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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15
TWO SOLDIERS
SHOT BY BAND
IN EARLY RAID

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June Is
Two American soldiers were killed
and seven wounded early today when
band of 100 Mexican bandits at
tackled Troops | and NJ of the Four
teenth cavalry at ST Igno. The at
tack occurred at 2 o'clock in the
morning. In the battle six Mexicans
were killed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15
SAVE 100 PEOPLE
ON STEAMER BEAR

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.-All of
the one hundred passengers and crew
of eighty men on the steamer Bear
which went ashore on Blount's Reef
early today in dense fog, are be-
lieved to have been saved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15
ADJUDGED BANKRUPT

Michael Kelly. formerly proprietor Of
the Arlington restaurant. was adjudg-
ed a bankrupt in federal court at In
dianapolis yesterday. His assets were
listed at $26S and his liabilities at
S1,144
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15
COL ONEL PASSES
PEACEFUL NIGHT
AFTER x-RAy

NEW YORK, June IS. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt passed a comfort
able night. but no statement on his
condition will be given out until the
doctors report on their examination
of their X-ray plate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15
TAKES SCHOOL POST

Ruth Kelsey. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mead A. Kelsey, has accepted
the assistant principalship at South
land college, Arkansas. for the next
school year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15
Weather Forecast

United States Report-Probably
showers tonight. Friday partly cloudy.
Yesterday.
Temperature.
Maximum ................ 81
Miu1muu %
Local Forecast-Showers and prob
ably thunder storms will arrive before
6 o'clock. Unsettled tonight and Fri
day.
General Conditions-The slowly
moving storm caused yesterdays rain
will cause more rain this afternoon
or tonight. Extreme warm weather in
far southwest. One hundred at San
Antonia, Texas; one hundred and eight
at Phoenix. Arizona, and one hundred
and fourteen at Yuma, Arizona.
W. E. MOORE,
Weather Forecaster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15

United States Report-Probably
showers tonight Friday partly cloudy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-15

HOME
EDITION
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
HITS THE PLACE.BO
The Bread Pill" Hindcrs Medical
Progress.

In the May American Magazine DR.
Richard G. Cabot. chief Of the medi.
cal staff OF the Massachusetts, general
hospital. critics various habits of the
medical profession.
The habits refer to-" he says
ARE, first, the giving Of 'placebos'
tbread pllls). and second. the disin-
clination to tell certain patients, en-
phatlcally and convincingly. that
there Is nothing the matter with
them, despite their conviction to the
contrary.
A placebo means something that
viii appease the patients demand,
that IL, his supposed demand, for
medicine. as a relief for his symptoms.
Some harmless liquid or tablet is pre-
scribed In order that the patient may
not 20 away empty handed, with the
sense that he has got nothing out OF
the visit. although every educated
physician knows that most diseases
are not apprcciably helped by drugs,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

