The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-03-28

pnyBically able 10 BthnQ anu III tnoir
visits are not to consume more than
Ave minutes. transact their business
while standing on their feet 1t Is all
a part and parcel OF President VIII
sons CELEBRITY methods" and Is born
OF his desire to get through with pub
lie business and not to clog It's wheels
by sprinkling in the sand Of useless
conversation.
Woodrow Wilson gets through with
an enormous amount Of work In q
comparatively short time. From 10
q. m. each day until lunch time, bar
ring. Of course. cabinet days, the sthed-
ule OF the White House business looks
like the time table Of metropolitan
railroad which 10 serving some mill
lions of suburban passengers.
President Fixes the Time.
Perhaps It 10 not an exaSgeration to
say that nine-tenths of the appoint
ments are made for nve-minpte Pc
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 hxes the
hour and minute ut 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
hat h,tot In ~
portance that they are compelled to
walt for two or three days until the
schedule lightens up a little.
Nine out OF ten OF the president
callers must be content with inter.
views lasting no longer than Ave 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.
Az for the morning hours, each one Is
divided up into twelve flve-minute sec
tons and during the continuance OF
each five minutes the president stands
and his caller stands. A man who is
standing up does not have the same
inclination to prolong an interview
and to seek excuses. "for further ex.
plantations" that a 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 IL in.
accessible. As matter of fact he
Is not as inaccessible as was his
predecessor In ONCE. Mr. Taft wanted
to see everybody, but he had 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 &C
away without seeing the president al
all
BY splitting up his day as the presi
dent does into fve-minute, and even al
times shorter sections, President VIII
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 ia of enough Importance to de-
mand more time. or course he can
not give more than FIVE minutes at the
first interview, because he has an ap
pointment with someone else wher
the five minutes are up, but he will
tell his caller to come again and he
will fix time Of the day when the
interview can be more prolonged.
Congressman and other officials oil
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 40: 30" he
means 1880 and invariably he Ia
ready to meet the caller who wal
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
a 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. It is 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
Goethals does. BY the backing Of the
chief engineer and the division engi'
neers, President Wilson has gained
something. for congress Is. likely to
give heed to the opinions of the canal
builders. The Democrats who are op,
posed to the repeal may be glad OF
this expert advice. because they can
use IL perhapa aa an excuse for chang.