The Washington times., 1922-10-08
HERE are no such days as
bright October days. with the

bright October days. with the
- cheerful whistle of the farmer
Us ,he harvests his crops and is
feheered by, draughts Of brown
soctober ale, a Ia .volstcad. Tho
sfnost glorious season or the year
s~as ushered in In 1879 by the news
sfhat Congress had adjourned and
t>ts members. disappointed. weary
and dejected." had packed their
bags and turned their faces home
ward.
oi It was - weary way" for they
knew no gathering Of citisens, with
ibrsss bands ana cries Of "well
DONE" would greet thsm - they
aalishted from their train in the,
shons town. Ths truth IL. some Of
sthem have remained in Waning
ston. delaying their return. fearing
sbrickbats instead Of coveted bou-
fauets.
b. I 40 not belong to the army of
knockers which makes habit OF
knocking members Of Congress.
Any observation is that they are
about a. good as the average rum
Of people back home. and often
much better; certainly most OF
them know more than their corr
,Stitusnts.-
n But not al. Occasionally
.1broncho-bustsr breaks in on q tidal
wave like that which devastated
the country In November. 1920.
But they 30 out a. they came
mere flotsam and jetsam. The
average Congressman who comos
back year after year has some
thing In him or he could not show
staying qualities. He must no. te
too unlike his people or they
wouldn't send him. Imagine Kan
Sas sending Roscoe Conkling to tie
-senate or New York giving credep.
tials to Peffer. ....'.
COULD DO LITTLE.
q This Congress on both sides con.
tains many mon Of ability and
Character and patriotism.
y They seem to have been submerg-
I'd and to have been refused op-
'bortunity to do anything except to
make vain and vigorous protests
swhen the legislation for the big
interests became too raw. as for
example when the conference COM
Hnittee on the tariff sought to over
ride the express viii of both bodies
and place q tariff of many mil
lions on farmers in the potash
schedule. though both houses had
voted to put It on the free list, and
10 give subsidies to the dye mo-
nopoly by placing an embargo in
,timee OF peace. ...-... w..
4 In the main. the opposition had
their pains for their trouble in
their protests. In the use Of the
word Opposition" l. include such
veteran Republicans as Nelson,
4Lenroot. LaFollette and scores of
other Republicans who ragged at
the tariff rnonstrosity which Presi.
dent Harding signed a. quickly a.
he vetoed the act providing com.
pensstion to the soldiers and sail
ors. ,..#-. ..
N0B0DY oARxs
In writing tarfff lssisiation no
Thought - given. or q any, only
how much he can b muicted with
out revolt. to the ultimate con-
sumner. He 10 privileged only to
pay the freisht HIS not to make
Irepty; his bot % pony up with
the ducsts. - -,
i But Il remained fsr this Con.
grsss. through Senator Jim Wat.
son. Of Indiana, to snunciats the
tpraoties of malrins the consumer
-pay al that he WIN bear % q funda-
mental high tariff doctrine. sena-
tor Watson declared on the floor OF
the ssnats: IL you will take care
.of the produosr. the consumer vim
take ore of himself"
n Ths nsrs than ieo. 900. 900 con-
Sunsrs in this eountry have hereto.
fors bssn assursd that they were at
lsast snfftisd b equal consideration
with s<Asss when legislation was
bsing sna1tsd II u rather q re-
3isf 70 b told that such 10 not the
eAss. but that they ere lsft to shift
fcr thsmssivsa = ..
Importance with other high tariff
bfIls shows they have had to work
loubls shifts to pay the increased
cost Of neoessaries imposed by the
tariff bin.
BENEFICIARY IN lss4i s."
!, Il was the Mckinley tariff. when
Gom Reed gave the women credit
for Republican defeat in 1890. that
gave the Presidency to Cleveland in
s1sss, and the Payne-Aldrich tariff
which gave the Presidency. to
,Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Who
WIN be the beneficiary in 1924. when
the neglected ana taxed consumer
Iod othsrs IN etha Forrotteo Men''