The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-12-28
news FROM OUR
| NATIONAL CAPITAL
First Month of Session is Un-
fruitful, as Usual, Though
Talk is Abundant. !

Washington, ID. C.-Congress can.
not point with pride" to what 1t has
accomplished during the two weeks
vious to the holiday adjournment.
For all practical purposes there might
as we'll have been no ,ssion until
after the 1st of January.
The few weeks Of the session this
year have been less profitable than
heretofore because the time was not
even devoted to reorganization of
the committees and organization of
the new congress.
Talk is Abundant.
There was plenty of talk, even
more than usual. If it keeps up 3
may expect a very crowded Congress.
ional Record. At the very outs It
members began making campaign
speeches. The overburdened Record
is already daily evidence that con-
gressional campaign is approaching.
Home consumption" speeches are
filing the columns either when spok-
en- to empty benches or under the
"leave to print" concession. And the
disposition last session to stop the
latter practice has not been manifest
ed thus far.
Many White House Gifts.
When Santa Claus visited the
White House he found no Christmas
tree to dress, but remarkable col
lection of gifts from all over this
broad land which had been accumu-
lating for the past two or three days
as rapidly as the express companies
could deliver them.
The Christmas dinner was served
Monday night with only members of
the family seated at the table. No
guests were invited.
Following the rule which President
Taft has observed since he entered
| the White House. no list is obtain
| able xof the numerous and diversified
lIpr+rsf urhinh- --haya- been sent him
NJ relatives, friends and
admirers throughout the -
These gifts are delivered direc
the White House and do not -
through the hands of the clerl !.
force in the Office building.
Tariff Battle Likely.
Representative Underwood states
that the Democrats will take up the
revision of the tariff Immediately af-
ter the holidays, and undertake in
the next few months revision of all
the principal schedules of the high
| Payne-Aldrich law. The Democrats
of the ways and means committee
will start work on schedule X as
soon as they can check the report Of
the tariff board and at the same time
the Republicans will begin work ON a
bill of their own, although they can
not hope to pass 1t.
The opening battle probably will
center on schedule X, long regarded
as the citadel of protection. The
Democratic house proposes to revise
the wool, cotton. chemical, iron and
steel and metal schedules. The tariff
board has furnished mass of data
on the wool schedule and will follow
about January Is with report on
cotton. These reports will be inter-
esting sidelights on the tariff contro-
versy Republican members of the
ways and means committee contend
that the tariff board report justifies
a protective tariff, even though 1t re-
commends material reductions in the
Payne law rates.
The insurgents of the house will re-
fuse to stand by their Republican
colleagues unless they propose bill
that really makes substantial reduc-
tions, especially in schedule X.
National Capital erevitIes.
1t is now practically certain that
Roosevelts name will be presented at
the Chicago convention.
William F. McCombs has assumed
the management Of the Woodrow
Wilson presidential campaign.
Elaborate general regulations for
the protection Of explosives and other
dangerous articles shipped by freight
and by express have been issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
1t is said there are serious differ
ences Of opinion over the report Of
the national monetary commission be-
tween Chairman Aldrich of the COM
mission and Congressman Vreeland
Of New York.
Now that members of congress
have in large numbers gone out of the
city for the recess. the president ex-
poets the burden Of his once to be
lightened and he will take as much