The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-05
YOUNG ALBANIAN
SOME PUMP PK|NS'
Oscar Underwood Will Rival
Speaker as to Power in
the House.
SOUTH WILL FIGURE in
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Gossip About Politics and Poll
ticians as Heard in Corri-
dors of National Capitol.
BY RALPH M. wHITEsIDE.
,eased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Feb. A young man
BY the name of Underwood. Oscar I'm
derwood, of Alabama, Is TO be one OF the
big men, II not the big man. OF the next
house Of representatives 1t is an open
question II the chairman OF the ways
and means committee. under Che new
dispensation. is not greater power In
the house than the speaker. His com
mittee not only has in charge the taxa
tion bills. bu: It will name the other
committees OF the house. Its chairman
therefore is a pretty STABLE figure, and
the aforesaid Oscar Underwood is 1t.
And. be It said. Mr.. Underwood will
measure up to the job. He Is no orator.
but there are few In the house who
car excel him when it comes to max
Ing a plain straightforward statement OF
a case in which he is interested. He is
still on the sunny side Of fifty. and is
likely TO go a good deal further before
his hair is stlvered or gone.
1t Is not regarded as improbable In
Washington that the south will figure on
both presidential tickets next year. The
victory OF Gov. Woodrow Wilson OF New
James Smith. has advanced his chances
Of securing the Democratic nomination
several points. Ii nominated he would.
o' course. be credited TO New Jersey, but
~ IL n southern man nrNcEluSleSS.
There Is n growing sentiment that 1t
might be good politics FOR the Republi
cans 10 go south. probably to Tennessee.
for the vice presidential candidate.
La Toilette Is Accessi BILE.
Senator La Toilette is probably the
most democratic man around the capitol.
There is no monkey business about get
ting into La Follctte's office One does
not have conference with the senator's
secretary with n View OF getting on
waiting list for = meeting with the sena
tor himself. Al that is necessary is TO
walk rigk; into La Follette's office. the
same as one would walk into a barber
shop. and make ones wants known.
Not infrequently the door Into the pri-
vate office Is aiar, and one may go right
inio where La Toilette Is. without knock
ing. ana he won't act veXed about II.
Sometimes, when mes head over heels In
work. he'll lock the doo:. but this move
on his part Is not actuaIed by any un-
democratic spirit.
To see La Toilette IN repose Il is not
easy 10 picture him as lighting insur-
content himself sitting around home and
doing nothing more bell!gerent than hunt
ing for the missing faces In a picture
puzzle or playing parchesi.
Hammond for Work and Gaynor.
Representative W. s. Hammond OF Min
commonwealth elected in November, is o;
the opinion that the Democrats should
attend 10 business and do the will OF
the people by eracting legislation as
playing politics and harassing the Re-
publicanS.
III they get together and make an
honest effort to enact the right kind OF
the Democrats may hope to
retain their popularity and elect their
candidate for president in 1912. If they
do not attend to business. neglecting their
duties and merely playing politics. they