The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-11-17
CANNON MAN WILL
GET CHIEF HONOR
FROM new SPEAKER
Fitzgerald, who Defeat
ed Rules Reform, Will
Get Best Place.
TROUBLE is AHEAD
TROUBLE is AHEAD
For Democratic Party With
Burden Of Responsibility for
Legislation in Lower House
ROOSEvELT's HOME
DUBBED BLUEPO1NT.

oyster bay, N. Y.--CODgreSs- =
: man Martin w. Littleton, who
> defeated w. w. Cocks, the re- =
. publican nominee, In Roosevelt,s .
: own district, said today in dis .
= cussing his own election and .
: that of Dix, that there is a move =
= ment on foot to change the name =
/" of Oyster Bay to Bluepoint. .
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Chicago majority Of sixty in
the House and the gain of eight seats
inthe United States Senate, are the
results obtained by the Democrats at
Tuesdays congressional elections, &C:
cording to the later returns. AS the
situation nov stands it will be impos-
sible for the democrats to get con-
troll of the upper branch of Congress
except through the accident of death
and the consequent creation of va
cancies in states hit by the landslide.
Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Nebras-
ka, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and
West Virginia are the state which
have elected democratic legislatures
that will choose successors to Repub-
lican senators.
The greater troubles of the battle
Scared democratic party-and, good
ness knows, they have been great
enough for something like sixteen
years-were inaugurated with the
glorious victory of No. s.. Mingled
with the prayers of thankfulness that
went up yesterday there arose from
them temple supplications that broth
er1y love may prevail during the next
two years and that the majority in
the next House Of Representatives in
Washington especially may be on its
good behavior.
Will They Wrangle?
The ante-election diagnosis left
absolutely no necessity for a post
mortem. Therefore the question of
the hour is not, GLOW did 1t happen?''
but, "What are the democrats going
to do with the fruits Of their vic
tory?" Will the majority in the
House play follow my leader" to a
harmonious degree, or will that old
constitutional tendency of democrats
the Kilkenny cats-in or out of pow
er-operate to upset the hopes now
SO pronounced? And then, too. the
old enemy is crushed but not van
quished; pitfalls will be laid for the
statesmen-victors to entrap them il
they be unwary. From the beginning
of the next Congress to the summer
of 1912. and eve during the contin-
uance of Republican domination,
there will be seen some of the finest
strategic moving and some of the
most artistic oratorical wrestling,
with an occasional stop to score
points with a vote, ever witnessed in
this country.
AS was to be expected, a crop OF
rumors has shot forth to the effect
that Champ Clark, the present minor
ity leader, will be opposed for the
sneakership. Some long distance
trouble-makers forsee his defeat. AS
a matter of fact the selection Of the
Missourian to preside over the dalib-
eratlons of the House in the Sixty
Congress was practically set
tied so far as the old members we're
concerned last winter. There are
jealousies, to be sure; but it is not
the Democrats will permit them
come into play at the very drop of
the hat, with all that is in sight,
Honor for Cannon Democrat.
1t need not be expected that the
d smocrats will do a whole lot of
reforming beyond what already
been done in the House. They
over taking the power to name
committees away from the speaker
last spring, and the reason was that
the iafiuence Of Champ Clark pre-
to a considerable degree; and
Clark was looking a little
ahead 10 the time when he would take
mantle OF Uncle Joe" And os
when the new Congress meets there
probably will be not alone the abb
V nee of a fight Yer the speakership,
out the possible rivals will be smil-
ng at him in anticipation of the dis
,ribution of committee chairmanships
which have not been at command