Tulsa Industrial Co. to Cosden &
Co. $500, S 20 II. 6. Sec 9-19-12.
A. Brandenberger and wife to f..
Brownlce. Sl.7i0. Ne 1t. ). bl 2.
North Tulsa ada
G. NJ. Wright tr. to J. l. Samuel
and wife, 5000. II. II, b. 2. and Its. A.
Is. bl. 5. Factory add
$. X. Lewis to n NJ. Henry. $500,
II. II. bl 9. Ingram-Lewis add.
j. u. Weaver and wife to r. Baker,
81. It. .. bl. ?. Stansbery add
J. NJ Townlcy ct al. TO * Parnell,
$3.50, ". - it. 1t. 2, Fourth oak
Grove add
+. G. Welch to A. f. Hileman,
$1,000. It. 2, bl. 2 Stutsman add.
j. J. DAILY and wife to W. A. Rey-
nolds, 81. It's. l0-11-12. bl. 2. Burgess
Hill add.
B. G. Conner and wife to G. r. Nc
Cullough, $500. Its. 3-i, bl. .. Aldo
C. II. Mccullough and wife to b. C.
Conner Its $3.50. bl s. Aldo add
i. f.. Hardcsty to \. Arthur. 81.
It's. i0-li, bl ~. Davis add. West
Tulsa
c. NJ. Stevenson and wife to @. A.
Thompson. $500. 1t. 3, bl. 2. Cody
Holloway add.
+. B Burfori ct al to City OF
luIsi, s-,pVU. us. 10 10 inc. and It's.
II to % inc. bl. 5. OaEiawn add.
NJ Y. Strswn to NJ T.. Strawn.
$1,000, !. int In s. 25 II. H. and n.
80 IT II. ., bl. 15i. Tulsa
J. O. Mitchell and wife to C. A.
Traylor. $1,000. sls II. 2. bl. 1872.
Tulsa.
s Wedlanskv and wife to l.. II.
Houk. $1,000, II. ~. bl. II. Burgess
Hill add
c. f. Duffleld and wife to c. w.
Benedict, $4,000. 6. 10 It. It. 6. bl. 1874.
Tulsa
r. r Madaneky and hus. to f.
WEIGH, $4,000. It. I. bl. g. G. u. Per-
rymen add.
&. Mayfield and hus. to +. r. Pope
JOY $1,000. ). 80 n. Its. TO 10 inc.
bl 0. Burnette add.
W. +. Moore and wife TO J. VI.
Staples. $500. T.. 6j II. 1t. IL. bl. ..
Lindsey add
s. n Gordon and wife 10 r. NJ.
Peterson. 500. Its. 1914. bl. I. High
land Second add
W 4 Reyr Ids and wife to q. Y.
Nandever. 81 = int. In Its l0-il-12.
bl .. Burgess mn add.
Lee clinton ard wife to e. Rur-
rett ct al. 1900. H. !. bl 3. Clinton
odd
J. T.. Cnyanaueh 10 G. ". Holder
nan. $500. H. II. b. !. Mitchell
Crosbic add.
l.. W1ley ana hus. TO y. T. Morsy
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30

and that few of the symptoms which
people complain Of are much heiNed
py medicines. Nevertheless, most
physicians continue in their practice
outside hospitals to prescribe num-
Der Of quite useless though harmless
drugs under the belief that their pa
tients demand them and will not be
content without them.
I'm treating hospital patients these
same physicians use many fewer
drugs than they are accustomed to
give to their private, paying patients.
In hospital work It Is only necessary
to. do what Is actually best for the
patient"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
+ al 81. ut. 1t. 1 bl. 2o4. Tulsa

ct al. 81, pit. It, bl. 204, Tulsa.
3. T.. Blankenship and wife TO T..
Z.nk. $4,000. It, I bl. IL. Lynch and
Forsythe add.
@. c. Stebbins ct al. to W. II. G.
Lichaels. $4,000. Its. HIP, bl. .,
Maple Ridge add.
ID. M. Powers to J. u. and G. j.
Davis. 81. Its, Ills. bl 2. Bell'ie"
add.
@. G. st.bbins ct al to u. Il. wood
ward. $3.50. Its. si-s5, bl 10. South
Side add.
y. G. Elliott and hus. to T. NJ
Sheppard. 81. H. Is bl. /. Holmes
add.
r.. NJ Sheppard and hus 10 f.. NJ
Parker. 81. same land.
r. ~ Parker 20 l.. Jacobs. 81,
same Land.
j l.. Rodgers and wife to j. l..
Davis. 5000. X. so n lot Z. b. l3l.
Tuiga
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
OZARK TRAIL MEET
OCCURS NEXT JUNE
Tulsa Asked to Send Dele
gates to Roads Convcn-
ton in Missouri.

