The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-07-28
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
Senator Gallinger, the Republican
Floor Leader. dropped a bomb in the
ranks of the Democrats in Congress
when he let it be known that the mi
nority did not propose to be responsible
for failure of legislation to pass in the
present session. An attempt was made
by administration senators and mem
bers to charge the Republicans with
filibustering and thus try to make them
responsible for the failure to pass the
immigration bill, the child labor bill,
and the amendment to the employers
liability act. The senator put the re-
sponsibility where it belongs. He
stated there would be no attempts at
ilibustering. The gossip of the Capitol
is that certain influential Democratic
senators from the south do not want
the child labor bill passed and that
they will bitterly oppose it. 1t is
generally understood that the President
wants to sidestep the immigration bill
ard was even opposed TO its being
taken up at this session.
Thousands of the Elks who attended
the great convention in Baltimore paid
visit to Washington and the Capitol
during their weeks trip. The corridors,
galleries and the restaurants of both
the House and Senate were thronged
with these visitors. Judging by their
talk, the sentiment of most of the states
they represented is favorable to the
candidates. of Hughes and Fairbanks.
Hundreds of them predicted Republican
success. at the coming elections.
1t is stated that Representative
Rainey. god father to the admins.
tration revenue bill, was very grouchy
over the course of that measure in the
House. Not only was he greatly
chagrined that several members of his
party united with the Republicans and
made several amendments to the bill.
that aroused his ire was the failure of
the members of his party to stay with
him when he tried to get yea and
nay vote on one of these amendments.
He demanded the ayes and noes, but
not q sufficient number of Democrats
would rise to secure them, as required
by the rules.
Another example of "watchful wait
ing" and the slowness and unbusiness'
like methods of the present admins
tration has been exhibited in the paying
of the soldiers who have been called
into service from the militia Of the
various states AS one Republican
member said: "The failure of the ad
ministration to pay the soldiers
promptly is just another example of
the slip shod way the administration
does things. Many of these men. or
rather most of them, left jobs with
days pay and they should have had
their money promptly. If we got into
real difficulties just imagine what
would happen under the leadership of
the crowd that is at present at the helm
in this country.
The weirdest bird in American poll
tics is the Democratic spell. binder.
Representative Cox of Indiana is a
splendid type Of such bird. In the
debate on the Democratic omnibus
revenue bill the other day, Cox scared
up through the Capitol dome and into
the blue empyrean chanting the follow.
ing paean of praise for the Underwood
tariff law: Every man and woman in
the United States who wants to labor
has job with the best wages ever
paid, with full dinner pals, working
shorter hours, in better sanitary con-
ditions than were ever known in the
history of the American Government
under the highest protective tariff ever
passed by Congress. Cox has not
heard of the European war.
About that time posing aeroplane
must have torn out Cox's tail feathers,
and, deprived Of his steering gear, he
sang the following dirge: II recently
observed in the press of the passing
away of prominent lady in New York.
leaving fortune estimated from
$50. 100000 to 500, 900, 900, and at this
very moment the dread disease of
infantile paralysis is raging like fire
in New York City among the poor.
underfed, underclothed, undercared for
people.
Small wonder that the American
people are quite incapable Of keeping
up with the vagarious mentalities of
Democratic leaders.