The Arvada enterprise., 1917-11-01
ax EpWARp 3. CLARK.


0y EDWARD 3. CLARK.
(cspyrisht. 1917. Western Newspaper union)
Wasi,ingt0n-WhO Is Col. Edward
Mandell House who In to gather war
data for the United States government
for service on n future dny Of pence?
This II a question TINT is being asked
by very lnrgc proportion Of the peO-
pie Of the United Stntes and In fact
Of all the allied nations.
Colonel HOnsc does not wear the
record of his deeds on his sleeve. 1t
IL probable thmt II this unofficial coun-
sellOr to the president Of the United
States were TO be elected to congress
the autobiography which he would pre-
pare for the congressional directory
would read like this:
Edward Mandell House. Democrat OF
Austin, Texhs; born 1853; elected to
the congress. November. -
In this brief. ultra modest, II you will.
way would this Texan he prompted to
write m autobiography. justified
doubtless from the viewpoint of other
men In being extended into many
chapters.
Who Ia Col. Edward Mnndell House.
who, until the day when the final order
"Cense Firing" comes. is to study In
behalf Of the government Of the United
States the economic. the geographic.
the democratic and the humanitarian
problems which the American COUNSEL
lors mt the pence table must seek to
solve after manner which the people
Of q great democracy can npprOve1
Consulted BY President.
In the Washington dispatches some
thing like this Ia rend several times a
year: Colonel House has been in the
city for twenty-fOu hours ns the guest
Of the president. He will leave for
New York tomorrow morning."
Beyond this the reader gets nothing
from the dispatches except the word
that the president and his visitor dis
cussed Mexican matters. or European
matters. or II may he. hut In this lat
ter case rnrely. political matters.
The public has known little more
about Colonel House than that he is
. man frequently consulted by Wooti-
row Wilson md man In whOse 1udg-
mcnt on political. economic and legls-
oative matters the president puts con-
hdence. There Il sort Of glamour
about men and things which nre myS-
teriOus. II would seem that hecnuse
Of the attraction which mystery has
for the people. a. shown II you will
In their giuttOnOus reading Of detec-
tive stories and the like. that writer's
OF tho news OF the dny In part have
chosen to treat the golngs and COM
lngx Of the colonel and his conferences
with men Of affairs rs n they were
4 deliberate attempt to hedge them
In and hide them from public knowl-
edge.
It II Just - possible to get Mt the
truth In the case Of Colonel House ms
It In In the case Of any other man
whose doings are Of public interest. II
Il mo,iesty not mystery which hns been
the bnsic difficulty.
Colonel House will not tell you that
nc IL n modest mnn. ns I know from
personal contact with him. To claim
m0dcsty for ones self IL to he immod-
est. He does 20 from his present abode
In New York city to Washington occn-
siOnally or frequently ns the requests
may come. to give what he can Of ''the
counsel Of his views" to the president
Of the United Stntcs. Why should he
any more than any other man send n
trumpeting herald ahead or band Of
eymbal clashcrsf
He goes to the White House. stays
his while and leaves. and because no
great noises MI the streets nj np-
pr0nch or departure. cxclusivcncss. se-
clusivencxs md secrecy have been the
order Of the days words concerning
each visit.
olvss No Word Of Work.
II perhaps is not too much to sny
that n the full record Of the results
Of the conferences which House Of
Texas hps had with Wilson OF the
United Etntcs In to he rcnd II must he
sought In some Of the accomplished
deeds Of tho present administration.
That Woodrow Wilson has been moved
to certain courses or strengthened In
his purpose to pursue them. by the
counsel Of Edward NJ. House Il not to
be doubted. The impossible tnsk would
be to get from the latter definite
word concerning the pufilc work In
which his counsel has played part.
Those who have built up wnll Of
mystery abcut the man who In study.
lng matters sgninst the dny Of pence
apparently nave not wished to pull
down their hsndiwork. The wall Gun
b donsollshed b. anyone who tries to
Get At the foundation M the Action.
Ndward n. House Ives % open Q
nfs % that Of any American who~s
Veoeessioa o. busansss does not call