The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-12-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
w ashington City.
December 9. 1912.

ernors who have been attending
the convention of governors at
Richmond There was a luncheon
and some speech making and aft
er that the party repaired to the
front portico of the White House
where a group picture was made.
Governor Brown, who was the
smallest man i'll the party physi-
cally, stood beside President Taft,
who was the largest
The dinner to the Governors
had been served at half past one
o'clock. Several members Of the
Cabinet were present. The Ma
rine Band furnished music.
Senator Bacon, Of Georgia, is
presiding over the Senate these
days. The suggestion has been
made that he might enter the Cab
met, or go as an Ambassador to
one of the European capitals. The
fact is Senator Bacon would not
have either a cabinet place or an
ambassadorship. He is one of the
foremost members of the Senate
and prizes the honor he already
has above anything else that
could possibly be given him.
When the Senate is reorganized
by the Democrats it is expected
that Senator Bacon will be Chair
man of the Foreign Relations
Committee. He is the ranking
Democrat on that committee.
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Senator Hoke Smith has been
very strongly urged to consent to
a Cabinet place of the most
important in the cabinet-but is
not going to leave the Senate. He
will probably be on the Finance
Committee. This is one Of the
most important committees in the
Senate and holds the same rela-
lions to the tariff as the Ways
and Means Committee of the
House, of which Mr.. Underwood
10 Chairman. Senator Smith will
also retain his place on the Post
office Committee and the Commit
tee on Agriculture.
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The fact that the Georgia Sena-
tors will not accept other honors
means great deal to the Demo
cratic party They are not only
able men but they are long ex.
perienced III public matters and il
is going to take the very best eff
forts of the Democrats to satisfy
the country for the next four
years.
Cabinet places and ambassa
xforships are highly ornamental
and delightful for those who oc
0upy them but the fierce contests
10 govern this country are fought
On the floor of the Senate anC
House, with the president Of The
United States as the general a lit
kle back from the firing line. L
ID up to the Democrats to max,
good and it is not going to be j.;
picnic.
.
] doubt if one Democrat in fit,
thought two years ago that w,
should elect a president this year
We happened to do the sensible
thing at the right time and i'm
proved an opportunity. That i
all.
j am not one of those who be
6eve a revision of the tariff vii
make everybody prosperous. TIL
tariff ought to be lowered but M,
objection to the high tariff is no
so much that 1t makes what w
buy cost more but that it overes
timulates manufacturing and draw
people away from the farms t
crowd the cities. We have clever
millions more people in the town
and cities than ten years ago an,
only four millions more in til
eountry, so that four million
more on the farms must not onl,
raise provisions for themselve
bat for eleven millions more il
the cities. When | know thes
figures arc facts | do not have t,
look further for the high cost o
Irving.
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There is already a movepen
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