The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

tary's decision is almost always final, and as administrative policy is con sidered as well as the legal questions involved, it can readily be seen that there are many cases which would be decided one way by democratic sec retary and the opposite way by a repub- Hcan secretary. And s0me have felt that the Teapot Dome scandal was but one of many possible oil scandals under Harding and Coolidge. This has made little comment in an eastern paper to the effect that the oil interests are solidly opposing McAdoo's nomination for president of much interest to me.
 Proud Of Wilson
 Looking back upon it now, feel especially glad to have had part in President Wilson's administration. I used to hear that it was the cleanest administration Washington had ever had. When Harding came in, many patriotic republicans confidently expect ed still cleaner one; but as scandal after scandal became current gossip, and then some few of these scandals reached the Investigating stage" their enthusiasm and then their confidence seemed to sicken and die. Better things were then expected of Coolidge, but gos- sip gradually linked him up with them, too, and his inaction seemed to confirm this gossip; and, when left, few seemed to expect any improvement under him.
 Those outside of Washington can hardly visualize the adoration or hatred with which Wilson was regarded. There seemed to be no middle ground, even though many who hated him finally came to an admission of his greatness.
 
 was in the state department and whose office overlooked the White House grounds, was told that she was lucky to be able to look down on President Wilson.
 Yes" she replied, significantly, "I do look down on him."
 Less than a year later, after Wilson had gone out of office, she told me that while out west shortly before she had been asked if Wilson would be rated as a great man fifty years-hence and that she had replied that he would.
 Even an insignificant little paragraph of perhaps but sentence or two, in or dinary type, on an inside page of a newspaper, to the effect that friends and admirers of President Wilson were planning demonstration in front of his house that afternoon, was enough to bring from two to ten thousand people there. At one of these, heard man ask small boy how he liked the new President.
 "All right" answered the lad, indif- ferently.
 Then another man said:
 ''We like the old President best, don't we, son?'
 "You bet" was the hearty reply.
 Never have seen such. intense loyal ty as that of the 'Wilsonians." Some very frankly say that Woodrow sWilson is a part of their religion.
 President Wilson lived so quietly and was so modest and retiring, yet the con trast between the reception accorded him and that accorded President Hard ing and Coolidge was striking He tactfully never appeared in public at the same time that they did except at the burial of the Unknown Soldier, when public clamOr for him was too great to be ignored. They never went to Keith on Saturday nights, nor he during the week. And every Saturday night, extra policemen were necessary to handle the crowds in that vicinity, and I have seen marines out as well. It was good na- tured crowd and friendly one-often- times with some present who wept soft ly and some who prayed.
 Loved By All
 Last summer, a school teacher occu- pied the room across the hall from me