The Forrest City times., 1913-05-16

ct his ideas ot the tariff and IE is rr-ore6 that several other prcgTes- sire Republicans and some Democrats intend tc do the same thing. In the house il is sharply case Of the nE. tor1ty rule What the leaders Of the 5 dominant party want 10 have done is E done and the program th2s they hx : for general debate and for debate un- der the fvemi1uts rule IS adhered to h the senate no majority rules against the debating wish 0. the in- divi6uzl
 T. E expected that this bill. freight et with go many joys or woes accord ing to the way in which is is looked at wtll be passed by the house st the tine agreed upon and that it wiu be passed hy 2 great vote
 II has been put cynically within day or tVo that two good old travel ing companions reached Washington tegeEEe-. the ,a-iE and sumner weatE- CT. The latter for fe~ hours now has qaiE the company Q. the tariff. t1t the TWO companions xiIl get to- getEer once more shortly and the capital and the capitol SiIl presen, aga31 tae scenes Of recent summers lt .s the sane old tariff drama oyer again ln The same setting and with . good many EeE faces among the minor actors
 : good many Of the members oi congress say with perfect abandon ot frankDess that it is just as well The dominant ones limited general de bate e a few days and win uni; debate under he fvemiuute rule 10 only few days more. Even such tariff patriots as Mir Payne and Nr ForcIeT il Is said are glad iu their hearts that the thing as far as the house .s concerned is 10 De eye, quickly
 Ne Friction There.
 Nhtle some persons who seem always 10 be looking for row have found or several occasions symptoms ot friction between Presi- dent Wilson and one or two Of his cabinet officers nothing really has de Fsloped yet in the way Of trouble which any political opponent Of the president could lay his finger or and say here is where they come to the parting Of the ways"
 These seemingly are the plain facts , 1T the case thus far, and men Of all parties here say that as far as peace and concord in the cabine, are con. cerned they are there to sit al the family council table twice 6 week and probably 10 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 ot things between Attorney Gen. eral McReynolds and the president Note that it is said on the lace Of things. but nothing has happened to show that Mr. Wilson up 10 date does not agree with his cabinet officer. The seeming difference lies in the fact tha; Mir. 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 thar ] the case of the American Telephone : and Telegraph company. charged with being 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 a radical difference of opinion on trust matters between President Wilson and his attorney ! general? II seems to be a case in which Mir. McReynolds believes that regulation rather than prosecution should be used in dealing with cer- 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 10 regulation rather than to court procedure.
 Believes In Competition.
 In an article which MT. Wilson wrote for a magazine he stood against seemingly, al least, that for which his cabinet officer has just chosen to en- dorse. The president apparently be lieves in return 10 competitive con- dtions. 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 l this particular proposition with his cabinet officer or otherwise il might i be a case for a hurry up consu1a- tion and a request for a speedy ex- planation Of why member Of the Of. 1 ficial family chooses to go counter 10 the views of the head of that official l family
 Mr McReynolds. the present attor- hey general. was appointed 10 an Of ] fee !n the attorney generals depart ] ment by Theodore Roosevelt MT ] Roosevelt. it is known. believes that { big business affairs should be looked after by a commission similar to the interstate commerce com mission, which regulates common carrier mat,