The log cabin Democrat., 1920-11-18
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By L. c. Martin.

(United Press Staff Correspondent )
 Washington, Nov. 18.-When Wood
 row Wilson goes away from the white
 house next March, his Fidus Achates
 Man Friday and Admirable Crichtor
 will go too. Which is only another
 way of saying that Joseph T. Tumul-
 ty will be leaving the arena to take
 a seat in the bleachers.
 Like master, like man." is the pro-
 verb. In the case of Wilson and Tu- multy, 1t is true, with variations. The variations may be due in large meas ure to the fact that while his chief is Scotch-Irish, Tumulty is just Irish, or as he himself puts it, Irish with reservations"
 But in the main, Tumulty's mind has always "gone along" with Will sons. Certainly no president ever had more devoted and loyal lieu tenant. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that if Wilson aroused vio- lent antiquities, Tumulty did too But here another variation canes to light. For Wilson, cloistered as he was, taciturn and rather stern, yearn- ed for people to love him; and while he reused warm admiration, deep re- spect, almost reverence in large num- bers of his countrymen, he was not the manner of man to win other men the way Tumulty can win them. It's the Irish again, probably.
 ApV,bouy fho,,Db ba enc retary has been almost as much cuss- ed and discussed in the eight years he has been in the white house as his chief has been, he has also won many warm friends by his wit and the gen uine warm hearted humaness he can display, on occasion.
 Humility reminds you of somebody who does a lot of bathing in cold weather. He's round and pink and happy looking. He's an incorrigible joker. As mimic, he could make a fortune in vaudeville. He wrote a speech during the campaign which score of hardboiled newspaper cor respondents agreed was a gem and which later moved an audience to tears. He's a politician 24 hours day. His only hero is Woodrow Will son.
 One of his principal stunts during his eight years in the white house has been to go into the tiny cubicle they call press room in the executive offices, shut the door and tear off a line of comedy. Sometimes he was very funny. Sometimes he was rot ten. But he never was self conscious He always put everything he had into it. It was then his artistry as a mimic came out Senators, cabinet officers, congressman, cranks, every body was grist to his comedy mill. He was always kind about his fun. He never belittle men when mimick- ing them. If he wanted to criticize them, he chose a different method
 When he goes away from the white house, Tumulty is going to "get on the side lines and watch the other poor devils," he says. Maybe he'll write a book about his eight years as presidents secretary. A good title for it, he thinks, would be Eight Years of He'll"
 The election hit him a sound wal lop. But in a day or two he came up smiling, and began to laugh with and at his Democratic friends.
 A number of them, fired with op- timism, sent him telegrams and let ters some days before the election, telling him victory was sure, and even fixing pluralities.
 "They got so they believed it." said Tumulty. "Why they even had me do- ing it, you remember"
 Well, Humility has all those tele- grams and letters. And one of these fine nights he's going to have the score or more Democrats who sent them out to his home here. And when he has them all comfortable, with cigars and-and everything, he's going to read them their telegrams and letters.
 The day after election prominent Democrat called up Humility.
 "Joe," he said, remember that speech you made three nights ago at Bethesda, Maryland, about Wilson, when you told about what a big hearted man he is, and you had every body crying?"
 Yes. Tumulty remembered it.
 "Well," went on the Democrat, "you delivered that speech a few days too soon"