Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-22
CLARK SKO0IHS Way
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
SPEAKER OF HOUSE REMOVES
OBSTACLES.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
WILL De SELECTED
Old Guard Republicans Disposed 70
Permit Democrats TO Work Out ThsIr
Own Salvation and Revise Rules 70
Suit Observation-Disclosures Have
No Plans.
Especial Correspondence

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Washington, Dec. 22.-Champ Clark
will walk into the speakers chair next
December without opposition and q
few moments after he calls the
house to order a motion will be made
for the appointment of committees and
it will be adopted without difficulty.
This is the forecast made by demo-
cratic members Of the house who cam
| vassed the sentiment of tina body at
ter Mr.. Clark mad public his state
ment favoring the appointment Of a
committee on committees.
Had Clark remained silent on the
subject Of rules and allowed his per-
sonal followers to do as they pleased
it is probable that there would have
been a fight Of great magnitude be-
tween the progressive democrats ana
progressive republicans on the one
hand and conservative democrats ana
conservative republicans on the other.
! Now, however, the conservative dem
ocrats admit that the Clark statement
has placed them in a position where 1t
would be futile for them to attempt 70
head off a committee on committees
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and receive defeat but also would go
| out of their way to invite criticism for
opposing a popular reform in the rules
Of the house.
There is some uncertainty as to what
position will be taken by the old guard
republicans. Many of them are dis
posed to let the democrats work oui
their own salvation and to permit
them to revise the rules to suit hem
selves. Others, who are looking ahead
to the return to power of the repubil-
cans, are disposed to modify the pro-
/ posed reform as much as possible ana
; hope to do so by means Of an alll-
| ance with the conservative democrats.
Insurgent republicans are not yet
! certain as to the course they will pur-
sue. Many Of them feel that since
they started the agitation for rule re-
form they should carry 1T out before
the republicans lose control of the
house. These men are in favor OF
amending the rules at the close OF the
present short session without regard
to the plans Of the democrats for the
Sixty-Second congress.
whats happening on the noor?"
asked Senator Borah as he saw SEN
ator Brown, OF Nebraska, leave the
! chamber with a weary look on his
face.
First class in history IS now In
ing back 70 the office to digest some
Of the information with which the
senate atmosphere is laden"
"Come over here and tell me about
it, said Senator Borah. so that I may
spare myself the trouble Of going in
side"
"I don't want to be unfair to Joe
Bristow," announced Senator Brown
but I am rapidly coming to the con-
clusion that his education in history
was sadly neglected and that he is
now catching up. Mind o u I nay be
all wrong, but you can Judge for your
self.
"Joe' started to make some inquir-
les about these French spoilation
claims. No one objected to that. since
Millions OF dollars are involved. The
difficulty was that he did not seem
to know when to stop asking ques-
tons. or else. as I suspect. he did not
feel that he had learned enough his
tory.
go in there now and you will see
Joe popping questions at some Of our
literary colleagues. He has had poor
Lodge working overtime for three days.
Henry Cabot. you know, is some his
torian himself, having produced nu-
merous volumes about the history Of
the United States.
"Bristow will come across an item
Of $1,000 to reimburse some Frenchman
for a ship captured by American pri-
vateers.
ct desire to know says Joe looking
in the direction OF Lodge. what bearing
this claim has on the treaty Of 1908;
Of course some senator can tell me
of hand the nature Of that treaty.
Lodge. Of course, must sustain his
reputation as an historian. He grabs
a book Of treaties. ~discou-ses learnedIy
OF the treaty between France and the
United States. and connects the claim
with the treaty. Then Bristow picks
out another claim and another treaty.
and 80 on for three days"
do you know" said Borah, eft Brisr
tow were not certain Of reelection out
in Kansas I might suspect that he
wat preparing himself for a professor
ship in American history"
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