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Democrats Are Not Likely to Cut
Schedules "To The Bone" Because
Leaders Do . Not Desire to Upset
Business. . -
By GEORGE CLINTON , .
Washington. Representative Oscar
W. Underwood, chairman, and his fel
low members of the ways and means
committee, are'about to begin the
hearings which always come as a pre
lude to the passage of hew tariff legis
lation. The road whjch stretches be
fore the chairman and his fellows is
a much traveled "one. The Republic
an-controlled ways x and means, com
mittee went over it at the extra ses
sion called by Mr. Taft in 1909, A
Democratic-controlled ways .1 and
means- committee went oyer it in
part when reciprocity, was under con-,
sideration; then the same committee
Vent over it again at the -last session
of; congress,- and now the ways and
means, members . stand " at the ' tape
ready for the signal to begin the
march once more.
Cynical laymen in Washington say
that if the committee hears anything
new on the tariff question during the
coming weeks of patient or . impa
tient attention . to the , arguments of
importers- and -.manufacturers, it will
be one of the miracles of chance.
The printed public reports of the tar
iff hearings--during, the last four
years, make many volumes. Every
subject, from acetanelid tor zinc has
been exploited for all that was in it
to bolster ' up the -cause of - either
standpatlsm or downward revision.
.Cannot Decline to Listen.
Every member of congress in Wash
ington, . - regardless- of party, admits
freely enough that it would be folly's
height for the Democratic chairman
of ways and means to decline to list
en to the denewed pleas of protec
tionists and anti-protectionists on the
ground . that everything worth know
ing is known, because if no hearings
were to be granted the inevitable com
plaint after the passage .of the. tariff
bills would be Jrom all : parties "we
were given no chance to explain or
to protest."
So it is that the country may make
up its mind that for the next six or
eight weeks it will be furnished with
a lot of familiar reading. The wool
growers are coming here- from the
middle west.- the west, the northwest
txu.u uitj Buuuiwesi, tuia uiey wui ten
the members of the committee for the
third or fourth time within the span
J .V. ' -i-t J XI 1T
. of one administration how sadly the
flocks are' in need of the guardianship
of that, gentle shepherd. Protection
The free jwool advocates will tell
their side of the story and how., it is
from their: point of view that there la
no reason Jo temper the wind of down
ward revision either to the shorn, oi
the unshorn sheep. ' The "pros" and
the' "cons" on every article listed in
the schedules will have their "way, and
when it is all over the tariff bills will
be 1 prepared, arid - it "isOprbbabTe ' that
they will show no variation from vthe
views ,on the. tariff expressed Jby. ma
Jority members ; of the ways . and
means committee long before any
hearings-were held.: -
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r Cuts May Not Be Very Dep. r
It seems to be the' belief of most
students of legislation,' and of the
political trend, as it 'will affect legis
lation, that the tariff bills, which wiU
be passed by a congress controlled
by - the Democrats and' signed by "a
Democratic president will not repre
sent "a cut to ' the - bone policy." x It
seems likely , that the measures
which finally will come out of con
gress will be considerably above a
free basis. - Democratic leaders have
said that they do not want to do any
thing which will upset business, or as
some of them put it, which will' give
business a' chance "lo upset itself."
The ways and means committee will
report downward revision tariff bills,
but just how deep the .cuts will go
must depend entirely upon the results
of the conference between leaders of.
the different schools of Democratic
. thought on tariff matters.
A new ways and means committee
will be appointed as 'soon as the new
congress gets together, but nearly all
the Democrats in the present commit
tee are - certain of reappointment
Because of the increased Democratic
membership in the next house one or
two additional members of the party
will be put on the ways" and -means
committee, but there is not even the
remotest possibility ' that any change
of the committee from one Demo
cratic school of thought to another
can occur. x The influence of the pres
ent .committee . therefore will - extend
into the next congress, and in a large
measure, 'its personnel will be ' the
same. -. v - ,' V- -. , , " J:
There are at present seven Repub
lican members of the ways and mjeans
! committee. Four of these at least
will not be members of the next house
pr representatives. John Dalzell of
Pennsylvania; high,, chieftain ot pro-,
tection; Samuel W. Call of Massachu
setts, moderate protectionist; Ebene
xer J. Hill of Connecticut, nearly as
staunch a protectionist as John Dal
zell, and Nicholas Longworth of Ohio
will be missing from the halls of con
gress. ' Sereno ..- E. Payne., formerly
chairman of .-the . ways and, means
committee and author" of the Payne
tariff bill which is to be snperseded,
is still a member of the, committee.
