The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-15
Democrats CritiCiSe it in
Savage Manner.
1t Is Expected to Draw Forth
a Flood of OratOry.
Senator Hanna's Modest Efforts 10
the Behalf of Kentucky.

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TO get congress together, but not so easy tc
| get rid Of 1t. The new tariff bill, which
everybody Is now study ing, gives very good
satisfaction 90 the Republicans, but the
! Democrats criticise 1t sayagely. Within q
week 10 Is expected the debate on the bill
will begin. Although there arc 100 ol
moro members of the house anxious to dis
tinguish themselves by participation in
this debate, Speaker Reed makes bold tc
| say that he intends TO push the measure
| through his end of congress in short order
| The tariff Is the one subject which al
| most every man in congress thinks himself
| qualified TO discuss. II the floodgatcs OF
oratory were opened, there is no telling
| where the end would come. Mr. Reed
knows from long experience how to sup
| press the ambitious orators OF his end oi
the capitol, and the great majority of them
will have 20 be satisfied with leave Ia
print" Under this benefcent rule acres
and acres of tariff speeches never delivered
will be printed in The Congressional Rec
ord and sent out to the patient constituents
throughout the country.
The Presidents Plan.
President Mckinley adheres rigidly to
his programme, which l long ago accu.
rately announced in these dispatches. He
still hopes to get the tariff bill through
both houses of congress and upon the
statute books by the end of the fiscal year,
June 80. Whether he will succeed or not
remains TO he seen. The present plan, to
which Speaker Reed has agreed, is to put
the tariff bill through the house at an carly
day and send it over to the senate. There,
1t is hoped, the pressure Of public opinion
will secure prompt action. "Turn the light
on the senatel" is to be the cry when the
new tax measure makes its appearance in
that body.
But the Republican leaders in the upper
branch know they have very delicate
campaign before them. While there is ev.
cry assurance that the tariff bill will pass
the senate, the question of when depends
upon great many things. The truth is
that 10 will be Passed whenever the Demo
Gratis, silver Republicans and Populists are
willing it should pass, and not before
They hold the wlsp hand, and every one
knows it. AT the present time their policy
Is not TO delay the measure beyond "a rea
sonable time. But whether or not they
continue in this frame of mind depends
wholly upon circumstances. If the Rcpub
lican leaders treat them gently, yield to
them rs far as they think proper and do
not attempt TO take possession Of all the
committees and oil the patronage of the
senate, the opposition may stand aside and
permit the bill TO pass about July /.
The Senate Rules.
This explanation of the situation will
show why the Republican leaders have do.
cided 10 60 slow In certain matters connect.
ed with reorganization of the senate.
They cannot afford to stir up the passions
of the other fellows. They know pacific
and gentle Policy is the best for them in
the long run. For tho same reason no Sc.
rious effort viii be made to change the
rules Of the renato so ms 60 permit debate
to be cut off Iy a majority vote. There
has been talk of this change for many
years. 1t has been going on, in fact, for
tho last half century and longer, but the
rules have stood all assaults, and probably
will for many years TO come A serious at.
tempt on the part Of the Republicans to
change the rules would result in such
state Of feeling in the senate as to place
the tariff bill in peril.
Mr.. Hanna, the new senator from Ohio,
is playing q modest part In the efforts OF
the Republican leaders TO smooth the way
for the tariff bill. Mr.. Hanna takes kindly
TO the peculiar atmosphere Of the senate
chamber. He says he has not been club.
man all his life for nothing. He is max.
ing no effort To pose as u leader in the sen.
ate. He dcfcrs to the older men, to those
who have been recognized for many years
as tho wheel horses of the senate, and in
doing so he shows his tact and sense.
There was at one~time an idea that the ma
tional chairman was going 10 jump in and
try To run the whole business. / have
heard the old senator's say that il he at.
tempted anything of the sort they would
give him the greatest throw down he ever
had. But Mr.. Hanna, as predicted some
time ago. has done nothing of :he sort. He
IL as modest as any new senator ever was
and is rapidly winning real popularity on
that account.
A Campaign Incident.
AS national chairman Mr. Hanna thinks
IL hard luck he cannot Immediately get
new Republican senator from Kentucky.
Probably the country will never know how
hard Mr. Hanna worked 10 pluck Ken
tucky as brand from the Democratic
burning last fall. He went so far as to
hire lot Of men to go up into the noun
tain region OF the eastern end Of the state
and travel about rs book agents ana ma
chine sellers, and all that sort of thing.
Some of these men disappeared in the
backwoods and were not heard Of for sew
aral weeks. But they were whooping It
mp for Mckinley all the time. One of their
Tavoritc devices was the giving of barbc-
sucs with money furnished them by Mr..
Hanna. When the vote from the mountain
districts rolled down, 10 was just large
enough 60 save the state by "a scratch. Evi-
IDENTIFY the humors Of last years campaign
have not all been written up yet.
While every one is becoming enthusiastic
over tho new library of congress and de-
,laring IL the grandest building i'm the
world with plethora Of adicctivcs and cx
thtrc is In this city "A modest
nan Of German origin, y man who never
Knew what a. was TO make dress parade
,r to advertise himself, who has the proud |
of having been the architect |
II that great building. His name Is Paul |
'elz. Ills firm, Smithmeycr a. pclz, de- |
igncd the library. Mr.. Smithmcycr was |
he business man of the firm. Mr. pelz the |
'rtist and craftsman. Together they |
planned tho structure which all the world |
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