The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
LINEUP OF NEW
CONGRESS SPELLS
PROGRESS
House Of Representatives Has Been
Captured by Members Who Stand
Fol Legislation That the
People Want.
Majority of Special Interests in the
Senate Is No Longer Safe
and Sure"
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 10
The fight for peoples government
gains ground.
The old order i'm the house Of rep
resentatives has passed Cannon has
been reduced 10 the ranks. The ways
and means committee OF the Payne
Aldrich tariff has been abolished. A
new majority has been installed, with
new rules, new committees and new
declaration OF political purpose.
Gone are Tawney, Mckinley, Car
ter, Aldrich, Dick, Hale, kean. Bur
rows, Scott and a score OF others
whose names have become synonyms
for special privilege.
The house of representatives has
been captured by the people. And in
the senate the people hav good
fghting chanc.
There are To be peoples senators
on all the big committees. Men like
Bristow and LaFollette are to sit In
councils which have been conducted
under the private and exclusive man
agement OF Aldrich, Smooth, Hale and
the rest.
There are a dozen members OF the
senate who refuse to bow the neck "a
party rule when party rule means
treachery TO the people. Twelve pro
gressives, who are called Republicans,
will act together on all progressive
, legislation.
There are 20 Democratic senators
who are genuinely Democratic. and
there are 20 more who viii find II
harder every day 10 serve the big IN
terests.
The special privilege majority in
the senate is no longer safe. IL can
be sustained only by drawing on the
Bailey Democrats. The special priv
, ilege majority has lost its ablest leal'
ers-Aldrich and Hale-and must fall
back on such as Penrose. Bailey, Gal
linger and Lodge.
And in all these changes is seen the
verdict Of the people, pronouncihg
judgment against those leaders who
failed to keep their public promises
These are the results OF revision OF
the tariff in the interest OF the spe-
cial beneflciaries Of the tariff They
show what the people think OF a
cabinet which contains Ballinger
and a Wickersham. They are the
fruits of the compact between Taft
and Aldrich and Speaker Cannon
They are the inevitable consequences
OF the treachery OF a president who
pledged himself TO carry on the pro-
gressive policies Of his predecessor
and who deliberately turned his back
on his promises and betrayed his
friend
Ii required the fragrant injustice OF
the Aldrich tariff TO show the people
once for all how tariff laws are made
and what Is their effect Ii needed a
fWickersham In the department Cf
Justice 10 bring to light the full
iniquity of the New England railway
merger. II Ballinger had not tried TO
turn the power sites over TO the Gen.
eral Electric trust, and to surrender
the peoples coal to the Guggenheim' 3
conservation would have remained an
academic issue, 1t took Frank Hitch.
cock TO produce the Republican Pro
gressive league, and Lorimer case
10 bring about the passage-it soon
will be passed-of the Borah resolu-
ton
So the people have set on foot the
initiative, referendum and recall
even to the recall Of judges. They
have started the movement which
will end in popular election Of sena
tors. They have begun to adopt the
primary system for the choice OF
presidential convention delegates
They have taken over their house oi
representatives and are taking over
their senate. They are rescuing the
secondary cities by means OF the
commission plan. and in some locali