The daily banner., 1919-08-30


Haying. in effect, put the MOndell
b..i in the discard for the present,
The Republicans then turned their
attention to their own lack Of CO.
uesiyeness and the pcnchant OF some
of their number 10 vote with Demo
Gratis on msrilCrIous measures re
gardIess OF politics. 80 ia'o OF Dem
ueratic suggestion, some Of The more
rabid Indicated. Was party treason.
This narrow viewpoint was empha-
sized by Representatives Fordn2y, OF
Michigan. chairman OF The House
Committee on Ways and Means, the
committee that - supposed 10 act
upul the suggestions OF President
Wilson that unnecessary taxes, par
ticularly the taA on retail sales, be
repealed.
we should 50 away in thirty days
and remain until Christmas" was
E'ordney's surprising proposal.
= WOODROW Wilson, he declared,
.'Wju never send amy legia!9tIon 10
Il Republican Congress that does not
bear a Democratic stamp. He's not
built that way. He's political
tricks.Cr.'
The quotation is taken literally
from The account OF the caucus III
New York newspapers. 1t needs no
cIucidation, except to recall to the
: average voter tuat the Republicans
last fall asked for control OF Con
gress on the ground that they would
! support the President. The first
thina ,a President asked the Repub
licaH g.. grass TO do was to ellml-
nate SON. Df the burdens of war tax
alton. apparently Mr Fordney
/ thinks that UAgestion should not
be needed because it bears . Demo
cratic stamp"
! During the conference, Represen~
3tatiye Reavis, OF Kansas, made what
one New York newspaper termed
fiery" speech, rejecting the bitter
disappointment he felt some weeks
| ago when thirty Republicans voted
J for the Kelly amendment, allowing
/ Secretary of War Baker 10 use parcei
post in sending out the army foods
/ which Reayis subcommittee had
, vainly sought to show the Secretary
had withheld from the American peo
pie.
The subcommittee had discussed
| this and decided AGAINST such an
amendment" Reayis was quoted as
! saving. IF We make suca recon-
EaendatiOns, we don't want to come
/ into the House and be crucifed by
, our own party. For Gods sake,
stand with us"
/ Harold Knutson, the Republican
whip, electrified his party colleagues
! install a calIboy system in an effort
Ito bring Republican members quick
! lv to the floor.
| There is d Republican majority
of A in the House." said Knutson,
| but today thirty-One Republicans
were absent and no one knew where
they were. There was no trace OF
Ethem There should be a Republican
majority of fifteen to twenty on the
| floor every minute. Every hour or
so | so into the Democratic cloak
room, and see how many Democrats
| are on the floor, and, if necessary,
send a call to the Republicans by
! telephone. Why, the other day L
actually witnessed Democratic mo-
! ton to adjourn carried by a Repub-
lican vote"
stand by the chairman of your
party" cried Knutson. Stand by
your party. The measures We have
are carefully thought out and will
| help us in 1920. It's honest to God
Republican legislation, and you
should support it. 1 care not what
the proposition is. There is one
7fnan on the Republican side who
had not been here since June, and
he's not sick either. You must
watch the Democrats or they'll put
over an amendment on us. They're
working at it all the time. They've
got the greatest outfit of big burg
Lars and hat-ai=. - - an LII LII side
.laia ginable."
Knutson's speech broke up the
meeting.