Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-20
Aim Of the Progressive Repub.
Iicans Is to Reform Rules
of House.
WAR ON UNJUST PRINCIPLES
Plan for Creation Of an Effective
s. Tariff Commission Which viii
Give People Voice In Max
ina Schedules.

Washington.-From some quarters
that the Progressives in congress
seem to have gone to sleep. Nothing
Of the kind. They are Just waiting and
watching for the opportunity which
they must have before they can make
a fight.
There has been no truce declared
with Cannonism In the house or Aid
rlchism in the senate.
Illustration Of Methods.
What is mean by Cannonism and
Aldrichism is illustrated by the con-
gressional situation as to postal saw.
ings banks. These banks have been
recommended by the president.
Brought to a vote in the house or
senate a bill would pass by an over
whelming vote. This congress was
elected on the national platform pledg.
ing the reform, and still 1t Is accepted
as n f%oregone conclusion here that
there will be no postal savings bank
legislation this year. This conclusion
is reached because 1t Is known Sena.
tor Aldrich and Speaker Cannon are
opposed to these banks, and that they
do not propose to ret the measure
come to q vote.
The P%rogressives don't expect to
pass a postal savings bank bill this
year, but they will make a fight for 1t
to show the country how impossible
II is to secure consideration of any
legislation to which the speaker is
opposed. Their great fight is to amend
the rules, and they hope that they will
be strong enough in the next cong
specify what amendments they de.
sire, but they do propose that a com.
gmittee Of organization Republicans,
Progressive Republicans and Demo
Gratis make a study Of the subject and
report a set of rules that will enable
the majority OF the membership OF
the house to execute its will. That
will mean an end OF CannOnism.
Progressivcs' Tariff Plans.
Tariff legislation will not down.
More accurately speaking, the effort
to secure tariff legislation which will
be a real compliance with the pledges
made to the people has not been put
TO sleep by the passage of the Aid
rich-Payne law.
During the Christmas holidays q
few of the progressive senators who
remained at the capital held a O
ference at which they discussed the
program which they will endeavor at
this session to render effective in leg
islation. Among those who were pres.
ent were Senators Cummins of Iowa,
Clapp of Minnesota, La Toilette of
Wisconsin, Bristow of Kansas and
Bofah of Idaho. Senators Dolliver
Off Iowa, Beveridge Of Indiana and
other Progressives were at their
homes and could not attend.
The senators exchanged views as
to what they learned during the ad-
journment as to the temper OF the
people, and agreed that one of the
main measures they would stand to-
gether for in this congress would be
the establishment of a tariff commits
sion which shall have power to ascer-
tain the cost of production in this and
competing foreign countries.
Lesson In Aidrich-Payne Law.
They are agreed that merchants,
manufacturers, farmers and work.
men do not desire another tariff made
in the way employed in the making
of the Aldrich-Payne law. The coun-
try is thoroughly dissatisfied with that
piece of legislation and with the
methods by which 1t was enacted.
They do not believe the people wont
the schedules to be torn to pieces i'm.
mediately without a prospect for en-
actment of more equitable rates Of
duty. They are convinced. however,
that there is a real demand In the
country for legislation which will
make Ii impossible in the future to
infict upon the people another such
tariff law. The demand Is that the
tariff shall be removed from politics
and the field of legislative trading,
While holding this view, the sena-
tors will not go so far as to advocate
the creation OF a commission with
power to absolutely fix tariff rates.
They will only 60 as far as advocating
that it be clothed with power to as
certain all of the facts which con-
gress should have before 1t when 1t
has a tariff measure under considera-
ton. The commission, On the basis
of the ascertained facts, would advise
congress as to III rate of duty which
would measure the difference In the
cost of production. and congress-, hav-