The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-01-19

hinging upon the attitude Of the new
members. The new coterieof demo
cratic leaders lave selected from
among the hold over members, those
whe are to 90 on the prominent and
all-powerful ways and means COM
mittee. If their plans carry out,
each of the ! 4 democratic members
of tile ways and means committee
will exercise part Of the power
formerly lodged in the speaker. In
addition to framing a new tariff bill
it is proposed to have this committee
name the democratic membership
Of all the other committees Of the
house.
Representative Brantley, at pres
ent a member Of tie committee, was
not put on the original slate pre-
pared by the new house leaders The
Georgia delegation got behind him
and insisted that the state be given
Il spokesman on ways and means.
Their demands brought results, Mr..
Brantley is thus ina position to look
after all his Georgia colleagues in
committee assignments.
The Georgia caucus also endorsed
Representative Hardwick for the
committee ON rules. The other im-
portant committee places which
&c ,rgians hope to land are the fol-
lowing: Rep. Bartlett, Member APP
preparations Commi ttee; Rep.
Adamson, Chairman Committee on
Interstate Commerce; Rep. Bell,
Post Offices and Post Roads; Rep.
Roddenberry. Judiciary; Rep. I'd
wards, Rivers and Harbors; Rep.
Lee, Agriculture; Rep. Hughes,
Public Buildings and Grounds. It
is not known vet what can be done
for the two newly elected members
from Georgia, Howard Of the fifth
and Tribble Of the eighth The
ways and means committee will be-
gin work at once preparing a new
tariff bill, but the task Of making
up the house committee member
ships will be delayed uutil the as
sembling of Congress next December,
The democratic harmony dinner
at Baltimore on the 17th,~ is ex-
pectcd to attract large number of
prominent democrats from all over
the country. The following Geor-
gians have accepted invitations TO
attend; Senator Terrell Representa-
tivess Edwards, Hughes, Bartlett
Lee, Bell, Hardwick and Brantley.
The election of Judson G. Clements
by his colleagues to be chairman of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, has given great satisfaction to
Gcorgians. Judge Clements was
formerly the representative Of the
seventh congressional district IN
Congress. He was first appointed
to the bench by President Harrison
in 1892, and rerppointed byPrcsi-
dents Cleveland, Mckinley and
Roosevelt. He is the senior judge
in point of continuous service. He
helped frame and pass the Georgia
railway commission law as a mem
Der Of the Georgia legislation& N
The meeting Of the National Tariff
Commission Association in. Wash
ington last week, brought together
leading manufacturers and business
men having every variety Of tariff
views. There were probably q pro-
ponderance Of high protectivestarift
advocates present to look after their
own interests. Policies" and not
Schedules" were discussed.
The ardent reform republicans
like Beveridge and LaFollette, see
in a tariff commission the possibility
Of gathering scientifically and inn
business like way accurate informa-
tlon on which to go before thecoun-
try AND show what schedules are
mduly high and should bolpwercd,
At present, tariffs are made in the
dark by means of log rolling, par
tizanship, personal bias, tricks and