Show F I 1 ADE FOGIES GASP WILSONS PLAN TO VISIT THE CAPITOL occasionally BREAKS PRECEDENT NO REASON HE any president who sought to influence legislation could do it much more mora privately by conferences Conference a in white house by GEORGE CLINTON president wilsons Wl Wil laona sons hint that he be may go on occasion to the capitol where he can be in touch with legislation created its ten days stir and it will create another ten days daya stir and perhaps more it 1 after the extra session convenes lie bo carries out hla his hinted intention it does doea not seem that there would bo be anything to create special interest let alone alona undue excitement in the e expressed desire of the president of the united states to sit alt tor for a taw few hours each week under the same dome or 0 the capitol where he would b in easy reach ot of such members as na might like to consult him or a as he might like to consult but anything w which breaks precedent in washington raises comment stir and frequently ly strong opposition there Is in nothing in the constitution or laws of tho the united states to prevent tho the president from making his office anywhere that he wishes in the city of washington and if hla his desire Is to have a branch office in the capitol nothing can bo be done tc prevent it and very likely there thera Is a no reason except I 1 that ot of tradition and precedent why it should be prevented I 1 hak no ulterior motive no onn in washington has baa bees bee found to say that he be thinks for an instant mr wilson has any intention ot of coming over to the capitol to make his 1111 dominant they think that his desire in the matter Is entirely democratic and that it Is born of a wish to be ba in a closer and a more responsive spon sive nelve touch with the members thu would be the case if he spent all ills time in the white house while ingress n la Is in session cession this feeling of an utter absence of any untoward intention on mr wilsons Wll Wil sona sons part has baa not however prevented criticism and it has come not only from members of opposition parties but from members of his own party the thing probably will prove after a little to have been only a tempos tempest in a teapot it the executive authority ever Is used wrongfully to influence legislation it can bo be so ao used at the white alouse just as readily as at the capitol in fact the observer of years la in washington knows perfectly well that it a president wants wanta to make his will felt elf he la is much more liable to attempt it at a distance rather than from the tha capitol where all the members in a way would be watching him every day of the parts of the year when congress Is in session scores of senators natora se and representatives jo go to the white house some on their own errands bent and others called there by the president who wishes to con suit nult with them upon matters mattera of legislation a when the president wants to see aee a member aone ione he ha takes him into hla his private and closes the doors aliat posses passes there no one knows unless the president or hla his visitor chooses to disclose it and the visitor never will disclose it unless the president gives him permission for such conferences always are held to bo be confidential federal protection for birds by an act of the last congress just three days daya before adjournment the whole system of protection tl of the tha wild birds of the united states was changed this bill will go into effect at once but the existing state laws will rera re alnas mainas they are until the department dor artmont of agriculture has prepared new federal regulations tor for the gover governing ning of the protection ot of fame gamman and d insectivorous birds lu in all sections of the union this matter la is of interest to every sportsman and every market man to every fart farmer ner and to every bird lover no matter in what stat of 01 tho the union he lives it should abound be ba said that tho the federal laws lawa will have no control of noumi nou non mi atory ii birds birds whether they bo be game birds or song birds this limits the action ot of the tha law very little however because comparatively comparativo iX few birds remain within the borders of any one state through tha twelve months monter of the year one or two examples may given however of birds which probably must depend hereafter tor for the protect protection lon of their lives and of their families fan tilles from actual extinction on the action of state legislature the ruffed grouse called the partridge in n many states elates and the pheasant phe arant in other states Is 19 a non mcgratm y bird at least it probably will be so eo decided to be by the department of agriculture tho the prairie chicken alba la 19 migratory non nou and it probably also must depend upon state protection but nearly cearly all the other birds of the united states game insectivorous and tong are migratory and here titter will be ba protected by uncle sam scope of the measure here is a section of the bill which shows definitely what it la Is intended to do all wild wild swans awana brt brani wild dacks snipe plover woodcock rill wild and all other mcgra tory game and blid which alch in their northern noT thra thern and tass pars through or ordo do nut remain permanent per manen aly the entire year I 1 i within the borders border ut of any sta state t e or ol territory shall hereafter be b deemed to bo be within the custody and protection of the government of the united states