The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-01
changes in these bills will depend up

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on the results of conferences between
the incoming president and the con
gressional leaders of his party.
Views Vary In the Party.
To give an idea Of how the Demo
Gratis vary in their views of the best
way TO approach revision. II might be
said that one Democratic member Mr..
Doremus of Detroit. has been bold
enough to tell his colleagues hat the
result of the recent election does not
prove that the majority OF the people
OF the United States desire deep cuts
into the body OF the rates.
There are views expressed Just
counter TO those of Mr. Doremus.
Some of the Democratic party leaders
want the revision to be "as deep as a
well'' and they say that the results
will in no wise be disastrous to bust
ness and that the only thing which
keeps the party tlmorous on the subject
is the assertion Of the opposition that
tariff for revenue only will mean
business disaster and the defeat OF
the Democracy at the next election.
The radical revision Democrats tell
their brethren that the last thing to
pay attention to is the advice Of the
threats of men who want to see tri-
umphant Democracy become defeated
Democracy.
May Not Resemble Former Bills.
Few Republicans and few Progress.
sive Republicans in Washington be-
lieve apparently that the next Demo
cratic tariff bills will bear any close
resemblance to those formulated by
the ways and means committee at the
! last session. Some of the Democrats
hold TO the views of the opposition In
this matter, although they content
themselves with saying that the wis
dom Of the ways and means commit
| tee can be trusted.
At the last session the Democratic
| tariff bills which passed the house
I were sanctioned by the senate only
after their form had been changed.
The compromise in the senate was eff
fected by a combination Of the Demo
Gratis and some of the Progressive Re-
publicans who are known as moderate
protectionists. II the Republican aid
had not been forthcoming the bills
which Mr.. Underwood's committee
framed and which the house passed
never would have reached the passage
stage in the senate.
President Taft interposed his veto
of the Democratic Progressive Repub-
lican measures of the last session and
there are some critics Of the con-
| gressional action who say that the
bills would not have been passed I'M
less ii was known that the president
was certain to intervene with a veto.
At the extra session which Mr.. Will
son will call for the purpose of revis-
ing the tariff, the customs bills which
are passed are almost certain to be
signed and therefore the men who
are responsible for their passage must
be prepared to take the full RESPONSE
bility for the laws when they go into
effect.
Lever Bill In Senate.
At the last session the house
OF representatives passed bill
framed by Representative Asbury
F. Lever OF South Caroline which has
for its object what may be called in
sense a subsidy by the government
in behalf of the agricultural interests
of the United States. In congress ag-
riculture has been spoken of as the
greatest profession" and the idea
of the bill is to combine a government
appropriation with an equal appropri
alton from each state which will grant
it for the purpose of paying agricul-
tural demonstrators who will go to
the different farms in their allotted
territory to give to the farmer the
benefit of experience and advice in
the matter of intensive agriculture.
The Lever bill is now before the
senate. and IL 1t passes and is signed
by the president, as it probably Will
be, it will virtually at once become a
law. II. however, the senate fails to
pass 1t at this session the measure
will fail and work on 1t must be be-
gun all over again IL 1t is the inten-
ton Of the promoters to continue their
labor In it's behalf. All bills die when
congress dies, and this congress
dies on March next.
Farmers Should Study Bill.
The Lever bill has been mentioned
in these dispatches prior to this,
There has been a good deal of inter
est in the measure. but It is suggested
to the agriculturists of the country
that they get copies Of the bill. study
il and find out II 1t meets with their
approval in all its details. Congress
is apt to pass a bill which Is backed
by letters OF approval from the men
and the communities supposed to be
benefited by it, and It Is likely to
kill a bill IL the letters concerning II
show marked disapproval or II ap
proval and disapproval are about
evenly divided
The Lever bill calls for a federal
appropriation OF 100000 to be ex
tended over a period OF ten years
, with the states Of the Union subscrib
, ing an equal amount. The author OF
the bill says that Belgium and Other