The Washington times., 1912-11-30
HOG COMBINE" Is
AFTER COMMITTEE
Those in House-"Rght" Sort Of Men Must
Be Picked for Places.
BY ]. c. XELLlyER.

The now "lfoe combine Of the House
has It's eye firmly riveted on the ways
and Means Committee. Its thory II
that the first thing TO BE- done. by way
Of getting . more equitable distribution
Of committee assignments and House
patronage, II to select the right" sort
Of men Tn place Of the four Democratic
memberS who will 70 of ths"comm'''
similarly; other people, o SsS Are mt sSs
Ways and Means Committe with keen
interest, because they want to be sure
that such changes as may be mace IN
It's membership shall incline toWe1 the
The four Ways and Means Democrats
who Will not serve IN the next House
are Hughes Of New Jersey. and James
Of Kentucky, promoted TO the senate;
Rande,l OF Texa. and Bf ran ci s SSSr-
Who's got these four highly desirable
Garner Not Quite Right. &.
Take the Texas vacancy. John Garner
Ii credited with aspirations to fiji It.
and no might get the chance but for
the feeling that II being voiced that he
isn't quite right on the tariff" Mr..
Garner may be Just a. right a. any
man In the House, but he happens 20
own more goats than anybody else IN
the world. ana some people who don'
want him on the committe insist that
he - affected with interest IN some
on the other hand. there Is Smith OF
Texas. who represents q district which
produces more live stock than any 9th
er district In the country. but who
ton in favor Of free hides. The cattle.
ratsers used to threaten disaGreeable
things to him II he didn't Join the
duty-o on hides forces. but he alwayi
stuck for free hides. went home and
and they sent him back with roaring
majority. Smith is one OF the Quiei
men Of the House, afflicted with u
whole basketful Of brains and back.
bone IKE Ts rec as S"MTrs,e ts,e
he is just the man to represent Texa,
on Ways and Means. and quite q littlt
fight Is being organised to put hin
there.
ton with the succession to Ollie Jane,
on Ways and Means. Collier, Of Mis-
sissippi, IL being urged for the success
sion, and the chief reason given In hi,
, behalf In that he succeeded not only
to the seat. but to the radical tarim
Jams.
Georgian . Possibility.
Brantley. OF Georgia. has been re
gar,ied as q Democrat with very ami
able ieanings toward the protective
idea; infected with the feeling that. a
long rs good things are being passc'
around. Georgia ought to dip In for II
! share. That kindly sort OF concert
| for local interests in tarin making b
| always the basis Of the logrolling. ant
| there Is q disposition among the un
compromising revisionists to insis
that Ways and Means shall b
strengthened In Its radicalism by hav
ing sound revisers put into the va
cancies that are occurring.
Thus. while Brantley has never suite
the tariff -fOr-revenue.only Democrat,
Sx ;q Of !, ae T1ts , aS't @a'
and has been for a long time. whic
gives him a good deal OF prest x,
besides that. he Is described as sound
on tariff. They are saying that he vi
have the Georgia support for the Bran
ley vacancy and Will likely win IN
Louisiana and Florida. It was quiet
tipped or today by some Of the moi
radical Democrats. can't get represei
tation on Ways and Means. There
| positive promise OF fight OF the higl
ords. aSain,s S any prop ,nass
states have been regarded as heterodt
on tariff Sugar In Louisiana ar
fruits in Florida have done the dan
age.
!. Means. his friends add that there
HardWicE is chairman Of .Coinas
. Weights and Measures. which he won
: give up: and the second man on tn
Committee Is Riordan. Of New Yor