The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-15
Congress Made Up of Wheel Horses
and Leaders

Forward rs leauCfS IN uepdte ana tlluSe
who sit back and hold the bin from
going on the rocks. When the, Ding
ley bill was before congress Chairman
Dinglcy explained the bill and then
left The debate on his side largely to
the younger men on the committee.
He put forward Deliver and Tawney
and Hopkins and a dozen other good
takers to finish the oratorfcal fire.
works. while he and Payne and Dali
cell sat by watching the situation to
prevent the adoption Of amendments
that would destroy the protective fea-
lures of the bill or other. changes tibet
would make 1t incapable of producing
the revenue necessary for the govern
ment Mr.. Dingley distributed this
committee amendments to the younger
men from different parts Of the coui-
try so that they would not appear as
his own,
THE same condition prevailed when
the democrats were in control and the
Wilson bill was enacted Chairman
Wilson put forward such orators as
William J. Bryan of Nebraska: ,Bourke
Cochran of New York, Breckenridge
of Kentucky. and other clever takers,
while sthe chairman and the older
heads Of the committee kept the
breeding in good order, SO that the
enthusiasts for revenue reform would
not get the tariff going too fast on the
down grade. 1t has been so with every
effort at tariff legislation we have had
sin the last half century. II Is so now.
Mr. Underwood did not do all the talk
ing in support of the Underwood bill
He let the others talk while he kept
the breeding in good order and watch
ed the leaders to prevent them from
running away. Chairman Mckinley
followed the same rule 20 years ago.
Mrs. Msdison'e ClcthesIine.
Sometimes" he said, the leaders
often become an emharra ssment in
legislation by carrying the debate so
far afleld that 1t stirs up strife not
connected with the bill UNDER consid-
Grafton. proongs the debate land de-
feats legislation. | have seen such ir-
relevant debate delay a great appro-
priation bill which every member, Of
the house desired to pass we had
such a debate on the sundry civil APP
preparation bill in 1902 when John
Wesley Gaines. In opposing the appro-
priation for remodellink the White
House. declared that the sideboard
presented to Mrs. Hayes by the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union as
a reminder of her refusal to serve wine
at the presidents table had been sold
at public auction and had found a
place in Washington saloons BY
that speech Mr.. Gaines shifted the de-
bate into channels entirely foreign to
the appropriation under consideration.
and 1t required no little strategy to
bring the house back to the considera-
ton Of the bill 1t could not be done
by serious efforts. so the chairman Of
the committee resorted to ridicule by
making very brief speech to. this ef-
feet Gentlemen. we are told by ira
dillon md history that In the older
and better days of tho republici Mrs.
Madison was wont to hang the family
wash in the East room to dry. Great
God. What has become Of that clothes
line?' After the laughter had subsid-
ed the chairman said, Mr. Speaker, l
ask for vote on the, pending para
graph The vote was taken, the par
agraph passed and the consideration Of
the bill resumed.
Wheel Horses and Leaders Necessary.
After all, we need both leaders and
wheel horses there. for that body Is \
great team and it must do team work
to make laws Congress is not domn-
ated Is not bossed by any one, but the
work must be divided and apportion-
ed and there Is no better illustration
for this division than that of the old
four horse team of the pioneer days,
when the single line was used and the
driver gave the commands gee and
'haw.'
wheel horses and leaders are not
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teams 1hW are in the church. in
business, in professional life, in
science and in social life. They are
called bishops in the church, general
manag gers in business, managing ed
itors in newspapers. and by some title
in every place where organization can
be utilized to develop and promote a
plan for the bxetterment Of conditions.
and they wear the breeding, watch
the road for st,rmps as we'll as for the
ruts, for down grades as well as Up
grades. try to guide the more impetu-
Gus leaders and keep the wagon in the
main road the organization has elected
to travel There is no more bossism
or driving or donrineering in politics
than there is in the church. In bust
ness, in society. The wheel horse is
the responsible part of the team IN