Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-01-06

k6stly been considered experts upon
the particular matters about which
they spoke, and some of them have
been greatly surprised to learn bv
Chairman Dingley's comments and
questions that he knew as much or
more about the subject than they did.
In other words, the experts upon par.
ticular schedules or branches of the
tariff have learned that Chairman
Diugley is an expert GU all branches of
the tariff. Without exception every
nan who has been heard by the COM
mittee has condemned the Democratic
idea of imposing duty on the value of
the article (advalorem !, as the present
tariff does. as an incentive to fraud
and an injustice to the honest importer.
One gentleman called attention to the
fact that Turkey a o the only
country besides the United States that
used the advalorem system. 1t had
long been settled by the Republicans
that the new tariff bill would impose
specific duties. va ~
Republican advices from North Caro-.
lima say the re election of Senator
Pritchard is now fully assured, not
withstanding the opposition of Senator
Marion Butler, an opposition which
some call treachery. The news from
Kentucky is not 80 assuring, owing to
party factions among the Republicans
which are being worked for all they
are worth by both wings Of the Demo-
cratic party. The gold Democrats hope
the Republicans will fail to elect a
Senator because they will then try to
get Republican votes for Carlisle or
some other gold Democrat, and the
silver Democrats want them to fail be.
cause they believe the Legislature can
then be deadlocked and the election
thrown over to the next Legislature
which they expect to control. If the
Republicans of the Kentucky Legisla.
ture are wise they will get together and
elect a Senator,
Secretary Lamont has issued an Of.
fetal order directing the attendance
of the cadets of the West Point Mill.
tary Academy at the Inauguration Of
President elect Mckinley, and a SINH
lar order to the naval cadets at Anna
polls is expected from Secretary Her.
bert. These cadets have not taken part
in an inaugural parade since President
Grants second Inauguration; when
their exposure without o~vercoats to the
terrible weather of that day resulted
in several deaths and much sickness.
A national convention which neces.
sarily attracts less attention from the
general public than the Importance of
its work deserves has been in session
here this week. 1t is the Geological
Society of America, and this is ito
ninth annual convention. The society
has $40 members, most of them con.
nected with the national or State geo
logical bureaux and educational insti'
buttons. Miss Florence Bacon, OF
Pennsylvania, who is in attendance, is
the only mi who has the honor
of membership in the society.
The permanent headquarters of the
Republican National Committee are
now regularly open in Washington for
transaction of business. Secretary
Perkins is in charge and his terse state.
ment, 1--WE are in for the war for four
years." tells the purpose in view. The
committee will continue to send sound
Republican literature where it will do
the most good, and invites demands
from individuals as we'll as from State
and County committees.
The Democratic members Of the
House Ways and Means Committee
didn't seem to know where they were
at" when W. R. Craig, of V~icksburg
Miss, who appeared before the com
mittee as the representative of the
growers of extra" or long staple cot
ton in Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkan
sas and Louisiana, asked for a duty
of three cents q pound upon Egyptian
cotton, which comes ia direct compe
ton with their product in the New Eng
land market. Representative Wheeler
of Alabama, whose constituents rails,
cotton, but not of the kind that tn,
Egyptian article completes with, go
hot under the collar, and after splitting
out some rot about "the South sellin,
its birthright for q mess of pottage. b,