St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-06-28
TARIFF REVISION NOW.
Harris Says Democrats Have Full
ContrOl of That Matter. -Situa-
lion Much Mixed.
washington, June &c.

WdSukASLOA1 juno NVs
Folks at Home:
We are certainly in for it. The
events in the senate last Wednesday
afternoon and evening decided that.
When the democrats and radicals
formed a flying wedge and went
through the republican ranks like
a boy through a warm doughnut that
settled all talk of possible adjourn
ment for many weary weeks to come.
Like the epitaph on the editor
tombstone, 1--WE are here to stay.
The threat of the democrats both in
the house and senate that there
would be no adjournment of this ses-
sion until the senate had acted on
some tariff bills was made good. The
demo-radical coalition of low tariff
free traders has captured the SEN
ate and unlimited tariff revision is
an apparent certainty.
The vote by which the senate fl
nance committee was instructed to
report the wool schedule bill not
later than July 10th ended the domin-
alton of the regular republicans in
that body, and for all tariff purposes
made it as reliably tariff-for-revenue-
only or worse as the Overwhelmingly
democratic house.
What is to happen in congress in
the next few months the Almighty
only knows, and that isn't bulletined.
The general impression, as far as
there is one crystalized, is that the
reciprocity bill will be amended with
tariff revision amendments and sent
to the president for his signature or
otherwise sometime around the first
of September.
The democratic senator's almost to
reciprocity without amendment. Act
ing within the new demo-insurgent
Combine, with one wing favoring re-
cipr0city and the other-the insur-
gents-swearing to accomplish its
death, what will really happen to it?
Which do the democrats want most,
reciprocity or general tariff revision
with the help of their new allies?
Reciprocity seems destined to be
loser under the new order.
The regular republicans of course
were chagrined to be so overridden
In the senate, the control of which
meant so much to a revision of the
tariff on fair protective lines, but
they have masked their disappoint-
ment admirably and being now re-
Heved of all responsibility for tariff
legislation, or very largely so, are
smilingly resigned and happy. They
admit that the people seem to have In
vlted by their votes just about what
is now certain to come to them, and
they are willing to let them take the
consequences of their acts, however
mistaken.
Last Tuesday night, "a hours be-
fore the supposed majority went to
pieces in the senate, the house pass
ed the wool schedule bill by an over
whelming majority, sent it to the sem
ate and it was there referred to the
committee on finance. That commits
tee had not had time to undo it's
wrappers when the Gore resolution
ordering them to report it not later
than July 10th was received by them
as carried. Thursday morning the
committee held a hurried meeting.
with the result that both the wool
bill and the free list bill were in
stantly thrown into the senate with
adverse reports. There they now are,
and around them the battle will rage.
In the meantime two thirds of the
house membership has gone home,
and will remain there indefinitely.
Just enough members of the house
remain in town to meet and adjourn
every three days until such time in
the dim future as the senate catches
up" Representative Plumley left for
home Friday morning, and will re-
main until he is notified to return.
Representative Foster went home
Wednesday, being one of the speak
ers at the dedicatory jubilee of the
Hotel Vermont at Burlington Thurs
day night, and he is expected to re-
main north for some time.
Miss Alice, daughter of Senator
Page, sailed from Boston Saturday
morning with lady friend from that