The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-21

anu frequently WIFI duihh oeH III
what they call the backbone ele-
ment" In Woodrow Wilson. Legisla.
ton as he wants it is likely to go
through and he. so it is said. is ready
to stand or to fall by the resulting eff
fects on the country.
Never Misses a Name.
There have been just as many Sec
retaries to the president as there have
been presidents OF the United States.
In the years long passed the se;reta-
ries did not come as much into the
public notice as they do today. The
change is not due in any way TO push
ing" qualities on the part of the mod
ern secretaries, but it is due to the
fact that their duties are so much
more onerous and that they are COM
PEELED to stand between the president
and an ever pressing and sometimes
importunate public.
When Joseph p. Tumulty firstScame
to Washington as secretary to the
president, the wonder of stranger Wis
itors to the White House was how
course a good many cards were pre-
scented. and at times 1t was possible
for the secretary to know the caro-
corresponding to the caller, but not
always. Tumulty, however. invariably
called each man by his RICH: lame
and saw eyebrow after eyebrow arct
! in surprise.
! 1t is a great thing 10 know man
name for IT goes some distance along
/ the self-esteem route to help man
| bear up against final, II gently ad-
ministered. disappointment. How did
! Tumulty know the names at the out
/ set:
Do They Use an Eye Code?
The suspicion has been that the
secretary. and the assistant secretary
Rudolph Forster, who knows the
name of every living man between
East Cape and Mendocino, had 2
/ Morse alphabet which they dotted and
dashed out by means of rapid
winking..
Tumulty's desk is at the south side
Forster's desk is at the west side OF
room adjoining. but there is ar
open doorway between the Offices.
and the line OF vision from TumultT' :
desk to Forsters is as straight and
unclouded as the daily walk OF the
upright man. Tumulty knew every
body's name before he spoke TO him
and if the information was not con
veyed by an eye code II was conveyed
in some subtle. Elusive manner which
was past the discovery of the curious
II Forster did the telegraphing an
was himself at a loss for a name
which hardly seems possible. by IN
wayne had only to call up base
station at his immediate left, where
sits Thomas Brahaney, who knows
the sur, Christian and middle name o.
nine-tenths of the men born Amer
leans. Today Joseph p Tumulty. sec
rotary TO the president. knows every
body's name. and pretty nearly ev
erybody's personality. Joseph is as
wise a man as his namesake OF tht
Old Testament. although his nam'
probably was given him in honor o.
one of the two Josephs of the gospel
Some people say that, of course
Washington correspondents write
nice things about presidents secrete
ries. II might be suggested that th'
files be searched in order that 1t ma,
be known that some things not alto
gether nice have been written aboI
some of them.
TumuIty's Great Success.
Joseph P Tumulty Is good fellow
and, moreover. he has been astound
ingly successful with a new and try
ing Job He has to send away me-
who are bent on seeing Mr.. Wilson
but he knows how to send them ava
with their heads up and a pleased
!. light In their eyes. Senators. mem
bers. department officials and strange
, visitors drop in and drop down int,
, seats OF the ohaired circle. Tumult
. swings round the circle, calls every
body by name. asks what he can d
, for him, and makes lightning differ
; entiation. Some men see the pres
, dent and some do not but all of theT
, get satisfaction out of their visit;
New Jersey must have a good pre-
, ,paratorv school for the District, G
, Columbia.
William Loeb. Jr.. talked for Thee
, dore Roosevelt on many occasion:
I Loeb and Tumulty are absolutely di
ferent temperamentally. but they ar
very much alike IT. method. Tumult
[ is not afraid to speak for his chic
: and In being unafraid. he shows tina
4 he knows his ground that re rebuk
= is in store. and that he has added jus
5 so much to the time which Woodro'
5 Wilson can give to the contemplate
[ of the tariff and tine currency.
+ Joseph P. Tumulty is nard worl
[ er. II he were not willing works
Y he would not be secretary to the pre-
J. ident There are millions of roses i
l. Washington at all seasons of the yea
q out of doors or IN the hothouses 81
none of them has ever been plucke
5 to help make a bed of roses for I'll
n man who acts as secretary to III
Q president of the United States.
A.
4 when | forbid my child to GRO: