The Washington times., 1922-12-01

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nc1Tt BCttAuD
very sick Of try
ing to produce
virtousness and
Righteousness all
over tho United
M States by means
E5G2su Of Federal in
quirers, investl-
- gators, inspec- |
WILLIAM HARD. tors, and super.
visors. The Federal supervisors OF
are not regarded ~ hav.
Ing covered themselves with any
large amount of moral glory. Any
which calls for more
Federal supervisors to supervise
marriage and divorce
or lynching-or anything else--is
going to have big legislative rocks
in front Of It from now on.
Tho second trouble encountered
by the Dyer so-called anti.lynching
bill 10 that Senator Caraway Of
Arkansas, has seriously and com
pletely proved that the bill II aimed
AZ the kind Of race riot that hap
pens In the South and not at the
kind Of race riot that happens In
the North.
The Southern Democrats there
fore completely feel that they are
resisting a sectional attack upon
their part of the country. 1t would
take q war to make them submit
to this bill.
It becomes likely accordingly that
the Republicans will abandon this
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as they are sure that they have
convinced the North that they real
" truly wanted to pass the bill
and that only the Democratic fili-
buster prevented them from doing
so. This stage of the affair may
he reached by tonight, or at any
rate, by Monday. Then the Repub-
licans will point q final finger of
scorn at the Democrats and 70 on
to legislation which has some
chance.
In the list Of such legislation the
two chief items are now the shin
subsidy bill and the bill for rural
credits. Everything else (outside OF
the appropriation bills) will now be-
come subordinate to those two prof.
ects. The ship subsidy bill has .
much better chance In the Senate
now than II had q few days ago, and
1t has 1t for two peculiar reasons.
One is that some OF the Democrats
feel that in filibusterihg against the
Dyer bill on lynching they have done
just about all the filibustering that
they wisely ought to do at this time.
They do not want to let the country
think that the Democratic party 10
nothing but q continuously obstruc-
tive filibustering party. They, there.
fore. are now contemplating the idea
Of refraining from anv f'lihuster
against the ship subsidy bill and Of
letting /, II 90 through after only an
ordinary average regular amount OF
oratory.
The other reason why the bill has
q better chance is that some Demo
Gratis have begun to toy with the
idea that It might be good Demo
cratic policy to let the Republicans
pass the bill and take the conse-
quences. The Administration be-
lieves that the consequences Of ship
subsidy win be good. The Demo
crats-most Of them--believe that
the consequences will be politically
very bad for the Republican party.
Thus both the regular party Repub.
licans and the regular party Demo.
crats-for different reasons--may
soon be equally willing to lot the
bill 60 along to passage.
This would put the whole burden
Of any filibuster against the ship
subsidy bill on the shoulders Of the
"a Follette-Borah progressive bloc.
The question would be whether the
members Of that bloc-witho,it any
help from the regular mass of Dem.
ocrats-could talk enough to pre-
vent the bill from coming to vote.
II. they are worn out. and the bill
,oes come to a vote the present
calculations are that It Will get
through.
credits. the President has made an
outright surrender to the old farm
bloc, and In order to help the ship
subsidy bin has consented to legis
lation which only q short time back
was denounced by almost all Re
publican party leaders as "class
Legislation" The idea Of contrivina
special arrangements by which
money can be loaned especially Il
farmers was ''class legislation" last
year. Now a distinguished Repub
lican with cynical disposition has
produced new definition Of "clasi
legislation"
He says:s Glass legislation 1,
any legislation which any class o.
people may want when they contro
iess than fifty votes In the Hous'
Of Representatives. When, however
they control $50 votes. II II iegisla
ton for the common benefit. FoI
Instance, II the miners should wan
la Government fund for insurinl
them against unemployment.
would be class legislation.' Blu
when the farmers want . Govern
ment fund for financing then
against low prices, n h not elias
lIegisIation.' II ussd TO be. Blu
since the ,lsst election Il b not. tn
minsss win thus 80 that the eal!
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