Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-12-26

ulSueartened Gaining one victory aft
er another gives us courage. and ! be
lieve this day is the beginning Of IA
quarter of century of unbroken Dem
Ocratic supremacy in this country"
What l said on the 3Oth day of Sep
TENDER holds good at the end of the
first session of the Sixty third con-
gress. This session was called to re-
wise the tariff according to Democratic
ideas. and that Is just what has been
accomplished. 1t has passed the best
tariff bill ever enacted into law, and
1t ought to remain on the statute books
longer than any other tariff act in the
history Of the country. Up to the
present time I have believed the Wal
ker tariff of 1916 was the best the coun-
try everShad. Now place the Under
wood tariff first and the Walker tariff
second. The new tariff has been made
to meet our times, which it does bet
ter than would the re-enactment Of
the Walker tariff.
Passage Required Hard Work.
On the floor Of the house ! congrat-
ulated every Democratic member of
the ways and means committee and
especially the chairman. Hon. Oscar
in formulating and carrying to success
full fruitiOn a great work l am the
only member Of the house. except
those serving on. the committee. who
was ever a member Of the ways and
means committee. and know the
up a tariff bill. 1t takes knowledge.
study, persistence and conscientious
attention to duty to frame and pass
a tariff bill.
A tariff law must in the nature OF
conditions in country with forty
eight states and 435 congressional dis.
tricts. with many diverse interests. be
more or less of compromise. The
new law is not just as | would have
written 1t nor as Mr. Underwood
would have written it, but it comes as
near to what both Of us would have
written as we could make it. 1t takes
at least 26S men to pass law-218 in
the house. 40 in the senate and | In
the White House These men. all be
longing to one party. have divergent
views on the tariff as we'll as on other
public questions. And they get TO-
gether talk them over and agree. That
Is a sensible way to do.
There has been heap of twaddle
set afoat about king caucus" and
caucus rule" Now. let's see about
that. The Baltimore platform prom
Used Il multitude of things Some We're
exceedingly important and some of no
so much Importance There were two
principal things in that platform which
we promised to do One Wa~ to ~
wise the tariff down. and we have done
that. There was no equivocation. men
tai reservation or purpose of evasioi
about that promise. and there has been
no equivUcation in redeeming that
promise. The promise second in i'm
portance was to give the country d
good currency system. and we are IL
the process of doing it. Int more aEoui
that later
just tbIlSlutl ibl IL lllblttIit tbt t'Al
tinual howl the Republicans and Pro
gressives have raised about legiSla
ton by caucus 1t is the most idioth
cry that hats assembled to heaven with
in generation The Payne bill
which the Republicans passed in loo'
was allowed to drag along with gen
eral debate for three weeks. which
does little good Then they allowed
two days under the five minute rule
the only opportunity where members
of the house have an opportunity to of
fer amendments. Then they brought
in a rule to jam the bill through. per
hitting four amendments but by
strategy we got five That general de
bate YVES allowed to drag along unit
they could "perSuade" enough Repub
leans to vote to pass the bill Whel
| say "persuade" want to be polite