The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-27
Deiaware's Two Senators.
Aurel Gazette,

when he undertook to answer .B'sl
very modest and temperate criticism Of
Senator Gray. Nothing makes Dem
crat so mad as to hear another Demo
crat make invidious comparisons be
tween the two parties In favor Of thu
Republicans. A Republican can say
anything he pleases, as q matter Of
course, but let one of the hundred Of
dissatisfied Democrats open his mouth
to criticise his own party and the
curses fall thicker than half upon his
head. Delaware is well represented In
the United States Senate, probably
better than ever In its history; for as
DIR. Fowler fnsinuates Gray is better
man than Bayard, while Senator Hig,
gins certainly has no superior within
the recollection OF the Oldest citizen
Comparisons are always odious. and
to none more so, no doubt, than the
subjects of such comparison, especially
II they are warm personal friends as is
the fact In this instance. But DIR. Fow,
ler's ill-tempered and ill-advised attack
upon Senator Higgins makes 1t neces.
sary to state O few truths and facte
within the knowledge Or comprehen,
sion OF everybody.
/. Railroad corporations do not in
variably employ the best legal talent.
They employ such lawyers as can
most effectually influence leglalation.
The lawyer-politicians who can control
Legislatures, who have that peculiar
power of persuasion which prevails in
the lobby, who do not hesitate to use
undue influence and who, In plain Ian.
guage, can best buy, bride, corrupt or
caiole members Of the Legislature, find
market for their genius with railroad
companies.
2. A lawyer IL not particeps GRIM
iniS with every unrighteous cause he
defends. But there arc situations
where there may be higher duty than
obedience to the behests OF client.
A man may be 80 placed In public life
that he cannot honorably maintain all
of his professional relations and re-
tain all of his professional fees. A
public man owes his first services to
his community. AS counsel for the
Pennsylvania railroad, Senator Gray
has done his best to injure the inter
ests OF Kent and Sussex, ard he has
been very successful thus far, as is
well-known to the cost OF every ship
per In these two counties. Last sprip q
the Interstate Commerce Commission
decided in the case of the State Grange
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company that lower rates should be
levied for shipping fruits and other
Was that decision obeyed? Ask the
shippers. Did Senator Gray advise
the company in the matter? II he did,
what was his advice? As Senator he
has great trust. How has he execut-
ed that trust? Ask the fruit shippers
OF Laurel, and of every station along
the Delaware II. II.
3. Senator Gray is free trader, and
hie words and his votes were consist
emit. On the contrary Senator Higgins
Is protectionist and he spoke and
voted accordingly. He did not make
as many speeches as Senator Gray on
the new tariff bill, but strange to say
wbnt he did say--in respect to tin and
agricultural depression-is remember
ed by us all, even by DIR. Fowler Will
some one, please, without reference TO
the Congressional Record, tell us what
Senator Gray said There is consti-
tutional difference between the two
men. Senator Gray can talk for a
week on issues. dead or alive, made
and formulated by some one else; and
that seems to be Democratic charae-
terlstlc. Senator Higgins, more log
lcal, less pompous and boisterous, and
always original, makes his argument.
brief and to the point. What he said
in the tariff debate was q contribution
to the Republican argument. What
Senator Gray said anybody that had
read the New York Evening Post might
have said, and said it In good deal
less time than MIR. Graz did.
4. The merit of the respective posi-
lions is best illustrated by the follow
ing statistics:
1'itt onrta Y,lr ION Ipna
10. orn). ............-... .s3.25 ss.15
No. 3 tt0matoes) .,........,..... As 80
In upper. ........,.............. IL 10
1 IN pall '.'.'.'.-............. 40 40
Senator Gray repeated that tin
would go up. Senator Higgins mo-
desily admitted that it might for
year or two, but 1t would eventually
come down. Senator Gray insisted
with the Evening Post that tin could
not be made III this country. Senator
Higgins said that ii would be made
within year. lin isnow being made
IL eight factories in this country and
twelve Others will be making 1t before
lie oyster sGason closes And tin IL
already cheaper than it was last year
and its tendency Is downward. BY
new Years 10000 American men wifi
be making tin at American wages with
which they will buy American food,
products and American clothing, just
as Senator Higgins said they would
and as Senator Gray said they would
not.
B. Senator Higgins also voted to put
Up the tariff on the farmers bin ding
tw.l e, saying at the time that action
might put the price up cent or two
pet pound for the next year or two.
Senator Gray shed tears over the con-
dltion Of the oppressed farmer, fthut
is, the DelaWare wheat grower. not the
Delaware peach aud berry grower),
and voted against the increase. Iii
1890 binding twine sold at IA cents q
pound. Last summer it averaged IL
cents all over the United States, and
II was sold as low as cents q pound.
In conclusion the newspapers stated
while the tariff debate was on, that
Senator Gormen was the leader of the
Democratic Tree traders. Dir. Fowler
says that Senator Gray occupied that
position.
8. The Standard Oil COMPANY puts
much of its product Into tin tanks and
sends it across the ocean. exporting II.
Hence much of the tin which this com
pany has hitherto imported has been
used for expectation, tho tank going
with the oil. On all such tin the COM
pany gets rebate of 80 per eentum of
the custom duty. This is part OF the
tariff act. Every manufacturer who
material out of which he man
things TINT will he exported
gets this rebate. Ii DR. Fowler should
import quinine to manufacture pills
for the foreign trade, i'll 1inbuctoo for
he would get a 80 per cent
relate on the duty which he paid on the
quinine.
Z. The Standard Oil Company is
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