Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-07

Never before in the long history Of
the Republic has rival political parties
been condemned to occupy the anxious
seat for a full year before knowing
which Is to rule the roost on Capitol
Hill. At this writing, that Is the ap-
parently certain prospect, at least as
far as the House Of Representatives Is
concerned. Organization, not con-
troll, is the prize at stake. A vote or
will determine whether mick" Long
worth or Jack" Garner Is to be Speaker
after December, 1881. Committee chair
rnanships and other plums will remain
in Republican or fall to Democratic
hands, as recounts, contests, final re-
turns or vacancies may eventually re-
cast the House jigsaw. But in both
branches of Congress, q. Q. p. control
has disappeared-sunk without trace.
The Democratic-Republican Progressive
coalition will be enthroned. Hoover adj
ninistration programs are ct its mercy.
The Constitution speaks only OF the
veto power vested In the President. A
year from now, two veto powers viii
exist. The other will be at the legisla-
tive end Of Pennsylvania avenue.
Minnesota, there she stands, with
more potential influence on the mocha
nism OF Congress than probably was ever
before held by any one State In the
Union. The vote Of Thomas D. Schall,
Republican, who has squeezed through
to q surprise victory in the Gopher
senatorial race, Is required to give his
party paper plurality OF single vote
in the Upper House. While the Schall-
Hoidale contest hung In the balance,
Minnesota's other Senator, Henrik Ship
stead, Farmer-Labor, was the man in
whose hands rested the power to sway
Senate organization control in this or
that direction. Now comes the equally
astounding situation in the House of
Representatives, whereby yet another
Minnesotan, young Paul John Kvale,
Farmer-Labor, may be the one who VIII
unravel the organization tangle in the
Lower Branch. The carnage wrought at
the polls on November 4, 1880, has
many angles, but none more remark
able than the decisive roles in which
gentlemen from Minnesota suddenly
found themselves cast.
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AS the Democratic landslide hove
definitely into view, Nick" Longworth
himself almost q victim Of it in his
more or less devoted Cincinnati dis
trict-said he didn't mind the possible
ity Of having to hand over the Speakers
eavel to Jack" Garner. What would
grippe him, quoth Iongworth, would be
to see Garner riding in my automo-
bile" A generous Uncle Sam provides
the presiding ofiicer Of the House with
q limousine.
Wilbur L. Cross, dean emeritus of
Yale, Connecticut's first Democratic
GoVernor-elect In 20 years, is an anti
prohibitionist who doesn't drink. Here's
what he said after his wet" victory:
st am in good shape today at SO. OF
course, men who drink wet and vote
dry break down at as. They can't
understand why I am in condition.
The answer is that vote wet and
don't drink. I haven't anything against
it, but I'VE a Job to do. Cocktails every
day would wreck me-" Dean Cross was
classmate of the late Senator Frank
B. Brandegee of Connecticut ct Yale.
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Two Democrats are Individually mark
ed for higher honors, as the result OF
current events, provided their party
mounts into the seats Of the mighty In
1882. Their names are Jouett Shouse
and Charles Nicholson. snouse y
politically minded and would not shy at
national ofiice-say q presidential or
vice presidential nomination, or q
cabinet portfolio. Nicholson has no
| hankerines in the direction Of a big
| Government Job. "A consular appoint
| ment to q remote corner Of the earth,
where the fishing and shooting are good.
would suit him best. II there were flrst-
class chess and bridge players In the
| neighborhood, Charlie would like that,
| too. II Nicholson Is surfeited with the
worries and glories Of politics, after his
triumphant maiden excursion into it.,
he can about have his pick Of publicity