When the Cheering Stopped (42 page)

137
–“Something ought to be done about it”: quoted in the Hamlin Papers.

138
–Baker's talk with Mrs. Wilson: Baker,
American Chronicle
, pp. 471–72.

138
–The correspondence between the First Lady and Burleson: Wilson Papers and Burleson Papers.

139
,
140
–The Lansing-Wilson correspondence is preserved in the Papers of both men.

140
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142
–The adverse newspaper comments were collected by Lansing and are found in his Papers.

141
–“Disloyalty” must be “spiked”: quoted by Tumulty, p. 445.

141
–“I hate Lansing”: quoted by Jonathan Daniels, p. 310.

141
–“He is not in his right mind”: Mrs. Houston made her remark to Mrs. Hamlin, who told her husband. Quoted in Hamlin Papers.

141
–“He is on the verge of insanity”: Clapper diary, Clapper Papers.

142
–
147
–The President's rides are described in Parks, p. 157, Starling, p. 156, I. H. Hoover, p. 106, Shackleton, pp. 51–52.

142
–Bright-eyed old man … ducked down so as to hide the paralyzed side: White,
Woodrow Wilson: The Man, His Times and His Task
, p. 457.

143
–“They still love me”: quoted by Starling, p. 157.

143
–The President's determination to catch and try the “speeders” and his refusal to use the Cadillac: Starling, pp. 157–59.

143
–The President's letter to Palmer: Palmer Papers.

143
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144
–Colby's appointment to the Secretaryship of State: Colby to R. S. Baker, Baker Papers.

144
–Tears rolled down: Tumulty, pp. 454–55.

144
–“Even more humiliating”: quoted by Baker,
American Chronicle
, p. 474.

145
–“Anything but the Ten Commandments”: quoted by W. G. McAdoo, p. 514.

145
–“Retreat from conscientious duty”: Burleson is quoted by Daniels,
The Wilson Era
, p. 461.

145
–“A man who awaits disaster”: quoted by Tumulty, p. 455.

145
–A copy of the First Lady's letter to Jessie is in the Baker Papers.

146
–“Dead as Hector … As Marley's ghost”: quoted by Daniels,
The Wilson Era
, p. 464.

146
–Tumulty's conversation with the President: Tumulty, pp. 455–56.

146
–“Doctor, the devil is a busy man”: quoted by Grayson, p. 106.

146
–“Doctor, please get the Bible there”:
ibid.
, p. 106.

147
–“I sat with him”: Creel, pp. 227–28.

147
–“Defiling the body of a dead enemy”: Longworth, p. 288.

147
–Could not stand the staring eyes: Lawrence, p. 297. Lawrence points out that the President suffered “great nervous tension while motoring.”

CHAPTER TEN

148
–“A tookie out here for me?”: quoted by Wilson, p. 304.

148
–Ellen had wondered … but he never let go for an instant: Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo to author.

148
–“If I were not a Christian”: quoted by Grayson, p. 106.

148
–“I don't know whether it is warm or cold”:
ibid.
, p. 106.

148
–To George Creel it seemed: Creel, p. 230.

149
–“For it was like him”: Baker,
American Chronicle
, p. 469.

149
–The President's belief that it would have been better had he died:
ibid.
, p. 469.

149
–The conversation with Grayson: Grayson, pp. 112–13.

150
–Ike Hoover formally announced the men, making Daniels think the President was blind: Daniels,
The Wilson Era
, p. 545.

150
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151
–Houston's memories of the meeting: Houston, Vol. II, pp. 59–70.

150
–“To form a solid surface”: quoted in Daniels' diary, Daniels Papers.

150
–Sat thus in embarrassed quiet: Houston, Vol. II, p. 70.

150
–Difficulty in keeping his mind on the discussion:
ibid.
, p. 70.

150
–“Do not let the country see Red”: quoted by Daniels,
The Wilson Era
, p. 546.

151
–“This Cabinet meeting is an experiment, you know”:
ibid.
, pp. 545–46.

