The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-05-02
CONSISTENCY. HON. E. |. HAMILT TON
OF MICHIGAN ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Representative From Michigan Covers the Situation Com
peely. Points Out The Needs t the Republic Political
Sanity Necessary. A Fine Address.

| other mans job, II has generally been
considered necessary to assign some
other reason.
And inasmuch as the average man,
being busy about his own affairs,
knows less about tariff schedules than
almost any other thing, the tariff has
generally been regarded as an excel.
lent political issue, about which ora
tors can talk with fluency and impuu-
ity without knowing very much about
what they are talking about.
1t Is therefore fair to assume that
the tariff will again be the issue this
year.
constructive Statesmanship.'
AT time, Mr.. Chairman, when the
country was blessed with universal
welfare, and universal difficulty in
keeping up with it, and paying the in.
cidental expenses, the country elected
a Democratic House of Representa-
tives pledged to level down all the
high places, level up all the low plac-
es, to repair the crumbling edifce of
ruff from the hair.
And we shall, of course, be invited
with enthusiasm what the gentleman
from Missouri, the honored speaker
of this house, calls "the splendid rec
ord of the Democratic party for
constructive craftsmanship during the
extra session Of the sixty-second con-
gress," which he expressed the hope
would not be duplicated this session,
| II it we're not for higher considera-
iH5ns. the mere partisan advantage 10
be gained by such an object lesson
might warrant satisfaction that the
gentleman's hope of dupncation is be.
ing realized.
A Democratic majority in the ex.
ira session of the sixtysecond con-
gress, operating under dehorned
speakership, proceeded to reduce the
country to a state of apprehension en-
tirely surrounded by Investigations
and in about four and half months
passed three and half bills.
That is to say, it passed an appor.
tionment bill left over from the last
, congress.
II passed a so-called freelist bill sc
loosely drawn as to involve the gov
eminent in endless litization and to
leave the commercial community in
: disastrous doubt"
. 1t passed an antiprotection, tariff
, for-revenue.only wool bill which was
snapped in the senate for a protec
ton bin and lost its identity in con
. ference
1t passed cotton bill with which
, some time during the dog days last
summer, an anonymous steel sChed
I rle and vagract chemical schedule
a casually became connected and no
. body knew much about the cottor
! schedule, and nobody knew much
knew any more about the chemical
| schedule than June bug on a giant
firecracker knows about the chemical
I. contents of the firecracker.
D The constructive craftsmanship Of
= the extra session Of the sixty-second
. congress passed these measures
}. without taking testimony, but these
; gentlemen have the happy faculty OF
, being able to impart information with
, out first obtaining 1t and the net re,
, suit was three veto messages.
' Rules.
!, Gentlemen denounced the Payne
I tariff bill because opportunity was not
, given in the house to amend it gen
( orally, although opportunity was given
t to amend it in certain vital particu
lars.
, But when the constructive states
manship' of the extra session of the
/ siXty-second congress passed the cot
ton bill, amended by an iron and stee
schedule framed and reported by nj
committee and amended by chemi
| cal schedule framed and reported by
no committee, II was put through un
der rule, reported by a regenerateC
rules committee, permitting two hours
debate on a side and no amendments
and when gentlemen were being crit
cised for proposing to pass rule per
hitting no discussion and no amend
ment they did not deny 1.-THE!
passed the rule.
There had been arguments, essays
speeches and denunciations agains
, putting bills through under specia
rules. New members had made thei
> political campaigns upon the iniquit!
of rules and rules committees. and ha,