The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-12-08
The South in Congress.


Of Georgia and of the South generally
No state in the union has assumed a
lore commanding position in con.
:, oss than is the case with Georgia
and the delegation from the Empire
state Of Dixie forms an important part
in the sixty-fourth congress. In the
eleventh district Congressman Walk
CT, who is only serving his second
.crln in congress retains the very i'm
poItant assignment Of place on the
foreign relations committee, which,
because OF the complex foreign situa-
uon just now, is one of the most i'm
oltan. committees of congress. The
JAst.,4tiJn, discussing the entire sit
uaIon. says:
Georgia and the South both fare
well in the assignments to commit
tees and committee chairmanships
in the new congress. OF the 50
standing committees of the house,
the South gets 81 chasriETAOlNU
the South gets 81 chairmanships,
while % chairmanships go to north
ern Democrats.
Despite some complaint which has
arisen over the appointments from
a sectional standpoint, there Is an
apparent fair division Of the import
ant committees chairmanships; and
certainly, if political strength and
political loyalty be considered, the
South has received no more than 1t
is entitled TO, and, perhaps, little
bit less.
one Of the chief troubles has been
in the very recent past, that the
South was always considered so GER
tainly Democratic that it was not
considered necessary to pay it any
particular attention in the matter of
committee assignments and In the
direction of other favOrs or, we
might call them, rights, Of this class,
when it appeared to some that dis
tributi6n of them elsewhere might
accomplish more good from a party
standpoint.
If the Democratic states of the
south have, In the present instance,
received their fair share Of the com
mittee assignments, it is perhaps
the first time in the history of a
recent Democratic administration
that they have been SO recognized
Nevertheless, they have not com
planned, but have always been in
clined to recognize the necessity or
protecting party interests in close
and uncertain localities.
Georgia draws Two important
chairmanships ia the new congress,
with Congressman w. c. Adamson,
of the fourth, at the head of inter
state and foreign commerce, and
Congressman Dudley M. Hughes, OF
the twelfth, at the mead OF the com
mittee on education. Congressman
William Schley Howard, of the fifth,
goes on appropriations, which COM
mitteo, by the way, is headed by
Congressman Fitzgerald OF New
York. Congressman Tribble. OF the
eighth, is on naval affairs, and Con
gresham Wise, OF the sixth, gets
good place on the military commit
tee. so that Georgia will unquestion-
ably figure in the administrations
preparedness program.
Other Georgia assignments include
Congressman Lee, of the seventh,
on agriculture, and slated to sue
coed Lever, of South Carolina, as
chairman upon the latter's retire
ment; Congressman Edwards, OF the
first on rivers and harbors, OF which
Sparkman, of Florida, is chairman
Congressman Park of the second, on
good roads and public buildings;
Bell, of the ninth, on
postoffices and post roads: Con
gressman Ninson, of the tenth, on
the District OF Columbia committee;
Crisp OF the third. on
the ways and means committee, ana
Walker of the elev-
enth on foreign affairs.
1t viii be noted that the Georgia
members enjoy important assign
ments throughout the list, and many
Of the other states of the South are
scarcely less prominently placed,
From the standpoint of party
service and activity, there has per-
haps never been more equitable
distribution of committee assign
ments than that which character
zes the new congress, 1t may be
good polisy al times to distribute
these assignments in large measure,
with view TO the possible good
which they might do in the doubt
ful states. but 1t is also well not TO
get TOO far away from the recogni-
ton that is righlfully cue party 10y
atty and devotion.
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