The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-18
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One OUTSTANDING FEATTRE OF
Our LATEST ELECTION
work FOR next CAUCUS
Democratic Members Must Choose
New Party Leader and Many I'M
portant Chairmanships-RepubH-
can Leader Expected to be the
Same-Lame Ducks Appear.
Same-Lanle Ducks appear.


can Leader Expected to be the
Same-Lame Ducks appear.
Tuesdays elections uncovered
enough interesting political situa-
tions to keep the country wide awake
until the next presidential election
shall have come along. With the
Democrats satisfied with results and
the Republicans jubilant over what
they claim to be the handwriting on
the wall fortelling glorious G. o. P.
victory ali along the line, the average
man sees enough to make him Won
der what the next two years will
bring forth.
Thinking for himself, putting two
and two together, and not taking the
statements of any paid publicity
agent or bureal as the real means of
determining results in the near fu-
ture, the man with the long political
nose sees that Tuesday s results are
potential.
Taking it for granted that what
was done was not by any means to be
considered rebuke to President
Wilson or his policies, foreign or
domestic, from the Republican view
point the most interesting develop
ment' is that they believe that Col.
| Roosevelt as a factor in American
politics has been eliminated. The
slump in the Progressive vote with
teh exception of California was large,
and makes the Bull Moose a negli-
gible quantity hereafter in the poll
tics of the country.
There was grim humor depicted on
the faces Of Republicans from those
states, where Col. Roosevelt tried
hardest to defeat their candidates.
His hardest fighting was done against
! Whitman in New York and Penrose
in Pennsylvania. Both of these can
didates polled big majorities, espec-
tally in the ccse Of Penrose who
swept everything before him.
Silver clouds are seen by the Re-
publicans as result of what has hap
pened and no one will deny that for
the next two years they will fgh, for
control of congress and the White
| House.
That Champ Clark will again be
speaker of the House is practically
assured as . result of the majority
that the Democrats will have in chat
body. The leadership of the con-
trolling party in the House, however,
will be changed, as Representative
Underwood of Alabama, now major.
ity leader, will go to the Senate, to
which body he has already been elect
ed. 1t is believed that Representa-
tive Kitchin of North Carolina who
ranks next to Mr.. Underwood on the
ways and means committee and who
| will be advanced to the Craftsmanship
of that committee when Mr.. Under
wood goes to the Senate, will be
chosen as floor leader Of the Demo
| Gratis at their caucus which will be
held early in the new session.
So far as leadership on the Repub-
lican side of the House is concerned
there is little doubt that that place
will be retained by Congressman
"Jim" Mann of Illinois, the watch
dog" of the House.
| The loss of many Democratic men,
bers means that there will be much
work for the caucus to do when it
meets to fill out these places for the
| Sixty-fourth congress. Where a
| chairman of committee has gone
down to defeat, it means that in all
probability the ranking man-that is,
the man next him on the committee
will be automatically promoted to
the Craftsmanship.
Had the Republicans secured con-
troll OF the House they would be en-
titled not only to name one from
their party as speaker, but would
also have controlled all the oher i'm
prtant Offices connected with the
House, from speaker to page, and
would have been in absolute posses
sion of the big part of the patronage.
Should the G. o. P. people get the
House two years hence those Demo-
Gratis who have been snugly resting
in good paying places will find them
| selves out in the cold.
AS might be expected in such a
situation, the lame duck agrega-
tion has made its appearance on the
scene of action. Speculation was rife
as to what the administration will do
for them. Many attractive places are
open which may be filled by four or
| five of them.
Chief among the prizes which may
go this lame duck" squal, which
thinks that its members are due
something because Of the defeat suf-
fered Tuesday are places on the new
federal trade commission, paying
$4,000 a year each for seven years,
the secretaryship of the commission,
which is worth $1,000 a year, and
the position of director Of the mint,
| recently made vacant by the resigna-
| tion Of George E. Roberts, which is
also worth $4,000 year.