Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-14
Mr.. Cannon Expected to Reor'
ganize Several Committees
of the House
POLITICAL SUPREMACY OF WEST
Consequent Upon the Slow Moving
Toward the Middle West of the Gen.
ter Of Political Influence, Is the Dom.
nation of tho East by the West
Banking and Currency.

Washington, July 14.-Everything
points to the reorganization of several
committees of the house of representa-
tives when the fifty-eighth congress
opens in December. Mr.. Cannon, who
will be speaker, is a typical west
ern man, and is thoroughly imbued with
western ideas. Necessarily, he is in
clined, so far as public utterances are
concerned, to be noncommittal on
questions regarding which the republic
can party is divided, but at the proper
with the west. This means that he
will make up new committee on rules
and currency, now made up of a lot of
misiit financial theorists and lobbyists.
put more western men on the commit
tee on posroffices and post roads. and
see that the ways and means committee
is not unduly handicapped by ultra
sprotectionists.
So far as the committee on rules Is
concerned, it is believed that the speak
err will agree TO have it increased from
five to seven members. If Messrs. Dali
Zell and Grosvenor remain, the speaker
will likely. name two typical western
republicans, who, with himself, will be
in control. The most prominent man
thus far mentioned for one of the pros
pective new places is Mr. Tawney, Of
Minnesota.
The banking and currency committee
will, under Mr.. Cannon's management,
cease to be an asylum for financial
cranks. 1t is altogether likely that con-
gress next winter will try to pass some
sort of currency bill Such a bill must
run the gauntlet of the house banking
and currency committee; hence the
need for having that committee COM
posed Of men who are intensely practi-
cal and thoroughly well informed. The
committee has had nothing to do since
the passing of free silver. and 1t was
able to make a good showing during
the silver excitement because Mr.. Nc
Cleary, of Minnesota, was a dominant
member. He has since left the COM
mittee for a place on the committee on
appropriations.
There will be some vacancies on the
committee on ways and means. These
will not be filled with ultra projections
lists. but with men who. at the proper
time, will support a reasonable PROPOSE
ton for tariff revision.
1t is unlikely that the east will ever
again furnish a speaker. Slowly but in
evitably the centre of political influence
has been moving, following the center
NJ lof lie ri mid
and there 1t is destined to remain per-
manently. BY no possible chance can
the population west of the Missouri
ever be great enough to take that cen
ter of influence out of the Mississippi
valley. Mr.. Henderson was the first
western speaker. Mr.. Cannon will suc-
coed him, and Mr.. Cannon's successor
viii be some man from a state between
the Alleghenies and the Missouri. At
present, Mr.. Tawney. of Minnesota is
the most promising of several prospect
i've candidates. Mr.. Cannon is growing
old, and his friends believe that he will
hardly continue in public life longer
than the close of the fifty-ninth con-
gress. which viii adjourn sine die
March 4, 1907. That congress will be
elected in November. 1904.
A good deal of the hostility OF New
England and the remainder of the old
east towards western measures grows
out of their realization of the fact that
their political supremacy is departing.
never to return. The party and admin
istration policies of the future are to be
dictated by the middle west. and tina /
section, In addition TO Speakers. will
continue TO furnish the candidates Of
both parties for the presidency.