Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-12-26
CHANCE FOR WOMEN
CONGRESS- MAY s4EAs TtssM fF
4T ssAs TIME TO CARRY OUT
xlATFoRm PLEDGES.
aUca NoW ACCOMPLISHED
Democrats are likely e Follow up
Their 2nss-Truss lssIsIasion Wfsh
Some 1-aw pirecteu Against
ssiuh ccse OF Livina.

sy GEORGE CLINTON
Washington is probable that a
report soon viii be made to President
wilson hy the Democratic headers III
house and senate in order chat he may
know with something lilfe defani1ansss
how long il viii take, With his one
1hing at = time intention. t. secure
everything which his party pledged
ITSELF and him 70 secure II she people
should Esve them commissions Ea iagis
late for fDur years. Although the
Democrats under the Wilson guidance
have refused 70 bunch legismgion.
they have accomp. ishad Cunsidarn ble
already. but whether the accomplish
mant hIs been tor gnod or for III OF
course there has not yet been time
enough 10 determine
M'han the sufrasists called al the
White House and President Wilson IN
effect 1oid Eham that he could NOT sal
ANYTHING 70 congress about their case
because Il Was nDt mentioned either
KpprUyingiy or disappr0vinglv IN the
Democratic platform. he MADE 1t piEin
that he intends 70 stick TO the BATH
mure platform and not To depart from
its arvics and lis Recommendations
unless nerassitiss SO shape themselves
that he must With al the signs thar
are tn view It seems likely, however,
in the face Of the presidents artirnda,
towards the sufragisEs, that Il the
really big things OF Democratic prom
iss cEn he puf on the law books the
women VIII be given their dag in the
caur " congress before this admins
rrRtiun Is aightean munEhs older
FIRST tire Trust Problem.
II If prBbablR that the president s
message or ra1hRr ms address, 10 c0n~
g-ess on the trust problam, wiz be
delivered some time In the second
week Of January. Then the approval
Of csmmtrteses must be given to the
antitrust Legislation and the subject
must be debated III house and senate.
From what men u all parties say
about III, Il seems likely fhA1 month
and half Of winter and Rs much OF
The glad spring wiz pEss before the
president VIII get q chance To sign the
bIl which w-zn make guilt personal
and VIII make certain THAT 1lle .'hig
fellows 90 10 jail"
IL The Sherman Law is balwarked
with Democratic legislation by April
Is. there VIII be time enough 3sf1 for
me Democrats To take UD one or two
other matters nf platform promises
and to PM them in fulnIlrnanf shape,
As soon rs Eutifrust matters 2Te out
Of the way the Democrats intend TO
sathor3Ze the building Of 3 govern
uena railroad tn Aaaska
In checking MP the plank Of the
Democratic platform OF 1872. II Is
found that accoup lishment marks al
ready hare been plRced,by the Demo
Gratis against the tariff reform plank,
The income Tx and popular elect1Sl Of
senators plAnEs. campaign eontrioR-
tons, physical variation Of railroads
and banking Legislation. II congress
shall Sit untA June ii ss prc5able that
IN addition 70 antitrust and Alaska
legislation, a rural credit system VIII
be established, that some provision
VIII be made for the control OF the
Mississippi river and that something
viii be done with the par1y's promise
2: an immediate declaration Of the
natlon's purpose TO recognize the inde-
Pe1dence Of the Philippine Islands
High Cost Of Living.
The second plank In the Democratic
Platform is recognized by every mem
Der Of congress. Democrat, Republican
and Progressive. as being the most i'm
portant che from The peoples point OF
Tiew in the whole legislative pro
noancement IT is entitled The High
Cost OF Living" From tine to time
Individual Democrats. acting however
without party authority, have intro
cuced into house and senate bills and
resolutions Of various kinds looking
10 q reduction in the cost OF food.
clothing. household goods and other
things usually accounted neeessaries-
Some Of these bills and resolutions
have been Of the freak kind ard no
serious attention has been paid 10
them.
The leaders OF the Democratic party
promised that the tariff would reduce
the cost OF living. Prices have not
yet come down. but the plea is made
that the Law has not yet been In effect
long enough to produce results In
the Democratic platform It was said
that the trusts and commercial con.
spiracies also acted to keep up the
high price OF living. An antitrust
Law viii be passed this winter and
then the Democrats apparently expect
that this law with the tariff law will
bring the price bird of its roost-
u is becoming evident, however,
from the unrest among some OF the
Democrats that an attempt of some
kind viii be made to supplement- the
antitrust Law with some other kind
OF law which may act directly to re-
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