come and talk about the role of speakers. that was held at transylvania university. to both of you, how did henry clay enhance the powers of the speaker? through force of his personality. i think no one wanted to debate him. certainly, he had the force to win the argument. so i think that alone had great influence and power. i don t know if any other speaker would be comparative. he also understood the power of committee assignments. the committees i was going to say, the committees, he basically understood the speaker had the power to put the people on the committees. he was known to be a fair man as a speaker. that was very important. both sides of the aisle respected him and respected his opinions. he was never overridden in his rulings. he basically was fair in the makeup of the committees. but when he knew there was a certain issue coming up, you can see a slight inclination to put the friends to that issue that he wanted the issue to go a certain way. he underst
think the mere no one wanted to debate him. certainly he had the force to win the argument. so i think that alone had great influence and power. i don t know if any other speaker would be compared to. he also understood the power of committee assignments. the committees as i say the committees basically he understood the speaker had the power to put the people he want order committees. when something important he was known to be a fair man as speaker. that was very important. both sides of the aisle respected him. respected his opinions. he was never overwritten in his rulings. and he he basically was fair in the makeup of the committee. but he knew there was a certain issue coming up you can see a slight inclination to put the to that issue he wanted the issue to go a certain way. he understood very early that and changed the rules, changed with his backing and gave the speaker more power and limit debate. things like that. allowed him to be a much more imp