The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-11-18
BYRNES MAY BE-
MINORITY LEADER
WMAT WILL DEMOCRATS DO IN
THE NEXT CONGRESS?
Many Questions Up.
@hAmp Clark Goes to the Relic Room,
and Jimmy" Byrnes is Loom
- ing Big as Minority Horse.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Washington
is alive with interesting gossip con-
serning what the Democrats in con-
sress will do at the beginning of the
extra session, which in all probability
wall be called for about March Is.
There is always more than the US
uai amount of cloak room talk when
the names Of such men as Represen-
tative Byrnes. Of South Carolina,
Frank Clark, of Florida, Charley
Crisp and others of Georgia, are men
toned and that it will be decidedly
UP to these Democratic war horses to
do more than their ordinary amount
OF work in the next congress.
1t is a good thing that such men as
Clark, Byrnes and Crisp are in the
house, with the defeat of Champ
Clark, of Missouri, the promotion of
Tom Hefiin to the senate, and the
practical demolition generally of the
Democratic organization in the house.
The Georgia delegation will re-
turn to Washington for the extra ses-
sion with not even dent in the house
side, but with a big cavernous hole
made in the senate by the defeat of
Senator Hoke Smith. With Charley
Crisp are Wise, Gordon, Lee, Larsen,
Wright, Overstreet and others who
will be called upon to put on the bat
tie armor from the very moment the
strife begins.
Jimmie Byrnes will lead the
Democratic hosts on the painfully evil
dent minority" side of the house
chamber for the men from the Pal
metto state, and Frank Clark, old sea-
soned war horse that he is, will take
care of Florida's interests. In this
connection it is also interesting to
note that when the smoke Of battle
mas cleared away and it is ascertained
reliably who is elected and who is. not
that all the members of the delega-
tions from the states named have
moved up the ladder. There is posi-
bly, an exception to be noted in the
case of Mr.. Clark inasmuch as he was
chairman of the house committee on
buildings and grounds when the DEM
ocrats were in control of the house
and is now ranking Democrat on
all important committees to which be
wishes to belong.
It will also be ascertained that the
other members of the delegation from
Faerida-Drane, Sears and Smith
wick, have moved up as the result OF
20 many. Democrats getting the axe.
In South Carolina, with changes in
three districts, where Turner Logan
will succeed R. S. Whaley in the first,
John J. McSwain succeeding Sam j.
Nichols in the fourth, and H. P. Full
mer taking the place of Ed. c. Mann
in the seventh, the last named mem
Sers will for q time be known as 'ba-
By members. There is every reason
to think, however, that at least one
Of them, Mr.. McSwain, will soon evo-
lutte himself from his congressional
crib and proclaim himself full grown
wan and member, entitled to all the
rights and privileges and benefits and
other emoluments incident and ap-
pertaining to his membership in the
house. These three members must
go to the foot of the ladder so far
as committee places are concerned
but that will not prevent them from
talking out in meeting whenever they
get ready to do it.
With negroes contesting seats from
almost every southern state the house
viii! have more than their hands
full. Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina will furnish the pyrotech~
mics for the occasion.
Aaron Prioleau, he Of the aristo-
cratic name, hailing from Charleston,
who got more than fifteen thousand
dollars from the federal treasury be-
cause of fictitious contests rigged up
year after year from the first con-
gressional district, is not an active
participant this year in these farces.
There is not, of course, scintilla
Of evidence to show that any Of the
southern darkies are making these
fake contests for any other reason
than that Of securing slice Of gov
ernment money, but it is likely that
though they will not be seated, they
will be permitted to OBSCURE the ST.
600 fee.
There is much gossip here now as
to what course Former Congressman
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