The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-12
MoKINlnY,a oPpoaquNIgY.


made Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee, which gives him an Oppor-
tunity for leadership, II he has the
ability and special qualifications 70
grasp the leadership,
The Ways and Means Committee ia
the most important committee OF the
House, provided II Ia proposed 10 re'
wise tho tariff, hut OF the present 30
called Protective Tariff Ia TO be regard
cd In the view OF the Chicago platform,
which Major Mckinley wrote, then the
Ways and Means Committee will sink
10 about third place IN the list,
For the ten years Immediately sue
oeedlng the great war, the Ways and
Means Committee sank into compare
tive lnsigniAcance, and the Committee
on Appropriation, 80 long held by Gen.
Garfield, became tho most importanti
Then tho Committee on Banking ana
Currency assumed q great prominence,
especially after the great money panic
of 1873, For tho past i've years the
Committee on Pacific railroads has be-
come yitally important,
II is evident from the Preaidents
message, aud the lesson taught by the
November elections that tho llepubli'
cans propose tOreylae aud reduce the
tariff, and hence the Ways and Means
committee is liable TO assume the lead
Ing position, and Major Mckinley as
chairman Of that committee, will have
the opportunity to lead the great debate
on the coming bill, II he leads the de-
bate successfully and periects u bill
that meets the approval OF his party
aud the country II viii give him addi'
tIonal fame, and doubtless Induce some
Republlcanleonstituency In Ohio TO re-
turn him TO Congress,
Speaker Reed has sought 10 strength
ON the Republican side Of tho Ways
aud Means Committee and weaken the
Democratic side, lie has taken OIL
Breckenridge Of Kentucky who 10 the
strongest debater on the Democratic
side, and put him oa the Appropriation
committee. lie has also taken of
Turner Of Georgia, another strong
Democrat and Wilson OF West Vlr'
ginla, who ranks as better
equipped man In q tariff debate than
even Mills, Of Texas, On the other
hand the Speaker has added Dlngley,
(Rep) of Maine, and Bayne, CRep) Of
Pennsylvania, to the committe, neither
OF whom were on that committee In
the last Congress,
This manipulation Of the Ways and
Means Committee, shows the deft hand
of Speaker Reed, The strongest men
on the Republican side, are put on the
Ways and Means TO strengthen Nc
KInley, and Democrats like Breckin'
ridge, Of Kentucky; Wilson, Of West
Virginia, and Turner, Of Georgia, who,
are best fitted from experience and
long service on the Ways and Means
10 serve, are taken OFF the Committee,
and placed, where, under the rules,
they viii DO excluded from debate
when the tariff schedule Is under dis.
,usslon In the House. II Is true that
Carlisle, of Kentucky is on the
Committee, but Carlisle 10 much bro
Sen in health and not able, physically,
% cope with the long and trying con-
.ests incident TO q protracted forensic
struggle on the floor Of the House.
Mckinley now has a grand oppor'
unity TO convince the country Of his
superior mettle and fettle, If no sue
,oeds IN holding the leadership Of the
Ilouge and putting through tariff re-
Vision bill that Is satisfactory |
% the country,his name win 20 ringing
lown the ages as VIM, Mckinley, the
.uthor Of the Mckinley Tariff bill; and
eader OF the 5lst Congressi-orator
tatesman, publicist.
AS the Mills tariff bill failed to be-
,ome q law; the last tariIl bill Of n gem
raj nature is known 40 the Morrill, tar
# bill Of 1861. Previous TO that we
iad the Compromise tariff Of 1857; and
,eiore that the Polk. Walker tariff Of
SIG. Then we 60 back to the old
Wing tariff Of lSl2, and then TO the
tariff of 1882, which was
TO reduce the high tariff Of
s2S, which is known In history as the
Tariff of abominations.' Still this
s2S abomination did not approach the
Elements of robbery, near enough to be
with the present tariff,
AS we struggle back through the
nists Of the century, which has passed,
We can think Of no statesman who has
Won immortal honor, through his man
pulations TO secure high tariff.
Mckinley is bound TO have o high |
arilI, or stick to the present schedule.