The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-02-18

:, ,1emmissaries to the Speaker wit
II peace offerings but also admitte
d that said offerings are; not being re
Z ceived with any vast .outpouring O
6 enthusiasm Of appreciation by th
s Honorable Champ.
j All Of this would be more inter
! esting but for the fact that Chaml
s Clark has stated and reiterated tina
: Woodrow Wilson will; be the demo
7 cratic nominee and if. there is any
: movement on foot to sidetrack thu
President in favor of the Speaker
it is a pretty certain thing that the
Speaker is not party to the plot.
fChalnp Clark was deeply disap-
pointed when the greatest political
Iprize in the world was snatched
, from his grasp at Baltimore four
'lyears ago. ANY other man would
have been equally disappointed but
not all of them would have swallow
ed their regrets in as manly man
ner as did the great Missourian.
/ He was distinctly and emphatically
peeved at William Jennings Bryan
but his resentment never extended
to the man who was the real bene-
fciary of that historic political
coup. Clark has given Wilson loyal
assistance III his efforts to give the
country a praiseworthy administra-
ton. He is Loyalty with him today
and for one ] do not think that he
is seriously concerned about any
loftier political station than the one
he now fills with such distinction to
himself and satisfaction to the
country.
There will be all sorts of wire
pulling. trap setting and slate fix
| ing done by the large assortment OF
political cut-ins who make this city
their headquarters during the next
four months. The republicans, of
course, have the larger task for the
most of their leaders are Zeppelin
ing about in the clouds with nothing
below which resembles a place in
which to light but there are also the
usual number of disgruntled demo-
Gratis who will be sleuthing around,
whispering in dark corners, emitting
spitefull yelps and drawing dolefuI
pictures of impending disaster un-
til the St. Louis convention does its
work after which, they will hop
aboard the band wagon and regain
their cheerfulness whole whooping
her up for the party of their daddies
1t is all part of the game.
The announcement of President
Wilson that he will ulge the present
congress to pass tariff commission
law has created mingled feelings of
sorrow and righteous indig-
nation here on capitol hill. The
is about equally di-
vided between the republicans and
democrats. The republicans are
panied that the President should I
thus ruthlessly rob them of what I
they were planning to make a I
source of much campaign thunder
luring the approaching campaign.
The democrats are disconnected be- [
,ause many of the old timers in the I
house have, at some stage of their I
,areers, voted against tariff COM
mission proposals. A favorite pas
ime hereabouts now is 81 arching
he musty records of the past to as
ertain just how the searchers did I
vote on that troublesome Z
ubject on previous occasions.
OF course, most everybody knows Z
hat this tariff commission business Z
as been used AS a political football Z
4 congress for many years. The 4
saders of neither party ever wanted {
real, simon pure non partisan 4
arif commission, assuming that d
lch an animal could be found in y
his fair land of ours. At pinch, 4
he republicans are willing to accept I
good, fair nonpartisau, standpat Z
spublican tariff board and the =
emocrats might stand for a good, Il
lir nonpartisan, rock-ribbed de- Ia