and shall not bo be destroyed or taken contrary to regulations he hereinbefore re in provided it has haa been faund by the agricultural department that the game laws lawn of 0 the different states do not protect in all cases some os of the states have put protective laws lawn on their statute books giving protection to certain birds barda tor for certain periods but in many of these cases it Is found that the birds do not occur in ig the states during the periods in which protection la is provided in other words there la Is no protection at all As aa things are to co be tn in the future the department of agriculture will adopt regulations prescribing and fixing closed seasons Bea sona due regard to the zones of 0 temperature breeding habits and times and lines of at migratory flight thereby enabling the department part ment to select and designate suitable districts tor for different birds of the country and it shall be unlawful to shoot or by any device kill or seize and capture migratory birds barda within the protection of this law during said closed season and any person who shall violate any of the provisions or regulations of wa law for the protection of migratory birds shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than or imprisoned not more than ninety days or both in the discretion of the court support almot almost unanimous the influences for this federal legislation for the protection of birds which it was feared rapidly were becoming extinct were exerted from every state in the union there was no sectionalism in it and few persons raised the plea ot of states rights in order to defeat the measure it Is said that public opinion all over the united states had bad become so BO aroused because of the diminishing gaad birds and ang song birds that all quibbles were put aside and virtually a unanimous sentiment exerted itself for the measure there were only fifteen votes against it in the house of representatives national and state granges state and local game g ame protective associations bird societies of all kinds and other organizations worked for this it Is declared to be the most important event in the history of bird life conservation in the united states wilson likes like tafts tafta idea thero there Is a belief among democratic in embers of congress that president wilson may take up the suggestion mada by ex dent tatt taft and urge legislation which will enable his cabinet officers to appear on the floor of the two houses bouses of congress when matters pertaining to their departments are under consideration era tion to answer questions and to 9 give ive information which may enlighten on the points at issue such a course would be in entire keeping with mr Wil wilsons sons intimation that he may go to the capitol on occasion to k be within easy reach of representatives and senators who care to consult him it la is all a part ot of a plan to bring the administration administration and congress closely together in conference on matters of legislation mr tafts idea was that it the members of his hid cabinet could go to the house and the senate especially at times when appropriation bills were under consideration the actual need for or money in this case or that case would be more clearly presented and the doubts of members who did not know how to vote could be cleared up and a n more intelligent consideration could be given to each item in every appropriation bill the former president did not intend however to limit the appearance of 0 members of the cabinet to ta appropriation occasions lie ha wanted congress to provide that whenever a cab inet ceen presence seemed advisable he be might be summoned given a seat on the floor and allowed to answer all questions and to vouchsafe such opinions as suggested themselves to him as being pertinent to the subject matter in hand influence la Is feared it Is the fear of some congressmen that the admission ot of cabinet members to the floor would bring about a condition of administration influence with the legislative branch and that this ought ough to be avoided especially in n a Deni democracy cracy it was the fear ot this thir same influence which has made many members of congress oppose the i suggestion suggest lon of 0 mr wilson that he might come to the capitol him himself elf on occasion a a suggestion which has been treated of tn in another dispatch ther Is any a mount amount of personal in fluence used to sway away legislation jn in congress and some of this personal influence has haa been condemned by the public and the press presa ever since the first congress convened this once ence Is thai of the lobby which in times past and even today has a strong representation in washington the lobbyists hobbyists are nothing like as importunate port as oace they were nor dc they catry carry on their importunities with the sane disregard of publicity and or of the actual decencies as once they did A good many members of congress say cay that the legislative lobby which cornea comes here from a distance Is more mor inimical to democratic institutions than tho the presence of the president and his bis cabinet officers in the capitol pos sibly could he be bt but lt those who are op posed to the appearance of the depre senta tives of ell the administration osia cs the constitution draws the line st ai sharply between and tha th legislative bra bianc nhea hea that khat the eln should not be crossed even tn in appear ance an co it the world 1 is rounds round chov run it ii var come to an end y |