The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-02-22
CONSIDERED Him
The RIGHT MAN
Joseph P. Tumulty, Gov. Wilson's
Choice for Secretary to
the President.
Had Good Deal to Do With Max
ing the Governor President
of the United States.
Born in This Country in 1879, He is
the Son of a County Cavan
lrishman.

The following character sketch Of
Governor Wilson's choice for sccre-
tary to the President is printed in the
New York Times Of Sunday, Febru-
airy 3:
When Joseph Patrick Tumulty takes
up his official duties as secretary to
the president on March ! the stock
of chcerfuness in the District of Col
umbia will DC materially increased.
There may he moments in TumIlty's
life, as there are in the lives of 9TH
crs, when he is depressed or DOWN
cast, but no one who knows him Is
able to recall such an occurrence off,
hand.
The Irisllnlan Of fiction, bubbling
over with wit and fun, may not bo as
common in real life us lovers novels
would lead one to expect, but Tunl-
ulty is that sort of an Irshmnn. lie
knows more good stories and can tell
them better than anybody else in
Trenton; he is cr:,ckcrjacll speak
er, an irrcprcssible humorist. a de-
voted friend and an ideal husband and
| father.
| 1t is needless to say that these
Qualities did not, get Tumulty his new
7 post what bloiigllt about that ap-
| pointmcnt was his hard, faithful and
well-eSecutcd work for the past two
Years as Governor Wilson's secretary
He has no nX TO grind but Wilson'S
AK and his fidelity has been equalcd
by the efficient way i'm which he per-
formed his duty. IT. probably did not
/ Interfere with his selection that he Is
one Of the most popular men in the
state, but the controlling reason for
his appointment is to be found in two
years of work we'll done.
A Reservoir of Good Humor.
lie is II handsome man. looking
something like priest, with a ready
smile, an infectious laugh, an eye that
always meets yours and Il hearty
1 landciasp. When the FAIRIES gave him
! his birth gifts they did not leave out
the irish one of hlarncy but Tumulty
is not in the least what is known ns
: Il "jollier.' If he were. he could not
keep the warm friends he has made
all through life. Nobody ever ques-
! toned his fundamental sincerity, and
, he has the trick Of making you under
stand that he means what he says
Joke with you he will, but deceive you
he will not
| Irish to the core and Catholic
through and through, it touched Tum-
ulty more than a little to find that his
chief advocates for the post he has
Won were Protestants of English an
ccstry. The best Iicks that were put
in for him were made by Prcsbyter-
ians, Baptists, Mcthodists and Episco-
paIians. though, his o-religionists and
fcllow-lrishmen did good work too In
all the discussion over appointments
which Governor Wilson has been
carrying on with his visitors in the
past two months, Tunulty's name
was never mentioned to him except
with favor. Other appointments which
tho governor was believed to be con-
tcmplating have been met with earn
> est efforts to dissuade him, but no
man ever "knockcd' Tumulty to him.
Part in Wilson'S Election.
One of the instances where his
trait Of his was displayed had a good
deal to do with making Wilson presi-
dent of the United States. In fact,
there are d. good many experienced
politicians who believe that but for
TumuIty's action on that occasion
Wilson would never have been nom-
mated by the Baltimore convention
and therefore not elected.
That 1t was William j. Bryan's ac-
tion at Baltimore which defeated
Champ Clark and nominated Wilson
. has never been seriously questioned.
Mr.. Bryan addressed to each of the
leading candidates a demand to know
how they stood on what to him was
| the crucial questionable election OF
Alton r. Parker as temporary chair
man. When this communication wa;