The Yale expositor., 1912-12-26

| VIC 1SLiOSldtiC uitulDcTSnlD III tHc
next house, that party's representa-
tion on the committees largely will be
increased. This means that instead
! or having n majority on each commit.
, tee OF two or three members. the Dem
ocrats In the next house viii have a
majority in some instances reaching
! rs nigh as seven or eight 1t is with
N the range OF possibilities, perhaps
probabilities, that the Progressive
party members CT the house, of whom
mere VIII be nineteen or twenty, will
, be given no committee representa-
, tion
Gloomy fer the Prosreaslves.
The Republicans OF the house will
meet in caucus and will decide on
the members who are TO represent
their party in the committees. If the
| Democrats, as II is said they are to
do. recognize only one minority party.
the fate of the Progressives so far as
committee representation is con-
cerned. will be entirely in the hands
Of The Republicans.
The Progressive members intend to
| hHld caucus or their own and to de-
nand committee representation. but
being so greatly in the minority and
| also being under the handicap OF the
determination of the Democrats not
10 recognize them as a party, they
perhaps will be able to dc nothing
msre than merely &c demand commit
Tee representation, for 1t is seemingly
| tncorcoivahle that the Progressives
viii ask the Republicans TO do any.
thing fer them In the matter of as
signments to the subsidiary bodies
OF the house.
1t is virtually certain that the Re
publicans will have, something to say
TO the Progressives about this com.
mittee membership matter. but as
| there is a stronger partisanship feel
ing between the Republicans and the
Progressives than there is between
either of them and the Democrats, the
| chances are that the Progressives will
refuse to accept any favors at the
hands OF the Republicans. II the Re-
publicans make up their minds to Of
fer committee representation to the
Progressives 1t seems likely, human
nature being what 1t is, that they will
offer them only inconspicuous com.
mittees, and The lowest ranking mem
bership places on each.
Planning for Inauguration.
Washington already is making
preparations for its creates. show
on earth" Every fourtn year
the capital for two months and
half is in the proverbial. and
perhaps bromide. rush Of prepara-
ton" It is the intention Of The
Democrats TO make Woodrow Wilson's
Inauguration q record-breaking event
and neither money nor pains will be
spared to accomplish the end in view
Prior TO every presidential inaugural
ceremony two committees are ap-
pointed Ito put the thing through" :"
There is the congressional committee
which this year already has been au-
thorized and the local Washington
committee, much larger in member
ship than the other and which really
does a greater amount Of work. Con-
gress has provided for the appoint
ment of three members Of the senate
and three members of the house OF
representatives to make the necessary
arrangements from the law makers
point Of view for the inducting into
Office of the Democratic president
elect.
Kindo cf CIuhc
Already it is known in Washington
that it is the intention of the local
committee acting through leading
Democrats In all parts Of the country
to have every state in the Union rep
resented by political organizations, by
marching clubs OF any proper kind
which can make a good parade show
ing, and by any business bodies
which can be represented properly
without giving the impression that
their endeavors are partisan. It is
held to be possible for almost any
kind of an organization to do honor
to a president Of the United States
without being subjects to the charge
that it is acting for political purposes
The Roosevelt Inauguration of 1905
was one Of the greatest affairs from
purely picturesque and perhaps spec
tacular point of view that ever had
the capital city for its setting. or
course the Rough Riders" and the
cowboy contingent from the west gave
particular interest to the event.
IT is said to he the determination
Of the men who are to be in charge
Of Mr.. Wilson's inauguration tc make
the celebration Of March 4 next every
whit as interesting and as picturesque
az that witnessed in March, 1905.
There will be big military display
at Mr.. wilson's Inauguration although
some Of the members Of his party
ARE opposed to such use Of the mill.
tary, holding that it is unDemocratic
Already it has been arranged to have
the regulars from Fort Myer. Fortress
Monroe, and frcm the forts farther up
the Chesapeake, In Washington on
March 4. and with these regulars will
he tho codeto from Wact Point md