Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-04-18
TAKE THEM S|NGLY
THAT 10 DEMOCRATIC PLAN FOR
HANDLING ALL MATTERS OF
NATIONAL MOMENT.
"THE WATCH ON THE SENATE"
BY This Method Attention VIII BE
csntered on the Upper House While
II Considers Such Things ss the
Tariff.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.-Sharp intimatlon has
been given to the Democratic leaders
BY the administration that 1t seems
desirable, from a party efficiency
standpoint, to undertake no legislation
at the extra session except that relat.
Ing to the tariff II present plans OF
the national Democracy are carried to
their logical end it seems that all leg
islative matters of great national mo-
ment Will be considered by congress
singly.
There are reasons for the present
planning OF the Democrats concerning
the manner of handling the larger leg.
isiative problems. 1t is apparent that
the president, and the leaders with
him, do not wish to have the country q
attention divided between the two
houses OF congress when vitality lmpor-
tant matters are up for consideration.
Some one has called this plan "the
watch on the senate
In order TO explain clearly Just what
the plan involves. let the subject of the
tariff be taken. The house will con-
slider tariff legislation, will pass the
bills and then will send them over to
the senate. Now II the house, after 1t
gets through with the tarin, should
take up some other piece OF national
legislation the country's attention
would be divided between the subject
under discussion In the house and the
tariff discussion In the senate. This is
exactly what Mr.. Wilson and those
Democratic leaders who are staurchly
supporting him wish to avoid
To Focus Eyes on Senate.
As soon as the house gets through
with the tariff bills. II the present plan
Is carried out, 1t will do nothing ex-
cept meet often enough to keep within
the laws requirements, and so the
country can watch the senate and
thereby remind II that Its tariff tinker.
ing Is under the public eye and that
nothing which should not be" would
be allowed to go unchallenged
II the present plan of the Democrat
10 leaders shall be made to apply to
the future II will not mean necessarily
that the house. after completing big
piece Of legislation and sending II over
70 the senate. would simply mark tina
while the upper house was giving the
legislation consideration. There are
appropriation bills and minor bills OF
various kinds which the house can de.
bate and pass while the senate is do
ing duty on some matter generally &C.
counted of greater Importance.
The point 10 that the Democrats
want to succeed in their adminlstra.
tidn and. II the truth must be told.
some OF them are afraid OF the senate.
They want the senate to do as well as
the house does and to put through the
Democratic legislation proposed by
Mr.. Wilson without any amendments
Of Importance. They think that this
can be accomplished II public atten
tion is focused on the senate, and II
the Democratic senators generally are
made to know that they are expected
to live up to the spirit and to the let.
ter OF the platform of their party.
Now Definitely Placed.
Il Is possible now to give def.
nitely for the first time the names
OF members OF the next house of
representatives who will stand In op
position to extreme conservatism,
whether It manlfests itself In the
Democratic or In the Republican
party.
There has boen cloud OF doubt
over the positions, which some OF the
men elected to the lower house Of
the sixty-thlrd congress intended to
occupy. There Is respectable min
ority OF members outside OF the Demo
cratic party who can be depended up
on to uphold advanced policies OF Mr..
Wilson they do not go too Ia into the
radical Held, and also to take q posi-
tion Of opposition to high tariff pro-
nouncements or extremely oonserva-
tive legislative pronouncements on
any subjects made BY the conserve
tives OF any party.
The ranks OF progressivism outside
Of the Democratic party fell under sew
eral designations. One man Is writ
ten down politically as an Indepen-
dent; other men en- themselves Pro
gressive Republicans; other combine
the party names Of Washington and
Republican: others cell themselves
straight Washington party men, and
the others are progressives with .
capital P.
Fertysevsn Are Prosresslvss.
There are fortysevsn members who
faii into one or the ether OF these
classes According to the list OF men,
lers-elect Of the next house which was
prep1red By the house ofiieIals. there
viii BE- IA Republicans IN attendance.