The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-02-25

ticular mental discomfort to remain
in thee apitol city city last year
whereas great mental torture may
result from being compelled to Ie-
main here this summer. Last year
there was no campaign, no election
on tap while this year, the dear
people are going to have their usual
inning at the ballot box and it is
highly desirable that the patriotic
gentlemen who are serving them
here in Washington should have an
opportunity of getting out among
them and properly advising them
as to the sacredness of doing the
right thing when they enter the
booth on election day. In brief,
the boys want to get back home and
circulate about among their consti-
tuents this summer and they want
to do it SO badly that they are view
ing with the traditional alarm the
snail like progress which is being
made toward the contamination Of
that most devout desire.
President Wilson, who is himself
not averse to an early adjournment
has been appealed to and in an en-
deavor to hurry things along bit.
Speaker Clark is also manifesting
some signs of Impotence and it is
highly probable that such pressure
as those two eminent gentlemen are
able to bring to bear may have its
effect.
There certainly is lot of work
yet to be done before the faintest
glimmar of the sessions final day
become discernable to the naked
eye. The preparedness tangle has
to be Strengthened out and that is a
task of no ordinary size. After we
have finally agreed upon just how
much additional money it is going
to require, the ways and means
committee will have to get busy on
a revenue measure. ] am informed
that tie ways and means committee
has been tentatively figuring upon
possible sources of additional re-
venue and that one this is pretty
agreed upon and that is,
there will be no more stamp taxes,
no gasoline taxes and no tax on the
horse power of motor propelled
vihicles. The impression prevails
that the sugar duty will be put back
where it used to be, that the in
come tax will be materially re-
and that possibly an in
leritanee tax will be levied. There
S a growing sentiment also in favor
If collecting into the vaults of the
reasury some of the huge profits
which the makers of war munitions
re credited with making from
heir foreign orders.
Revertins> to the increased clamor
Or an early adjournment. l will add
hat this hope is not confined to one
ide of the chambe. Republicans
nd democrats feel the same way on
hat score. Both sides realize that
hey have busy season ahead Of
hem. While the republicans are
Ding a lot of cheerful whistling up
ark alleys, they know in their
carts that it is going to require a ,
of good luck, skillful }
laneuvering and much cold cash
} defeat Woodrow Wilson next
ovember. The democrats, too,
no are putting ON an air. of
lprelne confidence are not fooling
lemselves as to the dangerous
of just such a combina- .
on as that mentioned above. :
here is more bogus self assurance Q
! exhibition here in Washington
ght now than ever saw assembled
one small area before. I II
/ confess some personal desire to b
t out of Washington as early as g
e matter may be arranged by the n
ntlemen in charge of the machin- 2
y here. Three years spent here :
We rather enlivened my fancy for :,
nntana over Washington as =
ice of residence. In making my =
cent announcement of future plans q
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