San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-26
Believe Eastern D domination
of Government Will u
Be Resented.
A HELP In THE SOUTH
Presidency and Chairman
ship Of Important Com
mittees Held.
By ROBERT T. SMALL.

retady it has become apparent tina
one of the foundation stones of thu
Democratic campaigns next year vii
be laid upon the slogan:
"Turn New England"
During Democratic control of the
Congress there was much criticism oil
the ascendency of the South in gov
ernment. Nearly all of the importani
committees of House and Senate were
presided over by southerners-mer
who had been in Congress for a great
many years and had won their chair.
manships through the application oil
the seniority rule.
Now the Democrats claim that New
England is dominating the government
and they believe that a protest against
New England rule may arouse lot 81
enthusiasm in the Democratic South
and the radical and progressive West
The Republican leaders profess to
see no sort of peril in this latest threat
from the opposition which has grown
up since Calvin Coolidge became the
occupant of the White House--the
first New England man in seventy
years to attain the goal of presidency
The Democrats have boosted that they
could have carried Massachusetts
against Senator Lodge in 1922 if they
had made a little more intensive cam
paign. The Republicans are asking
how they can hope to carry Massachu-
sets next year on an anti-New Eng
land platform.
Claim I W England Controls.
Even before the hand of fate sent
Mr.. Coolidge from the task OF presld
ing over the Senate to the higher duty
of presiding over the affairs of the
nation there had been a cry that New
England was monopolizing the center
of the stage in Washington. Now,
of course, the elevation of the mai
from Massachusetts has lent more en-
phasis than ever to the claim.
1t il claimed that New England
with total electoral vote one les:
than New York alone controls six OF
the most important committees in the
Senate.
= Oddly enough the students of Stats
tics have just discovered that three
other more important committees art
under the chairmanships of the three
most sparsely settled states Of the
West.
Massachusetts,, Of course, bulks par
ticularly large in the government Just
now with Mr.. Coolidge i'll the White
House, Mr.. Gillett as speaker OF the
house of representatives and Mr..
Lodge as leader of the Senate. 1t is
said that Mr.. Lodge could be named
as president pro-tempore of the Sen
ate if he desired the honor, but the
chances are that he will prefer to re-
tain his floor leadership and the chair
manship of the committee on foreign
relations.
Chief Justice Taft having been ap-
pointed TO the supreme court bench
from Connecticut although born In
Ohio, gives the Democrats the oppor,,
tunity to claim that New England
tional branches of the government,
executive. legislative and judicial.
Other Committee Heads.
In the Senate not only is Mr..
Lodge the floor leader and head of tic
foreign relations committee, but oneI
finds that the banking and currency
committee is presided over by Senator
Mclean of Connecticut. the immigra-
ton committee by Senator Colt of
Rhode Island, the judiciary commit
tee by Senator Brandegee of Connec-
ticut. the naval affairs committee by
Senator Paige of Vermont and thai
public buildings and grounds commit |
tee by Senator Fernald of Maine.
Through the seniority rule. SENATOR
Mclean of Connecticut also is ELIGIBLE
for the craftsmanship of the committee
on territories and insular possessiOnsI
in the next Senate. but there is mol
doubt that he will prefer TO remain
Al the head Of banking and CURRENCY.
turning territories probably over to
Senator Hiram johnson of Califor-
MIA.
Mr.. Brandegee of Connecticut is vet
TO be confirmed as chairman of the
committee of the judiciary. but he
naturally succeeds TO the most through |
the deaths Of Senator Nelson Of Min
nesota and Senator nillinGham ~ YER
mort who were his only superiors in
rank.
Western States Have PIums.
Coupled with this dominance of the
Senate committees bv the small states
Of New Ergland one finds that the
all-nowprful Senate committee on
france is lust about TO mass into the
hands of Serator Smoot Of Utah. q
state Of four elacoral votes. The now
erful Senate committee on apnronria-
tions Is presided over nv Senator
Frances r. Warren of Wyoming. a
s-,,e with three electoral votes and
the rowerful Senate committee on
postoFf;ces and most roods is IN be
presided over by Senator Sterling of
South natota. a state with five cleo
tor.l votes.
Senator Moses of New HPmnshi-e
Is to be rankin0 member Of the com
mi4tae on noetofficns and most roads
ard Senator Pole IF Maine. Is rankingi
mn-,ha- IF tho comrr'ttpa on rules.
Tn the pousa. New Fn"land has
NOTHING of the dominance that is he-'s
in the Senate. In fact sha Is out-rank-
ed IN renrIv every committee.
Naturally +ho-o Is lesson in thn
= srenderov Of Now F,n"land in tho
Senate THO New FnPiard st"tos or~a +,
bev sa'ort senator. sner IN have RI" I
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ran cor-v hiS Marty 10 victory. In thiS
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nrsh 4Ln;- wav from tho bottom m tho
ton NJ tho committees on longevity Of
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