Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-06-24

In the House, has spent practically bic
entire hfe in the South, educated In
Virginia, serving as Confederate on
Ger, and elected term after term to
Congress as q Democrat. Mr.. Davey,
Of Louisiana, who voted for the tarin
bill In the House, Is a native OF New
Orleans held various offices In that
State as a Democrat, and was elected
to Congress as such. Mr.. Broussard,
OF Louisiana, who also voted for the
Dingley bill In the House, is native
of Louisiana, has held many positions
In Louisiana under the Democmtic
party, and was elected to Congress as
a Democrat. Mr.. Kleberg, OF Texas,
who voted for the bill In the House, Is
a native OF that State, served In the
Confederate army, was elected'to the
State Senate as a Democrat In looZ,
held Federal Office as a Democrat Dy
appointment of President Cleveland,
and was elected to Congress as Dem
ocrat. Mr.. Slayden, Of Texas, who is
a native Of Kentucky, was elected 10
the Texas Legislature as Democrat
and TO Congress as a Democrat, yet
voted for the Dingley bill In the House.
Senator McLaurin, OF South Carolina,
who voted for high protection In the
Dingley bill in the Ways and Means
Committee, and voted for high rate
of protection in the House and In tne
Senate on certain features OF the Dill,
is a native Of South Carolina, was
elected Attorney General of that State
as Democrat, and four times elected
to Congress as Democrat. Senator
Tillman. Of South Carolina, who voted
for high rate of protection on cotton
and thus enabled its adoption by the
Senate, is a native Of South Carolina,
was nominated for Governor in that
State by the Democratic convention
and elected, and was elected to the
Senate of the United States as a Dem
ocrat. Senator Bacon, Of Georgia, who
led the successful fight for the protec-
ton Of cotton and also voted with the
Republicans for high rate of protec-
ton on lumber, Is a native OF Georgia,
was president of the State Democratic
convention in 1880, elected a Demo
cratic Presidential elector in 1868, was
Democratic member of the Georgia
House of Representatives for fourteen
years. and was elected to the United
States Senate as Democrat. Senator
Clay. of the same State, who voted
with Mr. Bacon for protection to cotton
and lumber, is also a native of Georgia,
was chairman of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, and still holds
that position. and was elected to the
Senate as Democrat. Senator Mar
tin, of Virginia, voted with the Repub-
leans for high protection on lumber.
He is q native of Virginia, and his
Democracy has never been questioned.
Senator Butler, of North Carolina, Pop
ulist. who voted not only for protection
to cotton, but has sundry other high
protection amendments to the tariff
bill now pending, is a native of North
Carolina, was Democrat prior to 1897,
since which he has been Populist. and
is now chairman of the National Com
mittee of that party. Five Southern
III Tic Aiouoc lCiuoto W NOeC
against the protective tariff bill, Fow-
Ter, Martin, Shuford, Skinner and
Strowd of North Carolina, all of them
being natives of the States they now
represent.
The same rule In most cases applies
| to the thirty Republicans from tie
South The Republican party has In
Congress to-day a greater number of
members from south Of Mason and
Dixon's line than ever before, with the
possible exception of single Congress
shortly after the close Of the war. OF
the fifty Southern votes in Congress
| cast for, or refused to be cast for, the
protective features Of the tariff bill
now pending, only seven are by men
who are natives Of the North, while
four of the Northern votes cast for the
protective tariff bill in the House, Bar
ham of California, Lacey Of Iowa, Dol
liver Of Iowa, and Norris Of Minn'sc.
Ia. are nativcs Of the South.
A. b. CARSON.