New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
THE DAyINWA SHINGTON

Oh. unreasonable individual whose support
Won need. No man In public HE can aiioiu
m ignore the individuality OF the men viii
whom he has to DEAL and TO a'.ehp' -
handle them as merely members VI ei"9o-
Now. take the insurgents. Ihere are as
many kinds and degrees OF lhsu' soh.y 90
there are members Of that faction. Soilie
are impossible of conversion ana mus. pe
handled with a bludgeon. MOST Oh 'ien.
can be won over by polite methous- -
YOU would succeed. first win over ali VINO
are SUSCEPTIBLE, and thus leave the ie" IL s.
concilables standing alone. Then so after
them. Some who have seemed Trecoh-
cilable will lose their courage when .hey
see their fellows deserving them, and those
remaining will grow constantly 1e"er' out
finally. il you find that some hoio o.t -
the bitter end. make that end bitter IL you
have TO use bludgeon.'
DEMOCRATIC SORROWS.-The pros
receive Speaker, Mr.. Champ OZARK IL
filled with unutterable woe these DAYS pe-
cause he can find no way TO escape the
creation Of a committee on committees
which will, Of course. greatly curtah ms
power. This does not mean either ina,
Mr. Clark would like to use that power 10
any bad end, but that none realizes petteI
than he the difficulties which Will CONFRONT
a Democratic Speaker. the utter lack OF
discipline and homogeneousness OF his
party associates, and the almost lmpe'a-
tive demand for sufficient power IN the
hands Of Democratic Speaker to whip
his followers into line AND yer. MI
CTark's undoing appears to have been &C
comn]isbed in Denver in 1908. when his
ps rty adopted as plank in Its platform
he 6onlnra6
concentration of power in the hands -
one member, the absolute domination OF
the Speaker, etc, and pledging itself to
adopt such rules and regulations to gov
ern the House of Representatives as will
enable majority of its members to direct
its deliberations and control its legisla-
ton" Governor, now Senator, Swanson,
of Virginia, was responsible for hits plank,
and despite the valuable service which he
rendered as a member Of the minority i'm
the House. II Ia with the utmost difficulty
that Champ Clark now passes him in the
corridors Of the Capitol without making
faces at him Perhaps Mr.. Swanson build
ed better than he knew. for certain 1t Is
that Their is every indication that the
Democratic majority in the next House
will be compelled to create a committee on
committees.
MERRY wAR-Washington is the
scene this winter of merry war but ore
that Is certain to be fought to finish de
spite the fact that the weapons in use are
Iuncheons and dinners and taht the victims
will fall to the agones of govt rather than
to powder and shot. Two rival cities are
the contestants in this merry War-San
Francisco and New Orleans-and just now
there is a third, Washington itself having
conceived the hope that by abettinS the
conflict between the chief bidders for the
exposition which is to celebrate the open
ing Of the Panama Canal 1t may induce
them to struggle until both are so weak
ened that the national capital can carry off
the prize. At every corner You can see
boomers and although the Southe~-C city
may have a little less cash at its disposal,
it makes up in intensity of desire and en-
ergy of promotion for any lack of coin
Whenever member Of Congress Is seen in
a part of the Capitol which is open to the
public he is promptly buttonholed and made
to listen to an interminable chapter of the
continued story of the special reasons why
San Francisco-or New Orleans-is the only
ideal place at which to hold the exposition
and how it was foreordained and even rro-
vided by the trainers of the Constitution.
With the hope of escaping these importu-
nities the members of the House Commit
tee on Rules have decided to hold a meet
ing next Friday to consider the request for
a special rule under which the merits of
hte competing cities may be Immediately
considered There is very general feeling
that if members of Congress are to secure
any peace whatever during those hours in
which they are not engaged in dealing with
legislation on the floors of the respective
chambers they must decide quickly between
the competing cities and send their repre-
sentatives home rejoicing. or bemoan,ng,
as the case may be. G.. G.. II.