Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-25
LEADER OF HOUSE
sTIRs UP MUCH LIVELY
OPPOSITION.
GETS IN BAD BY ATTACK
ON sUFFRAGlsT PARADE
Talk Of Clipping Wings by Osprivins
Mann Of Power to Make Republican
Committee Assignments = Charged
With Being Too Busy Grinding Own
Axes Instead Of Working for Party.
Special Correspondence

Washington, March 25.-Minor.tv
Leader Jim Mann, head of the re-
publican membership OF the house in
the last congress, succeeded in stirrins
UP trouble for himself when. about
the close of the session OF the recent
congress. he reflected on the suffra-
sists who marched in the parade Oh
March ana voiced the OPINION they
ought to have been at nome LOOKING d.
ter their household duties instead o..
iuGulslng IN a procession on PennS!l-
yonia avenue.
OF course, Congressman Mann mas
long thIived on trouble. He Is per-
feel.y at nome in a scrap SIN, ne
has stirred up one of new soft Win
when he. experienced tactician anu
strategist that he is, doesn't know
quite how to proceed.
strs Up Opposition.
Mr.. Mann will doubtless be fechoseh
for minority leader. But before lie
SHE'D an unfortunate remark IN the
direction OF the suttragists he mad OPP
position. Now, he has more of II. Ana
the suffragists are writing their re-
publican friends demanding the Mann
scalp and otherwise causing worry Tor
the Chicago statesman. The repupn-
cans in the house had troubles In
plenty before the suffragists caInped Oh
their trail and threatened them II they
put Mann again at their head anu
hence the situation gives them some
anxiety. Suffrage states are getting
sufficiently numerous now SO that no
we'll advised politician makes any mere
sratuitous reflection on woman sui
frage or anything appertaining thereto
when he can just as well avoid 1t.
Under the surface there is a lot OF
republican talk adverse to Mann
which has been accentuated by his ob-
servations anent the suffrage parade.
1t will probably not come TO any
thing. That is, it looks as If 1t would
be impossible for the Mann opposition
to crystallize on any other individual
for leader. Esch. OF Wisconsin Is
talked of, Gardner Of Massachusetts.
and two or three others. The outcome
will probably be the selection of Mann
for minority leader, that is. for re-
publican minority leader, and things
will run on about as before In the
republican camp in the house.
May NufO tbs FO"ST'
Considerable talk is heard, however,
of clipping the wings of the minority
leader by depriving him OF the power
to make up the republican assignments
to committees. A plan to make the
republican members of the ways ana
means committee the committee on
COMMITTEES Is discussed. This wouio
make the minority leader mucn less
powerful parsonage than he IS now. IN
fact, there is as much reason Tor oe-
priving the minority leader OF the
power to fill committee places as there
was to deprive the speaker FOR sucn
power.
Singularly enough. the fault they are
finding with Mann in house repupncan
circles is. not that he isn't busy, OUT
that he is too busy. 1t is agreed that
there never was another man IN the
house who was quite SO busy as Mann.
He devours whole tones of govern
mept statistics and seems TO be as
much thrilled over them as II they
were novels. He is so efficient that He
runs the whole show on the republican
side and nobody else can get woro
in edgewise.
Poses as Republican Party.
There are those who assert that IL
Mann continues two more years TO De
republican leader. the powers OF Tile
republican members to make motions
and speak speeches will atrophy. A
number of the republicans want
leader in the house. to forget his own
likes and dislikes. Still another COM
plant. emanating from the republican
conservatives, is that Mann deals too
leniently with the progressive repun-
licans.
Such series of complaints would
insure most anyone else loss OF the
leadership. But Mann is so pesti1er-
ously busy and SO preternaturaliy ac-
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