Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
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!. IN TARIFF FIGHT
DO NOT HOPE FOR OR EXPECT
II LEGISLATION At THIS
\ - SESSION..
FORCE MEASURES THRU
HOUSE FOR POLITICAL EFFECT
Accept President Taft's Declaration
& That He Will Veto Bills Not Based
On Tariff Board Rsport-Dsmeerats
) 20 Make No Effort to Pass Wool and
Cotton Bills, So Reported On:
Especial Correspondents;


ESPECIAL Correspondence.i
Washington, Feb. "a remarkable
}plan for striking at President Taft and
his administration with the tariff weap-
on has been devised among democratic
Headers in the house, more especially
Headers on the ways and means com
mittee.
This plan is nothing less than to
force President Taft to veto two I'M
portant pieces of tariff legislation. the
/, steel bill and the sugar bill, and then
to drop the tariff so far as the DEM
ocrats in congress are concerned. Wlth
the record made up in this fashion, the
democratic leaders plan to go to the
country cpd fight the campaign o.
1912.
While 1T can not be said that the
ways are completely paved to carry
this program along to its consumma-
ton. efforts are being put forth in this
;; direction. The plan finds strong favor
among leading ways and means demo-
Gratis and there is much to indicate
that it will be carried out.
Program Revealed.
Viewed in this light, it is possible to
get a clearer understan ding Of the
democratic program as it is being car
He'd out, with respect to- tariff. First
! the house hurried thru a stee! revision
bill. A good deal of wonderment was
INDUCED in as to why the steel OIL
was thrust ahead of the wool bill and
the cotton bill, inasmuch as the tar
III board had reported on wool and
cotton. The steel bill was sent to the
senate and referred to the finance COM
mittee with the democratic leaders in
the senate showing every symptom OF
being determined to force it out OF the
finance committee If it were kept rest
ing there more than few weeks.
on the heels of the steel bill. it was
expected the bill for the revision OF the
chemical schedule would be pressed IN
the house. hut the plan now being
talked OF is to force the sugar revision
measure thru.
1t is confidently expected by the
house democratic leaders, and there
see-rs warrant for it, that the senate
insurgents and the democrats OF that
body Will unite to pass both a stee
bill and sugar blk
Then What Will Happen?
s.. President Taft has made 1t plain tina,
The will veto any tariff bill not based
ION a report of the tariff board. This
means that she will, veto both steel
I bill and a sugar bill II they are put
Iup to him. d. b;.
..passinR tariff bills but they are not
going to crowd them. apart from steel
already passed, and sugar That ex-
lplains why imuch time is now BEING
/ taken up with other matters than tarin
on the floor OF the house. Appropri-
ations will be given ample time. mus
tariff will be held in the background u
/ a certain extent.
| Now when the president vetoes
steel bill or a sugar bill or both o.
them, the democratic leaders are 60
ling to receive the news about thus:
t. THE president has vetoed a bill thai
EWas calculated to strip undue protec'
i'tion from the steel trust and another
which was calculated to remove shell
ter from the sugar trust. What's the
Euse Of us trying to put thru any more
tariff legislation. Let's pass the appro.
priation bills and go home and appea
Ito the country to send to Washington
Ian administration, senate and mouse
THAT will pass tariff legislation that vii
frealy give the people some relief.
f., Would Prove Big Asset.
/ It needs no diagram to point ou
that such a. program, we'll carried out
;would prove big asset to the demo
:crats IN the coming campaign.
Ewould make, 1t. possible for the demo
Ecratic campaign orators, from ever!
stump, to proclaim that a republican
president, after vetoing wool bill. hat
Icome along and vetoed steel and ga;
[bAls designed to remove some of tn
burdens from the people. 1t would b.
Epointed out that this had been done II
Espite of the fact that large numbers q
En,oeressiye Republicans had voted 70
Ethe bills. {.
Want TO Keep Tariff An Issue.
II has. been remarked by some Of tn
Republicans In the senate in the cours'
Fol- the session that the democrats wer'
tshowing signs of not really wanting
tariff legislation put on the statut
kbooks this year. The disclosure OF wha
Eis being planned in ways and mean
tbears out this view. The purpose
undoubtedly to finish the session Wit
the tariff record in such shape that ]
4 will {, initiate to the advantage Of tn
democratic, party in the campaign an
will bring down on the president. II n
il renon1inated. the wrath 4 OF ever:
imam who Is anxious to have tarin
Eloweredt especially the steel tarin an
the sugar tariff.
i Nswsy Notes From Hampton.