Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-17
SPOILS ALREADY DIVIDED
Texas Representative Sends Pam
phlet to His Brethren.
CALLS THEM FELLOW WORMS
Declares Certain Members Want to
Rush Through a Cut and
Dried Program.

vail at tonight's democratic dinner in
Baltimore and at the democratic caucus
| here in Washington Thursday of this
| week. But nothing like this will happen
| IL Representative Dies of Texas has his
| way. Nothing but a, free fight will satisfy
| him.
Yesterday, right on the eve OF the Balti-
more outburst of harmony. Mr.. Dies
mailed pamphlet TO his brethren. vio-
lently assailing those whom he calls
early bird members of his party.
Representative Dies prefaces his PAM
phlct with this declaration of independ-
ence:
IT'D speak to il. though hell itself
should cape and bid me hold my peace
You are invited to a feast of stale
Dishes" says the Texas representative.
referring, of course, to the cut and dried
democratic caucus.
Says Deal lis Framed Up.
~ few early birds have framed mp a
deal whereby the caucus is cold decked.
The early birds have divided the spells
among themselves and now propose that
you shall go through the silent, senseless
and insipid role of muttering the aye
and nay of trained animals"
Mr.. Dies then devotes about a thousand
words to explaining how the cold decking
came about. He says the country re-
| belled at the arbitrary power of the
Speaker and decided tentatively that the
next Speaker should be stripped of his
power to appoint the committees of the
House.
Then he says, lit was thought best
to have a caucus January ID, i'm order
to elect a tentative ways and means COM
mittee to begin preparatory work on the
| tariff. At this juncture certain enter
prising members conceived the bold idea
| of usurping the powers which it had been
| tacitly agreed should be taken from the
Speaker. and began to promote the
scheme which is to be served up stale to
the coming caucus. They were each play
ing for strong committee place. They
issued so per cent of the stock to them
selves as promoters and used the remain
ing 80 per cent to lull certain restless
Aguinaldos who exhibited signs of a bolt.
AS usual, the early bird got the worm.
After much trading. log rolling and in
timidation the early birds think they are
| safe"
Declares It an Insult.
Representatives Dies declares that it is
an insult to invite members to a caucus
| and then before the day of meeting comes
round to "hogtie' and 'hamstring'' them
| and impudently publish the result in adj
vance of the caucus. Mr.. Dies adds that
some of the eighty-four newly elected
democrats. are as game birds as ever
donned q spur or plucked feat ,er i'm the
cause of democracy" Yet some of the
present democratic members of the House
had plans laid to clip the wings Of the
new members before they had even had
time to fly into the capital barnyard.
Mr.. Dies asserts that the authors of the
outrageous frame-up will not tolerate
\
| they have a cut and dried program in
tended to shape the party for three years
in advance. said program to be rushed
| through with such lightning speed that
members will sit gaping in their seats AT
| the stupendous presumption of the entire
performance.
| Meditating upon this arrogant piece
I of political legerdemain." Mr. Dies re-
| marks that the party leaders are the vic
tins and not the instiCators of it.
| He addresses his colleagues who like
himself have been left out in the cold.
as fellow worms He adds that those
| turn will have an opportunity on the 10Th.
| at the caucus. He demands to know
whether the new democratic bosses are to
| be "bootlicked" and obeyed or whether
| they are to be stripped of power and
1 its possibilities.
"Cut and Dried Slate"
| 'In the Sixty-second Congress-" mourns
the representative from Texas, YOU may
expect to find many modest but able men
comparatively neglected. A cabal knows
| no conscience A usurper feels no re-
| sponsibility. The true conspirator is the
soul of impudence- No greater insult has
ever been offered 10 the representatives
of the people than this cut and dried
slate, impudently stuck under the noses
| of gentlemen for quick action.
You will be surprised, he says. when
you come to know what a handful of men
| have put up this job on the caucus. Ii
you knew how few and weak they are
1 the slate would break with a crash and
| the cold deck be returned a memento
| of abortive usurpation. Will you obey
these men, never allowing even a sense
of manhood and duty to come between
| you and them? If you are prepared to
| respond in the affirmative. the symbol Of
| the union shall be ring in your nose