The Washington herald., 1911-01-07
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Senator Lafe Young. who is out in
Iowa making a fight for election to the
Senate. said in d recent speech in that
body that his heart was touched when
he heard Republicans say. Yes. l am a
Republican: but l am progressive"
The same ''Lafe'' is at the present time
was a time when he was for the election
of United States Senators by the legis-
lature. but now he favors primary
system.
progressive from Iowa. in speaking
OF Senator Youngs attitude. said it re-
minded him of the story of the man who
wanted to go from Dubuque to Sioux
City by freight. There was an excur-
sion scheduled between the two Iowa
cities. and the price of tickets had been
reduced to a nominal figure. A long line
OF people were before the ticket seller
An old fellow butted his way into the
line, and said to the ticket man:
~ want a ti-ti-ti-"
my friend" answered the ticket
seller, you see that I am busy selling
tickets. ! can't wait on you now. Wait
for II few moments. please"
The old fellow went away. Soon again
he reappeared. and, going up to the win
dow. began:
Say, ] want a t-ti-ti-ck-'
My friend. YOU will have to wait un-
til I serve these people. Go to the end
of the line. and when / reach you your
wants will! be attended to-
The man sat down on a bench and
was soon asleep, snoring musically. He
slept on. At noon the ticket seller wanted
to go to lunch, and was obliged to lock
ur the station. Noticing the sleeper. he
went up to him. and. shaking him
roughly, asked him where he wanted to
go.
Il want tito go to si-s-ou-Sioux
City"
why. man. the train has gone two
hours ago. How do you expect to get
there"
Il am going by f-fr-fr-freight." an
swered the man.
What are you going by freight for?''
.'Be-be-cause couldn't express my
self"
Representative Ransdell. of Louisiana,
the Democrats on the Ways and Means
Committee for the Sixty-second Congress
to be selected at the caucus on January
10, said:
There are three schools OF thought on
the tariff in the Democratic party, and it
would be most unwise to select repre-
sentatives of only one idea as members
of our great political committee. few
OF us are free traders: some advocate
free raw materials, with a revenue duty
on manufactured articles; and many
favor a tariff for revenue so graded as
to impose moderate rate of duty on all
"The central idea of the Denver plat
form was that the Dingley tariff was
full of iniQuities, and should be reduced
to a revenue basis. We are pledged to
carry out that principle. and must do so
in good faith or suffer the consequences.
The Republicans tried last year, but
failed in toto; the people repudiated the
tariff overwhelmingly and
look to US for relief.
How shall it be given? The first step
is to select wise, conservative. broad
gauged men for the Committee on Ways
and Means. Our party stands for the peo-
pie in every section of the republic and
their respective interests differ greatly.
What suits the manufacturer Of Massa-
chusetts may be very distasteful to the
farmer and the raw material producer of
Georgia, and in order to produce that
concord and concert necessary to future
success, all sections and all three schools
should be represented on the Ways and
Means Committee. Any other policy
would be fraught with great danger to
the party. We must have harmony and
unison in our ranks, sanity and conserv-
atism, in order to secure wise legislation
and convince the country that our party
Is worthy to be intrusted with the su
preme power SO long enjoyed by our op-
ponents. A tariff bill prepared by such
a committee would inspire general conf
dence and receive the unanimous support
of all Democrats"