The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-05-08
SENATOR McENERY ON THE
TARIFF.

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Some OF the Louiaiaua papara. il
viii he Dosisaa. express great surprise
that Gov. McEneEy skohid declare
Limsslt in favor OF p~rotsetion, call il
- change u heart" and say chat the
Legislature and the Democracy Of
L0uisiana sers evidently unaware Of
HE views on she tariff wason he was
elected u the ssuiatn "He would
never have hesn elected, > says one 81
thepapOra. eif We had known bic tariff
tiswa."
This is rank nonsense, ana contrary
60 ihe tfntb. Nothing SIS better
nnasFsps BY she LegiaIaturO whoi.
e slsctea Men senstar thaa that he
was i prateetisnias. II the Democrats
caneaa heid tile eight befnFe his cleo
tipn, ledge McEaess annonacsd hia
views d : speech 10 ths caucus, ID
which, am0us plhar things. ~ said:
II an also IN favor 81 raising the
revenues " tlia governments from .
tar on imports rather than ~ direct.
taxati0n. Tirs nlan nf HAMILTON, ap
proved by Washington and JefseFa0n,
was to impose aduty foe the protection
az our inaustFiss, taking IL on gradM-
ally "a they cOHld meet foreign com
petition. 10 was BY puFaaing this plan
81 Hamilton's that the great Pennsyl-
Rania Democrat, Randall, always
managed n get IN the Democratic
platform q clause for the prBteetIon af
the iron industry Of Pennsylvania. If
elected to the United States Senats, {
will pursue the same line Of policy In
order to sPcpre the proper protection
for the sugar interests Oi Louisiana"
This lie clear and explicit enough.
These remarks Of Judge McEnery
were applAudni and eheered, and he
"a elected To the United States
Senate with the Distinct understanding
that he would favor protection there
the protection Of sugar, not incident
ally, but because he believed,. like
Washington and JeffeEsOD, that our
industries should he prOtscted by y
customs duty until they could meet
foreign competition without it. Judge
McEuery declared for protection; the
Legislature declared tOT it; the DEM
OcrRtic caucus declared for it. In I'd
eating the views he is preaching to-
day, he is but repeating what he said
before that caucus, aulid itsenthuSias-
tic plaudits. If there ia anything
nndeInocratic in this position hesbould
have been assailedr when heRssumed it
in May, and the DenlocratiC caucus
should have bren denounced for cleo.
ting as Senator u eandilate WHO pro-
claimed hInIself = pratsctioniSt; but
not one IL the V-TrUs~whicba ara
iGdulging in this criticism Ofhim and
talking ab.'Ut IA change III heart' had
a word to- say then; all we're enthusi-
astic oser his election to the Senate.
The country needs a revenue bill;
1t is required for the support Of the
government and tor tile restoration OF
lIusinrss. The policy puTsned by
Senator McEnery in try ing TO secure
a bill as unObj sctiOnable as possible,
free from tIust influences, FREQ fFOm
sectiOnalisnI and partiaanshiP, assuring
hONest encouragement to Our indus
triss and endeavOTinE tO revive them.
merits tln applause Of the people as y
broad, patriotic and stateSmanlike
course audit will receive that applause.
Senator McEneFy has announced his
purpose to do all ia hiS power to revive
our industries aud to end the present
depression which is pressing 50 hard
on us. If there Is anything nndemO-
cratic in this we would like to hear
what It isf
The Times-D Democrat has severely
criticised the Dingley bill as it passed
the House, aud will continue to criti-
else it as long as il retains its present
torn. But the people voted tor q pro-
tective tariff aEd the gold standard,
and they should have both. Certainly,
no one can complain If a Senator who
was elected IA a proteetiOnist, after \
revenue tariff candidate had been de-
taatcd SHOULD vote for . protective
measure. -Times-D Democrat.