The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-04-24
WILSON REAL PILOT
THIS is MOST PERSONAL" AID.
MlNIsTRATIoN 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 LegisIa
tive Champions.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washlngton.-It begins to look to
day as /: all the greater Legislative
| acts OF the present congress will beal
as titles the name of Wilson. II the
| Underwood tariff bill goes through
| both houses In the form in which II
| has been presented the Alabama lead
ers name will be eliminated from i
| 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 a distance and got
results. Mr.. Wilson Is taking the
schoolmaster way OF close contact
with his pupils and is using the birch
rod in the privacy of the capitol lee.
ture rooms.
Perhaps 1t Is too rough way to put
1t to say that the birch rod Is being
used. for from all reports 1t would
seem that the kindly persuasive meth,
cd has been adopted by the president.
He lectures bit, it 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 1t 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 a law unto the
country. When Roosevelt rebuked
congress and an attempt was made to
Tcbuke 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 un.
dertake to revise the Sherman laws,
to reform currency, to provide for eff
fclency and economy in the depart
ment service of the government. to
pass some legislation looking to Phil.
ppine independence, to change the
present course Of conservation en-.
ieayor and to do some other things
Of high moment. On every one OF
.hese things Mr.. Wilson has said
and it Is therefore taken
'or granted here that he intends to
'ay a good deal more when the proper
line 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
'ead in person, but it is thought that
he VIII go to the capitol after BILLS
nave been prepared on each subject |
md sent to the proper committees,
md that he will give to the Demo
ratio majority OF each committee at |
lose range his views of what form
he bills should take when presented !
o house and senate for majority con
jideration.
viii Cut Expenses.
Men close to the administration |
lint that the president wishes to |
lave his administration go down |
nto history as one which accom- |
,lished an actual saving to the |
government OF $l00,000.000 year 1t |
vas the desire of Mr.. Wilson's prede- |
lessor In Office that history should re-
ord saving of this amount to his |
administration, but Mr. Taft did not |
succeed in doing any more than build |
ng and starting the machine which /
nay turn out this big piece of econ
>my. Historians therefore may We /
Mr. Wilson the credit for accomplish. |
nent, but give Mr.. Taft the credit for |
making accomplishment possible. and
writer's of records may go back fur. !
her into history and give Theodore !
Roosevelt part of the initial credit. |