Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-14

WASHINGTON. March 14.-Yes, yes,
there is a little bit Of a crowd in the
white house these days-about a hun
dred a minute. Also there are crowds
in the anterooms Of the various cabi-
net offices. each member Of the null
titude Glowing his neighbor and look
ing askance, az if TO say: Who is this
person. But neither In the white
house nor in any cabinet office east Cf
Seventeenth street is there any such
crowd as is gathered in the office #
William j. Bryan, secretary Of state.
Secretary Bryan has had no chance
to eat comfortably OF sleep creditab'y
or have a chance to think about the
problems before the state department.
Even the surging multitude at the
doors Of the white house is mere
handful compared with that which
swarms al the doors Of the Office of
the secretary Of state.
The crowd is not made up altogether
OF Office seekers though. Of course, they
preponderate. There are many men in
town who followed Mr. Bryan through
his campaigns or who knew him per
sonally, and before they leave Wash
ington they want TO call and shake
hands with him. Then there is the
great army Of men who do not want
job in the state department but do
want one somewhere else, and who
have the idea that Mr. Bryan's voice
will be potent in their behalf II they
can get him to raise It. There are
nh to IA inc
In the state department and know they
must see the secretary II they are 10
get it, These three divisions make up
the mass which clogs his doorway and
makes it impossible for even senator's
and representatives. to see him, even
such men as his old running mate, John
| w Kern.
Small Wonder He Did II.
IL is no wonder that he sends out
dispatches indorsing Henry Lane Will
son without reading them. The Won
der is that he has time to read any
! thing whatever. or to know what he
is signing. When he Is not trying 20
receive and dispose OF this hive of wish
tors he is running over to the white
house to consult with the president,
always on orders received from the
executive The man who invented the
word busy had never heard of Will
! liam Jennings Bryan.
When the president made public his
warning to the Latin American repub-
lies. to the effect that they mustn't i'm
agne they could start anything just
because there had been change of
administration, Secretary Bryan in
formed the newspaper men that he had
nothing 10 add to the statement As 4
matter of fact, he had not even seen IT,
The president wrote fl himself without
consulting anybody.
Senator Tilman this week made a
Biblical quotation with regard to the
/ horde of office seekers. II was as fol
| lows:
The wild asses of the desert are
athirst and hungry; they have broken
into the green corn"
! Today Senator Tiuman came into
| Secretary Bryans office and saw on
one side a swarm OF office seekers and
on the other a crowd of newspaper
men. He glanced over both groups and
then turned to the secretary with a
quizzical smile
when l said that thing, Bryan"
said he 81 didn't know that you had
two herds Of wild asses around here"
The secretary grinned. Then he
turned to the news gatherers and said
with mpassionate smile: You men
who come to the state department are
the most unfortunate set of newspaper
men in the city"
Whereat, since Mr.. Bryan never gives
out any news, there was business Of