The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15
congressman Keep After Cub
ernatorial Honors
CHANGES IN THE SENATE
Hale starts No End of Gossip
Concerning Probable
Changes
BY RoDERICK CLIFFORD

tnlS session. lney are ABOUT equally
divided between the democrats and the
republicans. Indications are that the
gubernatorial lightning may strike some
of them. In the New York delegation
Representatives Sulzer and Bennett are
each being groomed by their respective
following Representative Sulzer' is the
dean of the New York democrats. He Is
considered by the democrats IN the House
as an available candidate to carry the
Empire state into the democratic column
this fall. If the New York democracy
can be Influenced by the House demo-
Gratis, Mr.. Sulzer will be nominated by
reclamation.
Representative Bennett. stands well
with the republican organization of New
York and is one of the House regulars.
He is well thought of by Speaker Can
nor, and is frequently called by him to
preside over the House Mr.. Bennett has
not announced his candidicy, but is "in
the hands of his friends
Others who are after the gubernatorial
nomination in their respective states in
clude Representative Eugene N. Foss of
Massachusetts,, who recently carried a
republican district by safe democratic
majority. Representative Ben johnson Of
Kentucky (democraD. Allen of Maine
Gepublcan), Hughes of New Jersey
(democrat), Longworth of Ohio (republi-
cam, Rothermel of Pennsylvania demo-
craft, and Hayes of California (republi-
can-insurgent.
Concerning Mr.. Longworth, II can be
said that while he is not making a
known that If the nomination for gov
ernor comes his way. he will not refuse
It to remain In the House.
The coming retirement of Senator
Aldrich of Rhode Island and Hale of
Maine has started no end of gossip con-
corning probable changes that may be
made in the personnel in the next Senate
According to the political summing up
made by Representative Champ Clark of
Missouri, minority leader of the House,
there may be a number of new faces in
the Senate after March 4, and there may
be some democrats among the number.
Mr. Clark believes the democrats have
more than an even chance to elect a
successor to Senator Beveridge of Indi-
ana; while in Missouri everything points
t., a democratic victory, which means
the election of a democrat to succeed
Mr.. Warner. In Nebraska, Ohio New
York, MASSACHUSETTS, Delaware and
Montana the democrats, Mr. Clark as
sorts. are in good fighting trim with
cess. 1t would be no surprise, Mr..
Clark said, If when the roll is called in
the next Senate, Senators Lodge, Carter,
Depew. Dupont. Burkett and Dick are
not there to answer to their names.
Some % years ago." said a veteran
employee of the House, 1.-The newspapers
were filled with stories of the legislative
fight In progress on the Hatch bill, bet
ter known as the 'oleomargarine BILL.
1t was the farmers who started the cry
against oleo, and they were strong
enough to get what they wanted. 1t
Hatch bill, but 1t was republican votes
that put the bill through. Now, with
the prevailing high prices of food comes
an organized effort to repeal the tax
on oleo. The fight for the repeal is led
by organized and unorganized labor, and
as the average Congressman does not
care to antagonize labor 1t is pretty
safe to assume that there will be some
legislation on this subject before the ad-
journment of Congress The oleo law
was class legislation, pure and simple.
and 1t illustrates what can be done by
q band Of organizers engaged in work.
ing up sentiment for special laws"
The House insurgents have now made
it clear to the country that they were
never more serious than now about
wishing the rules amended for the
purpose of permitting the majority to
do business. Their fight on Speaker Can
non has from the beginning been person
al. This is shown by the fact that with
rules committee elected by the House
more than six weeks ago. the first reso
luton has yet to be reported to the
House, favoring the adoption of a reso-
luton of any character. The insurgents
have demonstrated that a majority of
the House controls, but In doing this
they have broken the backbone of the
House organization as controlled by the
majority of the republicans. The regu-
lars are saying that II the insurgents
had made their fight inside the party
lines and not Joined forces with the dem
ocrats the Presidents legislative pro-
gremme, so far as the House is concern
ed, would have been put through, and
whatever the cause of delay the respons-
Utility would be with the Senate.
Representative Finley of South Caro-
lins, who has served on the House COM
mittee on postoffices and postroads for
SO many years. says there is but little
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laws for the postoffice department. Under
the general law he says, the Postmaster
General, by executive order can correct
many of the abuses that are known to
exist.
AS an example, Mr.. Finley called at
tention to what the Postmaster General
has done in an effort to reduce the def
cit That official, he said. had increased
tho cost of registry fee from 5 to 10
cents, but this has caused no great hard
ship. 1t has however had an appreci-
able effect on the revenues Of the de-
partment. There are many other little
things that can be done by executive or
der, Mr.. Finley said. that would improve
the service without necessitating an APP
peal to Congress.
1.-THE tariff will be a very lively issue
ir a few years. said Representative
Weeks OF Massachusetts to party of
friends "It is much alive now, but it
will, be from different angle in few
years Recent statistics show that Chi
ma and Japan are making such rapid
strides in manufacturing goods that this
condition makes 1t most interesting to
rho people OF the United States. AS the
Chinese are excluded from this country
because of their cheap labor, the next
thing will be to protect our labor by
10 arranging the tariff as to prevent the
i,rrcrtation Of Chinese articles, by a