The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-29
1EN PROMINENT
in THE PUBLIC EYE.

which he Has. It Ii easy to believe that
ne would rather. have less cohspicuou Gus
position and he allowed to look otter tho
affairs OF his district without having
To put hir1seif 80 constantly IN the LIMO
ight.
but t>aiseli has an ambition. II may
beet Il. But there is In his bosom o
longing 10 be the Speaker OF the House
Of representatives. After tho ADJOURN
IN nt ~ the House one afternoon q fcw
desk Ii front 81 the Speakers
stand. taikin To ono OF his col-
leagues and myself. Something was
said about the probable makeup Of the
committees which the Speaker would not
announce, It was thought. Until the reg.
ular session. And then the conversa.
ton turned to the office OF Speaker and
the power welded by one man.
IIIs AMBITION.
II had rather DO In that chair than In
the White House." said Dajzell, with
strange impressiveness, pointing to the
Speakers chair, as he spoke. Tho man
who sits there Yields moro real power
than any man In this country, and there
are few more powerful in the world.
1t was plain TO see that could no WELD
the gavol OF the House OF Representa-.
lives MS ampltlon 4"ouiu boe s'a''lt'eu'
Since that have heard that It mas al
ways been his ambition.
II Is one which Dalzel Will mover have
satisfied. lie will never ascend to the
place Of Speaker, no matter how long ne
may serve III the Congress, nor how
many of his colleagues are retired. Eie
Is too great a partisan. DeArmond VIII
never be tho Speaker, though the Demo-
Gratis should control the House Tor years
a -. !
two are partisans OF tho most unrelcnt-
ing type. There has not been In the
House Tor years such a master OF lnvec-
tive as DeArmond. Dalzel1 would use
this weapon as freely as does Dear
rond, but he does not understand tho
art. lIe takes an axe. while the Mis-
scurlan's blade Is the keen steel OF sar-
casm and irony. DeArn,ond appears the
moro cultured OF the two, though Dali
zell ls Of the class Of IS. Yale. gradual
Ing when only. twenty years OF age. De-
Almond was educated at IN obscure
Missouri college, but he has burnt a
great deal OF midnight oil. and he Ia
ono OF the best equipped men In public
life to-day.
LACKS HUA1oR
But, as have said. neither Dear
mond, nor DaIzell. will ever be the pre-
siding officer OF The House OF Rcpresen-
Ia tlves. There have been few men In tho
chair who were not diplomats. Tom
Reed YVES something OF an exception, yet
the broad humor OF the man from Maine
stood him in the stead OF that sua.ye
diplomacy which has taken many other
men to high place Dalzhll only the 9TH
er day recalled that when Reed was first
elected Speaker and began the introduc-
ton OF new rules, which gave him the
title car and caused the Democrats to
create the most intense opposition and
disorder. ever known in the House, prob
ably, II was the custom OF Reed to have
ready when the Committee on Rules met
typowrltten slip containing the rule
which tho Republicans proposed to have
adopted. Reed could pass the slip over
to Crisp, who was to succeed him as
Speaker in the next Congress. with the
remark in that nasal drawl that took
the sting from so much that Reed said:
well, Crisp, we propose to- perpetrate
tho following Outrage
Dazell could never have said that De-
Almond would not: tho humor OF the
situation would probably not have sug-
gested Itself to- either. a5