Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-22
TROUBLE AHEAD IN sEIEcTiNo
MINORITY WEINBERG or
COMMITTEES.
CANNON FALLS HEIR TO
MINORITY LEADERSHIP
u Hs Attsmpts 70 Determine Rspubli.
can Representation Prosrsssivss Will
Raise q Vigorous Protsst-Wili In.
sist on Minority Committee on Com
mittsss-lnsurssnt Almost hsIPIess.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Feb. 22.-House repub-
licans have a fine row ahead over the
question of selecting the minority
congress.
If an extra session is called. this row
may be precipitated Immediately. In
fact, it will be hard to avoid it II there
is an extra session At any rate, II
will come on not later than the begin
ming Of the next regular session.
Should there be an extra session. the
democratic leaders may or may not de-
iermine to fill all the committees at
the outset Of the session. 1t Is Ger
tainty the ways and means committee
will be made up. The democrats nave
already agreed TO the majority mem
bers of the ways and means commit
tee. But the republicans have done
nothing in this direction. The neces-
sity of organizing the ways and means
committee to consider tariff matters III
an extra session would compel the re-
publicans to decide how they are go
ing to make up their part OF the COM
mittees. In other words, 1t would pre-
cipitate the issue.
Democrats Won't intsrfsrs.
The democrats will not attempt TO
se1ec. the republicans to serve on the
different committees. They will leave
that to the republicans. II the repub-
licans follow the method Of making up
the committees which the democrats
have decided on, they will caucus ana
elect the minority members OF ways
and means and then let the men SO
elected choose the membership OF the
other committees.
Speaker c-nnon will be the minority
leader and under the old order OF
things would name the republican
membership on the committees but
Il there 10 any attempt to have this
done, the republican insurgents Will
raise a howl that win reverberase All
the way from here to California.
Nothing less than some system OF
CHOOSING the minority members OF com
nittees by q committee elected xor
that purpose will satisfy the insur-
gents, And even II this - done. they
will get the little end Of the oafsaan
Regulars in Majority.
Tho regulars are still IN the ma
FORTY In republican councils in the
house. II = caucus 10 held to elect
the minority members OF ways and
means. the probable result will be to
select for that membership the repub-
licans now on ways and means who
have had longest service. Such an ar
raneement would mean that PAYNE,
Dalzeil Mccall. Hill. Needham. Fordney
and Longworth would make up the re-
publican members Of ways and means
and the committee on committees. This
IL a standpat outfit and what It would
do in the way Of giving good COM
nittee assignments to the insurgents
can be con1ectured.
The insurgents are tust about help
less in the matter II the regulars de-
termine to carry things with high
hand. That I. the insnrgent. can not
wre.t any rood committee places from
the regulars unless they get democratic
aid But they can sit back and help
halk every move Of the regular re-
publicans on the floor and this Is prob
ably what they will feel driven to do
II they are not given due recognition
when the committee places are passed
around.