The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-05
WILSON'S FIRST DAY AS
RULER Of UNITED STATES


Office today despite the fact that
American presidents have no uniform
or official badge to distinguish them
from any private citizen. President
Wilson has provided himself with an
emblem. 1t is the spread eagle shield
of the United States-like the eagle
on silver dollar, fashioned into a
scarf pin about as big as dime.
When he appeared in his new office
today it was noticed he wore the
pin, which was made by Trenton
ieweler, for the first time 1t is gold
and enamel
When president OF Princeton, Will
son wore watch fob showing the
shield of the university. When COVER
nor he wore a scarf pin of the New
Jersey coat-of-arms.
Il like to feel that have something
constantly about me that is symbolic
of my service he said, explaining the
new pin.
Clark is Lucky.
WASHINGTON. March g. Edgar
/ q. Clark of the interstate commerce
1 commission, whose re-appointment 10
4 succeed himself was one of the Taft
nominations held up in the senate,
will be re-appointed by President
Wilson, according to an announce
ment made at the white house today.
\ 1t was understood on good author
ity that President Wilson would prob
E ably name John H. Marble. at present
secretary of the interstate commerce.
commission, to fill the place made
vacant by Commissioner Lanes seleu-
!. tion as secretary or the interior.
: Marble is from California. He was one
of the special attorneys who assisted
the senate committee in the second
: investigation of the Lorimer case.
The Job Of Presidenting.
:. WASHINGTON, March 5.--All sorts
!. OF, things happened to time-honored
r and age-discolored precedents around
" the white house today when its new
Il occupant in his first full day on thu
+. Job OF presidenting. waded intt
+. work Moreover, Secretary Joseph Fl
l. Tumulty shattered few aged Gus
toms himself
J. Following are a few of the preced
! ents that President Wilson smashed
!, today:
h Issued a statement announcing that
!. he would put disposals of patronage
!. squarely up to the heads of the various
executive departments.
q Issued statement, In the first per-
. son, explaining why VIM. f. McCombs
was not named as a cabinet member
II Held meeting of his new cabinet
Il before it was officially confirmed who
d was in the advisory body
n Received delegation of one hun.
4 dred people from New York state
/ who didn't have any appointment
d with him.
Il Sat in his Office with the door to
Tumulty's room open so that when a
/ score of New Jersey politicians had
v finished talking with the secretary
n they wandered into the presidents
IS room unannounced and were receiv
h. ed warmly.
n A dozen newspaper photographer
were given permission to occup,
- the outer Offices where they snapped
) photographs of the presidents callers
!, They also swarmed into Tumulty''
= Office and took photographs of him a
!, work
!, There was practically no red tape
a at the executive Offices today. The
b usual white house form for officia
a statements. where the information y
!, conveyed in the third person. was fol
lowed in the first statement today
- but little later the unprecedentet
!, plan of the president making a. per
!, sonal, first person announcement, va
- adopted. The president and Tumult,
ii also announced that they were work
ing out plan by which the executive
,Iwould see the newspaper correspond