Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-14


rumored that several other progress
siVe Republicans and some Democrats
intend to do the same thing. In the
house 1t is sharply a case of the ma
jority rule. What the leaders of the
dominant party want to have done is
done and the program that they fix
for general debate and for debate I'M
der the tive-minute rule is adhered to.
In the senate no majority rules
against the debating wish of the in
divfdual
1t is expected that this BILL freight
ed with SO many joys or woes accord
ing to the way in which it is looked
at, will be passed by the house at the
time agreed upon and that it will be
passed by a great vote.
1t has been put cynically within a
day or two that two good old travel
ing companions reached Washington
together, the tariff and summer wealth
er. The latter for a few hours now
has quit the company of the tariff,
but the two companions will get to-
gether once more shortly and the
capital and the capitol will present
again the scenes of recent summers.
1t is the same old tariff drama over
again in the same setting and with
good many new faces among the minor
actors
A good many of the members OF
congress say with a perfect abandon
of frankness that it Is just as we'll
the dominant ones limited general de-
bate to few days and will limit
debate under the five-minute rule to
only few days more. Even such
tariff patriots as Mr. Payne and Mr..
Fordney it is said are glad in their
hearts that the thing as far as the
house is concerned is to be over
quickly.
No Friction There.
While some persons who seem
always to be looking for row
have found ON several occasions
symptoms of friction between Presi-
dent Wilson and one or two Of his
cabinet officers nothing really has de-
veloped yet in the way of trouble
which any political opponent of the
president could lay his finger on and
say here is where they come to the
parting of the ways"
These seemingly are the plain facts
in the case thus far, and men. of all
parties here say that as far as peace
and concord in the cabinet are con-
cerned they are there to sit at the
family council table twice week and
probably to be present whenever the
official ones get together on other
occasions i'll between.
There seemingly, however has been
a slight difference of opinion on the
face of things between Attorney Gen.
eral McReynolds and the president.
Note that 1t is said on the face OF
things, but nothing has happened to
show that Mr.. Wilson up to date does
not agree with his cabinet officer. The
seeming difference lies in the fact that
has expressed views which seem to
be counter to those expressed by Mr.
McReynolds in a specific case.
The Attorney General has said that
the case of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, charged with
being q monopoly in restraint of
trade, or something much like that,
should be referred to the interstate
commerce commission instead of go
ing the way of prosecution. Does this
mean that there Is radical difference
of opinion on trust matters between
President Wilson and his attorney
general? 1t seems to be case in
which Mr.. McReynolds believes that
regulation rather than prosecution
should be used in dealing with GER
tain kinds Of alleged trust cases.
There are some people who hold that
the telephone is natural monopoly.
and that therefore it should be sub
ject to regulation rather than to court
procedure.
Believes In Competition.
In an article which Mr.. Wilson
wrote for magazine he stood against,
seemingly, at least, that for which his
cabinet officer has just chosen to en-.
dorse. The president apparently be-
lieves in a return to competitive con-
ditions, but whether his views on COM
petition extend to concerns like tele-
phone companies is not yet to be de-
cided Perhaps he is in accord on
this particular proposition with his
cabinet officer, or otherwise it might
be case for a hurry up consulta-
ton and request for speedy ex-
PLANTATION of why member of the of
fetal family chooses to go counter to
the views of the head of that official
family.
Mr.. McReynolds, the present attor-
ney general, was appointed to an Of
fee in the attorney generals depart
ment by Theodore Roosevelt. Mr..
Roosevelt, it is known, believes that
big business affairs should be looked
after by a commission similar to
the interstate commerce commission,
which regulates common carrier mat
tiers. It is possible that Mr.. Nc
Reynolds took his view of the tele-
nhoua casa from Mr. Roosevelt hit