Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-05-09
WILSON REAL PILOT
This is ~Mosr PERSONAL" Ap-
MINIsTRATIoN THAT EVER
HELD SWAY IN COUNTRY.
RULES WITH THE BIRCH ROD
Greater Legislative Acts OF Present
Congress VIII Bear Name of Presl-
dent Rather Than Their Leaisla-
tive Champions.
Ry aEoReE cLlNroN.

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 it
has been presented the Alabama lead
er's name will be eliminated from il
by the public and it 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-
ton. 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
OF - -
with his pupils and is using the birch
rod in the privacy of the capitol lee
ture rooms
Perhaps it is too rough a way to put
1t to say that the birch rod is being
used, for from all reports it would
seem that the kindly persuasive meth
cd has been adopted by the president.
He lectures bit. it is said, and his
theme is THE Duty to Ones Country, -
although the theme has occasionally
varied to "The Duty to Ones Party"
Presidents Course Approved.
It 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
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the last ten years it has become ap
parent in Washington from the letters
which have been received at 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 a law unto the
country. When Roosevelt rebuked
congress and an attempt was made to
rebuke him in return the White House
received ten letters on commentator
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 eff
| ficiency and economy in the depart
ment service of the government, tC
pass some legislation looking to Phil
lppine independence. to change the
present course OF conservation en-
deavor and to do some other things
Of high moment On every one 81
these things Mr. Wilson has sale
something, and 1t is therefore takeI
for granted here that he intends tt
say good deal more when the proper
time comes for the consideration Of
each piece of legislation. He vii
send messages certainly on currency
reform, because he has said so, ant
probably on the other subjects. These
messages it is not believed he vii
read in person, but 1t is thought tha
he win go to the capitol after bills
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 a
close range his views of what form
the bills should take when presented
to house and senate for majority con
sideration.
VIII Cut Expenses.
Men close to the administrator
hint that the president wishes II
have his administration go dow
into history as one which accom-
plished an actual saving to tn,
government of 100.000,00O year Il
was the desire of Mr.. Wilson's prede
cessor in Office that history should re
cord saving of this amount to hi.
administration, but Mr.. Taft did no
succeed in doing any more than build
ing and starting the machine which
may turn out this big piece of econ
omy. Historians therefore may give
Mr.. Wilson the credit for accomplish
ment but give Mr.. Taft the credit fol
making accomplishment possible, ant
writer's OF records may go back fur
Their into history and give Theodor.