The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-06-18
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ST. Louis Globe-D Democrat: The
tariff will be revised. Whether the
republicans or the democrats Wall do
the revising is likely 10 be the pre-
dominating issue of the campaign,
hope that the republicans will be
able to meet in special session imme,
diately after the November election
aud proceed TO that duty" There Is
nothing especially essential in these
words by Senetor Allison, chairman
of the Finance Committee IN his
branch. and the father OF congress.
Right here, however, II is well to say
that the democrats will not do the
revising. The senate will remain re-
publican, regardless altogether Of no"
the election on November ; goes. In
the improbable event OF the election
OF a democratic president and House
OF Representative this year there will
be no tariff revision A tariff bin
framed by a democratic house under
Bryan would receive the same treat
ment from the republican senate nat
the Mills bill got from that body in
Cieveland's first term. 1t would be
hung up there, and new measure
would be framed by that CHAMBER
That would be the end for hat con
zfess The two. branches would not
be able TO get together and Mr.. Bryan
would get no chance to sign or veto a
tariff bill
II will be noticed that Mr.. Allison
joins Vice president Fairbanks in urg-
ing revision Immediately after the
election this year. This shows that
revision sentiment is strong in the
republican party, especially through.
out the West, but the data which Is
named for revision is impossible.
There would not be the faintest
chance to get this work done in me
short time between the election and
March A. Within the memory of liv-
| ing men no general Oyerhauling OF
! the schedules has taken place in such
/ a short time as this would allow. The
/ Dingley tariff Of 1897, the act which
( IS still on the statute book, was signed
/ by the president four and a thru
months after the extra session began
Ein which 1t was passed, and in push
I ing the bin through in that time
! Speaker Reed held up all other sorts
Of work. so that congress could give
! it's entire time to the tariff. In tariff
revision that speed broke all the, rec
olds OF all the days since the republi-
can party was founded But only
/ four months will elapse between the
( election this year and the expiration
Of the present congress, and in these
I four months the governments supply
\ oils and other routine legislation Will
have to be enacted, and this work
alone keeps congress usually busy
during all tie short session. in the
/ present case some OF the preliminary
I work Of revision will be done by the
committees of each House which Will
/ be engaged during the recess in max
! ing their inquiry into the workings OF
the tariff. But the republican mem
beers OF the Ways and Means Com
mittee who were re elected in the can
vass of 1896 did a similar ground
breaking work between the election
that year and the opening Of the ex-
ira session on March 50 following On
the first day Of that session Speaker
Reed announced the new Ways and
Means Committee, SO that II started
Immediately 10 work And these are
among the reasons for the record
breaking speed which was made at
that time in dealing with the tariff.
Tariff revision will take place soon,
but not at the time that Messrs. Fair
banks and Allison favor The new
republican president Of 1903 viii do
as the new president Of 1897 did I'm
mediately after his Inauguration he
win cali the new congress in session
for the purpose OF bringing the tariff
down 10 date. and that body, having
nothing else to do. and with all politi-
cal distractions out OF the way, viii
perform this work speedily and intel
ligently. Undoubtedly the work which
win be done during the recess this
summer and fall by the Ways and
Means and The Finance committees
viii simplify and expediate matters for
the extra session next spring This