The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-11

involved In revision OF the tariff laws
are so great that the eyes of the whole
country are fixed on congress SO long rs
the tariff bill is under discussion. The
tariff made William Mckinley president
Of the United States. Whether the tariff
question was or was not leading issue
in the last campaign, Mckinley never
could have been made president if he
had not been identified with a tariff
law. Mckinley bill made Bill McKin-
ley a national character as nothing else
could have done Mr.. Dingley is a
product Of the tariff He is one of the
most earnest and intelligent members of
congress. But President Mckinley would
never have offered him "a place in the
cabinet if he had not shown himself
such a master of the tariff question
William L. Wilson graduated from a
course as tariff maker to place in the
cabinet Colonel w. r. Morrison missed
the Democratic nomination and the
presidency by only a hair breadth, and
he would never have been a national
quantity probably if he had not been
Horizontal Bill Morrison" of tariff re-
form fame Justin S. Morrill, of Yer
mont, the grand old man of America.
was confirmed in the choice of public
career by the cOnspicuousness which
came to him through the Morrill, tariff
law, and his experience in framing that
law gave him prestige which sent him
to the senate.
When the Dingley bill comes up in
the senate, several conspicuous figures
in former discussions will be lacking.
Voorhees, of Indiana will be missed. He
always made at least one set speech on
tariff bill, and to some people it was
as funny as anything that happened in
congress. Voorhees, gained fame as
criminal lawyer before he went into
politics. He could make jury weep
with only half an effort and his reputa-
ton as a pleader was more than ma
tional. But pathos is a little out of
place in tariff debate, and when the
Tall Sycamore of the Wabash arose in
the senate one day and, consulting a
voluminous manuscript said in voice
wringing with tears, Are we living in
tropical clime?" a good many people
in the galleries were cOnvulsed with
laughter. The senator was trying to put
as earnestly and picturesquely as posi-
BILE the proposition that clothing was
necessity in this climate and that I'M
taxed clothing was boon.
Cameron Of Pennsylvania was another
man with one speech. He used to pre-
pare it carefully Ill advance and read it
rapidly from his desk, picking up the
sheets one at time and delivering the
words in so low tone that it was not
possible to follow what he said These
men, with Brice, who was more than
half Republican, and most of the 9TH
ers who have gone out, will not be seri-
ously missed. John Sherman was al
ways a prominent figure in tariff dis
cussiOn, as he was i'll almost any run
ming debate, but he had grown so for
getful i'll the last months of his service
in the senate that it is not likely he
would have made very serious impress
sion on the Dingley bill debate if he
had remained there.
On the other hand, there are left Mr..
Allison OF Iowa, who is a perfect mine
of wisdom Oh the tariff question-and
of discretion too; Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode
Island, who has the reputation of know
ing the details of the tariff more accu-
rately than any other man in congress
Mr.. Teller of Colorado. good debater,
whose peculiar political faith embraces
now protection, free silver and the in
come tax; Mr.. Morrill, Of Vermont, the
veteran tariff maker of congress; Mr..
Jones of Nevada, who can talk longer
without drawing breath than any man
in public life except Morgan of Ala
bama; Mr.. German Of Maryland, the
man who converted the Wilson bill into
what Colonel Morrison Of Illinois calls
a measure of protection; Mr.. Vest of
Missouri, who is one of the most pep
perry Of the otfhand debaters in the SEN
ate; Mr.. Frye Of Maine, whose right
hand is always entwined in the caudal
appendage Of the British lion, and a
dozen other men whose speeches YOU
will be reading soon. There is no way
of shutting off any one i'll the senate.
Every senator can get the floor and talk
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der discussion. The tariff debate in the
senate, then, is going to be full, free
and interesting.
The Tariff In the Senate.
Aldrich of Rhode Island will have
charge of the bill no doubt. He knows
every schedule Of every tariff act that
ever passed. He knows the condition of
every business interest which can be af
fected by tariff law. At his elbow
will sit Ben Durfee, the tariff expert of
the finance committee, who knows al
most as much as Aldrich does. And I'M
der Durfee's hand will be stack of ref
erence books with places marked for
each days debate. Aldrich will do the
rapid cross fire work for the Republic
ans. Allison will back him up with
longer arguments on schedules of impor
lance. On the Democratic side German
and Vest will carry on the running.de-
bate. The Democratic side is not so
strong in debate as the Republican side
of the senate, whatever are the merits
of the matter under discussion. German
is so strongly tinged with protectionism
that he cannot be expected 20 show
much heart i'll opposing a R. publican