The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-02-12


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Hiassa's "vsiisw Jsws~ai."
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papsrs which FsaeA the White Hosao
nov 70 greater than ever bsfoee -
the histsry Of the country. 1t y ~
basinsss Of one Of the employees -
make up for Secretary Tunulty Q
"Aaily Newspaper" This y sinp,y .
compilation Of news and editosial
opinions fson all the great nsvsDa-
psrs Of the country.
President Wilson takes this eoo.
ptiation. which Secretary Tunulty
3ocossly has called the yellow Jour.
nal" and reads It through. depending
upon 1t for light upon the visvpoiats
OF all sections Of the country. TAe
president. Of course, trusts In lafge
measure to the press OF the country
for Information. but It must b. sall
that the press Of the country canaot
depend to any great extent upoa
President Wilson for Information.
Not In years has there been in the
White House 20 reticent . president
a. Woodrow Wilson. His well-known
phrase "pitiless publicity" has become
more or less OF 4 Joke among news-
paper men. II 10 perfectly true that
he 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
ID regarded by some of the adminio-
tration's oncials a. being bad policy.
Unlike raft and Roosevelt.
President Wilson in one way IL 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 a. 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 fro.
quently to Washington where great
general meetings are held.
1t 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
omcial of government to represent
him. Whatever else can be said
about Woodrow Wilson, he attends
strictly to the business Of the execu.
tive ONCE, 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 4 part Of the duties Of
the chief executive. Again. 1t 10 all
in the viewpoint
Question Of Railway Mail Pay.
Within six weeks q report must bs
made to congress on subject which
has been vexing the government and
the railroads for years. The question
to be answered by the report 10 how
much money ought to be paid the
transportation companies for carrying
the mails
In the last year Of tho Taft admin.
fstration, but when there was . Demo
cratic house Of representatives., there
was 4 paragraph inserted in the post
once appropriation bill authorizing
the appointment Of a Joint COMMITTEES
on railway pay. 1t IL the report OF
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.
Bankhead Of Alabama and John W.
Weeks of Massachusetts,, and Repre-.
sentatives James T. Lloyd Of Missouri
and William E. Tuttle Of New Jersey.
While the committee. largely through
the activities Of Chairman Bourne,
has done an immense amount Of work
In the line Of study of q vital topic,
1t is said that there are comparatively
few evidences that scientific method
OF read5ustment has been discovered.
Mr.. eurIsson's Estimate.
1t is said that Postmaster General
Burleson has filed a 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
1918 were overpaid about $500, O,OO0."
1t 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 1t costs them much
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