The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-29

ed. That is one picture which this
debate has added to the portrait gal
lery of the nation, and it is ques-
tionable whether Aldrich regards the
universal admiration for his genius
as politician, II snatcher of victory
out of defeat, as balancing the ac-
count.
| The great speeches Of Knox.
Spooner and Foraker won instant ad-
miration and high tribute, yet moth
ing for which any of them contended
has been enacted into law; their
recommendations were disregarded.
1t has been bad winter for Spooner.
His fame as Il lawyer and statesman
was already so great that he did not
need the admiration for his speech
to complete it, and to pay for that
both he and Knox had to suffer their
complete route and total eclipse in
the speech of Bailey. That is some
thing that never happened to them
before. Spooner went so long unchal-
lenged and victorious that he impress
sion became conviction in Washing
ton that nobody could overcome HIM
He was supposed to be invincible and
invulnerable. Bailey demonstrated
that Spooner was an Achilles. That
invinciblc one was found vulnerable
and fell.
So, balancing the account, neither
he nor Knox. who had not so much to
lose because he had not built up
Spooncr'S reputation for invincibil-
ity. came out of the fight without a
loss of fame.
How Foraker is regarded now in
the country at large it is difficult for
Washington to tell. Here there is
nothing but admiration for the cour-
ageous and dogged way in which he
stuck to his unpopular convictions to
the very end. Foraker had presiden-
tial ambitions vast year. 1t is as
sumed that he has given them up for
the sake of his convictions.
Dolliver, Clapp. Cullom and Long
have suffered all through the fight,
and for weeks they have presented a
humorous rather than an impressive .
spectacle. They started out to voice
the President : desires. but found
themselves unable to accurately fol- |
low the changes of the chief execu-
tive : mind.
Roosevelt's Fall.
That the president has suffered i'm
pairment of reputation as a result of
the Tillman-C -Chandler-B Bailey affair
seems conceded, and it is regarded
here as pity. since no one withholds
from him the credit attaching to the
passage of the bill, That his fame
should have been clouded in the mo-
ment Of triumph is a matter for sor-
rowful comment here. There els no
question that his. mistake was due
to the constant warning dangled be-
fore his eyes that if he passed the
bill with Democratic votes he would
split his party. He yielded to that
at last, and did himself incalculable |
damage.
One feature which has escaped
comment has been the third party in
the senate-the two senators from
Alabama. Morgan is the typical
mugwunp. He votes against his par
ty at least as often as he votes. with |
it, AMI invariably takes the monority !
side Of everything. He and his ven
cradle satellite, Pettus, took the
ground from the beginning that the
great principle of States rights was
endangered by the bill.
Their combined ages foot up to 100
years. Both of them were Confed-
crate generals in the civil war.
Throughout this whole debate, while
the two great parties in the Senate
have been discoursing on "just COM
pensation," "fairly remunerative
rates." "broad and narrow review"
the two fine old rebels have been vot-
ing steadily for the "lost cause"
With the Bonnie Blue Fag above
them, they have been fighting steadi-
ly under Lee and Jefferson Davis, as
they fought forty years ago and have
fought ever since. They voted re-
solutely against every amendment
that was offered and finally voted
against the bill.
IIaFollette has been a striking
figure. From the outset his Repub-
l;ooD oollnopunS have nerSiStpntIV