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The Speaker of the House
September 10, 1896 issue

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The author focuses on the book "The Speaker of the House of Representatives" by author M.P. Follett. Initially, only two powers were intrusted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives--the power to recognize members or not recognize them, and the power to appoint committees. But these two powers may be likened to two grains of mustard seed planted in a hotbed. From them has sprung, and out of them has grown, all the overshadowing authority, positive and negative, which is wielded by the U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives. The story of this extraordinary growth is told in the book which is being discussed.

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SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, The (Book); BOOKS; FOLLETT, M. P.; UNITED States. Congress. House -- Speaker; UNITED States -- Politics & government; UNITED States
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