The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-02
Speaker Carlisle and the Com

The new Speaker has commenced ncII.
In the appointment Of COMMITTEES be-
had a difficult and responsible trust to
perform. II is the hardest Of all things
to put the right men in the right places
The service requires knowledge Of men,
and impartial judgment. He must not
be influenced by a motive to elevatsand
crafty persons at the cost Of measures.
/ The wishes of friends must be subordi-
mated to the public good. Where both
objects can be attained. it i well but
when they are incompatible, individual
aspirations should be made 10 yield 10
the welfare of the public.
Mr.. Carlisle was nominated detected
by the Democratic majnritg a. the rep
resentatiYe Of clearly defined. public
policy. 1t had been indicated w his
record In Congress. Il was a record nee
from faint Of corruption and selfshnes=s;;
It was record Of devotion to the Prin-
cipIes of the Jefersonian Democracy Of
thereafter and purer days of the rtPub-
lie. 5.s a
One of the paramount questions 81
the day Is the Tariff On the one hand
it is held that il should be Laid onlysto
raise revenue for the support Of the
government economically administered.
On the other, it is contended that the
primary objects, not to raise reYenue, but
'9to protect" THAT is, to foster and en-
rich) favored industries at the expense
of the others The present Tariff is
based upon the latter principle. Mr..
Carlisle is in favor Of Revenue Tariff.
He has been it's foremost champion in
the House Of Representatives He il q
Revenue Reformer in the strict meaning
Of the term.
The Committees give substance and
form to legislation If they do not
originate bills, they report them at VIII
| and exercise absolute control over their
fate. OF the thirteen members Of the
Committee on Ways and Means which
deals with the Tariff eight are avowed
low tax Revenue Reformers-Yiz: Messrs.
Morrison, Mills, Blount, Blackburn,
Hewitt, Of New York, Herbert, Hurd
and Jones of Arkansas On Appropria-
tions he has put at the head, Mr..
Randall, of Pennsylvania. No better
selection could have been made On the
Judiciary Committee, he has placed ut
the head, Mr.. Tucker, Of Virginia, who
is without peer. as ? constitutional
lawyer and advocate in the body. At
the head of Banking and Currency, he
has placed Mr.. Buckneg of Missouri
In charge of the Coinage Committee, he /
has placed Mr. Bland, the author of the
law Of 1873, restoring the Silver Dollar
to its constitutional status as a part of j
the monetary system Of the country.
This appointment is peculiarly appro- |
pirate in view Of the effort of the Ad-
niniytration to repeal the law 50 as to
put the Silver dollar again under. the
ban. At. the head of the Mississippi
River Committee, Mr.. King, of Louis
lana, has been splaced. Mr. Money, of
Mississippi, has been restored to his old
position, (for which he has displayed
peculiar ftness) as Chairman of the
Committee on rostofices and Post Roads.
A selection of marked suitability, is
that.sof Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, at the
| head of the Committee on Commerce.
More than any other member Of the
House, he is identified with the move
ment for governmental regulation and
control of Railroad corporations as the
agencies of commerce between the
States. It is with that great question,
the Committee of Commerce will BID re-
quired to deal, and no man with clearer
| head and more inflexible viii to do the
right as he discerns it, could have been
placed at its head. ..
The foregoing are signs of the course
Mr. Carlisle has marked out. Evidently
he places a proper estimate upon the
elections which gave the Democrats con
troll Of the popular branch of Congress,
and thinks that the opportunity should
mot be lost 10 show to the,eoglntry what
are the real aims of the Democratic
| party and the genuine Reform it will
accomplish if placed in full control of
the government. -