Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-05-08
THIS IS MOST PERSONAL" AD-
miNIsTRATioN THAT EVER
HELD SWAY IN COUNTRY.
RULES WITH THE BIRCH ROD
Greater Legislative Acts Of Present
Congress VIII Bear Name OF Presi-
dent Rather Than Their LcgisIs-
tive Champions.
BY GEORGE CLINTON

dcts OF lne present congress VIII bear
as titles the name of Wilson. II the
Underwood tariff bill goes through
Doth houses In the form in which 1t |
mas been presented the Alabama lead
ers name will be eliminated from 1t |
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
schoolmaster's way OF close contact
with his pupils and is using the birch
rod in the privacy OF the capitol lee
ture rooms.
Perhaps IT is too rough way to put
it 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. II 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.
1t 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
the senators and representatives. In
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 law unto
itself rather than 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 I'M
dertake to revise the Sherman laws
TO reform currency. to provide for eff
ficiency and economy in the depart
ment service OF the government. 10
pass some legislation looking to Phil
ippine independence. TO change the
present course OF conservation en-
deavor and to do some other things
OF high moment. On every one OF
these things Mr.. Wilson has said
something. and It is therefore taken
for granted here that he intends &c
say good deal more when the proper
time comes for the consideration OF
each piece Of legislation. He will
send messages certainly on currency
reform. because he has said so. and
probably on the other subjects. These
messages II is not believed he will
read in person. but il is thought that
he will go to the capitol after bills
have been prepared on each subject
and sent to the proper committees
and that he will give to the Demo
cratic majority OF each committee al
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 administration
hint that the president wishes 70
have his administration go down
into history as one which accom-
plished an actual saving to the
government of 800. 100000 year. II
was the desire of Mr.. Wilson's prede-
cessor in office that history should re.
cord saving of this amount to his
administration. but Mr.. Taft did not
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 for
making accomplishment possible. and
writer's OF records may go back fur
Their into history and give Theodore
Roosevelt a part of the initial credit.
During the last three administers
tions there were efforts at economy.
Mr.. Roosevelt started what was call
ed the Keep commission, which con-
cerned itself largely with trying to
find out where the leaks of service
were. and where best shoppers could
be put In. Mr.. Taft appointed COM
mission of economy and efficiency.
whose work 1t was. and still is. to
study the whole situation as regards
expenditures and service in all the
departments. and to make saving
recommendations. Mr.. Taft sent sew
eral messages to congress accompany
) ing reports Of the commission.