Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-08-10

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the span of speecA whether or not
the we'll spring of the eloquence is in
the heart. Voice and manner betray
the hypocrite, though the words
themselves are fair mask for the lie.
The speech reads we'll in the Con
gressional Record and in the other
public prints. The constituents find
sincerity in the written words, but
the listeners have caught the false
notes in every sentence of the
tongues utterance.
Members of congress-considera
tlons of conscience in the matter
aslde-do not care to be marked for
hypocrisy by their fellow :lembers,
even though the excuse Of orders from
thelr constituents be theirs to com
mand. In this may be found the
reason why SO many Representatives
sitting at one session of congress,
members who usually are heard when
matters of great public moment are
lelore the house, had nothing to say
upon the railroad rate bill.
The country knows today that one
OF the chief promoters of the rate
regulating measure was man who
thought that the legislation was con.
celved In iniquity. He had the cour-
age OF his convictions at the outset
or thought he had-but later without
undergoing in the least a change of
heart he changed his attitude. and
the railroad rate measure goes into
history inseparably connected in the
public mind with the name of a rem
resentatlye who almost unuuestion-
ably was foe rather than a friend
u the legislation Are a renomina.
ton and reelection worth the nr,ce
OF public hypocrisy?
There were Republican representa-.
tlves a few years ago who yearned
to speak their minds on the subject
OF tariff revision. That which they
wanted to say would have been un-
peasant to the ears of the majority of
the party members. Loyalty to party
Kept most of these men silent and
no one, perhaps. blames them for
their silence, for possibly party good
is paramount. The few plain speakers
on tariff revision We're in the main
those Republicans who were certain
o. the countenance Of their constit-
uents In that which they had to saw.
1t is highly probable, however, that
Samuel W. Mccall of Massachusetts
would have said what he did say II
there hadn't been a reyisionist Re.
publican in his district. There ara
some men whom party considerations
can't throttle. 1t was not a bit pleas.
ant for Mr. Cannon and others to hear
the hereto Mccall say in his cold
INT bit forceful way:
Now, the people of Massachusetts
are only thinking little in advance
OF some o. the people of this country
Soon this idea will invade New York
and Illinois and Ohio, gathering force
as 1t moves: and I say te. you that
II we DO rot treat protection as ra-
tional principle instead of as cast.
iron, fmmutable set of schedules. we
are likely to have the Democratic
party and then possibly the deluge. !"
There was prophecy in that.
Mr.. McCall's boldness in the tariff,
revision matter calls to mind another
showing of the courage in which he
was one of two chief figures. Most
party mel probably will look upon
1t as simply bit of Massachusetts
"holier than thouism," the outgrowth
of anti-imperialist Pharisaism. but II
looked like the genuine courage
article nevertheless.
John Sharp Williams proposed to
the Philippine tariff bill IN amend
ment promising ultimately freedom to
the little brown brother" 1t was
pu to rising vote. Every Democrat
stood "affirmatively" upon his feet.
The Republicans. all save two. sat an
l.. spiked to their chairs. The two
who rose affirmative and defiant, dar.
ing to vote with the Democratic
enemy. were Samuel " Mccall aud
lockwood Hoare-true son of his
father