THE CHEMA W A
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matter of legislating.
Of late the Democratic party has been dominant in congress. The
Democratic party in turn is controlled largely by Southern Democrats
so that a population of about 30,000,000 people in the South enjoys an
unduly large measure of control of legislation which affects not only
the South but also a population nearly twice as great in the North.
An even greater disparity is apparent when the wealth of the two sec
tions is compared.
T he framers of the constitution of course did not intend that one sec
tion should be able to obtain the dominant control of congress. The
oretically it would not be easy for this to occur but the rules of the
house relating to debate, combined with the fact that representation
from the South is not greatly affected by party lines, while in the North
party divisions are usually so acute that few representatives are allowed
to retain a seat in congress for more than one or two terms, make it
possible for the South to enjoy a control in congress that is entirely out
of proportion to its population and wealth. — Pathfinder.
A R R IV IN G A T C O N C L U S IO N S
A group of workmen were passing the dinner hour in political argu
ment. An interesting deadlock had been reached when one of the men
turned to a mate who had remained silent during the whole of the de
bate.
Ere Bill,’ he said, you’re pretty good at a argyment. Wot’syour
opinion?”
I ain’t goin’ to say,” said Bill. “ I thrashed the matter out afore
with Bob Jones.”
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Ah! said the other, and what did you arrive at?”
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Well,” said Bill, “ Bob, he arrived at the hospital, and I at the police
station.”
W IIA T R E A L L Y C O U N T S
A business man who is something of a baseball enthusiast was being
entertained one evening at the home of a friend where he met several
young ladies, fresh from college. He found it a little difficult to keep
up his end of the conversation with them and was particularly puzzled
when at length they began to discuss literature. His face brightened,
however, when one of the girls turned to him and said: “ I should like
to ask you what you think of Feilding.”
“ Well” he answered,“ a great deal depends on fielding, but fielding
doesn’t count much if you haven’t got first-class pitchers and men who
understand batting well.”