Semi-weekly herald., 1916-09-25
THE SOUTH IN THE SADDLE

put WHAT is more they slipped the
control of that party to the south.
As it is now a large majority of the
OFFICIALS come from the south who
have been SO prejudiced against the
north that they can hardly be fair to
the northern interests.
Simeon d. Fess of Ohio says:
"Ihe south rides at the head sf
the procession. 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 nave less than one-fifth of the
pop ulation and bear less than one
haif OF the taxation.
Control Committees.
The senate in leadership and
working committees is southern. The
house, from speaker to doorkeeper,
is southern. Seventeen out of IS
great committees are headed by
southern men as follows:
Ways and Means-Kitchin. North
Carolina.
Observation-Disclosures, New
York
Banking and Currency - Glass,
Virginia.
"Judiciary-Webb, North Carolina.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
-Adamson, Georgia.
Rivers and Harbors-Sparkman
Florida.
"Melc chant Marine - Alexander.
Missouri.
Agiiculture-Lever, South Caro-
lima.
Foreign Affairs-Flood, Virginia.
Military Affairs-Hay, Virginia.
Naval Affairs-Padgett, Tennes-
see.
''postoffice-Moon, Tennessee.
'lndians-Stephens, Texas.
'lisuiar Affairs-Jones, Virginia.
Railways and Canals-Dies, Tex
as.
Public Buildings-Clark, Florida.
ds-Shackleford, Missouri.
'Rules-Henry, Texas.
Determine Policy
Here are Is committees whose
heads represent nine states-one
northern and eight southern. OF
these the ways and means, Judiciary,
banking and currency, interstate and
foreign commerce, foreign affairs,
merchant marine, insular affairs and
rules all have to do with govern
mental attitude on questions of pol
ICY; in word, their function is pol
icy determining. The heads of these
come from southern states-North
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri
and Texas. These states determine
the governments attitude and pol
icy.
"On the other hand the appropri-
ations, military, affairs, naval affairs
postoffice, public buildings, agricul-
ture and rivers and harbors have to
10 with not only policy, but appro-
prlations of public money; very
largely the latter function. All
these except the first are controlled
oy the south. The other large COM
mIttees are more generally adminis-
trative.
1T will thus be noticed that what
the country's policy will be, as out
hned by the Sixty-fourth congress,
will depend upon the influence of the
chalrmen, not one single one of
whom comes from a state north of
the Ohio river. The committee on
appropriations is not a policy-deter-
mining committee. If it be our
naval policy, the chairman is from
Tennessee. If it be our military pol
icy, our chairman is from Virginia.
If 1t be our insular policy touching
the Philippines, our chairman is
from Virginia. If it be our inter-
state or foreign commerce he is
from Missouri. If it be our roads
he is from Missouri. If it be on
railways and canals, he is from
Texas.
Study of Population
AN analysis of the situation of
the south in the saddle is interest
ing. The eight southern states here
enumerated, which have charge of
THESE important matters, contain:
First: In population, both white
and colored, less than 10000, 900. ac-
eording to the census Of 1910, which
Is about one-fifth of the country's
people.
Second: In wealth they have less
than s25,00O,OO0, or about one