Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-13

snoe NC nAs deem wise In xeoninc a.
toucn with the sentiment az tba- &C.,,
Try but if he misinternrets the sen+,-
ment and legislation goes wrong then
perhaps some unthinking onaa VIII
say ne went to the wrong quarters for
MS information and should have do.
penoed entirely upon the advice 81
ms party leaders in Washington.
Wilson's yellow JournaiY
It is said that the number Of news
papers which reach the White Horsa
now IS greater than ever before -
the history of the country. r Is tho
business of one OF the emnlovas to
make up for Secretary Tumultv :
uaiy newspaper This is simply a
computation Of news and editorial
opinions from all the great newspa-
pers of the country.
PRESIDENT Wilson takes this, com.
pllatlon. which Secretary Tumnltv
loosely has called the yellow Iour.
nal, and reads it through. dependins
upon it for light upon the viewpoints
OF all sections of the country. The
president, of course, trusts In large
measure to the press of the country
Ior information. but it must be said
tnat the press Of the country cannot
depend to any great extent upon
President Wilson for information
NOT In years has there been in the
Wnlte House so reticent president
as woodrow Wilson. His well-known
phrase "pitiless publicity has become
more or less of a joke among news
paper men. It is perfectly true that
ne talks to correspondents and tells
them things. but on the more import
ant affairs he keeps his own counsel
absolutely, and allows the news to
come out from other quarters. This
IS regarded by some of the admins
tratlon's officials as being bad policy.
Unlike Taft and Roosevelt.
President Wilson in one way is the
exact opposite of either President
Taft or President Roosevelt. He
cares little or nothing apparently for
society as such. He attends only such
dinners as he feels that he must at.
tend because of his position as presi-
dent of the United States. There
gather in Washington constantly con-
crosses of various kinds. The differ
ent lines OF business and the different
lines of philanthropic endeavor which
are followed by men and women
throughout the United States lead fire.
quently to Washington where great
general meetings are held.
It was the rule OF President Roose-
welt and President Taft to address
virtually all these congresses. Presi-
dent Wilson rarely attends any Of
them. although he always names some
Ohicial Of government to represent
him. Whatever else can be said
about Woodrow Wilson, he attends
strictly to the business OF the execu-
tive Office, although It must be said
some people think that making ad.
dresses which will be sent through
the country as messages from the
president is part of the duties OF
the chief executive. Again. 1t IS al.
in the viewpoint.
Question of Railway Mail Pay.
Within six weeks a report must be
made to congress on a subject which
has been yexing the government and
| the railroads for years. The question
| to be answered by the report is how
| much money ought to be paid the
transportation companies for carrying
| the mails.
In the last year Of the Taft admin
| istration, but when there was a Demo
cratic house Of representatives. there
was a paragraph inserted in the post
office appropriation bill authorizing
| the appointment of joint committee
on railway pay. 1t is the report or
| this committee which must be made
to congress soon. The members OF
the committee are former Senator
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., former Senator
H. A. Richardson, Senators John H.
Barkhead of Alabama and John w.
Weeks of Massachusetts,, and Repre-
| sentatives James T. Lloyd of Missouri
and William E. futile of New Jersey
While the committee, largely through
the activities of Chairman Bourne,
/ has done an immense 6uOuAe VI WI a
| in the line of study Of vital topic,
| it is said that there are comparatively
few evidences that scientific method
of readjustment has been discovered.
Mr.. Burleson's Estimate.
It is said that Postmaster General
Burleson has filed report with the
Joint committee on railway mail pay
setting forth that according to ascer-
| tainments and conclusion based on the
conditions OF 1909, the railroads IN
1919 were overpaid about 100000"
It may be that another computation
difference would wipe out this over
payment margin and prove that the
railroad officials are telling the truth
when they say that it costs them much
more to carry the mails than they get
out Of the treasury for performing the
service.
For q year OF and on, and for the
last two months exclusively, DR.. NJ. Y.
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