The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-09
Senator Sutherland Slated for
 a Place on the Bench
TAWNEY LEFT AT HOME
His Retirement From Congress Is Re- gretted by Both Friend md Foe. He Was Very Popular at
 Washington
By RALPH NJ. wHITESIDE

that Governor Hughes or New 1ork IS to be the next chief justice of the supreme court of the United States and that Senator Sutherland of Utah is to have place on the bench, who will fill the other vacancies has not been set tied to the satisfaction of the ''man who knows" but those two are regarded as settled
 The appointment of the Utah states man will be popular in Washington. Sen ator Sutherland does not make as much fuss in the Senate as some of his col leagues, but there are few who are more efficient workers in the field of legis- lation. He is recognized as one of the most profound lawyers in Congress.
 Governor Hughes is not so well known personally, but what is known of him leads to the belief that he will make a most worthy successor to the late Chief Justice Fuller.
 Of all the stand-pat statesmen who will be left at home as result of the present political upheaval, none will be more genuinely regretted than James A. Towney. of Minnesota. MT. Tawney was liked personally even by his polit- ican enemys.
 I understand that one of the first things the insurgents in the new House of Rep resentatives will do will be to war against the seniority system of allotting the chairmanship of committees.
 With Speaker Cannon gone from the desk and with the insurgents mastering a large number of votes. as they evil dently will, 1t is clear that even re- publican majority will not be able to maintain the old order of things. The insurgents, at the last session of Con gress, did not take from the speaker the power of naming committees, although they were at the point of doing so. That may be the first step to be taken, either at the coming winter session of Congress, or If not taken then, It may take place as soon as the new Congress Is organized. No speaker will, however. be pleased at being made mere dummy and what ever party group may be in control will probably seek to retain this element of III llo SpCdhci D Duli no matter whether he does or not, the situation will render 1t inevitable that changes should be made in a rather drastic way in the old committee sys- tenn, certainly as regards the personal. The seniority system of succeeding to committee chairmanships has been followed for a long time in the House, although speaker Cannon did not hesitate to prevent it by disregarding it's dictates f1,a Of nat Cox ,ery4ac he determined to take revenge upon Congressman Fowley and several others. It has, however, been more consistently pursued in most instances. However, by underhand work the political leaders have usually managed to shift members in such a wtf as to keep a reliable man always in second place and hence able to take the chairmanship, whenever a vacancy showed itself. Thus the men who will stand without hitching." as speaker Cannon has delicately expressed it in his vernacular, and who have been looking forward to the chairmanships. Most of these men are the old line Can non type of regulars. While the chair men have had to take the whipping in the primaries, there would be only a hollow victory If the men of the second rank were to be substituted. For this reason insurgents are now quietly as- lk, representatives here, that in the event they muster a good number of votes they will decline to see the old line men of the second class put Into the chair manships, and will demand a method of selection on the basis of ability and service.
 It was announced yesterday that the Washington Old Home Week, to have aI5 fol enormous proportions as to force post ponement until spring and to make 1t a national instead of a local home-com- ing.
 Instead of 10000 visitors. there are to be 100000. Instead of a light programme of entertainments and parades. Presi- dent Taft has offered the White House for a big demonstration, in which the Cabinet officers, Senators, Represents lives and members of the Supreme Court will participate.
 Every state will be represented, and this being the capital of the nation, it is to be a big reunion of Uncle Sams .fami1y This is to be the greatest national demonstration in the history d1 the country, 1t Is claimed, not ex- cepting any presidential inauguration oi ts1e past.
 
 deanand for American mules in South AfA ica almost equal to that during the Boer war;" said Oliver G. Strait. of Gal vest on.
 "Uealers In the south and west al readt are beginning to feel the influence of th,, scarcity of mules in that part oi Africa. It seems quite probable the prices of mules will reach those of wal times within the coming year.
 s,r-t-~ ,iv,o~ nd fc 1Ya tA 1,< spread of the east coats fever among thu cattle ih many parts of South Africa Whole districts which are dependent upon oxAn for transportation of neces sities are, suffering from the decimatior of the cattle by the fever. As a con sequence, the people want mules. ant want therh badly These animals ar, less susceptible to disease, and they cal give much more service than draugh cattle. Ths trade of the Transkel ant Grioualand East is aumost at stand still on accoAunt of the loss of so man. oxen.
 At present most of the mules fo South Africa ,,re being shipped from thu | Argentine rdpublic. These animals however, do ndt compare with the Ameri can mule, espA cially the kind raised il | Missouri. Our animals bring a highe price, but, as was the case during tn Boer war, the additional investment i usually regarded as justified. | Champ Clark would do we'll to lay fl his supply of riules now against thu I M