Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-12
Washington Letter.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent.J
WASHINGTON, ID. G.. July, 6 1924

"AShANNlONt u ~ July 1914.
How many of the democratic Sena-
tors really believe with Senator Hill that
the tariff bill they helpeG - pass and
which be voted against Is "a rag bag
production, crazy quilt patchwork, a
splendid nothing" may never be known,
but the more M talks with democratic
StnatoIs on the subject the greater be-
comes the surprise that 81 Of them
shouiS have voted for bill which each
aud every one of them declares priv.
at5iY 10 be as whole personally I'M
/ satisfactory Senators Alien ADD KYLE
| deliver ed their votes according to con-
tract. although Allen came near openly
/ repudiating the bargain when part OF it
was upset bY the shrewdness of Senator
Palmer. who secured protection for the
/ bsrbed wire manufacturers of his state
| PETER aud Stewart voted with the re-
/ publcans against the bill
| What the tariff bill is now cuts very
small figure in the discussion at present.
Ii is what il will be when the conference
committee gets through with it that ev-
erybody is interested in The free
traders of the House have received
fresh infusion Of courage lately and it
is believed that most of it bears the
Cleveland brand. If they can act up to
their talk the CORN IAN Brice-trust com.
bination, which made the radical
changes ~ the bill in the Senate, will
have their choice between surrendering
or defeating the whole bill; but demo-
cratic talk is always taken with d biz
allowance in Washington. and nobody
would be surprised to disc over in the
end that the free trade members OF the
Conference committee on the part of
the House are Just as susceptible to the
power of the before mentioned combi-
nation as the democratic Senators were
There is some talk about the conference
committee completing its work in a
week. but it doesn't come from those
whose opinions are entitled to weight
If the committee can get through inside
of four weeks it will be surprising to
the old stagers ANY attempt TO pre-
dict the outcome at this time would be
only guesswork, as tere is absolutely
nothing in sight upon which TO base a
prediction, the democratic Senators
claiming that they intend 10 insist upon
the Senate amendments and she demo-
cratic ne mbers of the House that moth
ing short of the original Wilson bill will
satisfy them The probabilities are, Of
course, that concessions will be made
on both sides and that the bill as finally
agreed upon will be compromise be-
tween the House and Senate bills
Represt NATIVE Babcock. OF Wis.
chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Campaign committee. is man
who never allows his wishes 10 run
away with his judgment. He recog-
nizes the fact that so long as the dem
ocrats have the solid south 20 start with
and no Federal election laws to hamper
them, the republicans have no walk.
over 10 electiDg majority of the House,
but he calculates that by hard work the
republican majority in the next House
will b. at least twenty. He thinks that
few democrats will Do elected outside
of tho solid south, although they may
hold their own ou the Pacific coast and
10 the Rocky Mountain country. He
takes no stock ii the idea that the pop.
ulist, viii Increase Oa tue contrarl,
he calculates that toe populists from
Colorado will be succeeded by republi.
cans aud that Kansas will have solid
republican delegation 10 the next
House.
Chairman Sayers, Of the House com
mittee en- Appropriations, says the
Joint resoiutioa extending the appro-
priat ons of the last fiscal \ ear until the
first OF August was prepared ut the
Treasury Department. because it was
intended that it should cover every
kind of expenditure under the govern
ment and keep everything going just
as il was until the new appropriation
bills could become laws. Yet Sec
Herbert ordered the suspension of hum
dreds of navy yard employees, alleging
that the joint resolution would not
furnish the money to pay them. If
there was political reason for getting
rid of some of the navy yard employees
TO make vacancies TO be utilized in the
Congressional campaign the end might
have been accomplished 10 more man. |
lv way. What makes the thing look |
all the worse for Secretary Herbert is |
that the joint resolution is identical in
wording with the one that was passed
two years ago. under which work was
continued in the navy yards
Congress may or may not take action
in connection with the railway strikes,
bat it s. certain that it will not pass
either the anarchist resolution intro.
duced by Senator KYLE At the dicta-
ton of the strike leaders or the crazy
bill introduced in the House by Rep
restorative Bosn. Of MINI. providing
that mali trains shall on interstate
roads where strike is in progress con
sist sole " of locomotive and NOT more
than two mail cars
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