The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-17

many Senators. but the House minority swunx into line for 1t like regulars. They | were all split up about 1t when they | canoa to VashIngton, and half of them were loaded to the muzzle with speecnes which will never be delivered,
 l On the tariff his belief is that the Re- nubllcans have injured themselves es- pecIally in the West, by their open aho cynical abandonment of the policies oi | Blaine and Mckinley. He is cetermlheo | to move the Democratic army up into that abandoned citadel. He deprecates free trade talk; there Is no horizontal reduction in his pregnant; moderate tarih | revision. the abandoned reciprocity treaties. and the ftagrancy of the Olng- lev rates are the burden of his song
 These principles are hammered home at every opportunity, and he makes op- | portuntties, Tn one form or another plns and resolutions are continually being in- troduced. Now 1t is resolution cahins on the President to get the High Joint | Commission together, now a Dill Tor drawback for the benef1t or suHerers py the Baltimore fire. At every point the Renublicans have to meet him, and the | resulting campaign material is soWn broadcast in the West.
 l A year ago the Democrats were as wildly irreconcilable on the tarin as on | anything else. They are unit now. and every speech sounds as if Williams had delivered it. John Lind, his ablest lieu tenant on tariff matters, Is setting the Northwest afiame.
 The Failure of German.
 | And all this time German. the much heralded Moses, has, by common consent failed dismally to unite the Democratic Senators on either Cuban reciprocity, the l he T1a r1ta iaauA anything else. True, he had a hard situation to meet, but so had Williams. A year ago the House minority was more of mob than the Senate minority.
 | Before Congress met there was lot of talk about raising the race issue. about | bills to repeal war amendments, and about throwing down the gauntlet to the | North. Williams has suppressed them. He Is a Southerner and sympathizes with his section, but he does not see any good in irritating the North. He took that stand when German was making his cam paign on the race issue and disfranchise- ment in Maryland.
 williams's methods are an interesting study. He is persuasive, not domineer- ing He has a winning manner, and he seems to be seeking help and light from you at the very time he Is bringing you | around to his views. Congressmen who go into his little room in the library wing determined to let Williams understand that they will put up with no nonsense, go out pleased and fiattered and inclined to help him out. On the rare occasions where 1t is necessary for him to show his authority the iron hand comes out of the velvet glove, and the insurgent knows what has happened without hav- ing any one tell him.
 He Is not an impressive man to look at; in fact, he Is homely in face and careless in dress. A tangled mass of matted hair grows down to a point not far from his eyes. A struggling mustache covers a mouth of generous size and irregular out line. His manners are as easy and un- pretentious as an old shoe.
 He would mot be a rich man In New York, but he Is a rich man for Ndissls- slppi. He Is a lawyer and a planter, whose father left him a fortune. But he does not look as if he had a dollar, and all the advice of his friends cannot make him spruce up.
 His autobiography in the Congressionai Directory says that he received a fair education at private schools, the Ken lucky Military Institute, the University of the South. the University of Virginia and the University of Heidelberg. Whether the words flair education" are written in boast or modesty may, be a question to strangers, but no one who knows John sharp" as they call him in Mississippi. and is aware of his total lack of front has any doubt that he meant what he said. D. "
 His election to the leadership proceeded in the first place from the fact that he
 was conceded to be the best speaker or the Democratic side. He has a remarka, ble voice. It is somewhat nasal ant
 rather incisive. but his command of 1t i, 1 as perfect as that of a musician over s musical instrument. He plays upon |