Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-08

party. Had any one been found so bold
as to have ventured prophecy that the
time would come when the Union SOL
dier would see the entire government
which he saved, under full control of
the States which attempted to destroy
it, he would have been regarded a can
didate for the asylum" declared Rep
resentative Simeon D. Fess, Of Ohio,
chairman Of the Publicity Committee of
the National Republican Congressional
Committee in a statement here today.
THAT time is now reached. The
South rides at the head of the process
sion. The President and his family are
southern in birth and sympathies.
His Cabinet is also Southern, the
five controlling heads are from States
that have less than is of the popula-
tion and bear less than one half of the
| taxation.
The Senate in leadership and work
ing committee is southern. The House
from Speaker to doorkeeper is southern.
Seventeen out Of IS great committees
are headed by Southern men, as fol-
lows:
ways and Means kitchin, North
Carolina.
York.
Banking and Currency, Glass, vir-
ginia.
Judiciary. Webb, North Carolina.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Adamson. Georgia.
Rivers and Harbors. Sparkman,
Florida.
Merchant Marine, Alexander, Mis-
souri,
Agriculture, Lever, South Carolina.
Foreign Affairs. Flood. Virginia.
military Affairs. Hay, Virginia.
NAVAL Affairs. Padgett, Tennessee.
Post Offices, Moon, Tennessee.
Indians, Stephens, Texas.
"Insular Affairs. Jones, Virginia.
railways and Canals. Dies, Texas.
Public Buildings, Clark Florida.
"Roads, Shackelford Missouri.
RULES, Henry, Texas.
Here are IS committees whose heads
represent nine states--one Northern and
eight Southern. OF these the Ways and
Means, Judiciary. Banking and Curren-
cy. Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Foreign Affairs, Merchant Marine Insu-
lar Affairs, and Rules all have to do
with governmental attitude on questions
Of policy: in a word, their function is
policy determining. The heads of these
come from Southern states-North Car
olina, Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, and
Texas. These states determine the gov
ernmentS attitude in policy.
"On the other hand, the Appropria-
tions, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs.
Post Office, Public Buildings, Agricul-
ture, and Rivers and Harbors have to
do with not only policy but appropria-
| tions of public money; very largely the
latter function. All these except the
first is controlled by the South. The
other large committees are more gen.
orally administrative.
Dictate All Our Affairs.
"It will thus be noticed that what the
countrys policy will be, as outlined by
the Sixty-fourth Congress will depend
upon the influence of the chairmen. not
one single one of whom comes from
state north of the Ohio river line. The
committee on Appropriations is not
policy determining committee. If 1t ne
our naval policy, the chairman is from
Tennessee. If it be our military policy
our chairman is from Virginia If it be
our foreign policy, our chairman is from
Virginia. If it be our insular policy
touching the Philippines, our chairman
! is from Virginia. If it be our interstate
or foreign commerce. he is from Geor-
| gia. If it be our immi grafton policy,
| he is from Alabama If it be our mer-
| chant marine, he is from Missouri. IT
it be our roads, he is from Missouri
| If it be on railways and canals he is
! from Texas.
AN analysis of the situation Of the
! South in the saddle is interesting
! The eight Southern States here emu
merated which have charge Of these I'M
portant matters contain:
First In population, both white
and colored. less than 2O.o0o.oOo, ac-
cording to the census of 1910. which Is
i about one-ffth of the country's people
Second. In wealth they have less
than $4,000, 900, 900. or about one-sev-
| enth of the country's wealth
Third. In representation in the
! House 81 members.
The Power Of Virginia.
ut will be noticed that the State of
Virginia controls four committees OF
the most significant possibilities. This
| state, Wltu q popuidtioii AZ A'A' - -
O62 900 and wealth in 1912 of S2,S9o,-
| 00O, 900 with 10 representatives upon
| the floor of the House, has four times
| the Importance in this Congress, II
| chairmanships have any meaning, than
| all the New England states, the Middle
Atlantic states, the East and west
states. the North Central states, and the
Mountain and Pacific states combined,
with a population in 1910 Of s60000.000
and wealth in 1912 amounting to nearly
s14s. .00o, 900, 900. This state. with 10
representatives, by virtue Of the or
ganization Of the Sixty-fourth Congress,
exerts more influence-four times over.
! If chairmanships of committees have
any signifcance-than all Of New Eng
land, with 80 representatives: New
York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,
| with 90 representatives; Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, with
Sc representatives; Minnesota, Iowa.
North Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska
and Kansas, with Al representatives;
and all the states west OF the Rocky
| Mountains; making a total Of 81 states
with 2s2 representatives.
These same states will cast in 1916