Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-14
Faced by Democrats with
Skilled Hands Gone.
Rem0deIing Process Before a
Cropping ]isunion.
Republicans Not Hiding Smiles as
Responsibility Settles.

| New York. Nov. ia special 10
tie New York Post aecords concise
discussion of the woes facing the DEM
ocrats. as follows
Practically all of the men who were
familiar with the general subject Of
| the tariff will be missing from the new
Congress If the new President con-
vokes an extraordinary session next
March to begin the work of fulfilling
the Democratic tariff revision pledge,
as Washington now expects him to do.
it will find in hand something far more
formidable than the simple matter of
taking up the subject where the most
recent ''reYisionsf left off. The tariff
bills of the last session, vetoed BY
President Taft, are not regarded by
those who watched their making as
very thorough bases for the work that
is now to be done. II was one thing
to put up to the President a meas
ure constructed largely for political
purposes and certain 10 meet with the
executive approval; 1t will be quite
another to make one IN dead earnest
for actual enactment.
President Is Amused.
The President views with something
very like amusement the situation
which confronts the Democratic House
as it goes to its work of revamping
the wool, cotton, and chemical sched
ules ION the level He expects to
get a considerable measure of revenge
out of the process and its outcome.
Other Republicans here look forward
TO the situation with great delight.
| Oscar w. Underwood, of Alabama,
who doubtless Will continue as chair
| man of the Committee on Ways and
| Means with which any tariff bill must
originate. has a tremendously difficult
/ task before him. He has lost from
| his Committee three OF his strongest
| Democratic lleagues-Randell, of
| Texas, who was not renominated, and
| James, of Kentucky and Huges, uf
New Jersey-both of whom now so -
| the Senate. There remain on the Com
lnittee virtually no Democratic mem
bers throughly informed about the
| tariff.
The chief of the Republican survi-
vors, Serene L. Payne. father" of the
present Payne-Aldrich Tariff law.
hardly can be expected to assist with
much enthusiasm in the first steps
toward a revenue tariff to supplant his
own. Daizell. of Pennsylvania Me
Call. of Massachusetts; Needham, OF
California. and Longworth, of Ohio
all of these either jumped, fell or
were pushed out of the House during
the late unpleasantnes Only Hill,
of Connecticut, and Fordney, of Mich
iean remain, Both are protectionists
il. toll
| ing what Democrats win supply the
places OF the three who are gone.
RANKING Democrat Protectionist.
The senate Finances Committee,
which. will collaborate upon any tar
| if bill, is in even more demoralized
condition TO begin with, its control
passes out of the hands of the Re
publieans, and OF its present chairman,
Penrose. of Pennsylvania who sue
ceeded Aldrich. Senator Bailey, OF
| Texas, the ranking Democrat, will not
| be in the new Senate Next in order
of seniority comes +. NJ. Simmons, OF
North Carolina, whose reelection, while
not yet accomplished, is assured. Sim
mons would become chairman. Sena-
tor simmons is not regarded as one
of the heavy weights of the State, but
that is not the principal reason why
| Democrats of both houses are already
protesting against his being made
chairman Of this all-fmportant Com
| mittee simmons is regarded as "a
proteetionist: his vote for the Payne
| Aldrich bill is now coming home 10
| roost" Sincere believers in tariff re-
| vision, 10 say nothing of revenue tar
| If. question the wisdom of having one
of the senator's known sympathies in
control Of the bill upon the evident
| good faith Of which the first impress
| sion OF the Democratic administration
| upon the people SO greatly depends.
| The other Democrats surviving upon
the Finance committee are Ctone OF
Missouri. Williams, of Mississippi;
Kern, Of Indiana, and Johnson, of
Maine. one need only reflect upon the
attitude of the states represented by
these senators toward reduction of the
tariff upon their products. to realize
the difficult nature of the task 10
which Woodrow Wilson must set his
hand when he becomes President. 1t
is no great wonder that Republicans
sitting on the fence. SO to speak, al
ready are gieefully shouting: go it,
) husband. go it, bear
|
II Central Grange.
Il Central Grange is TO hold a meeting
t al its han In FoNcroft, Nov. 90 wher
: an attractive program of musical Sc