The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-08-01
Tariff Bill is Poser
To Near PIogTessives
Insurgent Republicans Whose
Constituents are Strongly
for Downwarn Revision,
Do Some Hard
Thinking
Senator Crawford, of South Da-
k0ta, on the Fence

washington. July 26. The tar,
III bill is worrying several of the
| United States senators who write
themselves down as progressive
republicans. The important
question that confronts these
senators is this: Is>the demo
cratic tariff bill any improvement
over the Aldrich Payne law?
This is question that certain
of the progressive republicans
are asking themselves. They
are getting advice from constitu-
ents to the effect that if the
democratic bill offers the coun.
try a better law than the Aldrich-
Payne law. then it is their duty
to vote for the bill.
1t is also being pointed out
that a vote against the democra-
tic tariff bill in the senate will
be regarded by the constituents
OF progressive republican sena-
tors as a vote for the Aldrich-
Payne law.
OCCUPANTS OF ANXIOUS SEAT
The eleven progressive repub-
llcan senators are Joseph l.. Bris-
tow, of Kansas; Coe |. Crawford.
of South Dakota; Albert B. Cum.
minis, of Iowa; Alse j. Gronna.
of North Dakota; Robert nj. La
Toilette, of Wisconsin; John B.
Works, of California; Moses E.
Clapp, of Minneso a; William E.
Borah, of Idaho; William S. Ken
yon, of Iowa; George w. Norris.
of Nebraska and Thomas Sterl.
ing. of South Dakota The one
Bull Moose senator is Miles Poin-
dexter of Washington.
Of the eleven progressive re-
publican senators, four will be
up for reelection next year.
these are Rristow, of Kansas;
Crawford, of South Dakota
Cummins, of Iowa; and Gronna,
of North Dakota. The problem
with these four men is whether
they can vote to continue the AL |
drlch- Payne tariff bill on the |
statute books and be reelected |
Under the new constitutional
amendment they will, of course, |
come directly before the people
for Endorsement.
SENTIMENT FAVORs THE BILL
If information received here is
TO be relied on. the progressives
Of all parties in the states of
Kansas. Iowa, North and South
Dakota are in favor of the dem.
,cratic tariff bill. 1t would be
gong too far to say that they
ndorse all the provisions of the
eeislation, but according to the
most reliable information they
10 regard the bill as a great i'm
)rovement over the Aldrich.
'ayne law. and are anxious to-
Zee it enacted as speedily as
possible.
FOUR HAVE RESPITE UNTIL 1871
Senators Clapp of Minnesota,
of Wisconsin, Poin-
lexter. of Washington, and
Works of California, do not come
lp for reelection until 1917, but
.ach is anxious, of course. to !,
maintain whatever political ad- .
'antage he may have at this
ime in his own state. Here
gain, according to information
hat seems to be entirely reliable,
he progressives, on whom these
enators must depend for politi-
al support, are very generally
n sympathy with the democra- !
ic tariff reform program. :
Citizens of Minnesota say that ;
5 per cent of the voters of that !
tate are in favor of the democra- !
lc bill. Some attempt has been !;
made to convince the farmers ,
long the Canadian border that :
he bill is going to hurt them, !
ut apparently the effort to i,
righten them has failed. !
Of all the progressive republi- II
an senators LaFollette probably