The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-08-19
STILL AFTER
HOUSE RULES
Many Members will Continue
Campaign
PREVENTED VISION
Bill Not Really a Republican Tariff.
Say That Too Many Of the DEM
oerats Had a Part in the
Measure.
PREVENTED REVISION

Washington, Aug. l9.--That the pres.
ent House rules and the failure to over
haul them and the lack Of success Of
the downward reyisions in their efforts
to get tariff rates reduced, are all closely
connected, is the argument made with
much show Of force by many members
OF the House who are opposed to the
existing rules. They are talking doc
trine Of this sort plainly, and there is
not much doubt they are strengthening
the opposition to the House rules in
those parts Of the country where there
is dissatisfaction with the new tariff
measure.
Many Republicans, and Democrats, too,
for that matter, 60 50 far as 10 say that
the tariff viii never be rightly revised
50 long as the House rules give into the
hands Of man like Speaker Cannon
the power 70 control things; 70 make Up
the committees, and to reward or pun
ish those that follow his bidding or re-
fuse obedience They say, too, that what
Is true Of the tariff il true Of other
legislation. How, they ask, can the
country look for the right sort Of lsgis.
lstion as to corporations and railroads,
liz the rules continue to put II into the
hands Of the speaker 70 dictate the
course Of things in the House.
An instance Of the arguments made
that the rules question and the tariff
revision were inextrieably bound togeth.
er is seen in the speech which Represen-
tatiys Hauehen Of Iowa has just inserted
in the Record Mr., Haughen is a staunch
Republican, though an insurgent. He
says the tariff measure cannot be called
Republican and that he knows II is
merely the result Of trading and comb
nation. Knowing, as We an know"
says Mr. Haughen, that the present
rules Of the House, as well as the most
damaging amendments TO the bill, are
the results Of Democratic and Repub-
liean combination, naturally / am some.
what Ekeptieal ] need say nothing now
Of the dickering, trading and combina.
tons referred to from time to time in
the magazines ard press Of this country.
It is enough to say that by the aid Of
twenty three Democratic votes, as shown
IN the Congressional Record, members
Of this House have been deprived 81 the
rules, forced upon US by Democratic
votes, Of the opportunity to vote their
convictions and Judgment. except in eases
where II was provided BY special rule
BY which we were allowed to participate
in fixing the duty on shout half a dozen
out Of the 1000 items in the bill"
Mr. Hauehen emphasized the fact not
only that the saddling Of the old rules
on the House by the Democrats had
hampered the downward re1isionists, but
he showed how the West had failed I'd
get free lumber % account 81 Democratic
votes and how it had been given free
hides by the votes Of Democrats He
concluded thai The measure was 50 large.
" made up BY The cooperation Of Dem
ocrats with Republicans that he could
not consider himself bound to it as
Republican measure. Other Republicans
who arc opposed to the rules are taking
the same stand as Mr. HaugheR and
the existing rules largely bear
the onus Of the failure to accomplish
downward revision II il not difficult
to see that II the campaign against the
rules goes on along these lines, there is
likely to be an uprising against the rules
when the next House il organized which
viii either shake the power 81 the speak
er and strip him Of the power to name
or win come much closer to
that achievement than the rules fight
did last spring.