Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-05-22
WILSON STANDS PAT
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-Wlll Get Such Laws as He
Wants.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

Observation-Disclosures OF the Dem
ocratic party in congress today say, |
In the way OF what might be called an
admission, that when Woodrow VIII |
son was elected president the general
Democratic view OF 1t seemed to be |
that after March 4 1t would be case
OF White House lamb among Capitol
Hill lions. Today some Of the Demo
Gratis say that 1t seems to be a case
OF Capitol Hill lambs and a White
House lion.
Democratic senators and represen-
tatives 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
1t. 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 II
Is virtually an assured thing that the
Democratic senators will get together.
preserve party harmony and give Mt.
Wilson exactly what he has asked for
In the way OF tariff reform.
II is difficult 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
20 through the senate virtually as he
has approved It. 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 tari1 measure after II becomes
a law possibly may work the ruin
which some gentlemen predict for It.
but whether II works evil or good 1t
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
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 bretherr
put II. been brought into line by presi
dental persuasion accompanied by q
showing OF firmness. For gooc
many weeks some OF the upper house
men urged that certain schedules as
prepared by MIR Underwood and his
committee on ways and means wer,
OF kind to bring disaster to some
OF the home industries. Every posi-
BILE argument personal. political anC
, economical. was used to induce thu
/ president to recede few steps. bu
t the Democrats say today that HI
: stands where he stood at the first ant
l that his bill. barring q political or
r legislative cataclysm will become thu
. law OF the land.
/ The Democratic senators OF boil
: factions finally have agreed amoni
themselves that they must have con
cord at any cost save that OF futur
elections.
n President Wins Victory
2 Mr.. Wilson seemingly has won hi
4 victory and his backbone has prove
to be made OF different kind OF ma
terial than some of his party brett
= ern thought when they first went {
the White House TO hail him pres
dent The president. the Democrat
say has been forced to make no con
promise in order to secure what the
declare now seems certain will b
| the fruits OF a victory won by stanI
| ing pat on n national convention pla
| form and on the Matform of promise
made by the party speakers in tn
last campaign.
II seems likely to prove that Nj
Wilson is going to accomplish SOM
thing which MIR Cleveland failed
| accomplish. The latter once Above
Democratic customs bill to get
place on the statute books after d
clining either to sign It or veto 1t du
| ing the time OF constitutional lin
allowed for either action. This is a
old and oft repeated tale, but 1t ca
| ried a lesson with It and the preser
| president OF the tnlleu oNdttS stcii
| to have learned 1t.
Mr.. Cleveland lectured congress an
held II up to the scorn OF the COUNT
after its majority had failed to
what 1t had been instructed by Il
| people to do. Mr.. Wilson told co
| gress I'm advance what he expected
| to do. and It is known definitely TIL
| the word went forth that veto wou
be forthcoming unless the tariff b
met squarely the promises made
advance OF the election.
Same Old Tariff Drama.
| Up to the present time the
has been no real debate of Il
tariff bill. When the senate ge
hold of the measure there will
debate, for even with the seemir
assurance that the senators will p
the measure through very much
Mr.. Wilson wants It there are maj
Of the upper house men who will wa
to air their Views concerning d