Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1924, Page 3

The True Story of Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE. CHAPTER XXV. The Marriage of President Wilson to Mrs. Edith Galt and the Political Campaign of 1916. The transition period in the life of Woodrow Wilson dates from the sum- mer of 1914, when Mrs. Wilson died, to the spring of 1915—the days of his acquaintance with Mrs. Norman Galt. %ight months of tomblike seclusion In the White House changed the whole temper of the man. His moods in those months were so despondent that even the members of his family zroped in vain for something that would lift him fromi the depression into which he had languished. Public husiness he transacted with the same carnestness, but without zeal, without ambition, without inspiration. Two daughters had been married, | his wife was dead. All his old friends were away from Washington in other scenes. The President of the United States cannot make new friends as quickly as a private citizen. Mr. Wil- son knew that if he drew to his side either the members of hsi cabinet or scnators or representatives they would surely talk to him about the problems of the day, from which, mentally at, lcast, he was seeking to escape. Dr. Cary T. Grayson was almost con- stantly with Mr. Wilson. The com- panionship of Prof. Stockton Axson, a brother of Mrs. Wilson, was also sought by the President. Private Sec- retary Tumulty lived at the White!l House for several weeks while his family was away for the summer. Everything possible to divert Wood- row Wilson's mind from the sorrow which weighed upon him was done, but his spirits never rose and the horizon seemed to grow darker and darker. | Suggested Social Evenisi At last Dr. Grayson, whose diag- nosis of Mr. Wilson's dilemma was not merely that of an attendant phy- sician interested in maintaining the health of the nation’s Chief Executive, bLut a man of breadth and understand- ing, who knew that continued seclu- sion would dispirit the President and perhaps break down his health, sug- mested that the time had come for 4 musical at which the President might hope to spend a social evening once in awhile. Guests were invited, and among them was Mrs. Norman | Galt, a charming widow. A short} time previous Mrs. Galt had been in- troduced by Dr. Grayson as a walk- ings companion for Miss Helen Wood- row Bones, 2 1 of President Wilson, who lived at the White House. Dr. Grayson was enzaged at the time and subsequently married Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon. whose mother had been the intimate friend of Mrs. Galt. \e around the White House v aware that a romance had The eves of a good many at- s are turned upon the Pr the United States at all tim Bones_rode he and Mi in one of the home with Mrs. Galt White Hous automobiles there was an instant impression that Mr. Wil- < need for companionship had at it been fulfilled. The President's interest grew from day to day as he sent books to his new-found friend. Her modest little home on 20th street became the almost daily desti- nation of the President on his walks nes invited Mrs. her on one of the S yflower from Wash- fhiton to New York, where the fleet was reviewed by the President. Later on during the summer months the h ¢ in Cornish, N. JL.. was opened n for the Wilson household, and Sfiss Bones and Mrs, Galt went there to escape the heat of Washington. ‘The President spent many weeks at Carnish during the summer of 1915 and when he returned in the autumn Wwashington generally had learned of his infatuation for Mrs. Galt. Not Cawe tor Advising. | Members of the cabinet and people in official life began to wonder what would be the effect of the President’s cnzagement on his political fortunes, Lut no one had the temerity to advise Mr. Wilson on his personal affairs, as it wus recognized that the new mis- tress of the White House would be able later to wield both power and * jnfluence against any one who might earn her disfavor. Secretary Lane is credited with having remarked to some of his colleagues in the cabinet 1hat Mr. Wilson would lose his popu- Jurity if he remarried, because the country had become intensely sympa- {hetic with him in his loneliness. Sec- Tetary Tumulty, with his keen vision of politics, shared to some extent This view, but he knew that the Pres- jdent was more interested in the {voman he loved than in holding po- jcal office. There is abundant evi- dence that Mr. Wilson did not care as much about a second term as did the “aders of the democratic party, who ‘inted to see the administration con- tinued in power, and that Mr. Wilson Svould have easily swallowed his dis- appointment if he had failed of re- mination or re-election. The truth i< that his frame of mind was such 1hat he did not enjoy public office and ardently hoped to