The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-29
Believed That Supreme
Court Will Hand
Down Decision.
MAY CLEAR UP
MOOTEi} POINTS
It Is Expected That Chief Justice
White Will Render Opinion
and Take Opportunity to
Explain More Fully Exact
Meaning Of Word "Rea-
sonable."
Especial to Tho Times.Dispatch !

s Especial 10 mo Times Dispatch.
Washington, d. c.. May 2S.-The
United Stat, Supreme Court is ex-
pected to hand down its decision In
the famous tobacco case tomorrow,
1t is believed that, as in the case OF
| the Standard OIL decision. the result of
the courts delibera lions Will be an
| nounced by Chief Justice White.
Since the Standard Oil decision was
announced there has been SO much
criticism of the courts ruling lha
Chief Justice White, it Is believed. Will
not lose the opportunity to enlarge
upon and define the word "reasona ble''
to clear up several points which have
caused confusion since the result In
that case was made public.
The fate of hundreds of independent
tobacco dealers and manufacturers de-
, Ponds upon to-morrow's decision II
the same line is followed as in the
Standard Oil case. and the American
Tobacco Company is found TO he op-
Grating In restraint of trade. and Is
forced 10 reorganize. 1t looks as if 1t
may prove the salvation OF the indie
pendent concerns all over the country.
which have been forced out of bust
ness. No other case unless it was
| the one just mentioned. has caused
anything like the interest which has
been shown in the Forthcoming tobacco
decision.
The Los:Sncr Case.
That the Lorinior investigation res
olution Will be adopted by the Senate
with about twenty Ave votes In the
negative, IS days senatorial fore
cast. The resolution Is expected to
reach vote tomorrow but this is
by no means certain. Rumors that
Senator Lorimer would resign have
not yet been considered seriously here.
II Is realized by those BOTH in favor
of and against Lorimer that he Is be-
| tween two fires. II he does not resign
! there Is at least some chance for him;
| If he resigns under the present trou
BILE ne Is ruined.
Those Democra tSo leaders about the
| Capitol who are hailing with delight
the signs of the advancement of the
Wilson boom are protesting the utmost
satisfaction over the outcome of his
trip to the West. They claim that this
trip has gone long way to make the
presidential nomina ton certain in 1919.
| 1t is said here to-day that. while
ii is entirely too early to make posi-
| tive predictions as to the outcome. In
| the South and elsewhere there Is no
| question that Wilson has lately been
| gaining considerably
Governor Wilson has undoubtedly
been talking to big audiences In the
W
many marks of favor, according to
| all reports and 1t may be added that
| some OF the Democratic politicians in
| Washington have been at good deal
| of pains to ascertain the facts. The
| reasons for this are sufficiently OBJ
| vious. Those who want Wilson NOM
| mated are eager to find out how his
boom Is being received, and those who
want Harmon or Clark, are for oppo-
| cite reaS oDtte q eager
Hns Err of All.
The advices which have come to the
| Wilson camp In Washington are that
| the Governor, while in the West, has
| the ear of both the Progressive and
| Conservative Democrats. He has been
| given due consideration by various
civic bodies. In his speeches he has
not trimmed, so his admirers say, and
has not talked one doctrine strong
| in one quarter and put the soft pedal
! on II In another. They cite the fact
that at speech at a banquet in san
| Francisco. Wilson lambas ted some of
the practices OF big business so hard
that one OF the bankers of the city
arose in his place. and said II am
not guilty OF any of the things that
DR.. Wilson is pointing out.
However, the point is. whether VIII
son was received with eXuberance or
not. is not OF as much practical inn
portance as the question whether ne
is going TO get delegates as the result.
of his swing round the circle. If the
statements OF the friends of Wilson
are correct he Is going to capture
large bunch of delegates from the Pa
cific coast and the far Northwest.
Word has come from California Demo-
Gratis that he can have the delegation
| from that State. Oregon is said to
be for Wilson without question. and
also Washington. Whether Idaho will
| be is not SO certain. but tha Wilson
men think the same influences that
have stirred Democratic opinion along
| the Pacific coast for Wilson Will sway
| Idaho
In the South there Is no question
that Wilson has lately been gaining.
| lie has been making many inroads In
| the Champ Clark strength there, to
! say nothing of the Harmon strength.
| Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi. Tennes-
| see, Kentucky. North Carolina and
| Florida are said TO be almost certain
| to line up for Wilson. The recent let
| ter of Scna tor Gore makes 1t prac-
| ,ically certain that Oklahoma Demo
Gratis Will be for Wilson
Good Hold In East.
When IT comes 10 the East, Wilson
| is going to have n good hold there
The fact that Senator O'Gorman, Of
| New York, Is Wilson man Is going
TO weigh much with the Democrats OF
that State
In the Progressive States of the
Middle West Wilson may reasonably
hone for a large following. This Is
due to the fact that Brynn is friendly
| to Wilson, and to Tho fact that tho
| West has come to look on Wilson as
| Progressive
| While Wilson is making progress in
his campaign to capture the presiden-