The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
BY EDWARD q. CLARK

BY EDWARD q. CLARK
Washington. - Shakespeare must
nave looked three E.indred years into
:he future to risu.ize the tariff pro
:eedlngs in the upper house of the
American congress in order from the
picture to get his fine phrase dam
lablc iteration"
Now ef course the Democrats do
uot want yhe tariff bill to pass. 1t is
Republican measure and they don't
ike it, They know, however. that it
IS going to puss, but they do not in
tend to let it reach the goal until
here has been discussion enough to
SUPPLY several senates with occupa-
ion One is trying to write in I'M
mpardal way and in non-purtisun
way, and the writer can do this so
far as the tariff is concerned, with an
entirely good conscience The Demo
cratic thought seemingly is delay. de
ay, delay, while the Republican
thought seems to be "let us get rid of
'he Internal thing and give it il chance
10 try itself out as soon as possible"
The senators sit for twelve hours
q day in the tariff court. At least
hey are supposed to sit there. The
sitting, however, is done by half
dozen not ut all amably inclined gen
uemen who sit because they must. The
others scatter to wait for the sound
of the no quorum bell, or for the sue
ression of rings which tells them that
hey must hurry to vote on something
or other which is supposed to make
Or unmake the country.
1t has been discussed before. bur
The daily record is worth perhaps
passing comment. There are rJS -es
rf the tariff bill and the sennte is now
reading and discussing line some
where near the top of the forty-ffth
page.
Mica, Micah and Powder Puffs.
Mica has just been under discussion
There are only one or two senators
who know anything about mica, sut
the unknowing know that they must
vote rs the few knowing ones signal.
There is a story circling round that
three or four senators thought MICA
had something to do with the Old Test
ament, and that the scheduled sub
ject was man, not thing. The mat
ter of final I'll" is nothing to the
senatorial mind which fears lest some
infant industry is about to be strnngled
in its Z coming or crying cradle.
On hot night two senators Erave-
ly discussed mica from the standpoint.
or perhaps better. the viewpoint of Il
woman's powder puff. 1t was gravely
asserted that mica was necessity be
cause it perforce must be the dail.' ac-
compartment of the pocket mirror and
the other little things which every
woman, with disregard for rights
of her natural complexion, carries with
her, hot days and cold days.
Two distinguished senators from the
northwest portion of this great repub-
lie gave up twenty-five minutes of
more or less precious time Il night or
two ago to a dispute as to whether or
not n certain statement appeared on
page 10 or page 21 of government
document. There was no Disagree
ment at all as to the wording of the
statement or as to its correctness. but
peared apparently was one of high mo-
ment and neither the tariff bill nor
the world could go forward until 10
was made 21 or 21 was made 10. and
the change properly had been attest
ed by a notary public with an attend
ing crowd of credible witnesses.
Democratic Delay Effective.
The Democrats, of course, are delay
ing the passage of the tariff bill be-
cause they want the country to be-
Iieve that the Republican party is
slow at the work of legislation. a
man may be trying 10 reach Il mark
with his heart-in-his-legs efforts, but
what progress can he make f pitfalls
are dug for MIN every stride of his
running way?
OF course 1t is charged that the Re
publicans have wasted lot of time
trying to put through tariff bill. 1t
is barely possible, of course, that the
time spent in putting through this
particular tariff bill is all wasted, but
the Republican desire seems TO be TO
get the thing through quickly.
The President, so the supposedly
well informed say, sits nightly in an
upper chamber of the great white
mansion and wishes in his heart that
the wicked Democrats would let a
few schedules go their way to action
without objection or obstruction. The
President wants to go to Alaska. He
probably can go to Alaska only If he
chooses to depart for that one-time
land of promise when the long night
has settled down upon it TO hold il I'M
comes back once more.
The tariff. of course, is most in