Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-08
For Reorganization Looked
Into by Col. Fred Hale.
Prog. Republicans See That
Only Outcome Cannot Be Hurried.
Tariff Causing Strange Twists in
Democratic Arguments. >

A number of Ma;ne folks are .trayel.
ling this way. The tariff is bringing
some. Postoffiees are bringing. others,
or the hope of postotffces. Pleasure and
curiosity are responsible for other Wis
Its. Col. Stanley Plummer has recently
been sojoufning at the Capitol but his
visits here now are not to him what
they once were when his friend, Repre-
sentative D.. A. Alexander was in town
and they could hold reunions Col.
Fred Hale, of Portland, is also in
washington ard has been stepping
around at the Capitol. visiting with
some of the Progressive Republicans
lie talked with Representative Gard-
ner, of Massachusetts, the recent rails
er eff the liberal banner aloft', and he
also talked With Representative Len
root, of Wisconsin, another Republican
Progressive, who has always stayed
within the regular camp.
The Maine Republican representa-
tives in the House have been proceed
ing along the even tenor of their way,
without being over disturbed about the
reorganization of the party. as suggest
ed by Representative Gardner AS a
matter of fact wise men realize what
ever steps are taken will not be till
after quite Il lapse of time. There must
first be meetings of the various state
delegations, with Republicans in Con-
gress. to elect their members of the
Republican Congressional committee,
before the committee can itself organ
lie. or reorganiZe as Representative
Gardner would have it, But no steps
have yet been taken to call those meet
ings of delegations and none may be
talr
three Maine Republicans In the House
are concerned their selection Of men,
Der of the Republican Congressional
committee can be easily accomplished
Senator Burleigh. who, while a member
of the House, served long as the Maine
member of the Congressional commit
tee would participate in the meeting.
Rep. Guernsey, of the Fourth District,
is the present member of the Consres-
sional committee for Maine. and can
undoubtedly be reelected, if he wishes.
to serve.
The tariff people from Maine are peg
ging away in the hope of getting some
of the rates adjusted before the Sen
ate. There is small chance, except for
a few tidbits mere and there. w. r.
Pattangall is interested in some items
ed his intention of coming down to
washington for consultation over
them. Naturally his friend Senator
johnson, now chairman of one of the
subcommittees on Finance, which is re-
drawing the Underwood bill. would try
to help him out a trifie. But it is very
diff1cult to get past the Democrats of
the Senate with tariff changes.
WIZ \, hoy
ing about the best of the three subcom-
mittees. Associated with him on this
subcommittee (No. - is Senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia, man of ability,
and Hughes, of New Jersey who is
amenable to reason on legislative ques-
!, tions. They have the cotton schedule.
among other things, and the hopes
among the cotton manufacturers of eff
fecting some changes in that schedule
forsthe better run high. Senator John
son would possibly accede to changes,
increasing duties slightly for the high
er grades, and Senator Smith ssssiini-
larly minded. ia
The next two weeks promises inter-
eating tariff times for the crucial tests,
III to whether the Underwood bill shall
stand in all essential particulars
3 comes as IL is unCer cUHSiueIdtioI be-
fore the Finance Committee If there
IS to be a duty on potatoes. for in
stance. it apparently must be agreed
upon in the Finance Committee. Sem
ator Johnson is disposed to make his
hardest fight ON that item. because of
the injustice done to potato raisers, as
against those who raise other farm
produce.
Representative Guernsey has started
On a new tack in his fight to have
Maine Avenue in Washington raised
to higher responsibility. The Avenues
in Washington are named for the
states and every other New England
state is represented by splendid
thoroughfare at the National Capital
Connecticut Avenue, for instance, is
one of the splendid avenues of the city
and Massachusetts Avenue lis quite as
good, even if not better. Everybody
knows where Massachusetts and Con-
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