The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-22
DEMOCRATS ARE NO
 WORSE THAN t. O. p. |. IN "G0BBLE" CAME
Records Show That Repub- licans When in Power Claimed Good Commit
 tee Appointments

Washington, October 21.-(SpeciaL) Statements made since the national cam paign began by republican speakers that committee assignments in Congress were and that others had not even a Took in' the situation are not borne out by congressional records. glance at these assignments on the Senate side of the capitol for the year 112-just prior to the time the democrats took hold of that body-will show that every commit tee place in the Senate worth having had as it's chairman member from the republican side
 The first important Senate committee is that on agriculture. It's chairman was Henry E. Burnham of New Hampshire.
 Appropriations had as it's chairman Warren of Wyoming; the census, LaFol- lette of Wisconsin,; civil service and re- Genchment, Curnmins of Iowa; claims, Crawford of South Dakota coast and in- sular survey, Townsend of Michigan; coast defenses, Curtis of Kansas; com merce, Nelson of Minnesota; conserva- ton of national resources, Dixon of Montana; Cuban relations Page of Yer mont; District of Columbia, Gallinger of New Hampshire; education and labor, Borah of Idaho.
 The big finance committee had Penrose of Washington; foreign relations had Cut lom of Illinois; immigration, Lodge of Massachusetts; interstate commerce, Clapp of Minnesota; judiciary, Clark of Wyoming.
 The important military affairs had as its chairman Dupont of Delaware; mines and mining had Poindexter of Washing ton, and the naval affairs committee was headed by Perkins of California.
 Pensions, which are important matters north of the Mason and Dixon line, had as its chairman McCumber of North Da- kota; the Philippines had Guggenheim of Colorado, and at the head of postoffices and post roads was Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of Oregon
 Privileges and elections was headed by Dillingham; of Vermont; public buildings and grounds by Sutherland of Utah; pub lie lands, Shoot of Utah.
 Murray Crane of Massachusetts was the head of the G. o. P. "gag rule' commit tee of the upper house of Congress, backed by four trusty lieutenants-War ren, Gallinger Nelson and Cummins
 These are all of the important Senate committees Make a comparison and here is what the democratic members had at the same time.
 Stone of Missouri. had corporations or ganized in the District of Columbia; dis position of useless papers went to Clarke of Arkansas; Tillman of South Carolina had the five civilized tribes of Indians: Boy Taylor of Tennessee had geological survey: private land claims went to Ba- con of Georgia; public health to Culber- son of Texas; railroads, Gore of Okla homa
 Senator Bankhead of Alabama was re- warded with receiving the chairmanship of the committee on standards. weights and measures; transportation routes to the seab oard went to Smith of South Car olina, and the transportation and sale of meat products was given Foster of Lou isiana.
 Again the democrats were rewarded when Clarke of Arkansas was given the disposition of useless papers in the exec utive departments. while Overnan of North Carolina had woman suffrage and Johnston of Alabama was given the University of the United States
 From this list. absolutely accurate in every particular. 1t may be seen with what great liberality the democrats were treated in committee assignments when the G. O. F. was in control of the Senate, and yet the claim is made that now, with conditions changed. the former are guilty of grand larceny and have "hogged" everything with a shameless disregard for their colleagues on the other side of the political fence.
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