The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-08
TAR HEELS At FRONT
MUCH OF DEMOCRATIC LEGISLA.
TON SHAPED BY NORTH
TcARoLINlANS.
HAVE MINDS OF THEIR OWN
They Have Been With and AGAINST
the President But Have ALWAYS
Stood Four-square.

The second session of the Sixty
third congress is drawing to a close.
There is promise of an early adjourn
ment or recess. Two more bills of
national Importance, the Clayton anti
trust and the war tax measures are
yet to be disposed of before the work
of the session is over.
After the November election con-
gress will meet in extraordinary ses-
sion, or after recess, and take up
the merchant marine mill, the Philip
pine bill and other measures that the
President would like to get out of the
way before the regular session in De-
cember opens.
North Carolina has played an inter-
esting part in shaping legislation in
Washington since the Democrats
came in in 1913. OF course the state
has little more than the ordinary in
terest in the president, first, because
he is Scotch-Irishman, and second,
that he resided in the state for a time
The North Carolina congressman
have been busy, and, generally, to
some real purpose.
Senator Simmons, as chairman of
the finance committee helped to-
frame the Democratic tariff, and the
president thanked him for his excel
lent work. Senator Simmons was of
more service to the White House in
he toll repeal bill fight than any 9TH
er person in the senate. Many per-
sons on the inside during that contest
believe that had it not been for the
ability of Mr. Simmons to organize
for victory the President would have
been disappointed in what he got.
The Democratic handbook recognize
ed the good services of Senator Over
man by referring to the breaking up
of the Mullhall lobby.
President Wilson saw the force Of
great and powerful lobby in Wash
ington. He took occasion, one day, to
tell the Washington correspondents
that an insiduous lobby was at work
to defeat Democratic measures. AS
chairman OF subcommittee to inves-
tigate the lobby, Senator Overman
exposed a number of active Hobbies
and drove their representatives from
the capitol. This was one of the best
pieces of work ever done by a COM
mittee.
Three North Carolina Democrats,
Representatives Kitchin, Webb and
Page. have convinced the president
that his position on certain measures
was wrong.
Mr. Kitchin, after others had failed,
switched the president about on the
labor section of the antitrust bill The
Kitchin idea is embodied in the bill
now before the senate.
Representative Goodwin has endeav-
ored to clean out the civil service.
Representative Doughton has filled
the mountain counties of his district
with Democratic postmasters, some
thing that no other Democrat ever
did. Representative Small has aided
the Democratic administration on all
measures except the Alaskan railway
bill; he bitterly opposed that. Repre-
sentative Stedman has never failed to
be on hand and vote with his party
on all important bills. No man has
been more regular in attendance than
he. Representative Gudger will have
done his party a good turn when he
defeats J. J. Britt. Representative
Faison has not been as active this ses-
sion because of poor health.
The state has made a good record
in Congress.