Now, I am going to prophesy.

I say that the next readjustment of Parties, and the time is not far ahead, will be on the tariff question, and I believe that the controversy on this matter, when once the country has laid hold of it, will be the greatest political event of this century.

Listen, gentlemen.

I do not speak without having given this question careful and anxious thought, and I tell you that I can see it coming." The committee meeting broke up at a late hour in the afternoon amidst some excitement, and Mr.Bullsom walked back to his office with Brooks.
A fine rain was falling, and the two men were close together under one umbrella.
"What do you think of it, Brooks ?" Bullsom asked anxiously.
"To tell you the truth, I scarcely know," the younger answered.

"Ten years ago there could have been but one answer--to-day--well, look there." The two men stood still for a moment.