Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-02-26

II Is said that the majority of -
members of the ways and, means ooI
mittee is favorable 10 it's adontIn-
! If 1t shall become the law if moan~
| that the plumage o, no bird wb;a,
| occurs in America and which occnr.
also in other countries. can ha j.,
| ported into the United States. # aIsa
will mean the shutting out Of H.
| scintillating feathers of scores =.
| birds not natives of America h,,,
whose plumage n part is indistin
| Cuishable from that of the birds =,
this country. This provision of tba
law probably will save from extern,
nation millions of humming birds now
killed nd sent into this country n
| crafty the tastes of women to WHOM,
money is no object"
Congress is taking an interest in
the preservation of bird life. Tho
Mclean bill giving the agricuIturo,
| department the authority to regulate
the shooting seasons in the Unites
States and to forbid under the fed.
eral law the killing of useful specie.
| already has passed the senate and
may pass the house at this session
| If, in the hurry of things. the hin
does not pass it will be introduced
again Immediately after the convenino
| of the extra session. 1t is left to con.
gress, however, to strike the dead.
| Hest blow at the plumage trafRn
through the tariff laws 1t is apparent
| that one blow, not vital, will be strncL
and that the deadlier stroke will bs
reserved until humanity and educa-
tional effort have been given a littla
| longer lease of time for continued
earnestness of endeavor.
". T. Hornaday of New York Zoolo,.
ical society and T. Gilbert Pearson
| secretary of the National Association
of Audubon Societies, have been tell.
ing Mr.. Underwood and his ways and
means colleagues some facts about the
feather trade. John Burroughs, the
naturalist, is here doing what he can
in his forceful missionary way to turn
the heart Of congress to the human.
ties of the case and the head OF con-
| gress to It's necessities.
Wilson Favors Publicity,
Democratic leaders in Washing
ton hear that it is Woodrow VII.
sons intention to make publicity
one of the efforts of his administra-
ton. The president-elect's reticence
concerning present matters of burning
public curiosity and his Discrimination
to take the country into his confidence
on cabinet matters makes the promise
of future publicity seem little
strange, but publicity in Legislative
matters has been marked in New Jer
sey since Mr.. Wilson became its gov
ernor and it is said that he has found
it to be public benefit.
Mr.. Wilson's first pronouncement in
favor of publicity after he should be-
come president was withdrawn some
what hastily. The open door plan
which he advocated was really pub
licity plan. but he found out perhaps
from Mr.. Taft in part and certainly
from senators and representatives
that If he tried keeping the door open
the flood would set in and swamp him
and all persons connected with the
White House.
If Mr.. Wilson intends to live up to
his publicity promise It means that he
will talk freely to visitors and except
| in certain cases will waive the rule
that call is in confidence" 1t means
also that he will tell the newspapers
| freely what he thinks on public al
| fairs and perhaps that he will allow
the use of the direct quotation. If this
| latter course shall appeal to him he
will depart at pretty nearly right
| angle from the path followed by most
| of his predecessors.
| There is a law in Washington, IN
| written but stronger than any statute
that the president is not to be quoted
| This does not mean that what the pres
| ident thinks or what the president IN
tends to do does not get into the news
| papers. Presidents talk freely TO
| some of the newspaper correspondents
and do SO with the understanding, IN
| less direct request to the contrary Is
given, that what they say may Do
used, but not in quotation marks
How Roosevelt Gave His Views.
President Taft has departed from
the rule OF no quotes number OF
times Mr. Roosevelt lived up 10
pretty rigldly and yet his views were
given more freely than those oil any
man who ever sat in the White House
| Mr.. Roosevelt believed In pubhcny'
Newspaper accounts of Happenings 70
come given on high authority, OF W
"one qualified to speak for the adnlin,
| istration," were printed frequently anu
! freely ard served the ends OF bringing
| expressions of support or opposltlon
from the public, and 1t was Roosevelt
desire always to know how the puDnV
felt. 1t is believed in Washington InS'
If Mr.. Wilson intends to use puDhciy
as an agent he will follow the persona
rule of Roosevelt pretty closely IN INC
matter. It is not expected that no 10
will use the quotes" but that ne WIZ
reach the same end by the lnuii0O'