New Britain herald., 1930-03-01
PROMISES BROKEN,
 BINGHAM DECLARES
Senator Says Coalition Is Tear
 ing Down Own Campaign

" loii, 4idls 1 'sNe oA'A republicans in the senate. especial ly the once powerful faction known as the old guard, arc willing to agree with President Hoover and leaders in the house that that the senate has been moving too slowly and that legislative affairs are in terrible mess.
 The present seems to them very black indeed and the only bright CT aspect of the future lies in the fact that the tariff battle cannot go on forever. When President Hoover had some of them to breakfast to talk over the possibilities of speed- up. as demanded by House Floor Leader Tilson, they told him sadly but bluntly that he had better keep his shirt on because any executive interference would only make things worse.
 Sees "Necdless Delay
 The almost general dsappont- ment of the regular republicans with the result of the special and regular sessions in the Hoover ad- ministration's first year is eX- pressed by Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut. whose position is similar 10 that of other old guards men such as Shoot of Utah, Reed and Grundy of Pennsylvania, Fess of Ohio and Gillctt of Massachu- setts.
 "The action of the coalition of democrats and western republicans has caused serious and needless legislative delay as well as business uncertainty Bingham says. They are tearing down their own cam paign of 1928 when they went al- most as far for protection as the republicans, after condemning the Fordney- -McCumber tariff act in 1924.
 "The business world had every reason to believe that neither party would attack the existing schedules, but the coalition has gone and low cred them in many cases and it won't listen to the case of the north eastern industrial states at all.
 q am perfectly amazed at the democrats reversal of their presi- dential campaign attitude, even though they are back to their his toric position. l guess they feel that whatever they do they cant be any worse off and their votes in the past few months will discourage any manufacturers from ever again looking to them for protection
 This group of western republi- cans in the coalition has been try ing its best to reach sectionalism | and 10 preach 10 it's constituents that the cast is opposed to their in- terests. But the eastern senators have shown much more willingness to vote for protection of farm products than western senators have for the protection of eastern in- dustries. The totally uncompromis- | ing attitude of some western sena- tors has been in utter opposition 10 party tencts and the best interests | of republicanism.
 Tt has been extremely unpleas- ant to notice that republican mem- ! bers of the coalition are unwilling | to listen even to the arguments citing unemployment in New Eng land and the bad straits in which some of our factories find them- selves.
 "They have just voted blindly against any increases which would help the manufacturers of the northeastern states.
 Because the tariff doesn't help those agricultural products in which there is q large surplus they seem to think that protection isn't any good. Well, of course we In the east could create a large overpro duction if we wanted to, and then the tariff wouldn't do us any good either.
 A Discouraging Record
 ''All in all, one may say that in view of the way the tariff was dis cussed in the last campaign one has the right to feel depressed and dis couraged with the record of ma 1 jority of the members of the senate.
 T do not deny that overspecula- tion was the principal cause of the stock market crash, but the coali- ton has done nothing to help, noth ing to give business confidence and nothing to nourish that delicate plant known as credit
 1 What of the future?" the sen. ator was asked.
 Heaven knows" replied Scna tor Bingham, with smile.