Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-05-13
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"Get Together and Play Ball."
Democratic Leader Underwood
comes from the White House, bring
ing the announcement that Congress
will adjourn July LIST, after passing
several Administration bills. The
program takes in the antitrust bill,
which has been marked out by a
number of Congressman, so that it
will "bust" all the bad trusts The
interstate trade commission bill, the
bill to regulate assurances of stock, as
we'll as rural credits bill, are all to
be finished by fire-cracker time. I'm
derwood says it can be done ''if we
all get together and play ball" A
Democratic House caucus is to be
called to grease the way. The inter-
state trade commission bill provides
for a permanent commission of three,
who will have power to conduct all
sorts of Investigations into corporate
or private business, in order to better
determine what the relations of gov
eminent should be towards the var
led industries and activities in COM
MERGE. The bill to regulate issuance
of stock endeavors to check good
many of the evils that have grown
up in our federal system, including
the watering" processes, and other
forms of juggling. Rural credits is
the panacea for small farmers who
often finance their work at ruinous
rates of interest. OF course, since
the President and Mr. Underwood
have said so, these bills will be
speedily passed by the House, and so
| far as that body is concerned the
! slate could be cleaned and adjourn
ment reached by June 1. The edict,
the caucus and the stop-watch on de-
bate have a way Of doing things up
quickly and that is why the course of
legislation in the House can be so
definitely determined. e
But the rules of the Senate pro-
vide for unlimited debate. Suppose
ninety Senators stay on the job.
Each will make speech on each of
speeches. Besides this there will be
long hearings" taking up weeks of
time in the committees having these
bills in charge. And you may believe
that all this is long-winded stuff.
In view of the Mexican matter, the
appropriation bills, the Panama Cam
al tolls question, and half dozen
other great questions before the Sem
ate, which all come along with the
Administration plan, Washington is
skeptical-and even though the Pres
ident and Mr.. Underwood are opti-
mistic, the Capital itself does not
expect Congress to finish in July, and
possibly not in August. 1t is sure
that nothing short of the fall cleo
tions could induce Congress to quit
at all.
Therefore, the advise of the CORE
spondent who writes this, is for can
didates for the postoffices to figure
on making their dates to meet their
Congressmen at home about the first
of September.
The A. Ii. c. MediatOrs.
Of course, the A. B. c. mediators
did not expect an easy job when they
took up the matter of restoring
peace in Mexico-but it might be
pertinent to inquire why some of the
great newspapers of the country have
been daily predicting failure for the
Representatives of Argentina, Brazil
and Chilli, who engaged in great
humanitarian undertaking. Wash
ington has felt that inasmuch as it
gave the Mexicans an emphatic OBJ
ject-lesson at Vera Cruz, that moth
ing was to be lost in resuming
'watchful waiting" while South
American diplomats were trying
their hands in bringing order out of
chaos. The demands for a war Of
conquest have fallen on deaf ears IN
Washington, and notwithstanding the
happenings in Mexico this nation
has given ample evidence of late that
our people prefer peace and soft
methods. Since North and South
America have been brought in clos
er sympathy as result of the ac-
ceptance of plans suggested by the
mediators, long-lasting results are
certain, no matter whether or not the
peace plans of the A. b. C.'s are ac-
complished.
The Canadian government is using
Indian fire patrolmen to protect the
forests of northern Manitoba.
The Issue OF the Railroads.
Every person who ''dabbles in
stocks" or is an investor in any kind
of railroad securities, appears to be
lending influence to the demand OF
the railroads for five per cent in
crease in freight rates, and since in
dications have been pointing rather
strongly howard a favorable verdict