Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-03-19

Monday in next December. There are
reasons for the desire of good many
of the Democrats to do nothing with
the currency until six or eight months
additional time has been given the
financial experts to study a plan which i
they think will meet with the approval
of the county. la 70 IL
AS for the tariff. the Democratic
majority says that it is not going to I.
tinker with It," for the term implies
simply patching and repatching. The
Democrats apparently think that they
have already outlined a tariff program
which will prove to be constructive
and which will stand the test of time
and business. What the dominant
party fears moro than anything else.
and its members are free to say so
privately, that some Of the provisions
Of the new tariff law. when they 80
into effect, materially will hurt labor.
A good many Of the Democrats do not
express the fear In Just this way.
Some of them actually believe that II
the excuse Of an experimental low
duty is offered that some great con-
Germs may discharge parts OF their
working forces. lay It to the tarih. and
trust to the discomfort which 10
aroused to reopen, the whole tariff agi-s
tation and possibly to bring back high
tariff conditions once more.
House Majority for Reductions. $5
The Democratic house leaders In
the congress just ended and who UNI
questionably will be the leaders in
the next house do not seem to be In
tn least disturbed about the ability
OF the Democratic party to put
through the lower chamber quickly
and in order" just such tarin meas
ures as the ways and means commit
tee shall outline. IS
Take the house all in all and
vast majority OF it, members ~ the
body is at present constituted 10 in
favor Of tariff reductions. There are
among the representatives, a. among
the senators, some Democrats OF high
tariff tendencies, but the majority OF
the members OF that party In both
houses. and great majority in the
lower house, are In favor Of reduc-
lions, and with them stand Republic
ans Of the house and senate Of the
Cummins and LaFollette school. and
also the members of the Progressive
party, of whom In the new house there
are 10 and in the senate three or four.
1t can be seen from this that the
house will have little ifnculty in put
ting through such tariff measures az
the Democratic ways and means COM
mittee shall prepare, and It Is believ-
ed that the measures will call for
radical reductions in some cases and
have what may be called conservative
ly radical reductions In other cases
The senate. however, as It win be con-
stituted, will not stand for the deep
cuts which the house Intends to make.
and 30 the chances are there will be
compromise.
Sounding New Members
Members OF the new lower house
OF congress are coming into Wash
ington in numbers day by day.
The Democratic and Republican lead
era are sounding out the senti-
ments of the incoming members OF
their parties. primarily In most DELI
icate way. to find out definitely just
what their "factional Affiliations" are.
The Democratic leaders want to know
whether the incomers are extremely
conservative. just plain conservative,
progressive. or radically progressive.
and the Republican leaders are trying
to find out just about the same things.
The leaders Of the house Democ-
racy IL man Of marked conservative
tendencies. He says SO and his acts {
prove him so. It must not be under
stood. however, that he 10 not progress
sively inclined along lines which he /
considers safely progressive. His OPP
ponents In his own party say that he}
considers few things safely progres-S
sive and that therefore he Is definitely
conservative. The great majority Of
the Democrats In the next house will
be men who call themselves progress
sives and who are known at home a.
such. This majority will have q
marked influence on legislation and Cd
the UNFOLDING Of President Wilson'S
policies. which everybody here be-
Ieves will be advanced. It is not
thought in Washington that even the
conservative leaders Of Democracy In
the house will attempt to prevent the
passage Of Legislation that Mr.. Wilson /.
may recommend, even IL 1t appears to
them to be cover radical"
Aside from the tariff. which viii
take up large part Of the time Of
the extra session, and aside also from
currency legislation. which may or
may not be given consideration. there
will be thousands Of bills dropped into
the hopper" Of house and senate be-
fore ten days Of the extra session
have COMO by. These bills will make
provision for a multitude of things
which attempts have been made to
provide for before, but which have
failed for one reason or another.
Few new members Of congress reach
the capital without full belief in their 1
breasts that they are ordained to b
the makers of legislation which the
statesmen call constructive. . About
one member in thousand perhaps
leaves a lasting name In legislation
and 10 1t will be seen readily er cugh
how many Of the newcomers will be
disillusioned. and doomed to know
their disappointment before many
weeks OF the new session have
passed. Bill preparing is a regular
industry among congressman. The
measures are drawn. put into the
house basket, read BY titles, printed
and referred to committees, but the
overwhelming majority Of. them never
comes out Of the committee room with
any kind of report.
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Investigator--What, in your opinion,
is the secret Of good roads?
Downstate Chauffeur The secret OF
good roads is to find 'em!
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