Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-06

Washington. March with the tinsel and the military pomp, the cheers of the@ multitude, the stirring music of bands and the heavy tread of marching thousands, the fireworks and the limelight only pleasant memory, Woodrow Wilson settled down in the chair of president as quietly and with as little ceremony, proba bIy. as almost any man who ever crossed the threshold of. the White House to become it's master. His long day was crowded with incidents and filled with the flavor of the power that is a presidents
 Notice to Office ,ekers.
 Almost his first act n,--. to serve mo- tice upon office seekers that they will not be welcome at the White House unless they have been invited. Almost his last act tonight was to confer with Senator John w. Kern. today chosen as leader of the democrats i'll the sen ate and reputed representative of the administration in the upper house. ln between he found time to shake hands with close to two thousand p-rsons, consult with his new cabinet and with few friends in congress, die tate letters and generally launch his own ship of administration.
 Secretary TumuIty Kept Busy.
 In spite of the reports that MT. Will son might be expected to change many of the precedents that has grown up about the presidency he bothered with none of importance. today, except that which permitted the office seeker to invade the White House, He fitted In easily with the machinery of the executive offices, did mostly what trained officials told him should be done and took up the routine of g6v- ernment with ease,
 Joseph T. Tumuity, Mr. Wilson's secretary was just about as busy as his chief. He talked to the newspaper men stationed at the White House a 9 3f.- ters, received the e6hgfatu1atf0n of scores of friends from New Jersey and talked with many prominent democrats.
 A "Restricted Open Door,"
 The president spent the morning in his office; the afternoon at the White House at luncheon and in the east room receiving delegations and at four o'clock shut up shop and went out with Mrs. Wilson for his first au- toTnobile ride through Washington
 All the delegations received today came by appointment and the report ed policy of the "open door" was ex- plained to be an open door only to those who came upon public business
 Shakes Hands of 114o Callers. i
 After luncheon with his family and ! Secretary Tun1ulty, Mir. Wilson learn 1 ed one of the uses of the East room 1 He stood for forty minutes and shook l hands with 1,140 persons. Major | Thomas L. Rhodes. personal aide for | B year to former President Taft, shot 1 them by as fast as he could get their 1 names and the new president never 1 Ginched at the ordeal.
 With all the callers disposed of l Sfr. Wilson called for one of the White l House automobiles used by MT. Taft { and started out for spin around 1 Washington. No aide in uniform such i as accompanied MT. Taft went with 1 him, but the two motorcycle police men assigned to guard the president 1 on such trips kept close behind on the ride.
 Conferences With Cabinet Members
 After the president returned from his auto ride Lfndley M. Garrison. the secretary of war, had a brief con- ference with him.
 'I told the president that I thought ] earned my salary today" said Secre- tary Garrison with a laugh. I'm learning the machinery of the depart ment. You can't go from an equity Q9@rt to a government department in Q aAy and get accustomed to 1t at | once"
 MT. Bryan. the secretary of state, called after Secretary Garrison left He brought with his Huntington Will son, former assistant secretary of state. and the heads of the various bu- reaus of the state department, pre- senting them to the president. Secre- tary Bryan said there were some questions in the various bureaus : which required the attention of the president at once but that they con-