The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-11-26

nathOuS facial feature which lndl
, Gates his fixity of will but Nh
Kitchin also has an under jaw O
somewhat prognathian prominence
Naturally, there is some spectu
latlon as to what will be the out
come of this early clashing O
opinion between the President ane
the leader of the Presidents part,
in the House of Representatives bu
Mr. Kitchin has already announced
his prediction of that outcome. He
predicts that Mr.. Wilson will wiz
his fight for preparedness and this
opinion is shared generally by all
with whom | have discussed the
subject since arriving in Washing
ton. There will be good, lively
resounding fight by the little
navy" men, the dyed-in-the- wool
Bryan men and the adherents of
the policy of pacivism but in the
end, the program will go through
with a very decisive majority of
both democrats and republicans.
But to return to the position in
which Mr.. Claude Kitchin of North
Carolina finds himself at the very
outset of his career as leader of the
democratic majority. Some Of our
most ardent advocates of prepared
ness, including many of the great
metropolitan newspapers of the
country. are industriously berating
Kitchin for hit attitude and calling
upon the dedP Pocratic majority to
relegate Mr.. kitchin to the rear
ranks and eHx@te to the na-itian of
floor leader some man of more
tractable disposition. This is a
vain prowosal as events of the next
three weeks will abundantly prove.
For one thing. Mr.. Kitchin has arriy-
ed at his position in the usual orderly
The retirement of Underwood |
left Kitchin at the head of the WAYS and |
means committe and tradition DEGREES
that the chairman of the ways and
means committee shall be chosen floor
leader of the majority party in the
house. In the house as in the senate,
precedence is still the determining
actor in the distribution of honors and
{itchin has precedence on his side.
All other things being equal, it is ex-
eedingly doubtful if the President,
lespite the profound influence he un-
wields over this demo
ratio congress, could interfere with
he operation of that sacred institution
II either of the branches of congress.
Then, again, Claude Kitchin is per-
onally very popular with his col ]
sagues in the house. A six fooler, :
wo hundred FOUNDER, the possesser of
most magnetic personality, PROBABLY ]
ne best orator and certainly the best |
ough and tumble debater. on the dem I
cratic side of the chamber, the dem
Gratis do not have to apologize for
laude Kitchin in any sense of the
ord A careful student of public af- !
hrs, he probably has at his tongues
D more accurate information on the
riff than any other man in the house
ow that underwood has been trans
ligrated to the senate and Uncle
creme Payne has been gathered to his
lthers. With Uncle Joe Cannon, filled
d with the political wisdom gained
trough 38 years of service in the house
ding the versatile Jim Mann, the
bullient Hampy Moore and loquacious
rank Mondell in their assaults upon
lie democratic tariff policy, the demo-
-atic tariff policy, the democrats will
ave need for the best talent they can
lmmous for the defense during the
oproaching session and Claude Kitch-
stands without peer in that sort of
shindy.
There is not much chance of any SER
us break between the President and
itchin simply because the North
arolinan is unable to see his way clear
support the military program The =
resident can very we'll afford to do (
ithout Kitchin's aid in that fight but !
J will sorely need the assistance OF =
e chairman of the ways and means Z
mmittee when it comes TO devisinR Z
hemes for aaising the extra money !
hich will be required to pay for pre- Z
lredness. President Wilson being 4
ise as well as determined political :
neral, in not likely to 60 out Of his i
sy to provoke quarrel with the man =
Jon whom he will have to depend to