The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-31

appointment Of Senator Smith to I'm
pOrtant Committees, Especially the
Committee on Agriculture, Places
Him I'm Position to Do Great Work
For the Farmers.


Washington, March 24.-The ap-
pointment of Senator E. D. Smith to
the committee on agriculture. inves-
legations In the civil service, conser-
vation Of the national resources,
manufactures. immigration and pat
ents. note Of which was made day
or two ago, indicates that South Car
olina, from all appearances, is to get
the very best possible results from
her members Of congress during the
next few years. Senator Smith will
now be In a position to jump right in
to the congressional fight, IL neces-
sary, In order to get everything there
Is for his constituents at home.
With Senator Smith on these COM
mittees. Senator Tillman on appro-
priations and naval affairs, Represen-
tative Lever on agriculture, Mr..
Johnson on buildings and grounds.
Mr.. Finley on postofices and post
roads. Mr.. Patterson on claims and
Mr.. Ellerbe on rivers and harbors,
South Carolina. would. indeed, ap-
pear to be as well fixed as any other
State In the Union so far as commit
tee places are concerned.
Senator Tillman and the members
of the house have already demon
hestrated from time to time their effi.
cheney as committee members. and
there is not the least doubt that Sen.
ator Smith will make equally as good
a showing. When he was asked to-
day how he managed to secure such
excellent places when he had been in
the senate only two or three weeks. he
modestly replied that he would leave
that for others to say. The truth is
that the great work that Senator
Smith had already done for the farm
ers of the country preceded him, so
that when he got to Washington and
his colleagues found that he was the
Smith from South Carolina that they
had heard about-"Cotton Smith''-
the natural thing was to land him on
the committee on agriculture, where
his talents might be best employed.
Senator Smith expects to devote
much of his time to the work of the
other committees also. but it is to
that on agriculture that he will give
most of his time. He came to the
senate with a heart throbbing and
beating with hope and expectancy
that he might prove real friend to
the farmers of the South, and the
chance is now his. In no other ca
pacity could he be of more practical
use to his friends in South Carolina
and elsewhere than as a member of
the cimmittee on agriculture. With
the excellent work that he will ac-
resentative Lever in the house, ''the lit
tie giant from the Sand Hills" South
Carolina farmers are in a better way
today to profit from the work of their
men In congress than they have ever
been before. Then there Is Senator
Tillman on the appropriations COM
mittee to watch the financial end Of
the Smith-Lever work.
Senator Smith was also honored
when he was placed on a brand-new
committee-that on conservation of
national resources. The appointment
OF this committee is the result Of the
meetings that have been held in
Washington by the governors Of the
different States to devise plans for
conserving the resources Of the coun-
try. Naturally members Of the COM
mittee on agriculture would go to this
committee, but 1t was not thought
that Senator Smith, because Of his
brief senatorial career, would make
1t. However. he did so and his friends
are proud Of him and expect him to
do great things after he has learned
a little more about the use of the po-
litical ropes in and around the ma
tional capitol.
Senator Smith and his secretary,
Charles Galloway, have already made
numerous friends in Washington, and
their rooms in the fine new Office
building are frequently visited by
South Carolinians living here, who
find time from their businesses to
drop In for a friendly chat.-Special
10 News and Courier.