Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-27

far larger populations, as Mr.. Garner
shows, than Is Of the present States"
IL Is this very size that Is apt to BE-
the stumbling block in the path of
division, according to some papers, be-
cause Texans are proud to have 1.-THE
largest State In the Union"
AS the Houston Chronicle states:
Big Texas has appealed to the inn
agnatlon OF the rest of the country.
II stu does. Split into fragments, the
Lone Star Commonwealth would at
once lose the attraction which mere
size always has. That, perhaps, would
not be to the advantage of the State"
In similar vein speaks the Bangor
Daily Commercial: 1.-The decision Is
with the Texas Legislature and we have
no belief that body would consent to
an action that would reduce Texas from
Us present very important standing in
the Union to minor position" The
same theory Is held by the Springfield
Union, and, with similar convictions, the
Roanoke Times and New York World
say Texas will never consent"
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On the question Of New EngIands
power in Congress, the Hartford Daily
Times contends: New England cam
not rule the United States Senate.
Neither could the Garner Texases,
should they be created. What New
England wants to have done is fire.
quently overruled in the Senate by one
Senator from Idaho, or by the Senator
from Nebraska; occasionally by a SEN
ator from Colorado or California. I'm
der the seniority rule" the Times con.
tinues, Senators from States of rela-
lively small population, west of the
mississippi. have most of the chairman
ships Of the important committees IN
the Senate, and If any group of Sem
ators may be said to command the
Senate, and govern the national deS-
TIMES through the leverage, they do"
On the other hand, the Charlotte OBJ
server claims that 1.-The economic and
industrial progress Of the South and
West has been retarded by the sections
alism Of fthe Northeastern group, and
the power this group has exercised over
the political policies Of the Nation. In
the Hawley-Smoot bill practically every
industry Of the North Atlantic area has
been granted special privilege to ex-
plot Southern and Western producers
OF raw materials" this paper asserts.
\
The dissatisfaction Of the West with
many of the policies Of the East Is
voiced BY the st. Paul Pioneer Press,
which thinks: There is much more
likely prospect of wrestling the control
Of the East than the splitting of Texas.
It consists Of pooling Of political
strength OF those States that are ham,
pered by political domination of the
East. II Western indignation rises to
point commensurate with Eastern of
lenses. the sacrifice Of Texas will not
be necessary. AS far as the Northwest
Is concerned. 1t cannot AFFORD to wait
until Texas Is split up. There Is hope
In Representative Gamers plan, but It
nope TOO much deferred" declared
the Pioneer Press.
The Worcester Telegram directs at
tention to the fact that Congress would
have to approve the division, quoting
from the Constitution the words, mo
new State shall be formed or erected
within the jurisdiction Of any other
State, nor any State be formed by the
junction Of two or more States, or parts
of States, without the consent of the
Legislatures Of the States concerned, as
well as Of Congress" and this paper
mot be easy to obtain" In fact, the
Legislature might prove difficult, as the
Atlanta Constitution predicts, saying,
"A legislative campaign upon the di-
vision issue would be one of the hot
test and most spectacular ever staged
upon American soil and the outcome
certainly an overwhelming defeat for
the proposal"
The theory that "after a while, If ies
population continues to increase as It
has. Texas win be unwieldy" Is quoted
by the Savannah Morning News. while
the Omaha World Herald feels that the
Garner suggestion hath a pleasing
sound" though 1t Is not sure of the re-
suit, II the States come knocking at
the doors of Congress for admission"
The Canton Daily News believes that
Garner Is only spoofins."