The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-27
POLITICAL POTPOURRI.

From the Detroit Free Pres.
Mr.. Tafts esuphatio deriaration that the canal
would certainly b. fortified ss1nod TO ba sufficient
70 silence all rational opposition. and it might De
assumed that majority Of the members OF Congress
were s4ne
From the Springfield Republican.
The coloueis case Is thus diagnosed by James J.
Hill: Roosevelt has always been pleased TO git a
big crowd together 70 hear them shout and hurrah
Facing one Of these cheering c1oEds. be loss bold
Of hinssls Absolutely. In fact, ! do not believe
Ro0eseit has had csntmnols cntrul Of h1nlseif for
week at a time sincs be became = national figure.
but be simply can't help iiHHef.~
From the New York Journal Of CommeTce.
Democrats IN Congress nov admittedly intend to
attempt a revision Of the tariff by a method which.
for some years at leaa. has been unprecalented.
They are planning TO have an unotfciaIy chosen
oumnittso Of their number undertake a study at the
schedules for tie purpose d iniicatiu, the lines
along whica tariff revision should prooeed phel the
new Democrats House Is convened year frm the
present time
From ths Philadelphia PubIc Ledger.
Woodrow Wilson returns 70 the charge upon
jams Smith with great effect He makes 1t raa-
sonaby clear that he accepted the nomination. for
governor with tbs distinct understanding that Mr..
Smith would not be a candidate for election to the
Senate if a DgmoGahc legislature should be chosen.
Mr.. smith appslrs to have adhered TO this under
standing during the campaign, but 10 have changed
his mind after the election.
From the New York Evening Post
In all the renesed talk about revising the tariff
that 70 o. the 81 members Of me newly elected
Congress an IN favor Of downward revision, there
is danger Of fofgetting those features Of the PRO
tectiye system which can be revised only By e1-
tiTpaton. Short Of removing them altogether, We
cannot regi.s the tariff with the slightest certainty
that it VIII satisfy the public.
From the Detroit Free Press
surely tie colonel is between the devil and The
deep sea- Probaby it is tie natural result of hars
boring that eoneYat radical" reciprucating pol
icy-Osawatonie in the West and Saratoga in the
East. Anyway several Detroit business men have
warned the Detroit Board Of COmmerce TO cancel
the colOners speaking engagement there next month
He is. these refractory business men declare, a
Igztor Of distrust in The business world
Prom the ProTiden>e journal.
grave popular disust Of American legislatures. For
long time they have been under suspicion. and
some recant revelations. notably those at Albany.
have doepencd the public impression Of their IN
reliability as instruments through which to work
the popular VIII. In about a fortnight the law
makers viii relzssernble IN most OF the States and
before the winter Is one-third Of the Senate Of
the Sixty-second Congress VIII be caoszn- VIII the
new Senators satisfy the public denandl
From the st. LOUIS Post-Disratch.
The 5000 Congressional commission suggests
that immigration be restricted 70 skilled labor and
no m0e unskiIel W0rkmen be permitted TO enter
this country. The futlity Of slch recoEmenda-
ton must Be apparent TO any one who considers
oar industrial economics. There is no lack Of skilled
labor in the United Statel II is unskiLed labor
that we must obtain from Europe II we shut ont
the Sag and the Latin peasant the illiterate Work
ingnan who IS TO do the digging, the building the
hard labor on oar railroads and public works?
From the Louisville C0urier-Journzl.
Yet Democracy has. as It were, to face the music.
A second true within three decades the people
begin to be uaited upon the feeling that something
is essentially Srong The first time carries Us bach
to Ee2. when. after tao decades Of agitation and
education. Mr.. Cleveland SWEPT the country on
radical GeTlard for drastic action The masses were
ripe and ready for this. The manufacturer warned
by the onward march Of the reform propaganda and
the continuous defeat Of prutectionia reactionsTn
were prepared TO adjust themselves 10 revenue
basis Whsn the Cleveland administration. there
FORE waiting entire year after the ASSEMBLING OF
Congress instead Of calling forthwith up0n its advent
al extra sesion, thus by its delay dissipating the
party mErale and discipline, brougiIt forth the
Wilson bill in plain defiance Of its rlesirex Il in
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