Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-09

done a fine, though difficult, piece
of work in the selection of their COM
mittee chairmen and members. The
chairmen of all the more important
committees, as we'll as their person
mel, have been selected because of
their knowledge and ability to do the
work rather than because of any po-
litical considerations, most of those
who have been studying the personnel
of the committees agrees.
The selection of Senator Ernest V.
Webb of Kinston as chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee and Victor
S. Bryant as head of the House Fin
ance Committee is regarded as mean
ing that these committees, which will
meet jointly for many weeks, will get
down to work Immediately and attend
strictly to business. Both Senator
Webb and Representative Bryant well
know the size of the job before them
as a result of their experiments in
the 1895 session and can he depended
upon to start their hunt for new rev.
enue at once and with a minimum of
rabbit chasing. Bryant was chairman
of the House Appropriations Commit
tee in 1885 while Webb was a MEM
Der of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, so both are well equipped
for the jobs they now have. Both will
have the assistance of experienced
men as members.
The naming of Senator James A.
Bell of Charlotte and of Representa-
tive D. L. Nibby) Ward of New
Bern as chairman of the Senate and
House Appropriations Committees
was in line with expectations, as this
bureau had predicted these appoint
mentS, also those of Senator Webb
and Representative Bryant as head
of the Finance Committees. Those
who observed the work of these men
last session are convinced that Lieute-
nant Governor Horton could not Lave
selected any ADLER member of the Sen
ate than Senator Bell to preside over
this committee whose chief duty is to
use the pruning knife on requests and
hold them down to the amount of rev.
enue in sight. Ward is also regarded
as an aisle lid sitter on and the be-
lief is that he will be entirely fair to
all the State departments and institu-
tons but not likely to let the "free
spenders" and the "sky is the limit"
boys from taking charge of the COM
mittee
Speaker Cherry is coming in for
some criticism because of his appoint
ment of w. E. Fenner as chairman of
the House committee on agriculture,
especially because the Grange and the
Farm Bureau Federation were urging
the naming of either w. w. Eagles
of Edgecombe or of William Wiley
Andrews of Wayne as chairman of
this committee. But it was learned
here today that at the outset they
were backing Fenner, later turned a.
gainst him. Those who know Fenner,
however, regard him as one of the
outstanding men in the House. and
as a fair and able fighter. He is both
a farmer and tobacco warehouseman
with a first hand ding of
the problems CT the farmers He is al
so strongly in favor Of tobacco COM
| acts and crop control legislation The
appointment Of Senator ~. G. cousin
TVillie) Clark of Tarboro as chairman
, of the Senate agriculture committee
was expected and approved by all
fac ions. The agriculture committees
arc expected to be mere important
THAI ever before. in TINS session. due
10 The crop control al. compacts
II assures expected to fe introduced
{, ID favore1 By Gov. e. " - ,
80 committees II pail lolhs are
expected to be in the limelight more
than ever, although they are always
important because all bills dealing
with road matters and diversion are
| referred to them. The selection of
| Senator S. Gilner Sparger of Surry
! county and Representative Con c..
| Johnston of Iredell county to head
these committees is. being approved
both by the proponents and oppon-
ents Of highway reorganization and of
the present highway commission,
since they know that both sides will
| be given fair hearings.