Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-03-27
MADE FOC|ES GASP
WILSON'S PLAN TO VISIT THE
CAPITOL OCCASIONALLY
BREAKS PRECEDENT.
NO REASON HE SHOULDN'T
Any President Who Sought to inf'u-
ence Legislation Could Do II Much
More Privately by Conferences In
White House.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.


hint that he may go on occasion to
the capitol where ne can be In touch
with legislation. created its ten days
stir. and 1t will create another ten
days stir, and perhaps more. II after
the extra session convenes he car
ries out his limited intention.
1t does not seem that there would
be anything to create special interest.
let alone undue excitement, In the
expressed desire of the president OF
the United States to sit for rev
hours each week under the same
dome OF the capitol where he would
BE- In easy reach of such members as
might like to consult him or as he
might like to consult. but anything
which breaks precedent In Washing
ton raises comment, stir and frequent
ly strong opposition. There Is moth
Ing In the Constitution OF laws OF
the United States to prevent the pres
fdent from making his office any
where that he wishes in the city OF
Washington. and II his desire Is TO
have a branch Office in the capitol.
nothing can be done t. prevent IT. and
very likely there is no reason except
that OF tradition and precedent why
1t should be prevented
Ha. No Uiterior Motive.
No one in Washington has been
found to say that he thinks for an in
slant Mr.. Wilson has any intention
OF coming over to the capitol TO make
his will dominant" They think that
his desire In the matter is entirely
democratic, and that II ia born OF
wish to be In closer and a more re-
sponsive touch with the members than
would be the case II he spent all his
time in the White House while con-
gress is In session This feeling OF
an utter absence OF any untoward in
tention on Mr.. Wilson's part has not.
however. prevented criticism. and II
has come not only from members OF
opposition parties but from members
OF his own party. The thing probably
will prove after little to have been
only q tempest in a teapot
II the executive authority ever is
used wrongfully to influence iegisla
ton. II can be so used at the White
House just as readily as AT the cap
itol. In fact, the observer OF years
In Washington knows perfectly vel
that II a president wants to make his
will felt he is much more liable &c
attempt It at a distance rather thar
from the capitol. where all the mem
bers in way would be watching him
Every day OF the parts OF the yeai
when congress is in session scores o.
senators and Representatives go 10 tn,
White House. some on their own er
rands bent. and others called Their,
by the president who wishes to con
suit with them upon matters OF legis
lation.
, When the president wants to see
member alone he takes him into hi
private office and closes the doors
What passes there no one knows, un
less the president or his visito
chooses to disclose 1t, and the visito
never will disclose 1t unless the pres
ident gives him permission. for sucl
conferences always are held to be con
1 fidential
Federal Protection for Birds.
BY an act of the last congress
just three days before adjourn
ment the whole system of prote,
ton OF the wild birds OF the Unite
States was changed. This bill will &
into effect at once, but the existin
state laws will remain as they are vi
I'll the department OF agriculture ha
prepared new federal regulations 70
the governing of the protection @
game and insectivorous birds in a.
u sections of the Union. This matte
J. is OF interest to every sportsman an
! every market man. to every farme
d and to every bird lover no matter /
v what state OF the Union he lives
+ 1t should be said that the fedora
L laws will have no control OF non. m
y gratory birds. whether they be gam
d birds or song birds. This limits tn
d action OF the law very little. however
:. because comparatively few birds r,
e main within the borders of any on
4 state through the twelve months {
d the year. One or two examples ma
l. be given. however. of birds whic
probably must depend hereafter. fo
the protection of their lives and
their families from actual extinctio
II on the action of state legislature
q The ruffed grouse. called the partridg
d in many states and the pheasant /
# other states, is n non-migratory Dir,
at least II probably will be so d
A. cided to be by the department of agr
>. culture. The prairie chicken also
h non-migratory and 1t probably ais
must depend upon state protection
but nearly all the other birds of tn
United States. game. insectivorous an
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