The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-14
Wilson Breaks Precedents
At the Rate of One a Day
BUT People AND pon1TfciANs ARE INTERESTED a@HIs, "opEN
DOOR" POLICY AND DETERMINATION 70 GIVE. HIS TIME TO
PRESIDENTIAL DUTIEs-INstsTs ON BEING MS OWN ROSS.

Marcn II. -
Woodrow Wilson went to an obscure
day. he gave the public another sur
prise. making half a dozen or more
since his inauguration March 4. AL
together he has made a vigorous start
with the job in the few days he has
peen president. He has departed
we'll worn that they, seemed to be the
only highways of presidential travel.
Without trying to be spectacular he
has disregarded time-honored. GUS
toms which were respectfully OBJ
served by his predecessors. r Without
posing as an i%conoclast. he has shat
teher p~recedents which were as deep
~ %venerated as the golden calf which
the ancients w%orshiped. Without
theatrical Accomplishments he has
= brushed the cobwebs from traditions
held SO sacred hat men stood uncov-
cred at h bare mention of them.
and he revealed them as antiquated
mental mechanism. He has done
these things without excitement and
Without studied calculation Of the
dramatic effects.
Mr.. Wilson did not pause to note
whether society recovered from the
novations before proceeding to hand
out a thriller to the office seekers.
Nor did he,wait to sc whether the
shock to the job hunters proved fatal
before Earring the vertebrate Of the
politicians by establishing the "open
while Secretary Tumulty was enthus-
iastically acting as official demonstra-
tor OF that policy with the politicians
looking on in a daze, DR.. Wilson. was
lacking up a sign reading, figurative.
":
Ross of His Own Job.
NO invisible government practiced
here"-a sign for all men to read, be
they statesmen or politicians regard.
nous terms) or captains Of industry
or capital, or leaders Of labor. organ.
lied or non-unionized. The first Wis
itor to e~xpostulate will find. as he
looks into the doctors clear, courage.
GUS. and even daring gray eyes. an
which. translated into a slangy col
loquialisnl. reads: IF you're curious
to know who's boss around here. lust
start something"
Mr.. Wilson a started as the undis.
puted boss Of his administration: His
cabinet understands ,that-every mar
OF It. from the premier down to the
partment. He is not telling them sc
in words either gracious or offensive;
IT, is not necessary. They know It
They feel It; he looks it at them. hu,
not in a way to hurt, but rather tc
draw them close to him, to inspire
militant loyalty as we'll as kindly es.
teem. and friendship. The canine,
embarks on it's career earnestly and
unanimously for Wilson. There are
men on the outside ready to I'LL any
gap in h now unbrokcn line. should
dtscord develop and the presiden,
deem It essential to create a vacancy
-, All Is Harmony Now. ....
Up to the time it became certain
that Col. Bryan was to become secre:
tarN Of state. friends Of Mr.. Wilson
manifested apprehension lest the
plank in the last democratic national
platform declaring. in favor Of tht
principle of a single presidential tern
be the first cause of discord between
the two men. If the president AND
the secretary Of state have reached
an understanding on this point, they
have taken no one into their conf.
dence. So far as the public know
40 far as members Of the cabine,
other than Mr.. Bryan know, Mr.. vii.
son is reserving his judgment. Hi,
decision is in allegiance and no inklins
OF it has reached people on tho out.
side. Right now all is harmony be.
tween the president and Mr.. Bryan
and there Is no indication at this time
that it will. not continue. :.
It was a bold stroke when in his
first official announcement Mr.. Wilson