Evening star., 1923-12-02
FAVOR RTONORTHERN
Democrats ASKED.
Better Committee Posts
Would Help Them Hold Dis
tricts. Tague Argues.

Al the secret conference of the
democratic members of the wave and
means committee today n fight will
be staged to have a democratic pol
Icy and practice adopted to strength
en- the democratic organization by
giving better committee assignments
TO democratic members elected from
doubtful districts.
Representative Peter Tague of
Massachusetts, a minority member of
the ways and means committee, will
precinitate this fight. which will be
IN effect to GUST southern democrats
committee places
1t will be pointed out by Repre-
sentative Tague that some forty-five
democrats from the north are coming
into the Sixty-eighth Congress who
defeated republican encumbents.
Those districts are "debatable." he
will argue. and by giving these men
assignments isnnortant commit
tees the democratic party will be aid
cd In holding these districts.
Gains for Party.
These democratic gains are as fol-
lows: One each in Connecticut. Michi-
gan, Delaware. Maryland. Massachu
setts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Washington, Kansas, Montana, Ne
vada and Oregon. three in Illinois.
ly% each in Indiana. New Jersey and
New York
The democratic organization in the
House should give all of these men
who have broken into republican dis
these districts in the democratic coll
umn. Representative Tague will in
sist. ard he is promised strong sup
port hv other northern democrats.
"If you assign these men to unim-
port;.rt committees they cannot make
q showing as new men in Congress"
argues Representative Tague. but If
you place them on important commit
tees they viii be able to show a REC
ord of accomplishment, and the reac-
tion will be helpful to the entire
democratic party" In contrast lie
points out that practically no gains
we're = tie by democrats in the
south 81 in Tennessee. one in Vir-
ginia anC three in West Virginia.
that's all. In the event that the dem
ocratS should be :hle to organize
the House there would be but one
man from the uorth-Represeuta
Sabath of Illinois. now ranking mem
ber on immigration and mileage.
an important committee-RepreSe
tive Tague emphasizes. He calls at
tention that all the southern states
have all their members with one or
two exceptions. on the important
committees of the House. and some
%. the southern states have two and
three members on such committees.
Prestige of south.
All of the rankinG members of the
important committees, Representa-
tive r. irI:e reveals. are from the
south This mears that if the demo
Gratis should have an opportunity to
organize the HouS.. ali the chair
manships would go TO the south. He
calls attention n t Georgia now has
the ranking member on naval affairs
and post Offices and post roads; that
Kentucky has the ranking member
on Interstate and 70, eign commerce.
military affairs and judiciary: that
Louisiana has TIL ranking member
on merchant marine and rivers and
harborS; that North Carolina has the
rGGkinG member on rules and terri
tories md an additional member on
each of these: thTt Tennessee has the
ranking member on appropriations
and tnsular affairs; that Texas has
the ranking member on ways and
means, labor and District of Columbia.