The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-03
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SENATE FACTIONS =
STILL HOSTILE
Progressives Will Continue
to Fight the Work of the
Old Guard Republicans
KENYON DISPLEASED
AT APPROPRIATIONS
Declares Republican Pledges of Econo-
. my and Reform to be "Mere Politi-
q
cal Camoufage '-Doesn't Like Cut
in Shipbuilding.

| WASHINGTON, July 3.-William S.
Kenyon, senator from Iowa, has re-
newed the fight of the Progressive Repub-
| licans against what he termed 1.-THE stand
pat Republican leadership Of the senate
The IowaN senator launched his attack
when the senate conference committee on
the sundry civil appropriation bill report
ed that measure back to the senate with
many changes which had been made in
the face of an overwhelming vote against
1the changes in the senate
| The senate conferees were +. +. War
rem senator from Wyoming, chairman of
| the. senate appropriations committee, and
Reed Smoot, senator from Utah, Repub-
licans, and Lee Overman, Democrat. of
| North Carolina.
Senator Kenyon declared that the ac-
ton of the conferees had shown that
the Republican leaders pledges for econ
omy and reform were mere political cam
outage, and he voiced the resentment
| which has been smoldering among the
Progressive senators against the control
of legislation by Senator's Warren. Smoot
Lodge and Penrose since the Progressive
and Republicans III the senate effected
harmony when the senate was organ
lied
The Iowa senator's attack was regarded
as the forerunner of concerted more
ment by the Progressives to oppose the
domination of the senate by tie "old
guard Republican senators. He showed
that the Progressryes are dissatisfied over
the selection OF Senator's Warren and
Pcnrose as chairmen Of the appropTia-
tions and finance committees, and that
they intend to take issue with the 'old
guard leaders on all questions Of finance.
| The specific objections raised by Sena.
ter Kenyon tosthe work % the confer.
ees on the sundry civil bill were that they
had cut down the appropriation Tor the
United States employment service from
$500 GOO to s30o,000, and prescribed that
the money should be spent only In main
tanning its present organization IL tho
District of Columbia; the cut in the ap
preparation for shipbuilding. OF whicl
Sl35, 900 was taken off: the cut in th,
appropriation for the federal trade com
mission, and the elimination Of Senator
kenyons amendment to the bill proyid
ing for the creation of n commission O
five senators, five representatives, and
three civilians. To prepare a plan tol
budget system,
The action OF the conferees shows tho
capacity Of the Republican leadership L
make mistakes" said Senator Kenyon
He described the senate chamber under
its present leadership as che submarin,
zone"
THE federal trade commission appro
priation was cut he continued. 'hecaus'
that body had published tue results o
its complete investigation OF the packers
The people of the country are beginning
to believe that this is country Of Tia,
packers, and for the packers, and not 70
the American people.
Another victim of this submarine pro
cess was the amendment for the bulge
commission The stand-pat Republican
leaders win have to shoulder the response
bility for that
He read planks from the 1916 platform
Of both the Republican and D2mocrati
parties, pledging economy and reform i
federal finances ''rhc Republican stand
pat leadership Of the senate viii have t.
explain to the people whether that wa
all political camouflage," said Senate
Kenyon. IF they meant what they sat
in that platform, they viii have to tel
the people why they would not stan
for simple thing like a commission t
point the way to economies