The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-02-22

received by MIR. Wilson all his advis-
ers recommended that he send an
evasive answer. Tumulty heard of it.
went to tho governor and told him
emphatically that the occasion called
for plain words. He drafted an an
swer in which Mr.. Wilson indorsed
Bryan's contention uncquivocally.
Parker was elected, but a few days
later Bryan swung his strength to
Wilson and nominated him.
New Type Of Secretary.
Tumulty. however, is type of man
different from either of these two cx-
ccllent secretaries. A man SO keen Of
wit and ready of apprehension as he
is not likely to make the mistakes
that Loeb did before he got into his
stride and the warm humanity Of him
will be as strong un element in his
efficiency Of Cortelyou.
The Importance OF all this can be
| understood II 1t Is borne in mind that
the president whoever he may be
stands or falls by the qualities of his
secretary more than he does by those
| of any other appointce, members OF
the cabinet included. 1t is through
his secretary that he is known per-
sonally to very many men. For the
things his secretary does he is held
responsible. His secretary can come
nearer to making or marring his ad-
ministration than can his secretary
of state.
! If this seems All eXaggeration, 1t is
because some very recent history is
little known to the public or is for
gotten. The Taft administration,
which received so terrible rcbuke
last November, was damned in the
public mind during the unlucky year
when poor Fred Carpenter was strug-
Cling desperately to size up to the
post. For his bunders the president
received all the blame. as he did later
for those OF Norton and Hilles.
On no cabinet officer is there laid
such necessity OF prompt Judgment
and OF being infallibIy right in the ex-
ercise OF 1t. The secretary of the
treasury or OF the navy may make
mistakes. but the secretary to the
president must not. On the correct
ness of his dealings with senators and
representatives depends to a large cx-
tent, the strength OF the administra-
tion's support in congress.
Finds Joy at tho Bar.
i AS q lawyer in active practice Tum-
ulty gets more joy out Of the bar than
any lawyer except those who send
oltc story is that of Il lawyer who
went to one of the Jersey bosses will,
a sad tale to the effect that one OF
the lawyers clients was about to be
indicted for larceny, and that the
lawyer would like to have the boss
get him off. A little later the lawyer
>hlIf' w tlIS JUDO WIN sL uISIIdy Gu
face and said, why. do you know
that you've had that pickpocket client
of mine drawn on the grand jury ~
"Wcll," said the boss indifferently, II
know I have Do you know any bet
! ter way of getting him OFF,"
\; Tumully Is 3S years old. He was
born in this country, but he is just
as Irish as if he had come from
County Cavan. where his father was
born. That father. Philip Tumulty
! was a contractor and IL politician in
+! Jersey City, and Joe was educated
first in ST. Brides then in st. Brid-
gets, and afte1ward in st. Peters
College. a Jesuit institution.
Wilson Fond Of Him.
/ Though he and Mr.. Wilson were
not acquainted before the governor
selected him for private secretary,
Mr.. Wilson now has a stronger per-
sonal regard for hin, than for almost
anybody else he knows. The appoint
InCnC WIS tcnQercu 10 Flm at OF JUST
; after the funeral of Bob" Davis
. which both attended TO this day
Tumulty does not know what it was
:. that attracted the governors atten
tion to him, and Mr.. Wilson never
tells the reasons for his appoint
ments. Tumulty's friends believe that
the governor had had his eye for a
) long time on the independent young
Democrat who would not break with
the organization and yet had the
, nerve TO do as he thought right in
the legislature without regard to what
that organization might think to be
his obligations to 1t.
: There seems to be a good deal OF
curiosity about how to pronounce his
name. The accent is on the FIRST
> syllable, and that syllable rhymes
with drum" Anybody who puts the