The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-24
LEADERS PLAN WAR ON THOSE
WHO VOTED FOR REVENUE
DUTY ON LUMBER.
Brant'ey, Chased las undesirable"
on. Ways and Means Committee,
Gives Out AN Interview Defending
His Position in the Matter.

sent to the Atlanta Journal by it's
Washington correspondent will De
of interest in this city:
According to the tentative agree
ment of the democratic leaders of
the present house, the ways aud
means committee of the ed congress
besides drafting tariff bill, will also
act as a committee on committees to
assign all other members of the
house to their respective committee
Z places. 1t is proposed to adopt this
scheme of organization at the demo
cratic caucus to be held on Jan. 10.
All of the members-elect of the next
house will participate in this caucus.
This will include VIM. Schley How
ard, of the Fifth, and Samuel J. Trub-
hle, of the Eighth, the new member
from Georgia.
The announcement CT the arrange
nent has set the individual members
of the next house to scheming and
trading for committee places. 1t has
divided state delegations and it
promises to array one section against
another in the scramble or prefer
ment. -
Plan War on Members.
1t Is stated that the leaders plan
to make war on the AZ democrats of
the present congress who voted for
q revenue duty on lumber. when this
schedule was under consideration in
the house. 1t is planned to punish
these democrats by denying them
fair consideration in the assignment
of committee places.
Congressman Brantley, of the 18th
district, is now a member of the
ways and means committee. Because
he voted for a 6 per cent advalorem
duty on lumber, it is proposed to
beat him off the ways and means
committee of the next house. He has
been classed as an undesirable" by
some of the leaders, along with Cou-
gressman Pou, Of North Carolina;
Randell of TexaeE Broussard, OF
Louisiana, and others.
Concerning this announced purpose
Congressman Brantley today gave
out the following statement, which
may be taken as the forerunner of a
warm fightsthat is to follow:
II voted for a small revenue duty
ON lumber amounting to about per
cent advalorem in a republican tar
III bill containing 80 to 80 per cent
duties on everything the lumber man
ufacturer has to buy and similarly
high duties on all building materials
competing with lumber, and then
waited against the passage of the bill.
"If this record makes me ineligi-
BILE to serve on the ways and means
committee of democratic house, 1t
makes ineligible to membership in
the democratic party large portion
of my constituency whose views I
represent and hold. 1t also excludes
from the councils and deliberations
of the party, in it's hour OF opportn-
nifty some IS or 40 democrats of the
present house who voted as l did.
1t does more than that, for it classes
as undesirable large body of pres
ent democratic senators and draws
the line against any consultation Or
cooperation with them. A prescrip-
tive policy such as this cannot, it
seems to me, spell either harmony or
victory in 1912.
A Foolish Move.
"In my judgment we would be fool
ish to close our eyes to the well
known fact of some divergency Of
views on the tariff among democrats.
These differences should be recogniz-
ed by giving them representation
through conservative, liberal-mindei
men on the committee an harmoni-
Gus agreement may be reached and
united front presented to the coun-
try. policy that limits memoeE-
ship on the ways and means commit
tee to those only who favor free "a"
material prescribing all others as
undesirarles' must lead to STRIFE
on the floor and in the country.