Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-06-24


does not indicate his birthplace in the
autobiography published in the Con-
gressional Directory, is a native born
Southerner, and has lived all of his life
in that section. Senator McEnery was
born at Monroe, La, was nominated
by the Democratic party as Lieutenant
Governor in 1870, by the same party
for Governor in 1884, by the same par
ty for Governor in 1892, and by the
same party for Senator in 1896, being
elected as Democratic Senator with
the clear understanding that he was a
protecti0nist in sentiment and would
SO vote in the Senate Mr.. Meyer, of
Louisiana, who voted for the tariff bill
in the House, has spent practically his
entire life in the South, educated i'll
Virginia, serving as Confederate Off
Ger, and elected term after term to
Congress as Democrat. Mr.. Davey,
Of Louisiana, who voted for the tariff
bill in the House, is native Of New
Orleans, held various offices in that
State as Democrat, and was elected
TO Congress as SUCH Mr.. Broussard,
Of Louisiana, who also voted for the
Dingley bill in the House, is a native
Of Louisiana, has held many positions
in Louisiana under the Democratic
party, and was elected to Congress as
a Democrat. Mr.. Ikleberg, 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 1882,
held Federal Office as Democrat by
appointment of President Cleveland,
and was elected to Congress lis Dem
ocrat. Mr.. Slayden, Of Texas, who is
a native of Kentucky was elected to
the Texas Legislature as a Democrat
and to Congress as 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 a high rate
of protection In the House and in the
Senate ON certain features Of the bill,
is native of South Carolina, was
elected Attorney General Of that State
as Democrat, and four times elected
Tillman. of South Carolina, who voted
for high rate Of protection on cotton
and thus enabled it's adoption by the
Senate is 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 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 q Demo
cratic Presidential elector in 1868, was
a Democratic member of the Georgia
House of Representatives for fourteen
years, and was elected to the United
States Senate as a 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-
licans for a high protection on lumber.
He is a 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 1892,
since which he has been a Populist. and
is now chairman of the National Com
nfittee of that party. Five Southern
Pcpulists in the House refused to vote
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.
to the thirty Republicans from the
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 a 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 Morris of MINI $50
ia. are NATIVES Of the South.
A. B. CARSON.
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There is a remarkable similarity LII
the reasons assigned by officials OF
Japan and Peru for the recent action
of those two countries In the adoption
of the GOLD standard IN each case
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