The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-04-27
IS THE SOUTH COMING INTO ITS
OWN2

OWN2
The following from the last issu
of Leslie's is interesting. Just wha
might have been the inspiration TO
this utterance and whether or not i
is intended to warn the country @
southern dominance Of aft IRIS in tn
~ ebt Of democratic success at u
polls in 1912. are matters of speculs
ton. The bare facts are true. Tn
south furnishes the votes and Target
the brains for the national party an
it begins 10 look as If this section
were about to come into it's own.
The reference from Leslie's reads
In the makeup of the commit
tees of the house OF representa-
tives, the political ascendency of
: the south is shown in a striking
way. The democrats have ma
iority of sixty-eight in that cham
Der and, of course, were entitled
to the leading places on its COM
nittees. OF the chairmanships of
the important committees of that
chamber, southern members bold
twenty-eight and those of the rest
of the country have only seven
If Missouri, which was a slave
state in 1860, lie counted as part
of t)e south, that section also
holds the speaker. and, in the
present aspect of affairs, he is
one of the most promising of all
the presidential possibilities of
his party for 1912 But in giving
the south tlree-fourths of the
choice places on the house com
mittees. nobody will accuse the
dominant party in that chamber
of any unjust Partially toward
Dixie. The great bulk of tie demo
cratic votes in the senate and
house comes from the south. That
section furnishes practically all
the electoral votes which demo
cratic presidential candidates
have been receiving in recent
canvasses.
Through evil and gocd report
the southern states cling to the
democratic party. Although the
south disliked Bryan, it gave him
q practically solid vote in three
campaigns. With the possible
exception Of two or three states.
the south will undoubtedly give
its electoral vote to the democrat
ic presidential candidate of 1912.
whoever he may be. Moreover.
the south holds tie brains as well
as the bulk OF the democratic mar
~. In the senate, Rayner. of
Maryland; Simmons, of North
Carolina; TilIman, of South Caro-
lima; Bacon. Of Georgia: Foster,
Of Alabama. and Bailey and Cul-
erson, of eNas, are the leading
spirits in their party in that
chamber. In the house, Under
wood, Of Alabama, the chairman
Of the ways and means commit
tee, Henry, OF Texas. the head of
the committee on rules: CLAYTON.
of Alabama, the chairman Of the
Judiciary committee: Adamson. OF
Georgia, chairman of the commit
tee on interstate and foreign com
merce, and Hay, OF Virginia
chairman Ct the military affairs
committee, are among the ablest
and most prominent men in their
chamber.
If we call Missouri southern
state, we must concede to the
south the possession of one of the
hnest orators and most pictur-
es9ue personages of recent times.
ibis is the speaker, Champ Clark.
The south emphatically deserves
the recognition which it has re-
ceived in the organization of the
House committees. Moreover. the
south will undous teddy have more
sway in the democratic national
convention of 1912 than il has
had in any similar gathering
since 1860.