Evening star., 1925-03-12

Both Democratic and Republican
newspapers are generous in their ap-
proyal Of the selection by the Repub-
lican caucus of Representative Nicho-
las Jongworth of Ohio as Speaker or
the Sixty ninth Congress.
Representative Longworth won
the House speakership on his merits"
declares the New York Herald-Trioune
(Republioan), which remarks: He is
competent, experienced. fair-minded
and deservedly popular. He has been
successful as the Republican floor
leader and was a natural choice to
succeed Mr.. Gillett. His selection
has revived talk of restoring some of
the Speakers surrendered powers. A
revival of party loyalty and response
bifity in the House would do much
more to re-establish its influence
than any mechanical expedient like
reconferring dictatorship on the
Speaker"
The Peoria Transcript (independ-
ent) says the selection of Mr.. Long
worth will cause some disappoint-
ment. but no great surprise, to Illi-
nois" On the defeat of Martin Mad
den of that State the Transcript has
this to say: "As chairman Of the COM
mittee on appropriations Mr.. Mad
denis job as watchdog of the Treas
ury was not favorable to hts personal
fortunes. Moreover, Mr.. Madden will
be 20 years old this month, while Mr..
Long worth is. only 55. The Ohioan
is a rigid partisan and probably is
better equipped to officiate as Speaker
than the Illinois veteran" The 'old
guard never dies" declares the Nor
folk Ledger Dispatch tDemocratic),
which adds: When the administra-
n
worth for Speaker they demonstrated
that the old guard is in the saddle
and there to stay as long as the
party is in control,
Rejecting on the contest between
Longworth and Madden, the Birming-
ham News independent Democratic)
observes: Here seems to be an illus
tration Of what the American melting
pot can do. 1t can take the son of
an artisan and the son of a million
aire and reckon their value, not In
terms of golden spoons or wooden
spoons, in silks or in coarse tweeds,
but according to the things they have
expressed in terms of personal and
political service" Cincinnati, de-
clares the Springfield Republican dn-
DEPENDENT, 'is not far west enough
to seem Western even to Fasteners,
and Westerners are unlikely to think
Of the nomination Of representative
Nicholas Longworth as triumph of
the Western influence" The Repub-
lican continues: "Mr Longworth, in
fact, Is thoroughly Eastern, and he
owes much to New England Republi-
cans for his success. His majority
over Mr. Madden, however-141 to So
reveals no very strong or deter
mined opposition from Western menu
bers. Mr.. Madden of Chicago is the
product of the Chicago machine, in
the more barbarian words--a rather
raw throwback to the prime days Of
Hinky Dink."
Although a son-in-iaw of the great
Theodore Roosevelt" observes the In
dianapolis News independently,
"Longworth never assumed a crown
prince attitude and sometimes diff
fered from his father-in- law" The
son-in-law of the great Theodore, de-
ciares the Minneapolis Journal (inde-
pendent Republican,, goes forward
on his own merits" 1t adds: He has
won his spurs in Congress by 20 years
of service. during which his duties to
his Cincinnati constituents have not
prevented him from serving his coun-
try and his party as WELL" 1t has
paid Representative NICK LonEWOrtn,
reflects the Davenport Democrat
(Democratie), ito be good fellow"
The Democrat adds: "He is person.
ally popular in Congress in spite of
being thoroughly stand pat in all his
political Affiliations. So he is slated
for. the speakership by vote of the
Re publican caucus! The speakership
isn't what it used to be, any more
than is Congress"
"It cannot be pretended that the
new House picked a great statesman