Orleans County Monitor

The South is in practical control of Congress. No Northern man had the slightest chance of being elected Speaker, although out of 236 democratic members of the House 119 are from the North and 117 from the South. Not only is the Speaker from the South, but we find by examining the complexion of the committees that thirty-one chairmen are from the South and only twenty-five chairmen from the North, and, excepting the Ways and Means, nearly every important committee is constituted of a majority of Southern democrats. Even in the much-sought-after Appropriations Committee the Southern democrats are in the majority This assumption of Congressional control by the South, though the Southern Speaker, is causing bitter complaint among the democrats from the North, and even the New York Times calls attention to the fact with a somewhat caustic comment.