Show THE HOUSE OF OBSTRUCTION i Less than four years ago the re te reformers reformats formers formats of ot the country countr were sl denouncing the United States r as the enemy of the people the graveyard of reform measures the one where illegal privilege was in Today Todar the senate is admit admittedly the th more radical house of con congress congress congress gress the only place whore where consideration tion Is Ig shown to progressive legisla legislation legislation tion while the house Is stubbornly re resisting resisting slating every effort to Improve laws Jaws or meet the demand of the people for re relief relief lief from the oppression of or trust en ners of unlawful privileges Only one of ot the many important measures urged urge by b the president for or adoption has managed manae to pass both houses and that Is the employers lia ha liability bill designed to make common carriers carrl rg responsible for Injury to em e I playeS plo In proportion to their share in contributing c causes of injury The line lIas strangled In committee every p big bill WH Including one ORIC to restrict tIle the use of Ut federal Injunctions the tile one amending the antitrust law Ian and pro provide provide vide federal f license for tor associations exempt exempt ex Cx empt from It operation the railroad e bill the bill for tor the relief of ot organizations rg P from rr m penalty or 0 for f r supervision of or orr o i issues the stal savings bill billt billj r i 1 6 i j 4 t I 1 I 5 IL l 14 C L l t f S I nd tho hill bill for r the removal of f duty on print paper and wood pulp of which pa paper paper paper 1 per Is made Many of these measures me would have passed the house with the aid of Dem Democratic DemocratIc votes if the speaker and the committees had permitted the measures to come to a vote ote With a cowardice and arrogance unequalled in any an ses session session sion slon of ot congress on record the house leaders have obstructed every ever effort to get these bills out of committee and where the subject has come up in the house as us an amendment to oth other r bills the speaker has thrown It out on a point of order as he did the tue child ia bor measure for the District ot of Colum Columbia bla bia Poltroons Poltroon that they are they are afraid to let the representatives elected by the people record their votes on questions question of the greatest importance even when urged by their own president president president dent to act favorably The whole record of this session is isone Isone isone one of negation of truckling to the trusts of ot dodging important issues and all for fear ear they may cut off the most important source of Republican campaign contributions on the eve of o a presidential fight In the present mood of ot the American people that sort of ot public business is the last recommendation tion for electoral confidence and fur furnishes the Democrats about the best campaign material they could ask for |