Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1912 — Crumpacker And The Tariff. [ARTICLE]

Crumpacker And The Tariff.

When the Pg-yne-Aldrieh bill was up for passage, the revision in the interest of the people depended upon the House, and giving the House members the chance to work their own will in the revision downward of the schedules.! But the’system had decreed that revision should be only as it willed. Through the Cannon organization (of which Crumpacker was a part) the system designed to prevent any revision that

might be in the interest of the people. The gag rule was made use of to pass the bill, on motion for the previous question (in order to prevent discussion that might be embarrassing to the Cannon-Crumpack-er machine) and Crumpacker voted Yes. On the Dalzell gag rule resolution which confined the tariff revision by the House to just five commodities out of thousands of the commodities contained in the tariff schedules. Crumpacker voted for that gag rule. The passage of that j rule made it impossible to revise the tariff honestly, and Crumpacker so meant it when he voted yes. Any congressman could then make a pretense of being in favor of this or that schedule to order to come home and tell the !>eople he favored revision but had to accept what he could get. When he himself voted to apply the gag ride that made* it impossible to revise the tariff honestly. on the amendment to strike out the duty on lumber Urumpacker voted NO. On the motion to recommend the conference report on the tariff bill Crumpacker voted No. And on. the final i report of the bill Crumpacker voted Yes. ON EVERY TEST VOTE ON THE PAYNE-ALDRICH TARIFF BILL CRUMPACKER VOTED WITH THE CANNON MACHINE. HAY INC VOTED TO TIE HIS OWN HANDS AND THE HANDS OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE SO THAT THEY’ COULD NOT REVISE THE TARIFF, CRUMPACKER NOW APPEALS FOR VOTES AND SAYS “I DID THE BEST I COULD?’ IN HEAVEN'S NAME WHO COULD HAVE DONE WORSE FOR THE PEOPLE? IS THAT THE RESULT OF ‘HIE WIDE EXPERIENCE” on account of which we are told he is to be re-elected? Ir this is the best he can do after eighteen years of office and drawing $75,000 of the people’s money, how long would it take for hint to get experience enough to really work and vote in the interest of the people?Lake County News.