New Britain herald., 1917-01-01
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IS ID Sc 4 ~ 500 s.,
grounds The Massachusetts, man is
a 1flghter, although heeloses about as
often as he WINS Cine OF his vim
nings occurred in the fight to nnhorse
Speaker Cannon as a member of the
housa. committee On ruls. when he
and q group Of Eeuabiican insurgents,
somH, Of whom are now in congress,
kbanded together with the democratic.
minority Shout seven yearaAsago ands
secured control of the house over the,
heads of the republican organizations
anS majority -S ga'S ~
If it becomes apparent before thSl,
next house. oon8eIleA. that the, sHepub-s
licans argslissay tos 4fol itstf sre, I'll
a possibility OF SHhsS fee nj nS~ upon
compromise candidate for speakefx.
In the present mixed situation, how
ever, 1t seems Impossible for Mann to
be elected even If there shuuldtbeS
a small majority of'Tepublican
bers when the new congress- s1e6ts.
If the anti Mann fellows vote is theys
talk the outlook is that Champ Clark
would receive more votes than Manu.
and probably enough to elect hfin.
May Unite to Save Themselves q
With view to preventing this re-
suit the argumentfis being made toS
the anti-Mann republicans that oppo7 \.
sihon to Mann Is likely to result inss
loss to themselves If the democrats
organize the next house. 1t Is point
cd out In this connection that Lenroot
is the ranking republican man Der off
the public lands com mitteesnnd could
reasonably expect to be it's achairman
n the yrepSaSlicans control the next
house, Dther ranking republicans Of
alleged insurgent tendencies stand to-
lose other imp ortant conn aittee chair
manships II the sdemoc crafts organize
the house, as follows:
Representative IIaugen. Iowa, would
lose the craftsmanship Qf, the COM
mittee on agricuIture; Representative
Smith of Minnesota, scommittee on
census chsirmaqship:s misrepresentation
VoF;tead TO-. Minnesota, chairmanship
CT the jud. ciary compittee; Cary OF
Wisconsin, DistrictfSo f Columbia
committee chairmanship; Cooper of
Wisconsin, chairnanship OF the
foreign affairs committee; Stevenson
rof Minnesota, post Office and post
roads committee chairmanship; Esch
Of Wisconsin, Interstate commerce
committee craftsmanship; KennedySof
Iowa. Craftsmanship Of the river and
h&rbors tpnmittes: and others.
IN addttpA toIhe abafNsa number
Sof ithfirs tsteI colla Aaer IL the
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election 'of p1ssade Vie p3estdStt
and congresstne Il. inlustkial Gfxs and
expcsitions. insiilar affAtfs. Irrigation,
laboF library, coinage weights ana
meaenres, mileage. military affaira.
paa4nts, railways and canals, bankinx
land. currency. reform inSthe civil SER
vice, revision }of laws, immigration,
roads territories. and ways and
means. l
The above lists include nearly all
of thepimportant committees OF the
house, and represent a few OF the
chickens that areSbeipg counted in adj
vance OF hatching. Mcidentally these
lists show that with the exception Of
tfaa committee TTon appropriations, of
which Representative Gillett of
Massachusetts could reasonably ex-
pect to be chairman, and the COM
mittee on naval affairs, over which
Representative Butler aspires to be
chairman, under republican regime,
the east would get little in the way
OF house chatrmanships and their at
tendSAts possbilitiess OF influencing
and controlling legislation., The cry
nisft be, it is suggested, that the
west was controlling things and the
east was getting littres Iust as in this
congress5it isgcharged that the south
. Is In the. saddle and the north Is
getting tEe, little end OF the horn
Y There is quite asS1 much advance
counting on the other offices, Of the
bpuse as there Is insconnection with
the speakership subcommittee chair
manships.asalso ON the theory that the
hoiisesWill be republican, Tyler Page,
who has been speciaI employee of the
house for some years, ia rumored to
be a'candidate for clark Of hte house,
& and there are others Representative
Miller of Delaware, VINO failed Of re-
electtNn last month. wants to be SER
geant-at-arms and is canvassing
among his republican friends In the
house who he expects will control
things in the next house. Representa-
tive McClintick Of Idaho, another
lame duck" also wants to stayshere
us eli oHlceF OF the Mouse since he can
not continae a member OF it. There
are other, candidaN.a for these ofr1ces
and also foE.sdo orkasSer AID postmas-
ter Of the house, gSfYre. -
Nor is tha counting of unmatched
poultry engaged in solely on the re-
publican side sof the House. Demo
Gratis are prone to indulge in it, has
Ing their CALCULATIONS on the showing
which they claim their party will
make with the help o65athe miscellan-
eous group Of members, in the matter
of orga MIXING the next house. To the
outsider here the democratic claims
in TINS particular mattse seem to have
their oppqnapts.s. althdk gh there are
se9n any posAbiaties sthe situation
obodss n real1y n what win