The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-23
SPEAKERSH|P IS
A REAL PROBLEM
Nay Be I Republican or a
Democrat.
INDEPENDENTS TO DECIDE

Are Expected to Make the Beat Of
Their Position In Obtaining Commit
tee Appointments and "Piums"--EIsc-
tlon Result q Shock to Bourne.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Washington. Nov. 23.-[Speclal. lit
may take some time to organize the
house when the Sixty-hfth congress
meets The situation Is such that ell
Their party may control by trades with
members Of the several independent
parties. No doubt those few men will
be able to make pretty good bargains
IN the matter OF committee places and
In securing patronage If they join with
one OF the other OF the dominant par
ties and help to organize the house.
elect 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.
ents 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
gressive 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 It Is possible that in ease 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 so on
through the term.
Speaker and Leader.
IL the present system of rules should
be adopted 1t Is probable that Mann
would prefer the door leadership to the
speakership. Since the Democrats
have been IN control the leader has
had more power than the speaker, be-
cause he virtually controlled the ap-
pointment Of the committees. IL the
Republicans should make q deal to
control the house It Ia doubtful wheth-
err they would be able TO put into effect
the old rules restoring the power OF
the speaker. as In the days OF Cannon,
and consequently the power will de-
volve upon the leader.
oIIlstt Of Massachusetts.
There are Republicans In the house
who do not like Jim Mann. As leader
OF the minority he has offended men
who may make 1t plain that they will
not consent to his elevation to the
speakership and compel the selection
OF some man who has not been In a
position to make enemies. In that
event II 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.
Dourns's Faith Shattered.
OF all ridiculous claims made during
the presidential campaign none equal
ed that Of Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. who
ran . sort Of publicity bureau. He
predicted that there would be a Re
publican landslide; that the Repub-
leans would carry every northern state
and break into the solid south; that
Hughes would have a popular plurali-
ty Of 100000. 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
4 person. Il have lost faith I'm the
composite citizen" he said after the
election, land almost have lost faith
In the average citizen"
Rsvivss An Old Story.
Commenting upon the recent election.
u woman In the suffrage publicity bu-
seau revives an old story and tells how
a Democratic legislature and a Repub-
lican governor Of Wyoming territory
flrst gave women the voting privilege.
Therefore she says that woman suf-
frage began In u nonpartisan way and
always has been nonpartisan.
But she did not tell all the story.
The fact Il that the Democratic legis-
lature decided to put u over on the
Republican governor by sending him q
woman suffrage bill. The Republican
governor, sent out from Washington,
did not care q hang. and instead Of
vetoing signed the bill and Wyoming
was forever a woman suffrage state.
Stand Corrected.
Before election IN Q paragraph about
the immigration bill l said that 30 far
as I knew 1t had not become al issue
In the campaign. But . letter from
New Jersey corrects that statement.
The writer says that 1t was Z big issue
In that state. 1t asserts that 10000
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