Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-02-26
Southern PredOminance.

The predominance of the South in ma
tional affairs under the present democrat
ic administration is very marked and oc-
casions much comment 10 northern news
papers. An editorial in the Newburyport
Herald remarks: "In the national House
of Representatives the democrats have
considerable majority. and now, as before
the war the South controls the party.
That section has the speaker and the
chairmen of thirty-three out of the fifty
two committees, and majority of the
democratic members of all the important
committees. With this predominance it
is not strange that the South is receiving
very liberal appropriations for public
buildings, while the appropriations for the
same at the North are niggardly, and that
the places of residence of prominent
southern democrats are most literally
provided for. Thus Oxford, Miss, the
home of Secretary Lamar. is village of
only | 800 inhabitants, and the entire pos
tai receipts last year were but 81, $50, and
yet this small place is to have a public
building to cost 100000. Waco, Texas.
Senator Coke's home, has population of
1925. and paid tor Office rent last year
1918, and has an appropriation of $780,
600. Shreveport La, the home OF Rep
resentative Blanchard, is an unmportant
place, and the postofiice rent has been
1926, and has an appropriation of $105.-
600. These are few instances taken
from many, and yet Springfield and Wor
larger than many such that have appro-
priations at the South taken collectively,
ask in vain. and perhaps will have to wait
for some time to come. But there is
smother consideration in connection with
the predominance of the South in the
House of Representatives. The Southern
politicians seem to have lost the power of
leadership in politics which they had and
exercised previous to the war. Perhaps
this may be from the fact that they no
longer have the great question of slavery
fact is patent In the last Congress the
important measures originated i'll the
Senate, and at all times the Senate was up
to its work, and often was obliged to ad-
iourn awaiting the dilatory action
of the House. At the present session
the experience is the same. The Pres
idential Succession act was first passed by
the Senate. and the Electoral Count bill
has also been passed there, and now awaits
the action of the House. which has as yet
originated nothing of importance, and the
only measure of consequence which has
been got well under way, is Mr.. Morri
sons report of II tariff bill, which will be
lost in the greater interest on the silver
question. The New York Herald Wash
ington correspondent gays that Southern
democrat inquired OF Northern demo-
crat as to who is responsible for the DEM
ocratic follies in Congress. The reply
was that the South was responsible. and
this was shown, first by the preponder-
ance of that section in the House commit
tees, and second in the alliance of the
South with the West against the East,
which is opposed to the true policy of the
party, which must depend upon eastern
States in the next Presidential election,
having no hope for gains at the West"
The colored clergy of Galveston won't take
part in the Moody and Sankey revival meet
ing.. because separate meetings for colored
people are held. They say they will not join
in the meetings until it has been proved to
them that there are two heavens-one for
white souls and one for black souls.
John b. Coughs estate is estimated at less
than SIS. 900. He leaves a house and about
ooo acres of valuable land about six miles
from Worcester. His library is valued at
40 600. His personal property will yield his
wisow an income of $1,000.
NJ Hamilton Diston, of Philadelphia, is
..;d To he the most heavily insured man in
Smsrica. having policies aggregating $475,-