Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-11-25
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WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER :
By Arthur w. Dunn
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Washington, Nov. %. Especial. lit
may take some time to organize the
house when the Sixty-hfth congress
meets. The situation Is such that eli.
Their party may control by trades with
members of the several independent
parties. No doubt those few men VIII
be able to make pretty good bargains
in the matter of committee places and
in se uriug patronage II they Join with
d. @ or the other Of the dominant par
les and help to organize the house,
eject the speaker and other officers and
distribute the places, which are quite
numerous and well worth trading for.
provided the trading does not compel
any great sacrifices of principle.
From this time until the next house
meets there will be negotiations on
this line. and some Of those independ-
euta are going to be well taken care
Of in the distribution of plums.
A Possible Alternative.
Perhaps both parties may resort to
the method adopted IN the senate dur
Ing the last session that the Republic
ans had control of that body. The pro
gresslve senators would not vote for
Senator Gallinger the caucus nominee
for president pro tenn, and the dead
lock was finally broken by the election
Of Gallinger for two weeks, alternating
with Bacon of Georgia for two weeks,
Now II Is possible that In case the in
dependents are too high in their de-
mands the Republicans and Democrats
may alternate. giving Champ Clark the
speakership for two weeks and Jim
Mann the next two weeks, and 50 ON
through the term
Speaker and Leader.
If the present system of rules should
be adopted 1t Is probable that Mann
would prefer the floor leadership to the
speakership. Since the Democrats
have been in control the leader has
had more power than the speaker, be-
cause be virtually controlled the ap-
polntment Of the committees. If the
Republicans should make deal to
control the house It is doubtful wheth-
er they would he able to put into effect
the old rules restoring the power of
the speaker, as In the days Of Cannon.
and consequently the power win de
yolye upon the leader.
Giilett of Massachusetts.
There are Republicans In the house
who do not Ike Jim Mann. AS leader
Of the minority he has offended men
who may make II plain that they viii
not consent to his elevation to the
speakership and compel the selection
of some man who has not been In
position to make enemies. In that
event 1t might not be surprising to see
Gillett Of Massachusetts selected for
the Republican speaker. provided the
Republicans control the house, and
Mann would then become the leader.
6ourre's Faith Shattered.
or all ridiculous claims made during
the presidential campaign none equal
Cd that of Jonathan Bourne, Jr. VINO
ran a sort of publicity bureau. He
predicted that there would be Re
publican landslide; that the Repub-
leans would carry every northern state
and break into the solid south; that
Hughes would have a popular plurah-
~ Of @0oO000 That was going some.
Bourne when In the senate set great
store by what he called the composite
citizen" whatever that might mean
Anyway he always prated about such
person. Il have lost faith in the
composite citizen" he said after the
election. "aud almost have lost faith
In the average citizen"
Revives An Old Story.
CommcutiHg upon the recent election,
woman in the suffrage publicity bu-
rcau reyiycs an old story and tells how
Democratic legislature and Repub-
litan governor of Wyoming territory
first gave Women the voting privilege,
Therefore She says that woman suf.
fraSe began in a uonpartisan way and
always has been noupart iSan
But she dbl not ten MI the story
The fact is that the Democratic legls-
amre decided to "put enc over" on the
Republican governor by sending him a
woman suffrage bin The Republican
governor, sent ut from Washington
did not care hang and instead Of
vetoins signed the bin aud Wyoming
was forever woman suffrage state.
Stand Corrected.
BEFORE election In a paragraph about
the immigration hin l said that SO far
as knew it had not become an issue
IN the campaign. But a letter from
New Jersey correctS that statement.
The writer says that il was q big issue
IN that state. IL asserts that T0.0O0
Junior American Mechanics almost to
man voted against Senator MARITIME.
who opposed the immigration bill, cut
Scully's majority very low and helped
10 swell the majority against PreSi-
dent Wilson because he vetoed the
bin
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