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called attention to the policy Of
the Republican party, which he
stated, according to his under
standing "has always been to build
up and encourage industries and to
keep the wheels turning so that
both capital and labor may be pro-
fitably employed" He asserted
that it could not be charged that
the Republican party had ever
stood for the development of for
eign industries and the production
of manufactured articles, lin order
that the deficiencies in revenues
might be covered at the custom
houses of the United States, which,
in the present instance, is exactly
what the Democratic party
through the spokesman in it's
caucus proposes to do" The al
lusion to the caucus was we'll
understood as the whole Demo-
cratic plan of legislation is first
settled in caucus, after which the
necessary legislation of the House
is purely functionary. Mr.. Moore
didn't attempt to untangle the intri-
cacies of the wool problem, but
he made a speech and introduced
evidence into his remarks which
served to strengthen the Republi-
can position in reference to the
wool schedule.
Senator Penrose remarked that
the condition in the Senate is ga
remarkable situation. That the
Senate, which in my fifteen years
of experience here has never run
out of flow of oratory, now seems
to face the dearth of this COM
modify" He referred to the
failure of a number of Senators
lfavoring reciprocity to discuss the
measure. Several Senators an
nounced that they were prepared
to speak on Canadian reciprocity,
but did not propose to do 80 until
they heard the argument against
the measure.
Representative Griest, who has
made quite study pertaining to
the transportation of the mail, and
who is the author of one of the
bills providing for a form of par
GELS post, has recently supplement-
ed his bills by introducing one
authorizing travel allowance to
railway postal clerks, and also a
bill to authorize the Postmaster
General to transfer, or detail rail-
way postal clerks certain clerical
positions.
About two weeks ago the Wash
ington newspaper correspondents
discovered that there was big
split in the ranks of the progress
i've Republicans. The latest de-
velopment among the scribes is
that every breach has been healed
and that La Toilette will be the
nominee for the Presidency and
carry his campaign into every
state in the Union, There is a
good deal of guess work in all
this, but the inference to be drawn
is that the Wisconsin Senator is
engaged in sounding the country,
and upon the result. it may be
safely predicted, will depend his
future course. Everything seems
to indicate that the Taft Admins
tration is growing stronger with
the public every day, and while
there is more or less talk of OPP
position, the best informed politi-
cal leaders are inclined to think
that this will all disappear months
before the the real campaign of
1912 is under way.
The Democratic wool bill which
passed the House has furnished
the long desired opportunity for
effecting an alliance between the