New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
THE DAyIN WASHINGTON

! combinations in restraint OF trade he be.
lIeved honest business could be protected
from unfair competition By willingly dis.
rensing with unnecessary protection. as in
the case OF Canada. the position Of those
who demanded necessary protection for
American Industries was greatly strength
ened. That IN nutshell was his atti-
tude. But IN the case OF Canada ne re-
rarJed the approval of the reciprocity
agreement as especially important. because
II dvarfs every other issue in the change
Il will make In the relations OF the United
states 20 Canada. For this reason. the
President told his callers, he paced ap-
p-ovel Of the reciprocity agreement even
before the passage Of the Tariff Board bill.
DREAD SPECIAL SESSION. surest
preventive Of a special session Of Congress
will be the conviction OF Senators that
failure TO vote on the Canadian reciprocity
agreement will mean inevitably an ex-
traordinary session. Many went 10 the
White House to-day to learn for them
selves II the President was really in ear
nest in his intention 10 call a special ses-
sion under such circustances. and came
away convinced that he was. Then some
OF them. at least, began to predict that q
vote would be reached at this session.
Senator Hepburn to-day reiterated his
threat 20 talk until he dropped from ex-
haustion before he would let the reci-
procity resolution come 10 n vote But
Senators realize that the Senator from
Idaho, despite the fact that he would
probably make good his word, would drop
soon And the conviction that the only
alternative to putting him 20 the test and
letting him wear himself out through
sheer exhaustion would be q prolonged ses-
sion, lasting perhaps far into the sum
mer, will prove a powerful temptation 20
adopt that course. II is still. perhaps, too
early to make a definite prediction, but II
is certain that the indications tonight are
more favorable to approval Of the Canadian
agreement at this session than they have
been at any previous time.
BOURNES APOLOGIZE. Senator Jona-
than Bourne. father Of the Oregon idea,"
and generalsslmo Of the band Of progress
sives called "Bourne's Salvation Army"
reached far back In history to-day 10 pro-
vide genealogy for his doctrine In a speech
to the Senate. He began with the art of
printing in 1856. and did not miss many
celebrities from that time 10 the present
in tracing the birth OF the particu
lar variety OF popular government for the
Of which the Senator from
Oregon modestly takes much credit. Kant
and Locke were included In the list as pro-
yressive philosophers. Cromwell as pro-
gressive general, and Thomas Paine and
Thomas Jefferson were alluded 10 as the
,hanteclers Of liberty" But the greatest
If all these forerunners OF Senator Bourne's
Tbpular government was, according to his
analysis, Jean Jacques Rousseau. who, he
"ln his social contract exercised
he greatest influence" The history Of this
emotional child OF France was traced with
lender hand, perhaps for the first time, for
The edification OF the Senate Of the United
States. His simplicity, which prompted the
great ladies Of the court OF Louis to build
in the park of the Trianons, was
lwelt upon with charming sympathy. But
strangely enough. the Senator from oregon
overlooked tho fact that Jean Jacques is
most generally known as one OF the fore
runners OF the French Revolution.
G.. G. II.