The Washington times., 1912-11-10
.SENATE'S ECONOMIC
MIND IS PROBLEM
Success of Incoming Administration Largely Dependent
Upon Who Dominates Upper House of Federal Leg
islature-Body Always Hard to Handle.
BY JUDsoN C. wELLIvER.


Under the political surface. what Will
be the complexion OF the United states
Senate after March ~ Not Its politicai
divisions, but Its economic mind,' TO
borrow a phrase that is partly express
slve Of the idea; its economic and So
cial mind" would be better.
VIII the Senate. In short, be domi-
mated by those general attitudes and
PURPOSES which the Lodge Ga liing,s1
po,,,,hI,oo .. 49, ,Ia.,,,, ,o,,,,r,ons =
~ N "'' '"o -, a. -
Democrats nave Imposed on In the
past or will 1t derive It's color and In
snIratIo, fron, tho core-I,ca sort of
non,oora,. T., .,ia,oa ,,,h the old
DeIiioei"'S III nii'ahee WIN '"e W
ana hew-insurBent ana Progressive
Republicans?
Tbat,s tho reai ouestion on the an
". sei -. a..
s"er 10 whlch Will uepehu 'arsey .he
chance OF the incoming Administration
doing the things Il wants to do. II
do..n,, ,,,.Lo a, ,,,,oh a,0or,,ca wbetb-
uoes" '''ahe 81 '""@n u aN. 49,.
er there are TWO or iour OF hVe par''es
or groups In the Senate: II doesn't mat
ter whether the body Is Democratic By
ono o. ,h,.ao or tour or ponuh,,c.n hy
''' VI '"'.e VI io", " ep''.'Na" "
as many. But II Is important to know
which way the upper chamber will
.lean" on big. underlying. essential
,.I,a
'"'"e'' uxs .. u
nard 10 manage.
The Senate isn't a very manageable
outat Mr r,.veland had n scnate that
80 rn,,,naI,, Dor,oora,,c h,,, 1,
was noihniahy DeHhoera'N' put IL
mussed UP his tarif program very sadly
and forced him to admit that his tariff
legislation failed to execute the party
- ,,. noo.a,,o,, aI,,,av. .oa hi,
s,,Ii shors "s n, tro,,hies viii the inner
aun NJ, Slia "a o NJ Tas, can chergs nm
ha,hoet, :. ,ho n,s anu NJ - hts ouvn nar,v In
~, 70 .ie l,isut .s ses Isr',,,,,io, W., ,ba arat
.nat npIy tne ioi ~. .i anu aeoIns az
Po"eIiu, iTipJitus pi, III lrba Sono,a ia n
, ,lia paLs ,t"ns ,.o 80 ,,nra IN rc
am, iam 1m,o ti,0o !, has hean disnoseI To- make
something of it's authority Of rejecting
or cohnII,s ppinIo, ana HANNA The
senate largely slrrendered its independ-
cnce in that direction and became q sort
OF rubber stamp that was autoInallc"ii; ,
atllNed 10 ,ha, ,'.a,, Io,eiv. and il
hasnt been tha' Wy No., tn f,,tmre
isnt hkely 10 DC niae "a! raaSs tha
postoftices i promised ,s ShTm r., IN lngpe. orpe.
10 get eIeS'oI, i, a',S ~ ' pros,dent IN order
tate itse!i Win une do,,ons artHe' occen,eS im
10 Bet Us u,i,h ,hn Sonatc IN order 10
@ anu ,hn,, iate, 'nrred WI r,sT Tba House would
srt them cTmiI'tu ,i,.id tos,s boSv If the
he agi,e little iGSisa'yS ,aHsn NNDIe;e,y pTn om, om
p9stoin.ses were .nNe,i o,T5 co,P'eS he a.
OF Ponucs' 80 'nan " s"Tiu a,inns. " ,,, M" 1or
peI'uei0. , ot sho ,h, ,o. stit, g. noIi,,cs and
ne ~, isn sn2SraS.,os H.S ac 20 n,n5,,ce tbam
me tiouse ise"peG,eu, ~ 80, " pns,ttS,o,s
'u1 tt,e peiiy"t ,,, vi s, uSt ,omn aho,,, ;h.
st,ao,n,, WI, oDf,, pt NV,ison ,,tii nx,ori.
,.n ,i,, ,h Id, na,,enrot IL
nee t,,,, H., ny II',sn h,;, a. ia eel
haiaerS9s,, The younS reeimcnt Of new
,,san,bers ,y,i, conon SUuis Washin, ,,on
rnoa,, tn do aho,,, ~, VI. Wiz, Iii.
,ban Is V;iso, Tnda ,hst Ehom,
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