The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-07
WHAT PREVENTS
A COMBINATION
Fear Democrats Viii Work in op-
position to Sims Movement to
Have Rules Committee Elec-
tive or Appointive in Some
Other Than Present Way.

WAShlNGTON, ID. G. - Special =
Doubts Of the loyalty Of certain Dem
vcrats OF the House of Representa-
yves Is all that prevents a cornbina-
ton OF Democrats and insurgent Re
publicans for the purpose of effecting
change in the rules so as to take
away from the Speaker the mower
10 appoint members of the standing
committees. 1t is this fear of the
recalcitrancy of certain Democrats
that IS working in opposition TO the
movement headed by REPRESENTATIVE
sims, OF Tennessee, tC have the Dem
ocraJc caucus declare at once that
the Rules Committee shall reDort an
amendment to the rules of the I1o,,s.
making the membership of the stand
ing committees elective, or apDointive
IN some other than the present way.
representative Fitzgerald and
ewenty-t"o other Democrats broke
away from their party al the oDeninR
OF the special session of CONGRESS, in
lSVS ana voted against the PROPOSE
uon 10 have a committee on commit
tees TO make the selections now made
oy tne Speaker. Mr.. Fitzgerald was
appointed member of the Rules
committee by Speaker Cannon, after
tnls vote, and Representatives Har-
rlSon, or New York, and Rroussard, of
LOUISIANA were appointed to the
ways and Means Committee.
Mr. Harrison offered to resign his
had not been recommended by Champ
clark, leader of the Democrats bt1t
Mr. Clark would not insist on this
course. Mr. Broussard did not offer
TO give up his place, nor did anv of
the-other Democrats who voted to sus
tain the old order and were after
wards appointed to committees with
out the recommendation of Mr. Clark
make any motion to surrender their
commissions.
The Democrats not in caucus short
ly after this secession of such a nor
uon of their strength. and adopted
resolutions criticising them in very
strong language.
But many Democrats fear that This
castigation did not bring about a re-
pentance sincere enough to prevent a
slnliar secession under similar cir
Surnstances. In plain words. the ma
Jorlty or the Democrats do not trust
Mr.. fitzgerald, and his followers of
iast year. Some of the Democrats
who stood firm, however. believe thai
there would be no detection this wear
with the campaign for reelection so
close at hand. One of the leading in
surgents said this week that were II
TOT that the Republicans who have
eft the regular fold lacked confidence
n those twenty-three Democrats. they
would be urging another combination
20 still further curtail the power OF
ne sneaker. They may do so vet
Too Soon for Aerial MnIIs
Postoffice Department TO employ in, the
transportation OF the mails YOU must
walt while. The department received
an oner from one A Broadbeck to car
ry mails In Zeppelin airships, but his
proposition was not considered The
trouble is, IL was gravely stated at the
department, that the law provides thai
contracts shall be made for the trans
portation OF the malls in specific ways.
Such as by rail, steamship, wagon
horseback and so on. Airship as the
means OF transportation is not men
reader that there was other lust n =
good ground for the rejection OF the OF
FER of Mt Broadbeck; Away back in
the thirties. while Cave Johnson, OF
tennessee. was Postmaster General
there was an offer made to transport
mails ~ means OF balloon. The Post
master General wrote a courteous lei -
ter, declining to consider the Droposf-
ton. 1t is a highly dificult matter
ior any man TO do anything somebody
else has not done, even to bidding TO
carrying the mails in an airship.
Fun With the Colonel.
Egypt and her British rulers took !
mighty seriously the speeches of Col
onel Roosevelt at Cairo. advising the
ofhcials and citizens how they must
rule and be ruled, respectively. and II
Is probable that the rulers of other
which Mr.. Roosevelt will |
visit before returning home are aghast |
az the prospect OF his making speeches |
while in their midst
Eut Washington aughed-without !
respect TO age, sex, political afiiliation, |
creed % or previous eondition-the capi-
n
istration is no laughing matter. The
former was In many respects
Roosevelt every time" was the COM
ment here on the address of the former |
president to the college students, made |
TO embrace all classes OF the country |
including assassips, whom he de-
nounced in the good old-fashioned way.
so familiar TO all after he had been in |
the White House several years. 1t |
was source OF surprise that he did
not use the term, "undesirable citizen"
one single time in the address or auy
or his addresses in Egypt. 1t is a caV-
orite. Nor did he tell his hearers to
oe decent II Is recalled that while
ne was President that was a favorite
word. used In every address and near
ne addressed a pan-American Congress
,e ~EpiscoQal Bishops. He told them to
ionadece1N He spoke before a ma
ess y as*osiatio99 Of business men in
Va deceTfL Finally he addressed the
.ol Nional MothQTs' Congress- and in the
- Arse or his sa3dress 20 them as 10 how
be good notiEfEs tSid them 20 be de
the scause some re
all thatSts about tc6fetIrn Sto us @i'ei
And now Washin1ca is Syondartne
whether he is going siscussei v,ssril,,E
NAL controversy betpFt%Hs&the OiPsSIseh-
and the Vatican " hiie in4tkame, the AZ
establishment OF the chSkh in Par
elective, franchiae in lTer<R, and tf
between the Lords &ad Com 4
mons while in London PeH&ans fhel
same uncertainty is filing the N4Snds of
the rulers or those countries, andz.4hort
snlng Nheir hours of actual sleeMA |
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