Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-30
wHAT PRocREssIvE mEMBERs
or THE Next CONGRESS
ARE TO DO.
10 HOLD THEIR OWN CAUCUS
my VIM introduce BiIis Based sn
Ptatssrm.. Especially fer Ame'lora-
Naon q LaborOr'O cendItIen and tee
AboltIon o. Child Labor. ,



their Political amIlation In the legis-
htfvo plans Of the Progressive party's
representation In the two houses Of
tie next congress. People apDarsntly
want 10 know what the P~rogTessiyeS
intend to do through their represents
taves In the house and senate wheA
President-eleck Wilson calls congress
together IN extra session. It IL pos
mhle today to give On suAfcieAt an
thority some Of the ~legislAttve plans
e the Progressive party'S leaders and
MOmheu-elect % congress.
In the house Of representatives In
the SlxtykAlrd congress there win b
nineteen merabers 20 hold, ProgressivO
credentials without any hyphsn before
or after the name. In the senate
there win BE two ~ProgreSsfves, but
hofOeo they can % b0 written down
thoa win b . necessity Of removing
Nd at present existing hyphen Which
helps - designate them - Progress.
stV0RopabiicanG
They WonH ~0o ov0e.
In the next house It n the intention
Of the nineteen PFogrossiveS-k h
possible there may be one " two
more than this number-to hold q eau
Gus Of their own and to demand
proper committee representation Il
% the expressed determination Of the
leaders Of the Progressive party now
here 70 refuse to listen to any over.
lures from Progressive-Republicans to
30 yer to them on any line Of leg1S
nmAR~A AAGAA~A ma DNA~~AmmA~M
leaders say that the new party mem
bers will be perfectly willing to ac1
with the Progressive-Republieans on
many lines Of legislation, but that the
Progressive-Republieans must come
over because ~Progressives are deter
mined not to take the initiative and
to ego over"
It II the intention Of the Progress
sives In house and senate when the
new congress meets to introduce bills
which ifSthey should become laws Win
effect the planks of the Progressive
party's platform. The P~rogreesIves
intend IL they can to beat the Pro
Observation-Disclosures In the race to
the bill basket" at the opening OF
the session. Men OF an parties In
Warrington recognise that there II
precious. little difference OF Legislative
Intention between the Progressive
Republicans and the Progresstves, but
the latter want to get first credit II
they "a for the introduction of
measures looking to the amelior1ti0a
Of the laborer's condition generally,
and to the abolition Of child labor IN
the United States.
viii Uurae Child Labor LaW.
There are OF course other measures
30 which the P~rogresBiveS ut once
win attach their evidences Of loyalty,
but their plan, is nrst to advocate bills
which are known specifically a. hav-
ing the sanction Of the delegates to
the party's convention at Chicago.
Some Of the Democrats In congress
are talking of the necessity Of intro
ducing Progressive measures akin 10
those which the Progressives intend
TO Introduce. It L. not likely that .
child-Iabor bnl win be a Of those
having Democratic sanction because
in the Democratic view a federal child
labor bill Ii unconstitutional, and Il
Is said that Woodrow Wilson believes
that all child labor legislation, or GER
tainly most OF 1t, should be a matter
for consideration and passage by the
individual states.
It Is known that every effort win
be made by the Progressives to ,se-
cure q foothold at least for child labor
legislation along the lines Of the Bev-
er1dge measure of some q since,
q measure which failed Of passage be-
aus Of opposition on the unconsti-
tutional grounds already noted. The
P~rogressives, 1t L. said, feel that child
labor legislation has q peculiar hui
manitarfan appeal which win keep ia
IS Q live issue until some law against
It can be put on the statute books.
Will Demand Committee Places.
Washington ID very much interested
In the outlook for committee appoint
ments for the members Of the new
party. The old method &C appoint
mentB 70 committees was changed
some time ago. The speaker Of the
house used to parcel out the commit.
tee places, but now the parties meet
In caucus and make committee MEM
hership states OF their own. OF course
the Republicans In the present on
ress and In the incoming ongress
are content 10 hold places as minor
fty members OF committees. When
the new congress gets together the
P~rogressives win demand their share
Of the committee places as members
Of . regularly constituted political
party.
The interest IN the matter, which IL
hOsA. Has 70 do largely with the mat
tor Of the recognition which viii be
given the new party members In com.
mfttee appointments. VIM they be
given . few choice places to the ex-
illusion Of Republicans, or must thew
be content In every instances to rank
IN the committed below the Repubh-
can membership? The answer a n
- made until March, but the gossip
abeut the outcome and the interest in
Il are lively.