The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-04
Senate Republicans Call At
tention to Fact That the
Underwood Bill Has
Signally Failed.
MEAT GOES HIGHER
THAN EVER BEFORE
Progressives Poke Fun at the
Democrats on Account of
the Presidents Remarks
on the Primary.
BY International News Service.

BY International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The resent
ment OF Republicans and the desire Of
several senators 10 talk about various
subjects, prevented vote again today
on the Kern caucus resolution for pro-
tracted daily and night sessions begin
ming at 10 clock in the morning until
the currency bill is passed.
Republicans have held the whip hand
for three days, and proved to the DEM
ocrajs that their programme is not SO
easy as they thought it might be, When
the resolution went over again this
afternoon, they appeared TO be salts
fled, and Senator Gallinger, Republican
leader, said the resolution might come
TO vote tomorrow Meanwhile, how
ever. the senate went ahead holding
night sessions.
Currency was mentioned today only
in the most Incidental fashion. The
day was occupied with Hetch Hetchy
principally, although there was brief
and characteristic Republican outbreak
against the new tariff law. When
Senator Gallnger asked the Democrats
if they wanted to jam currency through
in order to keep their promise that cur
rency legislation would help the tariff
bill to make times good, the Republican
leader touched upon the tariff to say:
Platform Promises.
"The Democratic platform promj sed
TO reduce the cost of living. One Dem
ocrat on this floor in debate said the
Republican tariff had placed burden
Of s400,000,000 on the people that the
Democratic measure would lift. May
I ask my Democratic colleagues what
they now have TO say about the high
cost Of living and the amount by which
it has been reduced7 Do they expect
the currency law they are to enact to
perform according to their promises,
as their tariff bill, which has failed to
maintain any promise made7'
Senator Gallinger read from numer-
Gus newspaper clippings TO show that
the recent Thanksgiving dinner was the
most expensive the American people
have had in twenty-five years. He
prove that Canadian meats shipped
across the line and admitted free of
duty, instead OF bringing down the
American prices, had at once gone up
to the domestic level without benefit
ing the consumer one penny.
Gronna's Fling.
Senator Gronua Of North Dakota
also had his fling at tho Democrats.
He showed from price quotations that
within few days after the tariff went
into effect the price of cattle when
purchased from the farmer had dropped
from 1 to cents n pound, but the price
of dressed beef TO the consumer had
gone up. The same was true, he de-
clared, in barley and other cereals.
"The farmer in practically every
thing hc raises since the Democr ratio
tariff gets less for his product and the
consumer is paying more, declared
Senator Gronna,
eyes" observed Senator Gallinger,
"this great panacea for all our ills is
not working out as it was hoped at
the time and as our Democ ratio broth
ers hoped it would work. There was
something wrong about that Democrat
ic prediction and | venture TO say now
that tho Democratic prophecy in con
nectiou with their currency legislation
will not come any nearer being true"
Republican Progessives today had a
lot Of fun with Democratic senators
when they called up President Will
sons Recommendations for n presi-
Dental preference primary and began
to prod them az to when they would
report such a measure to the senate. 1t
is no secret that the plan Of the presi
dent has always been unpopular among
the Democrats Of the senate. Any bin
even indirectly pointing in that direc-
ton has been smothered to death and
Progressives keenly enjoyed them
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