The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-06-05
SCRIBES AIDED
BY PRESIDENT
Wilson Knows the Value Of
Publicity.
Ne DOES HIS OWN TALKING

Has Long Statements typewriter and
Distributed and In Other Cases Gives
Unsquivooai interviews and Can Be
Quoted, Although by Talking Direct
ly He Breaks Another Precedent.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. June 4.-[Special.1 J.
President Wilson knows the value Of
publicity In that respect he is more
like Roosevelt than any Of his prede-
cessors fancy that Mr.. Wilson is
rather surprised at times that the
newspaper men who see him twice a
week do not ask him pointed questions
ON the subject upon which he wishes
to express himself. But he does not
hesitate to ask the question himself
and answer It In the language which
he wants used.
And there Is no false. quivering, in
nuendo about 1t; no 1T Is understood
the president thinks" or 1T can be
stated on the highest authority" and
such other lines often used in dealing
with presidents. The president hands
out what he wants to say IL it is long
enough to be typewriter or he makes
. nat. uneQuivocal statement and can
be quoted. That makes It valuable to
the newspaper men.
One Of the People.
Perhaps this is part Of the presi-
dents program to be one Of the people.
He wants to be treated Hike other men
and not hide behind his official posi-
ton. The president has made con-
gressmen feel that he IL not deified by
his Advancement. and in talking direct
~ to the people through the press In
interviews he shows that he is like 9th
er men.
For some unknown reason 1t has been
held undignifed for the president and
cabinet officers to be interviewed in
the newspapers. It was all right for
them to make speeches which were
published In the papers. but the inter-
view. according 10 q tradition. was un-
digni6ed. It will be so no more.
Charge Of Drunkenness.
Many public men have had to under
60 the charge Of drunkenness during
their public careers Often by In
nuendoes the charge has been made
against Colonel Roosevelt. although the
Michigan case was the first time 1t
was ever made with such directness.
Whenever anything Of the kind is
mentioned It recalls the Fairbanks
cocktail. The former vice president
never drinks anything, but at lunch
con to President Roosevelt at his house
some 06ici0us individual had cocktails
prepared and served. The incident in
5ured Fairbanks immeasurably, but
never seemed to feaxe 7. r.
Liquor and Politics.
Unless ali signs fail the liquor ques-
ton II going to cut quite q wide swath
In politics In the future. 1t looks as II
thsre was q lot Of capital made for Mr..
Bryan out OF the dinner incident where
he did not serve wine to the foreign
diplomats. The anti-liquor people are
making q great deal Of It
While the liquor interests have al
ways been q powerful factor In poll
tjcs. there Il no sentiment behind them.
and. In fact, the sentiment Is all on
the other side. Bryan's friends are
making the most Of his Temperance
views whenever occasion arises.
Addina HE Mite.
Congressman Britten Of Illinois add
ID bis mite to the troubles of the
Democrats By publishing In the Con-
gressional Record all places not COW
ered By the civil service law and there
fore open to applicants. The places
are not 20 very numerous. but they do
not have that appearance when the
average Democratic patriot looks at
them.
He estimates his services to the par
b higher than any one else, and he
cannot see why he should not have
pue Of those places. Britten also pub
lished the SALARY list. which also looks
attractive to men who have been out
II once sixteen yearA
Wing Dams and Floods.
A man interested in the improvement
II the Mississippi river was In Speaker
Clark's once the other day and declar-
ID that two things had contributed to
The injury OF the river. particularly
The lands and lsvees. One was where
railroad bridges were constructed
These usually have huge embankments
hunt fAr out over the low bottom
|ands. and when the foods come they
Derve ~ bfeakwaten which force the
water against the opposise side. de-
utroying levees.
They opeFate much ~ the wing dams
which have been put In the river by
he ensineers to keep the water in a
narrow channel Such wing dams
work fairly well In low water. but In
1ood times they cause the great over
Iowa
ostD In First
4 b rather amuslng to see how Vic
Murdoch breal1 N flrst on all ques-
Eions requiring minority leadership.
Mann y Quits deliberate, always was,
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