The sun., 1910-05-03
HObsOn; Something Ought 90 ne
DOne.

Done.
The House COmmittse on Rules We
refer IN the enlarged and reconstructed
COMMITTEES ee-hnan't done q thing since
the triumph Of the insurgents more than
- look proud Of that achievement and
throw out pretsntious suggestions Of
future bursts Of wisdom. Practically
things are as they were. The old rules
still govern parliamentary procedure
and old Uncle JOE sits in his accustomed
chair and Cr,lshes genius with one whack
Oi his BRotian mallet.
Something ought u he done. The
newly acquired power of the lnsurgent-
Democratic combination ought 20 he
asserted. To 60 on with the time hon.
ored arrangement il merely 20 invite NJ
"a a Barmecide feast. % wear the ROBE
Of ConQuerors and reiormerS and 10 sit
with feet Of clay buried in the same old
mire. And where could a better and
more suspicious beginning BE- made than
by suttraCtinG the Hon. RICHMOND
PEARSON HOBsoN from the Naval Com
mittee, where he has unlimited oppor-
tunities Of vociferatiOn and license N
ohstrlCt and interfere with things Of
consequence? Ten years ago he was in
the naval service. not a. a line ofiioer
a navigator, a specialist in ordnance or
an expert in strategy or warfare. He
was a landsman, presumably versed in
mathematics and ship carpentry, and %
that e1tsnt, presumably. a useful ad-
iunct Of the navy. Since then he has
been a civilian. a lecturer, q politician, a
perennial fount Of language. and most
amusing 10 the general in every role.
But why is he a member Of the Naval
Committee Of the House. What can We
argue from his antecedents or CLEAN
from his public performances that will
justify this g-otesque selection by the
Hon. JOSEPH q. CANNON ave see the
matter il would be better TO have JONES
Of POdunk on the committee. Az least
JONES would have an open and receptive
mind, whereas HoBsoS has a mind
already made up and a mouth of I'M
measurable resource
We have stood by -Old JOS through
thick and thin up 90 this point. Il still
seems % ~ that he has done his best.
Possibly he may not he able now 70 -
move HOBsON from the Navy Committee,
in which case We pity hum and with ahec-
tionate relus tancs invoke the lnterfer-
ence Of the new committee which has
done nothing vet. though il ought 20 be
getting busy II il ever intends to. But
HOBsON has been MIXING very freely in
Secretary METERS proposed reOrRan-
izaiion Of the Bavy-Ohly N purposes Of
delay and confusion. Of course. for
naturally he knows nothing about the
Meyer plan and has had no training
which would enable him % criticise II.
And for this and perhaps other reasons
We wonder At the continued domination
Of old JOE CANNoN and the DalzeIl rules.
We shall never forgive the Speaker for
creating this outlet for HOBsON's irri-
tating activities and volubilities. He
deserves every humiliation that can BE-
imposed upon him by hostile ma jority
for that one reason Il for no other.
ASpeaker ought 20 be a prophet and a
clairvoyant a. well a. a despOi. and II the
Hon JOSEPH G CANNON had made HoB-
son a member Of the Committee on
Waste Paper and Raw Cotton or chosen
him a. chairman of the Committee
On Acoustics and Reverberations, We
should now hail and celebrate him and
decorate his large Ears with garlands.