Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-27
wilson INDICATES HE wit
TAKE THE PEOPLE INTO HIS
COINCIDENCE.
MAY ALLOW DIRECT QUOTES
MS Would BE Contrary 10 the Policy
Of He Predecessors Who Have
Had Other Ways Of Giving Their
Views.
BY GEORGE cllMrnM

GA4Rb ~ - OOOEOW
Wilson's intention to make nDhHcitv
one OF the EFFORTS Of his administra,
tlon. q president-elect's r~eticence
concerning present matters OF burning
public curiosity and his Discrimination
TO take the country into his confidence
ON cabinet matters, makes he prornise
OF future publicity seem a little
strange, but publicity in legislative
matters has been marked In New Jer
sey since Mr.. Wilson became it's gov
amor and it ts said that he has found
It to be q public benent.
Mr.. Wilson's first announcement In
favor OF publicity after he should be-
come president was withdrawn some
what hastily. The open door plan
which he advocated was really a pub
Lefty plans but he found out, perhaps
from MI. TAFT in part and certainly
from senator's and representatives.
that If he tried keeping the door open
the food would set In and raj him
. All persons connected with the
! White Housa.,
HtMr. W4lDCN intends 20 live ND TO
hin publicity promise It means that he
WIN talk freely 10 visitors and except
I'm certain leases VIII waive the rule
chat IAN a. I'm condolences" It meaus
oaDo hat no Win ten tho newspapers
freely what he tA1nkS on public af.
fairs and perhaps that he win allow
the Of The direct quotation II this
latter cO0xse shan appeal 10 him he
win depart ak pretty nearly q right
angle from the path followed by most
Of his predecessors sl-.'
There is . law In Washington, I'M
written but stronger than any statute.
that the president u not to be quoted.
This does not mean that what the pres
ident thinks or what the president In
tends 10 do does not get into the news
paperR- Presidents talk freely to
some Of the newspaper correspondents
and DO DO with the understanding, un-
less direct request to the contrary is
given. that what they say may be
used, but not IN quotation marks.
How Roosevelt Gave His Views.
President Taft has departed from
the rule OF no quotes" a number Of
times. Mr.. Roosevelt lived up to it
pretty rigidly and yet his views were
given more freely than those Of any
man who ever sat in the White House.
Mr.. Roosevelt believed In publicity.
Newspaper accounts of happenings to
come "given on high authority" or by
zone qualified 10 speak for the admin
istration," were printed frequently and
freely and served the ends of bringing
expressions of support or opposition
from the public, and 1t was RooseveIt's
desire always to=know how the pubic
felt It is believed In Washington that
II Mr.. Wilson intends 30 use publicity
as an agent he viii follow the personal
rule Of Roosevelt pretty closely In the
matter. It An not expected that he
VII use the Quotes but that h0 win
reach the same end ny the indirect
method
When PreGA0en&, Taft enAuWWd tina
White House there waA ADF q tine a.
most Q compaets reversal OF comb
tApnaL Mr.. Tpft sid ntf1e 60 m0mbera
of congress- which he showed ony de-
sire TO have printed. and TOR a long
time he virtually declined 70 see any
press representatives stationed In
washington. II did not tako the pres
| idenk long b come Co the CONCLUSION
that he had made q MISTAKE, or If he
did not reach this combustion himself,
some OF his friends reached IL for him
and following its reaching, the public
was allowed to know something direct
H about what the president thought
ought to be done. Mr.. Taft has been q
great believer in the plan Of going to
the people and telling It first hand.
! His publicity trouble was that, travel
as much as he did, there were long
periods OF time when he was com
peiked to remain in Washington and
the people had Il wait for their ineor'
nation. Publicity, however, finally
came into its own In the Taft admin.
iStration.
Cabinet 0faeers Vary.
Cabinet officers vary In their pub.
lictty pulsationa. It Is a matter or tenn
nerament with them as 1t Is with all
men. Some Of them want to talk and
some OF them in the past have talked
too much TO suit their chiefs, but as Q
rule most Of them have ~refrained
4 TY0m 86y1nB any tAAA9 "
White House The presidents warn
their cabinet officers occasionally
about the necessity Of curbing theiI
n1ue Mr.. Taft has allowed the
members OF his cabinet q good deal
of talking liberty and it has been hu
morously if caustically suggested In
washington that IL they had taken ad
vantaee OF this liberty of speech dur
ing the campaign and had done a little
more stunping for the president he
might have carried more than two
states.
woodrow Wilson's policy ~ gov
arnor, of New Jersey has been \ o.
publicity along all legislative mes
n~regent and future. Men who have
ta1red with MIN about the subject SAL
h believes that publicity has served
weyi the needs OF the people and o.
80 o~cvernorship. 1t is apparent thai
Ia sntends to continue ito let the PEG
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