Officials aud organizations OF Tulsa
have been requested to send delegates
to the NTH annual convention OF the
ozark Trails association. to he held
in Springfield. Mo. June u and rs.
Governors. county judges mayors.
good roads associations. commercial
clubs and automobile clubs are au-
,horizcd to appoint delegates. Tulsa
has sent big delegations TO each OF
the preceding conventions. and once
netertained the association, so II "
practically assured that this city VIII
be well represented at The meeting In
Springfield.
The work of the association during
the past year. according to Charles w.
Fear OF Joplin. the secretary. has
assured an early connection with st
Louis.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
Color Anyhow.

The grocer had just put new boy
to work. and among the other instruc-
tions was this:
III you do not happen to have VI
customer asks for. suggest soihe-
thing else as nearly like it as possi-
ble'
Soon a woman came into the store
and asked the boy: "Have you any
green stuff today"
mo, ma'am," answered the boy
"but we have some nice bluing
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
Drumright the Playground.

Every facility for entertainment
the city has 10 offer has been drawn
upon to make tle visit OF the editors
"a memorable one. The press asso-
cation is anxious that its members
EN- iov the best the state has TO offer.
r. has arranged the excursion to the
worlds greatest oil field and has
called upon Drumright to act as the
host
prumright Will try to rise to the
occasion.
Entertainment committees have
been busy for weeks preparing FOR
the visit of the editors and the city
has been swept and garuishcd IN
readiness for the reception OF the
guests
The local uewspapcrmon have COM
hiucd with the commercial Organiza-
tious and the business men Of Drum
right IN the preparations.
II is a big event IN Drumrights s
history and Drumright hopes to make
It "a memorable one for every attend
Iug member of the press association.
The editors will visit:
\ municipal prodigy years
old
The fastest growing city in the
world
The metropolis OF the greatest oil
field In the world.
\ four-ycar- old city with a monthly
payroll of 81 100000.
\ city where everybody Is making
money. where no one Is undcrpaid
\ city whore everyone gets his
shoulder under the wheel and boosts
for himself and his home town.
\ city with pavemcuts nearly two
miles of brick business houses.
graded schools, "a high school build
inc that Is SeCuOul TO none in the
state.
\ city which is the hub about which
rcNolvcs Oklahoma's greatest in
dustry.
\ city which is the home OF i'm
mcnse supply houses, rcfincries. etc.
and which is surrounded with more
than one hundred producing wells and
iuuumerable new derricks which can
. he seen without the aid OF glasses
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30

city.
The Program.
10 q. m.-ReceptiOn OF guests at
Santa Fe station.
lOl5 a. m.-Automobile trips to
points OF interest In the city
1890 a. Shooting an oil well:
Iwell is located In heart Of city)
Noon-Trip to famous Gypsy Giles
pie 20, barrel well at the edge OF
the city
1880 p. IN Presentation Of three
city lots to three Oklahoma editors.
.. Grand open air barbecue
at Fulkcrson park.
> y. m.-Carniyal Of sport includ-
ing baseball game. boxing exhibition
and races. Gree for all editorial
talkfest I'm especially provided quar-
ters)
2::0 =. m-Reccption rendered the
editors wives by the ladies OF Drum
right.
p. m.-Gathering up the frag-
ments.
u. m.-Entrain.
4.02 pm. Good bye everybody"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
Much the Same Thing

Gillct-Look here Did you tell
him I'd been swinGlsd again.
Fillot-Wcll. told him that you
lad made another OF your charac-
toristiC investments.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30

y re 10, Of mention about the
gold ~ the incas"
"Yef1"
Where are those lncas situated at.
II might pay 70 explore those par,B."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
Band J. Coming.

when the war department learned
Of the Tulsa movement the tender 81
On entire battalion Of the Fifth Field
artillery and band Il that regiment.
stationed 1t Fort Sll wns made 70
the executive committee 81 the en-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30

