Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-21
HALE MACHINE IN
MAINE MAY Be
OVERTHROW
Asher C. Hindsr Able .ParIia-
mentarian, Said TO Be Slated
For Office of Speaker Of the
House,
Morning Journal Bureau,
613 MunseN Building,
Washington, ID. G., July 20,

WHSllnSlOn, -. ~ July ~
Old-time candidates for the office
Of the speaker Of the house have a
recruit in their midst as a result Of
the overthrow of the Hale political
machine. He is Asher G. Kinds, at
present clerk at the speakers table.
and generally recognized as the most
able parliamentarian in the United
states. 1t was he who brought ruin
to the political machine which was
built many years ago by Senator
eugene Hale and maintained up to
the time that Kinds was nominated
by reclamation for congress in the
first district over Colonel Fred Hale,
a son Of the senator.
In nominating Kinds the republi-
cans administered q harder blow to
the senator than Is generally recognize
ed. After a long career in the public
service senator Hale had set his heart
on having his son follow in his foot
steps. He had already succeeded IN
having Chandler Hale. another son,
made en- assistant secretary of STATE,
The opposition TO his sons eandi-
JlfN i0I tlt DNtot VI tIitpt'N"RN
became SO great HAT the senator's
own political future WAS seriously en-
dangercd. Because of his old age ana
a %servicc in congress Of more than
thirty years, the senator sought to re-
licye his son of much of the OPPOSE
ton ana to save himself from the
possibility Of q humiliating defeat by
announcing that he would not be q
candidate for recollection. lie was thus
enabled 10 concentrate his forces in
support of Colonel Hale. How well he
succeeded was Illustrated recently
when Kinds was nominated by accla-
nation, thereby administering the
first defeat Of importance the Haze
machine has known during It's exist
once.
when the insurgent movement
, against Speaker Cannon was At Us
height during the last session of con-
| ercss and the leaders Of the move
ment were determined to unscat
"T-ncle Joe. there was a strong
sentiment in favor Of electing Kinds
to the speakership. There Is NOTHING
in the rules Of the house which specli-
I icaIlv provides that the speaker must
he "a member Of the house, and several
of the insurgents We're desirous OF
taking advantage of the silence on 'h's
( point by electing Kinds. So, lar as
handling the parliamentary sltuall"h
i'm the house IS concerned, Kinds mas
been The real speaker ever since MI
Cannon wa elected to that office
There is hut one man in the house
who presides over the body wlthou
the assistance OF Kinds. and that man
is James T.. Mann Of Illinois hlni-
SELF a candidate for the speakershlp
in the next congress.
There has been no lessening in the
sentiment in favor OF Kinds for the
~speakership. In fact. it Is now regard
ed AS certain that he will he = form
liable candidate, not only because No
is popular with every member on th'
house. irrespective OF faction anc
Lartv. but more especially because he
is peculiarly fitted to fill the office
The present sentiment In the house Is
to have the speaker n mere presidirt
( officer in much the same fashion a'
the speaker OF the English house o'
commons. and to restore To th'
housc much Of the power now vested
in the sneaker. should this sentimen.
he crystalized i'm the Sixty-second con
press Kinds. II is believed. will be th'
logical choice. not only OF the insur'
GENTS but also OF many regulars. e
whom the speakership would lose lti
attractiveuess 90 IL were shorn or US
power.
Kinds had his parliamentary tralh'
ing in an excellent school. He mrs
came 10 Washington as a clerk in IN
office Of the late Thomas V. lteed
whose arbitrary rulings gained To-
.lbim the title of car. "a title which u
now frequently given To Speaker Gan
non. Al tha; time Amos Allen nov
a member IT the house from the mrs
Maine district. was Reeds private sec
retarv. When Reed retired IRON
congress he used his influence 20 have
allen elected To- his place. MT Al
len. becoming weary 81 public hle
desired thas his seat DE occupied ID.
mother Of Mr. Reeds intimates ah'
bis -vmrathv was with Kinds IN
usrramentarian is not q good orat"'
ana IL fs expected hat a great deal %
attenucn during his first term VII
ba devoted g. q discussion of Tire rule
t .r.nf ne will unuounfeul.