The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-27
WILL GET RID
Of UNCLE JOE
Speaker Cannon Will Not Be
Allowed the Usual Courtesy of
Being Minority Leader.
DEMOCRATS DETERMINED,
TO LIMIT PRIVILEGES
Next Incumbent Will Not Have
Power That "Sage of Dan
vile" Welded.
= Leased Wire 10 The Tribune.

By Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 26.-Thcy arc on
the trail OF Speaker Cannon and intend
TO wrest the honor OF the minority lead
crshlp In the slHty-sccond congress away
from him. Ordinarily. with change OF
the parties IN power in the house. tho
retiring speaker would be accorded the
place of minority leader But this is not
going to be the case with Uncle Joe" :"
The movement TO deprive him Of this
leadership has already started.
Prominent mon In the house have start
cd out to get pledges which are not III
the interest OF Mr.. Cannon, providing he
chersbcs the ambition to the minority
leadership, and IT is generally believed
he does. The movement is not now
being led By tho insurgents, but by the
near insurgents. and hence. In some re-
spccts, Is more sure to prevent the Sc
lection OF the Danviile statesman as mi
norty leader than II IL were inauSurated
by out and out insurgents.
Representative Mann OF Illinois ~ loom
ing up as "A strong possibility for minor
ity leader in the next house.
To Limit Speakers IS Power.
Walter ]. Smith Of Iowa is another
member OF the house who Is expected
10 he foremost In the handling OF Re-
publican affairs, az least from the stand
ard OF the Republicans. The nearness or
The time OF opening congress makes IL
clearer that the issue OF taking from the
speaker the power TO appoint committees
and providing for O. committee on com
mittees cannot bo escaped.
Tho Democratic leaders have TO moot
&C. and either accept II or vote against
H. Representative Hubbard OF Iowa. one
OF the foremost OF house insurgents. vino
was reelected to ofnce by INC largest
some hing lk. 710o--baB arrived In
Washington for. the Forthcoming session.
Mr.. Hubbard declared he intended 10 do
all he could to bring about committee
on committees.
$50 far MS | am concerned. said Mr
Hubbard. Il don't intend 10 quit In the
rIEht Tor revision of the rules. | intend
TO do slll can TO bring about the crca :,
,ion OF n committee on committees and
10 do Il nj this session. | am convinced
tho speaker should not have the power
IN name committees, and that they
should be selected hy the house Itself
Senate Leadership.
REPRESENTATIVE Norris OF Nebraska,
another leading insurgent. is coming 70
Washington In n similar frame ot Inlnu.
AIreudy a number or progressive Demo
crafts in the house have spoken out Tor
a committee on committees.
One Of the most recent to do 40 Is
Representative Sims OF tennessee Judge
Sims has given out an interview on the
rulns In question, In which. In effect. he
declares war on any candidate for speak
cr who ie not for committee on commit
tees.
Judge Sims has just been returned to
congress by tho biggest majority he ever
got. ~
,hn clerk OF the house In the slXty-sec
ond congress. He Is former Representa-
tive John Wesley Gaines OF Tennessee
Mr., Gaines is not on applicant, but many
of his friends think him good timber.
| south Trlmbie Of Kentucky and Repre-
sentative Livingston of Georgia are can
didates for this position
| b.. 1nY ~ n
| Icodership is rnusng discussion already
senators Bailey, Rayner and Bacon ALI
| n r.. mentioned for chairman of the Demo-
| cratic cause To succeed Senator Money.