The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-13
Another Commission Is Now
Wanted
10 FIGURE ON RAILROADS
Radicals in the Senate Spend the Day
Talking Tarif--"sunny Jim" and
"Uncle Joe" Must Buy Their
Own Gasoline.

Washington, June 10. There Is to be
= commission, It appears, to probe into
the needs Of legislation to protect the
public against stock aud bond initiation
Of common carriers That was the ten
tatve outcome Saturday at the confer
ence at the White House between the
president and certain Republican leaders,
over the provision the president 50 much
desires in the railroad bill, giving the
government control over the issue Of
stocks and bonds Of common carriers.
The leaders have hoped to shoe this idea
from out the presidents mind, but ap-
parently without success.
But the president has been told that
Els hearts wish il impossible Of gratf.
cation. as tho wicked Democrats and Re-
publican radicals stand IN the way op.
posing the idea on the ground Of states
rights. that the Democrats are willing
to flibuster and to keep them good they
have been promised that the stock and
bond paragraph win not be urged So
that hoary and usually futile but ever
accessible legislative device, commits
sion, was suggested as a way out Of
the embarrassment and unless there is
further change it is to become a fact
The proposal looks absurd IN that il
needs no further demonstration that the
legislation is needed It has been con.
fessed and the means ought not to be
hard to devise The time TO act is now.
Let the Democrats ana the radicals fli.
buster, If they will, Theirs is the re-
sponsibility. The hattie ought to be
fought out, il it takes all summer The
Republicans have nothing to lose. Be
sides. if the Democrats can flibuster ef.
fectiyely now, they surely will at the
next short session, and if the next House
Is Democratic, how can such legislation
/ be then al all expectedg
Radical Republicans like Senator Cum
Minis are understood, however, 10 be will
ing to vote for stock-and bond clause
Of any kind at any place at any time
They profess belief that Senator AL
drich is performing manoeuyre on the
president usual with him
Bnt should there be no change in plans,
It is the present program 70 frame bin
10 which are to be put all those eonten-
tions and rejected matters in the late
railroad bin and to send it to committee.
which viii dream on it during the sum
mer and fall and try to pass II in the
next short session. As indicated, action
then il very unlikely
1t was nothing but tariff in the Senate
all day Saturday. but not with that
pyroteebnic display that had been ex-
ipected from the radicals, who showed
that they have achieved discretion and
laid aside yalor; certainly rancor.
Senator Bailey had his fun at the ex-
pense Of both radicals and regulars, He
declared that apparently there was
growing belief il the Republican party
that the principle Of protection was
wrong. The senator called particular at
tention to the growing extravaganza Of
government expenses, and he prophesied
that, If it should rot be stopped, the
.ime would come when the expenditures
would be 50 large that to provide the
revenue 70 meet them imposts would
have 10 be levied that would At least
compel Democrats to be moderate pro-
tectionists in fact, and indeed It might
SO come about that inposts would have
to be made 50 high that Democrats and
Republicans would meet in voting the
same inpost taxes and that there would
be 10 difference between them, except
Ii the names they would apply to the
means which reached the same Identical
result