The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-08-03
BORAH WARNS ADMINS
TRATION ON Fragrant.
TAXING.


by the proposal of his party to en-
force cloture rule in the uppe.
house on discussion Of the pend
ing tariff measure, Senator VIM.
e. Borah covered many matters
of serious important to the ma
ton right now and made many
points that every American
should very carefully consider
The following excerps from this
speech may not be cheering, but
they can be very helpful to those
who read and digest them:
have always been opposed,
Mr.. President, to cloture; and it
has been extremely interesting
in the years during which | have
been here to observe how clio
ture has been sought to be APP
piled by the two sides OF the
Chamber. When the Republic
cans are in the majority, they
want cloture; when the Demo-
Gratis are in the majority, they
want cloture; and when either
side is in the minority, 1t pro
tests against cloture. We have
that situation now | think 1t
would be extremely unwise to
apply cloture at this time.
However, Mr.. President, | should
be tempted to vote for cloture
in this instance if it were not
for the two considerations, one
of which | have just mentioned,
that / think we can stop debate
upon the measure by stopping
debate here in the senate. We
can possibly stop debate in the
senate, but we can not stop it in
The country. Every one of the
schedules in the bill will be de-
bated for the next two or three
years and perhaps the next ten
wears throughout the country.
The second reason why | am
to cloture is because of |
that which lies ahead Of us
We are greatly mistaken if |
we think that the people are in
! hurry to have us legislate
along the lines on which we are
to legislate. The peo-
ole are not at all dissatisfied to
,lacken haste in the matter of
adding increased taxes upon the
people and increased obligations
md burdens upon the Govern
nent
If there were different pro-
gram confronting us, if there
we're a different outlook, there
night be some desire for haste,
out in view of what confronts
is | doubt very much if there
S any considerable excitement
n the country to have us move
llong with our program.
After we have disposed of the
bonus proposition, which will
i'd from $4,000,0O0,000 to &c.
)00,000,000 to the Indebtedness
# the country, what is the next
Measure on the program? The
ship subsidy bill. Do senator's
.hink the people of the country
ire in a great haste to have the
lebris cleared away-if | may |
'all the tariff bill that-to make |
way for a ship subsidy bill, a |
Measure which will draw from
he Treasury all the way from
fifty million to one hundred mil
ion and some say as high as
hree hundred million dollars
which will exempt some of the
,eoDle of the country from the
payment of portion Of their
axes; which will select a few
nd give them an opportunity TO
ucceed in the midst of the dis
ress which presses down upon
he remainder of the people? !
10 not think, Mr.. President,
hat the people are in any haste
Q have US pass that kind of a
MEASURE.
Then, after we pass the ship
bill and the bonus bill,
10th of which will constitute
Trains upon the Treasury and
INVOLVE additional taxes and an
Increase of Government obliga-
ions, we propose to take up the
dill for the creation of "a Fed |
,ral judges. which will be anoth. |
II drain upon the FederalTreas-
Try Perhaps we might justify |
he creation of 10 or II addition
u Federal judges. | think we
might do so, but to create "a
more Federal judges at this time
N my opinion, after having ex-
ahmed the matter as best / may,
IS intolerable and inexcusable !
and the imposition unnecessar
Ily OF a further burden upon
the people of the country. And |
after we shall have passed the
Federal judges bill, there will |
come what is called the Liberia |
oan bill. We propose to go in
10 the Treasury of the United |
States, despite its condition, and |