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He Is Eager to Learn' the Probable
Amount of Antagonism His. Leg
islation May v Encounter in the
, Senate ;v : VC" "
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington. Never . -within the
memory of the . members 'of . congress
oldest in service has a 'president-elect
been so "self constrained" as is Wood-rw-Wilson
ton the subject of .prospective-
cabinet appointments : and ' other
appointments to high ' government of
fices. Today there is not a Democrat
ic leader in congress . apparently who
can say that he knows one man who
is certain to be appointed to high" of
fice by the incoming Democratic president.-'
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Ever ' since Mr. : Wilson same .hack,
from Bermuda the Democratic leaders
have, . been - conferring x with ; : him.
The trains between .Washington and
Trenton have been heavy laden; with"
passengers of national prominence go
ing to , the source of knowledge; to
come back aeain ; with -very: little
knowledge about the- things "of great
est, personal interest Mr. Wilson, the
returning Democratic leaders admit
is not of a mind to commit himself in
any way definitely upon the-subject of
the composition of hisj cabinet until
he is certain that he has weighed all
the recommendations and all the ob
jections and has found . out to the
nicety of a fraction all that 4ie wants
to know about , the men whom f he
would like to invite to membership'in
his official family. ; : r . .
- It - must not. be understood J from
this that Mr. Wilson has declined to
talk freely with the Democratic leaders.-
He has 'had .'and is having con
ferences lasting for several hours with
the men of greater prominence in his
party. It Is known definitely in
Washington, however , that ; nine
tenths of .the time consumed : at , the
conference Is given . over to 'tte dis
cussion of policies rather than men.
Mr. Wilson is anxious to learn from
the. men of his party of long experi
ence in congress just what chance leg-.
- islation - which he - may .propose : has
of being enacted into law. -
Expects Antagonism In Senate, ,
. The president-elect has, a keen ap
preciation of the fact that the Dem
ocratic .membership in the senate Is
an uncertain quantity in certain -matters
of party, policy. He knows that
there are ultra-conservative Demo
crats in the senate whom their more
progressive, or radical,, if you will,
brethren go so far as to call Repub
licans with a little veneer of Democ
racy. It is known from what the lead
ers say , that Mr; - Wilson - fears that
some oi his policies upon which he
wiirmake strongly progressive reebm
mendatiohs are not to the. liking, in
. their outlined ' form, of "some" of the
Democrats In 'the '.senate.7 86 it' is
that Mr. Wilson is anxious to learn in
advance' from the members of his
party just how much antagonism he
may expect in . the senate,; and nwhat
If . anything Jejm
to insure united. Democratic support
of such legislation as -he may J pro-
. pose.' '. i : V - ; -".-Vi '
There l some fear, it is known, on
MrWlsonpart, that the Democrats
in thejlsenate will decline I to r' sanction
tariff revision in the form of some oi
tne provisions whichwill be put into
the . bill . by;s the house , of representa-
Uyes whiclC under the constitution,
must ' Initiate ' all T tariffs " legislation.
Asks More Than He Answers.
; Every Democratic leader, who goes
to see Mr. Wilson is asked concern
ing the legislative outlook. It is said
the president-elect asks ten questions
to one 'that he. answers. The anti
trust legislation, currency legislation,
conservation along, state rather than
national lines, and s5me other things,
added to the tariff,' form the chief sub-'
Jects of the president-elect's present
day Interests. He knows what he
wants to do, and he wants to know
what chance there. Is. for him to
.do it. ' ; ;
Mr.-Wilson may have made up his
mind upon every place in the'eabinet,
but he has not spoken his mind. ; As
soon as a Democratic leader gets into
the president-elect's office at Trenton
he Is plied with questions about leg
islation and the outlook for Demo-
: cratic concord in congress . When leg
islation has been discussed "for an
hour or two, Mr. Wilson turns to his
caller and says: "What do you think
about the cabinet?" - Then ' his caller
tells him that he thinks - such ; and
such a man would be an ideal person
for secretary of the treasury or secre
tary of state or for one of the other
high positions. Mr.1 Wilson listens atr
tentiyely,- and answers nothing; ' ;
' Four years ago this month the
names of several men who were to be
In -Mr. Ta.t's cabinet were known
With enough deflniteness to make the
country easy in the.' belief that it had
guessed right. Mr.' McKinley's cab
inet was ; pretty . well known two
month3 and a half In advance of , his
inauguration." Theodore -Roosevelt
"succeeded" to a cabinet; when ; he
became, president . of - the United
states, and so his case cannot be used
as a precedent Democrats with long
memories say that Mr. Cleveland's
cabinet was pretty well known far in
advance of his coming Into office, and
then they add that if there ir anv
man who knows whom Mr. Wilson is
soing to put - in his cabinet he ? la " a:
man who knows how to-keep his own
counsel, ror he has told nobody.
