Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-01
THIS 10 "MosT PERSONAL" AD.
MiNIsTRATioN THAT EVER
HELD SWAY IN COUNTRY.
RULES WITH THE BIRCH ROD
Greater Legislative Acts Of Present
Congress WI! Bear Name Of Pres!.
dent Rather Than Their Lselsla-
tive Champions.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

Washington.-It begins TO look to-
day as II all the greater legislative
acts OF the present congress will bear
as titles the name Of Wilson. II the
Underwood tariff bill goes through
both houses In the form In which II
has been presented the Alabama lead
er's name will be eliminated from II
by the public and 1t will be called the
Wilson bill. Members OF congress say
this today. and they go much further
by adding that currency reform and
antitrust bills. no matter Of what
house or senate parentage, will bear
the name Of the man who today
rules" from the White House.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma. who Is
chairman of the new senate commit
tee on banking and currency which
will. consider currency reform legisla-
tion. already Is preparing for the day
when he with his fellow Democratic
committeeman must meet the real pi-
lot face to face in the presidents room
In the senate wing
Democratic senators and representa-
tives say that this is the most per
sonal" administration which ever held
sway in the country. These same SEN
ators and representatives a few years
ago objected strongly to what they
called the big stick methods of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt WELD
ed his big stick at distance and got
results. Mr.. Wilson Is taking the
schoolmaster's way Of close contact
with his pupils and is using the birch
rod In the privacy of the capitol lee
ture rooms
Perhaps 1t is too rough a way to put
1t to say that the birch rod Is being
used. for from all reports 1t would
seem that the kindly persuasive meth.
cd has been adopted by the president.
He lectures a bit, 1t is said. and his
theme is The Duty to One's Country.
although the theme has occasionally
varied to THE Duty to Ones Party
Presidents Course Approved.
1t is known in Washington that Mr..
Wilson is getting hundreds of letters
daily from all parts OF the country up
holding his course OF contact" with
the senator's and representatives. In
the last ten years 1t has become ap
parent In Washington from the letters
which have been received az the
White House and at the capitol that
the ordinary American citizen has
come to believe that congress. the sen
ate particularly. has been a law unto
itself rather than law unto the
country. When Roosevelt rebuked
congress ard on attempt was made tc
rebuke him In retprn TO White House
received ten letters on C nmenda''or
for its course to every one received
by the house OF representatives.
This Democratic congress will un
dertake to revise the Sherman laws
to reform currency. to provide for ef
.iciency and economy in the depart
ment service of the government, t
pass some legislation looking to Phil
ippine independence. to change ths
present course of conservation en-
deavor and to do some other things
OF high moment. On every one O
these things Mr.. Wilson has sait
something. and 1t is therefore takeI
for granted here that he intends I,
say a good deal more when the prope
time comes for the consideration o
each piece of legislation. He will
send messages certainly on currenc!
reform, because he has said SO. ant
probably on the other subjects. Thes'
messages II Is not believed he will
read in person. but It is thought tina
he will go to the capitol after bill
have been prepared on each subjec
and sent to the proper committees
and that he will give to the Demo
cratic majority of each committee Q
close range his views OF what form
the bills should take when presented
to house and senate for majority cor
sideration.
viii Cut Expenses.
Men close to the administrator
hint that the president wishes h
have his administration 60 dow
into history as one which accom-
plished an actual saving to tn
government Of 800, 100000 a year. I
was the desire OF Mr.. Wilson's prede
cessor in office that history should re
cord a saving of this amount to hi
administration. but Mr.. Taft did no
succeed In doing any more than build
ing and starting the machine whicl
may turn out this big piece OF econ
omy. Historians therefore may Civ,
Mr.. Wilson the credit for accomplish
ment, but give Mr. Taft the credit TO
making accomplishment possible. an,