The Washington times., 1912-04-22
DALzELL MAY GET
BACK TO CONGRESS
FROM PENNSYLVANIA
State May Name Noted
Standpatter as Congress
man-at-Large.

Congressman nalzell Of Pennsylvania,
who lately went down to defeat In the
landslide in Pennsylvania, may he
saved after all.
A movement has arisen To outtank
the disaster to Dalzell by selecting him
as one of the members of the House at
large, to whicn the state of Pennsyl-
rania Is now entitled.
A lifeboat to a man going down In
q sinking ship never loomed up more
opportunely than this effort TO get him
made a member ut large does to the
veteran Dalzell Unless 1t materiallzes
he will go down and cut of politics for
the rest of his career.
For thirteen continuous terms, begin
ming March 4. 1887. Dalzell has been in
the House. lie has arisen TO a COM
manding position on the Ways and
Means Committee. Only two men,
Cannon and Payne, have had more
House service than he. He has served
the big iron and steel and other pro-
tected interests of the Pittsburgh dis
trict faithfully. In turn, their infiu-
encc has kept him in Congress.
Always Baked.
Time and again the voters have
threatened to throw him out. but they
have not been able quite to accomplish
it. 1t remained for the overwhelming
anti-Taft and anti-Penrose tide to
sweep over Pennsylvania last week and
take Dalzell along with it.
In other days, Dalzell. "Blr' Finn.
and Chris Magee, of Pittsburgh formed
a triunlvirate that was a power in the
politics of that end Of Pennsylvania.
But the triumvirate broke. Finn is
nnty nol
Mayor William Magee. nephew OF Chris
Magee. is still potent 1t was he who
suggested that t would be a good idea
to take up Dalzell and make him one of
the four members Of Congress at large
for Pennsylvania. In behalf of this,
y IS urged that Dalzell has great in
fuence on The Ways ard Means Com
mtttee, that the protected interests Of
Pennsylvania need a man on that COM
mittee, and that 1t would be a recognI-
tion of the services of one who has
been thirteen terms IN the House.
May Not Work.
The plan may W may not work. Finn
may turn 1t down, and If so, that win
be the end of II. Finn may think 1t
good politics. however to allow Dalzell
to come back 20 Washington. and IL ne
d"es he will doubtless come back. It
may be added that they are not talk
ing much about Penrose now as boss of
Pennsylvania. That has changed since
Roosevelt swept the state. Finn looks
lot more like the boss Of the State
now than Penrose does.
II will be one of the strar gest turns
Of politics in .he history Of Congress II
Dalzell should be sent to the House
rs member at large after being beat
en- in his district Another strange
thing about the situation is that lot
OF Republicans, Including many insur-
gents. and a good many Democrats in
the House hope Ddlzeil will be returned.
Personally, he Is we'll liked, even nv the
men who have for years attacked him
for his tariff attitude and his uncon-
promising standpatism. most vigorously.
Even Vie" Murdoch gave way to
lament when told Dalzell was beaten.
AS q member Of the Rules Committee,
skilled in drafting rules and IT. the
niccties Of parliamentary practice, Dal-
zell Is often called on by his Democrats
enemies 10 help them out of a hole. II
he should come back from F'ennsyl-
vania he will be received by his COL
leagues with open arms on his personal
account. and then roundly lambasted
because he and the cause of high pro-
lection insist on consorting together so
ilagrantly.