The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-14
SOME VIEWS AT WASHINGTON
CsENr BY C. A. EDwARDs.)


that this is a new congress aud that all
committees have to be rearranged; Also
that General David b. Henderson, inc
speaker to-be, will be on the grouha
early. will hasten the departure OF many
members of the house for this political
Mecca. No one knows the intentions OIL
General Henderson concerning the make
up OF his committees 1t is believed here
that he has made but few promises and
will be singularly free from embarrass-
ments in his committee selections.
The committee in which Houston Is
most interested is the committee on rivers
and harbors. There is no reason to DOUBT
that Hon Tom Ball will be again placed
on that committee where he can vigiiantly
watch the interests of Houston. And he
will do 1t. There is no man who can do
| 1t better than he and yet | know that IN
going on this committee Tom Ball Is sac
rificlng his individual tastes and prefer
ences TO the desires of his constituents
| II he had his choice, unhampered by any
requests preferred by his constituents,
he would ask to go on the judiciary com
mittee as more In accord with his tastes.
He is an oldfashoned representative o.
the people. however and will truly reflect
1
The other members of the Texas delega-
ton will all und 1ubtedly receive god
| committee assignments, as they all stand
| high in the estimation of General Hender-
son and their colleagues on both SIDES or
the house. If the vacancy on the appro-
prations committee goes to Texas. 1t Will
probably go to De Graffenreid. as he had
the inside track in the race last winter
in case Tom Reed had filled the vacancy.
There are very few members of the
house here yet and hence there is no
talk OF the successor to ice Bailey as the
leader of the minority. The men most
prominently mentioned are Bankhead OF
Alabama, Richardson of Tennessee and De
Armand of Missouri. They are ali g3oi
men. but think the vote ia the dem
ocratic caucus will narrow down to Rich
ardson and De Armand unless the tight
between them becomes so bitter that
dark horse is sprung on the caucus. In
that case Billy Sulzer of New York Is
liable 10 come to the front Richardson
IS the abest parliament tartan in the race,
as we'll as a tactful and resourccful man,
but it is generally conceded that DE
Armand Is the most scholarly man asking
for the honor Whoever gets 1t will wish
he hadn't. If he does his duty TO the
party he will not get much sleep. He will
have TO watch every committee and tn
bills before each and take note of their
effect on politics | dent blame Joe
Bailey for wanting to get out from under
such load, especially when his vigilance
and hard work for the party seemed to be
unappreciated by many men en- the DEM
ocratic side who We're perennial recalci-
rants. That is exactly one great trouble
with the democrats Every man of them
does his own thinking and fof that reason
constitutes himself leader aid wi not
submit to any other leadership. On the
contrary, the republicans select leader
and then Loyalty support him to man
At his call they march up in SO i ! phalanx
and take their medicine. NJ matter how
dstastefu it may be, and do 1t all be-
cause their chosen leader says 1t il for
the good of the party. Democrats wont
do this, hence frequently meet defeat,
No matter, however, who is the so-called
leader of the minority, Joe Bailey viii be
the real leader from the standpoint o
ability. He will net have the druigery Of
he position to annoy and harass him this
winter and will have time for study and
preparation on all questions thai now are
pppermost in the minds of the people ana
which will come before the next congress.
In view of this fact the people may CON
C instantly filled with tufts of republican
hair l predict that Bailey is gong to
make record this winter that not only
he democracy of Texas but the entire
country will be proud of and one hat viii
place him still higher on the democratic
, ladder.
The republican leaders are already a.
work TO get Mark Hanna's scalp. They Sc,
The signs of the times" and they know
that II Mark Hanna is at the head of the
republican party in the next campaign
that Ohio is in danger Of going dem
: ocratic The late election returns show.
rs l said yesterday that Ohio is ant.-re-
publican by $4,000 majority and this great
dlsaffection was all caused by hste for
Hanna. The thousands who vo.e1 for
Jones did so because he Us the very
I antithesis of Hanna. and, next year no
matter how much they may abhor the
r name of democracy, they will vote for
the devil before they will vote 10 PRO
9 long the boss rule and sustain the bruta
methods of Mark Hanna. That was why
Hanna was so numerically hogged in the
3 city of Cleveland and Cuyhoga COUNTY
his home. That was a rebuke to HIM
that ought to teach him some decency
bur it won't, He will still pursue the
same knock down and drag out policy he
, has followed in the past. Mark Hanna
never tries to placate man. When he
can't use him he hits him in the head with
club ! said in letter to The Post
on the 18th of last June that Mark Hanna
would remain at the head OF the repu5-
lican National committee at the express
wish OF Mckinley That was before the
advent Of Jones and before anything was
9 known of the bitter and implacable hatred
entertained for Hanna by thousands OF his
own party In his State.
II Mckinley has his way Hanna will re-
main at the head of the republican church,
but the leaders of the party don't seem
inclined to let him have that way. Thsy
are scared at the developments in Ohio and
are talking out in meeting to him about
, hanna, Several OF those who have the
nerve TO say what they think and don't
care-a continental for the patronage will
nave told Mckinley that he will have to
unload Hanna or the party win unloai
both OF them.
The most of this talk comes from the
returned republican SPELL binders who
nave been making the Ohio air vocal with