The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-05-13
PREDICTION OF WHITE HOUSE
LAMB AMONG CAPITOL HILL
LIONS REVERSED.
EASY PROGRESS FOR POLICIES
Democrats and Republicans Alike Sur
prised at Way President Wins His
Way-WiI Get Such Laws as He
Wants.
By GEORGE CLINTON.


admission, that when Woodrow VIII
SON was elected president the general
Democratic view OF it seemed to be
that after March 4 1t would be case
of q White House lamb among Capitol
Hill lions. Today some of the Demo
Gratis say that it seems to be case
of Capitol Hill lambs and a White
House lion.
Democratic senators and represen-
tatiyes told President Wilson some
time ago that they thought 1t likely
he would win his tariff fight. Today
they are telling him that he has won
it. Consistently with the original lion
and lamb theory the Democrats
thought at the first that the leaders
in congress would have their own way
in tariff legislation. Now they say
that they made mistake and that 1t
is virtually an assured thing that the
Democratic senators will get together.
preserve party harmony and give Mr..
Wilson exactly what he has asked for
in the way of tariff reform.
1t is dificult to determine which is
the more surprised in Washington to-
day the Conservative. Democrats or the
Republicans because Of the compare
lively fairly easy way in which Mr..
Wilson seems to be making progress
with his policies. The Democrats now
| not only say that his tariff bill will
go through the senate virtually as he
has approved 1t, but that the fair
| promise today is that he will get cur
rency legislation and antitrust legis-
lation In accordance with the views
| which he will express as to what
form such legislation shall take.
Responsibility Is Wilson's.
The tariff measure after it becomes
a law possibly. may work the ruin
which some gentlemen predict for it,
but whether it works evil or good it
will be Woodrow Wilson's legislation.
A good many of the formerly reluctant
Democrats in the senate while they
| do not appear to have become eager
| in their desire to support the presi-
dent, seemingly have made up their
minds to support him. and voting sup
port from all his party in the upper
house is what the president needs be-
cause the Democratic majority there
is not large.
| Some of the Democratic senators
who have leaned toward protection
have, as their progressive brethren
put 1t. been brought into line by presi-
Dental persuasion accompanied by a
| showing. of firmness For a good
many weeks some of the upper house
men urged that certain schedules as
prepared by Mr.. Underwood and his
committee on ways and means were
OF kind to bring disaster to some
of the home industries. Every posi-
Bile argument personal, political and
economical. was used to induce the
president to recede a few steps, but
/ the Democrats say today that he
stands where he stood at the first and
that his bill, barring political or a
| legislative cataclysm will become the
| law of the land
The Democratic senators of both
/ factions finally have agreed among
themselves that they must have con
cord at any cost save that of future
elections.
TX. PRESIDENT WINS NiCtofy.
Mr.. Wilson seemingly has won his
! victory and his backbone has proved
to be made of a different kind of ma
teria1 than some of his party breth
ern thought when they first went to
the White House to hail him presi
dent. The president, the Democrats
say, has been forced to make no com
promise in order to secure what they
declare now seems certain will be
the fruits of victory won by stand
ing pat on a national convention plat
form and on the platform of promises
made by the party speakers in the
last campaign
1t seems likely to prove that Mr.
Wilson is going to accomplish some
thing which Mr.. Cleveland failed tt
accomplish. The latter once allowed
Democratic customs bill to get q
place on the statute books after de
Ginning either to sign it or veto it dur
ing the time of constitutional limit
allowed for either action. This is ar
old and oft repeated tale, but it car
| ried lesson with it and the present
president of the United States seem.
to have learned it.
i Mr.. Cleveland lectUred congress ant
held it up to the scorn of the countr,
after its majority had failed to ds
/ what it had been instructed by the
people to Go. Mr.. Wilson told con
gress in advance what he expected il
to do, and it is known definitely tina
the word went forth that veto would
| be forthcoming unless the tariff bill
met squareiy the promises made il
advance of the election.
Same Old Tariff Drama.
Up to the present time ther,
has been no real debate of TIL,
| tariff bill. When the senate get,
hold of the measure there will b,
debate, for even with the seemins
assurance that the senators will pu
the measure through very much a.
Mr. Wilson wants 1t there are man.
OF the upper house men who will wan
to aire their views concerning tn,
schedules and will want to give then
a afr1ep nf u