Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-23
SENATE GROWS
RATHER TEDIOUS
THOUGH PRESIDENT CALLS FOR
MORE SPEED. REPUBLICAN sen
ATORS JOSTLE EACH OTHER FOR
MIDDLE OF STAGE.
SECTIONAL ARGUMENTS USED TO
ROUSE THE FOLKS BACK HOME
EASTERN SENATOR'S SAY
SOUTH Is UNDULY FAVORED.
(SpeciaI STAFF Coyrespondrutl.


word up 10 Democratic senators to open
the throttle. Somehow or other the dem
acrotic senate is getting Il little tedious
on tariff. There is Il stamping of feet
and 4 clappng of hands for the curtain
to be rung up. OF course the curtain is
now rising but there is not over much
promise of act on. There are long win ed
republican senators elbowing one ano
ther for the center If the stage And
while these republicans say they are not
talking against time. heir course
prompts the question why they seek to
repeat common places for two or three
days at stretch.
Senator Cummins starts off bv sound
ing the sectional 81 gan The tariff bill
fayorS the East as against the West
That is cue which ether Western re
publicans will take. for the benefit Of
their farmer constituencies The Eastern
senator's (republicans) will get 4 chance
soon and they will ring the changes on
advantages to the South as against the
North in said revision The forcword is
IN that vein and il gives 4 lot Of proliX
orat RS fresh excuse. Sectional argl.,
ments are still easy as Il medium for
arouSing the folks back home and max
ing them take notice That is what Sen
ator Cummins wants. for he needs the
farmer vote next year.
Already criticism of the senate bill is
taking shape and the fitting back and
forth on these points Will proceed It's
revenue prospects will be disputed as
a matter of f I'm. 1t is generally thus
with tariff bills. The claim already ap
pears that the margin Of funds for run
ming the government under the new
measure will be small There will be
mighty demands upon the appropria
tionS committees next winter The pol
itical campaign will be nearing and con
grcsSmen will want to make their reel
ectIonS sure. Hence the neces>
Sity of something for the "Dccstrict''-
4 public building Cr river Improve
ment or something else that makes
campaign talking point
And just rs this question Of revenue
is mentioned along comes Senator Root
shall be raised from the date when the
law takes eifef.t else a grave c.nStitu-
tiOnal question will be conured up 10
affect the validity Of the new law Mr.
Root comes mighty near to being the
lawyer Of the senate and when he sue
gcsts legal point all partiSans think
carefully about what he SAYS Now if
the yield from income taxes is to be de-
fcrred. the revenue feature Of tariff be-
comes Of serious moment. More than
that every legal point Of any proper
tionS in 4 senate tariff debate means adj
ditional days before final vote is
reached.
Ii looks now as though the debate
would he one of reiOnder and Surreloin-
der L a while. democrats are not anX
ious to prOlong the discussion but they
will not allow antagoniStic statements
Of Importance, to pass unchallcngcd Sen
atOrS Of the Finance Committee believe
in their b.ll. They have lab0red long
and ar,luOusly over il and think they
know the measure from top To bottom
There will be Democratic Senators con
stantly on the floor to take care" of
the bill. With all the hercemcSs of the
republican attack. this status should
impart some ginger 10 the proceedings.
President Wilson will press as hard
as he thinks eXpcdient for final action.
But matters have come t. Il pass where
he can not do much. The senate general
ly objects to being hastencd especially
in matters of debate. entire freedom in
that being one of the ancient and hon
orablc privileges of the august body Hut
the president viii be fully warranted in
throwing the senate into high gear if
ne can Already prophets are again NOV
ing forward the date when The bill can
become law. Six weeks have generally
been regarded as measuring the stay
ing qualities of the senate in tariff dis
cusSion and here it is now the last whole
week Of July with the debate onlyfairly
well begun. Six weeks would carry the
talking up to September L.
Therefore il is that Chairman Under
wood of House Ways and Means speaks
about the bill becoming a law September
ID. instead of September l while ago
Let il be remembered at this iuncture
that Mr.. Underwood in a more optimis-
tic mood three months ago mentioned
July l as the time when the bill ought
to be ready for the presidents Signat-
ure Two weeks for conference anI ad-
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