The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-04-03
WILSON PROBABLY WILL CON-
SUIT PRoeREssivEs AND
3 REPUBLICANS.
THEIR VIEWS RESEMBLE HIS
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clifford Pincnot snd Even Colonel
Roosevelt May Betlinvited to tie
White House to Discuss Matters
Of Legislation.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

many members of congress that Mr..
Wilson would stop at LaFollette"
and would not confer on legislative
matters with any other progressive
Republicans of the senate or with
any member of the Progressive party
In that body. Now it Is understood
that before tariff legislation Is COM
pleted Mr. Wilson intends to talk
over various matters of legislation
with Republicans and Progressives
in both house and senate whose views
on certain policies are said to be
much like his own.
The open door policy at the White
House announced some time ago
takes on a new significance with the
visits of Progressives and Republic
ans or. perhaps better to say, near
Republicans. Mr.. Wilson does not
know it probably but he Is following
one of the Roosevelt presidents, The
colonel used to ask Democrats to
come to see him and then he would
get in his persuasive arguments for
support at time when support
seemed most necessary. The presi.
dent, however has one advantage
which the ex-president did not have.
Most of the Progressives, Republicans
and near-Republicans who are invited
to the White House are committed in
advance to any Wilson policy which
leads along the lines which they have
been following for good many years.
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impress the old line Republicans with
the wisdom of adopting some of his
views on legislation, but this proba bly,
will not prevent the Wisconsin man
from supporting the Wilson policies
II they seem good to him.
Looks Good for Progressivisn,.
1t has been said in dispatches re-
Gently that the president is forcing
the fight in advance against the ex-
treme conservatives in his party.
The Democratic caucus has arranged
its committees and the progressive
majority hopes that it has placated
Mr.. Simmons, Mr. Martin and other
leading conservatives by giving them
| ly hemmed in, however, in their CON-
mittee rooms by progressive members
of their own party, although 1t Is con-
ceivable that with the Republican
membership of committee still being
of the same general nature that 1t
has been, a combination might be eff
fected between the conservative
Democrats and Republicans in an ex-
treme case which would offset the
progressive Democratic committee
endeavor.
Consideration Of the committees as
they have been appointed and a
sounding out of the conservative
Democrats who have been senate
leaders in the past, make it seem to
the progressive administration men
that all will be plain sailing in the
future, and that even II Mr.. La Fol.
lette and his following find reason
to refuse support to the progressive
Democrats when 1t is most needed,
1t can be found in the ranks of sena-
tors of the stamp of those who will
soon visit the White House to con.
fer with the president.
Pinchot May Be Consulted.
In view of what has happened and
what is happening. Washington will
not be wholly surprised in the near
future If Clifford Pinchot should be
seen walking into the White House
to give his views on conservation. II
may not generally be known, but
Mr.. Pinchot saw Mr.. Wilson on one
or two occasions prior to. March 4,
and he may see him again. Some OF
the politicians here given to specu.
lation, perhaps to wild dreaming,
think that no one need be stunned
with CONSERVATION within the course
of few weeks If Theodore Roosevelt
should be found passing through the
open door to discuss policies with
the man who sits in the seat once
occupied by the colonel.
II is intimated by close friends OF
the administration that while the
president is interested of course in
the success of Democratic legislative
endeavor, he did not talk to Mr.. La
Toilette. and does not intend to talk
to other senators of the opposition at
the present, concerning the legislation
OF the next winter. except of course
in most general way II is known
that his interest today lies with the
tariff. II is said that he fears too
much compromise" on the schedules.
and It is also whispered that he has
heard with distress of mind that
while the house, probably, will put
through such tarfN bills as will ap-
peal to him. the leaders thereof will
not be at all sorry II the senate
raises the proposed rates somewhat
and then refuses to back down. This
would mean tariff with lower rates,
much lower rates perhaps than those
of the existing law, but the president,
his friends say. feels that the senate
ought to concur in the houae bill and
that an exhibition OF selfishness be-
cause OF local interest will hurt the
party and cause the tariff still to re-
main matter OF trouble. and of dan.
ger to future party success.