The age-herald., 1897-12-16
MATT MINORS
 THURSDAY VIEWS

Aelloi. when u Doy OfoSNeuOI 0dS hhOn nh as great scrapper. Always heneing for fight. Frequently got whipped, but was always willing to fight at any time, and at any place. Grosvenor was born in Con nectlcut. He has tried his best to live down. It can't be done. At an early date Grosvenor was shipped to Ohio. What was Connectieut's gain in losing young Gros- venor, was Ohio's loss in having him set tie in that state. Grosvenor had his early education in a log school house. It was no easy job to educate Grosvenor. Grosvenor was one of those youngsters whp thought he knew more than his teachers. Grosve- nor may have been right but the teachers never quite agreed with him. Grosvenor grew to manhood thirsting for battle. Gros- venor was born in 1893, and the war broke out in 1861. At the age of 23 Grosvenor en- listed in the army l1e is entitled to some credit as being the first in the field. Gros- venor was enthusiastic. He was ever thirst ing for blood. Heehad fought several bat ties in the barroom of the tavern at Attn ems, Ohio, before President Lincoln called for troops The bar-room was one of Gros- venor's great battlefieds. He began war fare in the bar-room at an early age. He served in the war from 1861 to 1865. Went in as colonel and came out as brigadia IT. general brevet. Grosvenor has held many offices in his life, from township and vil- lage offices up to a member of congress- Held about all the offices in the state of Ohio, with the exception of governor. He could not get that. Grosvenor has been professional office-seeher. He has educated the people of his district to seek olfice That is why he wants to kick hole in the civil service law. Grosvenor could, if he could give every Ohio republican an office Grosvenor is a great ta---er, but poor speaker He can come as near emptying the house of representatives during one of his speeches any man in it. Upon this matter, however, Dingley would run him a close heat. Grosvenor has not been noted for his sobriety in later years any more than when he was young man. Grosve- nor's chief speciality lies in the direction Of hunting offices and figuring republican vic- tories out of disastrous defeats. Grosve- nor is distinctly mathematician. There is no discount on Grosvenors republicans ism. He is one of those republicans who believes the war is still going on. Every time he walks down the marble steps on the west side of the capitol he gazes at the Potomac and imagines he sees the confed- crates crossing the river and entering the federal capital. Grosvenor has never sur rendered-to the situation.
 Dingley, of Maine, the author of the infamous Dingley bill, is perhaps the most unnteresting speaker in the house. He possesses that unfortunate nasal twang that is so conspicuous with most of the New Englanders. Dingley is fairly well posted upon questions of national affairs. He is not a great man. He is very narrow between the eyes. He has likewise very narrow mind. If Reed had not been elect ed speaker, Dingley would never have been chairman of the ways and means commit tee. Dingley is a protectionist of the most pronounced type. Dingley has had dyspep- sia most of his life. He is usually quarrel some and fussy. He has been in public life in the state of Maine for a great many years He was once governor of the state. Maine is not a progressive state. Therefore it is useless to speak of progress sive men within its borders. Maine lives in the past. The most conspicuous thing Maine ever did to attract attention, was to pass what was known as the Maine Liquor Law" It was supposed to be a law to prohibit drinking. Before the law had been in force two years there was more whisky consumed in the state of Maine than in all the rest of New England There were more drunkards in the state of Maine than in any other ten states in the union. It is true James G. Blaine was credited as coming from Maine. He was not born in that state, which was to Blaine's credit. Blaine was born in Vest ern Pennsylvania, where the people were more liberal and less afflicted with provin- cialism.
 Dineleys tariff bill has proved most conspicuous failure. Instead of creating surplus of revenue, it has done exactly the opposite. Government revenues have fallen off many times more than they did under the Wilson tariff. MT Dingley's biIl has came law About everything laboring There are not twenty-five in the United States today receiving higher wages than they did befone MT. Dingleys bill be- came a law. About anything a laboring man consumes has almost doubled in price over it's original cost. Thas is the way MT. Dingley's bill has helped the laboring people. If the democratic party is wise, it will make the tariff issue a very con- siderable one in the next campaign. If this is done, the next house of representatives will be largely democratic. If so, Joe Bai- ley, of Texas will probably be speaker.
 There is one question that will not be presented to this congress which was a great issue in the last two congresses. This was one feature of the tariff bills. It was pushed to avery considerable issue by the collar and cuff manufacturers in the United States. As most people may know, nearly all of the collars and cuffs of this country are manufactured at Troy, New York. If the men and women in that town don't wear some particular make of collar, they wear the collars of dictation of the manu- facturers of collars Collars and cuffs are about the only things made in Troy except falsehood which Is another conspicuous product of the cuff and collar manufactur- CTS. When the Mills, and the Wilson tariff bills were in the course of construc- ton, the robbing collar makers of Troy, and their friends swooped down upon yETo -I.t