Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24

senate last winter know that there
came a time. following the by-elections
and the mounting of the highest
crest of the wave Of insurrection, when
organization leaders in the upper and
lower chamber lost heart, Senators
Aldrich and Crane, the administration
chiefs, and even Speaker Cannon felt
that the session might end In welter
of indecision and defeat for the entire
administration legislative program.
This because it seemed possible that
the insurgents, by alliance with the
Democrats, would assume tull cohtro,
in both houses. Mr. Dwight shared
these fears. but did not give them eN-
preston save to a few close friends.
He refused to admit them to the
sneaker. to Senator Aldrich or to the
White House. He kept steadily, smll,
ingly and confidently at work, anu
finally began to see daylight. The rules
complete insurgenr victory, was VleWe9
by the whip as the elimination OF
the movement not as the foreruhheh
of worse things to come.
eft is not too much to say" SAID
prominent organization Republican re-
Gently, that to MIR. Dwight Is uue
large, yes, a preponderatlng snare OF
the credit for saving TINS session lao,,l lii
being n cross between the Donnybrook
fair and a winter Chautauqua. 1t
looked one time as if 1t would be al
fIeht and talk, with nothing done
When the rule to facilitate the pass
age of the postal savings bank bill was
nroposed President Taft ana speaker
cannon wished to know how many
votes could be secured for H. AFTER
nitiet canvass Mr.. Dwight assured Mr..
Toft and the speaker that they could
reIv on 169 votes for the rule. When
the vote came the rule received 10y Ike
nuhIican votes. This, together with the
democratic and Republican absentees
naired. gave it n handsome majority
Whips' methods vary. Mr.. watson
for instance, has n magnetic person
alitv and a way of carrying majority
along with joyful whoop. MI. wv ~
envies Mr.. Watson's ability along tIlaI
line and wishes he possessed 1t. Mr..
Dwight. on the other hand, depends
on steady plugCiAg away, earnest aP-
pcaIs to party loyalty and absence OF
crouch. "The insurgent of today may
be the regular of tomorrow Is MS pet
maxim. ,...-. ,,,,,o,,
Mr. Dwight was in Washington much
during his fathers terms in the mousse
He knew the cabineteers of the Har-
rison times and the old-time house ana
eonate leaders. His ranChing eXperl-
ence in the Dakotas. when he broke
broncos with "T. r." made him Ia
r,1iliar with the western polIlClalS'
BEFORE he came TO Washington ne
knew all about Washington o'uc1al
maze: Just where to go for intornia-
tion on given subjects. Hence Wheh
he came here to represent the Thlrueth
New York district in his own person,
he found 1t easy to renew old acqualh-
tances and to do favors for new mem
hers who came in whom he did, Out
of this i'm large measure has grown ms
great personal popularity with leslSla-
tors. ..,,,,o>,
Mr.. Dwight occupies a unique posi-
tion in the capital. He is trusted ao-
solutely by the speaker. He has
.'white card at the White House. hlS
friendship for Vice President sherman
is of long standing. Senator A'dr'oh
and the senate leaders are always ea-
ger to learn his views. Yet with all
This the insurgents Will come to nm
with their troubles, while the Demo-
Gratis .ook upon him with favor far be
vond that shown most other Repuhl-
cans. Thus he has become the repos-
itorv of all sorts of political conti-
denceS.
SO it is not surprising that when he
became the whip" they gave h1fa
quarters and an office equipment that
move his immediate predecessors TO
gCod-natured envy.