OCR Text |
Show r Congressman Williams' speech, notiflying Ifr. DaTis of hi nomination, the Washington Star agrees, has been generally considered as not a success. suc-cess. It thinks, however, that it contains some good campaign material for the Republicans, because of j Its treatment of the tariff question, in which Mr. Williams allied himself, with the; "lowest of the low tariff men." Hence this: ., If the temocrats elect a majority of thw next House, Mr. Williams will be the Speaker, and as such will name the Ways and Means committee of that tody. . Will not that mean a free trade committee, com-mittee, headed by a man of the W. L. Wilson school, and a tariff bill fashioned -after the one that' Mr. Wilson prepared and sent to the Senate ten years ago? The supposition seems reasonable in the circumstances. cir-cumstances. Such a bill, ot course, could not become be-come a law, for the reason that the. Republicans, who now. control the Senate,' would stop if there. But Its passage through the House and the agitation that would attend it, would create a tremendous stir in the business world. Mr. Williams and the Speakership of the nxt' House are important factors fac-tors In the campaign. . y |