The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-29
Mr.. BRANTLEYS VIEWS.
PREFERS TARIFF REDUCTION TO
RECIPROCITY.

Reduction of War Revenue Tax Not
So Important as Lower Tariff.
The Congressman From the
Eleventh is Well Pleased with
His District aud Docs Not Care
for Any ChaDge-There Are Sew
ernI River and HarbOr Improve
ments which lie Will UrEe-His
Idea of LegisIatinE Against Anar-
chists.
Brunswick, Ca. Nov. 2S.-Congress-
man Brantley is in Blackshear to-day
where he ate Thanksgiving dinner with
his mother and other members OF his
family and from Blackshear he goes
to Washington. In regard to the work
to be done by this session Congress
man Brantley stated that his atten-
ton had been attracted by an item
sent out from Washington to the effect
that the Democratic members. would
probably make a fight on the war rev.
enue tax.
IF / had control of the Democratic
members of the House" said Con-
gresham Brantley, Il would not make
that fight. 1t seems TO me that a
fight for tariff reduction would prove
far more beneficial and have a much
better chance of success. The Repub-
lican party is now split on that prop
OsitiOn. and if the Democrats were to
unite in fighting for 1t the chances of
success seem to me to be great, while
the benefits that viii accrue to the
country at large from a tariff reduc-
ton would be very great. A general
law that would apply to all countries
is the kind of prosperity we want, and
now is the opportune time for the Dem
ocrats 10 make the fight for it. par
tial moderation of the law to affect
any particular country on the proposed
reciprocity idea would no. be logical,
and could not succeed in
bringing about satisfactory
state of reciprocity with the others"
In reference TO the plans now con-
templated for redistricting the state,
Congressman Brantley said:
Il have not been officious in discuss
ing this matter or attempted to dictate
one way or another regarding it, being
satisfied to leave it to the Legislature.
Personally, however, ! see no reason
why there should be any changes at all
in the districts. / am especially well
pleased with the rapid strides made by
the Eleventh district and am proud of
my constituents who compose it, 1t is
the largest district in the state and my
constituents have made it the most
prosperous. l like them all and there
Is not a county in the Eleventh that /
care to lose.
EAt present there is contemplated
legislation before the next house look
ing to the Improvement of the three
rivers in the Eleventh district-the AL
tsmaha, Oconee and Ocmulgee. l shall
do all in my power to advance this Leg
islation and am receiving the hearty
cooperation of the people along the
various waterways mentioned to that
end. In local matters there is to be an
effort made to secure an appropriation
TO secure the twenty-six- foot channel
for Brunswick harbor which the army
engineers have recommended and also
TO secure the $125, 900 recommended for
inside work on the harbor
Another matter of much Importance
viii be an effort to secure an appropri-
alton of $4,000 to connect the Alta
Inaha river with Brunswick by cutting
a canal between Club creek and Plan
tation creek. Capt. Gillette says that
it can be done for that amount and
should the canal be cut river boats can
come here from the interior, whereas
they can now come no further down
than Darien, owing to their being not
fitted to go outside around St Simons
point and through st. Simons sound"
Coming back to national legislation
Congressman Brantley stated that he
was in favor of Congress enacting
some legislation to apply to anarchists.
He says he is not in favor of the dras-
tic measures as called for by reso-
.lutions that are now being passed by
81 A.,N H.. L. a..
favor of a law somewhat like that
proposed by the Hon. David B. Hill
when he was senator from New York
This bill applied to aliens who come
= to this country and propounded an
archist doctrines. These he said should
be returned from whence they came
at their first utterances.