Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-09
SENATOR TERRELL COMMENDS
THE POLICIES OF DEMOCRACY
Believes That Democrats Have Made COmneRdabIG Be-
ginning in Carrying Out Their Pledges.
He Reviews the Legislation Proposed BY Democrats Which Most Closely
Concerns the People Of Georgia. Is Greatly Improved in Health and
Ready for the Session. Makes Few Suggestions

Atlanta, April S,-United States Sen
ator Joseph NJ Terrell today gave out
the following interview:
The democrats in congress appear
to have started on the right track "
said Senator Terrell.
The program outlined by the house
majority is commendable, though if
there be time and opportunity l have
Ito urge one or two matters outside OF
the schedule which they have a.
ranged. Under the new plan of or
ganization in the house, 1 believe con-
siderable legislation of much merit
will be sent to the senate 1t is unlike
ly that the senate will be a block in
the way of truly reform measures, de-
spite the fact that the republicans
are in the majority there. Their small
vote over the democratic minority,
am quite sure will be overcome by the
excellent leadership of such men
as my colleague, Senator Bacon, Sem
ator Martin, Of Virginia, and other
democratic leaders.
While l could go to Washington Mt
once without special danger to myself,
think it we'll to remain at home until
the preliminary formalities incident
to the opening of the session are over
Nothing outside of routine matters will
come up in the senate for two or three
weeks, and if it should, | could easily
get there in time to perform my duty
In remaining at home for a few days
longer, am able to not only continue
my rest and thereby get in perfect
physical trim, but am afforded the OBJ
portunity of giving thorough study 10
some of the principal questions likely
to come up in the senate during the
next few months. AS a matter of fact,
in that my enforced rest has enabled
me to acquire needed Information, the
temporary illness from which | have
suffered has been a partial blessing
AS it was before, l had to devote a
great deal of my time to details which
could be looked after by my assist
ants, and some of my time to the social
side of official life, but during the
past two months l have had good ex-
cuse to keep to my room pretty stead
lily, and have spent most of my time
there acquiring information that would
better fit me to represent our state in
the senate. While | have not been
able to get around as actively as form
erly, l have suffered very little, and
never felt better in my life or more
able or more anxious to get back in
full harness than | do now.
II am pleased to note that the demo-
Gratis of the house have decided to
place the constitutional amendment
providing for the election of senator's
by the people in preferred position
among the matters to be disposed Of at
the special session. I shall, of course,
give my heartiest support to this meas
ure, and, unless the idea is Incorporate
ed when it reaches the senate, shall
endeavor to have election of senators
by popular vote apply to uneXpired as
we'll as full terms. AS a matter of fact,
this would constitute the only change
in the method of eIecting senators, so
far as Georgia is concerned, and would
take an immense power now he'd
within the discretion of arbitrarily
chosen state executive committees and
place it directly with the people OF
course, j shall oppose any effort to in
ject the negro question into this issue,
or to give the federal government the
power of supervising the elections for
senators or any other officers.
Il have been looking very carefully
into the matter of the proposed tariff
reciprocity agreement between this
country and Canada, for the considera-
ton of which the special session was
specifically called. The more l study
the agreement the more firmly con-
WINGED | am that it constitutes perhaps
the longest step of recent years toward
an equitable solution of the tariff
Gnuestion. | am, and have always
been. constant in the advocacy of a
tariff for revenue only. | believe AM
| erican industries have reached that
stage of development needing no pro-
lection, even if they ever did. This is
particularly true with regard to the
south, and especially to Georgia. OBJ
yiously, however, it is unfair to force
us to buy in a protected market and
sell in free one Therefore, any move
that takes foreign tariff exactions off
the things we export, and at the same
time removes our own tariff taxes
from the imports We must have. is de-
serving of the most cordial support
from our people.
This reciprocity agreement is
worthy of the careful study of every
Georgian and every Southerner. OF
course, in an interview of this kind