The Caucasian., 1913-10-09
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.


BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, oct ) Special. -
After the election last November tariff
revision was assured The Democrats
had captured the senate aS we'll as the
presidency and the house, and II WAS
certain that they would put into effect
their ideas Of tariff legislation About
eleven months elapsed before those
tariff ideas We're put into effect, most
of the time being consumed in actually
considering the bill.
There was scarcely time since the
election when men We're not at work
In one way or another upon the hiil
which has become law, so the delays
are not the subject of the criticism
that has been Showered upon congress
and its methods The tariff is rather
important and it takes time to change
MI those items in the different schea
ules. Besides, during all this delay
the county has had an opportunity to
prepare for the tariff changes.
One Of the Small Items.
One of the Items last to be settled In
the tariff bill and which at one time
seemed likely to end III disagreement
was the rate on zinc. 1t grew out of
political condition Back in 1905
Uncle Joe Cannon went down into the
Joplin district, the zinc region of Mis-
souri,, and found an old soldier, one
who had represented the district as a
Democrat years and years before and
was in 1908 running on the Rerub
lican ticket-and for a duty on zinc
Uncle Joe told those Joplin people that
If they elected Charlie Morgan to con
gress they should have n duty on zinc
became a storm center of the lhyne
bill but zinc had its duty. The Old
promise figured in the recent confer
ence and was fought up and down fol
long time before the house won its
contention and greatly reduced3 the
duty
Rivers and Harbors.
River and harbor improvements vii
not be allowed to lan@uish under the
new administration. President Wiisol
has signified his intention of speaking
| ut the coming rivers and harhors con
gress next December, just as his pred
ecessors in office spoke at similar gath
erngs Nearly every president since
| Mr.. Cleveland has been inclined to lib
eral appropriations ftS rivers and har
bors, although Mckinley did encourage
the defeat Of one bin bae.S in 1900. As
for congress. it has bees practically
committed to an appropriation bin ev
cry year.
Champ Makes a Declaration.
Harping on the caucus, certain Re
publicans We're putting the question
up to Speaker Clark in parliamentary
| inquiries Finally Champ emphatical
| ly declared his position, saying. The
speaker Of this house has nothing OF
| the face of the earth TO do with any
rule, regulation or proposition pass
| ed by a Democratic caucus, Republican
| er sort of caucus
Christians and Public Buildings.
Congressman Hardwick of Georgia
was getting public building through
the house. and Congressman Mondel
could not understand how it happened
that anything in that line was goin2
through and Wyoming was not get
| ting something. 1t had never happen
| ed before. He said that when the las
bill was passed Hardwi.k had beer
most vigorous in his criticisms of it.
! Congressman Austin Of Tennessee, :
member of theacommittee, interrupted
to remark: "The members of the com
mittee are Christians They return
good for evil"
Il knew they We're, Christians" re
| piled Mondell, "but | did not under
stand how they controlled the Demo
cratic caucus otherwise | would have
/ been here with a few increases my
! self"
Christians" interrupted Congress
man Payne of New York, ARE thos'
! who pay for things out of their owl
pockets This is to come out of tht
treasury"
| Rank of Nations.
The proposition to raise the rank O
the diplomatic representative in Spain
from minister to ambassador bring:
out the fact that there is a discrimina
ton among nations. We rate natiol
according to its size and power. no
| according to the character of its peo
| pie.
For instance. we have raised tn
rank of diplomats to be ambassador
| in England. France, Germany. Russia
Austria, Italy. Japan. Brazil, Mexico
and Turkey and propose to do th'
same in Spain,
According to this rating, Denmark
Sweden. Norway. Holland and severa
other countries may 6e considered a
second rate Yet who will say tina
the people of those countries are in
ferior to the Italians. Russians. Turks
Japs, Mexicans or BraZilians? 1t il