Evening star., 1911-06-03
CIoakroom Gossip of Demo-
cratic Meeting.
PRESENT DEFIANT FRONT
Resolution Brings Outward Unanim-
ty, If Not Inward Harmony.
HOUSE PROUD OF ITS RECORD
Leaders Declare Party Has Re-
deemed Pledges Made to Country
Prior to Last Election.

Only few rumbling echoes of Thurs
day nights storm In the democratic eau
Gus are heard. and then only in the pri-
vacy of cloakroom and committee room
Following the adoption of the compromise
resolution, which brought outword una
ninlity, IL not inward harmony. the demo-
crats are presenting defiant front to the
opposition.
To be sure. the Bryan men look a little
bit sheepish. although they admit that
they fell into the hands of the shearer
and were shorn. while the House leader
ship has contented expression Of the
cat that has swallowed the canary.
The text Of the compromise under which
the Bryan men and their new allies from
the eastern manufacturing districts aban-
doned their fight for free raw wool is as
follows:
That the bill revising schedule X. as
presented to this caucus by the majority
members of the ways and means commit
tee, Is not to be construed as an abandon
ment OF any democratic policy; but in
view OF the democratic platform demand
Tor gradual reduction of the tariff and
or the depleted and depicting condition of
the public Treasury, tariff of 20 per
cent ad valorem on raw wool is now pro-
posed as a revenue necessity.
Not Acceptable to Bryan.
That the compromise was not accountable
to Mr. Bryan was evidenced by a state
ment which he made at st. Paul yester
day He declared that the contest was
'waged upon a false basis" and he
doubSed If the public would be deceived by
the claim that the duty is levied for reve-
nue. He insisted that revenue could be
raised with more justice by a tax on raw
SILK or raw rubber. and he insisted that
the tax on wool would never be thought
OF but for the protective benefit 1t is sup
posed to bring to wool growers
One outcome OF the action Of the caucus
IS thought by many democrats to be
demonstration that Mr.. Bryan has lost
his hold upon the majority of the House
and that the democratic party in that
body Will hereafter insist upon outlining
It's own course freer from suggestion from
him.
The republicans were very much dis
appointed over the democrats getting to-
gether. and more over their rejection Of
Iree raw wool Republicans had hoped,
aitnouen 1t was a forlorn hope from
the begfnntngs-that- the-demucrats might
strike down the wool-grow1ng industry of
the country and open the way for them
to win back Ohio. and strengthen their
hold In the Rocky mountain states
through such an assault upon the farmers
The democrats in the House are highly
Sratified over their work of the session
thus FAR. They claim they have fulfilled
promptly the promises they made to the
country at the beginning of the special
session. and that their accomplishment
has been accompanied by utmost harmony
The democrats point to their record Of
passage of the following bills:
Record Of New House.
agreement.
To provide for greater publicity Of cam
paign contributions.
To submit a constitutional amendment
looking to the direct election Of the
United States senators by the people.
To place upon the free list many arti-
To admit to statehood Arizona and New
Mexico.
Chairman Underwood of the ways and
means committee expects to take up in
the House next Wednesday the bill to
revise the wool schedule and thinks that
probably ten days will be sufficient for
its consideration and passage by the
House.
various investigating committees which
are now at work will turn up something
out of which the democrats may make
political capital. The steel trust COM
mittee is the only one thus far to dig up
material which seems to be attracting
interest. and q great deal OF this testi-
mony is a rehash of matters heretofore
discussed.
Committees Work Hampered.
The sugar trust investigating commit
tee Will go ahead June Z. but it Is ham
pered by the fact that prosecutions are
now pending In the courts against the
American Sugar Refining Company, and
the committees work may be circum-
scribed by the danger of rendering Inn
munity to the trust In too free exami-
nation Of witnesses.
The activity OF the House In passing the
measures noted is not likely to result in
complete fruttion Of legislative effort at
this session. The Senate has not the
least Idea OF taking I'D either the farm
egs free list bill or revision of the wool
schedule this summer. and those meas
uTes are likely to have a prolonged stesta
In committee pigeon hole.
This prospect, however. does not dismay
the House leaders. The say that the
country will give the new House credit
for what 1t has done. and hold the re-
publican majority In the Senate respon-
sible for what II may not do, and that
In the end the democrats will derive
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