The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-07
DEMOCRATIC POLICY
MERELY TO 0BSTRUCT
CLAIMS Sen. WATSON
PALLApruM NEWS BUREAU

w VAoIilN6 oAN, OCl- t-oeHdtOT
James E. Watson. of Indiana, who is
taking an active part in the revenue
bill debate, has charged Democratic
senators with conducting guerilla war
fare against the measure to delay its
passage. This charge was made IN
a clash he had with Senator Pat Har-
rison, of Mississippi, one of the most
brilliant debaters on the Democratic
side of the senate.
Democratic opposition to the adj
ministration's legislative program is
not constructive, merely obstructive,
the Indiana senator asserted. Direct
ing his fire at Senator Harrison, who
had been "snip1ng." Senator Watson
remarked that a tax Dil) would be
evolved which to very great extent
would relieve industry in the United
States, but that this would be ac-
complished without the assistance of
the senator from Mississippi. because
he intends to oppose the tax bill no
matter what We put in 1t.
Exchange Remarks.
81 think the senator from Missis.
sippi would oppose any bill the sena-
tor from Indiana would write" replied
Harrison Then ensued the following
exchange of remarks:
Watson" have not any doubt about
| that in the world, and he would homer
me by so doing"
Harrison. Il thank the senator. We
are still far apart"
Watson. "The senator will oppose
| the reailroad bill when it comes up
Harrison. Il certainly will
Watson. And the senator will op
pose the foreign debt funding bill
when it comes
Harrison. 81 certainly will"
Watson. "And the senator will op
pose the tariff bill when it comes up
Harrison. 81 certainly will"
The Mississippi senator then re
marked that he hoped the Republican
majority would present something il
| the interest of the people that he could
help out on.
1--WE shall look after the people be
cause the people looked after US tC
the extent of about 100000 major
ity," Watson replied I'VE are entire
ly satisfied with the attitude of the
| people toward the president and The
| senate and the house, and we shall
be content with what the future ma!
develop"
Refers to Cousin"
Senator Watson, of Georgia, the
storm petrel'' of the senate, took {
hand in the skirmish between the
senator from Indiana, my handsome
cousin, as he referred to him, and tn,
Mississippi senator by charging th'
majority with cooking up" on,
5 revenue bill at day sessions. and an
other one at the night sessions. "Wha
is the use of having two bakeries GO
ing on at the same time?'' he asked
Senator Jim" Watson replied tha
the sole object of all the discussion
on the part of the Democratic senator
was to delay the legislative program
and that he would not participate in i
beyond denying that a new bill wa
being framed to take the place of tn
revenue measure which had been re
ported by the finance committee.
Wednesday afternoon consideration
of the revenue bill was prevente
when Senator Sheppard of Texas
Democrat, took up six hours readin
the Paris treaty, which had been dis
icussed pro and con for many month
last year
| Senator McCumber. of North Dakota
Republican, a member of the so-caIle
agricultural bloc, in addressing tn
senate asserted that the senate woul
J be unable to pass either the revenu
or the tariff bills 'if we are to discus
partisan politics over and over again.
He expressed the opinion that it woul
not be possible to put through tn
tariff before Jan. 1, under any eli
: cumstances.