HiftslJ p. ID ~ ] ~
director ord GIf u4.l.lar o. le fftt
ifIfad state h.f sr'I..-y bed OF Ilr
-U Oas rfirt rII fa-.It' o. portion "
'i- m4sir ftf Le g. E o. N on
emr1-ai a Tuba On h. D.. ~ Ard l~
department euctfu pineut ~ "a" Frand
Amy ~ tho Republic ana United
Spanish War Veterans % oklahoma
- be- held in Tulsa Nav 10. u and
ls win the knowledge u the ma
tonal administration ana direct APP
proval of the Har ana naval depart
menis. this meeting has been turned
into national preparedness rally
Tho Old-iIme features ~ veteran en-
campmcnis IN tho past VIII ho lali
aside ana the uB-ip-the- minute idea
II national preparedness vii. b" pre-
sented In 80 poWnrful manner ar 20
leave lasting impression upon the
Thousands Df visitors Anticipated
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
SNAIL hard
" tI.I

Door bolt. o.. 81
strap hinges 81 81
Kettle knDbF Dr 80
Door pprgF 81 -
Screw drivers. IOc
J .lcf. large NJ
+fl44l s.sts.s IDf
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
Eight Hundred Newspaper
Men and Women Will
Visit Oil Town.
TO SHOOT A WE'LL


Special TO The World
DRUME1GHT. Okla. April 2s.-
on Sunday. May II, Drumrlght Will
have u4 her guests some eight nun
drod editors of OKiahoma's news
papers members Of the Oklahoma
Press association. The three days.
session Of the tweuty-nith annual
convention, which Will be held IN
Tulsl May H. ~ ana l3, viii have
been shuutcd behind IN the calendar
Of events "a few hours and the mould
ors Of public opinion viii cnst aside all
scmblancc Of adherence 20 parlia-
mcutnty ruling and will be ready to
play around "a little.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
" A~1I PAPER
BASKETS

heavy retInnei
wire t4s.efa are
priced a. 2jc
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
The Program.

from any point in the center of the
city
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-04-30
WATER POTS.

Six quart size spr!nkiers. well
braced and sOldered. heavy handle
and detachable spray. priced. SOC
The Washington times., 1916-11-10
NEARBY STREAMS
BEING POLLUTED
But Additional Sewers From
Suburbs Not Health Menace,
Says Supt. Phillips.

Increase In the pollution Of streams
entering the District was noted during
the year ended June 60. according to
the annual report OF Asa L. Phillips.
superintendent of sewers.
This was due to the installation OF
sewerage systems In neigh boring towns
which discharge their sewage into
the streams flowing through the park
system of the District. With the au-
thority granted by Congress. the report
states. II will be possible permanently
to remedy this condition as soon
as action Is taken by the Maryland
authorities to provide the necessary
interceptlng sewerage to connect with
the District system.
Efforts Of the Maryland Board Of
Health to this end failed during the year
but the legislature authorized the sp-
pointment OF board to report com
plete plans at the next session.
The report of the United States Pub
lie Health Service. Superintendent
Phillips says affords indisputable ey-
idence tint there IL no ground for an
prehension that the sanitary condition
OF the otomac River Is such as to be
a menace to public health by tile pol
luton of the oyster beds in the lower
river or otherwise.
Sewage to the amount OF q, O34, COG, CO.,
and 3O3.V0,QOO gallons of storm waite"
were pumped during the Sear.AAll the
sewage was discharged through the
outfall system to .mid-channel in TIE
Potomac atyGrimes.
The Washington times., 1916-11-10

especially since the submarine raid
off the New England coast, which
seems to have convinced Germany
that there wasn't much danger Of
America getting seriously resentful,
no matter what indignity were i'm
posed. British comment unfriendly
to Wilson was projected from q
theory that the United States ought
to have been more actively and eff.
fectively friendly to the cause Of the
allies, and that Mr.. Wilson was re.
sponsible for it's insistence in the
strict letter of neutrality. =,
Responsiblcs official people in the
warning countries have maintained
extreme reticence. Their extreme
care about making any expression IL
reflection Of the feeling that tbs
time is at hand when America will
be more important figure, in con-
nection with world reorganization
than it has been in war time.
The Washington times., 1916-11-10
WHY THE Rods COME HIoH.

