The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-11-11

liz Lax !" So0A
toward Mr.. McReynolds' tobacco tax
PLAN" the President replied:
LAS far as 1 know, Mr.. M~cReynolds
has no obacc tax plan"
The correspondents were taken
aback, for they had been informed OF
Nc McRoynolds's submission Of his
idea by)e high official Of the admin
i~stration.
Afterward, a questioner who knew
Of the Presidents Partially for pre-
cisiOn asked about the A~ttorney-Gen-
erals suggestion and the desired
information was forthcoming from the.
President. It developed that the
President considered hat the Mercy
noids idea vas merely a suggestion,
which had not been formulated into
a plan.
Plays No FavOrites.
President Wilson has played no
| favorites among the newspaper COR
respondents in Washington since his
Inauguration. No special privileges
in his news matters have been granted
because OF their loyalty. to the men
who stood by him when he was a
candidate for the nomination or for
the Presidency.
Mr.. Wilson and his secretary, MI.
Tumulty, have played fair and when
they had any condolences to a on
administration affairs. these AVE bee
pldCcu III CNS HC"SpdpCI H1cA DIS q
body. Unlike previous administra-
lions. this one has chosen to give the
inside Of the big news story that
happened to hold the boards at Wash
ingtOn all correspondents Of estab-
lished reputation who sought the in
formation. Other administrations re-
lied upon a few trust decorrespond-
ents to receive such condolences.
The President has trusted a greater
number Of newspaper men than has
any previous President.
Mr.. Wilson has met the newspaper
correspondents twice weekly since his
inau guratiOn and submitted to cues
tioning by them upon important cur
rent events. His secretary has seen
them each morning and afternoon.
The big stories that have come out OF
the White House since March have re-
suited from these conferences.
Mr.. Wilson's experience and study
have brought him to a fuA realiza-
ton Of the important part the news
papers play in the success or failure
Of an administration. He has gone
like fashion and his program has beer
S~ingularly successful.
His "open door policy has beer
indicated by the treatment he has
received from the newspaper men O.
Washington and from the newspaper.
VI III country,
, The second week of his administra
ttion, Mr.. Wilson had the correspond
ents meet him in the East Room a
: the White House and there addressed
: to them some remarks on his pur
e poses and the way he wanted them t.
e help him conSummate these
t These remarks were made in tn
n strictest confidence and no word o
e them was printed.
= Al the time of itS dol;x,acanoo Ar,
Wilson had not accomplished a singh
step OF his program, legislative an,
s executive. He stood on the brink. of hi
i administration and his remarks shoul
be interesting, measured in the ligh
n OF developments since they were de
hvered. Today the President loo
: BACK upon the handling OF the Japan
q csc and Mexican situations-two of til
: most p~erplexing foreign dif1cultie
n that have faced this government i
d recent years-and upon Insight fo
Itarln revision and currency reform.
rs Wilson to Newspaper Men.
/ This is part of what he said to tn
v newspaper men in March:
Is II feel that a large part Of the SUI
cess of public affairs depends on til
newspaper >men-not SO much on tn
l. editorial writer's, because We can liz
Id down wha they say, as upon tt
ls news writer's, because the news is tt
Atn1Ospnere OF public affairs. Unle.
+ you get the right setting to affairs
a disperse the right impression-thin,
g go wrong The United States is iu
now at a very critical turning poi,
in respect to public opinion: not
his respect Of parties, for that is not IL
part that is most interesting TIL,
IN may go to pieces or they may hold t
40 gether. So far as the United Stat
at is concerned, it oes not make niue
ms difference whether they do or nc
O. because a party has no vitality wha
as ever, unless it is an embodiment
something real in the way OF publ
opinion and public purpose. am n
interested in a party that is not
lite embodied based unon q 9
mt OF principles; and our present job
to get the people who believe in pri
ciples to stand shoulder to should
he to do things from one side OF this CO
tinent to the other