Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-01-06
WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER
By Arthur w. Dunn

had real seriousness In congressth this
revolt of Congressman Gardner against
Jim Mann and his announcement that
Mann could not have his support for
speaker. 1t is not yet definitely known
whether tie Republicans can control
the next house probably they can
not-but in case they do have the votes
when the final count is made ii Is moro
than doubtful about the election OF
Mann as speaker. There are quite Il
number Of Republicans who will not
vote for him; there are others who
would not vote for him unless there
had been an agreement to continue the
curtallment of the power Of speaker
as exercised during the terms Champ
Clark has been speaker.
Has an Imperious Will.
Jim Mann IL almost master Of the
house by reason of his knowledge of
everything technical, matters large aud
small. and the interchangeable aud care.
full study he gives to every question.
But even when his party was IN the
majority he made many enemies by
his objections aud turning down men
who wanted 10 get bills through AS
minority leader lie has been an I'm
perlous master He has made his par
" associates bow to his win.
But there Is another fact that has
caused Republicans to question wheth-
er they should support him for speak
err That Is his Endorsement of the
presidents position on one or two mat
ters and the tributes he has paid to
Democrats who have retired from con
gress
Its not good politics" remarked
western Republican Those things
are copied ia the Democratic press Of
the country and are thrown up to US at
every turn during the campaign"
Democratic Responsibility.
\ number Of Republicans of proml.
hence In the house. particularly those
who will not get any prominence or
chairmauships think II would be I'M.
fortunate for their party TO take con.
trol of the next house.
4 hc tiiE utittt u @HbV,iNb,Vt1 must
he met 10y additional taxation or the
issue OF bonds" one OF them remark
Ell. Let the Democrats. who created
this condition, take the responsibility
Of meeting It,"
II Is Their Deal
1t has always been the fact that Of
ficeholders In Washington ride. In the
old days they had horses and carriages.
In these days they have automobiles
Although the law provides that such
vehicles shall be used only for official
business. they are used for pleasure
aud social purposes by the officials
their families and their friends Every
year there is row In congress about
II and the practice Is condemned, but 1t
Is never stopped The fellows In office
think it is their deal aud they make
the best of It.
A Warrior Bold.
There is no party, faction, person.
friend or foe. with whom Senator Reed
Of Missouri will not disagree and dis
pate with If he takes notion. He
viii fight anything and everybody. vo-
cally and verbally. as Senator Ashurst
says; consequently he appears to lie
In II wordy row much of the time The
Missouri senator has manner which
indicates that he is more vicious than
he really means 10 Ice. Now that he
has been reelected he is more inclined
to scrap than ever before We will
hear much from Reed during the next
six years
Hegeseu's Job.
Congressman HelgeScn OF North pa.
kota is The self appointed congressional
geogropher of the arctic regions. In
several hroadSides published In the
Congressional Record he has demolish-
Ell the claim of reary as having reach.
ed the north pole In recent issue
of the same publication he blows Or
Cook out Of water or, rather, cut az
the polar discovery, Plainly he says
that neither Cook nor reary reached
the pole and attempts TO prove 1t by
the facts and data both have submit,
ted iIelgesen's presentation shows
that he has made 4 careful study of
the whole situation
TammanY's Control.
Congressman Bennett Of New York
coming to the rescue Of his city in a
debate in the house. remarked that
New York more frequently than other
wise has an anti Tammany comptrol.
Ter and added:
LAS a matter OF fact, the city of New
York has ceased to he Democratic
Gibraltar, and We are just as apt to
elect an anhTammany ticket in the
coming campaign as Tammany
ticket
That is not according TO the belief
expressed about election time, when II
was understood that straight tickets
would be in the tieid in the next mu-
nicipal campaign, which would mean a
Tammany victory. d was said