The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-04-14
WASHINGTON.
Legislative and Cen
eral Topics from
the Capital.
April s, 1905.

stand patterS, especially those I'D
the House. The Governor sent
word to Secretary Shaw that he
wanted to talk to him about his
wheat drawback order and the
Secretary mediately found that
he had urgent business in New
York ana would not be back until
several DAYS after the Governor
was compelled to leave Washing
ton. Then the CT vernon consent
ed to talk to your correspondent
on the subject of tariff revision in
general. 1T is not probable that
Congress will revise the tariff un
Ill the people demand it in terms
so emphatic that their determl-
nation to have it cannot be mis-
understood" said the Governor
when asked if he expected revision
by the coming Congress. 1--WE
must elect House of Representa-
tives next year which is in sym,
patty with revision" he continued
with emphasis. Sat present the
House is with the stand patters, |
do not want to be understood as
critlcizing the sincerity of its
embers, but it is obvious that
the atmosphere of Washington
stimulates the stand patters and
STILES revisiouistS. 1t is evident
that some of the members ought
to be given an opportunity to
breath the freezer air of the country
for IA while" The Governor said
that a change i'll the Republican
membership could be easily
brought about, "by nominating
men who stand for the things the
people are asking in legislation.
If the people want lower duties.
aud | believe they do" he said,
"they will see to it that their
nominees next time are pledged
to make the tariff schedules con
form to our platform. Competi
tlOn," said the Governor III con
cluslon, lis the only means of
keeping prices down. The reason
able appllca ion OF the protective
tariff is to give the producer III
this country a duty equal TO the
difference IL the cost OF producing
the same article abroad. But
there are many articles upon which
the duty Is SO much hig her hat il
becomes factor in creating ID
monopoly. The result Is tua
home manufacturers do not feel
the competition OF foreign cOun.
tries until their prices are raised
to the level Of the Unfair pro &c
ton afforded by the tariff. Thl>
is indefenSible."
Governor CumminS Is believed
to be a candidate for the senate
to succeed Senator DolliveT hose
term expires two years hence
When asked regarding the allie
cation he refused to affirm O. deny
it, but Senators Allison aud DOLL
yer have no doubt as to the Gov
errors intentions. He hdS be-
come the beneficiary of recent
&Ipreme Court decision which has
The effect of extending his term
for two years, which will keep
him in Office right up to the time
ofthe Senatorial contest, although
the Allison organization had hoped
to retire him to the Obscurity of
private life a year in advance of
that event.
GOvertlor Cummlns expectation
that the next Congress will pay
no heed to President ROosevelt's
recommendation that the tariff
be revised agrees entirely with a
statement made recently to your
correspondent by Senator Hans
brough. The House is domlnat-
ed by an oligarchy of stand pat
ters." said the Senator, and he
added, "taritf readjustment Is
dead" The situation is indeed a
peculiar one. There is doubtless
majority in the Senate, iuclud-
ing the Democratic mem bership,
to- pass a tariff bill providing for
material readjustment, or revision,
bur az the Senator says, the House
is dominated by the stand patters.
Under the development of the per
niciOus Reed rules the House has
lost its character as a deliberative
body and must invariably act
under the whip and spur of party
discipline. The Committee on
Rules, which consists of Speaker
Cannon and Repres tative s
Payne, GrOsvenor, Dalzell, Will
liams and Underwood, controls
the actions of the House as abso
lutely as Caesar ruled Rome.
Cannon, GrOsvenor and Dalzell
are all ardent stand patters and
the Democratic members of the
Committee, being in the minority,
are mere ciphers. No member can
speak on the floor of the House
without permission of the Speaker
or the Committee on Rules. A
member who desires to make a
speech must first consult the
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