 70
mo The rieht thouCht 10 have. and
tho richi order Co give. ~conccrning
that fob 10 is Of course hard. for mo
20 sneak with cold and dispassionate
partialitv ~ these mcn. who were ~
close to mo as we're Tho men % nv
regiment H1t the outside observers
best fitted io pass Judgment about
them FELT o. . ala
Praise From Mr.. Bryce.
At nc end NJ my administration NJ
bryce the British ambassador. told
me- that IN "a Ions life. during which
bad studied Intimately The govern
ment az many different countries he
had never in n country sccn "a more
eager hiEh minded and efficient set
~ public sorvarfs mon more uscful
aud more crelltahle fo their country.
Than M, mon then doing tho work 81
tho American government in Washing
ton and in the field . repeat this
With the permission 81 Mr..
(~oonunusd In monday. r-stsniEs.s-~l