The Washington herald., 1913-02-23
SECRETARY TOPRESIDENT- ELECT
TOMOVE TO OCAPITAL THIS week.
Joseph p Tumuy Leases House-He Has Six Children and
New Home Is Big One-His Friends Say He VIII
Make Good, with Big &C."

Joseph p Tumulty-the middle part o
it's Patrick-who is to be secretary {,
President Wilson after his Inauguration
next month. is all ready to move hi
household effects to Washington and be
come a citizen of the District Of Co
lumbia for the next four years. He hal
leased a new house in the fashionabl,
Mount Pleasant section. and probabl,
win come to town about March to su
pervise the installation Of his furniture
Then he will hurry back to New Jersey
to help Gov. Wilson clear up his left
over business, and come back to tn,
Capital with the President-elect and hi,
party on March 8.
Mr.. Tumulty is the proud father OF
six, ranging in age from two to nine
years, SO he has leased a great. bis
house, with big back and front yards and
plenty of windows to let the air and sun.
shine in. He thinks his Riddles" are
about the finest that ever happened, and
says for himself that there's more real
joy In an afternoon with a house full
Of kids than there is in spending year
without them on trip around the
world"
Some two or three years ago. when
Mr.. Tumulty was appointed secretary to
Gov. Wilson of New Jersey, some of the
Governors wiseacre friends shook theii
heads and made lugubrious predictions
that he would not make good
month or so ago, when Joseph Pat
rick Tumulty was appointed secretary to
Presdent-elect Wilson, these same per-
sons clapped their knees and grinned all
over their faces, saying it was the best
appointment they had heard of in a long
time.
Made Friends for Wilson.
For during his term in the difficult
position of secretary to Gov. Wilson, MIR.
Tumulty established a reputation as be-
ing about one Of the best secretaries on
record. He was genial and approachable
and made lots of friends for the Gov
ernor and himself and he stepped care
fully over the slippery political stones
in the difficult situation in New Jersey.
so that ne established a record as a
smooth politician and political adviser.
Mr.. Tumulty-his name is mispro-
nounced more than any other name we
can think of-the accent is on the 'tum"
like "drum'-knows just what he faces
in his new position. And. what is more,
he isn't letting it worry him a bit He
knows that all kinds of unsuspected STUN
bling blocks loom up continually, and
Gov. Wilson knows it. too, for when he
appointed TumuIty to be his secretary
in the White House. he said:
''Tumulty, l am appointing you private
secretary. regardless of my deep sffec-
ton for you
But, Private Secretary Tumulty in
Washington figures on going ahead and
doing Just about the same thing that Pri-
vate Secretary Tumulty did in Trenton.
only on larger scale, and letting it go
at that. A man can do his best. he fig
ures, and no more: and his friends be-
~
more than is necessary to hold down a
job even as private secretary to a Presi-
dent
To talk about Mr. Tumulty, personally.
he is not hard to describe He is a well
put up man, somewhat about five feet
eight inches in height, and knows how
to wear his clothes. He doesn't care
anything about fancy Clothes and most
of the time wears a plain business suit.
well cut. but with no frills, such as
fancy pockets and the like. Frock coats
and English walking suits he doesn't
take much stock in. Brown is his IA
vcrite color. He is getting slightly bald.
although he is only thirty-four years old,
one of the youngest men ever to hold the
important post of private secretary to a
President. His hair is light, and his
eyes are blue. and have a particularly
penetrating character-look right at you
anu tIrouSn you, Dut pledSdHllE WitHdI,
and have humorous gleam in them
which is not believed by the man him
self. for he is a born humorist and has
q reputation as a raconteur. He is a
quiet individual; doesn't talk much or let
his conversation get away with him. He
knows that secretaries loose in CONVEX
sation can cause more trouble for public
men than any number of enemies, and
his judgment is good.
Position Difficult One.
Mr. TumuIty knows he is stepping into
one of the most difficult and important po-
sitions in the country. To fill it prop
erly, as has been shown by David S.
Gearge B. Cortelyou, and Will
lam Loeb, jr., one has 10 be sort OF
admixture of politician. diplomatist,
tactician. and jollier. In ad-
dition to this one has to be sort of
walking encyclopedia of all matters large
and small, especially those having to do
with Congress and politics, and has to
have a wide acquaintance with, public
men in all parts of the country. One
must know whether or not the President
can be interrupted: and whether Senator
Jones or Smith or Brown. when he calls
at the White House, should be kept
waiting or ushered into the presence Of
the President at once.
He must know whom to dismiss with
nut bothering the President, and how
to dismiss them so that they will go
q way satisfied that they didn't want to
see the President at all. In other words,
be must not offend. To offend continu-
n oIl, ic he etfreSt pafh the downfall