The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-02-12
undue influence on Individual commit
tee members.
Business Men Welcome.

| t5u8InGSd WCn VCiCSNS.
II is plain from what has been said
IN the vicinity Of the White House
that President Wilson desires that rep
resentatiyes OF the commercial Inter
ests OF the country shall come to
Washington and present to the com
mitteemen their side Of any case In
yoivcd in the projected legislation
The wolves have been scared away.
but the watch dogs will be welcome.
When Mr.. Taft was president. a man
who had once been member or con-
gress stood hour after hour at the door
Of the room OF the committee or ways
and means which was discussing
the tariff schedules and buttonholed
every member OF congress who went
| in or out, holding him until there had
been time to plead for the retention
of high duty on certain line OF im-
ported goods. No representative OF
big business. whether he be former
| member of congress or not, will stand
| this year at committee room doors TO
ply his insidious calling.
Must Find New Issues.
The present intention Of the Dem
| ocratic members in congress Is 10
| bring about an adjournment 10
| June. Within a month or six weeks
thereafter the congressional cam
| paigns are fought out as rule
on the issues which entered into the
| last preceding presidential campaign.
What are the Republican and the Pro
gressive candidates going to talk
| about In order to arouse the enthusi-
| asm OF the voters and to secure their
| support?
This question Is befo,e the Repub-
lean and Progressive congressional
! committees for an answer today. they
must find the answer, or better. tbs
! answers, within the next few months.
| Two years ago the Republicans
pledged themselves to antitrust and
banking and currency legislation.
They favored the establishment OF
| parcel post. liberal policy toward
| Alaska, plans for food protection and
many other things. The Democrats
have dealt with all these matters and.
apparently to their own satisfaction.
have settled them.
1t Is perfectly true that the high
hope OF the Progresslves Is simply
that the party can increase Its mem.
| bership In the next house OF repre-
sentativcs. The leaders OF the new
party have little or no thought, so far
| as one can determine. that they can
secure a creeping victory In the elec'
tons OF next November. They do be-
| lieve. however. that they can gain al.
| ditional members In Is or go districts
now represented by either Democrats
or Republicans.
Must Find New issues
The Republicans. as has been inh'
mated. must look for new issues tn
the next congressional campaign. be.
cause the Democrats have taken a
good many OF their issues away from
them. Now. OF course, II the legisla.
ton passed by the Democrats. and
which they have intended as a set.
Element OF these issues, shall fall OF
It's purpose. the Republicans can go to
the country on the basis OF their op-
ponents' failure. Tho laws. however.
which the Democrats propose TO enact
or which they already have enacted
do not go into effect In some instances
for a considerable time to come. In
the cases OF the laws which have gone
into effect. 1t Will take long time to
prove whether they are efficacious or
not So 1t would seem that the Demo.
cratic party Ia fairly safe until some
time after the next congressional cleo.
ton.
The Progressives seemingly are a
| little better off than the Republicans
| In the matter OF issues. They say
that tn Democratic legislation shows
an origin In the Progressive party. and
that Mr.. Wilson and the congress dom
mated by his party have been steal.
! ing the Progressive material. The
Progressives, however, will not sim.
ply cry Tibet" for they have a dis
tlnct issue in their plank which called
for an interstate trade commission.
with plenty OF power to regulate the
trusts Of the country.
The Democrats have prepared a bill
establishing an interstate trade com.
mission. but IL Ia given nothing like
think should be given to such n body.
progressives and Child Labor.
The Progressive party has made a
good deal Of It's proposal to do away
with child labor by means OF federal
act. 1t Is urged by tho Progressives
that the continuance OF present child
labor conditions ultimately VIII under.
mine American manhood and woman
hood and bring about the decay OF the
nation. Republicans never have been
the Democrats virtually declined to
give II consideration. This subject
will be among the foremost things to
which the proaresgiyes will giyo 1t.
tention 10 their congressional cam
| paign.
II Is evident In Washington that the
| Republican leaders still are waiting
tor the tariff to undo the Democrats.
| There have been no marked signs. so
far as Washington can learn. that tho
Democratic tariff law Is doing any
great amount OF damage, but tho Re.
publicans seem to thinI evil IL going
| 10 happen soon aud that on the tarin
issue they once more can ride into
power.
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