Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-13
Views of Senator Gray and
Congressman Causey.
RESULT OF GLASS LEGISLATION
Protective Policy Has Created
a Privileged Glass.


Gray, Platt, Ledge and Henderson ana
Causey respecting the new
Tariff bill. The article was three
columns in length and accompanied by
the pictures of the gentlemen inter
viewed. Following is a synopsis:
OF the three Representatives in Con-
press from Little" Delaware two are
Democrats Senator George Gray of
New Castle, and Representative John
Williams Causey of Sussex. Senator
GRAY has taken a conspicuous part in
the tariff legislation of his party. lie
was one of the leaders in debate, and
of the administration in
the upper house. In physique, as well
as in debate and in committee matters,
he is conspicuous, standing over feet |
in height. He made his entrance into |
the Senate as the successor of Thomas |
+. Bayard. He was reelected in 1887, |
and again in 1893.
Mr. Gray is one of the youngest mem
bers of the Senate, being about Sd years
Of age. He is tariff reformer, and
serves as chairman of the patents com
inittee and on the committees of civil
service, foreign relations and privileges
and elections. AS Democrat he has
always taken most active part in the
party battles. Representative Causey
was elected to serve in the Fifty.tirst
Congress, and to the present Congress
was chosen by majority of 500 votes
over Jonathan S. Willis, his Republican
opponent. This year he is retired by
the convention. Mr.. Causey was born
in 1941, and is a farmer and fruit grower.
He has always been prominent in State
politics, and was delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1884.
RESULT OF CLASS LEGISLATION.
'The whole situation | believe to be
the result of our system of special laws,
which were evidently enacted to benefit
a certain class, and to the hurt of the
people," said Representative Causey one
morning in the Shoreham lobby, as we
sat discussing the probable effect OF the
new tariff.
at has always seemed to me that the
government has been too partial and
one sided in its legislation, giving more
| faVOrs TO the manufacturers as class
than to the people az class. And the
result has been that many business men
| have looked upon the government as
formed for their own special benefit,
and the more laws were framed in ac-
cordance to their wishes and TO their
profit the more they came here seeking
| special laws. Such laws as they de-
manded were passed, until special
class had been built up, whose profits
were secured at the expense Of the peo-
Pile and with the help and assistance of
the government.
1--WE have Just passed through an in
dustrial crisis, and the new tariff law
will now cause to begin an era of UNI
exampled prosperity. | have no doubt
that when the tariff measure was first
introduced in Congress that manufac'
turers took advantage of that greatly to
augment the distress in order to dis
courage refoTmers in their attempt tC
give the people instead of the manufac.
turers the benefit of economic legislation
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.
II believe that many manufacturers
took advantage Of the fact that the
Democratic party was laboring to hell
the people by reforming or entirely
destroying unequal, unconstitutionalGnc
unjust laws and enacting in their place
equitable and right measures, and be
cause the manufacturers had largely
, observation-disclosures of the inflated
times, the result Of Republican mis-
management of the affairs Of govern
. ment-they took this chance to reduc
/. the number Of their workingmen, de
4 crease their pay and then lay the bam
/ upon the Democratic party. The
D hoped by so doing that we would b
frightened into retaining upon th
+. statute books the laws which were 5
t profitable to them and so detrimental t
, the interests Of the people.
but this scheme was not successful
n and the new measuse for the people
i relief has become law
f "What effect will the new tariff hav
4 upon the election2"
4 II do not see why, now that Congress
il has passed bill for the relief of tn
\ people, we should not be successful i
n the coming election. The main thing
q thoroughly to explain its provisions I
If the people, and let them see how it
q intended for their benefit Prosperit
is bound to come now, and the renewi
Of industry all along the line as Il
result Of the bills passage will help |
a greatly AS ! said before, | do not 81
II why we should not be successful no
! that the bill has passed. We won u
= elecIl ; IN lo9s on the streHgtn OF u
promise 70 pass y meas ufe OF relieii no
10 much greater, men, should pc our su
~ cess now that We nave luillled I'll
10 promise.
=. DELAWARE Is DEMOCRATIC.
allow is Delaware going to acur
- herself?n
CT "There is no fear of Delaware
n decidedly said the States represcntati
m in Congress. "Deluware will give
"; old-time maiority now that business II