Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-06-16
DEMOCRATS, KNOWING 1T WILL
PASS, STILL PUT DRAos ON
SENATE DEBATE
TIME is WASTED ON TRIPLES
Republicans, Though Not Over En-
thusastic, Want the Measure En-
acted as Soon as Possible and Given
Try Out.
By EDWARD 3. CLARK

American congress in order from the
picture to get his fine phrase "dam-
nable iteration
Now OF course the Democrats do
not want the tariff bill to pass. 1t is
Il Republican measure and they don't
like it, They know however, that it
is going to pass, but they do not in
tend to let it reach the goal until
there has been discussion enough to
supply several senates with occupa-
fion. One is trying to write in an
Impartial way and in non-partisan
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-
lay, delay, while the Republican
thought seems to be "let us get rid Of
the internal thing and give it a chance
10 try itself out as soon rs possible"
The senator's sit for twelve hours
q day in the tariff court At least
they are supposed to sit there. The
sitting, however, is done by half
dozen not at all amiably inclined gen
tlemen who sit because they must The
others scatter to wait for the sound
OF the no quorum bell, or for the sue
cession of rings which tells them that
they must hurry to vote on something
or other which is supposed to make
or unmake the country.
Ii has been discussed before, but
the daily record is worth perhaps
passing comment. There are 43S ges
of the tariff bill and the senate 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, but
the unknowing know that they must
vote as 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
ainent and that the scheduled sub
Ject was a man, not thing The mat
ter of final "h" is nothing to the
senatorial mind which fears lest some
infant industry Is about to be strangled
In its looming or crying cradle.
On hot night two senators grave
ly discussed mica from the standpoint,
or, perhaps better, the viewpoint of a
woman's powder puff. 1t was gravely
asserted that mica was necessity be-
cause 1t perforce must be the daily 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 senator's from the
northwest portion of this great repub-
lie gave up twenty-five minutes of
more or less precious time night or
two ago to dispute as to whether or
not a certain statement appeared on
page 10 or page q of government
document. There was no disagree
lnent at all as to the wording of the
statement or as to its correctness, but
the matter of the page on which it ap-
peared apparently was one of high mo-
ment and neither the tariff bill nor
the world could go forward until 10
was made 81 or 81 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-
lieve that the Republican party is
slow at the work of legislation. A
man may be trying to reach a mark
with his heart-in-his-legs efforts, but
what progress can he make 4 pitfalls
are dug for him every stride of his
running way?
OF course it is charged that the Re-
publicans have wasted lot of time |
trying to put through a 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
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 1t I'M
relieved in its embrace until the sun |
comes back once more.
The tariff, Of course. is most in
teresting subject II one chooses so to
think, but it takes much indwelling of |
thought for most laymen here to reach |
the conclusion that the country is Wild
" anxious that the Underwood-Sim-
mons bill shall become one day the
Met umber bill. What the |