The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-13
By Long Service Power is
Gained.
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sixteen years service. chairman OF the
Committee on Private Land Claims-GlVe
this State a distinction, and, what Is bet
terS, the greatest influence. Wisconsin,
with Mr.. Babeock as chairman OF tue
Committee on the District OF Columbia,
twelve years of service; Mr.. C)oper, WIN
Twelve years of service as chairman 90
he Committee on Insular Affairs; ME-
jenkins, after ten years OF service, ehah-
man Of the Committee on the judiciary
Mr.. Davidson, ten years, Railways and
Canals Committee: Mr.. Warner, ten
wears. chairman Of the Committee On the
Revision of the Laws, is another. ONO.
with Grosvenor, Burton ana Southard-
all OF long service, chai-men OF three oil
the most important committees of the
House Iowa, with Hepburn, Hull ana
Lacey, from fourteen to tWenty-siX years
OF service, at the head OF influential com
mittecs.
'The ranking members of the minority
upon committees are all long-Ierm men,
Meyer OF Louisiana. with fourteen years;
Jones, of Virginia, with fourteen year,:
Rankhaad, of Alabama. with eighteen
| years; john Sharp Williams. OF Mlsslsslr-
ri. and Williams of Illinois, both with
| twelve years to their credit; NandIYer, 81
| Missouri; Clark, of Missouri; stephens.
| of Texas Lamb, oil Virginia; Robertson,
| of louisiana Lester and Livingston ana
Tate and Adamson, of Georgia; Davey, OF
| Louisiana, and Sulzer, OF New York, all
with ten or more years OF service, stand
ut the head OF the minority membership
OF important committees and in the event
of the Democrats carrying the House VIII
succeed! 20 the chairmanshlp
1t would seem that the object lesson
has been pointed out.
/ Of the North Carolina delegation, w
". Kitchin. serving his fourth term, has
a good place on the Committee on Naval
Affairs; Small, Kluttz, Thomas, each serV.
ing his third term, are respectively on
/ Committees Oh Merchant Marine, Post
office and Public Buildings and Grounds
Caule Kitchin and Pou, serving theil
second terms, occupy positions upon Com
mittees on Claims and District OF Column
ba. The four members serving thei!
| first terms Messrs. Page, Patterson
Webb and Gudger, all are on less i'm
! portant committees. The delegation
| North Carolina now has in Congress is
made up OF young, active, energetic, in
great Service if they can be kept here
long enough to reach places Of influence
that are only reached by time. Since
the war. North Carolina has kept only
three men in the House for ten year
and each reached a position OF influence
and did his State real service Rober
] Vance, General Scales and Mr.. Henderson
/ the latter during his last term chairman
| >ot the Committee on Postoffices and Po t
roads. What might have been the influ
ence of the State OF North Carolina i
such men as Alfred NJ. Waddell. Thona
S. Ashe, Walter l.. Steele, II. +. Armfeld
w. r. Cox II. T. Bennett and others tina
might be recalled had been kept here al
the States representatives until time ha'
= brought them to places of great power
Every North Carolinian endeavorlng TO d
: service to his State in Washington wishe
= that the present delegation from the Oh
North State had been in Congress ten
years or more 'John Sharp Williams tell
me that the fact that North Carolina am
other Southern States have begun to an
: preciate the situation and have about dc
:, termined TO return oil Of the best of thei
= men is responsible for his hopefulneg
about the ascendeney of the South
strength. The trouble in the past seem
!, to have been that Southern people /
general, but North Carolnians in particu
:. lar, have looked upon a seat in Congress
as slnecufe and have used it as n sor
! OF recognition of merit. compliment be
. slowed Tor party service. expecting in r.
:, turn for the honor bestowed grateful M
probation, an occasional Government pul
lIcatlon, or package of garden soeds T.
be passed on after brief use by some no,
! aspirant. upon the principle of divia;o
OF honols. North Carolina has not bef.
alone in the pursuance of this. polic,
c other Southern States with ono or w.
{ notable exceptions have, felt called mo
to crafty every ambition born in ~
imagination OF its bright men and ba
? passed the Congressional honors on fro,
. one to another at the sacrifice OF inf,
s ence md all that counts in tho nation
legislation. Suppose Senator Ransom !
Senator Vance had been kept in Tho 60,
l ate Tor only one term of six voara
' Could they fossibly have made tha q,
I press they did upon the nation or MAD
the fame Tor themselves or their state