The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-02-17
MAURY'S MEMBERS
STAND HIGH IN THE
STATES LEGISLATURE
REPRESENTATIVE GALLOWAY is
ONE OF MOST INFLUENTIAL
IN THE HOUSE.
lIPSCOMB COMMANDS RESP CT
Expected That Case to Test the e.
feet of Population Changes on the
| Local Legislation of Various coun-
/ ties Will Be Rushed to Court Soon.
Special to The Herald.

] NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. H.
Among the leaders of the House O
Representatives no one stands highe
or exerts wider influence than thu
Hon. w. T. Galloway, of Maury coun
ty. In fact by many Mr.. Galloway il
conceded to be the most Influential
member OF the House He Is expe
rienced, conservative, aggressive ant
always on the alert. He is certainl!
a tower of strength to the fusion caus,
and is one of the dominant factors il
the councils of the Independent Dem
ocrats.
Mr.. Galloway has several times
been signally honored by the indie
pend Democrats. He was on the va
rious committees that acted with the
Republicans in securing an agreement
with respect to the election of q
United States Senator. And finally
when the hour of victory came Mr.
Galloway was chosen to place before
the joint assembly the name of the
victor, Luke Lea.
Mr.. Galloway Is one of the hardest
working members of the House. He
is the chairman of the important com.
mittee on charitable institutions. He
is a member of the more important
committee which is charged with the
duty of drafting the redistricting bill
and in addition he is a member of a
half a dozen more or less important
committees. Mr.. Galloway commands
the attention and the hearing of the
House whenever he speaks. Although
an uncompromising temperance Dem
ocrat, he is personally popular with
the liquor element in the House.
Capt. Lipscomb, the seionr member
Of the Maury county delegation, has
not been in the best of health during
the session and his activities in the
line of legislation have been, by rea-
son of that fact, somewhat restrict
ed, but with his experience of six
terms he is universally held to be one
of the most valuable members of the
House and his advice is sought at all
times. Capt. Lipscomb has beaten
all previous records for continuous
service in the House. having first Leen
elected in 1900. Only once in the his
tory of the State has a member serv-
ed more than six terms in the House
continuously and that was in the early
days of the State.
The experience Of Capt Lipscomb
and Mr.. Galloway in the House proves
the value of county keeping its rep
resentatives in Office. Both of these
very efficient members are worth
much more to the State and to their
constituents than they were during
the first term of service. The rule
that applies at Washington applies
with some force too at Nashville and
the fact is being more forcibly demon
strated every year.
While some members are losing
good deal of sleep about local legis-
lation due to the belief that local laws
have been nulli1ied by changes In the
census, there are others who are sat
isfied with the status quo. The lat
ter believe with the attorney general
of the State that population changes
have not affected local laws.
It is probable that at early date a
test case will be rushed to the Su-
preme court to determine for all time
the effect that population changes has
made on the local legislation Of the
various counties Attorney General
Gates has stated that he would rush
a test case to the Supreme Court
and advance it on the docket 80 that
a decision could be obtained before
the court adjourns for the present
.erm.