Republican Politicians Call Wilson Washington Mystery
Title
Republican Politicians Call Wilson Washington Mystery
Creator
Unknown
Identifier
WWP16340
Date
1921 May 1
Description
Newspaper article on Woodrow Wilson’s public silence after leaving office.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
Washington, DC
—Some Republican leaders who have taken over the Government refer to Woodrow Wilson as “the mystery of Washington.” They do not understand his disinclination to comment on the undertakings of his successor and the latter’s advisers. Since his retirement from the White House, Mr. Wilson has resolutely declined to make any public statement regarding the progress of events in the conduct of the Government.
His physical condition is constantly improving and of late he has been able to devote considerable attention to legal matters which have been submitted to him by his law partner, former Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
The former President has received many flattering offerings of a financial character to write a history of the world war and to contribute to newspapers and periodicals on recent developments. He has declined all of these and replied that he merely desires to indulge his desire for privacy until such time as he feels his voice and influence can be employed effectively in promoting the one ambition nearest his heart, the League of Nations.
Admiral Grayson, who ministered to Mr. Wilson during the latter’s long illness, and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to Mr. Wilson as Governor and President, also have been urged to write their experiences, and may get around to it in time. Admiral Grayson has been invited to undertake a lecture tour next autumn and will probably do so. His subject will probably relate to the physical characteristics of the three Presidents he served as physician, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, and to his study of the personal method and physical features of the great men of the world with whom he came in contact at the Paris peace conference. The admiral, however, will not discuss politics. He merely says he is “not a politician.”
—Some Republican leaders who have taken over the Government refer to Woodrow Wilson as “the mystery of Washington.” They do not understand his disinclination to comment on the undertakings of his successor and the latter’s advisers. Since his retirement from the White House, Mr. Wilson has resolutely declined to make any public statement regarding the progress of events in the conduct of the Government.
His physical condition is constantly improving and of late he has been able to devote considerable attention to legal matters which have been submitted to him by his law partner, former Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.
The former President has received many flattering offerings of a financial character to write a history of the world war and to contribute to newspapers and periodicals on recent developments. He has declined all of these and replied that he merely desires to indulge his desire for privacy until such time as he feels his voice and influence can be employed effectively in promoting the one ambition nearest his heart, the League of Nations.
Admiral Grayson, who ministered to Mr. Wilson during the latter’s long illness, and Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to Mr. Wilson as Governor and President, also have been urged to write their experiences, and may get around to it in time. Admiral Grayson has been invited to undertake a lecture tour next autumn and will probably do so. His subject will probably relate to the physical characteristics of the three Presidents he served as physician, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson, and to his study of the personal method and physical features of the great men of the world with whom he came in contact at the Paris peace conference. The admiral, however, will not discuss politics. He merely says he is “not a politician.”
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Unknown, “Republican Politicians Call Wilson Washington Mystery,” 1921 May 1, WWP16340, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.