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The Commoner.
VOLUME 12, NUMBER
I
Another Instance of Underwood "Leadership
Following la a Washington dis
patch, printed In tho Philadelphia
North Amorlcan, sent by Its corres
pondent, Angus McSweon:
Election of Campbell, of Kansas,
to membership in tho rules com
mittco of tho house, by democrats
under tho .leadership of Representa
tive Underwood, is calling forth
democratic explanations.
Every ono knows that tho Lind
borgh resolution providing for an
investigation of tho money trust is
ponding beforo tho rules committeo
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and that the strongest probable pres
c. to iioitif oTnrtnd to nrevent the
-committeo from reporting to tho
house. Everybody Knows mere ih
big fight on between those who wish
to serve the public and those who
would servo the great financial com
bination; that Campbell will be
among tho latter and that he takes
the place of a man who would have
voted otherwise. tt
Despite all this, Leader Under
wood insists that the only question
involved in tho fight was that of
permitting the republican members
of tho house to choose their own
committee representatives.
Incidentally, ho takes a position
in favor of caucus control and insists
that because the caucus of reaction-
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ary republicans had authorized Mann
of Illinois, their floor loader,' to fill
all republican committee vacancies,
tho house was bound to accept Mr.
Mann's nomination of Campbell.
In view of tho fact that one-man
control in both politics and busi
ness is ono of the evils which the
country is fighting against, this atti
tude by the democratic leader of the
house is likely to cause him and his
party embarrassment, and may
necessitate some declaration from
other leading democrats in opposi
tion,' in order to place them more in
accord with progressive sentiment.
Nor will Mr. Underwood's expla
nation that the Lindbergh resolution
was not considered in the vote upon
Campbell's election to the committee
which has that resolution under con
sideration be likely to prove entirely
satisfactory, unless it develops that
the opponents of the resolution are
not strong enough, even with Camp
bell's aid, to prevent favorable ac
tion by the committee.
It is insisted by democrats that the
Lindbergh resolution will be re
norterL and therefore the election of
Campbell, if a gain to the money
trust, was not a sufficient gain to
do it any good. These statements
were all expected, and will have
force and effect only if the Lind
bergh resolution is reported and
adopted by the house. Until that
action the public will be justified in
viewing with alarm and suspicion
any action which seems to indicate
an understanding by reactionary
leaders upon both sides in opposition.
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