The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-02
anEsr FELLOWS IN THE WORLD

essES-skikSSA rEbLONS IN THE WORLD"
U SasCongressman Herman y. Metz. OF
II New York City. explains 1t on the
s ground that he had a crouch" He
ssally did not intend 10 say that Rep
Preventative had little chance down in
unless YOU are Il South
sSerner." And he Very CALAMITY dis
sniaims any SntentioDai discourtesy 10
yyssshls Southern colleagues, whom lie de-
& scribed as tho best fellows in the
D world''
But much that Mr.. Metz SAYS in apol-
Eogy3for his Crouch" is Of interest. He
& Is thus quoted in the New York sun:
It's now tho South and West. where
4 used to be the North and East
suppose when the North and East dom
ss1nated the kick wss the other way SO
IN uws everything is fair enough. New
ssfI orlsE doesn't keep men, in Congress
y lonESenough for them 10 get anywhere
8 ina system where chnirmanships of
S4Gornmittees 20 By seniority, ana that's
n Rll there Is TO IL. The new man mas to
\ wait for the older ones to get out b1-
= fore he gets his chance II isn't much
= &un to be part OF n cut-and dried sys-
q tom
IT now the South and West s,tc domi-
+ nant In washington, so much the bet
Il Ter for the country. For years that
seem as centuries, q Southern Con
Is Eressman could do little except draw
Rhis pay and get leave to print While
ss1,e Republicans were In control, the
sith seemed the particular object of
frSan injustice our Representatives.
s5 aefgiven the most unimportnnt com
Ssp,sJ assignments. our claims were
considered, our very existence as
-, sSrt of the Union seemed forgotten.
BUT our people remained true to
q thetr ideals of government, ana had the
Il good sense to keep IN Office men of
astested experience and long service, men
= WHO knew the business OF government.
When Virginian was elected Prcsi-
dent. and when . splendid Alabamian
u was named floorlehder. the majority
elevated faithful Southern Congressman
D to the places they had earned by years
& CT endeavor. Mr. Jones, chairman OF the
Committee on 1nsular Affairs, for in
+ stance, has been In the House for twelve
continuous terms and is the ranking
Democrat Mr.. Sparliman, OF Florida,
Slhairf1ian OF Rivers and Harbors, is in his
tenth term; Mr.. Underwood, OF Ala
=.
lin his tenth; Mr.. Glass. of virginia.
chairman OF Banking ana Currency In
his seventh; Mr. Clayton, of Alabama,
chairman OF judiciary, in his ninth;
4 Mr.. Hay, chairman OF Military Affairs,
& in his ninth; MIR. Richardson. OF Ala
s bama. chairman OF Pensions. in his
eighth; Mr.. Padgett. OF Tennessee,
chairman Of Naval Affairs. in his Sow
enth; Mr.. Adamson, of Georgia, chair
man OF Interstate and Foreign Com
merce. In his ninth; Mr. Henry, of
= Texas. chairman of Rules. in his ninth:
3 Mr.. Flood. chairman OF Foreign Affairs,
IA his seventh mir. Lever, OF South
Cerotna chairman of Agriculture. in
his keventh. THAT these men merit
he conhdekte imposed in them.
tic record OF Congress since 1911
4 W III prove The country will have no
occasion to regret that the dominant
voice in the councils of the party is the
roice OF the South, politically faith
ful through eighty years OF varying
fortunes.
me- Metz seems sorry for his indis-
Greet and ungalant remarks. The
fSQ0taf naiA i'ioF>( SuiciT slSCcpt ms apol-
4 ots and Will doubtless find him. on
1 better acquaintance. entitled to n place
among the best fellows in the world"
q we can afford to forget what he said
+ and to forget that South. an East,
& West or North exists. Democrats are
sDemocrats and rs long as tho people
hold up their hands they VIII give the
country the best government it has
4 ever known.
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Since President Wilson's recent ex-
periencc In helping to put out IRE,
there has been some speculation as to
What Teethdoor Roosevelt would have