| Show DETERMINED TO fiND AN ISSUE Democrats Know Not What It Will Be But Must Cor Come l r r i. f l Vr jW r r 1 Sc- Sc S f nut Hut Little Talk ut if Tariff and 1 ld i 4 r t S Is' Is I Ii J Knocked S.- S. Out r ash I I Feb j- j 2 28 S. Wanted An Js issue uc must be bc in good order and nud bo hiJ delivered sometime me c nowland now I land t election day November u C G This r f fa the sign floated to tho the breeze I b by the iii leaders leathers of or the Democratic party par art ar- ar t ty in SS Since the convening cOIl of 1 the iho ho present nt congress there thero has an nn earnest anti and commendable effort ef ef- ef effort fort on the iho th part t of the senate and house l leaders r t to locate locale u ah ith l Issue isue ue but SI so II far fit with without ul success A prominent Democratic politician when asked re rec recently re- re c centhy a nM nit io to what would be th the 1 Issue ue IP II i the congressional con campaign this summer and anti fall replied Im if I know I jut hut you bat bel well we'll get one if 11 It takes nil all summer s Wind Out of Sail In the house in the ti session s 's ion the began a campaign for fora a radical I. regulating bill hui hun It lt known mo that the then Republicans ans halT had decided upon tipoti framing va n. n a ir asu t tand and passing It through the house rind and inch n-inch 10 lb 0 their surprise e their theil demands were cre met by ly tI time the l Republicans arid and aa as a asa a n. i result time committee of ot Interstate and foreign commerce of or tb ious unanimous unanimously reported th the bill and It was ns passed by by br bythe the l with but six six- rotes That t knocked ou out t one l issue lIe so 2 Curas fur Cur furas tir tiras as the tho house of representatives was Vas concerned a as the lie house hous hud had discharged it its pledge o l porting porting- and passing u a railroad rate bill which met the appio approval ap up- pio l of President Roosevelt J ll Suit San aH J Domingo omill o Abandoned 1 San n Domingo has hns also been made an nn issue satie in Iii the senate senal by the D but but- whon when It It be m l t billy matter this Involved Involved In I was vas the collection u ot of just i ion on an ln tf blo little government In time the thoi West Vest Indies It has han been abandoned I i I For Fot 4 H. H or 01 there ha iia of tariff revision I II been been b but little IttIe agitation u ta I I ion sion anti and ft t can be stated staled n-i n as almost an nn assured fact tact that there then ill be no tin tariff tinkering at nt this session beyond la iho tho ho passage of the he Philippine lc tariff t. bill reducing re to fifty per pel cent cont the rates t r i lot rf f the tIme Jin act net on na and tobacco This l measure pro i provides c- c tot for fora tota a 1 reduction llon pf pr limit hut 2 r ii per hier but hut Cl ae as the now H are 70 percent Cl cent nto of the tho the tho pi plO will wiil really mea meana n reduction of or iO ul 1 per por l' l cent I Till Tariff Cj l mi sJon I Poi i ible 1 1 I I Possibly a tariff commission li may amy be appointed d Ju just t before the lie adjournment or of congress to lQ take tal testimony an and mako a t report lo tu th the closing session o J of lil tho hO Fifty ninth hut but even cn Ih IR Im 1111 probable This is about the thc extent of ot tariff legislation IL at this session se This may un an n Issue as ns ts a n last resort but butt t at the tho present l Ii time I Demo Demo- cral ate are beset 9 t by doubts doubts' k i. i |
