The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-10-15
TESS WARNS COUNTRY
AGAINST SOUTH CONTROL
Shows Emptiness of Appeals of Cox
to Progressives and Results of
Democratic Victory.


ing of the Southern Democratic con-
troll of the House and Senate is
contained in a statement by Repre-
sentative Simeon ID. Fess, chairman
of the National Republican Congress
| sional Committee. He says:
SIN the West Governor Cox has
emphasized himself as the progress.
sive candidate in this campaign. He
meets erious embarrassment in this
contention at all points. The coun.
try knows upon his ability to win a
small number of Northern or West.
ern States in addition to the Solid
South which is already counted fol-
him. Eleven States in the Solid
South cast 145 electoral votes. These
are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina South Carolina, Tennes.
see, Texas and Virginia. In add.
ton, Arizona and Oklahoma, cast.
| ing IS votes, are claimed by the
Democrats as a proper part of the
Solid South This is not at all as
sured. They are also making claims
for Maryland, Missoupri and Ken
lucky. However, the present indi-
cations point to all these States fol-
the Republican ticket, both electoral
and Congressional.
Assuming that they all support
the Democrats, which will not be con-
coded, Cox would then come to the
North and West with 1919 votes. He
must pick up CT votes in all the ter
ritory outside of that section where
his real support lies. Cox, in the
best possible showing, would owe his
promotion to the Presidency to that
part of the country least progressive
on legislative matters.
Colonel Roosevelt, the leader of
progressivism, who now is the subject
of praise from Cox, had least support
and greatest abuse in that section.
His program, much of which has
been accepted, was most vigorously
resisted in the South. Child labor
legislation, woman suffrage, and So
cial justice found the greatest oppo-
sition in that section which is the
real supportwof Cox. rs
"Should, the Democrats win the
House and Senate, Immediately all
legislation would be placed under the
control and direction of this section.
In that case every item of important
legislation coming up in the House
would be completely controlled by
nine states. Each of the seventeen
major House committees will be
headed by a Southern chairman. The
same is true of eight of the eleven
expenditure committees and three of
the four election committees. Of the
major committees the State of Ten
nesee alone will control the Approp-
riations, the Navel legislation, Post
Offices and Insular Affairs. H<
"a comparative study of legisla'
tive control by Democrats and Re-
publicans is we'll illustrated by eight
major committees, with power of
appropriation of money: Agricul-
ture, Appropriations, Military, Ma
val, Postoffices, Foreign Affairs, Rivers
and Harbors and Indian Affairs. I'm
der Democratic control these COM
mittees will be headed by chairmen
from Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee.
Alabama, North Carolina and Okla
homa. These states cast in 1915, l.
298,039 votes. In the electoral col
lege they cast ~ votes. Under Re-
publican control these committees
will be headed by chairmen from
Iowa, Pennsylvania, California, H.
linois and New York. In 1916 these
states cast 6,712,204 votes. In the
electoral college they cast 1872 votes.
eff we carry this to include the
control Of the major committees,
nine Southern states-Florida Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, North Car
DINA, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia will control all legisla-
ton in Agriculture, Appropriations,
Foreign Affairs, Indian Affairs, Mer-
chant Marine, Military Affairs, Ma
val Affairs, Postoffices, Public Build
ings and Grounds, Judiciary, Rivers
and Harbors, Roads, Interstate and
Foreign Commerce, Ways and Means
and the powerful Committee on
Rules. These states in 1916 cast g,
145,769 votes. This is less by At.
600 votes than the vote of the single
State of Illinois in 1910.
"These same committees under Re-
publican control would be headed by
chairmen from Iowa, Pennsylvania
Michigan, New York, Kentucky
| Massachusetts,, California, Minnesota
Illinois, Oregon and Kansas. These
states in 1916 cast 10,190,992 votes
"The complete control of that sec
ton known since the Civil War as the
"Solid South" when the country i.
under Democratic management j.
still better illustrated by an exam
iration of the individual committee!
both as to personnel and the state.
represented. 1t will be noted under
Republican control wider represen
tation is given. These committees are
L l. L., A.