The Caucasian., 1913-12-25
SEEKING HARMONY !
IN c. 0. ?. RANKS
Many State Conventions Of
Much Significance
TENDENCY IS PROGRESSIVE.

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aceiog os che natio0ae committee In
eeducsns southern representation ond
extending ehe principle oS primary
choice Of delegaeee
gboue che aost significant feature a
tho secsne meeting Of che national
committee eas the change Of attitude
in eve years when the former ma
tiona! committee met two years ago to
call . nationa1 convention anything
like acceptance of progressive policies
was turned down. No effort was made
to change the basis of representation
in the last convention, but it is now
regarded as foregone conclusion that
progressive policies will prevail at the
next convention.
Hard Times Campaign.
The Republicans are going to make
a hard times campaign. They take 1t
for granted that hard times will ensue
to be charged to Democratic policies.
Such predictions have been made In
congress and were emphasized by
speeches at the committee meeting In
such a manner as to leave no doubt of
the belief Of the Republican leaders
that the campaign would be made for
them
Many people heard declarations
about the business conditions, which
were rather disquieting. and there
were private predictions that the elec-
ton of 1914 would be like the revolu-
ton in 1894. when the Republicans
carried congress by large majority.
Everybody Right.
Durin4 a controversy over the CUP
rency bill Senator Weeks was several
times interrupted and finally declared:
ITO avoid any further controversy on
this subject | will say that everybody
is right This is the first time l have
ever known three persons arguing
question from three different view
points all to be right"
1t reminded one Of the Gilbert and
Sullivan opera where the comedian
sang. He is right: you are right: they
are right: am right: we are right
100000 For Commissions.
The venerable General Sherwood Of
Ohio gave the house some information
about commissions the other day. say
ing that since 1889 we have had twen-
ty-eight extraneous commissions cost
ing over S7,OOOOOO and that the work
of these commissions had been prac-
tically vaIueless. General Sherwood
has not counted all the commissions
or the cost There were more, and the
total cost has been nearer $12,OO0.OOO
We have quite a number of useless
commissions now in operation. and it
is proposed to add a few more. But
they make good jobs for people who
have pull enough to get places on them.
General Sherwood pointed out that
about the most expensive and useless
commission was the immigration COM
mission. which spent about million
dollars junketing over Europe and OBJ
tanned such information as was du-
plicate of that found in the depart
ment of commerce-such was the state
ment of the secretary. And another
was the monetary commission, its re-
searches being largely found in the en-
cyclopedias.
History Of Money.
If any student really wants to ac-
quire the history of money he might
read the debates in the senate on the
currency bill. He would get about all
there is known about money, for the
senators left no feature of the subject
untouched. The great difficulty about
such subject is that large amount
of misinformation will also be found
in the speeches.
In the Public Eye.
William ]. Bryan is not long out OF
the limelight. 1t does not require
much OF blaze to show his form or
the political sky. Senator Root lifted
him up and made him the principal
feature Of the currency bill: made hin
responsible for fastening upon the
country i'm that bill the policies which
were rejected In two different politi
cal campaigns-that Is. Senator Root
said so and made Bryan an issue agair
In the currency problem
Toe pstsrnaiissis.
We'll. what do yeu think Of thatf
II was an old time southern member
sI the hsssls~ whu shade she rem#rk
ana ~ refeftssi tn . bill that haa hees
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