The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-13

of his ideas of the tariff, and it is
rumored that several other progress
sive Republicans and some Democrats
intend to do the same thing. In the
house 1t is sharply case of the ma
jority rule What the leaders OF the
dominant party want to have done Is
done and the program that they NIX
for general debate and for debate I'M
der the fve-minute rule is adhered TO-
In the senate no majority rules
against the debating wish OF the IN
dividual.
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 great vote.
1t has been put cynically within
day or two that two good old travel
ing companions reached Washington,
together, the tariff and summer wealth
er. The latter for few hours now
has quit the company Of the tarin,
| 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 well
| the dominant ones limited general de-
bate to few days and will limit
debate under the five-minute rule to
only a 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 a 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 a week and
probably to be present whenever the
official ones get together on other
occasions in between.
There seemingly, however, has been
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
Mr. Wilson on one or two occasions
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 thi.
mean that there is a radical difference
of opinion on trust matters between
President Wilson and his attorney
general? 1t seems to be a case IL
which Mr.. McReynolds believes tina
regulation rather than prosecution
, should be used in dealing with Ger
tain kinds of alleged trust cases
There are some people who hold tina
the telephone is a natural monopoly
and that therefore it should be sub
; ject to regulation rather than to cour
procedure.
, Believes in Competition.
In an article which Mr. Wilson
wrote for a magazine he stood against
) seemingly, at least, that for which hi
1 cabinet officer has just chosen to er
: dorse. The president apparently be
: lieves in a return to competitive cor
D ditions, but whether his views on CON
: petition extend to concerns like tele
$ phone companies is not yet to be dc
: cided. Perhaps he is in accord o.
Y this particular proposition with hi
e cabinet officer, or otherwise it Nigh
+ be a case for hurry up consults
: ton and request for a speedy e,
8 PLANTATION of why a member of the O
e fetal family chooses to go counter t
the views of the head of that of1icis
;. family. =
) Mr.. McReynolds, the present attol
o ney general, was appointed to an O.
fee in the attorney generals depar
a ment by Theodore Roosevelt. Nj
; Roosevelt, it is known, believes tina
: big. business affairs should be locke
t after by commission similar t
n the interstate commerce commission
: which regulates common carrier ma
t tiers. 1t is possible that Mr.. M,
8 Reynolds took his view of the tel,
phone case from Mr. Roosevelt, Blu
d at any rate wherever he got it, WASH
y ington is yet waiting to see if he an