The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-29
Names of Those to Serve
Practically Selected
THE GOOD ROAD MOVEMENT

suit Observations by President
Finley. of the Southern Railway, on
Value of Good Roads
By TIIOS. j.. PENCE.
Washington. D.. c., June 26.-The
highly important gentlemen who are,
TO constitute the, tariff conference
committee have practically been Sc
lected by the Republican leaders Of
the House and Senate. The members.
as usual, will be chosen according to
seniority of service on the finance and
ways and mea committees, with a
single exception in the case Of enato
Cullom, who is one Of the veteran
members of the Senate committee.
Mr.. Cullom is in his eightieth year.
the weather is oppressively warm, the
dog days are coming, he has avoided
arduous labor all the session.; he has
notified Chairman Aldrich that he is
anxious not to serve. This was good
news to Aldrich. He already had z,
maj tied out waiting for such a
chance-a man who would eagerly
do anything he told him to do. So
when enator Cullom said to senator
Aldrich, please count me out Aid
rich Immediately signalled for his
slave, and Reed Smoot, accredited as
Senator from Utah, came running.
Smoot has indeed been a faithful
serVant, Watchful of every motion OF
his chiefs. e ~involuntarily imitat-
ing his mods and smiles and frOwns,.
and jumping at his word. Throughout
the entire tariff show Smoot' has
been the head through the hole in the
big board at which every tariff de-
batter has had the privilege OF a
throw. and few have failed to take a
nance. Smoot has been so
and meekly imperturbable under
hard knocks that Aldrich we'll knows
he can depend upon his continued in
sensib.1ity to any argument OF the OPP
position. however powerful ana con-
elusive.
Associated with Aldrich and Snoot
as conferees for the Senate Will be
Burrows of Michigan, Penrose OF
Pennsylvania, and Hale of Maine, Re
publicans; Daniel of Virg MIA, Money
of Mississippi and Bailey OF IeHas,
Democrats.
the House conference Will be Chair
man PAYNE of the ways and means
committee, Mccall of Massachusetts,
Hill of Connecticut. Dalzell OF Penn
s~ylvania, and Routell of I'll nois, Re-
p%ublicans; Champ Clark, minority
leader; Underwood. of Alabama, n
Griggs, of Georgia, Democrats.
The House Republicans who start
ed out to make a show of downward
revision and ended about where they
began, have undoubtedly been sorely
annoyed by fragrant disregard OF their
policy by Aldrich and his committee,
and they are sa q to be seriously con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY OF a RUE
from the rules committee especially
formed for the handling of Senate
amendments to the tariff bill. The
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expedite the passage of the bill, Will
be attended with the same
the rules committee had at the Degln-
ming of the session. With chances OF
aggravated opposition because OF n
kind of tariff bill the Senate has 10
Scores and scores of House
members realize that they have much
more to answer for than have mem
bers Of the Senate They are repre-
senting districts in which h vote was
close at the last election. even though
it was an Overwhelmingly succesSTuI
Republican presidential ear.
The House leaders are trying to
aVO q a worry serious
Tha is that il the needed rule IS
voted down. it would throw the t2rlH
bill into committee Of the whole. ana
h entire list of amendments WouIc
have to be considered Seriatim. AS
the big work of the conference draw
Nigh; with the Senate rates soaring
with the thermometer. new waves OF
trouble threaten. Neatly every Re
publican in the House has had an op-
portunity to go home and learn the
views Of his constituents. and what
they have heard has on the whole
been in condemnation of the tariff
bill as it Dromises to emerge from the
Senate. v-s.
Good Road Movement. :.
AT the Capital to Capital route good