Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-29

/ Washington, ID. c. Sept. 27.-"The
irony of fate was never so apparent
as in the workings of the Democratic
party. Had any one been found so
bold as to have ventured a prophecy
that the time would come when the
Union soldier would see the entire
government which he saved, under full
control Of the states which attempted
to destroy it, ne would have been re-
garded cane idate for the asylum,
declared Representative Simeon D.
Fess, of Ohio, chairman of the Pub
licity Committee of the National Re-
publican Congressional Committee in
statement here today.
"That time is now reached. The
So.th rides at the head of the pro-
cession. The President and his
family are southern in birth and SYM
pathies.
"His cabinet is also Southern, the
five controlling heads are from states
that have less than one-ffth of the
population and bear less than one
seventh of the taxation.
"The Senate in leaderships and
working committees is southern.
The House from Speaker to door
keeper is southern. Seventeen out
of eighteen great committees are
headed by Southern men, as follows
ways and Means, Kitchen, North
Carolina.
Appropriations, Fitzgerald, New
York.
Banking and Currency, Glass,
Virginia.
Judiciary, Webb, North Caro-
lima.
Interstate and Foreign Com.
merce, Adamson, Georgia.
'Rivers and Harbors, Sparkman,
Florida.
Merchant Marine, Alexander, Mis-
souri,.
: Agriculture, Lever, South Caro-
lima.
e. Foreign Affairs, Flood, Virginia
e Military Affairs, Hays, Virginia
e ''Naval Affairs, Padgett, Ten
e nessee.
e Post Offices, Moon, Tennessee.
e Indians, Stephens, Texas.
$ 'Insular Affairs, Jones, Virginia
t Railways and canals, Dies, Tex
8 as.
s "Public Buildings, Clark, Florida
r Roads, Shackelford, Missouri.
:. Rules, Henry, Texas.
l. Here are eighteen committee
g whose heads represent states
/ northern and southern. Of thes
= the Ways and Means, Judiciary
N Banking and Currency, Interstate an
st Foreign Commerce, Foreign Affairs
IT Merchant Marine, Insular Affairs
is and Rules all have to do with govern
J mental attitude on questions of po
he icy; in word, their function is pc
m icy determining. The heads of thes
as come from Southern states-Nort
'e Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Mi.
'e souri,, and Texas. These states d,
lg termine the Government attituc
er in Policy. ''On the other. hant
Or the Appropriations, Military Affair
|. Naval Affairs, Post Office, Publ
S. Buildings, Agriculture, and Rive
S. and Harbors have to do with not on
10 policy but appropriations of publ
es money; very largely the latter fun
n. tion All these except the first a
es controlled by the South. The 9TH
Sc large committees are more general
to administrative.
:? 1T will thus be noticed that VIII
.ic the country's policy will be. as on
in lined by the Sixty-fourth Congre
s. will depend upon the influence of t
ar Chairman, not one single one
ay whom comes from state north
'er the ohio River line. The Commit
els on appropriations is not polio
lot determining committee. If it be o
ty naval policy, the chairman is fro
Tennessee. If it be our military pt
in icy our chairman is from Virgini
wy If it be our foreign policy, our cha
man is from Virginia. If it be 9
insular policy touching the Phil
leu pines, our chairman is from Virgini
IVY If it be our interstate or foreign CO
IN merce, he is from Georgia. If it
gu our immigration policy, he is fir
me Alabama. If it be our merch,
I'VE marine, he is from Missouri. If
gu be our roads, he is from Nilsson
Si' If it be on railways and canals, he
re- from Texas.
lhe IAN analysis of the situation
the the rs ,utn in the saddle" is int
esting. The eight southern sta
here enumerated which have cha
49, of these important matters contain
~ First. In population, both VIII
and colored less than 20, 900, 900,
cording to the census of 1910, VIII
y. is about one-tifth of the countr