The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-03-18

has "Uncle Joe, and his service Of
i've terms was divided into three sep
arate periods.
The speaker If the new house un
doubtcdly will be Champ Clark OF Mis-
sour. who already has received the
nomination Of the Democratic caucus.
But Clark will not exercise the great
power that has been the portion Of his
predecessors In office. lie will pre-
side over the house and will have u
position Of commanding influence, but
the great political leverage exercised
by the speaker when he appointed the
committees will bc taken from him.
The committees in the d.nd house will
he elected by the house on the nomina.
ton of the ways and means commit
tee, the majority members of which
already have been chosen hy the Demo
cratic caucus.
The Democratic majority Of the new
house will revise the rules to a great
~ ur less extent. Certainly the whole
working organization Ut the house
must Doe reconstructed TN the sue
cess or failure Of the Democrats in
that undertaking depend alike the
hope, and fear, oi both of the great
political parties.
Tw" wear, ago many Democrats IN
rongrcs. drspaircd of the future Of
their party and openly admitted that
they never again hoped to zee q Demo
cratic congress Now they are worried
hecaus" their majority - too large 10
he safe Ia the maneuvers Of the par.
hamru'ary battle-ground
The Democrat, have been out ~
power .u long tina, the whole mum.
her ot Democrats BOO the next house.
92N, only four ever have served on the
majority side ut tb" house, uuiy four
have ,a' under the gravel ct q Demo
cratic speaker. These are Champ
Clark uf Missouri. i. Fred Talbot Of
MAINLAND. William \. Jones ~ Vir.
gina and jefferson VI Levy Of New
lurN For the other pa the cxperi.
rncc ui being e member ct the ma.
Ior.t'. with 'hr eutailrd responsibilities
viii %" absolutely novel
In the senate, although the Republi.
cans retain nominal control aud gl
though there will bee no change 10 ia,
formal organization VI :he BODY. IN,
actual changes are even more sweep
ing than in the houre.
TODAY end, the service IA the senate
If Nelson ". Aldf.ch o.! Rhode Island
aud Eugene Hale Of Maine. II end,
also the frig Of that compact ''Old
Guard organization which they cap
tanned. and which has controlled the
senate ever since the balance OF power
was wrestri from the free silver and
populist senators nearly a score Of
wears ago.
Seventeen senators retired today al
the expiration 0 fthc!F terms; ~ Re
publicans-Aldrich Beveridge, Bulks
ley, Burkrtt, Burrows, Carter, Derew
Dick. Flint. Hale, Kean. Piles scot,
aud warner. aud three Drmocrats-
FRAZER. Money aud TaliaIerro. OF the
rs Republicans seven Will be succeeded
hy Drmprr,', Ta- legislatures Of
New York and Montana at this writ
my are still iradlDc kri on the election
ut successor, 20 bcprw aud Carter
Three other Republicans oI the con
srryuti,rs stripe will he succeeded hy
ptugrrs.iyrs. Ouly two. Aldrlch and
Bulkrlry. wall be succeeded hy men ni
their " political stripe The three
retiring Democrats will be- succeeded
bv Democrats.
seven other changes caused by
death add ,till more to tho general up
setting Of the senate. 40 less than
- new faces will bee seen IN the senate
in the reNt session that were not there
when the DIST congress. began. TWEEN.
tytwo IN a total membership Of ninety
Two is q very Iarg" proportion, and IN,
senate ha, experienced no such grca,
change AZ unr time since the civil war
In the senate as II stands before adj
iourument today there are 30 Rcpubli
cans, ~ Democrats and one vacancy, q
Republican majority Of almost two "a
one. But the Republicans are divided
into h"stil" camps of Standpattcrs and