Show TilE THE DAILY WASHINGTON ASHINGTON i I e err r 1 y T G o 0 R ROll o U n fl d d. d l lI MarkBy Mark MarkBy By DREW DUEW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN The WASHINGTON hair of many Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic dignitaries on Capitol hill is perpetually standing on end these days and the presidents president's legislative program is the cause of it Nothing gives them the jitters so much however as the thc presidents president's tariff bill As the time nears for its consideration the situation on the Democratic side behind the scenes borders on a definite state or of panic It Itis ItIs is a fantastic spectacle Members go around muttering to themselves and raging pr privately of course against the president They are afraid to vote against the bill bilI and aghast at the thought of voting for it That the Democratic party is traditionally low tariff that the party's 1932 platform specifically specifically pledged a program such as the president president dent now proposes is just last years year's crop of verbiage It means nothing Local and sectional protectionist interests are up in arms are threatening dire political consequences if the measure is enacted And the brave bold statesmen caught between the I Ito fire cross are arc in a state of collapse over what to todo do The party caucus on the issue last week had the atmosphere of a funeral Unconstitutional Revolutionary Ruinous Pat Harrison chairman of the senate finance committee and as such floor leader for the measure sat glum and silent Pat is going to tobe tobe be a good boy and go down the line on the bill bilI But how he hates it Others however spoke out bluntly in meeting meet meet- ing This is the most dangerous experiment ever undertaken by the Democratic party thundered Senator George of Georg Georgia a. a It is un- un constitutional It is revolutionary It will ruin our party If this bill passes wailed King of Utah III I may not even stand for reelection this year Im agin it bellowed Huey Long The lumber industry in my state says says' this measure will ruin them complained Senator Dill of Washington Confidential word credits the Republicans with a pat scheme to add to the Democratic discomfiture Their strategy is simple and devilish They are preparing scores of amendments These will propose exemptions for articles in every state of the union will be demanded on each amendment Every Democrat will have to show how he stands on the commodities of his own state Is it any wonder onder the already terrified Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- are groaning in anguish sh and pulling their hair Administration floor leaders plan to meet this Republican strategy by motions to table the amendments By such a move they hope to dilute the partisan poison But they admit it is a weak antidote that when the showdown comes they may not be beable beable able to keep their quaking ranks from breaking and running for cover Neighbors The statue of William Jennings Bryan by Gutzon Borglum recently was dedicated dedicated dedi- dedi in the Potomac park One of the celebrities at the dedication cere- cere mony was Honest Harold Ickes secretary of the interior From the rugged bronzed features of the man who drank only grape juice w who o probably did more than any other one vidual to bring prohibition to the U. U S. S A. A Ickes gazed across across to a brewery the largest in the thc city It stood just behind Bryans Bryan's statue What do you think of that asked a friend Guess well we'll have to move the brewery chuckled Ickes Rich and Poor The senate race in Rhode Island this fall is going to be unique Opposing each other in the Democratic primaries manes maries will be Eddie Dowling famous comedian comedian come come- dian friend of the president staunch Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat and Peter Gerr Gerry time one treasurer of the Democratic party contributor of to the Roosevelt campaign once a member of the senate and publisher of the chief Democratic newspaper in Rhode Island Despite Gerry's wealth power and importance to Democracy the chances are to 1 that Roosevelt will lean toward Eddie Dowling Favorite expression expresion of contempt of Wash Wash- ington's militantly liberal Senator Homer T. T Bone is which he defines as one who hasn't a hole in his pocket or a nickel to lose through it but still is a willing defender of Wall Street and all it stands for Although the U. U US U.S. S. S government owns nearly one half the worlds world's gold supply until recent recent- recently ly not a single bar was stored in the treasury The reason was lack of protected protect protect- ed vault facilities This is now being remedied by the completion of extensive vaults aults Into them the governments government's gold goldstock stock scattered among the mints assay offices and nd federal reserve banks is now secretly pour pour- mg ing h by Feature Syndicate Inc |