Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-03-20
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY HAS 4
PROGRAM ALL READY FOR
THE EXTRA SESSION.
HaRs NO TROUBLE N HOUSE
Senate Probably Will Force q Com
promise When Underwood's Billie
Reach It-Many Democrats Wish
10 Deter Currency Legislation.
D. GEORGE cLINToN.

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Champ Clark. and the chances r
hat the man to succeed will be Mr.
Clark himself. Then when the CON-
mtttee memberships definitely are as
signed the members will get down at
once to tariff tinkerfnz.
It In pretty generally expected In
Washington that the administration
will ask congress to take up currency
legislation at the extra session, but it
may be that the advice of some Of the
elder members of the banking and cur
rency committee of the house and of
the finance committee Of the senate
viii be listened to and monetary legis-
ation will be put over until the first
regular session, which begins the first,
Monday in next December. There r
reasons for the desire Of a good many
Of the Democrats to do nothing with
the currency until six OF eight months
additional time has been given the
financial experts to study a plan which
they think viii meet with the approval
Of the county.
As for the tariff, the Democratic
majority says that It is not going to
tinker with It." for the term implies
simply patching and r~epatching. The
Democrats apparently think that they
have already outlined a tariff program
which win prove to be constructive
and which will stand the test of time
and business. What the dominant
party fears than anything else,
and its members are free tt say so
privately, that some OF the provisions
Of the new tariff law, when they go
into effect, materially will hurt labor.
4 good many Of the Democrats do not
express the fear in just this way.
Some OF them actually believe that If
the xcuse OF an experimental low
duty is offered that some great con-
Germs may discharge parts Of their
working forces. lay 1t to the tariff, and
trust to the discomfort which is
aroused to reopen the whole tariff agi-
tak1On and possibly to bring back high
tME9R conditions once MORE.
House Majority for Reductions.
The Democratic house leaders In
he congress just ended and who un-
qu~eationRbly will be the leaders in
he next house do o seem to be IN
On least disturbed about the ability
q the Democratic party to put
through the lower chamber quickly
and IN order" just such tariff meas
ures as the ways and means commit
tee shah outline.
Take the house all in all and a
vast majority OF its members as the
body IN at present constituted Is in
favor OF tariff reductions. There r
among the representatives, as among
the senators. some Democrats of high
tariff tendencies, but the majority Of
the members Of that party in both
houses, and q great majority In the
lower house, are In favor OF reduc-
hoos, 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,
n can be seen from this that the
house win have little difficulty in put
ting through such tariff measures as
the Democratic ways and means com
mtttOe shall prepare, and 1t is believ-
ed that the measures will call for
radical reductions in some cases and
have what may be called conservative
H radical reductions in other cases.
The senate, however, az 1t viii be con-
Btituted, will not stand for the deep
cuts which the house intends to make,
and 80 the chances r there VIII be
. compromise.
Presidents Great influence.
President Wilson, 1t il said, seems
to be perfectly satisfied that the tariff
bills as they will come from congress
will be to his liking. II is reported
that he does not expect the senate
viii insist upon as many reductions
AZ most people eem to think viii be.
the case. The president has great In
nuence with members of his party in
house and senate, an influence which
may be exercised In many ways, but
when exercised always begins with
IN appeal to stand by the party plat
form, and by the party promises as
the people have interpreted them.
Every president hears from the pub
10 not only through the press, but
privately, the private communications
sometimes amounting to as many as
= thousand letters q day hen the
peoples minds are aroused on n
subject.
A plain statement from the presi-
dent, therefore, to members of his
party concerning his belief and the
the attitude Of the public and OF the
Interpretation to be put upon q plank
In the party platform frequently Is
potent enough TO induce members to
forego their own inclinations to some
extent and 70 bow to party will as In
Herpreted by the chief executive,
Members Of the ways and means
COMMITTEES believe that the tariff bills
viii have passed the house in less
than a month after the converting and
that the question Of an early adjourn
ment depends upon the decision as to
Advisabflity, of passing the currency