New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-02-18

subject will be of service then In cut
ting down the time which otherwise
would be devoted To the second con
sideration of these bills.
May Delay Call for Extra Session.
Washington is beginning to wonder
what date President-elect Harding will
set for the beginning Of the extra SEES
sion. II is believed here that he will
wait for some little time before decid-
ing the day. Ii is held by some men
who are close 10 the I'reSident-elect
that he will want 10 find out definitely
just what opposition there is 10 be TO
his international relations program be-
fore ne presents il to congress. 1t
seems. therefore, entirely likely that
he will continue to consult with what
he has called the best minds" after
he has become President, and that he
will not issue the call for congress I'M
Ill he has fixed definitely on the inter
national program which he thinks can
be adopted without too much debate.
Another thing which makes it seem
likely that Mr.. Harding may put off
the meeting of congress until some
time late in the spring, is the fact that
the national Legislators, members of
the house particularly. seem to desire
that more time shall be given To the
consideration of the form which the
tariff bill shall take.
Tariff, immigration, the packers
bill, and everything else being given
due thought. il still remains certain
that the new administration is much
more concerned over international re-
lations than II is over anything which
AT present is salient in the domestic
field. OF course international rela-
lions touch the domestic field.
Harding and Newspaper Men.
When P~reSident-elect Harding crossed
the gangplank of the good houseboat
Victoria, owned and presumably navi-
gated by the honorable senator from
New Jersey. Joseph sherman Freling-
huysen. he requested that the news
paper men stay at the neither end Of
the plank and let him sail the placid
Florida waters without their c0mpan-
ioRship.
Men of the newspaper world prob
ably will appreciate Senator Harding's
feelings in this matter and probably
will understand his desire to cut loose
from publicity for "A few days. Ii is
also entirely probable that the news
paper men who had been the prcsi-
dent-elect's constant companions were
perfectly willing 10 'cut il out" for II
short time and 10 give their fingers
and the keys of their typewriters n
rest.
The correspondents in Washington
today are wondering whether the old
time relations with the executive man
sion will be re-estnblished after Mr..
Harding moves into the white build
ing. President Wilson for "A long time
has been unable 10 see the correspond
ents. For some time after he became
president Mr.. Wilson talked to the
newspaper men IN bloc, and OCCASION
ally he gave them the basis of q good
news story, particularly SO in one in
stance when he literally flashed out
II morning the statement to them
that "a pcrnicious lobby is ut work
in the city Of Washington" Instantly
the newspaper men asked if he could
be quoted. He said he would make n
statement. He did. and the result was
the investigation into the activities of
n lobby which afterward became
known as the Mulhall case.
President Wilson, however. rarely
has seen the newspaper men alone.
He has been averse 10 granting inter
views and he reversed the procedure
of Theodore Roosevelt and to some
extent That of President Taft.
Harding Genial to the Boys.
Washington correspondents have
come to realize that their chances of
frequent interviews with presidents of
the United States depend largely upon
their Compartments. This intercourse
with the press can be overdone. and
IL has been overdonc In some cases,
but II also can be underdune. and this
has happened IN times present aud
past.
INtT since lle uhA fnht warren q. !
Harding was nominated for the presi.
dency at Chicago he has had with him
eight or ten newspaper men, repre-
sentatives Of the press associations
and of some Of the larger dailics. lie
also has had with him a man who
might be called the press representa-
tive Of the president. a trained news
paper nan who has ~endeavored TO d.
rect the news currents in n proper way
and who generally is credited with
having made n success of his job.
What is To- happen when the presi.
dent moves into the White House is
not yet known. but the majority Of cor.
respondents ia Washington believe
that the american public is not going
10 look IN vain to the White House
for news. The next president Of the
United States is a genial man. and one
who can stand a lot of what some
people would call hectoring. but news.
paper men do not hector presidents.