Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-03-31
The South In the saddle.

The south Ina the Saddle.
For the first time In many years
the TO- nation Of the United States
Senate committees Is in the hands OF
the Democrats, and already most Of
the important PAGES have been al
lotted. The list Of chairmen SO far
chosen is full Of significance. Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri, heads the APP
preparation committee. White, OF
Louisiana, another Southern Demo
crat, should work with a common
purpose as chairman OF the committee
On contingent expenses. Senator
Call, the Florida Bourbon, Is given
first place on the committee which
has charge OF civil service bills. The
three Democrats who serve with him
are all from the South. Hundreds of
millions in Southern claims will prob
ably be urged for payment in the
next Congress; as they never were
before. Senator PascO, OF Florida, Is
chairman OF the claims committee.
All three of his Democratic associates
are Southerners. The great subjects
which come before the Commerce
Committee will be submitted to seven
Democrats and six Republicans, and
of the Democrats the Chairman,
Senator Ransom, of North Carolina,
and four Others are from the South.
The Finance Committee has Noor-
hees, OF Indiana, a Northern man,
but cratic and nnsound on financial
questions, at its head. With him are
four Southern Democrats and Senator
Mcpherson, of New Jersey, the only
safe man OF the lot, to make up the
Democratic majority. The fisheries
are a Northern interest most emphat-
icalIy, but Senator Coke, OF Texas, is
chairman of the committee to which
this subject is assigned. The Com
mittee on Foreign Relations is headed
by Senator Morgan, OF Alabama, and
three of the four Democrats who
serve with him arc SouthernerS.
The Interstate Commerce Committee
surely ought to have a Northern
man at its head, but Butler, OF South
Carolina, has been given the place.
With him will work four other
Democrats from the former slave
States, and the one Northern man in
the majority will be that eminent
railroad jobber, Brice, of Ohio and
Wall street, who is wholly unfit for
the duties of a committee which
ought to be devoted to the interests
of the people and not of the common
carriers. For that matter German,
of Maryland, and Camden, OF West
Virginia, are thoroughly bound to
the corporations, which need careful
watching and regulation. Senator
Pugh, of Alabama, is chairman of the
Judiciary Committee. Walthall, of
Mississippi, is at the head Of the
Committee on Military Affairs, and
Gray, of Delaware, is chairman of
the Committee on Patents. The
Manufactures Committee is headed
by Senator Gibson, of Maryland. The
great bulk Of the postal business Of
the United States il done in the
North, but the Committee ON Post
offices and Post Roads is in charge of
Senator Colquitt. of Georgia, as
chairman, and three other Demo-
Gratis from the South serve with him.
Senator Vance. of North Carolina, is
at the head of the Privileges and
Elections Committee, and the ma
jority party might as well be wholly
represented by Southerners. Two of
them arc from the cd slave States,
and Turpie, of Indiana, and Palmer,
OF Illinois, will " stand in their
way. The South should get its full
share of the money appropriated for
public buildings while Vest, Of Mis-
souri,, is chairman of the committee
having charge Of that subject, and
his Democratic associates are all
Southerners except Brice, whose
property interests are largely in
Southern railroads. Senator Berry,
of Arkansas, is placed at the head Of
the Public Lands Committee, and
Camden, Of West Virginia, a rich
man having large corporation invest
ments, is the friendly chairman OF
the Committee on Railroads.
So it goes throughout the list, says
the Cleveland Leader, small commit.
tees on unimportant snlleets fur.
nishing nearly aA~0fehe chairman
ships given Is Democrats from the
Out Of the fOrty-one com
mittees to which chairmen have been
assigned twenty-eight will be headed
by Senators from the South, aud only
thirteen will have Northern chair
men. OF committees having nine OF
more members eight will be directed
by men from the North, and eighteen
have Southern Senators for chairmen
In the Senate, at least, the prepon
derance of Southern influence ant
Southern leaders is evidently to be ir
inverse ratio to the population, bust
ness interests, and general import
ance of the Southern States.
Grover the Great.