The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-01-09

| appointments and other appointments
to high government offices. Today
! there is not Democratic leader Ia
congress apparently who can say that
he knows one man who is certain TO
be appointed to high Office by the in
coming Democratic president.
Ever since Mr.. Wilson came back
| from Bermuda the Democratic leaders
have been comforting, with MIN,
! The trains between Washington and
| Trenton have been heavy laden with
| passengers of national prominence go
| ing to the source OF knowledge. to
| come back again with very littie
knowledge about the things of great
| est personal interest. Mr.. Wilson, the
returning Democratic leaders admit,
| is not of a mind to commit himseli IN
any way definitely upon the subject OF
! The composition of his cabinet until
he is certain that he has weighed all
the recommendation and all the Cd
| jections and has found out to the
nicely OF a fraction all that he wants
| to know about the men whom ne
would like to invite to membership ID
his official family.
1t must not be understood from
this that Mr.. Wilson has declined TO
talk freely with the Democratic lead
ers. He has had and is having con-
! ferences lasting for several hours with
the men of greater prominence In ms
party. 1t is known definitely In
| Washington. however that nine
tenths of the time consumed at the
conference Is given over to the dis
cussion OF policies rather than men.
| Mr. Wilson is anxious to learn from
| the men of his party of long expert
ence in congress just what chance leg
| islation which he may propose has
of being enacted into law.
Expects Antagonism in Senate.
The president-elect has keen APP
probation of the fact that the Dem
| ccratic membership in the senate Is
az uncertain quantity in certain mat.
ters Of party policy. He knows that
| there are ultra-conservative Demo-
! VI aus III lllt btIIdlt "IloDi llltii ihoiO
! progressive, or radical, If you will,
| brethren go so far as to call Repub-
| licans with little veneer OF Democ-
racy II Is known from what the lead.
ers say that Mr.. Wilson fears that
some Of his policies upon which he
will make strongly progressive recon.
mendations are not to the liking In
their outlined form, of some of the
| Democrats In the senate. So 1t Is
! that Mr.. Wilson Is anxious to learn in
advance from the members OF his
party just how much antagonism he
may expect in the senate, and what
! II anything he must concede in order
| to insure united Democratic support
of such legislation as he may pro.
| pose.
There Is some fear, It Is known, on
| Mr.. Wilson's part, that the Democrats
in the senatn will decline to sanction
tariff revision in the form of some OF
the provisions which will be put into
the bill by the house
Must Travel Old Road.
representative Oscar w. Under,
wood, chairman, and his fellow mem.
| bers OF the ways and means com.
mittee, are about to begin the hear
| ings which always come as pre-
Jude to the passage OF new tariff legis
lation The road which stretches be
fore the chairman and his fellows *
a much travelled one. The Republic.
uncontrolled ways and means com.
mittee went over it at the extra SEES
sion called by Mr.. Taft in 1909. A
Democraticcontrolled ways and
means committee went over 1T il
part when reciprocity was under con
| sideration; then the same committee
went over 1t again at the last session
OF congress, and now the ways anG
means members stand at the tape
ready for the signal to begin the
march once more.
Cynical laymen In Washington say
| that If the committee hears anything
| new on TIE tariff question during the
| coming weeks of patient or impa
| tient attention to the arguments OF
! importers and manufacturers, It will
be one of the miracles OF chance
The printed public reports OF the tar
III hearings during thu last -four
years make many volumes. Every
subject from acetanelid to zinc has
| been exploited for all that was In IL
| to bolster up the cause OF either
standpatism or downward revision.
Cuts May Not Be Very Deep.
It seems to be the belief OF most
students OF legislation, and OF the
| political trend. as it will affect legis.
lation. that the tariff bills, which will
| be passed by congress controlled
! by the Democrats and signed by a
| Democratic president will not repre-,
! sent "a cut to the bone policy" Ii
seems likely that the measures
| which finally will come out OF con.
gress will be considerably above a
! free basis Democratic leaders have
| said that they do not want to do any.
! some of them put II, which will give
| business a chance TO upset itself"
| The ways and means committee will
report downward revision tariif bills,
| but Just how deep the cuts will 20
must depend entirely upon tho results
OF the conference between leaders OF
! the different schools OF Democratic
| thought on tariff matters.
A new ways ana means committee
viii be appointed as soon as tbs new
| congress gets together, but nearly all
the Democrats IN the present commit.
| tee are certain OF reappointment.
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