Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-09-16
FINS !. GARRETT
BY SAVOYARD

Mr.. :. w. Newman, who for NOR
than 80 years has been the fore
most special writer concerning mel
and affairs in Washington ant
whose pen name of "Savoyard," il
familiar to millions of reader.
throughout the United States, hat
the following concerning Hon. Fins
I, Garrett as his last Sundays ar
+icle, We clip same from the Nash
vile Banner, one of the numerous
raners. for whom Mr.. Newman
Z writes:
There was none of the spectacu,
lar seen in the progress the Fo7d'
new tariff made through the house
of representatives. The whole show
was predetermined, predestlnated
II was bluff at congressional leg
islation. and only bluff, for MIR.
penrose in the senate will boss the
iob of tariff making, and not Mr.
Fordney in the house. In my time
the pride, pomp and circumstance
Of parliamentary pageantry was
never so brilliant and so ostenta-
tious as the day the debate on the
WILSON tariff was closed in the
fifty-third congress, twenty-seVen
years ago. There was battle roy
al between William L. Wilson and
Thomas B. Reed, and at the close
William Jennings Bryan and Henry
St. George Tucker took in their stall
wart arms the democratic champion
and bore him out the arena in a de-
lrium of triumph, while the I'M
mense democratic majority were
frantic in their screams of approval
and applause. But on that occasion
the American congress leglslated.
When THE Fordney bill was passed
the other day, the house merely
registered a decree Of an ohgarchy'
Claude Kitchen is the tltular
leader of the minority in the pres
emit congress, but his physical health
is grievously impaired and he mas
been unable to attend the slttlngs
of the house. The recognized lead
er is FINS ]. Garrett of Tennessee
and the methods of procedure being
what they are become, Mr.. Gar
rett's leadership has been mlracu-
lously successful. He is an admira-
BILE man in many respects. he mas
that personal quality which defies
definition, and that in a woman Is
happily called charm. suppose
there are folk who hate him for
his politics, but it is impossible tor
one to dislike Finis Garrett the
man.
Garrett is 46 years old and has
continuously represented his dis
trict in congress since 1905, at pres
emit serving his eighth term When
q Young man, under 80, ne beat
Rice Pierce, veteran, Tor Che
democratic, nomination for a sea1
in the ninth congress. Pierce nao
a national reputation and for long
time he had been conspicuous
among those who championed silver
coinage at the ratio OF 10 10 l.
The young congressman was admir-
ably fitted for public life. AT the
age of 10 he was the editor Oh
country newspaper. 1t dealt large,
ly with political questions ana
while the editor did not make
deal of money out of the enterprise
he got a lot of fun out Of it ana
heap of invaluable education 1t is
an exalted station--an honest man.
with political convictions and rear
less in defense of them, in charge
of a newspaper. The pubic VIII
soon find him out. If an eoHtor %
a scamp, he is certain to snow H.
If he is a hypocrite, he cannot hiue
his depravity, There is some quap-
ty, maybe it is telepathy' that re-
veals the writer to the reader even
the grossly ignorant reader 1t IS
the noblest of the professions when
the editor is honest and capable I
and the most ignoble of the proles
sions when the editor is a scoundrei'
Thank God, the honest newspaper