Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-04-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
r+5tp our Regular Correspondent

WASHINGTON D, c. April 1914
The result of the first week ue'
bate on the tariff bill in the Senate
is not encouraging to those VINO
wish for speedy action on the bill
md Senator Hill, Murphy, BricF
and Irby, who, Intentionally or un-
Intentionally, AIDED the republicans
m their efforts 10 delay the debate
have been sharply criticised by dem
ocrots. Senator Hills speech today
has also brought additional demo
cratic criticism upon his head. Ii
was. of course, expected that the re-
bublicans would resort to tiihbas-
tering when the d emocratS
beoan to take steps to bring the de-
hate to a close, but to the surprise
Of everybody they began fillib"Ster
ing for delay almost at the .t'9
beginning Of the debate and it is
Gear that they intend to keep it up
to The end. Senator Harris who
has charge of the bill, proposes TO
force the show Of hands this week
by asking that the sittings OF the
Senate be prolongued two hours a
dovond that the tariff bill be taken
m earlier each day. He intends to
mt the Senators on record in order
that the country may see VINO are
in favor of pushing the debate to a
conclusion and who are the OBJ
structors, and he doesn't believe
tbat when the issue is squa~ely ralS-
ed any democrats will be fOuned IN
the latter class.
Hon. Patrick Walsh, the new
Senator from Georgia met with cor D,
dial reception from his future col
leagues, most Of whom have ave-, long
been his personal friends. IT,
Sc Senator McLa0rin doesn't fancy
the being COMPOUNDED with kepre'
resentative McLaurin, of ooutf
Carolina. who has been talking Of
leaving the democratic party tt
form a silver party in the south an(
west. The Senator is opposed t.
ony such movement. 10 u.s.
his own words: Il am a sllve
nun. but I believe in tn
mission and the success OF IN
democratic party, and | think tina
we can settle these disputed cues
t;ous within our party, organiza
tion." That's about the way mos
nf the silver democrats feel about
toe.
The largest number Of democrat
= SIGNATURES ever attached to Il re
uuest for call to be issued for
caucus were on that addressed t.
Mr. Holman, chairman OF the eau
Gus, asking that caucus be nell
Tuesday of this week to decide VIVA
should be the policy of the party Il
the House towards that plank o
the National platform which decla
cd that the tax on state bank cui
rencv should be repealed. Repre-
.entatives Swanson, of Nirglal'
circulated the request for caucus
as a result of his making a person
al poll of the democrats inthe Hon'
ON the question Of the repeal OF tn
tax. lie found that nine-tentnS
The democrats favored repeal, b'
all except 120 of them insist that
shall be accompanied with more
less Federal control ov'
the currency to be issued by u
state banks. The House comm
tee on Banking and currency pr
eon-holed the question some TIN
70 because of the failure to agr'
on a bill. The whole matter Will
talked over at The caucus and WI
it is hoped, be definitely settled OF
wav or the other, although ii
present understanding is that II
caucus Is not to take action tn
will be considered binding up'
those who attend it.
Somebody, probably from pn
yiciousness started Il story a ff
DAYS ago that Senators Hill Al
Murphy, would ania"''ize the n no
nation of Mr. Bcnedi.t TO be Pt'
lie Printer. They Will do nothll
of the sort. Senator Hill sad