The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-16

organization are out of the way have
eimnly amazed and confounded the Re.
nublicans The strategy OF the Demo
cratic majority in the house with their
plan of campaign is now clearly dis'
Closing itself. They purpose sending
over To the senate in rapid succession
all of the legislative measures on which nc
they have reached an agreement; Inc
attention of the country VIII be dl,
verted to the other, end OF the capltai
and away from the house when the SEN
ators begin to quarrel over Canadian
reciprocity, direct election Of senators,
and the proposal to make Campaign
contributions public before as well as
after elections.
Plenty of Work for Senate.
tt NAV be, too, that the Lorimer case
viii be running in the senate in lit
tie while and commanding widespread
rmblic attention. By the middle of
next week the house will have given
the senate provender for several
months debate and controversy. To
the material already provided the Dem;
ocrats will almost immediately add
''the farmers free list, bill. This
bill in itself it is commonly apprehend:
ed will bring about an historical
wrangle in the senate
Tt is the common expectation that
the Canadian reciprocity bill will be
passed and sent to the senate not later
than Monday or Tuesday. The Hfarm-
ers free list" bill will possibly fol.
low, it, though the Democrats may con
clnde to bring in the. bill admitting
New Mexico and Arizona ahead Of this
blanket revision measure, With af.
fairs in this posture, and a senate
banked up with matters for controversy
and debate and holding the attention
of the country, the eiDemocrats hope for
! comparative isolation In melting their
first severe test, which viii come with
the revision of the wooden and cotton
schedules.
The Democrats desire to enact these
two schedules as dispassionately as NAV
be, and with little outside pressure and
Interference. That is one reason why
they are providing so much work for
the senate. Their problem is not
whether the present duties on wool and
woo!ens and cotton manufactures shall
be cut. but how deeply they shall be
cut. The revision of these two sched-
uiess will be more difficult legislative
task than the framing of Farmers
free list bill
Two Difficult Schedules
1t will be more difficult to get an
agreement among the house Democrats
on these two Items than on any of the
others. With all the non-controyersial
proposals on their Legislative pro- 9o
granme out of the way they can settle
down quietly to their difficult task.
Already, Individual Democratic mem
hers are receiving scattering protests
| from sheep growers and woolen manu-
| facturerS IN or near their districts
against any decided reduction in the
wool and woolen duties But as a
member of the ways and means con-
mittee remarked; "You can bank on
II that any cut made in schedule X will
be deep cut. We can u do less. We
have not reached any agreement as to
what the rates of duty to be submitted
| that the bill we report will show a re-
vlslm downward that will be visible
TO Tie dullest understanding
Wjen the house meets each day al
noon the representatives have no idea
what's going to happen during the day.
| The Democrats, along with the other
unsupected qualities they are reveal
ing. are showing a capacity to keep
| their secrets. The minority in the
| house was taken entirely by surprise
| when the resolution for the direct cleo
| tion Of senators was brought up or
| Thursday with the calm announcement
|
passet before adjournment that after
| noon.
l. Senate Will Need Time.
The were just as much surprised yes
terda- when the bill making manda
tory he publication Of campaign con
tributons before elections was takeI
up for consideration with a siEIlEr an
nounc'ment of its impending passage
before the legislative day was over
Even if the Democrats in the hous,
do realize the dream of some Of them
and gt through with some Of thei
legislative programme by the 1st O.
May, # course, this will not mean tina
congress will adjourn anywhere nea
that dte. AS has been pointed out
the senate will want lot of time t.
consldr and talk about even tn
things that the house has already done
Undoubtedly all of tho proposals tina
, have )assed the house will be sub
/ jected to many amendments; modiiiea
tions and changes in the senate, and tn
majority in the house will take tim
/ to consider what the senators hav
done
Now that the two branches are gov
erned jy different political parties, j
may b, expected that the house wi
not 80 readily accept senate amend
ments and changes as has been the cas-
in recent years when both branchc
were dominated by the Republican
The hoise Democratas can get throug
with tleir legislative programme
May ard still face n long session. b,
the responsi bility for delay will
fixed definitely upon the senate. Th;
is the end sought,
i Starts Overland In Wagon.