Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-30
VARIOUS IDEAS
ABOUT ISSUES
Many Congressman Declare
Tariff Most Important.
BY ARTHuR W. DUNN.

Nuat Is Tue Sfedl quSSlion u tIS hoUA'
Nearly every politician will answer
that Ii is the tariff, while a few assert
that the most important matter is
''progressiyeness." Under that word
may be grouped the policies Of the
last administration. Sometimes the
word e~niovement7 is used and In.
cludes everything that progressive
ness means.
At ~aiIevents, there are terms enough
and reforms enough to overwork both
words, ard those who are identified
with eprogressiveness'' or the move
ment' say that all other Issues and
subjects dwindle into insignifcance,
although a few say that the reduction
of the tariff fs to be included in their
work.
Expenses and Cost of Living.
Reform in expenditures is another
big question, and 1t is observed that
the Taft administration is working
earnestly In that direction. while
Champ Clark. the prospective Demo
cratic speaker, says that his party VIII
make every effort possible to curtail
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Hlgh~c6st of living is regarded by
many as a problem Of vital impor-
lance, while others insist that good
roads for the country would &c a long
way TO bring about the happiness and
prosperity for which all are striving.
The general belief of all Ia that
something Is wrong and that 1t should
be righted. The exceptions are those
who believe In letting well enough
alone. fhe original and satisfied stand
pat men 10 politics and business.
a Discarded Assertion.
we don't hear the defeated saying,
Upon the whole | am glad of 1t. II
was necessary for me to get back to
my private business and look after my
own affairs They all worked too
hard and too earnestly to make that
sort of thing go down.
The fellow who really got out be
fore the cyclone can smile and say,
II am glad to get out for. whether
he saw the storm coming or was real
Nv anxious to quit, his record Is there.
Al MAJ who struggles FOR q year for n
prize can't make people believe he
didn't want it.
What They Dread.
IT is the idea of becoming "has-
beens" that haunts the defeated sena-
tors and representatives. For years
they have been watching the other fel.
lows go out and get into that class
without I'm idea that their own time
was coming.
Now they are nearing the jumping
Off place thatdiyides men in active par
tiefpation In affairs from those who
are mere hangers-on. They have seen
the defeated hang about Washington
trying to take part In affairs just as II
they had influence; they have seen
these mel elbowed out and thrust
aside. Their own position On the out
side Is coming now, and at the same
time they viii part with the govern
ment salary, which Is, after all, a
mighty big consideration.
Coming a Little Late.
A report is promised early In the
session upon cold storage and its re,
iation 10 the high Cost BE- living. II
is to be made by Senator Hepburn.
from the committee or manufactures.
which handles food legislation.
]. Hampton Moore In the last SEES
sion proved to the satisfaction of near
ly all who read his report that cold
storage is o prime factor In high
prices. But wen Moore was behind
several persons who had investigated
the subject on their own account
Heyburn's report ought to clinch it.
Why Mocunher Lived.
I congratulated Senator McCumber
on his return to health and his pro.
speetive reelection to the senate. The
North Dakota senator was very III last
summer and there was grave doubt
about his recovery.
.Do you know why l didn't dep he
asked.
Possibly your logged Scotch deter.
mination to live" | hazarded.
Eyes, and because | wasn't going "a
allow a Democratic governor to an
point my successor"
Taft's Big Task.
President Taft win have a hard tima
hhuiaS piaecs III eNeu Il small pro
portion Of the defeated Republicans
who want jobs. Why is it that as soon
as a man is defeated at home ne
should at once be given a federal iobf
It does not always mean that a man
Is discredited when defeated, especlal.
" in a landslide, but it means TINT a
majority of his people 40 longer want
him.
Every president in every party is
asked to take care of defeated senators
and representatives. 1t is always urg-
ed that the government should make
rse OF their experience In public az,
fairs, but ans thing is good enough for
an excus
Jem Mace Dead.