Speech #640198624

If their records and services are satisfactory to the people who sent them here. they are entirely satisfactory to me. But that the record. may be kept straight. I want to say that. if my recollection is correct. when the first Democratic caucus was called a short while ago to consider the question of a legislative program it was agreed in that caucus that the childlabor and immigration bills were both to be postponed until December. I favored both of those measures and rather preferred that both be enacted at this session. but a majority of my Democratic colleagues expressed a desire to close the session at an early date and I reluctantly consented to that program. I remember distinctly that the senior Senator from Indiana stated in the caucus that a failure to pass the childlabor bill would militate very much against the success of the Democratic Party in Indiana and probably defeat his reelection. which of course was a matter of great concern to me. But the caucus adjourned with a program agreed upon which left out the consideration at this session of the childlabor and immigration bills. The next morning I heard that the distinguished senior Senator from Indianathe Democratic leader. mind youwas very much dissatisfied with the caucus action and was busily engaging himself trying to create sentiment in favor of rescinding the action of the caucus the evening before. It was also whispered about that the President would be invited to take a hand in order to save the Senator from Indiana from the evil effects of nonaction upon the childlabor bill.