Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-05-13

1t is expected that this bill. freight
cd with so many Joys or woes accord
ing to the way in which it is looked
at, VIII be passed by the house at the
time agreed upon and that it will be
passed by great vote.
II 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
mas quit the company of the tariff,
put 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 perfect abandon
OF frankness that it is just as well
the dominant ones limited general de-
bate to a few days and will limit
debate under the dve.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 10 be looking for 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
a slight difference of opinion on the
face of things between Attorney Gen
eral McReynolds and the president
Note that ii 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 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 radical difference
Of opinion on trust matters between
President Wilson and his attorney
general? II seems to- be a case In
which Mr.. McReynolds believes that
AC6ulobAOh IoIhCl l1idn PlOoCO0blOA
should be used in dealing with GER
tain kinds of alleged trust cases.
There are some people who hold that
the telephone is a natural monopoly,
and that therefore it should be sub
ject to regulation rather than to court
procedure.
Believes in Competition.
In an article which Mr. Wilson
wrote for magazine he stood against,
seemingly, at least, that for which his
cabinet officer has just chosen to en-
dorse. The president apparently be-
lieves in return to competitive con-
ditions, but whether his views on COM
phone companies is not yet to be de-
cided. Perhaps he is in accord on
this particular proposition with his
cabinet officer, or otherwise it might
be a case for hurry up consulta-
ton and a request for speedy ex-
PLANTATION of why member Of the Of
fetal family chooses to go counter to
the views of the head of that official
family.
Mr.. McReynolds, the present attor-
ney general, was appointed to an Of
fee in the attorney generals depart
ment by Theodore Roosevelt. Mr..
Roosevelt, it is known, believes that
big business affairs should be looked
after by commission similar to
the interstate commerce commission.
which regulates common carrier mat
tiers. 1t is possible that Mr. Nc
Reynolds took his view of the tele-
phone case from Mr. Roosevelt, but
at any rate wherever he got it, Wash
ington is yet waiting to see II he and
the president are to come to logger
heads over it,
The pres dent of the United States
believes In a return to competitive
methods. His tariff bill, his party
members say, shows that he wants
things about upon competitive
basis. The natural thing to suppose
is that he wants to extend his plan
OF competition to the great corpora
lions of the United States as they ex-
list today.
There seems to be no doubt what
soever that at the beginning Of the
next regular session bill to do away
with trust conditions in the United
States will be introduced in the lower
house of congress and the chances are
also that similar bill will be intro
duced into the upper house What
is going to become of either the one
or the other?