The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-11-24
DEMOCRATS MAY
TACKLE IMPORTANT
ISSUES IN CONGRESS
TARIFF, TRUST AND LABOR
QUESTIONS TO FRONT FOR
DISCUSSION.
WHAT ABOUT ;Ht RMAN LAM?
Chairman .4enry of the Rules Com
mittee Thinks Position of Party on
These Matters Should Be Defined
On Meeting in December.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-In the
opinion of Representative Robert L.
Henry, chail man of the House Rules
Committee, the coming session OF
Congress Should shape tnree great
national issues and define the Demo
cratic position on them. They are:
How shall the tariff be revised? How
shall big business be regulated? How
shall the LABOR question be treated?
/ Mr.. Henry has prepared a bill
which he will introduce upon the
opening day Of Congress, defining
just when business combination, in
( dividuals OF a set of individuals vio-
late the antitrust law. His oil is
in the nature Of a substitute to the
Sherman law, clearing up its ambi-
guities and Strengthening it. II
takes out Of the existing law the
rule of reason" legislated into 1t by
the Supreme Court, Justice Harlan
dissenting, and provides prison
stripes for malefactors of great
wealth OF course, Mr.. HenIys
greatest personal interest is in this
bill of his own, and he expects to
pass it through the House before the
end of the session.
1t was suggested to him today that
in recent letter to friend here,
Representative Oscar w. Underwood,
chairman of tie Ways and Means
Committee, used these words: Il am
thoroughly satisfied in my mind that
the tariff is the issue we ought to
push to the front this winter, and
keep it there. If we do, / believe
that it will prove a winning card"
Mr.. Henry al once made it evident
that he thinks there is room a. the
front" for more issues than the tar
liz no Chaii lHou VI l1S ftuloS COHl-
mittee, the third committee in the
House, and ranking members of the
Judiciary Committee, which will con-
slider his antitrust bill, he will COM
mand considerable strength in his
effort to get primary consideration
for his bill. He believes, he said to-
day, that while nothing should sub
ordinate the tariff issue during the
next session, on the other hand moth
ing should subordinate consideration
of the anti trust bill and a bill to pro-
vide trial by jury in the case OF in
direct contempt in Federal courts.
Just what will be the outcome OF Mr..
Henrys evident purpose to push
these measures, equally with the
tariff, can be judged in a measure by
what has happened in the past, and by
a memory canvass of the Democratic
side.
Heretofore, what Mr.. Underwood
wanted dore in the direction of legis-
latiye affairs has been dozen, because
he has been able to convince the
House and the country that he was
right. 1t is not possible that he will
agree to have the ANTITRUST and labor
questions given equal precedence
with that of the tariff, and general
prediction is, therefore, that they |
will not he handled with the dispatch
and defnitaness hoped for by Mr.. |
Henry ana Chairman Clayton of the |
Judiciary Committee. For, aside
from the different views held by Mr.. |
Underwood and Mr.. Henry, the latter
faces division II opinion in the Dem.
Dcratic side as to just what shall be