The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-06

| rho n,ar Who are sent TO our nomlnat-
| ing conventions are u,eil' Tor the most
mart. little known. and III other matters
| little regarded; men VIC nave nothing 10
| do with legislation and who are without
| anv resnonsible part whatever In the
! choice OF policies for the nation.
| e,na dark horse some men hitherto
| little thought or some one whom his
in the secret conferences OF separate del
| naationq sone man whose personal tact
| or force has caught or a sudden the en-
| thusiasm OF the convention Itself and or
the crowds I'm It's galleries. some man
! nnberalded and untried II may be. catches
| fba drift of the vote and Is nominated.
! GOOD men they may be, and fair presi-
| dents. Providence has been Kind TO us
| much beyond The encouragement we nave
! given il. hut they are not always men
v,ho,n we know. and they are seldom men
accented In Washington as Of course lead
| ers and makers Of ahars.
Singular things happen in the process.
| new figure emerfes. sometimes. be-
! hind the accepted candidate. the figure
! ~ hfe hacker and manager. the Mark
| Hanna Of the fight Nobody has known
| him until now, OUTSIDE MS state Men
| hear his name with curiosity. But N
| n little while with awe. and behold
! new Colossus I'm the midst OF our shifting
And even n things go differently. even
| when the man whom the convention nom
| mates rs some one whose career and in
| nlenco we know or can assess how often
| does 10 hammer that be is such man as
| will be accepted as real leader az WASH
! ineton. whore alone he can iead2 No
I body supposes Z take a. that Mr.. Nc
| kinlcv was ever the real leader Of the
| Republican party tie DID not even play
| "a really constructive part in the framing
! OF the celebrated tariu law which we
! call by his name but thc country Thought
I o. e.. o.. I'd d 81. D. D.
ed his handwork in the most emphatic
manner bv name and title. Whatever per-
| soral admiration Mr.. Mckinley may have
| excited by reason oi the sincerity, SIM
plcity ana dirrctness of MS character ne
! was clearly dwarfcd 800 AN matters OF
pant ychoice bv Mr. Reed and Mr.. Lodge
and the real leaders OF the Republican
ranks.
We must take our Presidents somewhat
| 900 uaunaIIrd Hud hy special clumsy
nation. and the Houses must provide
themselves with purposes ANA leaders Of
their own.
is hardly deliheratiNc after It's ancient
and better manner
! The House OF Representatives is neither
deliberate nor dcliucrauic. We nave noi
| FORGOTTEN that one of Tire most energetic
of IFS recent Speakers thanked God boo bus
! fraukness. that the House was not de-
Lucrative assembly ~ has not time for
the leadership of argument Debate
takes time. n also let's the nation hear
the prevailing voices and tFe reasons FOR
action For debate and leadership In
that sort the House must have party
organization and discipline such as 10 has
"'' MASTER OF TIE HOUSE.
Tho Speaker of our House Is ifs master.
How absolutely members oi We to,I's
! have known these two generations ana
more. hut the general public nave ony
| ID. N
! uut of mind been the custom amongst uf
fo elevate the leader OF tie lolliuan' j ~
DO the popular House 10 iia ap.aActs"','
| ever since colonial times when 10" speak
| .r Of the Assembly was Our spokesman
AGAINST the domiueerinE governor Whom
| thc crown had appointed.
I'm the first place the House Sits and
! handles an its business Toy means Wl
| standing committee Ihousduds OF hlls
/ are presented for consideration every Sos
SION They naturally fall into classes ac-
/ cOrding 90 their subjects. and Tor tach
| class there is % standing committee 10
which they lre referred. a.. IN,
| And the Speaker appoints the COM
| mitttts. OF course. Dee mas not a per
iectly free hand boz the matter Dut ne
! none tine less determines lhtii hi'th.- uP
| and their makeup determines legislation.
| That is the Speaker power OF titatlpH'
| and that is ihn reason the session u'7"P-
points the country and d.scrcdits the par
| ~ n the Speaker DE not consdmm"'e
party leader ,.-.,..,,.
But that Us only a part OF the Speaker
| power. lie also retains control OF the
! business of the House from day To dag
i'm "a v,rv automatic manner.
| When important matters pile up ana II
! becomes necessary 10 fix special ofdti
/ bv which questions OF the INST const-
! qucuca shall gain precedence ana tu'
docket be relieved of lts c0ngtsuuil' tnc
! Committee ON Rules is duiu'i4lcu 20
pr iS &C. " pGt tHc Speaker appoints the
| t.o,.f.ift.e an pri.t and rs himself It's
| chairman.
| It's regulations. alike ia ordinary am"
| in extraordinary cases. aim Away "t t-.
-utI. auu consistent onJrct-io Keep uu7'
| ness in the hands OF committees az"
| rigidlv exclude personal initiative Oh ti-
.frl Of individual members. IL rcqui
,,.,,i,,,,,,e 20 ,nssnt for ID member 60 gen
,i,. ,,ntter bgfore tb, H0us, indepeAJ-
@nilv al Inc committee. and YOU cannot
80 ask Tor unanimous consent unless
| ,.1, .a, obf1fu RECOGNITION and get the
! dccr mo sueakers cye Is his own.
| Here then. is your silent master on
| -, ,,a If uoficIas i'm the House, the
e,.-,i,sr vino appoints the committee
,ti'icI ORIGINATE legislation. determine
| the order of business at every cIilic1'
! noiut through the Committee on hul p
and sees whom Doe Will amongst th'te
VIZ " 49,. 'of tta House. / have not
| dcscribcd him TO condemn nm uo aD,
eee how else business could 20 forward
in an assembly M"' t,ns, Rnt do wish
be mere mas l'' 49, his is am extra
70 ilahg ]. t,,rr and that it sets our
u,,,lvtiil,i'ai In~islafurc apart as unique
,rong the representative assemblies on
81 ,so,id f-nique in having Us leader
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