The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-17
THE MAGAZINES
W|[LV||N FIGHT
Democrats and Insurgents win
Defeat The Plan
HIGHER RATE WAS OBJECT
1t Was a Measure Aimed to Punish
Publishers-Poll Of House Shows
Enough Votes to Reject Amend
ment-Labor Organizations Join
in the Protest.

of the magazine publishers against
advance OF the postal rate is won.
While there is yet some uncer-
tainty what the amendments fate
will be in the senate, a long and bit
ter opposition is certain. If it goes
through the senate, the house will
repeat the fight, and will defeat the
amendment.
This is regarded as practically GER
tain, on the basis of careful investi-
CATION of sentiment in both bodies.
Opponents of the measure expect IT
to fail in the senate; they are posi-
tive it will fail In the house.
Threats Of Extra Session.
Serious threats OF an extra session
of congress have been made, IL in
conference the conferees should at
tempt to force the higher rate into
the postoftice appropriation bill.
Senators La Toilette and Cummins
and other insurgents, backing Sena-
tor Bourne, the insurgent member of
the committee on postoftices, will
make fight that will bring out some
of the most acrimonious charges that
have ever been INDUCED in, in con-
nection with legislation since the
split in the republican party became
! serious.
The charges will be made on the
J senate floor. in the most direct terms,
that increasing the magazine rate Is
nothing less than punitive measure,
designed to punish the magazines be-
cause some of them have not been
friendly TO the administration. The
S same tactics will be adopted in the
] house, IL the amendment lives
/ through the senate storm and gets
back to the lower body.
That the increase is doomed wal
G made apparent yesterday wheh sey.
. erai democratic representatives re
J ported on polls they have been max.
q ing in the house. One OF them said.
II have found just one democrat
! who is going to vote for higher rates;
d and he frankly tells me he will dc
e so because the magazines have criti
d cised him severely. and he is willing
n to help punish them. :
= Another leading democrat, aftel
G canvassing another section OF tbs
3 house. said:
n THE insurgent republicans arr
y solid against the measure With posi-
e bly, two exceptions, and II is believes
Q that these will finally get In line
e The democrats will be led TO thu
l. fight BY Champ Clark, who is SO de
e termined that he would be willing Il
n risk the chance OF an extra session
Il II IL should be necessary TO proven
i the passage OF the postoffice bill
e Democrats all understand what TIL
u measure means. and they are agains
e II, with fighting clothes on.
u The magazine editors and publish
" ers who came to town hurriedly 4
IT oppose the increased rates, brough
e facts. figures. data, staistics-al
n kinds OF arguments TO show that III
q increase ought not 70 be made. The
didn't get very far with that sort o
70 the subject was as full OF politics a
" an egg Of nutriment. and that no
Ie body wanted TO be worried about th
y figures. Said one democratic leader
'e People who don't like magazin
70 policies and politics are in favor 0
IN Furnishing them with this advance o
II rates. People who are In favor Q
b. the magazines. their politics and pre-
a, grams on public questions, ar
ID against the increase: that's all ther
IT Is to IL.
The insurgents think the maya
zines had a big influence in bringin
about the successes OF insurgenc
and the overthrow OF the old Car
, rion-reactionary regime in congress
The democrats are convinced this
. the magazine influence was decided
l. in their favor in the recent campaign
y. because Of the massEine discussion
Is Of public affairs at Washington.
r. THE combination is going
In stand soiidly against the discrsnina
8, ing policy proposed: and goo
IS many regular republicans will stan
n with them.
cs "A leader In the senate who speal
p for the insurgent element there d,
% clarcd that be would not be surprise
r. 10 sec The postal contest force a
~ extra session, unless the amendmef
d shall b. withdrawn lie said the 81
" posltion vas prepared for extren
70 measures. aud that the eombinatic
OF democrats and insurgents woul
10 10 the limit II kill the advance.
:. Representatives OF the yariol
y tlassts III organized labor engage
- in the printing and publishing bus
:, ness have Arrived in Washington.
~ cooperate With the big force Of cd
J. tors and publishers who are ON Il
ground sighting the mail inereas
These point ont that under the Ia
manufacturing census the busine
he Of printing and publishing was n
IA seventh 10 the country. and IL one
ed which labor is highly organised al
Sc unusually we'll paid. The increa
mi Of postal charges is feared as sci
, lous blow 10 labor.