The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-17
UNCLE JOE'S
TROUBLES
CONGRESS NEAR AT HAND SPEAK.
ERs DUTY OF NAMING COM.
MiTTEEs LOOMS UP BE-
FORE HIM.

comparable unlmportarce. Speaker
Canon has arrived. He came in the
other day, lfoked at his house and
wandered. over to the home of Ref
resentative Sibly, where there Is al
ways entertainment for the Speake"
s.nd any Other members OF the coterie
of which he is member.
Next week Major Mcdowell will be
here, and there will be no reason why
the work should not go on. except that
the Constitution of the land says that
the regular meeting shall be on the
first Monday in December, unless
otherwise ordered by law.
OF cource Mr.. Cannon is not Speak.
er now, but he will be. Mcdowell Is
the Only man who holds over from one
Congress to another. He is the con.
meeting, not the missing. link.
If the SDeakertobe could only have
seven or eight chairmanships OF tho
Committee on Appropriations to hand
around the prospect for the winter
would be mitch brighter. When Can.
non quit that place himself everybody
knew he would put in Hemenway,
VINO has gone over to the Senate.
General Bingham, was then set aside
for reasons that the General himself
knows very well, with the understand.
Ing that he would be permanently
side-tracked. He will always be the
ranking Republican member of that
committee, but will never be the
Chairman
Next to Bingham stands McCreary
OF minnesota. But II he Is appointed
the Speaker will have the devils own
time with every appropriation bill or
wl:ich any so-t OF a fight may be made.
Mr.. Burton is not on the good side
OF the Speaker for two reasons. The
first is tina: he did not formally with.
draw from the speakership race four
years ago. That sticks in the memory
Of the Speaker as IL it had been a
great offense. The other reason is
found in the fact that last winter he
raised the standard OF rebellion on n
question Hf what kind of store to use
in constructing the public building
at Cleveland. He won, too, which doe,
not set well with the Speaker.
Because the Speaker follows the
line of least resistance, unless there
Is great reason for departing there.
from, it is coming to be accepted that
he VIII name McCreary and thus end
the greatest OF his troubles.
But there are nearly one hundred
Republican members for whom he
must provide places on committees.
That is, there are that many more
than he eau place without twisting
and turning himself inside ou.. For
instance. thsre are nine from Ohio
and eight from Pennsylvania, all Re-
publicans. Not one Of the Eepubli
cans from either Of those States will
be benefited by retirement of older
r1embers. The Pennsylvanians and
Orleans who were in good positions
Will continue to hold them, but MIR.
Hughes, of West Virginia, is the orly
in;n from the three Ststes in which
fittshursers are interested who viii
get 4 Craftsmanship under the working
of The seniority rule.
because !Ii;debrant, of Ohio. was de.
feat"d for re'nomination Hughes he.
comes the ranking member Of t,e
Committee oil Accounts, the body tina.
keeps track of the money the House
votes for itself and decides when and
where new clerks shall be emnloyed
The now men from Pennsylvania
are: Thomas Fl. Dale. of Scranton,
:" ho succeeds William Conncii and
who, like his predecessor, is a coal
operator and at one time was coal
digger; Mail +. Lily, of Towanda: a
lawyer nearly GO years old; DR. E. w.
samuels. of Mount Carmel, anothe,
coal digger, who was born In England
62 years ago: John NJ. Reynolds, OF
the Blair-Cambria district, who was
Assistant Secretary OF the Interior De-
part'nent under Cleveland: Gustave
schneebelli. native of Prussia. who
isprobably the richest Of the new men
from the Keystone State. being man
ufacturer and railroad man, AMI
James Francis Burke and DR.. Barch.
field. from Pittsburg, and w. II.
Graham, from Allegheny
re outlook for these newcomer;
from Pennsylvania, so far as commit.
tee assignments are concerned, is de-
cidedly bad. Unless the Speaker Just
hal pens to pick one OF them for fair