A correspondent who writes to
The Times in a tone Of simple COM
mon sense that indicates possession
of information whereof he speaks,
tells some truth about the high cost
Of eggs.
The price of eggs has gone sky
rocketing, he says, because the cost
Of living-for hens-has gone up
there. That's all there is to it: II
It costs 20 cents a dozen to raise
eggs when chicken feed costs on the
basis of 100, then it costs twice as
much to raise eggs when feed and
everything else goes to basis OF
200. Eggs are in the same ease as
milk. The trouble isn't with Brin-
die or Biddy; the one can produce
rs much milk as ever, the other is as
willing to lay and likes to cackle as
well as ever. But Brindle can't give
down unless she's fed, and Biddy is
reticent about laying If she is
hungry, or has had her head cut of
and been put into the pot.
II is fact, of the commonest
knowledge to people with any OPP
pcrtunity for knowledge of such sub
jects, that dairy herds are being
sold of at an alarming rate by peo-
pie who discover that there is no
profit in raising milk, and good
money in raising other things on
the farm. Hens are being sold or
killed and eaten by people who dis
lpover that it doesn't pay to feed
them at present prices of feed. To
revile the COW and the hen, or &C
cuse the farmer of being robber,
doesn't help bit. It's a condition,
not a.thepry. .....
The Washington times., 1916-11-10
Politics in Breathitt County.

From the Jackson CkyD Times.
In the pretty grove OF beeches on
the east bank OF the Middle Fork Of
the Kentucky river, about two miles
below the mouth OF Canoe Fork and
directly across from the residence OF
Roger Callahan. there was being held
Saturday afternoon an election for
school trustee. Isaac short, one or
the leading men of that section, sober.
industrious and a good money maxi
ar. was candidate for the place.
Jesse johnson. a good citizen and a
man who stands well. Svas the oppos-
ing candidate. and these two men
were Law, having. married
sisters, the daughters of old man
Jimmy kecne. who died some three
years ago and Alfred Kcene was a
brother-in-law TO both candidates. he
being The son Of old mar Jimmy and
brother to the wives OF both Short
and johnson and uncle to Bradley
Short. who L. said to have shot him.
The election was close. holly con-
tested, and much feeling and deter
mination to win animated both sides.
ABOUT o'clock something like a tie
vote developed. and the feeling be-
came tense. About here n woman, the
wife OF George Anderson and mother
ln-law OF Anderson Spiccr. who will
l. the next few minutes get into the
game and he figured largely after he
concluded To take hand. came UP to
vote. She was refused on the ground
that she did not live in the district.
and Just here the county superintend-
cnt VIII get in and be a witness as 10
just where the boundaries OF this
school district run. Mrs. Anderson
had unauestiorably lived in the dis
,rict heretofore. but, it is said, had
been cut off and thrown into the
Canoe district. 1t Is further said that
Just here somebody, said to be Henry
Sptcer. bounced Il rock OF OF Duck
EN-" Clemmons' head and rendered
| him hors de combat. and Alfred
Keene, said to have been drunk. got
into IL with Bradley Short son OF
Candidate Isaac Short. and then the
smoke Of reSolverrs end the ain Incl
/ that ever took place in the State rem
derS a perfect account of what was
done and who did II impossible; but
dead. Ike short was shot -FOUR times
and likely killed, Anderson Spicer sin
times and is in but little. IL any, bet
ter shape than Short. and Johnni,
! in. the leg. Short and Spicer were
taken on the river TO Athol and from
there by a special train to Lexington
and to the hospital, to see what could
be done to save their lives.
Right here we might say that soon
| er or later most kentuckians get to {
hospital to be treated for gunsho
! wounds,
There came near being the same
kind of an affair at HaddiX, and Il
! the opposing candidates, Doc Bryant
and George Spurlock, had not beer
more in favor of peace and decencS
than determined to hold office an,
had not got together and begged the
| election officers to call IL off there
would probably have been more kill
ing. Also the news Is that on Trou
blesome, near Buckhorn, there wa,
a fine chance for a duplicate of the
name of the public schools. These
The Washington times., 1916-11-10
POPULAR AND ELECTORAL
VOTES vs..

