The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-11
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Goggett of Broadwater. The solid
democratic vote, and the majority of
the republican vote was cast to sustain
the ruling of the chair. This eff
fectually disposed of the matter.
Unappreciated Courtesy.
1t will be observed that there is a
distinct difference between the two
motions offered by Amin. In the first
motion it was provided that the speak
er himself should appoint a committee
on committees. In the latter Annin
motion the appointment Of his COM
mittee was distinctly placed in the
hands of the house itself. The first
motion was, as it's reading very clearly
indicates, designed to embarrass the
speaker just as little as possible. 1t
is true TIE actual naming of the en-
tire. list of committees of the house
was to be taken gut of his hands. but
it was so Worded that the speaker
might have the privilege of naming
the committee which should do this
| work for the house. No such spirit
of courtesy was manifested by the
democrats in the national house of
representatives when the power to APP
point the committees of that house
was by them taken away from Speak
er Cannon.
The Amin motion was based upor
the highest of all democratic party
p~recedents. First, the precedent set
by the democrats in control of the
last national house of representatives
second, the precedent afforded by the
decision of the democrats who are tC
be in control of the next United
States senate, and last, the precedent
set by the democratic state senators
but a few days Since, and who are in
control of the democratic state senate
in Montana. Surely there was moi
the slightest occasion for the progress
sives to presume that the democratic
majority in the house would not cheer
fully acquiesce in the proposal for the
application of sound democratic doc
trine to the government Of that body
The progressives may not fairly be
presumed to have thought otherwise
unless it be assented to that they had
knowledge that a majority of the
house democrats would be disloyal tc
one of their highest party principles.
Conferences.
In the interim between Mondays adj
iourment Of the house, and its con-
vening Tuesday morning, Kirschwing
Of Cascade came to Crippen, one of the
progressive floor leaders, asking for a
conference with Day, democrat. OF
Lewis and Clark, looking to a plan
which would give the progressives an
opening to renew the motion for a COM
mittee on committees. In the confer
ence which followed between these
three, it was agreed that Day should
at an appropriate m on the fol-
lowing morning, offer a motion to re-
consider the motion by which the rules
of the preceding assembly had beer
adopted. This motion, if passed
would have provided the opening in
tended. On Tuesday morning Day
sent the motion agreed upon in writ
ing to the speakers desk The
speaker quietly requested the pres
encc of Day at the desk. This was
followed very soon after by a motion
from Day for a recess. which motion
prevailed. Speaker Macdonald haG
Crippen, Day and KirschWing II
conference, and sought to have thu
movement for a committee on com
mittees abandoned. The assurance.
which he held out were not consid,
cred satisfactory by the three mem.
ioers, and the conference was brough
to a close.
During the same day there were
various conferences between the pro,
gressivc leaders and the Day-Kirsch.
wing element of so-called platform
democrats. 1t was not, hoWever
until the following morning that tn
progressives were given to under.
promised not only aid in securing !;
committee on committees, but ha
guaranteed such leadership on tn.
floor of the house as would hav.
made that result practically certain
that the matter was all off.
Inducements?
When the progressives learned tina
the platform democrats had lunked
and were. going to lay down, abjectIy
they determined to carry on thei
part for right principles for the gov.
ernment of the house without respec
to the attitude of other members
Whether the leaders OF the platform
democrats were induced to abandon
the fight by reason of assurances a.
to committee assignments, or whethel
) the pleas Of the machine politician.