Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-10 | Page 16 | Another Innovation

i f Another Innovation I TILE iri unusual is not necessarily improper Blind I I J finite man is SC so o c essentially a creature of routine that he lie hesitates to approve the tho extraordinary ex cx- I f until lie ho Ie has examined it it However 10 e to accept the unusual should not be he ref 10 ro- f as ns evidence of lack of intelligence any more than a capacity for smashing precedents should be he considered proof of an nu excess of it it ft Eton's ens minds do not all run in the same channel for which some of of ti us us scan our OUi fellows are arc devoutly outly thankful There is a type o of mentality lit that is displaying more courage when it timidly e essays the untried I than is another sort when lieu it rushes In tn where angels angels an an- I gels fear to tread I The Presidents President's conference at the Capitol y yesterday yesterday yes yes- g- g afternoon with the Democratic members of I the thc Senate finance committee anent the tariff billis bill hill hillis is a n distinct innovation n. n II His predecessors pl for or many lany I years have URve room in the tue i. i api- api tol tal except in the closing hours of a n dying Congress I when hen they ensconced themselves there to 0 handle legislation as rapidly It as it came caine to them For tho the purpose which MY Mr fl Vil Wilson on yesterday u used ed the tho room the history of many decades decodes shows bow no prece prece- dent This however is no reason for concluding th that t there IB ui- wrong something something rong about it Previous ious executives executives tives when they desired to urge upon lawmakers II A ft course course o of action summoned them singly or 01 in pairs to the White Whit House That may h have re b been n the more dignified method but hut it does not yet Jot appear appear ap ap- ap pear whether it is more successful It flatters halters the Ule love eIf-love of a 3 citizen however owe er highly placed to he be e summoned to the presence of the President for communion may it not be more subtle flattery still dill tiu C the august puissant ruler of ninety minions of people journey to the Capitol and meet the re ra and Tc reverend orend senators in their own d or orY Y yard ro Z But in view of the Presidents President's statement a n afew afew fe few days ago ato that he had always favored ored an open caucus perhaps he ho will mIl be good enough h to explain why his caucus with th the senators yesterday was wag behind closed ed and nd bolted doors doon Tho The word and the deed must invariably square before the people will wilI contract tho habit of accepting the former at its face fice value in the absence of the latter I II j