151
–The same stories, the same jokes:
ibid.
, p. 545.

151
–Fresh flowers on the grave:
ibid.
, p. 461.

151
–The carbon copies of the vexed notes are found in the Wilson Papers.

151
–“I will never consent to the pardon of this man”: quoted by Tumulty, p. 505.

151
,
152
–A copy of the Norman Thomas statement is in the Baker Papers.

152
–“I suppose Tumulty … Everyone is leaving me”: quoted by Starling, p. 159.

152
–Details on the circus parade:
ibid.
, p. 156.

152
–“Not a bad stunt for a lame fellow”: quoted by Grayson, p. 110.

153n
.–“‘Don't send in too much stuff'”: quoted by Grew, Vol. I, p. 425.

153
–“Do you call that a compliment?” quoted by Grayson, p. 53.

153
–On April 5 she had in the Cabinet wives: The White House diaries, Hoover Papers. The wives had previously felt slighted by the indifference to them shown by the President and the First Lady: Lawrence, p. 297.

153
–The conversation with Grayson: Grayson, p. 114.

153
,
154
–The visit of the diplomats is described in Long's diary, Long Papers.

155
–Cummings told of his interview with the President to the Raymond Clappers: Clapper, p. 52.

155
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156
–The Tumulty-Seibold plan: Blum, pp. 243–44.

156
–The First Lady could go straight to hell: quoted by Blum, p. 244.

156
–The foot race: This remained a subject of jest between Seibold and the President for the remainder of the latter's life. It is noteworthy that Seibold appears to have been the only person who wrote to the President as “Dear Boss.” No other letters the author has seen that were written during the period covered by this book contain this breezy greeting. As a collateral item, Postmaster General Burleson, according to R. S. Baker, was the only public figure who referred to the President—behind the President's back, to be sure!—by using the diminutive of the President's first name. Adding a touch of his native Texas, Burleson referred to the President as “Little old Woody.” (As the President was “Tommy” during his youth, even boyhood friends did not use Burleson's term.) Once during the Western tour some children addressed the President by the name, and the President joked back that he hoped they were not referring to the material out of which his head was made!

156
–Wall Street sources let it be known: Stein, p. 247.

156
–No other choices: Smith and Longman, pp. 205–06. Burleson told Carter Glass what he had said to the President, and Glass wrote down a memorandum of the conversation.

156
–Glass's talk with the President:
ibid.
, p. 208.

156
–Glass's talk with Grayson:
ibid.
, p. 205.

157
–“Presumptuous … in bad taste … decline something that had not been offered”: quoted by Grayson, p. 116.

157
–“Obliged to accept the nomination”: quoted by Grayson, p. 116.

157
–Grayson's talk with Woolley is detailed in the Woolley Papers.

158
–“Save the life and fame of this man from the juggling of false friends”: quoted by Smith and Longman, p. 208.

158
–Scuffle for the New York flagstaff: Daniels,
The Wilson Era
, pp. 552–53.

158
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160
–Details of the attempt to nominate the President:
ibid.
, pp. 555–57, and Stein, pp. 241–49.

159
–Colby's wires are in the Wilson Papers. It is of interest that Mrs. Wilson makes no reference to the matter in her book.

159
–Tumulty's hope that there be no nomination of the President: Blum, pp. 246–47.

160
–A stream of profanities and obscenities: Starling, p. 157. Starling wrote that Arthur Brooks, the President's valet, told him of the President's outburst. That the President could go for years without saying worse than “damn” or “hell” attested to by Secretary Daniels, who writes that when in April of 1918 the President used the term “damn fools” it was “one of the five or six times” Daniels heard him use the word:
The Wilson Era
, p. 626.

160
,
161
–The meeting between the President, Cox and Roosevelt: Tumulty, pp. 499–500, and Cox, pp. 241–44. In his book Cox prints a letter about the visit written to him by Claude G. Bowers after a meeting Bowers had with Roosevelt, who by then was himself President. The description of the meeting, therefore, is actually from Roosevelt, as given to Bowers and then printed by Cox.

