The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17
|lUsE LEADERS ARE
|LDS|NC THEIR GRIP
tonony No Longer Watch
vord of Majority in Lower
Branch of Congress.
DRK BARREL LOOMS UP
Ink and File Eager to Grasp
Fruits of the Victory of
Last Year.
,,-i.s In The Tribune.

aased Wire 10 The Tribune.
Dec. lG.-Thcre are
"a of ,lrop from big politics to
. u noIitics on The Democratic side
;he house of representatives. The
.ders are in DO wise pleased at the
ziestione. Unless they are able 10
~ the movement, they eau see slip
q from under them the big ground
.leh they attained ut the extra scs-
a last summer, with a. consequent
<erine of the party level in the cam
||cu in 1912.
5Tcar ". Underwood, the house lead
. had more than one hard fight during
4 extra session TO keep his colleagues
red up TO the big opportunity be
"a the party. vet be succeeded. His
.cess was due TO the policy adopted
4 tbe party at the outset, that OF e1"
Iding from consideration ycrything
4 few big matters.
Thus the tariff was set up as the
ding star and the house stuck TO
fanff. The extra session close /
"a the party record closely and
nply written and with the Demo.
|ss stronger from the standpoint Of
Htical strategy than they were at
! outset.
n was Mr.. Underwood s intention at
4 present session to keep the tariff
1feptly IN the forefront and TO at
1pt little else, except the passage
HE necessary appropriation bills.
Winter Programme.
he winter programme was 10 in.
|ie an onslaught against the Payue-
5rieh tariff, under the generalship
Nj Underwood: against oxtrava-
Re under the leadership of Chairman
GERALD Of the appropriations com"
ZEE. and by The heads OF other CON
lees which deal with money bills.
||f and economy were the watch.
|Is Some trust legislation was con.
red possible, although not prob
principally because of lack OF time
dealine with such big subjects.
| te tariff programme Is not under.
n yet. Mr.. Underwood has been
Ing TO hear from the president and
tariff board.
be economy programme is not only
|oW the horizon, but it looks As II
b house already bad made it impos-
||c for il ever TO rise.
Fcnsion and pork barrel legislation
Fe raced to The front with the legis,
We bit in them teeth, with Under
|od, Fitzgerald and other copscrva-
lea.lers hanging on to the relns
ing to stop fbc runaway.
Sherwood Bill Not Economy.
Whatever may be the merits OF the
ffTood pension bill, ii was direct
'ntioD Of the economy principles OF
house Democrats. 1t may add S75,
|pD0 year 10 tho government cH-
1diturcs. il was passed bv congress"
n who believe the soldier vote i'll
d respective districts may be cap
ID thereby, II takes courage to fight
1onslon bill, but the far-secing lead
Qf the Democrats tried TO iustil 1t
\ the rank aud file. They failed.
1Sion legislation looks good to the
|prlty party IN tho house.
md now the public building bill is
De tried out. This is pure and SIM
pork barrel legislation. 1t may car
4e,oo0,000. Nobody claims there
~ craftsmanship in il, OF that there
uything conservative with 1T ex-
the construction Of tiue buildings
weful towns all over the country.
aier on there will be another pork
Fel to be tapped, unless the leaders
nead off the present scramble. This
come IN connection with appropria-
q Tor rivers and haThnrE
What Will Happen2
Z these bills arc to become laws. the
1lar appropriation bills which pro-
Tor carrying on the functions Of
government. will have TO be cut to
e skeletons iu order for the Demo
s TO say they have practiced
ponly. But there is a point beyoDl
+en they cannot he shavel without
eirlng the efficiency Of the depart
MS. Therefore unless the present
a can be stemmed there will be no
1omy whatever at this session of
ress, and there will be a Demo.
issue listed among the missing
the presidential fight next year
1ere than this, the conservative
!ocrats recognize that the adoption
ann bills that will sacrifice any
les present revenues is out of the
a,on II these expenditures are al.
ea to be authorized. One of the most
.ous criticisms on the Underwood
.1ufes last session was that they
;tlne t0r cut In revenues when 10
could be afforded. The proposed
wi'l carry this condition very
iiurther. This will necessitate a
'non of the legislative programme
~ 10 include some heavy interna!
1nne taSatioDs based probably upon
.fge Increase in the corporation tan
perhaps taking in some new
''es OF internal revenue duties.