The observation is heard very Of
ten, in times when Presidential cleo
tions call attention to the eccentrici-
ties of the Electoral College
system, that it would be better
to have the President chosen
by direct popular vote. Ideally,
perhsvs it would. But this
country is not governed under an
ideal system; and it does not require
a bold person to protest that the
Electoral College system is fairer
than a direct popular vote would be.
Each State is permitted to de-
termine the qualifications of voters
within it's own citizenry. There
never has been a time from the be-
ginnings when qualifications for vot-
ing were anything like uniform
among the States. When the Con-
stitution was adopted, universal
manhood suffrage was by no means
the rule Many States had property
and other qualifications.
In Il union Of States, 1t was
agreed, the fairest method of ap-
poltioning Influence in the Federal
Government was on tic baais Of
population Of the States. To place
The Washington times., 1916-11-10
The Workers.

The spider weaves its web
Pridefully and skillfully in way
Far from the boast OF Dragging
weaves it Of gossamer. OF a quality
Coarse but as good as the warp of
weaves it displayfui of cunning artis-
Suspending it's gorgeous patterns. be-
yond the dream of mans creation,
From the ceiling in the corner OF my
library
Where I. sitting cozily. regard 1t with
dreamful regard.
Mediate on the ambition OF so mean
thing as a spider,
And vision. as ] am forced. OF Bruce:
My servant. dust capped. aproncd and
gowned I'm Bingham.
Armed with broom. brush and buster.
Comes merrily singing, because
suppose
Christmas is coming.
size orders. and I leave, -,
But the spider and its web enthrall
me.
linger near the dpor and watch :.
The servant.
Spiders. unlike servants, are poetic
creatures. wearing themselves out
on their labors:
To my servant spiders are abhor-
rene.
She does not fear me spiders!
tating heart.
For il took him long to build that web
And he made n good job OF 1t
| watch.
Finally thcN servant leaves nodding fol
my return:
And my return is fraught witt
My servant fears spiders: she detests
them: she would not touch them;
So she has not wiped the wei
away.
The Washington times., 1916-11-10
THE NEXT HOUSE AND ITS
; SPEAKER

In the membership of the next
House of Representatives will be a
Socialist, Progressive, an Independ-
dent, and Progressive Protection
ist." They might not seem highly
impressive group, in body with 435
members. Yet it is quite possible
that in their hands will lie the power
to determine whether Democrats or
Republicans shall organize the
House, control the Speakership, and
dominate the committees.
Seemingly the Democrats have not
a majority in the House, which is
21a. They are likely to count 215,
according to the latest reports; so
they will need some of the members
OF this group of political monde
scripts in order to organize.
Controlling the House is not the
SANG game it was few years ago.
The Speakership is not the thing; it
is the Committee on Ways and
Means, whose members are elected
by the House, and which names the
committees of the House. There are
at present twenty-five members of
Ways and Means, eight Republicans
and fourteen Democrats. In a House
SO evenly divided as the next.will be,
the dominant party would have to
divide this committee on the basis
OF IL to 10. Should it prove that the
independent group possesses a bal
ance of power, those four members
might easily dictate their own terms
they could all insist on places on the
Ways and Means Committee, if they
liked, and thus get a very big part in
making up the committees; or, they
could make terms to their advantage
and get whatever else they liked.
Lord Randolph Churchill once
pretty nearly bossed the British gov.
eminent with a party comprising
four members. The despised indie.
pendents may boss the next House.