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Show didate for a place on this committee, but he declared that this circumstance circum-stance had had no Influence In coloring color-ing his views. Both he and Mr. Scott a?ert that their criticisms are due to the fact that the South has been entirely en-tirely neglected With the southern Democrats excluded from the commit-teo commit-teo room during the preparation ot the bill, they declare that the Immense Im-mense interests of the South, Including Includ-ing Iron ore and the manufactures of Iron and steel, cotton and Us products, pro-ducts, lumber and the various other interest of the entire section south of Mason and Dixon's llnp, arc without with-out representation on the committee at this important stage of tho proceedings. pro-ceedings. There is much speculation as to what will bo their attitude when tno bill reaches the .senate, but the prevailing pre-vailing oplulou Is that they will make a strenuous effort to amend It In many particulars. Senator Scott openly declares de-clares his preference for tho present tariff law. SOUTH HAS BEEN NEGLECTED ENTIRELY SENATORS SCOTT AND ELKINS OF j W. VA., TAKE THIS STAND. I ' ;; They Protest Againat Fact That No Republican Senators From South Are On Finance Committee. Washington. Maerb 30. Much Interest Inter-est attaches to the attitude of Senators Sen-ators Scott ant Elklns of West Virginia Vir-ginia (owarda tho distribution or the I nK-mborsliip of the senate commlttoe on finance because largely of Its possible pos-sible bearing on the tariff bill In the senate. In the Republican caucus last Monday, Senator Scott referred to the fact that nono of the Republican senators sen-ators from the South had been given representation on the committee, and in the open senate yoatorday, his colleague. col-league. Mr. Klkltn, rollowed In similar sim-ilar strains. Mr. Elktna was a cau- |