The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-31

tue nguIcncaQS VINO nave Dcen ndneQ tOI
Congress in the district. Mr.. McAdoo's
views on the tariff are so well understood
and of such protective character that they
need scarcely be set forth here. Notwith-
standing his strong and vigorous oppo-
sition TO free trade. he has never held any
personal feeling against the great free trade
leaders, and Morrison and he are person
ally warm friends. Indeed, personally,
Mr.. McAdoo has the respect and personal
| friendship of all the great leaders in Con-
gress, OF whatever party, and it would not
be unjust to say of him that he probably
has the enmity of not a few of the lesser
lights By reason of his great ability, which
forces itself to the front whenever occasion
demands. Speaking of ability New York
gentleman, Republican, largely interested
| in Naval affairs, said of McAdoo to a
SUNDAY MORNING News representative
one day last week, that he knew more
about Naval matters in a day than all the
Congressman from New York City COM
bined could learn during whole session.
Mr.. McAdoo voted against the last
Morrison Tariff Bill, of course. He was
in part one of the authors of what is known
as the g Randall" Tariff Bill, and assisted
I in making up the report which went in
under the form Of Mr.. Randall's printed
| speech. In this tariff fight McAdoo was
more than usually active, because he
thought the ommittee-composed of lead
| ing protectionists, headed by Judge Kelly
of Pennsylvania, and leading free traders
under the lead OF Morrison of fllnois-was
an extreme one. He was one of a COM
mittee of the House appointed to confer
with prominent trade organizations in this
county opposed to some of the features OF
the tariff bill, who visited Washington.
| One of the largest concerns that appeared
before the committee was the Clark Thread
Works in East Newark.
On the question of Interstate commerce,
Mr.. McAdoo was in favor of the Reagan
| Bill, calculated to treat the railroads the
same as private individuals. by suing them
| in the United States Courts for any intrsc-
ton of the law. The main feature of the
bill, however, is directed against the sys-
tenn of rebates and pooling, and what is
known as the long cut and short cut !"
making the long haul pay for the short
haul that is, for instance, charging the
same rates to haul freight to farof competing
points as for hauling to very near points
where there happens to be no competition.
Mr.. McAdoo has been member of the
Naval Committee for three years in the
last Congress he was favorably consid-
cred by the Secretary and Bureau of Officers
as the most eligible man for chairman, and
the only reason he did not get the chair
manship was because of the fact that the
craftsmanship of the leading committees of
the House were given to the supporters of
the dominant faction. And the mere fact
that being identified with the minority fac
ton, he was even thought of as chair
man of one of the most important CON-
mittees may be and is looked upon as
not only high honor, but practically an
acknowledgement of his mastery ability.
The craftsmanship of the committee was
given to Congressman Herbert of Alabama.
The Democratic party stands pledged to
rebuild the navy, and consequently the
task of the Naval Committee this year has
been very arduous. The problems consid-
cred by the committee were, how the navy
should be rebuilt where it should be
built and what sort of navy it should be.
With view to solving these problems. the
: committee took volume after volume OF
testimony. having been in session every
morning and afternoon for fully three
: months. The result of the committees
: labors, the bill which is now law, was
formulated as an installment measure. This
bill provides for an expenditure of $Io,.
: 500, 600 for the building of two armored
cruisers, two unarmored cruisers, one tor
pedo boat and the completion of the mon.
itors.
Il Mr.. McAdoo's whole career in Congress
has been marked by the economic doc
trines of Randall and Holman, in careful
supervision of public expenditures, and
he ranks with them in his watchfulness OF
the peoples interests in this respect.
These three shining lights, whenever they
get their heads together on a question in
volving the expenditure of the public
treasury, are referred TO and pointed out as
. Economy Corner"
Mr.. McAdoo bitterly opposed and voted
against the bill to subsidize the the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company to the tune of
$500, 900 and the scheme was defeated.
When the labor arbitration bill was be-
fore the House, $50 members ventilated
their views for or against it. OF these I5o
speeches. two for and two against the bill
were selected by the Washington Star, a
Republican sheet, as the representative
speeches made on the subject. One of
those speeches was William McAdoo's and
il was in favor of the passage of the bill
an Tie interest eff the ka6o7ing man. The
speech was published verbatim, as were
also the speeches of John D. Long, of
Massachusetts, and Judge Hammond,
of Georgia, who opposed the bill on the
! ground OF its constitutiohality.
The brush on the floor between John A.
Logan, who was at the time candidate
for Vice-President, and Congressman
McAdoo, is quite fresh in the mind of
everybody in the country. McAdoo
charged the Senator from Illinois with
being land gIabber. Logan retorted and
McAdoo was called 10 account for having
violated the privileges of the floor, in at
lacking a Senator. In reply TO his
attack on Logan, McAdoo was at
tackled by Valentine, of Nebraska,
and Cameron of Illinois; McAdoo ably
defended himself in reply and produced
evidence which proved conclusively that
! Logan bad attempIed TO seal the Znni