The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-03-20
BLOW YOUR HORN" JOsEPHUs


Publicity Bureau.
Woodrow Wilson became Presi-
dent, not as result OF the work OF
his National Committee or his Pub
licity Bureau man, because a large
majority of the voters Of the country
voted against MIR. Wilson and his pol
icies. Mr.. Wilson became President
against the wishes of the majority Of
the people of the country, simply be-
cause a majority of the voters. who
were for protection and for construc-
vided.
President Wilson, notwithstanding
his want of experience in public af-
fairs, is yet man of keen discern
ment. and, of course, fully compre-
hended the situation. Therefore, he
announced Immediately after the
election that he would recognize few
claims of persons who claimed Offices
on account Of political services, and
that not more than one or two men
would be put into the Cabinet for
political reasons and the other would
be for their fitness.
When the Cabinet was announced
it was the general concensus of opin-
ion that the one man who was Sc
| lected, not for his fitness, but for his
political services, was Mr. Daniels of
this State.
The Buffalo Express, in an article
reviewing various members of the
Cabinet and their qualifications, when
it reached the Secretary of the Navy,
said:
But Josephus Daniels, the
Secretary of the Navy, is a joke.
He probably knows as little
about naval administration as
any one whom Mr.. Wilson could
have found"
1t is generally recognized, however,
that it was proper for Mr.. Wilson to
put at least one man in his Cabinet
for political services, and in doing so
he chose his publicity agent, because
the administration would need a pub
licity agent as much as the party
needed one during the campaign
However, Mr.. Daniels does not seem
to understand that he was expected
to be publicity agent for the admin
istration.~ He seems to think that he
was appointed for pre-eminent ability,
and that he is the biggest man in
the Cabinet. We are forced to the
conclusion by the proof which Mr..
Daniels furnishes in his own paper,
the Raleigh News and Observer.
Those who read only that paper
must be convinced, if they believe all
they see in that paper, that the Navy
Department is the most important
department of the Government and
that the present head is the most i'm
pOrtant man in the whole admins
tration, though everybody also knows
that the facts as to both are to the
contrary.
We have before us at present two
issues of that paper, one of the 14th
and one of the 18th. In the issue OF
the 14th Mr.. Daniels is played up in
big headlines in two places on the
front page, while there is not a ref.
erence in the headlines of that page
to President Wilson or to any other
member of the Cabinet. Even Mr.
Bryan, the head of the Cabinet, is not
mentioned. In the next issue, March
prominent way in the special Wash
| ington letter printed on the front
page. Also he is given big head
lines in the first article at top OF
column on the second page and at the
top of the first column of the third
page, and again at the top of the first
column of the fifth page. Again
we see no reference in the headlines
of this issue to Mr.. Bryan or any
other members of the Cabinet. In
short, it seems that Mr.. Daniels is
using his Publicity Bureau for Dan
iels instead of for the administration
as far as he can do so, and the only
paper in which he can have his own
way completely is the Raleigh News
and Observer.
There was a politician down in
Johnston County whose first name
was "Billy," and who flourishad fol