The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-03-19

Standing room eoly." Nearly all ~
itors to tAs White House. n they ass
physically able to stand and n tAa6r
visits are not 70 consume more than
I'VE minutes. transact their business
while standing on their feet II 10 all
= part and parcel Of PresiAsnt VIII
sons celebrity methods" and 10 born
Of his desire to get through with pub
lie business and not to clog its wheels
by sprinkling in the sand OF useless
conversation
Woodrow Wilson gets through with
an enormous amount Of work in .
comparatively short time. From 10
q. p each day until lunch time. bar
ring. CT course. cabinet days. the sched-
ule OF the White House business looks
Ike the time table of Q metropolitan
railroad which IL serving some mill
lions OF suburban passengers.
President Fixes the Time.
Perhaps it 10 not an exaSgeration 70
say that nine-tenths of the appoint.
ments are made for I'VE minute po-
RODS only. Appointments are made
by telephone or In person by those
who wish to see the president the
next day or the day after. The list
of applicants for audiences is submit
ted to Mr.. Wilson and he fixes the
hour and minute At which he will see
each caller, II at all. OF course, sen
ators and representatives and others
who have public business rarely are
denied. but 1t is frequently true II
their business is not Of pressing i'm
portance that they are compelled to
wait for two or three days until the
schedule lightens up . little.
Nine out Of ten Of the presidents
callers must be content with inter
views lasting no longer than fve min
utes. or course II the business is one
requiring some time for consideration
the president frequently will direct
that the caller come just after
luncheon. when he can give him half
an hours time to be taken out of the
afternoons outing, usually allotted
for health and recreation purposes.
AS for the morning hours, each one il
divided up into twelve five-minute Sec
tions and during the continuance Of
each five minutes the president stands
and his caller stands. man who is
standing up does not have the same
inclination to prolong an interview
and to seek excuses for further ex-
plantations that man has who. COM
fortably installed in a stuffed back,
cushion-seated chair, is loath to drop
the subject and change his angle Of
repose Mr. Wilson knows how to
welcome a caller and then to speed
his parting.
He 10 Not inaccessible.
Members Of congress have COM
planned that President Wilson is in.
accessible. As matter of fact he
is not az inaccessible a. was his
predecessor in ONCE. Mr.. Taft wanted
to see everybody. but he had q habit
Of talking for three-Quarters of an
hour to every man who came in and
the result was that many who were
outside the door. although having ap-
pointments. would be compelled to 60
away without seeing the president 1T
all.
By splitting up his day as the presi.
dent does into five-minute. and even at
times shorter sections. President Will
son manages to see pretty nearly
everybody who wants to come to see
him. During the course Of the short
conversation the president generally
manages to find out II the subject In
hand is of enough Importance to de-
mand more time. OF course he can
not give more than FIVE minutes at the
first interview, because he has an ap-
pointment with someone else when
the Ave minutes are up, but he will
tell his caller to come again and he
will fix a time Of the day when the
interview can be more prolonged.
Congressman and other oficials of
the government have learned one
thing since President Wilson came
into office-that they must be on time.
The man who is late loses his chance,
for II the president says 1880" he
means 10:30 and invariably he is
ready to meet the caller who was
told he would be welcomed at that
hour. Mr.. Wilson may be charged
with brevity which is near the verge
OF discourtesy. but while he is brief
he means no discourtesy. and Repub-
licans. Democrats and Progressives
say that he manages to accomplish
great deal within a very limited
time.
Canal Builders for Repeal.
Recently Col. George w. Goethals.
the chief engineer of the Panama
canal. said he was in favor of the re-
peal OF the provision exempting
American coastwise vessels from the
payment of tolls. 1t Ia known to your
correspondent that the other great en-.
gineers of the isthmus. the men who
have done the big individual pieces
Of work, feel in this matter as Colonel
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