The Washington herald., 1913-03-24
srArEsMEH-REAL AND NEAR
~ FRED c. KELLY.

Tumuity Joke each other back and forth
in the course of their daily toll, with the
comradeship of a pair of schoolboys.
On the morning that Wilson made his
first appearance at the executive offices.
the only thing on his desk was a stack
of photosraphs to be autSgraphed. .
this Ia all I have been able to find for
you to do to-day"
"Well well" murmured the President
in mock vexation. II supposed the posi-
ton would carry with 1t bigger jobs
than this
Later the same day. Mr.. Wilson put
on his hat to leave the ofices. 1t vas
the six hat he had bought for the in
auguration exercises. Young MIR. Tu-
multy stared at the lofty headgear and
then reproachfully asked the President
of the United States:
Where did you get that hatF'
MY regular hat hasn't been unpacked
yet" replied the President, apoloseti-
cally.
Irncle Toe Cannon, for many years a
Representative in Congress from one OF
the Illinois districts, and Col. William j.
Bryan, our estimable new secretary OF
State, always regard a meeting with
each other as a signal for kidding
match.
Uncle Joe called on Bryan a day or
SC after he stepped into his fine new
Job
What's the name?' inquired Bryan.
Seems as If we've met before" cams
back Cannon I've either met you or
seen you or heard your name or some
thing. Let's see. weren't you memner
OF Congress at one timer
Uncle Joe has been less jocose with his
successor. Frank T. O'Hair. When
O'Hair came on to Washington to learn
about his new job. about the first man
he ran into at the Capitol was nobody
less than Uncle Joe himself. But the
former Speaker never gave SO much as
a look or a hand wave to the man who
defeated him. He has not recognized the
mans existence since election day.
This story begins with the battle Of
Manila Bay, in 1885 Josephus Daniels,
a Young editor down at Raleigh, n. C.,
is so impressed with Dewey's feat that
he becomes a hero-worshiper, and has
never ceased to regard Admiral Dewey
as about the greatest man alive. When
Dewey is criticised later on. for one rea-
son or another. Daniels stays at his Of
fee late and writes columns OF carefully
polished editorial matter defending and
meet Dewey and have chance 10 sit at
his feet.
Time goes on. and Josephus Daniels
becomes Secretary Of the Navy. After
he has been In office a day or two. he
learns that one of his duties is to go
over every so often and attend the meet
ings Of the General Board OF the Navy
Department, of which Admiral Dewey Is
president Now. he thinks. he will get
his long-hoped-for chance to know Ad-
miraI Dewey. He is almost abashed at
the thought of meeting his hero face to
face after all these years. After the
introductions are over. Dewey ohers
Secretary Daniels a seat at the head OF
the table. Daniels is almost startled.
Gracious. no." says he. Me at the
head Of the table and YOU here!'
But you're the Secretary-you're my
chief" reminds Dewey. smilingly.
Nav, nav; I'll never sit at the head
Of any table where you are, declares
Daniels, who would have felt honored 10
have a footstoll where he could sit and
look up at Dewey. III sit at your right
hand. but that's as far as I can 60"
It's a funny thing" remarks Daniels
to Dewey later on, that my State has
now had FIVE Cabinet officers and every
one has been Secretary Of the Navy"
Yes" replies Dewey. and that re-
minds me Of something. The last North
Carolina Secretary before you was James
c. Dobbin, and he was the man who got
me my appointment to Annapolis.
guess that's why I've always been such a
good Democrat"
Daniels always dresses In blacks and
white-black clothes, black string necktie,
broad -brimmed black hat Of Quaker
shape and plain white linens. He reminds
one of the plain. kindly-faced folks one
sees in old-fashioned family albums.
The thing Daniels is best at Is being a
human being. He has sense of humor.
and every remark he makes impresses one
with the fact that he is human. Probably
he is the most human man in the Cab
met.
II is Daniels notion that the greatest
Job in the world Is running a newspaper.
BY not caring a continental about polit-
ical Jobs for himself. he has kept his pa
per Independent and has been able to run
the politics OF North Carolina He was
not wildly enthusiastic about entering the
Cabinet.
his present job. and that argument was
put up by his wife. She said that IL would
be a fine thing for their four boys to have
had their dad honored by a Cabinet place.
That settled 1t. II II was a good thing
for the boys, Daniels was for 1t.
Secretary Redfeld, of the Department
and thinks nothing of cruising along the
Maine coast for a hundred miles or more.
He does this nearly every summer, his
enjoy the breezes SO.
Copyright, 1913. By Fred C. Kelly. All Right, Rs
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