Show I 1 IDE DE OGRA IS IN SENATE KEEP I OBSERVERS ON ANXIOUS SEAT I I II vh t Arc Thc Their l Policies On Rig Big Issues 1 Capital Asks j I i TACTICS ICS PUZZLING i Their Vote to Seat Nye I Is s 0 all s e of D By T S Correspondent of 01 Copyright 1926 by The rhe Consoli Consolidated dated Press Jan Ian Ot 16 more Interest politically in Wash Washington ash I ington during the pa t week than any other Question 11 1 been the attempt to fathom thom the D position on the Ule national Issues of the hour Thus far no fixed Democratic policy has been ap- ap apparent ap apparent parent The Democrats of or the house have been In one dl- dl dl the Democrats 01 the sen- sen senate ate en-ate ate in another It is apparent that oC the fhe houde do not amount to a great creat deal doal under the of that boly The regular Re Republicans the Coolidge have a clear majority In the house They are In command of ot the steam steamroller steamroller roller whenever th want to roll the minority Longworth merely bOws whistle the rest is as easy IN IX TE the Democrats of or the ben ben- ten ate ate it is different Th They really are potent The ma- ma ma In the senate L la purely a paper one The cannot count upon sufficient lit any time to put a administration for any ony ren reflection cllon of national Democratic policy one must look to the Democrats of the senate Up to the present moment their tactics have ha been puzzling to SlY the least leist Ostensibly the Ihl Demo Democrats are strong fOr tor American d to the worl world 1 court I ad-I ret thy voted w k to cK-to to teal slat a 11 radical from I North Dakota who ho Is a n orn 8 for of 01 the court and who lan l'an I delay If not defeat I the resolution of or I worl world court is hailed as Ideal About the only Its opponents can bring against it is that It I is or IM Is I like likely I ly to become too closely with the of Na- Na Na Nations To scat the opP sen-I sen sen senator ator the Democrats had bad to over override ride the recommendations of ot the senate committee which adversely upon his eligibility The In Question is 8 Gerald P Nye ot or North Dakota Senator Nye as a radical to out out- J La ollett 1 oung Bob Dob UJ IUS The vote vole on all NyI Owed sJ an all alliance al between the senate Democrats and the radical which was alarming to some of the aders It-aders oC the country Perhaps there was In the that e i President Coolidge could not no con con- con control the th s senate nate but there was alarm lest the th De use their power In the upper l branch ranch of In a purely fashion Clem Shaver Democratic na- na na national lIonal chairman holdover hold from his of Ute life Davis campaign In 1324 1924 hurried to the capital and pleaded with the sen senate en- en enate ate Democrats not to C delay deloy the th On Page T o DEMOCRATS ARE PUZZLE CENTER Continued from rom Page Pace One ODe passage of the tax reduction measure to the extent of Jeo- Jeo Jeopardizing Jeopardizing Jeo Jeopardizing the new returns and first payments of March Marcil 15 If next The alliance with the radical Re- Re Republican Re Republican publican elements had shown that tho Democrats Democrat could If It they would play oo ha with the whole tax reduction scheme schem It is admitted that some of the tho provisions pro of the ho hc Democratic tax plan as brought rought forth IJ by Senator Simmons of North Carolina can can- cannot cannot not be passed Possibly they were brought forth for tor trading purposes The Democrats have han one big point of ot difference with their Republican colleagues how how- however however however ever which probably will form orm the basis of their entire fight tight It 18 1 the effort to give greater tax re- re relief re relief lief hief to persons with Incomes ranging between and a IL year yer Taxpayers In- In Included included In Included In la the these so so called mIddle brackets have virtually been over over- overlooked overlooked looked In the Republican measure The percentage of ot decreases ac- ac accorded ac sc accorded corded them In comparison to persons of smaller and larger In- In InI Incomes In Incomes comes come Is ridiculously small Indeed I Included In these brackets are the men and ond women of attain attainment ment and the brains lead leaders rs of ot In Industry and the professions The Democrats claim the Republicans are ae trying to tax the brains ot of otI I the tho country to relieve persons of extreme wealth most of whom In- In Inherited In Inherited their fortunes and have nothinG at all to do with the tho man man- management management of their funds fund The demand for fer tax tex reduction Is so 80 o Insistent the country over that Senator Simmons had prom prom- promised there thero will be no delay suf- suf suf sufficient to Imperil the benefit ot of the tho reduction on March 16 U This Thle has ha been Jeon extremely reassuring to the country oy OX TARIFF The Tho Democratic position on the tariff la is no clearer It was There has haa been a disposition to tall fall In with the farm tarm bloc Republicans cans who are shouting at al the tho tariff U as one cause of the tha predicament In which tho the middle we t farmers fanner have ha found But here again tho Democrats of ot the lenatO have had to be warned The farmer Republicans Republican are merely making threat about the tAriff They would not support a Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic cratic platform of free trade or ora ora ora a tariff for tor revenue only They may play with the Democrats for forthe forthe forthe the moment but at election time they will be voting the G 0 O P ticket reIs straight as a usual Th There 4 re Is no unanimity of opinion among the Democrats anyway on the I tariff In In the tho south lOuth as IS well u a In ajla uIn the north and w wast st consumIng consuming ing log communities wanta want a low tar tariff iff and producing communities want a a high tariff Interest Ie ia much the tho tame same the country over and north II a well a as south thero I a natural desire for tor pres pres and solf Meantime the tho Democrats are not doing a great deal of oC building for tor torI I their campaign of ot th thu cominG fall |