Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-03-26
N-JSHlNGTON LETTER.
Washington, Mar. 10, 1924

Washington, Mar. 10, 1924
Republican Senators who have
heretofore conceded the probability
of the ultimate success of the demo-
Gratis in passing some sort of tariff
bill now consider that they have at
least an even chance to defeat the
bill. Although the committee has de-
cided that the bill shall be reported to
the Senate this week and taken up
for consideration April ply the way
that date represents substantial
victory for the republicans of the
committee-it is known that not a
single one of the ten democratic SEN
ators who style themselves ''conserv-
atives," and are styled CHECKERS" by
the other democrats, has promised to
support the bill, Notwithstanding the
numerous concessions made to them
by the democrats of the committee,
and some of them will, it is believed,
vote against the entire bill, unless
they can get it amended to suit their
demands Instead of the changes
made in the bill by the democrats of
the Senate committee-most of them
against their will-lessening the dem
ocratic opposition to the bill they
have largely increased it. The free
traders have been offended and not
single "kicker'' has been propitiated.
Many shrewd observers believe that
upon the disposition which Mr.. Cleve-
land makes of the Bland bill for the
coinage of the seigniorage depends
the very existence of the democratic
party as at present constituted. At
least three members of the cabinet
Gresham, Smith and Herbert-are so
certain that the veto Of the bill would
be followed by an open split Of the
democratic party that they are doing
their best to persuade Mr.. Cleveland
sto sign the bill, as peace offering to
the silver democrats in the south and
west who are disgruntled because of
the numerous snubs they have re-
ceived at the hands of the admins
tration. Representative Strauss, of
New York, personal friend of Mr..
same line, although himself opposed
to the bill. Mr.. Cleveland has given
no sign of what his intentions regard
ing the measure are. n delegation OF |
New York bankers are here to pre- |
vent Mr.. Cleveland yielding to the
party pressure that is being brought
to bear upon him to allow the bill to
become a law. These New Workers
have demanded Of Mr.. Cleveland that
he veto the bill, in accordance with
the pledges made by Secretary Car
Isle when he asked them to save the
bond issue from the
fat failure which it would have been
had the bankers not subscribed to
them. On the other hand more than
two thirds of the democrats in Con-
gress voted for this bill and they are
that the bill be signed, Or
at least allowed to become a law with
out the Presidents signature, and
threa tening to publicly repudiate the
should the bill be
vetoed. aa sh.ia cps
tariff bill is very clumsily
Drawn Since its revision by the
democrats of the Senate Finance
the republicans Of that
and the public, have had
In opportunity to study the bill. A
republican Senator pointed out par
agraph which would, had it been al
owed to remain in the bill and the
bill have ever become a law, resulted
u tangling up the internal revenue
system to an extent that would have
,ost the government many millions
IF dollars It would, in short, have
prevented the collection of a dollar of
Internal revenue, except upon such
lrticles as are specifically mentioned
n the present bill. This error was, of
course, corrected.
No man serving his first term in
Congress was ever before given the
honor OF being put at the head of the
epu5hcan Cong1 essional campaign
committee, but it has just been done
or Representative Babcock of Wis
onsin, who has been selected to be
Lcting chairman of the committee,
While Judge Caldwell is making his
anvass for the mayoralty of Cincin-
lati, and as Judge Caulwell is likely
o be elected Mr.. Babcock is almost
ertain to become permanent chair
nan of the committee. This selection
vas not made haphazard, but because
Dir. Babcock's colleagues recognized
lis peculiar fitness to direct the work
# the committee, and were only too
lad to learn that he was willing to