The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-26

weakest. He will go as far for the
first pioneer of the feeblest business,
if it appears to him that protection
will develop it, as he will for any OF
the older and more widespread en-
terprises.
II was a protectionist," he said |
recently in the senate, before the
Republican party was born, and
expect to be protectionist until l
die"
AS he was born in 1S41 and the Re
publican party was born in 1856, Mr..
Aldrich announces that he was pro-
tectionist before he was Is years
old.
How Senators Are Classed.
The next class of Republican sena
tors, and the largest, is composed OF
those who might properly be set down
simply as "Aldrichs men," They are
his devoted and unwavering followers.
The major part of them, it is proba-
bly, true, would be able to give some
reason for their faith. In their cases
there is an intelligent connection be-
tween the commercial geography oil
their states and their tariff views.
But there is just as undoubtedly
number of them who neither know
nor care anything at all about the
tariff. There is nothing in their
states that especially demands tariff
consideration.
They have either inherited their
Republicanism or derived it from their
environment, and it has become a
fixed habit. Part of that habit is the
practice of blindly following the lead
of whatever committee is handling
the bill under consideration in the
senate. In this case it is the finance
| committee, under the leadership of
Senator Aldrich. They are with the
| committee in whatever it does, and
| therefore. are ready to come and go
at the nod on Aldrich. They will ster
out of the cloakroom in the midst Of
a roll call just in time to hear the
clerk call their names and, without
caring what the question is, will ash
only how Aldrich has voted, and fol
low suit.
Then comes a small class of those
to whom President Taft's aphorism re
garding the Democrats applies euallS
as well. They are revisionists or
everything outside their states. Or
whatever their states produce they
want the fullest measure of protec
ton. They will howl for free lumbel
and high duty on hides. They wan
free corn and protection for beet
sugar. They will labor for reduction
of the rates on iron and steel an;
shout themselves hoarse in their de
mand for higher duties on lead, Cot
tons must come down and woods g
up.
ooh. yes, he's with us on mos
things said one of the real revi
sionists regarding one of these mel
the other day. "but there are a foy
particular things in which his state )
interested on which he will vote wit
the committee"
Last. smallest, but powerful in on
way-although not with votes-is tn
little group of real revisionists. RI
| publicans who are ready to vote 70
| lower duties all down the line, regard
less of the special interests of thei
states. and who have been strivin
dogeedly to bring the managers of tn
| bill to a faithful fulfillment Of tn
\ platform pledge.
\ Bailey Ally of AIdrich.
II Among the Democrats there are sla
i liar differences. 1t probably will pr
II woke a storm of righteous and protes
. ing indignation to say it, but the1
have been numerous indications thu
it is none the less true that here. to-
Senator Aldrich has a number OF &c
lowers who may faithfully be sc
down under the classification of "Al
rich men" They are headed by thu
DISTINGUISHED son of Texas, JOSEF
Weldon Bailey.
Again and again Bailey has taken
position on one fight or another