Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-03-31
/. NEW SERIES VOL. XVIII.

made. the opponents Of Mr.. Penrose
Withdrawing their opposition to him
as finance chairman provided he. Is
not made the leader.
There will be Republican majority
In the next senate Of only about six
members and the progressives of the
party hold the balance OF power.
There has been an intimation that
they might join with the Democrats
to the extent of. preventing the Sc
lection Of Mr.. Penrose as chairman OF
the finance committee
Talk Of Compounds.
II seems most likely that all the
Republicans of the senate will go into
caucus and that some kind Of COM
promise will be reached by which the
insurgent-progressiv minority will be
given good representation on many OF
the important committees and that In
exchange opposition to the naming OF
old-time regulars as committee chair
men will be withdrawn.
President Taft. 1t is said, is looking
forward with a good deal Of anxiety
to the probable legislative course Of
the next senate. There are Democrats
In the house of representatives who
believe that II they are moderate IN
legislation the progressives In the SEN
ate will join with the Democrats to
put the legislation through. Presi-
dent Taft has intimated recently,
through an interview given out by
Representative Mccall of Massachus-
etts, that he would use the veto power
to prevent the enactment Of tariff leg
islation of a nature to undermine the
principles of protection.
Before Mr. Taft would enter the
field as candidate for the Republican
nomination for the presidency he said
that he was to considerable extent
downward revisionist and that he
wanted his party to understand this
In advance. There Is a feeling in
Washington that the president might
sign a tariff bill Of Democratic origin
provided 1t simply cut some Of the
schedules which are supposed to af-
feet the price Of living. Mr.. Taft's
concern about legislation under
Democratic house has 70 do principal
ly with the thought that legislation
may be put through which from the
point of view of some Republicans
might be moderate and yet from the
point of view Of the president might
not be moderate enough
Minority Leadership.
G~-o&1- N0nau ~ Mfaotogfrnl xyhn
will leave the senate ON March 4, has
been the Democratic leader through
the present session. The question of
the minority party leadership Is agi-
tating the Democracy Just as the COM
ing leadership of the majority is agi-
tating the Republicans. II is possible,
perhaps probable. that Senator Bacon
of Georgia will be given the chieftain-
ship, but this matter is still unde-
cided
: John Sharp Williams OF Mississippi,
who for several years was the leader
Of Democracy In the house, will sue
coed Senator Money in the senate.
williams is able and aggressive, but
the fact that he is a new member of
the senate will prevent his assum-
ing anything like leadership for long
time to come.
Democrats Plan Revision.
Final and definite statement can
be made in regard to the tariff
revision plans of the Democratic
majority in the next house of repre-
sentatives. II there is an extra session
the Democracy in the house will fol-
low one of two outlined programs.
There is at present a difference Of
opinion among the party leaders as to
which Of the two schemes is wisest po-
litically and legislatively speaking, but
an agreement will be reached soon.
II President Taft should call con-
gress together in extraordinary session
the Democrats of the house may put
reciprocity through and reserve the
tariff revision legislation for the regu-
lar session. The other plan is to re-
wise four or five of the Payne-Aldrich
schedules and to tack reciprocity on
to the resulting bill. This would put
the matter up to the senate in q way
likely to secure considerable Republic
an support, and thus a Democratic rev.
enue measure might go through the
senate. and II the revision was not too
drastic in form. President Taft might
sign it,
II there Is no extra session the Dem
ocrats of the house at the next reg
ular session viii revise the tariff In a
number of its main schedules, but will
not attempt general revision. The
idea Of the Democracy is apparently to
go rather slow in the matter Of chang
ing the schedules. The leaders have
preached the advisability and the wis
dom of this. and they hope that even
on the eve Of a presidential campaign
some Of the senate republicans will
support q measure which meets to O
considerable degree the views express
ed by them when the Payne-Aldrich
bill was under discussion in the house.
Tablets for Washington shaft.
The states of Oklahoma. Idaho, Colo
RADIO and Washington are to be asked
to place memorial tablets in the Wash
ington monument Every state in the
Union except these four is represented
In the great stone memorial by tab
lets.
Persons who walk up or down the
stairs in the Washington monument
are given an opportunity to study the
inscribed stones given by the various
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