The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-08
ROBERT \. PACE {
DISTRICT HEAD
North Carolina Congress q
Now Chairman District a
Columbia SUB

- a~3AL%#E+n NJ
IA" ne. chairman ~ h. p..
q toiumbia su.csnmug~.
aodSr appropriations committee
- y North Carolina. = IA n.
.saahdinE. c~leancut.
h-the-eye citizen. who. il + nr.s.@t
!, = likely e ain friends .n,..-
ahoS~ who will 10 business -ta -.
LOT the next few years IL ~.
genial. alart ara
aefh-u iueaS OF the work h.fa~s 49,.
- the Way IL intends tp hanala 4,
70 looks To he the kind ,f 49,.
one could approach with a.-tas
sa,nD.ti'h. assured 81 RECEIVING -,
fas'oh, out n the sam. time .n,s.
.oHipe,ent 10 Winnou th- chan -,
,he wheat and not likel>. II, So.
over nisca riding IN. chan
I'll age has had ten wears ~
80 II congress and has aa. a.
- the responsible. .ssieu.aat
on the appropriations commftte~ mi
-. = the Application 10 The hnx
hcss ~ the House, ruiz Of s.p,ar.
put by hard and constar, a..-.,a.
- = Business Man
For one thing. ~ is a bustaas~ ,,.n
Ti'd @ BUSINESS man nantal s>ra.-.9.
! = twenty years he has bean ys...
~ III the manufacture ~ lumber AMI
naS hahnf@d business problems ~ ,
St1fe. ne was treasurer If ia.
@iA EAoTf hffH F1fiTDln fat
VIEW years and understand. tra.s
portation problems. he has ,,aer
ihefhoer OF his leSisia taro and h.x
tahth part IN national as vel A. SEAT.
po'itics. he came 10 the Haus. :,
the fifty-eiShth and h..
peTh reelected 81 "A,
rage IS a man OF affairs =, ,.a-..
with, and brings to his nrea.,t
'aA,ns experience and ripe Judgment
! nave no radical or seHsatiana
poiries In mind, said Mr. Page ia
oas 10 treat the pistrict
NUN fairness. As "A citizen ~ m.
.nlled states. | take pride in our Ma
.Iolai capital and would like to So
II not only the most he.utie,, -.
u our own land. but Of the world
However. | realize that i. nm.
" fhaue so IN q year nor in ten x.ar.
nor twenty-five. II mus. l..
by steady growth aud
the citlZens Of the District c.n ,s..s
reachlns that end BY moi ev.v
.reashlng by not being too .mtit4au~
10 90 100 much all at once.
Foe of the Riders
There Is one noficv -
"hlch | am intent upon f,ltnw,,.
ana winch | urge upon my raita,ona.
OF the subcommittee. seeking tna,r
cooperation. That is. to dr,v -.
M SHARPLY against attempted e-,-
SioldtioH upon the District 50,
preparation bill. =
l am convinced bv ohsarv2.
nat Il great deal Of the fric,ion &.
Lhe past IN the consideration ~ 10.
lfict appropriation bills has been an.
~ ehefr carrying general leefsla4i,r
ahu 10 eHorts 10 attach such I~ey5sla
ION to them as riders.
There is q legislation ront.;tka.
iiarStd with Jurisdiction Of coner.l
.eSisiation affecting the DtStri.t ~.
'uies or the House are explicit in f.r
'loolns incorporation IF general L.
IN the appropriation bills
as ! can have anx say rb.s..
'uieS will be followed.
Wishes Cooperation
l VIII urge the new Commissioner
. uphold me I'm this effort and no.
o press for general legislation On -
,roDriation bills.
nave no suggestion To make go.
Q change IN the statutory Iaw a..
'rnIns the District and cartafrfx p-5it
lot attempt to change 1t in an anna
'r3at|on bill"
ire subcommittee will not mee,
lnti next December. The dearfrocv
preparation Items for the n44t~4rt
re IN the hands II the euhc.nnI+tn.
n d~ehciencies. and viii w. handled
~ that subcommittee.