The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14

appearance to watch out for their selfish de-
mands. The Lumber Trust came into action
through the presidents of Lumber Assocla-
tions, and through skillful lobbyists and law
yers. In other acords, the manufacturing
class acent to Congress to qet-behind the
closed doors of the Ways and Means Commit
tee of the House, and behind the closed doors
of Aldrichs Committee Room in the Senate
-enactzy aohat they ecanted. The millions of
consumers who are the oppressed and pillaged
victims of class legislation were not present
They remained supinely at home, trusting to
their Immediate Representatives, protect
them. These Representatives had long been
we'll known personally to their constituents
To court after court, this Congressman had
come as regularly as the Judge and the So
lictor to shake hands and mix with 'the
boys' swapping anecdotes and social pleas
antries BY using the arts of the politician,
these Congressman had won the hearts of
their confding constituents. Therefore,
while the Sugar Trust was not willing to
leave it's interests entirely to the keeping of
such we'll broken hack as Serene Payne, or
John Dalzell; and while the Lumber Trust
of Weyerhauser, and of the Russells and of
the lifts, ETC., etc, were not willing to de-
pend themselves entirel upon such Senators
as julius Caesar Burrows, Nelson Aldrich,
Henry Cabot Lodge, Reed Smoot and J. P.
Taliaferro but a0ent IN person, Through such
chiefs as Captain H. H. Tiff, of Triton, Ga.,)
to see that things qoere managed as they de-
Sired. and while the Tobacco men put lobby
to work, and the Whiskey men were there by
agents and attorneys, and the Wool men had
the very best of legal agents in charge of the
Job the constituents of such men as Lon liz
ingston, Bill H0ocard, ". q. Bruaatzey, Cor
dom Lee, Charles EdaCardS, and the late Jim
Dnn;1 off 1 oon, an, t1o:n, 1oax
confident of the fact that they qoouzd not be
betrayed to the ac0zres.
The whole situation turned upon the mat
ter of the rules. Everybody knew that if
Cannon secured control of the House, and OBJ
tanned the power to select men of his own
stripe to fill the committees retaining his
place on the Rules Committee with Dalzell
and Payne as his lieutenants, he would con-
tinue to be the master of the situation. Things
2COuzd hare to 90 C0nn0n's qU0y, or not at ALL
Nobody Ane2o this better than Champ C1arh.
Consequently, Champ Clark, who is sound
hearted tariff refOrmer, proposed that the
House should ELECT Committee of
Fifteen, which Clark himself named when
presenting his amendment. Mr.. Clark pro-
posed that the new Committee of Fifteen
should consist of five Republicans of the same
faith and order as Cannon himself; six Demo-
Gratis who were loyal to Clark, and in favor
of a downward revision of the tariff; and
four ''insurgent1 Republicans who had re-
fused to enter the Republican caucus. Two
of these 'insurgents', Morris of Nebraska,
and Nelson of wisconsin, had co-operated
with Mr.. Clark, were in consultation with
him and were in stalwart opposition to the
Republican leader, Cannon.
N0oo. isn't 1t perfectly apparent that had
C1arh'S Committee been chosen as he pro-