Show SOUTH IN THE TEl SADDLE CONGRESSMAN ANDERSONS ANDERSON'S bitter arraignment arraign- arraign l a ment of Southern control of oJ Congress through the caucus system should rivet rhet public attention Four our teen Icon Southern commonwealths furnish enough Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic representatives to dominate the caucus which in turn sways the House Through the introduction of a n vicious method that public policy cannot countenance countenance coun coun- consi considerably less than third one-third tho the membership membership membership member member- ship of the lower branch o of Congress utterly dominate its actions and a similar condition obtains in the Senate Representative government go contemplates participation participation participation pation of every section and district of the nation in inthe inthe inthe the nations nation's counsels it assumes that the act action on of government will follow the sentiment of the majority I since popular government is essentially majority rule nile But by the introduction of the caucus system minority minority minority minor minor- ity rule is established The Underwood bill for ox- ox ample was driven through the Senate through caucus control twenty five Democratic members of that body forced their views upon the caucus and that institution in turn forced force every cry Democrat but two to assent The tariff legislation was approved approve as a whole by but third one-third the Senate yet it passed that body ody Time TIle resignation of the tho Minnesota congressman from the wa ways s and means committee sharply calls public pub pub- lie lic attention to an indefensible abuse of power by bythe bythe the tile ic m majority Oh- Oh Anderson declined to share shaie fur then responsibility for legislation he lie had no part in shaping |