Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-03-13
FACING CRISIS
SAYS MOORE OF
PUBLICANS
Moore Of Pennsyl-
vania Declares That G. O. P.
Faces a Great Crisis. Moore Be
longs TO the Old Guard, Of
Which Congressman James R.
Mann Has Long Been the Ack-
nowledged Leader.
BY George F. Authier

Washington, March l3-By "log2
combine which seems to out Cannon
the Cannon forces behind James r.
Mann of Illinois, the Republican COM
mittee on committees today completed
it's work by choosing as republican
floor leader Representative f. w. Mon
dell of Wyoming, selected steering
committee composed of four Mann sup.
porters and two Gillett men, defeated
Representative Sydney Anderson of
minnesota and Representative Rea-
Wis of Nebraska for reelection to the
steering committee, selected Repres.t
entatiye Harold Knutson of Minnesota
as republican whip, and rode rough
shod over protest made by Repres-
entative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio
that action upon the floor leadership
be deferred until wiser connsels could
prevail.
Mr.. Mondell was made the choice of
the committee by a vote of 100 to 123
with 55 not voting after the honor had
been rendered to Mr.. Mann and he had
declined.
LOngWOrth Protests
Mr.. Longworth has also protested
against the adherence to the seniority
rule in selection Of the cIlairrnen and
personnel of committees. He will prob
ably carry his fight into the caucus al
though he was not ready today to for
lnally announce his intention.
~ 9he personnel OF ifTss republican
Steering committee, WHICH acts as a
sort Of cabinet Of the floor leader and
directs the legislative program after
consulting the speaker was also rec
ommended, with the Mann forces dom
linating the Gillett faction. The fol-
lowing members We're chosen: Moore of
| Pennsylvania, Madden Of Illinois and
Dunn Of New York, Mann supporters:
|LongWorth Of Ohio and Wirslow Of
Massachusetts, of the GiHett faction.
Great significance was given by the
republicans to the fact that Mr.. Mann
has no assignments to a committee.s.It
is believed that he will continue to act
as floor leader, since he will be entire
ly free to do SO in the absence of any
tiSSllOISlDlIllleS1k 1k OIL ACOulIlllULGGS.GF 1t is
believed that this was cut and dried
scheme put over by the Man forces.
One evidence of this was the speech
made by Moore of Pennsylvania who
nominated Mann for floor leader
- PARTY. Facing Ia Crisis. . ~
"The republican party is facing a
crisis both in national and internation-
| al affairs, :. said Mr.. Moore, and the
party needs it's strongest men in the
control of legislative matters in the
| House, irrespective Of cavil and criti-s
cism as to persons and personalities.
4 No stronger man has appeared in Con-
gress than Mr. Mann Of Illinois, who
4 has borne the laboring car of his party
for nearly is years. and whose splend-
| i'd qualifications are unquestioned,
alike by friend and foe.
Similar speeches were made by Rep
preventative Mondell and Representa-
| tive Esch of Wisconsin.
Before the vote was taken on Mr..
4 AIann's nomination, Representative
/ Iaongworth urged postpenement Of the
vote on the floor leadership This was
1 promptly objected to by Mr.. Moore,
who insisted that the committee had
been instructed 0y the caucus to select
a floor leader and steering committee
and that these instructions ought to be.
Jcarried out to the letter. An appeal
4 to postpone action until later in the
iday met with the same refusal, and
after selecting Mr.. Mann and listening
4 to his speech declining the honor, Mr..
4 Mondell was chosen.
Representative WinsloW OF Massa-
4 chusetts cast the IL votes from his
4 state against Mr.. Mann. The 13 votes
4 OF Indiana, two from idaho and y five
4 from West Virginia were withheld One
vote from Virginia ana one from Ne
braska were cast for Mr. L.ongworth,
on the ballot by which Mr.. SsSa5sa
/ / 81 eseetet he following ses de
clined fO vote: New Jersey Ver.
mont. D; Ohio, IL: Indiana, 1S;: Virginia,
i; Massach chusetts, II: West Virginia, 5
and North Dakota, s
May BE Caucus Fight
The possibility that d fight viii be
4 carried to the caucus. which must aE-
prove the recommend tions of the com
Il mittee On coninit tees, Il s:::::z rssog-
4 mixed BY The Mann forces and was dis
ciulssed with ntt ten frarkness today.
Representative Moore stafed that ne
Ibalieved 40 s,accessful hsh4 wou:d pe
n ssSS5s