161
–Rose hangings and upholstery and small colored vases with a single different-color rose: Jaffray, p. 74.

161
–Using only his right hand:
ibid.
, p. 74.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

161
–There were old canal streams: Shackleton, pp. 271–72.

162
–“Hi, Wilson!”: quoted in Wilson, p. 305.

162
–In his own time and in his own way: note from the
President to Tumulty. The carbon of the note is in the Wilson Papers.

162n
.–First Lady took the word as a personal insult: Parks, p. 159.

162
–“You haven't enough faith in the people!”: Daniels quoted the remark to R. S. Baker, Baker Papers.

162
–“Burleson, shut up!”: Burleson quoted to R. S. Baker, Baker Papers.

162
–“You don't understand the American people”: Axson quoted the remark to R. S. Baker, Baker Papers.

163
–“The hearts of the people are right on this great issue”: quoted by Tumulty, p. 500.

164
–Once upon a time when he spoke: Samuel Blythe, quoted by McKinley, p. 139.

164
–“The people can and will see it”: quoted by Houston, Vol. II, p. 93.

164
–Election day, as the people went to the polls: Baker,
American Chronicle
, p. 483.

165
–“Tell Barker I thank him, but there is nowhere now to go”: quoted by Starling, p. 162.

165
,
166
–The letters regarding the election are in the Wilson Papers.

166
–“Why, what is the matter?” “Just curiosity”: quoted by Creel, p. 229.

167
–Baker's description of the film: Baker,
American Chronicle
, pp. 481–82.

168
–“You will pardon me if I put on my hat”: quoted by William Hawkins, then president of United Press. A mimeographed copy of Hawkins' report is in the Colby Papers.

168
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171
–Details on the house-hunting: Wilson, pp. 307–13.

168
–The Dedication:
ibid.
, p. 309.

169
–Mrs. Harding's notes to the First Lady and copies of the First Lady's replies are in the Wilson Papers.

169
–The visit of Mrs. Harding: Wilson, p. 316. Mrs. Jaffray writes in her book (p. 78) that when she came into the room she found Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Harding on their feet and that the atmosphere was one which appeared to indicate that harsh words had just been exchanged. She does not elaborate on the matter.

170
–The purchase of 2340 S Street: Wilson, p. 312.

170n
.–Ten friends who contributed $10, 000 each: Jesse Jones, quoted by R. S. Baker, Baker Papers. Other contributors
included Cleveland Dodge, Thomas D. Jones, C. H. McCormick, Charles Crane.

170
–The description of the house: Wilson, pp. 322–24, R. S. Baker in the Baker Papers, and the observations of the author when he visited the house in 1962.

172
,
173
–The Pelmanism application can be found in the Wilson Papers.

173
–Houston's visit to the White House: Houston, Vol. II, p. 141.

173
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174
–The President's conversation with Colby: quoted by Wilson, p. 326.

174
–“Bainbridge has vamped Wilson”: quoted by Daniels,
The Wilson Era
, p. 528.

174
–Margaret practiced her singing in a room across from his: Baker,
American Chronicle
, p. 491.

174
–Each person got a U.S. Bond: I. H. Hoover, p. 322.

174
–Many given personal mementos: Parks, p. 158. Mrs. Parks's mother was given two oil paintings and a $100 bond.

174
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175
–The final Cabinet meeting: Houston, pp. 147–49.

175
–Tumulty thought, There goes the real hope of the world: Tumulty's thought was given by him to reporters who printed it in their newspapers.

175
–“The President finished strong”: quoted by Burleson to R. S. Baker, Baker Papers.

175
–Burleson said that George Washington also cried: Burleson to R. S. Baker, Baker Papers.

176
–The Cabinet members' letter is in the Wilson Papers.

176
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177
–The telegrams are in the Wilson Papers.

177
–The visit of the Hardings: Wilson, p. 316.

177
–Secret Service man Jervis' report is in the Wilson Papers.

177
–Not accede to pleas until after breakfast: Grayson, p. 121.