The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-07-27
HEARD AT THE NATIONAL CAP
TAI.

sponsible for failure of legislation to
pass in the present session. An at
tempt was made by administration
senator's and members to charge the
with filibustering and
thus try to make them responsible for
the failure to pass the immigration
bill, the child labor bill and the
to the employers liabil-
ity act The senator put the respon-
sibility where II belongs. He stated
there would be no attempts at fill
clustering. The gossip of the capitol
10 that certain influe ntisl democratic
senator's from the south do not want
the child labor bill passed and that
they will bitterly oppose It. 1t is
generally understood that the presi-
dent wants to sidestep the imm'gra-
tion bill and was even opposed to its
being taken up at this session.
Thousands of the Elks who attend
ed the great convention in Baltimore
paid a visit to Washington and the
capitol during their weeks trip. The
corridors. galleries and the restau-
rants of both the house and senate
we're 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.
II is stated that Representative
Rainey, godfather 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 own party united with the repu-
blicans and made several amendments
TO the bill. but II is said that one OF
the things that aroused his Ire was
the failure OF the members OF his
party to stay with him when he tried
to get a yea and nay vote on one OF
these amendments. lie demanded
the ayes and noes. but not u suffi-
Client number OF democrats would
rise to secure them. as required by
the rules,
Another example OF "watchful wait
ing" and the slowness and unbusi-
nesslike methods OF the present ad-
ministration. 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 administration 10 pay
the soldiers promptly is Just another
example OF the slip-shod way the adj
ministration does things. Many OF
these men. or rather most OF them,
left Jobs with days pay and they
should have had their money prompt
ly. II We got into real difficulties
Just Imagine what would happen un-
der the leadership OF the crowd that
Is at present at the helm In this coun-
try.
The weirdest bird In American pol
titles 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 soar
ed up through the capitol dome and
into the blue empyrean chanting the
following paean OF praise for the
Underwood tariff law; Every man
and woman in the United States who
wants to labor has a job with the
best wages ever paid, with full din
ner pals, working shorter hours, in
better sanitary conditions 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 a passing aeroplane
must have torn out COX's tail feath-
ers, and, deprived of his steering
gear, he sang the following dirge;
II recently osbeTyed in the press OF
the passing away OF a prominent lady
in New York, leaving a fortune esti-
mated from SSO.OOO.OOO to $780,
100000 and at this very moment the
dread disease of infantile paralysis
is raging like a fire in New York
City among the poor, underfed, un-
derclothed, undercared-for people
Small wonder that the American
people are quite incapable of keep
ing up with the vagarious mentali-
ties OF democratic leaders.
1T sould be borne in mind that
concessions cannot be obtained in the
tariffs of other countries II we are
not willing to make concessions our
selves" said DR.. Frank Rutter, as