President Taft Probably Will Sign
Measure That Is Designed to Ex
1, elude People From - Some- Parts
, : of Southern Europe.
. - ; By .GEORGE CLINTON. '
; Washington. Recently the ' senate -of
the United States passed an immi
gration ' restriction bill and sent it
over to the house for approval. The
representatives changed the form or'
tTia: hill naesoil If art A eant it tn cnn.
ference. i It is believed that an agree
ment upon the provisions of the meas
ure 'will fee reached by the' two houses -and
; that- soon congress -will pass it
and send it ; to the president lor ' his
signature or his 'veto. J
It is understood that Mr. Taft does
not - entirely, agree with the provt
sions of 'the measure in . the form in -which
it . seems certain it -finally will :
be approved by congress. . The law
will contain a provision shutting out
from America ; all Immigrants above -the
age of sixteen years who are un
able to read, unless it can be proved
that the aliens are fleeing from reli
gious persecution. " v - -
While1 the president ; Is - said not U
be entirely sympathetic .with the bill
it is believed- that in the near futur
immigrants will be subjected to tht
reading- test before they can admitted
to this icounjtry. ; The test will be . Iir
the language which the immigrants
Speak. . When the measure passed the
senate there, was a five to one vote In
favor of a provision which would hayt -'.
subjected immigrants to both readinf :
and writing tests. . The house knocs .
ed out: the writing provision and sent,
the bill to conference. : -
Taft Will Sign It
It is the opinion of congressmen:
who have made inquiry into the mattef
that the change of the form of the Ii
literacy test will hot make much .dif
ference." It is held that aboutCS9 out
of every 100 persons who know how
to read also know how to write.' : It'
seems finally; to be assured. that a re
strictive :lmmIgratIon--mea8ure .wil
the immediate future, for. while PresS
dent Taft is known to have somt
doubts in the' matter, the general be
lief is that he will sign the bill.
There is no use to try to gloss ove
the real reason why congress was will
ing to put the reading test into tht
new Immigration law. The desire if
to keep out immigrants whom ea
perience, it is said, has proved to bt
undesirable as a class.Vnd this meant -the
exclusion , of certainiof tiie soutl
Italians; . certain ; ofthe 'Jews, certali
of the Poles, and men anl women, oi
other 'races . among, whom the pep
centage of illiteracy Is high. .
' The : steamship companies alwayi
have:5 been- against "anti-immlgratloi
laws. The reason 1 for " their ' opposl
tion jdeeds ho explanation: : Under : thi
proposed' law' rejected ;aUena will - bf
sent back to ; their hatlve ; lands at thi
expense .'of ' the steamship ;cbmpanief
which .bring them ver. ' The suppbsl
tion 'is that the companies will JJ , 61
their own behalf .see, to It that "nor oni
is : allowed on . board who cannot gi
through unstumblingly a paragraph o(
his school' reader. j F t : ....... '
Tot years, attempts have been mad
In congress to get through : an lmmi
gratlon bill with ' an Illiteracy test:
clause ;as one of its provisions. tt
1897. ' when Gr'over Cleveland Awat
president, a bill .very much like tht
present one, or like the form in whlck
it has been sanctioned by the housei
was passed by congress Mr. Cleveland
vetoed it and it has been said that aft
erward he resetted his act ; iTiert
always has been strong opposition tc
the passage of a measure which wouU
exclude immigrants because of. ins
bility to read and write. .
Question Really of Geography. .:
If congress could have done it, it
would . have exempted from the illifc
eracy test immigrants from the north
ern European countries,-but of course
it could not do this. The issue, se
far as "geographical t restriction it
concerned, always : has been avoided, -but
when a thing Is perfectly plain,
denials and evasion are . of no service, .
Certain klnds of immigrants are not
wanted, and it is supposed that the II
literacy clause will keep them: out v
The opposition to ' the illiteracy
test has come during thee years not
only from naturalized Americans whs
do not like to see their homeland
kindred debarred "from admission, but
from men and women of prominence:
in the work of the world and who art
descended from ' "immigrants" who
came to this country in the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries.
- The provision of the bill which aV
lows illiterate immigrants - to entel
the country if they are ' trying to, 'get
away from religious persecution opens
up the question of proof. In certain
countries the Jews are persecuted off
and on. Will an immigrant be allowed
to enter because vhe Is in fear of pef
secution, a x'ear. based ' on 4ipast per
formance?" : In other words, must the
persecution be open and active and
must a man be actually fleeing from it
in order to be admitted to this country
without being asked to read his way
into it? ' v-'.;.' ': .
The- Illiteracy test provision of -the
immigration bill -was passed by the
votes of men of both parties; in fact,
party lines' were completely obliterat
ed. The support' of the provision was "
-especially strong among the members
cf congress who represent the south,'
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