The Washington times., 1922-12-03
ONLY "BLOC" LEGISLATION
I'm SIGHT, DANIELS VIEW
Conference of For.
ward Looking Men
Called to Washing
ton Appears to
Favor Continued
"Bloc" Action By
Congress, He Says.


Congress, He Says.
they thought they wanted it, We
toed the Emergency Tariff. As
soon as he was out of office it be.
came law and turned out to be
the coolest gold brick legislators
ever handed out. 1t was giving
q stone when bread was asked
for. That ought to have opened
the eyes Of the Republican part
of the farm bloc" But it did not.
The fetch Of a protective tariff
still held some farm "bloc" Con-
gressmen in subjection. And they
broke away from their Democratic
associates, or some of them did.
and voted for the Fordney tariff.
The farmers see that what II did
for them was to increase the cost
OF all they buy and add nothing to
what they sell on their products
Of which they grow a surplus. But
even yet there are some Western
bloc" men who delude them
selves into believing that people
who grow wheat and corn and the
like can get some rake OFF, along
whit the manufacturers. But the
number was much less on the 7th
Of November than had been be-
lieved. And the numbo- win de.
crease
EAST is EAST.
Will the twain meet? What are
the Progressive legislators going to
do? They destroyed or delayed a
part of the Harding program be-
fore November. Reactionary Re
publicans hold them largely re-
sponsible for the big loss IN
November. They would love to
tell them to go to a warmer
climate and would IL they had a
majority with them. The Wis
consin delegation was virtually
boycotted by the administration
last spring. The outlawed Con-
gressmen were all reelected and
there are more lame ducks among
the reactionaries than can be pro-
vided with Federal offices. The
handwriting is on the wall: re.
actionaries in politics Of all parties
were served notice to quit. Those
who linger superfluous on the
stage seem to be incapable Of
learning anything. Every man in
vited to the Progressive confer
ence. so far as known, was against
the ship subsidy. II there was any
one mandate clearer than the
other in the election 1t was that
the subsidy was held in disfavor.
II the administration was wise it
would say. THE people have spok-
en- and their will is law" Instead
every resource is invoked to force
its passage through IN unwilling
Congress composed largely Of lame
ducks. The live West is against
that syphoning of public money
out Of the Federal Treasury into
private pockets. So is the South.
Insistence upon the ship subsidy is
to drive the East and West further
and further apart. Never the
twain shall meet" II the ship sub
sidy Is made the meeting place.
1t seems clear that there 10 to
be no powerful.third party even
though there are many who would
welcome it. But for so many diff.
ferent reasons that the advocates
Of a third party find it even more
impossible to agree upon q plat.
form than 1t Is possible for any
body to define q Republican.
The teacher asks: What u q
Republican,"
Me-" says Borah.
Me-" says La Toilette.
me" says Lodge.
Me-" says Capper.
Me-" says Lasker. -
Me-" says Pinchot.
Me-" says Fall.
And they all. wear that label.
1t is more like eye Of newt and
tongue Of dog" in the Witches
caldron than a compact. homoge.
neous body Of men who unite for
like measures. ..s..
BLOC" LEGISLATION SEEN.
This wide division among men
who call themselves Republicans
seems to demand bloc" lsgisla-
ton II there 10 to b any. The
Democrats and the Progressive
Republicans have their facs set. to
the future. to social welfare. y
ward broader day ana . better
chance. The Old Guard Republi.
cans and the Bourbon Democrats
SO red every time mon VINO labor
on farm or in factory demand .
larger share In the products Of
their toll.