The Washington times., 1921-07-01
STAND -PATTERS
IN SENATE Open
WAR ON L0bb|ES
Liberals Threaten to Make Re-
turn of UndesirabIes Issue,
Hapgood Finds.
By NoRMAN HAPGooD.

BY NORMAN HAPGOOD.
Even the standpatters are becom-
ing weary of the amount Of lobbying
going on In this town. Senator Frel-
inghuysen is one OF the stablest pill
lars OF the stablest point of view.
but yesterday he burst out in q
diatribe against the coal lobby.
Not the closest friend OF Senator
Moses would accuse him of being a
radical. but he is waging war against
the dye lobby. AS for the liberals
they are so mad that they want 20
make the return of the lobbyists to
| Washington in full force d major
issue.
The subcommittee which has been
considering the subject divides two
| TO one Two members OF the sub
\ committee wish TO investigate only
the dye lobby, the special purpose for
which they were appointed, and Sem
| ator Walsh of Montana wishes a gem
eral investigation of the mushroom
growth OF the lobby industry OF late.
SPECIAL GUARD PROPOSED.
1t is possible that despite the re-
port of the subcommittee there may
be decision of the whole committee
| against any Investigation. In that
case Senator Moses will make another
speech on the dye situation.
A resolution has been suggested to
Senator Lafollette as follows:
"In as much as steps are being TAX
en- to give away or steal everything
in sight, IL is provided that a spe-
cial guard be provided for, to pre-
vent the capital from being carried
on"
The Senator took the position that
although he sympathized with the
resolution he thought II wiser not TO
introduce it.
1t may puzzle some readers to see
why as staunch a member OF the Old
Guard as Senator FreIinghuysep
should md It necessary to quarrel
with the lobby of a big industry.
II is q historical development The
Senator was part of a committee
that sat on q much more stringent
plan for regulating tho coal industry.
In the process of lighting the
stronger proposal the Senator trotted
out the present lamb-iike offspring of
his intelligence. Naturally, when he
saw the coal interests objectfng to
even such a homeopathic treatment
he deemed them as ungrateful as a
toothless child
sEEs REVOLT OF PEOPLE.
While Mr.. Freffnghuysen was talk
ing. ME- Kenyon put In . few re-
marks- These remarks represented
the insurgent attitude. Said the
statesman from Iowa.
Tho American people arc not go
ing to stand for some OF the things
that have been going on In the coal
business They are not going to
stand for seven or eight corporations
In the State of Pennsylvania con-
trolling all the anthracite OF the
United States and fixing the prices
to suit their own sweet will
Senators may talk until they are
pafe IN the face, they may talk about
Bolshovtsm and Socialism and under
mining the Constitution. and all this
kind of thing. but the amourS of
hard coal that the Lord Aim (.hty
has pot into the earth up IN Pennsyl-
vania, now being controlled by a few
corporations, Is eventually going to
be regulated for the benefit of the
people of the United States. There
will some day be no Senate that can
stop 1t.
speaking of Bolshevism. II is my
view that the coal operators have as
much as anything else to do with
making of Boishevtsts In this coun-
tryp
Senator Kenyon then proceeded to
quote Senator Calder to the effect
that the coal operators had robbed
the people OF billion and a half dol
lars. and commented:
That was a startling statement,
coming from a stand-pat Senator from
the State of New York.
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Kenyon wound up by observing that
the only objection to Frelinghuysen's
bill was that IL was not strong
enough. and Borah successfully got 1t
sent back to the committee on the
in the Senate
So while Mr.. Frelinghuysen was
weeping over the irrationality OF his
big business friends, the progre ssive
Senators strangled his infant
Another objection to this unhappy
measure was brought out by Senator
McKellar. While Borah was broadly
limiting that tie bill was "being used
as a buffer" Mcclellan pointed out
that one Of its purposes was to put
a crimp in the Federal Trade Com
mission. which all the stand-patters
are industriously pursuing Mr. Nc
Kellar said.
"T'he same powers entrusted TO the
Secretary of Commerce by this bill
Secretary of Commerce by this bill
are now entrusted to the Federal
Trade Commission. There would be
a duplication of service at an enorm-
Gus cost"
McKeilar said he would heartily
back any bill TO control lobbying.
''This lobbying about the Capitol" he
said, has gotten to be a shame and
scandal and he issued request
to coal interests in particular and
Hobbies in general to get out The
invitation has not yet been accepted
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