be released from Sesponsibility. He was a human be- ine frat and an executive machine recond. As between a life of freedom Zhd public office, there is no doubt Ihat Mr. Wilson would have chosen ihe former if he had been able con-, sistently to do s s e months of Mr. Wilson's court- Khip of Mrs. Galt involved a let-up in Jis 1abors of previous vears in the Ahite House. He did not work as Jong at his desk. He found diversion SPECIAL NOTICES. when in the animated conversations with his flancee. In the inner circle of Washington rumors started that the President's desk was piled high with unattended business. There was a no- ticeable delay at one time in the dis- patch of a note to Great Britain pro- testing against violation of neutral rights. Rumor had.it that Mr. Wilson was not concentrating on the note, but in this respect at least the re- ports were unfounded. Mr. Wilson chose to delay that note because a cabinet crisis wish to do anything that would add complications to Great Britain's in-{ ternal political turmoil. Premier As- quith and Sir Edward Grey were at the helm. Mr. Wilson had for both of them at the time a warm admira- tion. Besides, Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador, had insisted in his letters to the President that the United States tone down its protesta- tions to Great Britain. Controversy Reaches Climax. Mr. Wilson finally sent the note— not by cable but by messenger, who carried special instructions to Ambas- sador Page. In the autumn of the year the controversy between the President and Ambassador Page reached a climax. One Sunday after- noon word came that Page had resigned. The author, who was at that time in charge of the news relating to American neutrality for the Associated Press at Washing- ton, sought to verify the report of Mr. Page's resignation, but neither Secretary Tumulty nor any member of the cabinet knew anythigg abont it. The Associated Press had received a private cable from London, but, as usual, did not print any news of this kind 'until verification could be ob- tained. The author, of course, did not know how long the secret would be kept, fearing, of course, that com- petitors might obtain it and score a “beat” if it were disclosed. The Presi- dent could not be reached—he had gone to the home of Mrs. Galt on 20th street. Across the street two secret service men lounged against a tree in an all-day vigil. Neither one would carry a message into the house. The idea of ‘disturbing the afternoon so- cial call of the President of the United States was dismissed by them as ab- surd. The telephone operator at the White House switchboard, through which a private line to the 20th street home of Mrs. Galt had been con- nected, would not disturb the Presi- dent. The author penned a note to the President telling him of the sen- sational developments, and waited outside, hoping that somebody might emerge from the Galt home and carry }a message inside. The President spent the afternoon and evening there. Finally Dr. Cary T. Grayson appeared on the scene, and with his customary courtesy took the note and a few minutes later returned wiih the an- swer. “Mr. Page has not resigned. Resignation Not Accepted. ¥or a long time this episode was unexplained. because the man who sent the cable from London actually read a copy of the letter of resigna- tion written by Mr. Page and knew of an exchange of cables between the President and Ambassador Page| relative to the letter. But Mr. Wilson did not accept the resignation—hence to his mind it was just'as' it *Mr. ‘Page had not: offered to relinquish the post. And the Presi- dent saw no reason at that time to disturb the delicate situation which existed by revealing the friction he was having with the embassy at Lon- don. It is a fact, however, that Mr. Wilson did for & time consider accept- ing the resignation and offering the ambassadorship to Great Britain to Cieveland H. Dodge, his classmate at Princeton, who, however, did not care to undertake the mission. Shortly after this incident Mr. Wil- son called in his private secretary and told him that he could announce the engagement of the President to 3 Norman Galt. Secretary Tum- ulty, still mindful of the political dangers of an early marriage, hoped the President might postpone the an- nouncement, believing that it should be deferred ‘until after the 1916 cam- paign. But Mr. Wilson would not listen to it, and Secretary Tumult; like a faithful friend, promptly a cepted the situation and loyally sought to set the stage for a favorable re- sponse by the press to the news he was about to disclose. For many hours he Jabored over the form of the announcement and the necessary data which would give to the newspapers the best impression possible of the romance and would completely sweep aside the criticisms by those who might