The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-07-27
CRISP Is In line
- FOR SPEAKERSHIP
IF DEMOCRATS WIN NEXT MA
TIONAL HOUSE-SPEAKER
WILL BE EITHER CRISP
OR CLAUDE KITCHIN.
By R. E. Powell.

WASHINGTON Georgia or North |
Carolina may furnish the next |
speaker of the national house of rep |
resentatives in the event of democrat
ic success in November.
| 1t is more than an even bet, dem !
ocratic members of the house said to- |
day, that either Claude Kitchin, of
the Tar Heel State, or Judge Charles i
R. Crisp, of the third Georgia district, |
may be chosen next March if the
democrats organize the lower branch /
| of congress.
| Democratic success is confidently |
expected by party men here and not
in the stereotyped manner of stage
politicians who pay no heed to the
straws in the wind. The Cox-Roose-
welt ticket, the chieftains declare, has
struck popular chord and is sure to
win out over the republican senatori- !
al oligarchy personified in Candidate
Harding.
"There are more than 100 dis
tricts in the United States now held
by the republicans that we expect to
overturn this fall" Representative
Edward w. Pou, members of the
democratic congressional campaign
committee, said today. 1'We consider
these districts not only debatable
ground, but we believe we are going
to win them.
Overturn Is Expected.
"Of course" he added, "there are
some democratic districts in which
the situation looks dark now. 1t may
be that in few of them we will lose
because of local conditions. In larger
measure, however, especially where
the issues of the party are the main
concern of the voters, we are going
to win."
The prospect of democratic success
is alluring, so much so that democrat
ic members of congress are doping
out the committee assignments they
expect to receive. One of the mem
bers doing a little figuring today
foun out that Representative Gordon
Lee, of Georgia, will pc chairman OF
the agriculture committee OF the
= house should he return next March.
This committee, under the Cox pro-
gram of having real Idirt farmer"
as head of the agricultural depart
/
important of the house.
Interest in North Carolina and
Georgia. it was said here today, will
he GREAT over the possibility that one
state or the other will furnish the
, speaker of the next house. The hight
ing Carolinian has ambitions in that
|, direction and also Judge Crisp, both
of whom are great friends.
: Mr.. Kitchin, by reason of seniority
and his rank ON the ways and means
committee, would by all the rules be
first in line. But in considering MS
availability for the place his physical
condition must be taken into account
and his friends in Washington fear
that he would not be receptive can
didate even if he knew that he could
have it. Others, though, insist that
Mr.. Kitchin is recovering rapidly
from his recent stroke of paralysis
and that when the next session of
congress opens he will be on hand in
his usual vigor and good health.
Judge Crisp, his fellow members
say, is practically certain to be a
candidate for the speakership if it is
a democratic house. 1t is. conceded
generally that he will make strong
run. If Mr.. Kitchin wants to be
speaker Judge Crisp would hardly
oppose him and by the same rule if
/ the state of Mr.. Kitchin's health is
such that he cannot accept the place
a large part of his following in the
house would go to Judge Crisp. They
are both warm friends. Mr.. Kitchi,l
is now ranking member of the ways
and means committee and Judge
Crisp is not far removed from the
top in the democratic column.
Crisr's Fine Training.
Should Kitchin decline to run for
| the place Judge Crisp's fine training
as a parliamentarian would stand him
in good stead and give him something
of an advantage in the contest. AS
parliamentarian under Speaker Clark
before he came to congress and later
as parIiamentariaTf of the Baltimore
convention he has made quite repu-
tation among the convention and
legislative authorities on procedure.
Some members of the house believe
that Speaker Clark will again seek
the honor. A majority of those who
| have been discussing the matter late
Iv do not entertain this view. This IS
| especially true of the younger mem
bership of the house, who would re-
volt against Speaker Clark just as the
republicans revolted agains Cannon
some years although for entire
/ Iv different reasons. Even his close
| friends in the house say the Mis-
sourian is prone to sleep too much
and to discourage the young members
| from making speeches.
There is added hope for Judge
Crisp in the possibility that Mr..
Kitchin may be content to remain
majority leader of the house under
democratic control and retire four
wears from now to make race for
the United States senate against the
senior senatorefreIn North sCarollna,
Furnifold NJ. Simmons Sucn Is IN
the air.-Adv.