The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-07-22
SCORING REPUBLICANS
FOR SHORT COMINGS

v. "as'hikt toits ~. Ass July ~, ne
failure of the concurrent resolution
providing for a recess Of Congress
until July rs, which was defeated BY
the narrow margin of three votes,
drew from Senator Fletcher (Dem.,
Fla. an excellent summary of what
the Republican Congress had done TO
date. He thought perhaps a lapse of
twenty days might give the majority
time to get together on some sort OF
program. He said:
I'VE passed an Emergency Tariff
bill which everybody recognizes as an
arrant fraud, humbug, pretense.
II does nobody any good as was new
er intended to do onybody any good,
perhaps. on the part Of great many.
| THE next thing they have done
was to pass a Budget bill, which, Of
course, was called for by the past ad-
ministration. In fact. everything that
has been done by this administration,
both with reference to our domestic
and foreign affairs, has been done in
pursuance Of the principles and po.-
icies OF the Democratic administra-
ton"
Referring TO the passage Of the
Peace Resolution and the blot made
thereon said: "The blot on the sigma
ture of that joint resolution is SYM
bolic of the blot on our national hon
or and the marring Of our good faith.
Instead of real dove of peace we
have fake dove in a wooden cage
passed around for exhibition"
On proposed tax and tariff legisia.
tion he said: "Our friends on the 9TH
ier side of the aisle wanted To press
forward first tax legislation; they in
sisted that the tax laws should be
'simplified, modified and revised. That
was urged by the last administration.
The majority party In the other body
THE Housel insist that tariff legis-
lation shall precedc tax legislation,
and there we are Thus far nobody
has agreed on what shall be done"
On Amy and Navy appropriations
he said:
First there came up, of course. the
Army Appropriation bill Our friends
on the other side could not agree
as 10 the size of the Army. In the
House they could not agree as 10 the
size Of the Army. In conference they
could not agree as 10 the size OF the
Army. Finally we got through bill
which satisfies nobody. The same
thing is true as to the Navy bill. We
have not passed the Navy bill yet,
although we have been in session here
for three months.
THE proposition now Is by the Re
publican majority in the House 70
pass tariff bill--a high protective
bill. Every manufacturer. every mer-
chant. every banker, every business
man, every producer. every man en-
gagged in industry Of any sort. knows
that there Is no need at this time for
any high protective duties in this
country. he knows perfectly we'll
that IL you want a tariff bin 20 raise
revenue all you have 10 do Ia 70 get
around the table and in half an hour
you can write a bill imposing SO per
cent duties on coffee, cocoa, tes. silk,
rubber, ivory, precious stones and on
other things not produced in this
country and raise $500, ,000, 900 Of rev
enue, IL that In what you want. But
no; you want protectton---protcctio
A great giant here, with all the gold
IN the world and all the credit In the
world, demanding protection against
the cripple and protection to such an
extent that you DO not propose TO nj
low the cripple to be strong enough
10 pay you what he owes you. SO
that in about what we have accom-
piished thus far.
The tariff bill referred to was laid
before the House July 6. A House
Republican conference fixed July 2i
as the date for n vote and agreed 10
permit only a few schedules 20 be
amended from the hoor: and others
are 10 be closed 10 amendment under
a gag rule.
In general terms the bill is TO re-
turn to the old Payne Aldrich tariff
methods. which resulted disastrousIy
for the Republicans after its passage
in 1909. A long dsbate i expected
in the Senate.