The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-24
SENATE NO LONGER
FOR PROTECTION
SAYS HARRIS
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that way will Of course be whatever
way the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS com
bine selects.
Therefore, we are now practically
certain to see reciprocity, the wool
schedule and the free list finally
disposed of at this session, and how
much further the triumphant demo
cracy will go is uncertain. In view
OF their great victory of yesterday
they must now stop and take account
Of stock and adjust themselves to the
new conditions. Their triumph, as
unexpected and unforeseen as it was
sweeping, brings new and serious
responsibilities, as they now find
themselves encountered with a pro
gram which the country will hold
them responsible for.
The regular republicans in the sen
ate now find themselves in worse
plight, if it were possible than their
brethren in the House. The House
republicans are in such hopeless
minority that, being aware of their
utter helplessness, they attempt to in
itiate nothing, and thereby escape the
Humiliation OF certain failure. On
the other hand, the senate republi-
cans hardly dare propose anything Of
political character for fear of finding
themselves endorsed when the vote is
ANNOUNCED, and therefore are kept In
condition of tremulous and inert
agitation However, in view of re-
cent events they might as well allow
the horns and tail to go with the
hide" and let the other fellows do the
walking Nationally political respon-
sibility has proven a sorry asset for
the republican party, and until 1t can
get together and meet itself on com
mon ground it may be just as well
that it leave the stage and seat itself
inthe orchestra The rest cure is
very highly spoken OF as a therapeu-
tic agent, and a course Of this with
entire freedom from care is likely to
bring it out as good as new in the
mot distant future.
Scarcely less significant and empha
tic was the result ofthe vote on the
wool schedule in the House Only
! QAt MuAA1lfu FOAEbt al ANUuUAANAM FAA
one, could be mustered against the
new democratic dispensation All
the Insurgents voted with the demo
Gratis, and even two OF the staunchest
and most stalwart republicans, Camp
bell and Anthony OF Kansas. The
lone democrat to vote against the
proposed reduction in the wool tariff
was Francis Of Ohio, from large
wool producing district. Thus does
the cause OF downward revision"
march bravely on, treading on the
PROSTATE bodies of its erstwhile i'm
pregnable adyersaries and emulating
the famous steer in the corn, head
and tail up"
There are no present indications
that the House democrats will enact
any more tariff legislation at this ses-
sion though the amazing revolution
in the senate which has opened the
way for anything OF that character
which the House may decide 10 send
to it may change their program. More
than half the House membership has
| gone or is now on the way home
many with the expressed intention of
not returning Chairman Underwood
of the Ways and Means committee has
arranged to spend the coming month
at his home at Birmingham, with the
expectation that the work OF the SEES
sion would be practically completed
this week as far as the House was
concerned Regardless OF the action
of the senate it is not believed that
the House majority will decide on a
general scheme of tariff revision,
very likely being content with senate
action on reciprocity, the free list and
the wool schedule. This is all that
has been suggested at any time, and
much more than has been expected
up to yesterday.
The Lorimer investigation was in
augurated Tuesday by the eyamina-
ton of Cyrus II. Mccormick the in
ventor of the moving machine and
reaper which bears his name, now
head of the great harvester trust as
to what was said to him by some par
ties regarding the fund said to have
been collected TO be used in the sen
atorial election AS a matter OF fact.
his testimony was entirely hearsay,
and relatively inmaterial Today it is
expected that Ex-Gov Yates of Hi
nois will be examined by the counsel
for the committee, and after him will
come a cloud of others. business men
and members of the legislature
About July frst-though it may be
later-the subcommittee expects to
20 to Chicago to continue it's invesli-
Ogfinne he a. fhn
erations. The attorneys for the com
mittee, who conduct the examination
lOf witnesses at the hearings, are
lJohn II. Marble OF San Francisco and
John j. Healy of Chicago Mr. Mar
bic came here some years ago as pri-
yate secretary for Franklin Lane Of
the Interstate Commerce commission.
land later has acted as legal counsel
for the commission He is now
known the country over as a railroad
rate specialist, and one of the ablest
younger lawyers in the country Mr.
Healy is ex-state's attorney for Cook
county, in which is Chicago, in which
position he won large reputation as
a prosecutor. More recently he was
counsel for the famous Helm investi-
eating committee of the Illinois legis-
ature, where he acquired an intimate
4 knowledge of this case.
Representative Foster delivered the
address to a large graduating class in
one of the city schools Tuesday after
noon, and today is one ofthe speak
ers at the opening jubilee ofthe new
Hotel Vermont at Burlington. Judge
Pmmley came back here expecting to
remain until the end of the session,
but If it continues until late in the
fall is quite likely to be seen at home
again before that time