The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-01

w Ocfauc members or the mouse OF
representatives met in caucus in
the hall Of the house at Il o'clock to-
day. There are 151 Democrats and
eight Fusionists. Suverites and POpu-
lists in the house. OF these members
Of the minority 126 were present, in
GLIDING Mr.. Shafroth of Colorado and
Mr. Newlands. Silverites; Mr.. Neville
and Mr.. Stark. Populists Of Nebraska,
declined to enter the caucus. Mr.. Hay
of Virginia, chairman of the Demo
cratic caucus. presided. Without OPP
position the following selections were
made for officers OF the house to be
presented at the meeting of the house
next Monday:
Speaker-dr. Richardson Of Tennes-
see.
Clerk - Ex-Representative James
Kerr, Pennsylvania.
Sergeant-at-arms - Tx Representa-
tive =. V BTOOkSide, indiana.
Doorkeeper- Charles Edwards Of
Texas.
Postmaster-James Il. Jackson of
Alabama.
The selection of Mr.. Richardson as
candidate for speaker clothes him off,
cially with the minority leadership.
The four places on the house roll al
/ lowed the minority viii be filed by
/ Isaac Hill of Ohio, assistant sergeant
alarms. and James F. English of Cali
/ fOrnia; FELTON, 3. Knight of Georgia
and Ewing Bland, son of Silver Dick
Bland. special employees.
Richardson Thanks Caucus.
Mr.. Richardson briefly thanked the
/ caucus for the honor done him, and
said: L shall not attempt here and
now to discuss or lay down any prin-
I ciples by which we are to be governed
as a party. It would not be appropriate
/ for me to do so. There is one thing.
/ however. that 1 will say now al the
/ very beginning of our service, because
/ believe it is proper that it should be
said 1t is this: I urge upon you and
/ each of you the urpassing Importance
! of attending the sessions of the house.
/ We have a minority consisting of about
/ $50 members. If every member of this
/ opposition viii attend our sessions and
/ answer when his name is CALLED, we
/ viii be able to defeat our opponents
/ in their efforts to pass unwise and i'm
( proper measures.
II feel that ] have the right to ask
( YOU and I do ask You. now. that you
/ are chosen to fill d seat in the house.
/ that YOU viii be as anxious to occupy
( that seat as you assured your cOnstit-
/ uents you were DESTROYS of occupying
( it before the election. If we will be
punctuaI in attendance. although in
/ the minority. we VIII be able 70 do
much towards enacting wholesome
! legislation. ana more and above all
that, we win be able to prevent the en-
Z actment of many bad laws.
10 1h1 rr-1 e he
I session closes. to pass judgment not
only upon the action and conduct of the
| majority, but also upon the minority
side. and If we act wisely and patriot-
/ caIIy we viii place our party in the po-
sition to deserve and to command de-
/ cisive victory in the congressional cleo
tiOns of next year. and still greater
triumph in the national contest of 1904
Plans of the Minority
The interesting portion of the caucus
followed when Representative Ne
/ CleHand of New York at the direction
of the New York members who had
just met prior to the assembling of the
caucus. offered the following resolution
as an expression of the sense of the
I caucus.
Resolved. that we shall promote tC
the utmost of our power the removal
of the oppressive. restrictive and Otter
| prohibitOry features of the existing
tariff. Ii has been truly declared e
be the mother of trusts. The tendency
to create combinations of wealth and
the establishing of practical mOnOpolieS
in the manufacturing and commercial
/ industries of the United States, threat
ems the future existence of individual
manufactures and merchants and
tradesmen of moderate or small means
THAT the tendency must undermine
/ the sturdy independence of large bodies
of American citizens and may well be
! deemed the most serious menace to the
/ moral and political welfare of the cOun-
try The time has come when our in
dustries, manufacturing as well as az
ricultural which practically enjoy nc
/ protection for the reason that their
products are exported and because
/ whether or not duties be levied in
their favor. when competing product.
can be profitably imported. should bt
I permitted 20 avail themselves of for
eign markets TO the fullest extent as
they cannot do under existing restrIc-
\ tons Highly protected industries
should no longer be permitted TO sci
more cheaply to foreigners than tC
their own cOuntrymen. Fit and thor
/ ough relief can be had only by amend
/ ment of the present tariff But w,
shall favor such reciprocity as vii
L remove the unfair and oppressive bur
den of the present system.
"Second-We shall favor Just ant
! generous treatment Of the inhabitant!
Of Porto Rico and Cuba. American