Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-18
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mating Minority Representation.
TROUBLES OF THE MAJORITY
Committee on Committees Con-
Contest Over Chairmanships.

No move is being made by the republic
ans of the next House toward allotting their
committee assignments pending the ef-
forts OF the democrats to organize the
majority membership of the committees.
The republicans are standing by" in
sea parlance, until the democrats frame
their game.
Indeed, the republicans have not even
decided upon the mode Of designating
their assignments. Being a stiff-necked
generation and "sot in their ways" they
do not relish the idea Of lending assent
to the democratic plan of a committee on
committees by appointing committee Of
their own to parcel out the places. and
Yet that is what some Of them think
they will have to come to in the end.
1t is an awful thing, they say, to have
to follow the pace set by democrats and
tacitly confess that the plan. honored by
usage, of one man, the minority leader,
naming the minority committeeman has
been wrong all along, until the democrats
found the light.
Confronted by Problems.
And yet to whom else will they delegate
the authority to place the minority men,
bership; what individual are they willing
to invest with this great power? Uncle
Joe Cannon, 1.-The man Of sim? Whoopee!
The progressives go into the air at once
on the mere suggestion. Some other mi
nority leader? There's the rub. I'VE are
all leaders under the new dispensation, %
they say. And meanwhile time flies and
the day of reckoning draws nigh. when
they will have to fish or cut bait"
But there are others who have troubles
Of their own. The democratic commit
tee on committees il not treading the
primrose path Of dalliance by any man
ner of means. The fourteen members of
the committee. equally distributed be-
tween the north aand south sectionally,
are finding the task of committee ass gn-
ment bristling with difficulties.
At least three important chairmanships
are troubling them. together with several
minor chairmanships and scores of indi-
vidual applications for place on commit
tees. The opposition Of Bryan and Hearst
to Fitzgerald for the appropriations chair
manship, the fight of one faction against
commerce Craftsmanship and the rivalry
between Sulzer and Hay for the military
affairs Craftsmanship are live issues wit
the committee on committees.
Claims Of the Rivals.
Mr.. Sulzer claims that Craftsmanship
because he Is the ranking democrat on
the committee. Mr. Hay demands it in
recognition OF his prominence in the par
ty councils. He was the leader In the
movement which created the COMMITTEES
on committees, the father Of the plan,
practically. and he regards 1t almost as
filiai ingratitude net to grant his re-
quest.
1t was suggested today that perhaps
the way out of the difficulty will be
found by the committee making no rec
ommendatiOn as to these chairmanships
and leaving the democratic caucus to ex-
press its preference by vote. Some men,
bers are averse to that procedure as sus-
ceptible of being construed as a confess
sion Of weakness OF the new plan. while
others contend that it represents the es-
sence Of democracy and the opposite ex-
treme of dictatorial method.
OF course, all of the work Of the COM
mittee on committees is subject to ap-
prevail or rejection by the democratic eau
Gus, although 1t is thought the caucus will
be inclined to accept the recommends
lions of the committee en- bloc, since to
seek to amend them would be to open up
interminable discussion.
Full Report Probable.
1t is considered quite likely therefore
try to present a full report to the caucus.
with the possible exception Of a reserva-
ton on these three chairmanships 1t Is
said that final settlement of the question
will furnish as much excitement In the
caucus proceedings as will be desirable
The republicans may wait until the
democratic caucus has definitely adopted
its program. Some republicans entertain
the bare hope that the democrats may
have to abandon their scheme but in this
expectation they are likely to be disap-
pointed, according to the best information
from democratic sources.