The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-19
IN THE INTEREST OF PRINCE.
MS MANAGER TALKS OF THE CAN.
DIDArE FOR srliAI<ER.
In Answer 60 the CHAINS Advanced
for Hon. y. II. Dniicys and Hon.
y. y. sheriff by Advocates.

/ Corsicana, Texas. December i5. ---llon,
john j. Mcclellan. chairman OF the COM
mittee which has In chargc the campaign
OF K. 10. Prince for speaker. was asked II
he Lad anyth my to say in answer TO the
interviews OF Hoa. ben S. Rogers. who is
ssappottong Bsns Jehn IL, Bailey, and of
Hon. Dedlsy G. WootcN who Is supporting
Hon. j. s. Slerrill. replied.
| 'Of course, II we agreed with these gen
uemen that u new man Is MOI likely to
| make a good spsaker our man would not be
shared n by q grea. many thoughtful men
| that unless a man has been actually tried
es speaker no one can tell how acceptably
he Viii serve as such. Common experience
! teaches us that FOR direct and effective
| work u presaiing officer depends ON tenn
| fen&inent. compose. fairness and stability
! bastl On conviction as wsll as on a knowl-
edge OF parliamentary law and legislative
| roullne. The 'mahe-,rp of a speaker, his
habit OF thought, his. breadth and depth. Ids
disposition to not sacrifice principle to de-
tail are PARIS and lslrcei CT the man. and
sG@ natural traits IL mind ana heart.
| "A judicial Itcnpeiament in my m.nd Is
! q distinguishing requisite in choosing n
Judge. aad we all know that the number OF
abe procth'oners who would make ac-
| cepiatle judges is very small. Tho nat
| ural bent of the Judge must be there TO
| fit him for the service required. and so Il
| Is In choosing speaker. Necessarily,
| therefore the pre-cnlncnt requisites OF a
speaker may be fSmnd among new mem
bcrs as well as among cid and there is no
more experiment In cloctng a now man
taan IN electing an old one because. II
| ne ther has served both are unknown
unaniitio3 as far as he speakership goes
| Furthermore. this new man argument
cam not obtain for the simple reason that
! If 1t is applicable to the speakership Il rs
ne an4l1al sn1l f,A
who has not already had experience could
serve as clerk. donrkeeper. chairman OF
committees or in any Other position no
matter how we'll fitted he may be-
| HIS friends wculd be unworthy 10 press
! Mr.. Princes candidacy unless they felt
sure he was in all things ilttcd to accept
ably serve as speaker We stand sponsor
| for tina proposition that as far rs friends
can determine from an intimate knowledge
of q mans fe his trend Of thought his
unvarying purposes. his natural disposition.
| entire make up and general attainmcRn,
that MIR Prince lis suitable in every re-
spect. HIS knowledge of State affairs. his
| interest in Industrial development. his long
residence in the State make him valuable
| man
| We have every reason TO believe that
this contest Will be decided in an impor-
sonc.l way aDd entrely on merit and quail
! fioatons and we will cheerfully ABIDE the
result of investigation and impartial
Thought.
with reference to the local aspect OF
the case touched On by Mr.. Woo,en. this
section asks con&d5ration becsuse II de-
slres official recopnit on in public affairs
| Wien all tho people are recognizei IN gov
ernmental business tt tends TO unite them
in The common purpose of upholdlng tbs
government and giving a good admnistra-
ton
| This common purpose and general par
t,eJpat,on strengthens tho unity of a people
land conxerves the cohesive force OF a com
m6nweaItli IL is doctrine of our form OF
government as we'll as Of our party.
IAN things slse being equal this section
asks consideration in the slpeakership mat
ter"