The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-03-11
NON-PARTISAN ACCORD
IS SOUGHT ON TAX CUT
DEMOCRATS WON'T BARGAIN
WITH LA TOILETTE AFTER
RECENT EXPERIENCE.
WOULD AVOID RADICAL DEAL
Have Reached the Conclusion That
The Support of Wisconsin Senator
And His Wrecking Crew of Pro-
gressives Is Not Worth Having.

And His Wrecking Crew OF Pro-
gressives Is Not Worth Having.
A special dispatch from Washing
ton to the New York Herald says
congressional leaders agree that the
strategic position of the Mellon tax
plan has been improved by the result
OF its treatment in the lower house.
Democratic leaders OF both houses
make no attempt to conceal their
chagrin over the desertion of the So
called Garner plan by the La Toilette
group in the house. Many OF them
have frankly expressed their determi-
nation to oppose any deal III the tu-
ture between their party and Mr.. La
Follette's bloc, which asserts the right
OF veto on the undertakings OF both
parties.
The democratic view is that the sup
port of Mr.. La Toilette and his
wrecking crew is not worth having
The price which the minority must
pay for the support OF the Wisconsin
radical is considered to outweigh by
far any benefit that might result from
such combination. Comment by
democratic leaders in the house re
garding the "betrayar' OF the social
ed Garner plan by the La Toilette
group reflects little surprise but a good
deal Of condemnation.
Failure to Keep Pledge.
MANY democratic members OF the
house who subscribed to the caucus
pledge to stand by the Garner sub
stitute for the Mellon plan were as
sured that Mr.. La Follette's adherents
would carry out their bargain. If the
La Toilette pledge had been kept the
Garner substitute would have been put
through.
For reasons best known to them
selves but not entirely clear to the
democratic leaders Mr.. La Toilette S
group in the lower house carried on
until better deal could be made with
the republican majority. Confronted
with the alternative OF being read out
OF the republican party the La Fol
lette members reduced the democratic
treaty to scrap OF paper The effect
OF this change OF front on the part OF
the La Toilette crowd lett the demo
Gratis tax ship stranded high and dry
1t will probably be a long time be
fore the democratic members OF the
house forget or at least forgive the
incident The more resenttul OF them,
who are now constrained to admit
| that an agreement with the La Fol
lette group is not worth the paper II
! is written ON. are urging senators
representing their states to fight the
| tax issue out with the republican ma
ioritv and without reference to the
destructive factional ambitions of the
Wisconsin radical.
La Toilette Gets Benefits.
Mr.. La Toilette who, to all intents
and purposes has been the leader OBJ
tanned all of the benefits and the dem
ocrats have taken most of the blame.
1t was Mr.. La Toilette who dictat-
ed the selection of Senator Smith,
democrat, as chairman of the Inter
state Commerce committee. Demo
cratic senators who went along with
the plan of their leaders realize now
that the republicans we're glad to
shove the responsibility for. transpor-
tation legislation off on the minority.
MANY democratic senators who sup
ported the Walsh resolution calling on
the president to demand the resigna-
ton OF Secretary DENLY admit pri-
vately that in following the leadership
of Mr.. La Toilette in this respect they
committed a blunder. The basis for
this conviction is that Mr.. DENLY in
office was a democratic asset, but that
Mr.. DENLY out OF office was repub-
lican asset.