Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1919 — EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

There are two catalogues of duties the Republican congress can perform if it is in doubt as to what the public wants —the recojfimendatiouSh’of the president and :some of the measures that were promised to the soldiers. The several' Republican “investigating’’ committees have returned

to Washington from their travels and, having reported to the partisan newspapers, will doubtless begin to turn In their expense accounts. Senator Penrose proposes to defer until after the next presidential election the enactment of a new tariff law. This suggests either the senator’s pessimism after contemplating his Republican congress for the last three months, or an undue optimism concerning the results In 1920. At any rate, Senator Panroee makes It plain that it is much easier for Reixublicans to promise legislation before election than It is to enact laws after the people have trusted them to keep their word. Senator Johnson is to speak in four states in his campaign against the treaty. The rest of the senatorial obstructionists feel perfectly able to fill the senate chamber with noise during his absence. If the Republican majority in congress continues to procrastinate in legislating for the soldiers, the latter will become eligible for old-age pensions before anything is done for them. After having spent three months in a public exhibition of their discord, Republicans of the house have decided to have another quarrel in private at the next caucus, Nov. 10. Is the long discussion of chblegrams and ancient history and personalities in the senate to pass for a thoughtful consideration of the •treaty?

The Republican majority in the senate filibustered against prosperity last spring and is now filibustering against peace.