Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-24
New York cs a for the Speaker
ship Arrives.
CONFIDENCE IN HIS PROSPECTS
The Next Speaker Will Not DOM
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mate the House,
ENTENTOF PLEDGED SUPPORT

Another of the speakership candidates is
in Washington today expressing "satisfac-
ton and confidence in the situation" Mr..
Sherman of New York arrived at the
Normandie this morning and was busting
about on department business during the
day. He said, facetiousiy. that he was
chasing Hopkins and that his stay in
Washington would he determined by the
moveme hts of Hopkins, as he intended to
camp right on the Illinois mans trail.
Sherman speaks with the peculiar conf
dence of a New Yorker. He said he would
be glad to go right into the republican eau
Gus now and have the speakership settled.
If the caucus were to ha held at once, he
said he would have no doubt of his own
nomination. Six months, he said was a
long time to wait. and most anything might
happe in that time but he was sure he
had the fight his way now, and anticipated
that it would. keep 80.
What will, form the issues between the
several candida tes ." was asked him.
No Marked Issue between Candidates.
Il certainly do not believe he replied.
that it will be locality. l do not want to
see the east solid, nor the west solid in op-
position. | wand to see some of the eastern
members vote for q western candidate, anu
of course | want to see some of the western
members vote for an eastern candidate.
The question ought not to turn on locality
at all. 1t IS not d good proposition for the
good of the party nor of the country. AS
matter of fact, l do not think there is any
very marked issue between the candida les
There is not one of all those whose names
are mentioned who would not make a
creditabe- Speaker. While Reed was pre-
eminent In irteUac tual force. and is recog-
niZed the big man of Congress, there Is
no ground for talk of absence Of speaker
ship material in the republican members nip
of the House. y Talk about decadence is non
sense.
The Next Speaker and the House.
THE question in the selection of a Speak
will probably be as to the best man to
guide the House in an orderly and sure
way along a. line chosen by the House it
self. No man could think of being elected
Speaker who would not follow and support
the administration, and / want to say with
emphasis that the policy of the House will
be decided BY the House. and not by the
Speaker. Some people may try to ConStrue
this statement into a yelled criticism of
Mr.. Reed. There is no such criticism m
tended. ! simply want to make the state
ment that the Speaker of the next House
will be al officer to carry out the will of
the House.''4 do not think there will be
much conflict ofipurpOse among the repub
iicans in the coming Congress. The dmin-
istration and Congress will be in harmony
and there will be agreement among re-
publicanS oH"gereral policies. / think there
will be very IRafe faction. What the ma
iority of the House wants done will be
done, and the Speaker will neither determ-
inc for them what they want nor put any
obstruction I'm the way. The ma iority will
determine the channel of legislation, and
the Speaker willy merely keep them in the
m middle Of II aaa. keep thsm off the rocks,
HI ~ stion JIM tile' selection Of Speaker
Will be 10 get as good It man as possible as
pilot for .fthe Channels which the party
wants to follow 1t will not be q question of
getting man 10 dominate Congress in the
sense Of determining what it shall or shall
not do