New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-20
tErnm TIE Trilnnc Eureau.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, June 49,
NOT ENCOURAGEMENT Presloen.
has little reason to expect the sneh'eS'
helm from the insurgents in Congress IN MS
Efforts IN promote civil service reform by
taking out OF politics the thousands OF post
masters collectors, district attorneys anu
others who. he believes. should be CHOSEN
solely on merit basis. The violent oppo-
sition TO the President which has been ois-
played by Senator Bourne. OF oregon H.
as is well known. based entirely on MI
Taft's unwilingness 10 permit the IN
surgent Senator to dictate all the appoint
ments i'm oregon. And now Senator La
Folette's personal organ comes out WIN
an exhortation TO the faithful TO follow the
lead of the Wisconsin Senator and or SEN
ator Bourne, and 10 ndorse the policy OF
making federal appointments upon the
recommendation OF Senators and Congress
men in the states in which the appointees
are TO serve" Curiously enough. In the
same issue OF the La Toilette organ is to
he found. in display type, part Of Senator
Kenvon's speech on the Lorimer case. in
which the Senator from Iowa uses these
dictate largely the appointment OF district
attorneys District attorneys prosecute the
trusts The question goes TO that far-
reaching extent. If Mr. Hines, with his
Lumber Trust. has contributed, has 1t been
for the purpose Of getting a district al
torney TO prosecute the Lumber Trust III
the Beef Trust has contributed, has II peen
for the purpose Of getting an attorney 10
prosecute the Beef Trust? This is one
feature of the case which has come to me
painfully. because | have seen the wither-
ing blight OF Iorimerism in many kinds or
prosecution" Senator Kenyon spoke from
the wealth Of his experience as an Assist
ant Attorney General Senator Kenyon Is
an insurgent, but q pro-Taft lnsufseh',
fact which makes IL remarkable that MS
testimonial 10 the whitening blight OF
permitting politics to play part IN 'he
selection Of district attorneys should ma
place Just following the editorial OF the
Wisconsin patriot and all the more re-
markable when Senator La Toilette Is him.
self holding up the confirmation OF as
trict attorney for the MILWAUKEE, dslrlct
because he could not dictate the noihina-
ton of man the President regarded as
incompetent.
DEMOCRATS FT'NK.-Once more inc
Democratic majority in the House has es-
caped the peril OF the Anderson pension
bill. but this time by a trick so obvious thal
there are few old soldiers who are likely
10 be taken in by their evasive methods
Az was told In this column in yesterday
Tribune, the motion to discharge the rem
sion Committee from further consideration
Of the Anderson pension bill. when WouIu
add s45 900 900 to the pension budget was
in order when the House met this morning.
and there were some who hoped the Demo-
Gratis would have the courage either 10 per-
nit the motion to be made and vote II
down or else TO vote for il and then let
the House. by a fair and square VOTE eN-
press its sentiment. either for or against
the increases OF pensions. All such hope
was futile, however. No such frank anu
manly course appealed 10 the Democratic
leaders, and rather than commit thehh-
selves they preferred TO lose legislative
dav Accordingly, the leaders took care 10
see beforehand that a quorum would not
be present, and as soon as the House con-
ton TO the absence of quorum and Rep
resentative Underwood Immediately moved
an adjournment This pretext was all the
more barefaced for the reason that 1or
DAYS the House has been doing business
without a quorum. In fact the average
attendance probably has not exceeded
thirty members. except on days SET lor
votes on important measures. Ana the I'M
.1r..g. ..
fortunate side OF this shillyshallying Is that
Il NAV have to be repeated every first ana
third Monday i'm the month throughout the
session for in no other way can the Demo-
Gratis avoid committing themselves as for
or against the Anderson pension bill
A BILNDERING POIICY.-ln the opin-
ION Of some of the ablest members OF Con-
eress. stanch and loyal protectonists' OF
the President and Of other members oil
the administration. the American Protec-
tive Tariff League is pursuing an eXtraor-
djnarily stupid policy in its eXtraVagaht
onnosition TO Canadian reciprocity. sum
ming up the criticisms Of these statesmen
they may he said to believe that the league
is guilty Of a reprehensible lack OF faith III
the protective policy or OF amazing SUI
niditv and shortsghtedness. If me league
believes. they argue, that the extremely
limited letting down Of the protective bars
involved i'm the Canadian agreement Is
ooinc 10 prove to the public that the policy
Of protecting American industries IS
falscv. then it is wofully lacking in faith
in that policy. And ITS hysterlcal pro'es's
against reciprocity certainly anord some
basis for such hypothesis The reci-
&c friends submit. has
no fixed tenure, and if II should prove nan
as bad as the league and its other enemies
insist the demand for its repeal would be