Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-18
Woodrow Wilson
AS KNOW HIM
AS | KNOW HIM
BY JOSEPH P. TUMULTY.

lection and admonitiOn, seemed
an epitome of the mans char
acter and achievements, and ev-
cry mans heart smote him to
think that Washington was &C
tually gone from the nations
counsels.
When I concluded reading this
chapter the presidents comment
was: ''It is mighty generous of you
to compare my disappointment over
the treaty with that of Washing
toms. You have placed me in mighty
good company.
-, CHAPTER XLIII
WilsOn-the Human Being
There is no one who wishes to
feel the camaraderie of life, 1.-The
familiar touch" more than Wood
row Wilson, but it seems that it
cannot be so, and the knowledge
that it could not saddened him from
the outset Of his public career.
remember a meeting between us
at the governors cottage at Sea
Grit, N. j., a few hours aft the
news of his nomination for the presi
dency had reached US from Balti
more in 1912. In this little talk, he
endeavored in an intimate way tc
analyze himself for my benefit. "You
know, Tumulty," he said, there are
two natures combined in me that
every day fight for supremacy anG
control On the one side, here is
Irish in me, quick, generous, i'm
pulsive, passionate, anxious always
to help and to sympathize with those
in Distress" AS he continued his
description Of himself, his voice took
on an Irish brogue, q land like the
Irishman at Donnybrook fair, al
ways willin' to raise me sheillalat
and to hit any head which stands
firnist me. Then on the other side,
he said, there is the Scotch-canny
tenacious, cold and, perhaps, lit
tie exclusive. tell you, my dear
friend, that when these two fellows
get to quarreling among themselves
it is hard to act as umpire between
them"
For every day of my eleven years
association with Woodrow Wilson,
have seen some part of these two ma
lures giving expression to itself.
have witnessed the full play of thu
Irish passion for justice and sympa
thy for the under-dog, the mar
whom he was pleased to call thu
average man." whose name never
energies to the public view. I hav'
seen the full tide of Irish passion
and human sympathies in him flow
at some story Of injustice which
had called to his attention; that Irisl
sympathy in him expressed itself no
dramatically, but in some simple
modest way; an impulse to lift SOM
one, to help an unfortunate person
in distress. That sympathy nigh
be expressed in the presence OF SOM
father seeking pardon at the hands
of the president in behalf of way
ward son, or some mother pleading
for the release of a loved me, or /
would show itself in full sway, as /
often did, when I called his attention
to some peculiar case that hat
evoked my sympathy and pity. AnC
again I saw the Scotch rise in hin
when an attempt would be mad
by personal friends to influence hi
action where it was evident to hin
there was at the base of it som'
Init Of personal privilege, of fav
voritism on grounds Of friendship
I saw the full sweep of that Scotch
tenacity during the war, in the yer!
midst of that bloody thing, at time
when bitter ridicule and jeers were
his portion. Throughout it all hi
was calm, imperturbed, undisturbet
by the frenZied passions of the mo
ment.
I saw him express the Irish sense
Of gratitude in a striking l.-y in thu
White House in my presence as the
result of conference in which thu
participants were the president anC
Senator's Stone and Reed, both o.
Missouri.
The incident arose out of Senator
Reeds failure to get the president tt
agree to appoint an intimate frient
of Reeds, postmaster of st. Louis
Charges, many of them unfounded
had been made to- the postmaste
generals office against the Reed can
ddate, and, although Reed had madt
many appeals to Postmaster Genera
BurlesOn to send the appointment o
his friend to the president for hi
approval, BurleSon refused to do SO
| and Reed thereupon brought his cas-
| to the president. 1 remember how
generous and courteous the presiden
was in his treatment of Reed AM
Stone on this occasion. Senator
Stone, in his usual kindly way, walk
ed over TO the president and, putting
his hand on his shoulder, said:
"Now, Mr.. President, / want yol
to do this favor for my friend. jim
Reed. Jim is damned good fel
low"
The president laughingly replied
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