The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-03-19
A PARTIAL VICTORY

Speaker has Pyrrhc victory He has been
elected speaker but the house of has dreed material
changes the rules Thirty members of the majority party have
given striking evidence Of their independence have
ou resisted the tremendous brought bear te
would undoubtedly wrng
the if had been the ranks of the Democracy
After ALL corporation tools pretty much alike whether they do
their work Washington Denver and their party allegiance
sufficiently hold them the path OF duty when
the interests" command them to get together
The rules thus amended have had fairly long though
honorable They formed cenaze power in the
hands of the speaker, while keeping such small responsibility
system affords distributed among the individual members of
the house The house unwdy body that all preliminary
has committees; and the speaker appointed all
committees The who ready OF the speaker
hand chance committee where he could be OF
his constituents credit himself Similarly the
duction of bills absolutely under the speakers control He could
recognize refuse recognize member his had to be
for the introduction of any BILL and that withheld
whenever Joe like being contrary very large part
the time At time individual congressman response
bic the people of his district his failure their interests
and the people OF the United States have been forming the habit of
holding their officials The result that every congress
We'd with every other kowtowing the the head Of the
assembly.
dsgracefu condition we believe the country very
will be rescued The meght has been turned the speaker
ship and the egh whatever its faults notable dsnecant
The public faults makes wrong decisions, vicious de
cisons stupid decisions But the public oneten part as
bad eseected portion of the public The evils al
Which flourish which W1theT the
of knowledge Cannonsm exception the rule
Salt Lake Herald Senator Hepburn of Idaho has achieved
fame if be called He is known the ongds
aker United States and referred the
John Wesley Gaines of the upper house The Tennessee member
having retired the other end Of the capitol SEN
Hepburn has things all to himself the way of attracting atten
himself by making speeches upon everything that for
consideration example of the which he induges
practice stated that wagers laid that his would
appear Congressional Record for the brief of the senate
March called confirm the cabinet appointments OF the
dent and which only lasted minutes. The individuals who
gered money the Idaho would manage break
proceedings way shape hands down.
The clerk reading the journal and the after
the closing days of the Seth Senator Till
following long established asked unanimous consent
reading be dispensed with The opportunity get
presented ITSELF and Hepburn seized it. Il object he
said There only page the Congressional Record the
succeeding day. of the Idaho embazoned
thereon
pointer Prosecuting Attorney Mccarthy w S. CLANCY,
Gooding and Calvin Cobb the to bring before
committing magistrate tell what they know about alleged short
age The charge of such shortage
being report of Mr. CLANCY bank duly
published Daily Statesman along with the statement that Good
ing governor suppressed the report Nooer citizens far
give any information upon the subject hence 1t is
tonnyrot you suggest that private individual make
pan The charge made explicitly the Daily Statesman the
leading paper should be investigated What
be