Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1912 — “OPEN DOOR” PLAN AT WHITE HOUSE [ARTICLE]

“OPEN DOOR” PLAN AT WHITE HOUSE

President-Elect Wilson Will Follow Custom Odopted at Office In Yew Jersey Capitol. ‘4* Princeton, N. J., Nov. 13.—Presi-dent-elect Woodrow Wilson proposes to keep the door to his • private office in the White House always open and accessible To the public, he announe; ed yesterday. He said he had not “breathed to a soul” whether he will call a special session of congress to revise the tariff. He declared he had not expressed an opinion on this topic to anybody, nor allowed himself to form one, but is hearing all sides of the case. “I trained myself during my term as governor,” he said, “not to anticipate my opinions; my friends, of course, have a right to express their own opinions.” “Have they any right to say what your opinion is?” he was asked. “They have not; I have no opinion.” In his campaign speeches for the presidency, he declared that he, as governor, had always felt that the door to his office should not be closed. “Are you going to keep the open door at Washington, too?” he was asked. “I hope so,” he replied. “I don’t know what the arrangements are in the White House, but I intend to so far as possible.” “When I first took my office as governor,” he continued, “I was surprised at the number 6f people who wanted to talk to me behind the back of their hands and in whispers.” The future president will depend upon the secret service men, of course, to keep out cranks and will have a system of appointments, but the custom as observed in Trenton has been that between appointments the governor is “in" to everybody. The governor had a busy day in Trenton. The ante-room leading to his office was crowded with visitors and a great part of the time he moved around among them. The newly elected members of the state legislature came to call, as did William Hughes, future United States senator from New Jersey, and United States Senator Martine.