The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-16
.DOINGS IN
WASHINGTON
A White House Tariff Dinner
To-day
TWO PARTIES TROUBLES
The Congressional Fledglings Are Irri-
tating--A Chicago Newspaper
Campaign Against
Lorimer. 9


Washington, Jan. l6.-There will be
another dinner at the White House to-
day at which, this time, the president
will try to adjust differences troubling
the Republican membership of the ways
and means committee. The president
is fond Of trying to reach the reason OF
men through their stomachs The Re-
publicans on the ways and means com
mittee are divided in their allegiance
between Messrs Dalzell and Longworth,
who have both introduced tariff commits
sion bills The latter is the one favored
by the administration, but Mr.. Dalzell
has less drastic measure and there is
a feeling that he, rather than Mr. Long
worth, ought to reap the repute that
may be derived from having his name
connected with the bill of the kind it is
proposed to make law Mr.. Longworth
has always been recognized as somewhat
of an interloper in the committee, hav-
ing been appointed by Speaker Cannon,
responding to a request from President
Roosevelt. Other occasions exist to pro.
woke jealousies of the limelight that beats
about the Longworth brow. The situa.
ton Is annoying to the president, who
hates broils over details. He wants
that commission and knows the Repub-
licans cannot afford to blunder.
The Democrats are having their trou-
bles, too, although rather as yet simply
in discussion The members.elect, In
some spots abetted by certain old ones,
are averse TO any action being taken at
the forthcoming Democratic caucus APP
pertaining to the party's policy IN the
coming Congress. They believe the time
premature and at all events do not want
any decisive action taken until they arc
full-hedged congressman and can take
an official as we'll as personal part in
the deliberations of the coming majority,
Therefore they want the caucus adj
iourned, and the Democratic members
of Congress are now discussing the pro.
posal II seems unlikely that the eX-
perieneed Democratic membership of the
next House will care to listen to the
suggestion Of absolutely new members.
The obvious and wise thing seems to
be to appoint the Democratic members
OF the ways and means committee, that
Democratic action can be at once EN-
barked on as to tariff legislation. It
would seem absolute folly to forego the
of using the nine months
after March 4 in inquiring into tariff
needs and formulating a tariff plan, so
that il can be ready for consideration
by the House when Congress convenes in
December. To wait until then for be-
would throw tariff legislation far
into the summer and indeed into the
very teeth Of the presidential election.
of 1919. Furthermore, to postpone
definite program as to how the commit
tee on committees should be appointed
would throw the appointment Of these,
with the entanglemeuts that might ac
crue, into the time intervening, 50 that
the committees might not be completely
appointed until May, disastfously post
poning legislation and really inviting a
grand fizzle, in which the Democrats
would be made TO appear to the country
ridiculous indeed The Democrats have
so far comported themselves with such
wisdom that ii seems incredible that
they win listen TO the pleas of the ledg-
lings OF the coming Congress
The Chicago newspaper campaign
against Senator Lorimer Is becoming
annoying to the senators,
who are being solicited TO array them
selves against the senator in manner
to suggest stampeding The effect Is
tending to defeat the purpose Of the
journalistic enterprise. A prominent
New England senator yesterday re
marked: an this mater Of course,
we shall conserve the reputation Of the
Senate and if Lorimer is guilty act as
the occasion requires; but meantime we
are not going to throw him to the
wolves because there happens to be a
lot Of clamor to stampede us"