The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

/ WASHINGTON LETTER
Special Washington Correspond
I ent of The Times.
BY Clyde H. Tavenner. 40
| Washington, D. Chat reaction
airy Republicans in the Senate art
lying in wait for the farmers free
list bill and other progressive legisla
ton passed by the Democratic House,
is becoming more evident every day.
The motive is two-fold, to protect the
profits OF the tariff trusts, and to pre-
vent, if possible, the Democrats from
carrying out promises made to the
people.
The group of Senate Tories is still
able to exert tremendous influence
upon legislation. Having packed the
important committees with men who
take the corporation viewpoint of the
particular legislation to come before
those committees, the reactionaries
are in a position to continue serving
special privilege by obstructmg and
perhaps preventing the passage of
measures desired by the people.
Among those whom the public may
safely rely upon to oppose most of
the progressive House measures are
Gallinger, Smoot, Lorimer, Guggen-
helm, Stephenson, Lodge, Oliver,
Warren, Perkens and dozen others,
who will at all times have the hearty
cooperation of Vice-President Sher-
man.
Back of this group of reactionaries
are arrayed the tariff trusts, the rail.
roads, Wall street. Standard Oil and
the balance of the organized wealth
Of the country.
The Democrats and Progressive
Republicans are pitted against this
The two forces will,
when necessary, combine to prevent
he passage of bad bill, but they
will be helpless at times to prevent
he Tories from obstructing the
Of Democratic legislation
UGH as the free list bill.
About the only thing the average
itizen can do is to keep tab on the
otes of his individual representative
both House and Senate, noting par
cularly whether they vote for or
gainst legislation desired by the
eople, and when election time rolls
round to act accordingly. L
Aldrich, Senator De Facto
Cooperating with the group of
enate Tories that is planning to inter-
ire with the passage of such anti
'ust measures as the free list bill, is !
elson Wilmarth Aldrich of Rhode I
land. Nominally Mr.. Aldrich is d
'nnected only with an institution of
S own creation, called the monetary
The commission has a
lite OF rooms adjoining the rooms "
cupied by the finance committee, tt
which the free list bill will 90.
If it should happen, opines the al
eveland Press, that the door were
en- between the rooms of the W
ance committee and the rooms of
monetary commission, it might w
open that former senator Aldrich D.
ght communicate with Senator =,
nrose, the new chairman of the
ance committee, and thus the titular c.
der OF the senate majority might ~
re the benefit of the views of the ~
leader land possibly leader de -.
TOY Of the United States Senate. nc
IS matter of fact, Mr.. Aldrich
ps in as close touch with the men MI
trained to be reactionaries as when by
was himself a member of the
ate. Su
Taft Antag0nizes Progressives G
resident Taft took the leading Ing
in the fight against giving the l
yressive Republicans of the Senate da,
committee places they demanded, wit
Oh fight resulted in leaving all the ano
Senate committees the same cita- will
of special privilege that they n
in the previous Congress. on
fore the Republican caucus was j.
the regular Republicans of the !
tie signed all agreement by which we,
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