Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-05-10
SPECIAL WASHINGTON coRREs,
PoNDENcE.
REAcTloNARY FORCES STILL
STRONGLY INTRENcHEp I'M
NATIONAL SENATE.
BY Clyde II. .ravenner

BY Clyde II. Tavenner.
That reactionary re publicans in
the Senate are lying in waite for the
farmers free list bill and other pro-
gressive legislation passed by the
Democratic House, is becoming more
evident every day. The motive is two
fold, to protect the profits of the tar
liz trusts, and to prevent, if possible
the Democrats from carrying out pro
misses made to the people.
The group of Senate Tories is still
able to exert tremendous influence
upon legislation. Having packed the
important committees with men w OIL
take the corporation viewpoint of the
particular legislation to come before
those committees, the reactionaries
are in position to continue serving
special privilege by obstructing and
perhaps preventing the passage of
measures desired by the people.
Those whom the public may safely
rely upon to oppose most Of the pro-
gressive House, measures are CALM
geer, Smoot, Lorimer, Guggenhein,
stephenson, Lodge, Oliver. Warren
Perkins, and a dozen others,who will
at all times have the hearty cooper
alton of vice-President Sherman.
Back Of this group Of reactionar-
les are arrayed the tariff Ntrusts,
the railroads, Wall street, Standard
Oil and the balance of the organic
ed wealth Of the country.
/. The democrats and progressive re-
publicans are pitted against this
combination. The two forces will,
when necessary, combine to pre-
vent the passage of bad bill, but
> they will be helpless at times to pre-
vent the Tories from obstructing the
passage of Democratic legislation
such as the free list bill.
+ About the only thing the average
citizen can do is to keep, tab on the
votes of his individual representa-
tive in both House and Senate, not
ing particularly whether they vote
n for or against legislation desired by
the people, and when election TINT
!. rolls around to act accordingly.
Aldrich, Senator De Facto.
Cooperating with the group Of sen
III ate ToSies that is planning to inter
fere with the passage Of such anti
!. trust measures as the free list bill
!. is Nelson Wnmarth Aldrich o
Rhode Island. Nominally Mr., Aid
rich is connected only with an inst
d tuition of his own creation, calle
l. the monetary commission. The CON
mission has a suite Of rooms ad
joining the rooms occupied by tn
finance committee, to which tn
IS free list bill will go,
= If it should happen, opines tn
n Cleveland Press, that the door wer
a open between the rooms of the f
lance committee and the rooms 9
he monetary commission, it Nigh
happen that former senator Aldric
le might communicate with Senate
IS penrose, tile new chairman of tn
70 finance committee, and thus tn
.itular leader of the senate majol
q ity might have the benefit Of tn
u views OF the ex-leader (and possibl
r. leader de facto) of the United State
+ Senate.
j, AS matter Of fact, Mr.. Aldric
Z keeps in as close touch with tn
= men he trained to be reactionarie
II as when he was himself membe
al of the senate.
ID Taft Antasonfzes Prosressives.
), President Taft took the leadih
part in the fight against giving til
progressive republicans Of the SCI
'r ate the committee places they d
r. manded, which fight resulted
in leaving all the big senate committee
the same citadels of special priv
lege that they were in the previot
$ congress.
IS Before the republican caucus VIZ
Is held the regular republicans of tt
70 senate signed an agreement /
: which they agreed to give the pr
gressives a one fourth represent
IL ton on all the committees. Sena
IL or Penrose, who signed the agre
~ ment for the regulars is said
IL have bitterly arraigned his regul
colleagues for putting him in II
position of breaking his polite
u word, which he declared he had {
le ways especially prided himself upt
t. keeping inviolate.
10 1t now developes that Penrose
breach Of faith with the progre
sives was forced by White Hou'
pressure. President Taft conside
IN progressives like La Toilette h
Of personal enemies, and he does n
NJ want them in position to ASST
in: bringing about the passage of lie
- slation like the farmers free Ii
Us bill, which they could do by combi
r. ing with the democrats if given Il
Of representation on the big committee
to which their numerical strengF
entities them.
re Schedule "k" Is Next.
IT, Schedule K, the .joker-filled wo
schedule Of the Payne-Aldrich ia
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