Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-03

winch ne mas served to ind quickly |
recollections OF charges OF this kind /
made against succeeding presidents |
and also against the secret caucus.
Every president" said an old mem |
Der. has believed that any proper In
nuence which he could bring to bear |
on congress to pass legislation was
all right provided he felt that the leg
islation was demanded by the coun-
try or by the party platform. This
may be lobbying in one sense but II it
Is. ! guess all the presidents since
George Washington have been guilty
OF 1t. and | am quite convinced that
the charge has been made against
presidents in every congress since the
country was founded"
Believes In Majority Rule.
Here's the way that another mem
Der put his estimate on this so-called
lobbying by President Wilson and by
other presidents before him: You
see every president naturally thinks
that he represents the entire country
while cenator represents only a state
and representative only a district
Now the president believes that where
four or five senators hold out against
bill they do 1t for local reasons and
that they are holding up legislation
which perhaps nine-tenths of the coun-
try wants Believing in the rule OF
the majority, all presidents have felt
that they ought to use such influence
as they can TO make the few get the
view of the many"
There have been intimations In
Washington from some quarters that
] President Wilson has been using pa
tronage to further his legislative ends
| This charge is one also that has been
aimed at every president since Wash
ington's time. according to the views
OF men who have made study OF po-
litical history. II is remembered by
the old-timers how President Garfield
refused to appoint a collector of the
port OF New York who was demanded
by Roscoe Conklin. in behalf of his
prerogative as a senator from the
state OF New York.
Patronage matters and patronage
charges were prominent during the
Cleveland, the Harrison and the Nc
.
at all unknown during the Roosevelt
and Taft administration. During some
OF the administrations they were more
scattered than during the others. but
IL is not hard to recall how Theo
dore Roosevelt changed his mind IN
a patronage matter In order that he
might be certain TO get the support Of
two senators for his railroad rate leg
islation. Mr. Roosevelt argued tina
the legislation was for the good OF thu
whole country and that he might prop
: erly yield in a small patronage matte
to secure for the country what h'
thought was a blessing.
Hundreds Of Cadets Graduated.
There has been an outpouring from
Washington for some days OF arm.
officers and their wives and fam
lilies en- route to West Point L
u see our boy" or some othe
, family's boy graduate. The Nava
e academy's graduating exercises cam
} first. to be followed closely by thos
u OF West Point. Something like on
: hundred new officers have just bee
e added to the United States arm
q through the exercises OF graduation
G the old Military academy.
T. At West Point Cadet Francis \
e Newcomer OF this city has just gra1
d uated. Moreover. his father. Co
3 Henry c. Newcomer. was present I
d see the boy take first honors, and tn
n colonel's thoughts went back about
II quarter OF century to the da
n when he. like his son. graduated an
e. WIS given the laurel OF first place.
The chances are that young New
conner will enter the engineer corp
N He can II he wants to. because tn
Is hoy who graduates at the head OF hi
K class is given the right to take an
ell vacancy which exists In the loves
s. commissioned rank in the unite
Or States army There are always som
II vacancies in the engineering branc
re at the time that n class graduate
8. In the army today there are man
TO cases of fathers and sons III
If president of the United States has te
st cadet appointments year at
he command and almost invariably
ch elects to name the sons OF ofiicers
or the service II does not always tc
,e- low that a boy graduates as high
in as low as his father did. Colon
Goethals. who is building the Panan
en- canal. however. has son In the ser
ms ice who graduated pretty nearly
or high as his father. The boy Is no
is on the isthmus doing the work OF
he lieutenant. while his father iool
Sc down on him paternally from u
ny height OF a colonel's place.
ng Fathers and Sons.
is Ulysses S. Grant. the third, is
at first lieutenant of the engineer corr
be This Grant graduated way up at q
i'll top of his class. and went Into q
ib- engineering branch. His father, Ere
ar erick d. Grant. graduated way doV
at the foot of his class, taking II
years to complete his course, ana
III ing lucky to find vacancy leit
or him in the cavalry. Ulysses 5. Graz
,st the first graduated squarely In I