The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-10-13

Heading democratic members Of the
senate 6rance committee and sena-
| tor r. IA. Simmons is second BY
| the immemorial rules OF the senate,
Bailey would become chairman Of
| the finance committee when the
democrats become the majority
party In the senate on March 4. 1918
which Is now as certain as any fu-
lture event can be. With Bailey out,
this honor. will fall TO Senator Sim
mons II he ii reelected. The chair
man OF the finance committee is the
acknowledged leader of the senate,
an honor that has never befallen to
North Carolina. He and the chair
man II the Ways and Means commit
tee or the house are the ruling forces
Of congress, many times more pow
erful than the vice-president and
speaker, since the speaker by the
new rules OF the democratic house
has been shorn OF his despotic
powers. Senator Simmons is ma
tural born leader OF men, and has
shown during his long service on the
finance committee that he Is emin-
entity qualified to lead the party in
the work Of reforming the tariff
laws. He has made special study
OF the tariff and finances, and no
man In either branch of congress
knows more about the tariff or has
sounder democratic views as to the
line of reduction and reform of the
tariff laws than he. II has been
truthfully said that his speech in
the recent session Of congress on
the reciprocity bill. when the whole
tariff question was under review,
never has been and never will be
answered.
Without . word Of disparagement
to the other eminent and worthy
candidates who have entered the
race against Senator Simmons. we
have never had any doubt about his
reelection, and now with this po-
sition In which he can be OF such
preeminent service and honor to
North Carolina, II is inconceivabIe
that the people OF this State would
displace simmons for new man
who would have TO start al the bot
tom OF the list.
Under. the leadership OF Senator
Simmons, the tariff would be reduce
ed an along the line to the lowest
rates possible 20 yield sufficient re-
venue 10 support an economically
administered government. The
Walker tarifY Law OF is45. the best
tariff Law esNr enacted. rs his model.
II placed low Duties on all imports
and made everything bear small
part in raising the necessary revenue
instead Of putting some things on
the free list and making II necessary
10 keep excessive duties on others.
For instancefi He would not write
a bill repeating eRtirely q per cent.
duty on sawed lumber and retain
Ing 80 per cent. duty on refined
sugar. On this point he FLASHED
with John Sharp Williams. the bril-
liant Missisxippian. Williams yot-
ed to repeal the. per cent. on lum-
Der and,fo retain the 80 per cert on
sugar. Simmons voted to cut the
duty On sugar down to revenue
basis and keep lumber on a revenue
basis. He also voted 10 reduce the
tariff on all Important articles en-
tering into the manufacture Of CO.
ton goods, at the same time the du-
ties on cotton goods are reduced,
and In this FLASHED with the house
leaders whose bin reduced only the
duties on cotton goods. which was
passed over the protest of Rcpresen-
tatiye Webb and other North Caro-
lima members except Mr.. Kitchen, a
member of the committee that franz
ed the bill.
North Carolina owes 1t to the
whole country. as well as 10 her
self. to return Senator Simmons to
the senate TO lead the fight for a
genuine and equitable reform Of the
tariff iaws.-Newton Enterprise.