Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-10-12
ces committees. as l am a member
of the National Waterways Com
mission, and, this, no doubt, would
have bepn Thought enough

AhAoSlcls anu, tliioi no uOuDL, WOul'
have been thought enough"
Think of it, Democrats of Tennes
seel Your representative DESERVING
his party and voting with his eaenl.
in order to retain his Committee as
signnentsl
He now says he bolted 4 demo
cratic conference and not a demo.
cretlc caucus. The Foregoing stale
ment shows he recognized that h
bolted democratic caucus. In hi
speech delivered two weeks after,
wards in Congress, in an effort t
justify his desertion, he also admit
ted that he bolted a democratic eau
Gus. He said: 81 rose on the floor
of that alleged Caucus-for demo-
crazy had never had a caucus but q
conference heretofore-and asked
if that was a conference or a bind
ing caucus. The chairman of that
caucus, without authority from the
caucus itself, declared it was eau
Gus and binding" and he said he
then walked out.
In that speech he bitterly critised
democratic leaders. He sarcastically
referred to king Caucus"
1t is true wrote Senator Williams
for some information. | had heard
that when a democratic vacancy oc-
Cured on the Rivers and Harbors
Committee few years ago that he,
as minority leader, recommended
Congressman Small, of North Caro-
lima, for the place. UP to that time
| had also heard that Speaker Can
non had always appointed minority
members of Committees who had
been recommended by the demo-
cratic leader, but in this instance
that Speaker Cannon diSregarded
Mr.. Williams recommendation and
appointed Judge Moon for the place.
Mr.. Williams wrote me these were
the facts He also wrote at the time
he denounced those democrats who
were willing to pick up crumbs
that fell from the republican pat
ronage table"
Congressman Moon is mistaken If
he thinks | am sorry that he has
been able to get good committee as
signments. | hope | may never be-
come so narrow as to envy anything
which rebounds to the credit of my
district or state. Judge Moon was
on the Rivers and Harbors Commit
tee in the Cannon administration.
If he stood so high with his demo-
cratic brethren, when they came
into power, why was it he could not
retain his place on this committee?
This was one committee where he
could have been of real benefit to
his district. 1t is to be noted, how
evr, that this democratic house
has placed Mr. Small, of North Car
Dina, on this important committee,
and has left Judge Moon off the
same.
In his statement Judge Moon fur
Their says: Il am now a member of
the National Waterways Commits
sion" He seeks to leave the i'm
preston that he holds this position
by virtue of the present democratic
House. The fact is, former Speaker
Cannon appointed him on this COM
on March 4, 1909, under the
Rivers and Harbors bill, just twelve
lays before the celebrated vote on
Jules, wherein Judge Moon deserted
his party to save Cannon.
In this connection it might be
stated that both minority members
IF this commission, Mr.. Sparkman
If Florida, and Mr.. Moon of Tenn
,ssee, were appointed at the same
line, and both soon afterward
,olted a democratic caucus.
Judge Moon says that he was the
member on the Committee
N Territories. This was number of
years ago, and before he was placed
N the Rivers and Harbors Commit !
ee. 1t develops, though, that he |
leld a number of committee assign
nents under the Cannon administra-
ion, but in the present democratic |
louise he holds only one committee
which is the Chairman
hip of the Post Office and Post |
loads Committee.
The democrats of this district
barge Congressman Moon with sell
ishly looking after his own inter
SITS and not the interests of the par
y. He has done nothing to build up
nd maintain party organization
n this district. He has rarely made
ny speeches in his campaigns, not
bly, the last one. 1t is charged he
as pursued a gum-shoe policy in
boxing after his own fences and al
owing the democratic party to fight
IS battles without the slightest aid
7 assistance from him. 1t is ex-
ected that such men who are SO
ighly honored by the party will
clip to mold the thought of the peo-
lie to democratic policies. He has
ever defended the democratic re-