The Nevada County picayune., 1922-08-17
.,uocRATs PROPOSE a EARLY pl oN TARIFF, REFUTlNG
 CHARGE OF DELAY

.to Senate were taken com
 cans al4,,r bv surprise and thrown into
 pie'.E when Senator Simmons
 eoni C). ranking minority mem
 # tbe Finance Committee, boldly
 'e .,od that the Senate should vote
 p,Vt ? tne Fordney- -McCumber Profiteers'
 ys ~s,ff bill on August 19. The Republi-
 ia had held a meeting the night be-
 . ot the residence of Senator Lodge
 :. .. which it is reported on good author
 ,sor had agreed to propose Septem- s.r m ,st for vote on the bill.
 The Republicans have been accusing nomocrats of filibustering to de lay the bill ard Senator simmons pro- to vote on it four days ofter the uouse reconvenes and twelve days .,..a of the time secretly agreed upon = tho Republicans, not only disproves .so charge of an attempted delay on ,ho mart of the Democrats but clearly tDc poi'
 .o,oa,ed that the Republicans them ..,ros were attempting to delay vote :, tho bill. keeping the Do-Nothing uouse in session for more than two weeks still doing nothing.
 This is. in accordance with the Re ,ublican plan of not permitting the profteers' Tariff bill to become a law ho,ore the November elections Fol ,ouinp the passage of the bill by the ranate on whatever the compromise date agreed on, the bill will have to go to conference The panic stricken Re nublicans according to all predictions, will then attempt to lower some of the increased duties imposed by the Sen ate resulting in prolonging the confer ence beyond the date upon which 1t is desired that Congress shall adjourn, thus passing the matter up to the short session in December.
 That the Republicans propose to de ay final action OR the Profiteers' Tar if bill until after the November cleo lion is eorrohorated by the Washington Post. regarded as the official mouth piece of the President in particular, and the Republican administration gen erally. The Post in a recent issue says:
 "There will he no tariff legislation passed to final enactment prior to the November elections"
 There can be no higher authority than the Washington Post in such mat ters-not even Senator Lodge.
 If this plan is carried out it will amount to another exhibition on the part of Congress of contemptuous dis regard for President Harding's advice. as it gave in the matter of his letter urging that the higher surtaxes of the very rich be reduced from 65 to 32 per cent. A coalition of Democrats and Progressive Republicans forced the Congress 10 keep the higher surtaxes at 50 per cent.
 The pOStpOnement of the final en- actment of the Tariff bill until after the November elections, would leave noth- ing accomplished at the special session and the first regular session of this Re publican Congress in the way of major legislation except the Emergency Tar III bill and the Tax Revision bill It haS been announced by authoritative sources of information that the Sol dlers Ronus bill in its present form Will be vetoed by President Harding if passed and it is morally certain that me Congress is afraid of the Ship Sub sldy bill, and will be more afraid of it when the Republican members of the House return after sounding out their constituents. II will then be seen whe- ther President Harding will carry out ms annoeneed purpose of reconyening congress in case it fails to pass the ship Subsidy bill at this session.
 frot all of which we gather that the Republican Congress has not only re- ceived the title of the Do Nothing Con TESS but has earned it and deserved it.