The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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SIDE. The so-called farmers free
list and wool and woelen bill already
passed by the Democratic House
bears out this statement.
In the first place while the bill
was being framed no hearings were
allowed and no opinions invited from
any interest to be affected. No
farmer was called in to testify, no
manufacturer, nor merchant, no one
VINO might be ruined by the enact
ment of the bill into law.
mere was a pretense at consider
ing the revenue situation but as
chairman Underwood was about one
hundred million dollars out of the
way in his estimate it would seem
as II he had as little regard for the
Treasury of the United States as he
had for any American Industrial in
terest. The attitude of the Demo-
cratic party in its tariff work so far
this session simply means that if the
Democrats come into full control
OF the Government in 1918 we shall
have tariff legislation which not only
disregards all American interests
but which will be hostile to Ameri-
can labor and industries and ruinous
to the United States Treasury.
The second point which stands out
clearly in condemnation of the DEM
ocratic attitude toward the interests
of the people, shows clearly that
while there has been pretense
made at economy and considerable
press work INDUCED in to fool the
people in this respect, yet the fact
| of the matter is, that the most fool
ish extravaganza has been INDUCED
in by the present House of Repre-
sentatives and thousands and thous-
ands of dollars have been wasted
and will be wasted by useless inves-
| tigation committees in extra services
| of clerks and stenographers and a
huge bill for printing entirely un-
| called for and unnecessary.
| 1.-The Washington Herald in it's is
sue of Monday, July II, records that
Representative Cox of Indiana.
Chairman of the House Committee
on Expenditures in the Treasury De-
| partment, appealed to several news
paper men to turn up something for
him, saying: % don't believe there
| is anything much wrong in the
| Treasury Department that needs
much investigation, thus far we have
not arrived at anything, can't you
put me up to good scandal or
two?" This then, is the spirit back
of all this Democratic desire for in
vestigation and which is costing the
country many many thousands of
dollars without any good results
whatever.
Added to these two distinct char
acteristics of the present Democratic
party in Congress, is the fact that
the House majority has refused re-
peatedly to allow necessary legisla-
tion to come up, adjourning from
| Wednesday to Saturday and from
Saturday to Wednesday to avoid mo-
tions to discharge committees, while
some seventy bills, each one of i'm
portance to the people of the coun-
try, are left slumbering in the Com
mittees that will not report them.
Most prominent of all is the Pen
sion bill which the Democrats alb
solutely refuse to consider at this
session of Congress.
These bold free trade utterances
and utter disregard of the laboring
interests of the country, this pre-
| tense at economy, while wasting the
public funds in unlimited amount,
this entire disregard for necessary
legislation, should be matters of the
keenest interest to the voters of the
country when next year they are to
decide whether we shall have a Pres
ident and Congress which does things
or President and Congress which
will repeat the experiences of 1892
SO and ruin not only the Treasury
of the United States but bring ad-
versity to the people of the entire
country.