The Washington times., 1910-12-10


what had come.
Thought It Cannon's- End
A Tot Of Democrats thought it was
the end Of Cannon. rather than Of Can
nonism. they imagined that with can
non eliminated as Speaker. a Demo
cratic House could 20 right ahead in
the old way. under the Cannon rules,
but with a Democratic Speaker 20 ac-
minister them, and the country would
be satisfied Il is violating no conl-
dence 20 SAY. that a good many Of these
Democrats have seen a new light 10 the
last few days. They have been hear
ing from the country
The Democratic Insurgency aealF-sl tlie
Cannon CJs.-s has grown IKE Ine p-O-
verbal -..uStard seed Al HFsL j cum
sisted So TAR IS concerned its repre-
sentati0n in the DenOcraJlc caucus oL
the Hon James Hay. OF virginia anu
the Hon Tnetus " sims. 81 el-l-es9' =
These two gentlemen dion stop 70
WOrry about what effect Il Wouia nave
on their prospects for committee as
siEnEnents. OF how II would aILeCt tLel-
They simply climbed rp on TOP OF the
house and began Believing about the
party pledge 10 take the collIlltLee-
making power away from the Speaker
Rise of Many Rumors.
II was rather amusing at first No
BODY paid much attention II vas
noised about that Mr. Hay was sore,
and that a.. yhow he never did think
much Of Champ Clark As for M
Sims. il vas variously represented that
he always had been pretty unmanage-
able. that he was a thoroughly eccen-
trio old chap. that he wanted par
ticula-Iy coed committee asst ument.
and that ne had ambitions % be Se1z-
tor from TeuneSsee-
Meanwhile M SINS and Mr. Hay
Z went on saving wood Laey laoored
with their colleagues, telling them that
/ the country was going to hold the party
responsible for the performance OF ITS
pledges Then The Washington Times
undertook rs poA OF the Democrats
elected 70 the next House on the Cues-
ton Of taking the appointing
power from the Speak The results OF
this poll brought the Trst serious shock
2 TO the confidence Of eDtleDeu who had
imagined that by keeping quiet they
I could get by with the cheerful enter
! prise OF forgetting about the party s
I most important pledge 10 the country.
The results OF The Times poll on this
! subject 20 date are highly Interesting
. They show that just four times as many
, members have declared in favor Of tax
Z ing the committee pov-s- away from
{ the Speaker as have expressed them
I selves IN favor Of leaving that power
I with the presiding officer To be sure.
I a ma ority OF Democrats decline TO com
nit themselves N alI- they were wait
/ ing 10 see which way the cat would
I jump.
Where Bryan Gets On.
{ Wen, the cat has been Jun pfng- VIII
lam Jennings Bryan. a gentleman OF
some significance in Democratic circles.
observing AIessrs- Hay and Sims airing
their views from the hoUsetCD. climb
up alongside them and added a few OF
MS most melli7uOus and siIver-f -atef
observations, by way Of chez ring that
somewhat lonesome pair on their way
II is 10 he conceded that AIr Bryan has
long held the international record for
getting the largest number OF votes IN
proportion TO the number OF election
certificates he acquires But. despite
that, no Democrat, however safe and
sane fmagines that the Democrats are
going TO carry the country next time II
AIT. Bryan gets out and announces that
they have been dealing in ilerfidy and
dishonor- So II happened that about the
time Mr. Bryan spoke 10 the little con-
spiracy OF silence was blown I'D in the
midst Of a loud report which was
echoed from all parts Of the country.
1 There are still plenty of Democratic
/ Congressman and CouETeSsmen-eiecC
who don't know l. Is ali over. They
viii find out about g later. The i'm
portant fact IS that II is all over, that
the committee-maIzinE power IS going &c
be taken away from the Speaker by the
next House, - IL isn't taken away by
the present one. and that insurgency
inside the Democratic party VIII nave
3 Won its first big victory