Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-09

Who's to blame for the tariff tangle?
This question, brought to the fore by
President Hoover's appeal for action, is
agree on the spot to lay the guilt, there
is general recognition of the power
for good or evil, as the case may be, OF
the Democratic and inSurgent Repub-
lican coalition.
"The President is more concerned
over the tariff row than is Congress,
according to the Topeka Daily Capital
(Republican). 1T is his extra session
called for a single purpose. Failure OF
the tariff session 10 carry out the party
pledge will give the Hoover admins
tration an unfortunate start. 1t is pos
sible that the President waited too long
to exert executive influence on legiSla-
ton in this case, where presidential
prestige Is so plainly at stake. If the
special session ends in abject failure
there will be inevitable criticism of the
President for not taking a strong posi-
ton when it might have been eftectual.
The moderation, calmneSs and good
temper of President Hoover do not i'm
ply that he is not greatly disturbed by
a situation full of political trouble"
Differing from this Interpretation Is
the theory of the Detroit Free Press
independently that 1.-The trouble over
the tariff bill which has arisen since
April is due largely to the circumstance
that Congress, and specifically the House
of Representatives, did not follow the
Presidents recommendation, but forth
with undertook general revision, which
has produced what those best versed
in its contents consider one of the
most thoroughgoing of all high-tariff
measures. The bill gives opportunity
for wide, honest differences of opinion
regarding specific schedules, and, what
Is much more productive of delay and
difficulty, it has given those who place
politics first and the good of the coun-
try second wide scope for the exercise
of their peculiar talents"
Dominance of the coalition in the
Senate" Is viewed by the Manchester
Union independent Republican, as the
big, outstanding fact of the situation,
and that paper quotes some Of the reg
ular Republican Senators as believing
that failure to secure tariff legislation
Is inevitable" while its own conclusion
is that clearly enough, 1t Is the power
of the Democratic-i bund to
delay action or to hammer the bill into
a shape in which its acceptance by the
House or the Executive would be out OF
the question"
"When the Republicans ignored the
President and the public in framing the
tariff BILL" says the Hartford Courant
independent Republican,, ''they over
reached themselves and gave their OPP
ponents the opportunity which they
were seeking. Yet the coalition would
be mistaken II it believed that it COM
manded the support which was with
held from the Republicans. The public
will Judge the coalition by the use that
it makes Of the opportunity which the
Republicans in the Senate have now
almost openly surrendered to it. Thus
FAR. 1t has given small indication that
IL intends to turn it to the general ad-
vantage. It seems rather bent on max
ING what it regards as political capital
Considering the plea that Congress
is unable to legislate honestly and just
" and must trust to the President to
atone for its perfidy," the Omaha
world Herald independently concludes:
sThat. we think, would be too much
for Congress to admit, or the country
to accept complacently, or betrayed
Agriculture to sanction. There Is an
easier and simpler way to settle this
fipht. and to insure just and honor
ai5le outcome. If President Hoover
would take his stand sqlarety where
he stood last Fall, Observation-Disclosures
with Borafl, the Senate would soon pass
a tariff bill that fulfilled the campaign
"The Senate might well take heed Of
the advice OF. Senator. Jones, acting Re-
publican leader" suggests the Kansas
City Star Independently VINO urge,
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