The Washington bee., 1896-05-16

important d IdCI IS WOIlH ICSOl OlilS
) The scene which followed the an
nouncement was one which made
deep impression on the future UniteC
6 States Senator.
Raised Four Regiments In Iowa.
n When Lincoln issued his second cal
y for troops, during the Summer of 1861
| for 900, 900 men, to serve for three years
@ or during the war. Gov. KirkwooC
thought of the sincere and successful
p young man whom he had known III
/. Ohio, as we'll as in Iowa. He placed
Mr.. Allison on his staff, with the rank
! of Lieutenant-colonel, and gave him full
authority to raise regiments in North
4 eastern Iowa and to equip them for
service in the field. Mr.. Allison en-
> tered on this work with great zeal. 1t
was not an easy task. There were
many difficulties to overcome, not
least among which was the hostile at
titude of those who opposed the war.
He raised in all four regiments, two
during the Summer of 1861 and two
during the early part of 1862.
Is Elected to the ''War'' Congress.
Following his services in raising reg
iments, Mr.. Allison suffered from
protraCted sickness. He hardly recov-
cred from that when he received the
nomination for Congress from the old
Third District. His work in raising
the regiments had made him known to
the people of the various counties and
he went into the convention with a
good following, four other candidates
Contesting for the nomination He
was elected over D. A. Mahoney, who
was imprisoned in Fort Lafayette for
reasonable utteranceS.
e-Garfeid-AIlison
Mr.. Allison took his seat in the
House on the sd of December, 1868.
ames @. Blaine and James A. Garfield
took their seats in the same House for
the first time. The three men always
remained warm personal as well as po-
litiCal friends.
in the House-Ways and Means.
Mr.. Allison was three times re- /
elected, serving in the House from 1868 /
to 1871. He declined a denomination |
in 1870. That he attracted almost i'm
mediate attention is shown by the fact |
that at the commencement of his end
term he was placed on the Ways and |
Means Committee, then, as now, re-
garded as the important committee in |
during the rest of his service in the
House, that is during six years, and at
the time of his retirement he had the
second place on the committee. AS a
member of this committee, Mr.. Allison
opposed the tariff act of 1870, insofar
as it proposed an increase in the duties
then existing. 1t being war tariff, he
insisted that some of the duties should
he thoy, |
ideas largely prevailed and the bill as
amended received the support of every H.,
Republican in the House, and in the !
following session the Dawes reduction !
OF 10 per cent. horizontal was carried !.
through both Houses, vindication of :
the position taken by Mr.. Allison and :
his associates. An important service :
was rendered by Mr. Allison as a men, g
Der of subcommittee to revise the ,
Internal Revenue laws of the country. =
This committee made a thorough in
veStigation of the subject and reported
a plan, which has since been in opera
ton. Among other features was the
stamp system for collecting Revenue .
Taxes.
Five Times Elected Senator
In 1872 Mr.. Allison was elected to the =
United States Senate, Succeedinr Sen 2
ltor James Harlan. He took his seat =
March 4, 1873. He has been four times Il
since. 1t IS remarkable :,
erm OF service. During it all he has ;,
grown in the confidence and the affec- =
ions of the people of the State, so that q
1t his last reelection there was neither :,
yote nor other opposition against him. n
During all these years he has stood r
a oh1 fa nf Ia ~ |
ieved was the right. Always mindful -
oWa, he has considered them in the a.
greater light of the needs of the whole ~
During these years he has -
,een an important factor in National -
He has devoted himself =,
lot to one, but to all National matters. ~
lie has been Senator of broad vision s.
nd sound judgement. ~
Substantial Tariff Policies. IS
Interested in all questions, Mr.. Ali III
on has been especially identified with d,
arift and financial legislation. As te
1ember of the committee on Ways and fir
leans IN the House he had given care 70
ii attention to the details as well as to in
ne principles of a Protective Tariff. In
lie has continuously been an advocate to
d tain lOI plOlC(llOllj 81 IGElSC as 10 10
ford ample income for the Govern th
lent. At no time an advocate of ex- ma
,cme duties he has all the time stood tn
'r the idea of protection for American Sc
ldustries. In 1877 he became mem ia
er OF the Committee of Finance. He fo
'ok part in the important tariff discus re-
ons of 1858, following the report of ga
le Tariff Commission. His views
len, as his views before and since,
ere admirably expressed by himself, in
ear the close of the debate, when he fe
i'd: eff we are to have fair bill we II,
must have some relation to the peo- II,
pie who consume in this country. nr,
have acted upon that principle, serv- 20
ng and endeavoring to protect fairly Ri
every industry in this country in every M
vote | have cast" Because of his ,.,b
OminenCe in these discussions in 1886. ora
r. Allison was made Chairman of a.; a.;
lb-COmmittee of the Finance Com nf
ittee to revise the Administrative iicI
lStom Law. This subcommittee la RI.
red for two years, going into all the rec
tails OF the administration of the tar Cs
laws. The bill which Mr.. Allison as ~
lalrman reported made a complete ..cl
vision of methods and created new &c
aCh1nery for the appraisement and go
isihcation of imports. The bill stSS,
SSed the Senate at the first session in tsfa
3S, but was not considered in the Af
OuSe. 1t was made a part of the me
lis substitute, prepared by the COM "cI
ttee of which Mr.. Allison was Chair "ot
IN, and was again passed by the SEN ..Si
:. This was In 1880. This administra- sstL