Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-29
I1VINCE GUARD
Of THE SINTIETH
..,,ssmen from All Parts OF
''' The Country Gathering
At Washington.
,sousLlcAN CAUCUS NOV. 80.
cannon VIII be Reelected
oacr omcers Of iiouso--''re'''
dents Message.
mi corresponaence.

spe.'1 ,,.-,op. u. c., Nov. 25.-rhe aa-
N''" -1 of legislators. members OF
y'nc, s.t,,, congress. Is already IN |
,, ls while daily access'onS ave
W. made to the rapidly growing
p'- g.. ~ Uncle SANS statesmen Many
ia''''' .,,,,bers Of the Congress. whlch !
..,..re for the long session on
w" ,f december. are new To ma
.e..i legislation. some have ser'eu
,s,s legislatures. while others nave
..,, POSITIONS, but the great ma
heu +Ea now members come Wlth-
pnE legislative experierce whatso-
ou' ",,, I'D believing that they nave o
.i,,s mission 10 perform.
M .sII for the Republican caucus
bo house will be issued Wi1hln .
~ 5,ys and the election OF speaker
otber officers OF the mousse va"
--obably take place saturday eNelui'e'
r., s0 Boo the hall Of the mouse OF Nv
Nvi,fIy.s There is no night whalso-
its,"-' .,,,. ~ the present officers, the
900 beiue held for the purpose OF
N't,s..ro IA foregone conclusion. SPEAK
c.,Ton will be reelected speaker
,bs house on Monday, Dec z, I'M
w 5i.tety after Clerk Mcdowell cidis
.r., ho,v TO order and quorum ~
...srtafnod To be present on the Gun
s+.tes After Il has been aacet-
,,t,s5 that a quorum OF tho mousse ~
-, nominations for speaker VIII
,,ode and Joseph @. Cannon VIII
be- nlaced in nomination by the re
nyhiirang and John sharp Williams py
M. Dsmocrats As the Republicans
have large majority in the house Mr.
cannon will be elected as VIII the otheI
ofecere of the lower branch OF Con-
gress namely. Alexander McDowel pl
PENNSYLVANIA. clerk. r. b. Lyon OF Ne"
va doorkeeper; Henry Casson. Wis
.-sIp sereeant-at-arms. and IN all
rrobabiity James II. Cassidy or ONO
n,st,raster. During the recess JOS pm
= NTrrlrov OF Ohio. the former post
r,esfer died. thus creating a vacancy
1,,r,aaiatelv after his death number
~ Candidates for the position became
active representing state delegations
ND the ohio delegation claiming thar
hi. rIsce OF right belonged TO the
prcteve state held a caucus some three
weeks ago and Representative Bur
ton. late candidate for mayor OF Glove
land suggested the name Of James
cassidy. clerk Of the rivers and har-
bors committee of the house, FOR the
pcsitlou of postmaster, ana he was
made tho caucus nominee Of the ONO
ASSOCIATION. which will undoubtedly m
sure his election. Rev Henry n. Cou-
deu the blind chaplain OF the house
,yUl De reelected 90 that position
The Democrats OF the house win eau
Gus on saturday afternoon and perfume
torialT viii select candidates FOR the
positions above mentioned headed by
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. for
speaker MI Williams will thus become
again the minority leader Of his party
but as the Democrats have larger
working force in the Sixtieth Congress
than they had ia the F1fty-ninth it IS
expected that q much more aggressive
policy will be pursued by the minority
than was pursued I'M the Congress
which. by operation OF law ceased 70
exist ON the 4th OF March last. "Medi-
cine making VIII begin early In the
session in view Of the approaching
presidential campaign and Il is con-
ndently expected that very shortly after
the holidays things. VIII be doing here
abouts.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
It is confidently believed that Presi-
dent Roosevelt win In his message TO
Congress. which win not be made pub
De until Tuesday, Dec. 3, viii come
out nat-footedly for an Increase In the
pay Of enlisted soldiers and sailormen
and may recommend an increase for
the officers Of both the army and navy.
With skeleton regiments and skeleton
companies the rule, rather than the
exception. the army Is IN "a bad way
numerically. Just why the older men
who have made soldering their busi-
ness for 20 and more years should be
leaving the c0lors and going into pri-
vate life is a question receiving the con-
fideratiou not only Of the heads of de,
rarmonts but OF the general stan as
well s. the president and the consensus
Of opinion is that the non-commission-
81 officers. thc first and second SER
geants, ana the corpOrals do not receive
money enough 90 warrant their com
tuu.ng in the army and they are quit
ting .u large numbers rather than re-
fdlstlus when their enlistment rs up.
Auit-Gou. Fred q. Aiusworth. who
T. today ap authority upon tho con-
quot ui The army uneQuifoCally says
That thc ror-commissioned officer Is
me llfo uf the army. and that with
oui him discipline win go 10 pot and
jhc ftfIl ~ the men reach the lOw
est possible ebb. Every ono who has
made slldv T army regulations and
army unHirs kuuws the power aQd ~
hueu.D Ter good Tho first sergeant fX-
t..f "Nrr h.s CON nany lie HES WITH
me mon he drills them and he Is the
Intermediary between the men and the
o'Ilnandihg officer 10 a. the nrst ser-
t'ant Who iutcrCebcs Tor men who
have fallen from grace and where Dc
l.dls ODE men will Eo n is notorious
I.ht In many posts IN the west and
th' south the first sergeant. who q.
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