Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-07
WANT PLACES
ON DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES
Hx ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
With nearly the entire membership OF
the house present the w%irepulling for
committee places in the next congress
has begun In earnest. The Republic
ans are interested as ~onlookers, for
they win not have much to say about
the committee assignments. But with
| the Democrats 1t Is different.
No Democrat now In the house was
ever chairman of a committee. Men
have attained ranking places on COM
mittees by length of service, but In
several instances these ranking mem
bers are not all fitted for chairmen.
Aside from the rank of members, there
is the question of locality as to state.
affiliations and factions to be consider
ed, which will become more pronounc-
ed as the session progresses.
1t Is not yet known whether the
speaker will appoint the committees
or the house win elect them, though it
is almost sure the latter plan will be
adopted. Most of the Democrats are
on record in favor of taking the power
of committee appointments from the
speaker, and they will be obliged to
stand by their votes. That, being con-
ceded, makes the wirepulling now
going on interesting, for 1t Is not to-
the prospective speaker that they must
look for favors, but to the majority of
their party.
Fear fractional Fights.
Already the contest has reached a
stage where fractional differences have
arisen. 1t appears to be the intention
of the regulars" among the Demo
Gratis to punish the 'insurgenss' of
their party.
The regulars are those who followed
Champ Clark in his alliance with the
insurgent Republicans when the pres
ent house was organized, and the In
surgents are those who saved Speaker
Cannon and his rules. For a long time
they were known as Cannon Demo
Gratis" There is q disposition to pre-
VEN any of them from landing good
committee chairmanships.
Congressman Fitzgerald OF New
York, who was the leader of the in
surgents, has been picked out for dis
cipline. There are a number or
stanch party men who say he shall
not be rewarded with the chairman
ship of the appropriations committee.
Of which he Is the ranking Democrat.
The Tou vslie Bill.
Congressman Tou velle OF Ohio
awoke to find himself famous. He is
the author of a bill to prohibit the print
ing of business cards IN stamped en-
velopes furnished by the government
Printers throughout the country COM
planned that the government had be-
come such a rival that they could not
compete in the envelope business;
hence Tou Yelle introduced a bill re-
stricting the government in furnish
ing such envelopes.
And now the other side.
Business men who haze been getting
the envelopes are pouring In protests
against the Tou Velle bill. They say
that It win make their envelopes cost
a dollar more per thousand II they
can no longer be furnished by the
government. There is likely TO be a
big fight over the measure.
Champ and His Flower.
Champ Clark now daily sports a flow
er in the buttonhole of his coat lapel.
Many other prominent men in the house
are also provided in this manner, and
1t is noticeable that more flowers ap-
pear on the Democratic side than here
tofore.
There Is an old employee in the house
who is q florist farmer. Every day hs
brings a large box of flowers to the
house, and the leaders are given a BIOS
som as they pass by him. My daily
bribe," remarked Speaker Cannon nj
day as he accepted one of the flowers.
Now Champ is particularly favored.
and his buttonhole adornment lie even
better than that Of the speaker.
Flowers as well as straws show
which way the wind blows.
The ifeedoe Seat.
Any seat in the senate ia good enough
for the average man. but I should think
that the man who wants to remain long
would avoid the seat now occupied by
Senator Beveridge. Henry L. Dawes
occupied it and was let out. Then
Dolph of Oregon had 1t for two
and was defeated Dubois OF Idaho
took It and failed Of reelection. Spoon
er OF Wisconsin occupied 1t, and as he
saw the La Toilette handwriting on the
wall he retired. Then Beveridge took
II, and now he Is soon TO become an ex.
senator.
And just in front Of this hoodoo seat
Is that Of Senator Frye, who has oceu-
pied 1t for nearly q. quarter OF a cen
tury.
Senator Johnston OF Alabama and
| Senator Hughes OF Colorado came to
the front at the beginning OF the zes-
sion. Hughes got the seat SO long &C.
eupled by Senator Daniel IN the mont
row on the Democratic side. and
Johnston landed In the McEnery seal
near By. Thus two comparatively aas