The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-26
TEE LARGEST CIRCULATION of AMY T08TH CAROLINA lAILT

Ityas while ia command of his rng.
imeut in the field that Morrison was
first elected TO Congress, always as 9
/ Democrat. He served there r0In 1863
/ to 1865 there were too manH Repubii-
( cans for him i'm 1867 and 1909 lie RE-
manned at home until 1872. when @e-
mocracy again triumphed in his dis
/ trict and his people sent bin back to
/ Washington to represent them until
/ 1851
He early found place on tbe ways
| and means committee and was It's
| chairman when Carlisle was speaker.
( lie was a tariff reformer from the first
and he introduced several bills nn rev
euue-only lines, the best nowm Of
I which is the Horizontal Biii" after
/ wards defeated by a lew renegade
Democratic votes gathered bp Randall
( lie is quoted ass saying that while
/ he did frame the first hiii or this
character, To Abras1 81 Hewitt hs-
longed the credit of heng the frs8
Democrat to propose tariff reform
"Ncjtr was after the war pie FIRST and
Ori@nM tariff ref0rmer Alt others
are mtatou When MOrrisan term
expired President Cleveland aIpointed
him q member of the luteF-State Come
merco Commission, 4 feW veats later
he became IT'S charm3b h Office he
holds to-day.
The weight ot seventy al hears
srv ieHrlv on Coll Morri e0 Shout
daBs -e IS hale. hearty and ginoEous
hts errdv f0o fgau S. tii eretts
his -tep lilu. tie ~.anc of clear
e. eeu lar a.l It's ulnas kils
un BEARD and Na iacae arc
nla. uu @ tai-tae eoor has ent
i0sa begun b tHga as thies crow
ng hgir end his hHnds1me M law
l.|ly trace asiHe wears
IHcre 1sg roam uao has taaAeher
friends than MORRISON The ou ia
9t lar to -ses lrumiHen no 81
amarq his cauntrymen nan Nhese
sterling qualities, proved aeoin and
ggan during an eventfnl career of
c9n-piguou5 honor, have riYen Sim q
uatlonal reputation, busy nith !
his high possibilities h Naue
moge easy of access than FEY Aac
when YOU have met hin aa tHlked
with him. albeit for the aist tnie
YOU 40 away recalling eyeiv phtae he
uttered for the evidence w Sea
OF his frank and rugged ngalE eha
acter. Tie has no petty ateetatlona
and he takes sou for what he flrIs ogE
utterly ignoring whatever cFedential
you may have or lack.
But nobody ever found thai M0rrson
t4elej dignity on that he was 4 man
10 ac familiar with And he i
saFeNd wi'hal as any Nankee Nop
eai 'ruW him. Try TO gei iate
ment from him THAT you hnew an edi'
tor vouid pay your own price ioi ieaSe
90 print, aud if be doesnt Choose f0 ne
drawn out you viii note a tNinkie IA
his eve as he gives his answer. AoN afis
not one whit wiser than yoH were he-
fore; but youll find it hard resist
the humor in that parry.
I'm speaking Of the 0aalitles
which Morrison shares in comnlonwith
an great men. IS, IF Lewis. eeutiy
writing cf him for the Neu ark
Journal coes Cn to SAYS iH yet
there's "a hidden something ig Altarison
the others don't possess. lsn sifes ahe
proof of this in many fasaioas Since
1891 Morrison has never set toet q the
Capitol building nor gone Neaf the
House or Senate And get ye eer
with my eyes and heard wta ng cars
fully twenty COngressmen Creep "a tc
call it, time and again, to Mesau.
to be directed what to aa t3eh
would come 70 him, like some YOUNG
buck ON his FIRST Wapath iba aa
chief of his people to tiiSe his inwa
and follow his advice. Anll anEtAeN
feature to be noted is that MORRISON
didn't always tell them What to ga rs
is not too much to say, however aat
more often than once in WoNkin0
legislation of a party sort 3iorflscns
mere word has outweighed the White
House patronage. and nQ mans whether
i'm or out of Congress, has more di-
rected the general law-makine
AN who have known Morrison. even
some who opposed him politically.
have testified to his courage bis sins
serity, and, above an, his fteged hons
asty. He believes, moreover thal noff-
tics are still an honorable pre- icn-
at least as honorable as AMY other
which may he interpreted yon
please. THE politicians Ell oslav gems
orally speaking, are no worae thau
those of old he SAYS Fau knew
these better, that's am, NheIe the
falling off lis most conspicuous as "a
Congress, for instance, te ezpf@na iH
partly by the sufIerings of the South
partly by the influence cf the nlnneva
class. "a man who uses hfs monev rs
pet q place is going To use tbs raca
TO get eyen' he told the writer And
The man who suffers other paaDle fr
use money to get him into Office Rs iia-
Die to let them use him to aef the,
money back, There are men iyh
places in very high places IS askied
significantly, with that fainila Twins
lle in his eye, 'Who have Wot aNo the
habit Of holding up their hands ip
lOly horror at the mere siI@eatou oF
'enality; and yet they kHaW they
WOaldn't be where they ana ~ thex
Iidn't understand pretty WeN what
vas being talked about
One thing more remains td Ae sail
concerning Morrison's pe1S0aal tr-.he
mas no love for Cleveland 8e Heeys Be
has cause to consider Cleselana aN in-
crate at the east, lie had dome WNrh
FOR Cleveland, and Cleveland sinc~ hs.
second Inauguration has refused hl an
.yen a little for himIt has been effen
said that the President three ears apo
made up his mind to invite Morrison
into his Cabinet as Secretai.e af fbe
Interior Morrison says fmHilr thak
he never had any intimation thia
fleet, directly or indirecflA o4n
leveland himself, but he knev his
name was being considered Iie hI
believes that some people we rfer
,sted i'm keeping him oHt-one a them
$ close TO the President now 4n8 rms
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