be disappointed over the re- marriage of the President fifteen months after the death of his first wife. Approved by Daughters. Mr. Tumulty talked with the news- paper men about the rise in the Presi- dent's spirits and his general im- provement in health, together with the fact that all the members of the ‘Wilson household, including the daughters, were fond of Mrs. Galt. All this had its effect and made the wedding pass without incident and ‘without political ill effect. Mr. Wilson's disinclination to post- pone his engagement—he never fora moment considered it seriously—was convincing evidence’of the strength of his affection for the fascinating widow. He cared nothing about the political phase of it—he was in love. Those who knew him best realized that it meant a prolongation of his life and an inspiration to do greater things. For he was the type of man who lived on feminine inspiration. (Copyright, 1924, by the George H. Doran Com- Dany In the United States, Canada, Soath America. Werld publication rights reserved by Carrent News Features, Inc.) (Tomerrow’s chapter tells why ‘Wilson broke with Joseph P. 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ADAMS, ERisTER. * 512 11th Bt ‘Washington Heights Presbyterian Church Columbia and Kalorama Roads Just two more of these o/rable evenings with— ‘DR. FOULKES —one of the great national lead- ers ‘of the church. * Mr. Percy Foster directs a brie g mem- in Great Britain was ! beginning to develop, and he did not | Ambassador | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, BEDTIME STORIE BECAUSE , AS | [ | ' ' i ‘mb EVEN THEN YOU CANT RE S35 SNEEDED INHOSPITAL DRNE Fund ‘Shown to Be Required to Maintain Service, Not Improve It. The extended period of the Emer- gency-Casualty hospital campaign for $500,000 closes tomorrow. with the 1ast report showing & total of $243.- 435 to be obtained before the goal is reached. ® Col. Edward Clifford. chairman of the campaign, said last night that many appear to be under the impres- sion that the fund Is not needed be- cause the service of these institutions is already of a high grade. “The fund is not asked to improve service.” he said.. “except in minor respects, but it is sorely needed to keep that service available to all. These institutions are under a heavy debt: they ought to expand their service, but unless they obtain the necessary funds they will have to curtail it, and that must unfortunate- Iy mean & deplorable cutting down of charity worl Cltes Emergency Needs. An Interesting sidelight on the cam- paign was noted yesterday at Emer- gency Hospital, when Charles Stark of 213 Willow avenue, Takoma Park, was calling on his son. Charles jun- ior had been brought in the day pre- viously with both bones of his right arm broken in play with friends. Mr. Stark said that only a few davs ago the had been asked to contribute to {the campaign, -and had made a sub- 'scfipuon. though not taking much stock in the argument that he might need the hospital at any time. “I had no idea then” he said, “that I would patronize the hospital so soon.” “It's typical of many cases” said . B. Sandidge, superintendent. Mighty few people who come here as patients or with patients have any idea they will need the hospital be- fore the accident or illness occurs. That's one reason avhy it is so hard to make people realize what the hos- pita] means to them and how vitally necessary its service i | Another case commented upon Was that of Fred Smoots an employe of the District of Columbia Paper Man- ufacturing Company, Who was caught Yesterday between some heavy rollers lat the plant and crushed so badly that he died almost immediately after being brodght to Emergency. Offi- cials at the plant remarked on the fact that one of Emergency's ambu- jances arrived less than three min- utes after they had put in the call for it. The keen rivalry that has been felt ween the various teams o i | e woriers will come to a head at tomorrow's rally, not only for the day's honors, but also for the largest totals entire _campaign. Charles 1. Corby, captain of team 12, has reported the largest total to date, and Mrs. Simon Kann, captain of feam 35, is leading in the women's division. Roports by Teams. Although the leading team is in the man's division, the women's division as ‘@ whole has raised a larger amount, having reported $153,762, as compared with the men's report of $102.503, The standing of the highest teams to date is as fl)llcys: Charles 1. Corby, $28,257; Harry M. randall; $24,520; Mrs. Simon Kaun, [§22.470; Mre. James ¥ Mitohell, $21- §34; Mrs. Rose D. Merriam, $18,195 Mrs. H. A. Fowler, $11,779; Mrs. Al- bert Baggs, $11,617; Dr. Clyde M. Gearhart, $10,281; Mrs. Richard Em-’ mett. $6,411; Mrs. John Davidge, 1$5,792; Mrs. Edgar W. Hanvey, $5,716 Thomas Bomes and H. L. Rust, jr, $5,475; Mrs. G. Brown