Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-05-10
DEMOCRATS IN POWER
FORECAST OF WORK OF THE
EXTRA SESSION.
Appointment OF Permanent TariY
Commission 10 All That the
Country May Reasonably Elk.
peet From Present Body.

With the converting OF congress- In
extra session the work OF the national
legislature 10 taken up where IL was
left on by the last regular session. al
though there will be no dovetaillng
or the activities OF the present session
with those Of its precursor. The
Democrats sway the extra session SO
far as the house Is concerned. The
insurgents have a grip upon the sen
ate through the elimination OF a
number OF regulars either by adverse
verdicts at the polls or by voluntary
retirement. Tho divided state OF con-
gress, with a Republican administers
acn In power. makes n complicated
Mutation from which II Is not easy to
S-cdict the working out OF Issues Yet
some things are clear enough. There
1fll be aroused much OF envy and
jealousy among the Democrats In the
house. and the plan proposed to have
The toga of Cannon enwrap four or
Ave Democrats OF goodly proportions
Is freighted with the hazardous ex.
perimentation that usually causes
nantles so worn to be torn to tatters.
The determination of policies will
be as difficult with the Democrats as
tho bringing OF the party's ADVERSE
ries into agreement. II was said long
ago by distinguished Democrat that
the Democratic party possessed the
votes To win elections, but Il was
handicapped by It's leadership. No one
would make imputations against the
ntt IN a. h..
the Democratic party in either house,
but the fact remains that here is n
congress OF Democrats brought to-
gether, representing wide divergences
or views, and representing as well ir-
reconcilable factional histories. In
such condition are active elements
OF confusion. There seems to be
some saving salt OF wisdom among
the Democrats who find themselves
thrust into responsibility through the
calling OF the extra session. and this
wisdom hns n decidedly negative
flavor. There appears TO be pre-
vailing Judgment that IL is better to
do nothing well than do something i'll.
IL may be assumed that the Demo
Gratis, using such judgment as they
may possess. will refrain from PERM
cious activity and chew the cud as
the president gives II to them. Thus
they will be as stalled cattle instead
OF being. as they have beei: for so
long, the lean and hungry kline OF the
wilderness The scraps OF Democratic.
fudge that they would have to subsist
upon during the extra session unless
they supported the presidential poli-
cies would leave them pitifully week.
In the contest OF 1912. Hence the
negative policy OF initiating nothing
seems 10 be fixed upon as the only
sane policy for the Democrats in the
house. To occupy the time during
the long-strung-out debates in the sen
ate over the reciprocity agreement
the house may enter upon tariff tin
keTiug, but Il has already been pro
posed not 70 recapitulate the investi-
cation made basis for the Payne
Aldrich bill. but simply TO secure any
supplementary material that may be
gained. This kind OF work will prove
time-killing and I'm the end innocuous.
So that the president may expect that
the only sensible form OF tariff legis.
lation that the Democrats can under.
take-the only kind they can afford
viii be turned to the enactment OF n
measure providing permanent tariff
commission