Miller, $5.261 Mrs Richard Wilmer, §4.886: Mrs. Ennalls Wa , $4135; Mrs. F. E. Mack, $4,033; Miss Hazel Crowe, $3,489; Morris Kafka, $3.473; Mrs. Edward A, Sturgis, = $3,406; Mrs. Charles V. Wheeler, $3,232; Mrs. W. W. Grifith, $3,091. WILL LECTURE ON SPAIN. H. Gore at Geographic So- ciety Tomorrow. i ‘Spain, the Land of Violent Con-! trasts” will be the subject of a lec-| | ture by Dr. J. Howard Gore of Wash-, {ington before the National Geo- graphic Soclety tomorrow afternoon and evening at the New Masonic} Temple. Dr. Gore's lecture will be illustrated with motion pictures and colored slides from photographs taken .in Spain by a member of the photo- graphic staff of the society. The lec- ture and the pictures accompanying it will range fro mlevel plains to broken sierras, through the garden spots of Andalusia to the dreary ‘wastes of Castile and across the Bor- 3Jas to sunny Seville. , Dr. J. WHEN YOU THINK —af Paperhasgisg Decorst- & Estimates made e roquest. THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF QUILTS. © McClure Newspaper Syndicate- iday, continued Mr. 1S;WITH ONLY AN INCH OR TwWO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES - QUITE SURE - MEASURES TO CURB LOBBYISTS URGED Huston Thompson Would Force All in Washington to Register Purposes. TELLS WAYS OF APPROACH Says Agents First Fawn, Then Plead and Then Threaten. A central bureau of information, { similar to the one in operation dur- ing the world war, which would re- fer those desiring government action to the proper authorities, was advo- cated as a means of doing away with lobbyists in Washington in an ad- dress by Huston Thompson of the Federal Trade Commission before the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, in the La Fayettc Hotel last night. He also advocated a government bulletin listing all contracts made |with the government and other ad- ministrative activities. This, he said, would do away with any possibility of a false step on the part of of- ficials who might be influenced by outside pressure. Growth of Combinations. The great size of organizationsand various kimgls of combines furnishes one of the greatest problems of to- Thompson. ‘“The phrase, ‘more business in government and less government in business,’ may sound well, but the great national and international combinations are driving the government into busi- business” 1In Kurope, he explained, there are now 120,000,000 Devpic wuo buy through co-operative store: “Great corporations and great combi- natious are continually coming to- gether,” he said. This size of organization, he pointed out, gives the lobbyists an autocratic form of approach. The first approach is usually from a social standpoint, he’ continued, and if this fails, the lobbyist will approach one or more of the government heads with the ex- planation that he has been treated unfairly by subcrdinates. When this fails, the lobbyist resorts to the au- tocratic form of approach, explaining that he represents so many thousands of men, and that if the official does not grant his request he had better look out when the times comes for reappointment or re-election. “We do not need so many lobbyists, but some are all right” said Mr. Thompson. “For instance, I think that the pro- hibitionists should maintain lobby- ists.” Tells Own Experiences. Mr. Thompson explained that he had never been approacued by a lob- byists while he was assistant attor- ney general, but that he was ap- proached by droves of them as soon as he became a member of the Fed- eral Trade Commission. He told how government authorities have to strive to avoid the lobbyists and advocated that all lobbyists be registered through a government agency. He quoted statistics of tests given school children as to honesty, per- ception, general education and other things. 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In conclusion, he pointed out that the proper cducation of the children in honesty, business and in the affairs of government was the only solution to the future better- ment of the country. Prior to the address a resolution was adopted favoring the bill. now hefore the House, to make The Star Spangled Banner” the national an- them. Judge Josiah Van Orsdel, president, was authorized to appear at the public hearing on the question to make known the sentiments of the organization. Vocal solos were rendered by Mrs. Flora Brylawkkl, accompanied by Lewis Corning Atwater. Following the meeting. supper was served. Hearse Driver Fined $30. Ulysses M. Grice, colored, nineteen, driver of a hearse which ran over and seriously injured James T. John- son, colored, eight, while playing in front of the Grayson School, on 12th street near R, was fined $30 yesterday in Traffic Court by Judge Schuldt. 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